The strongest versions of Spider-Man, ranked

Each version of Spider-Man on this site has its own ratings, built from the stories and films he appears in. To compare them fairly, this list puts every one against the same opponent: the original Sinister Six of 1964, fighting together. The percentage is his chance of walking away the winner.

Team fights are explained on the Sinister Six page. Every name links to that Spider-Man's full page.

1. Cosmic Spider-Man

   Beats the original six 48% · Earth-616 comics

   Peter carrying the Enigma Force, the power behind Captain Universe, during Acts of Vengeance.

2. Miles Morales (Marvel's Spider-Man games)

   Beats the original six 19% · Video games

   Nadji Jeter's Miles, trained by Peter. His venom powers are the strongest of any version.

3. Peter Parker in the alien costume

   Beats the original six 19% · Earth-616 comics

   Peter wearing the symbiote that later became Venom, before he learned it was alive.

4. Peter Parker in the Iron Spider armor

   Beats the original six 18% · Earth-616 comics

   Peter in the armor Tony Stark built for him when he joined the New Avengers.

5. Peter Parker (Marvel's Spider-Man games)

   Beats the original six 18% · Video games

   Yuri Lowenthal's Peter: 23 years old and eight years into the job when the first game begins, according to Marvel.com.

6. Superior Spider-Man (Otto Octavius)

   Beats the original six 17% · Earth-616 comics

   Doctor Octopus living in Peter's body after swapping minds with him, determined to be a better Spider-Man than Peter ever was.

7. Miguel O'Hara (Spider-Man 2099, Earth-928)

   Beats the original six 16% · Alternate comics

   An Alchemax geneticist in the year 2099 whose DNA was rewritten into a spider's.

8. Hobie Brown (Spider-Punk, Earth-138)

   Beats the original six 16% · Alternate comics

   An anarchist Spider-Man who led the uprising against his world's President Osborn.

9. Peter Parker (classic Spider-Man)

   Beats the original six 16% · Earth-616 comics

   The original Spider-Man at his peak: an adult Peter with decades of experience against almost every kind of opponent Marvel has. Every other version on this page is measured against him.

10. Miles Morales

    Beats the original six 15% · Earth-616 comics

    Brooklyn's other Spider-Man: a teenager bitten by an Oscorp-engineered spider who has grown into an Avenger-level hero.

11. Cindy Moon (Silk)

    Beats the original six 15% · Earth-616 comics

    Bitten by the same radioactive spider as Peter, then kept in a sealed bunker for years before she emerged as Silk.

12. Jessica Drew (Spider-Woman)

    Beats the original six 15% · Earth-616 comics

    A Hydra-raised agent turned Avenger, with powers from a spider-based serum given to her as a child.

13. Ben Reilly (Scarlet Spider)

    Beats the original six 15% · Earth-616 comics

    Peter's clone, made by the Jackal, carrying Peter's memories up to the day he was copied. He wore the Scarlet Spider hoodie and later took the Spider-Man name himself.

14. Peter Parker (Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Earth-92131)

    Beats the original six 15% · TV and animation

    The college-age Peter of the 90s Fox series, voiced by Christopher Daniel Barnes.

15. Tom Holland's Spider-Man

    Beats the original six 15% · Film

    The MCU's Peter, rated at his Brand New Day peak, about six years into the job.

16. Peter Parker (Spider-Man Noir, Earth-90214)

    Beats the original six 15% · Alternate comics

    A Depression-era Peter who got his powers from a spider idol and fights the mob in 1930s New York.

17. Miles Morales (Spider-Verse films)

    Beats the original six 14% · Film

    Shameik Moore's Miles: a Brooklyn teen who became Spider-Man in a matter of months, then outran the entire Spider-Society.

18. Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man

    Beats the original six 14% · Film

    Sam Raimi's Peter: the only live-action Spider-Man who never used web-shooters.

19. Peter Parker (Ultimate Universe, Earth-1610)

    Beats the original six 14% · Alternate comics

    The modern-day teenage Peter of the Ultimate Universe, who died stopping the Green Goblin and later returned.

20. Gwen Stacy (Ghost-Spider, Earth-65)

    Beats the original six 14% · Alternate comics

    In her world the spider bit Gwen instead of Peter. She also drums for the Mary Janes.

21. Peter B. Parker (Spider-Verse films)

    Beats the original six 14% · Film

    Jake Johnson's Peter: 22 years as Spider-Man, divorced and out of shape, then a father.

22. Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man

    Beats the original six 14% · Film

    Marc Webb's Peter: a skateboarder and science prodigy bitten by a genetically modified Oscorp spider tied to his father's research.

23. Peter Parker (Ultimate Spider-Man 2024, Earth-6160)

    Beats the original six 14% · Alternate comics

    A Peter who got his powers in his mid-thirties, already married to Mary Jane with two kids, in a world shaped by the Maker.

24. Peter Parker (The Spectacular Spider-Man, Earth-26496)

    Beats the original six 14% · TV and animation

    A 16-year-old Peter in his first year as Spider-Man, voiced by Josh Keaton.

25. Gwen Stacy (Spider-Verse films)

    Beats the original six 13% · Film

    Hailee Steinfeld's Gwen: a ballet-trained striker and drummer from Earth-65.

26. Peter Porker (Spider-Ham, Earth-8311)

    Beats the original six 12% · Alternate comics

    A spider bitten by a radioactive pig, who became a cartoon pig with spider powers.

Borrowed power beats experience: the Spider-Man carrying a cosmic force tops the list by a distance. After that, the gap between most versions is smaller than fans expect. The comics Peter, the game Spider-Men and the film Spider-Men are all close to each other, and the difference usually comes down to gear, how many times they have fought these villains before, and whether their webs are mechanical or organic.