Deadpool — power rating and matchups

These entries record encounters, feats and other events from the character's stories. Read each outcome with its version, sources and condition tags. Arena verdicts use the selected versions and matchup rules; a story result does not determine an arena result. This panel is for reference and does not feed the engine. The record is still being expanded.

Loss

v Cable, Copycat and New MutantsNew Mutants vol. 1 #98 (1991)

As he readies knives against Sunspot he is hit in the back with three thrown blades; Cable and "Domino" tie him up and plan to send him back to Tolliver.

Prepared

2 logged exchanges

New Mutants vol. 1 #98 (1991)Wade shoots Cable in the school library (Cable survives); Cable punches him and breaks his jaw; Wade throws a knife into Cable's leg. He takes out Rictor with thrown wires and his wires pass through Cannonball's force field and capture him. plot summary checked Dr K: New Mutants #98 UncannyXmen.net: New Mutants #98
New Mutants vol. 1 #98 (1991)As he readies knives against Sunspot he is hit in the back with three thrown blades; Cable and "Domino" tie him up and plan to send him back to Tolliver. plot summary checked Marvel: Deadpool in comics Dr K: New Mutants #98

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Marvel: Deadpool in comics Dr K: New Mutants #98 UncannyXmen.net: New Mutants #98

Win

v WolverineWolverine vol. 2 #88 (1994)

In Kane's apartment Wade opens fire; Logan slashes his arm; Wade drives his swords through Logan's back into his lungs and leaves him bleeding on the floor.

Opponent already weakened

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Dr K: Wolverine #88 We Got This Covered: Deadpool v Wolverine fights Nerdist: Wolverine and Deadpool history

No decisive result

v Wolverine, Kane and CopycatWolverine vol. 2 #88 (1994)

At the Grand Guignol theatre Wade knocks Vanessa down, beats Kane and blinds him with a flash. Logan arrives as Wade is about to kill Kane and intercepts a sword aimed at Vanessa's heart; outnumbered, Wade throws a grenade and retreats.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Dr K: Wolverine #88

Win

v TaskmasterDeadpool (1997) #2

Wade agrees to fight Taskmaster in front of his class. Taskmaster has copied his moves, but Wade wins with techniques he has never used before and humiliates him; the students leave the school.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Gentlemen of Leisure: Deadpool #2

No decisive result

v HulkDeadpool (1997) #4

His healing factor is breaking down and he needs the Hulk's blood to be cured. He times the Hulk's jump and sets a broken street-sign pole so the Hulk impales himself on it.

Fought weakenedSpecial condition: Objective was the Hulk's blood, not defeat

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked ComicsAlliance: Chris Hastings’ five moments

Loss

v WolverineDeadpool (1997) #27 (1999)

Wade provokes Logan by uppercutting Kitty Pryde; a long brutal fight across streets and rooftops ends with Logan stabbing him in the back with both claws and lifting him overhead (Sideshow: impaled through the stomach).

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked We Got This Covered: Deadpool v Wolverine fights Sideshow: Top 10 Deadpool deaths ComicsAlliance: Chris Hastings’ five moments

Win

v WolverineWolverine (1988) #154 (2000)

Hired by Weapon X, Wade attacks Logan with mercenaries. When Logan gets the upper hand and tries to reason with him, Wade empties a clip of tranquilizer darts into Logan's chest and knocks him out.

Help: Weapon X mercenaries attacked Logan with him

Had helpOpponent held back

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked We Got This Covered: Deadpool v Wolverine fights

Loss

v Sabretooth and Weapon X soldiersDeadpool (1997) #60 (2001); arc #57-60

Wade teleports into the Weapon X complex. Sabretooth releases a gas that reacts with Weapon X's changes to Wade's body and he starts to melt; Wade rams his whole arm down Creed's throat (losing the arm). The Director's soldiers open fire and his body dissolves until only his right hand is left, whi…

Evidence checked: plot summary checked UncannyXmen.net: Deadpool #60 / Agent of Weapon… Looper: Can Deadpool die?

Feat / note

Office pursuit and escapeDeadpool (1997) #68 (2002)

Hired to take out a rival, he turns a desk into a ramp and rides a scooter through a window across the street; feigning a migraine, he ties the target's laces together and kicks him out of the window.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked ComicsAlliance: Chris Hastings’ five moments

Loss

v Black SwanDeadpool (1997) #69 (2002); prior impairment in #65-69

Black Swan's brain virus has been destroying Wade's words, motor skills and memory. In the final duel Swan searches Wade's mind for the bomb code; Wade overloads Swan's mind with his own, but his mental collapse takes him out of the sword fight and his bomb goes off: apparent death. Swan survives.

PreparedFought weakened

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Den of Geek: Agent X history

Loss

v Captain America, Cable and anti-registration heroesCable & Deadpool (2004) #31 (Oct 2006)

Wade refuses Cable's offer and fires tranquilizer darts; they bounce off Cable's force field and hit Wade, who is quickly knocked out. The heroes duct-tape him to a chair; Cable frees him hours later.

2 logged exchanges

Cable & Deadpool (2004) #31 (Oct 2006)As a registered bounty hunter Wade fires at Captain America, who blocks the bullets with his shield; he trips Goliath onto Hercules and tranquilises Falcon. Daredevil and Cap hit him (the shield to the face); his darts only annoy Hercules, and Cap deflects them without looking. plot summary checked UncannyXmen.net: Cable & Deadpool #31
Cable & Deadpool (2004) #31 (Oct 2006); Civil War arc #30-32Wade refuses Cable's offer and fires tranquilizer darts; they bounce off Cable's force field and hit Wade, who is quickly knocked out. The heroes duct-tape him to a chair; Cable frees him hours later. plot summary checked Wikipedia: Cable & Deadpool UncannyXmen.net: Cable & Deadpool #31

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Wikipedia: Cable & Deadpool UncannyXmen.net: Cable & Deadpool #31

Win

v TaskmasterCable & Deadpool (2004) #36 (2007); "Unfinished Business" #36-39

Wade frees Taskmaster from his prison and they fight; Wade is handcuffed the whole time. Taskmaster cuts him open, but he keeps going and "takes down Taskmaster fairly easy in the end" (method not given).

Held back

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Wikipedia: Cable & Deadpool sCrypt: Cable & Deadpool #36

No decisive result

v WolverineWolverine: Origins #25 (21 May 2008); arc #21-25

A five-issue fight that starts with a bomb in a Chinese restaurant: Wade launches Logan into traffic; Logan slices off Wade's fingers and nearly decapitates him. In #25 Wade is about to pull the trigger when a trap springs. The hit was arranged through the Winter Soldier as part of Logan's plan to …

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Marvel.com: Wolverine Origins (2006) #25 We Got This Covered: Deadpool v Wolverine fights Nerdist: Wolverine and Deadpool history

Feat / note

Skrull copies of DeadpoolDeadpool (2008) #3

Copies become destructive to their own side and fail biologically.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked iFanboy: Deadpool #3 review

No decisive result

v BullseyeDeadpool (2008) #12 (2009); arc #10-12

Bullseye (as Hawkeye) attacks with a missile launcher while Wade rides a Bigfoot monster truck; Bullseye is stabbed with a meat hook; the review's author says Wade parked the truck on Bullseye's leg. Wade ends up paid a lot of money to lie low while Osborn is in charge.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Comic Culture Warrior: Deadpool #12

No decisive result

v Spider-ManAmazing Spider-Man #611 (Jan 2010)

Paid by the Kravinoffs to keep Spider-Man busy, Wade asks for an autograph; spider-sense warns Peter that the pen is a bomb as it explodes. The fight becomes an insult match; Wade activates a device and disappears.

Special condition: Objective was distraction, not defeat

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpiderFan: Amazing Spider-Man #611

Loss

v Moon KnightVengeance of the Moon Knight #7 (2010); rematch #8

Moon Knight stops Wade killing a dying man and throws him out of a window; Wade heals, comes back and loses again at a carnival.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Sideshow: Top 10 Deadpool deaths

Feat / note

Vampire protection removedDeadpool (2008) #30 (2011)

Wade shoots the protective amulet; the vampire then disintegrates.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked ComicsAlliance: Chris Hastings’ five moments

Loss

v HulkDeadpool (2008) #39 (2011)

Wade goads the Hulk into killing him; once the Hulk calms down he lands a blow that rips Wade apart. Wade is out of action for about a week (WhatCulture: it killed him "for only a week").

Special condition: Wade deliberately goaded the Hulk into killing him

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked WhatCulture: Hulk encounter Sideshow: Top 10 Deadpool deaths

Loss

v ThorDeadpool (2013) Annual #1 (cover Jan 2014); flashback

Defending Matt Murdock, Thor pulverises Wade and Madcap with lightning; both die and return reconstituted in one body.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Retcon Punch: Deadpool Annual 2013

Feat / note

Separation from MadcapDeadpool (2013) Annual #1 (cover Jan 2014); later flashback

Madcap takes over Wade's body and makes Thor and Luke Cage rip it in half; each half heals into a whole body, one Wade and one Madcap.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Retcon Punch: Deadpool Annual 2013

No decisive result

v Carnage and ShriekDeadpool vs. Carnage (2014) #2

Wade subdues the symbiote by playing dubstep from an MP3 player; Shriek destroys the player and Carnage escapes. Wade says he learned the trick from his time with Venom.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked VidaExtra: Deadpool vs. Carnage dubstep Marvel.com: Deadpool vs. the Marvel Universe

Loss

v CarnageDeadpool vs. Carnage (2014) #3

Carnage slices Wade apart with symbiote blades and leaves before finishing; Wade reforms. Crawlspace: across #2-3 Wade "gets his ass kicked, quite severely".

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Sideshow: Top 10 Deadpool deaths Spider-Man Crawlspace: Deadpool vs. Carnage #2-3

No decisive result

v Carnage and ShriekDeadpool vs. Carnage (2014) #4

Bonded to four Mercury Team symbiotes, Wade breaks up Carnage and Shriek's hostage-taking at a psychiatric hospital and gets the upper hand (caption: "Shriek and Carnage getting owned by Deadpool"). The review does not say how Carnage ends up.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Fanboys Anonymous: Deadpool vs Carnage #4 Now Read This: Deadpool vs. Carnage

No decisive result

v Red HulkHulk vol. 3 #14 (2015)

Conscripted by Doc Green, Wade disables Red Hulk's radiation absorption (Hulk A's sources: a purpose-built round fired into his ear), then is taken out by falling boulders and a pack of coyotes (Nick Peron\'s synopsis says wolves).

Prepared

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked The Telltale Mind: Hulk #14

Loss

v ThanosDeadpool vs. Thanos (2015) #1; internally pre-Marvel NOW

Wade has captured Thanos and is cutting him up. In retaliation Thanos revokes the curse of immortality and punches Wade into the ground, "smashing Deadpool to a pulp" (Sideshow: "a puddle of gore"). Wikipedia: Thanos removed the curse to kill him, then felt forced to bring him back. They then team …

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked X-Men X-Pert: 2 September 2015 reviews Major Spoilers: Deadpool vs Thanos #1 Sideshow: Top 10 Deadpool deaths

Win

v Phil CoulsonDeadpool (2015) #31 (2017)

On Steve Rogers's orders ("kill Coulson on sight"), Wade gets his hand in the door of a Nick Fury safehouse as Coulson closes it, forces his gun through and shoots him in the chest; Coulson bleeds out and Wade blows up the safehouse.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked ComicBook.com: Deadpool kills Phil Coulson

Win

v CableDespicable Deadpool #287 (2017)

A back-and-forth fight; Wade takes away Cable's techno arm and Cable is captured by the time police. Cable is not killed.

Help: Time police captured Cable after Wade removed his arm

Had help

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Multiversity of Color: Despicable Deadpool #287

Win

v Old Man CableDespicable Deadpool #290 (2018)

Wade shoots Old Man Cable in the face, cuts out his heart and takes it to Stryfe to pay a life debt. Present-day Cable is not killed.

Opponent already weakened

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Screen Rant: Deadpool kills Old Man Cable

No decisive result

v Captain AmericaDespicable Deadpool #296 (14 Mar 2018)

Wade starts the fight ("wants to beat the ever-living snot out of Captain America"); about ten pages of punching. He cannot beat Steve in actual combat but baits him into stabbing him in front of children, then holds a bomb trigger and demands that Steve revive Preston. Standoff in Wade's sewer hom…

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Multiversity of Color: Despicable Deadpool #296 Screen Rant: Deadpool fights Captain America

No decisive result

v Black PantherBlack Panther vs. Deadpool (2018) #1

In Wakanda for vibranium to save Willie Lumpkin, Wade fights T'Challa, whose prototype "star cell" beam severs his arm. It does not grow back: T'Challa says the star cells healed his cells, so what regrows is cancer, a "dying factor".

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked ComicBook.com: Black Panther healing-factor cou…

Feat / note

Quebec mercenary operationDeadpool vol. 9 #1 (2024); opening arc #1–4

Wade and Princess undertake a joint violent contract.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked WWAC: Deadpool #1–4

No decisive result

v Death GripDeadpool vol. 9 #5 (2024); injuries begin in preceding issue

Wade removes Death Grip's hands, interfering with casting; allies help destroy the temple.

Fought weakened

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked ComicBook.com: How Deadpool dies

Loss

v Death GripDeadpool vol. 9 #6 (2024)

Death Grip ambushes Wade, removes his left arm and kills him with a further supernatural attack.

Fought weakened

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked ComicBook.com: How Deadpool dies

Feat / note

External resurrection after Death GripDeadpool vol. 9 #9 (2024); confirmed as prior history in #10 preview

After his death Wade is revived: ComicBook.com says Ellie, sent into the afterlife by alchemy, revived him with a combination of her healing factor and blood.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked The Dragon’s Cache: Deadpool #9 review ComicBook.com: Deadpool returns, Taskmaster tra…

Loss · team encounter

v TaskmasterDeadpool vol. 9 #10 (2025); recap of revival beforehand

Taskmaster stops Wade and Ellie's joint rush by shooting Wade in the face with rubber bullets, humiliates them both, then teleports them into a Russian gang's hideout as training.

Decisive action: Taskmaster, rubber bullets · Deadpool’s part: Joint rush with Ellie, stopped by rubber bullets

Sparring / testOpponent held backFought weakened

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked ComicBook.com: Deadpool returns, Taskmaster tra…

Loss

v Punisher, Black Hole and the BadpoolsWade Wilson: Deadpool vol. 1 #9 (2026) · also Punisher (2026) #9

The gun is taken; Wade and Blind Al are drawn into a waiting-room space.

3 logged exchanges

Wade Wilson: Deadpool vol. 1 #9 (2026)Wade fights through SHIELD agents to stop Frank leaving with the time gun. He drives a katana through Frank's hand; Frank impales him with Wade's own sword and shoots him as he grabs the gun. Wade locks Frank in a vault; Frank gets out after the Badpools turn up with his old War Machine armour. plot summary checked The Comic Book Spot: Wade Wilson: Deadpool #9 PRH Comics: Wade Wilson: Deadpool #9
Wade Wilson: Deadpool vol. 1 #9 (2026)The gun is taken; Wade and Blind Al are drawn into a waiting-room space. other secondary source checked The Comic Book Spot: Wade Wilson: Deadpool #9
Punisher (2026) #9; 28 October 2026 (last included issue)Wade and Al explore inside; the crisis ends through a partly undisclosed return/intervention. plot summary checked AIPT: Punisher #9 PRH Comics: Punisher #9 [BG]

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked The Comic Book Spot: Wade Wilson: Deadpool #9

Tags describe recorded circumstances. They do not establish that the outcome depended on those circumstances, and an untagged entry does not guarantee equal conditions. Wins and losses include team encounters where indicated. Counts cover the entries listed here, not the character's complete fight history.