Rank the Main Villains

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  • I couldn't even put a #1, some of them were truly great and I can't quite bring myself to name one leading contender or standout individual right now, despite what may have been mentioned previous

    Sanchez of course would be up there, and Dario too, although not a main villain, but he was a great adversary also. Wiseman's Dr No, Donald Grant, Donald Pleasance's Blofeld, who we get introduced for the first time, even Kamal Khan I would include. Damn it, almost forgot Scaramanga, he was immense. Hugo Drax was a great talker, but not a great villain for me, although Lonsdale is an actor of caliber, but Drax simply didn't menace enough, but did have the cruel intentions
  • KerimKerim Istanbul Not Constantinople
    edited November 2012 Posts: 2,629
    After Skyfall:

    Sanchez
    Scaramanga
    Dr No
    Silva
    Zorin
    Trevelyan
    Blofeld (Savalas)
    Kananga
    Le Chiffre
    King
    Klebb
    Largo
    Blofeld (Pleasance)
    Khan
    Carver
    Kristatos
    Goldfinger
    Whitaker
    Drax
    Greene
    Stomberg
    Blofeld (Gray)
    Graves
  • SuperheroSithSuperheroSith SE London
    Posts: 578
    No henchmen included, I expect. Probably gonna rank some henchmen later. I included all main villains (even unofficial ones) and didn't include Renard because I think he is a henchman, not a villain.

    001: Raoul Silva
    002: Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Donald Pleasence)
    003: Auric Goldinger
    004: Alec Trevelyan/Janus/006
    005: Dr. Julius No
    006: Le Chiffre (Peter Lorre & Mads Mikkelsen)
    007: Colonel Rosa Klebb
    008: Franz Sanchez
    009: Fransisco Scaramanga
    010: Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Telly Savalas)
    011: Max Zorin
    012: Elektra King
    013: Dr. Kananga/Mr. Big
    014: Sir Hugo Drax
    015: Karl Stromberg
    016: Mr. White
    017: Prince Kamal Khan
    018: General Orlov
    020: Brad Whitaker
    021: Aristotle Kristatos
    022: Emilio Largo
    023: Dominic Greene
    024: General Georgi Koskov
    025: Elliot Carver
    026: Maximilian Largo
    027: Gustav Graves
    028: Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Charles Gray)
    029: Le Chiffre (Orson Welles)
    030: Dr. Noah
  • LicencedToKilt69007LicencedToKilt69007 Belgium, Wallonia
    Posts: 523

    My best :

    - Dr. No
    - Goldfinger
    - Blofeld's OHMSS
    - The Man With The Golden Gun/FS
    - Sir Hugo Drax
    - Prince Kamal Khan and General Orlov (both villains)
    - Max Zorin
    - Franz Sanchez
    - 006/Trevelyan/Janus
    - Elliot Carver
    - Elektra King and Renard (both villains to me)

    My good/ok ones :

    - Emilo Largo and Maximilian Largo (quite the same role)
    - other Blofelds
    - Karl Stromberg
    - Aristote Kristatos
    - Georgi Koskov
    - Raoul Silva
    - Gustav Graves

    My least good :

    - Rosa Klebb
    - Le Chiffre (2006)
    - Dr. Kananga
    - Mr White
    - Brad Whitaker
    - Dominic Greene
  • Posts: 479
    1. Scaramanga
    2. Blofeld (YOLT)
    3. Goldfinger
    4. Kananga
    5. Drax
    6. Blofeld (OHMSS)
    7. Red Grant (to me he is the main villain.)
    8. Le Chiffre
    9. Dr No
    10. Kamal Khan
    11. Alec Trevelyan
    12. Largo
    13. Elliot Carver
    14. Silva
    15. Blofeld (DAF)
    16. Gustav Graves
    17. Sanchez
    18. Zorin
    19. Kristatos
    20. Stromberg
    21. Renard
    22. Koskov/Whitaker
























    23. Dom.......... do I even have to say it.

  • AgentJamesBond007AgentJamesBond007 Vesper’s grave
    Posts: 2,634
    1. Blofeld (Anthony Dawson/Eric Pohlmann)
    2. Franz Sanchez
    3. Francisco Scaramanga
    4. Alec Trevelyan
    5. Raoul Silva
    6. Hugo Drax
    7. Blofeld (Telly Savalas)
    8. Auric Goldfinger
    9. Dr. No
    10. Max Zorin
    11. Le Chiffre
    12. Kananga/Mr. Big
    13. Kamal Khan
    14. Emilio Largo
    15. Blofeld (Donald Pleasance)
    16. Karl Stromberg
    17. Aristotle Kristatos
    18. Elliot Carver
    19. Renard
    20. Blofeld (Charles Grey)
    21. Gustav Graves
    22. Brad Whitaker
    23. Dominic Greene
  • edited December 2012 Posts: 42
    On the basis of one main villain per film, post-Skyfall (and including NSNA):

    1. Franz Sanchez (LTK)
    2. Rosa Klebb (FRWL)
    3. Blofeld (OHMSS)
    4. Auric Goldfinger (GF)
    5. Le Chiffre (CR)
    6. Dr No (DN)
    7. Alec Trevelyan (GE)
    8. Blofeld (YOLT)
    9. Emilio Largo (NSNA)
    10. Raoul Silva (SF)
    11. Kristatos (FYEO)
    12. Francisco Scaramanga (TMWTGG)
    13. Elektra King (TWINE)
    14. Emilio Largo (TB)
    15. Max Zorin (AVTAK)
    16. Kananga/Mr Big (LALD)
    17. Karl Stromberg (TSWLM)
    18. Hugo Drax (MR)
    19. Elliot Carver (TND)
    20. Kamal Khan (OP)
    21. General Koskov (TLD)
    22. Blofeld (DAF)
    23. Dominic Greene (QOS)
    24. Gustav Graves (DAD)
  • 1.Alec Trevelyn/006
    2.Red Grant
    3.Blofeld
    4.Silva
    5.Francisco Scaramanga
    6.Jaws
    7.Oddjob
    8.Auric Goldfinger
    9.Hugo Drax
    10.Franz Sanchez
  • 23. Dr. Kananga
    22. Georgi Koskov
    21. Emilio Largo
    20. Gustav Graves
    19. Auric Goldfinger
    18. Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Pleasance)
    17. Karl Stromberg
    16. Dr. No
    15. Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Grey)
    14. Le Chiffre
    13. Alec Trevelyan
    12. Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Savalas)
    11. Fransisco Scaramanga
    10. Aristotle Kristatos
    9. Dominic Greene
    8. Hugo Drax
    7. Elektra King
    6. Rosa Klebb
    5. Max Zorin
    4. Kamal Khan
    3. Raoul Silva
    2. Franz Sanchez
    1. Elliot Carver
  • edited December 2012 Posts: 660
    1.Silva
    2.Goldfinger
    3.Dr.No
    4.Largo
    5. Le Chiffle
    6. Domnic Greene

  • My top 5 would probably be

    1) Sanchez
    2) Blofeld
    3) Silva
    4) Trevelayn
    5) Scaramanga or Stromberg
  • edited December 2012 Posts: 414
    1. Emilio Largo
    2. Francisco Scaramanga
    3. Raoul Silva
    4. Blofeld
    5. Max Zorin
    6. Auric Goldfinger
    7. Dr. Julius No
    8. Alec Trevelyan/006
    9. Renard
    10. LeChiffre
    11. Franz Sanches
    12. Gustav Graves
    13. Elliot Carver
    14. Dominic Greene
    15. Khamal Khan
    16. Mr. Big/Dr. Kananga
    17. Stromberg
    18. General Giorgi Koskov
    19. Kristatos
    20. Hugo Drax

    I consider Blofeld to be the main villain for FRWL, YOLT, OHMSS, and DAF. None of these villians, while I think about, it were bad per se. Some were just more memorable than others. Some were the weakest part of some otherwise really good movies, and some were the best part of movies even they couldn't save.

    Is there a thread for ranking the Bond girls?
  • Posts: 4,762
    1. Alec "006" Trevelyan
    2. Max Zorin
    3. Franz Sanchez
    4. Francisco Scaramanga
    5. Raoul Silva
    6. Dr. Julius No
    7. Elliot Carver
    8. Kamal Khan
    9. Emilio Largo
    10. Ernst Stavro Blofeld (YOLT)
    11. Dr. Kananga/Mr. Big
    12. Aristotle Kristatos
    13. Le Chiffre
    14. General Georgi Koskov
    15. Brad Whitaker
    16. Rosa Klebb
    17. Elektra King
    18. General Orlov
    19. Dominic Greene
    20. Karl Stromberg
    21. Hugo Drax
    22. Auric Goldfinger
    23. Gustav Graves
  • Posts: 135
    01. Blofeld
    02. Silva
    03. 006
    04. Scaramanga
    05. Sanchez
    06. Largo
    07. Le Chiffre
    08. Goldfinger
    09. Dr. No
    10. Carver
    11. Kananga
    12. Drax
    13. Zorin
    14. Khan
    15. Greene
    16. Kristatos
    17. Graves
    18. Renard
    19. Stromberg
    20. Klebb
    21. Whitaker
  • DrNoDrNo North Hollywood, California, USA
    Posts: 81
    1. Blofeld
    2. Dr. No
    3. Goldfinger
    4. Scaramanga
    5. Largo
    6. Le Chiffre
    7. 006
    8. Dominic Greene
    9. Renard
    10. Kananga
  • Posts: 82

    1. Auric Goldfinger (GF)
    2. Francisco Scaramanga (TMWTGG)
    3. Franz Sanchez (LTK)
    4. Alec Trevelyan (GE)
    5. Raoul Silva (SF)
    6. Max Zorin (AVTAK)
    7. Blofeld (OHMSS)
    8. Emilio Largo (TB)
    9. Dr No (DN)
    10.Rosa Klebb (FRWL)
    11.Blofeld (YOLT)
    12. Le Chiffre (CR)
    13. Kananga/Mr Big (LALD)
    14. Elektra King (TWINE)
    15.Emilio Largo (NSNA)
    16. Elliot Carver (TND)
    17. Karl Stromberg (TSWLM)
    18. Hugo Drax (MR)
    19. Kristatos (FYEO)
    20. Gustav Graves (DAD)
    21. Kamal Khan (OP)
    22. General Koskov (TLD)
    23. Blofeld (DAF)
    24. Dominic Greene (QOS)
  • edited September 2013 Posts: 6,396
    The official 007 Twitter account has just revealed the Top Ten Bond Villains as voted for by its followers:

    10. Hugo Drax
    9. Emilio Largo
    8. Franz Sanchez
    7. Max Zorin
    6. LeChiffre
    5. Francisco Scaramanga
    4. Alec Trevelyan
    3. Raoul Silva
    2. Ernst Stavro Blofeld
    1. Auric Goldfinger
  • Posts: 2,402
    1: Franz Sanchez - 10/10
    2: Alec Trevelyan - 10/10
    3: Raoul Silva - 10/10
    4: Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Anthony Dawson/Eric Pohlmann) - 10/10
    5: Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Telly Savalas) - 9.5/10
    6: Le Chiffre - 9.5/10
    7: Dr. Julius No - 9.5/10
    8: Electra King - 9/10
    9: Kamal Khan - 9/10
    10: Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Donald Pleasance) - 9/10
    11: Rosa Klebb - 8.5/10
    12: Georgi Koskov - 8/10
    13: Francisco Scaramanga - 7.5/10
    14: Renard - 7.5/10
    15: Dr. Kananga/Mr. Big - 7/10
    16: Karl Stromberg - 7/10
    17: Aristotle Kristatos - 6.5/10
    18: Auric Goldfinger - 6/10
    19: Emilo Largo - 6/10
    20: Dominic Greene - 5/10
    21: Brad Whitaker - 4/10
    22: Elliot Carver - 3/10
    23: Max Zorin - 2/10
    24: Hugo Drax - 1.5/10
    25: Gustav Graves - 0.5/10
    26: Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Charles Gray) - 0/10
    JBFan626 wrote:
    I think the villains have gotten progressively worse since '74. Drax was the last great villain, and even he was a bit watered down version of what came before.

    You're joking, right? Drax was terrible. There have been so many better villains since him. Kamal Khan, Sanchez, Le Chiffre, Trevelyan, Silva...
  • MrBondMrBond Station S
    edited September 2013 Posts: 2,044
    1.Dr. No
    2.Frans Sanchez
    3.Raoul Silva
    4.Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Anthony Dawson/Eric Pohlmann)
    5.Max Zorin
    6.Emilio Largo
    7.General Orlov
    8.Dominic Greene
    9.Auric Goldfinger
    10.Le Chiffre
    11.Ernst Stavro Blofeld (The others)
    12.Fransisco Scaramanga
    13.Kananga
    14.Alec Trevelyan
    15.Hugo Drax
    16.Gustav Graves
    17.Karl Stromberg
    18. Kamal Khan
    19.Kamal Khan
    20.Georgi Koskov
    21.Elliot Carver
    22.Aris Kristatos
    23.Elektra King
    24.Renard
  • edited September 2013 Posts: 418
    1. Franz Sanchez
    2. Rosa Klebb
    3. Auric Goldfinger
    4. Blofeld (Donald Pleasance)
    5. Raoul Silva
    6. Emilio Largo
    7. Max Zorin
    8. LeChiffre
    9. Alec Trevelyan
    10. Elektra King
    11. Dr No
    12. Blofeld (Telly Savalas)
    13. Hugo Drax
    14. Karl Stromberg
    15. Francisco Scaramanga
    16. General Orlov
    17. Kamal Khan
    18. Dr Kananga
    19. Brad Whitaker
    20. Dominic Greene
    21. Aris Kristatos
    22. Blofeld (DAF)
    23. Elliot Carver
    24. Gustav Graves
  • The official 007 Twitter account has just revealed the Top Ten Bond Villains as voted for by its followers:

    10. Hugo Drax
    9. Emilio Largo
    8. Franz Sanchez
    7. Max Zorin
    6. LeChiffre
    5. Francisco Scaramanga
    4. Alec Trevelyan
    3. Raoul Silva
    2. Ernst Stavro Blofeld
    1. Auric Goldfinger

    Not a bad list, by any means, except maybe for Drax being there and Silva being a bit too high. I would've liked Dr. No or Rosa Klebb in Drax's place.
  • The official 007 Twitter account has just revealed the Top Ten Bond Villains as voted for by its followers:

    10. Hugo Drax
    9. Emilio Largo
    8. Franz Sanchez
    7. Max Zorin
    6. LeChiffre
    5. Francisco Scaramanga
    4. Alec Trevelyan
    3. Raoul Silva
    2. Ernst Stavro Blofeld
    1. Auric Goldfinger

    Not a bad list, by any means, except maybe for Drax being there and Silva being a bit too high. I would've liked Dr. No or Rosa Klebb in Drax's place.

    And I wouldn't have Trevelyan higher than Scaramanga, Sanchez and Largo.
  • The official 007 Twitter account has just revealed the Top Ten Bond Villains as voted for by its followers:

    10. Hugo Drax
    9. Emilio Largo
    8. Franz Sanchez
    7. Max Zorin
    6. LeChiffre
    5. Francisco Scaramanga
    4. Alec Trevelyan
    3. Raoul Silva
    2. Ernst Stavro Blofeld
    1. Auric Goldfinger

    Not a bad list, by any means, except maybe for Drax being there and Silva being a bit too high. I would've liked Dr. No or Rosa Klebb in Drax's place.

    And I wouldn't have Trevelyan higher than Scaramanga, Sanchez and Largo.

    I don't know, I really like Trevelyan. Largo's pretty ineffectual, as cool as he looks.
  • edited February 2016 Posts: 2,483
    1. Le Chiffre
    2. Ernst Stavro Blofeld (OHMSS)
    3. Elliott Carver
    4. Franz Sanchez
    5. Kamal Khan
    6. Karl Stromberg
    7. Hugo Drax
    8. Auric Goldfinger
    9. Francisco Scaramanga
    10. Kananga
    11. Julius No
    12. Alec Trevelyan
    13. Emilio Largo
    14. Max Zorin
    15. Raoul Silva
    16. Dominic Greene
    17. Ernst Stavro Blofeld (SP)
    18. Rosa Klebb
    19. Georgi Koskov
    20. Ernst Stavro Blofeld (DAF)
    21. Aris Kristatos
    22. Elektra King
    23. Ernst Stavro Blofeld (YOLT)
    24. Gustav Graves

  • My top 10

    1) Franz Sanchez
    2) Silva
    3) Elektra King
    4) Alec Trevelayn
    5) Max Zorin
    6) Goldfinger
    7) Blofeld
    8) Le Chiffre
    9) Red Grant
    10) Scaramanga
  • ThunderballThunderball playing Chemin de Fer in a casino, downing Vespers
    Posts: 815
    1. Dr. No
    2. Grant
    3. Le Chiffre
    4. Largo
    5. Silva
    6. Blofeld (Savales)
    7. Blofeld (Pleasance)
    8. Goldfinger
    9. Sanchez
    10. Rosa Klebb
    11. Elektra
    12. Alec Trevelyan
    13. Dominic Greene
    14. Scaramanga
    15. Koskov
    16. Whitaker
    17. Kamal Khan
    18. Orlov
    19. Stromberg
    20. Kananga
    21. Zorin
    22. Kristatos
    23. Drax
    24. Renard
    25. Elliott Carver
    26. Blofeld (Gray)
    27. Gustav Graves

    And the mostly unseen Blofeld in FRWL and TB...if I were to rank him as one, it'd be around #5 or 6.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    edited October 2013 Posts: 14,680
    A difficult decision here.

    1. Franz Sanchez
    2. Dr. Julius No
    3. Dr. Kananga/Mr. Big
    4. Raoul Silva
    5. Kamal Khan
    6. Max Zorin
    7. Francisco Scaramanga
    8. Emilio Largo
    9. Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Savalas)
    10. Auric Goldfinger
    11. Alec Trevelyan
    12. Le Chiffre
    13. Rosa Klebb
    14. Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Pleasence)
    15. Karl Stromberg
    16. Hugo Drax
    17. Maximillian Largo
    18. General Georgi Koskov
    19. Elektra King
    20. Aristotle Kristatos
    21. Brad Whitaker
    22. General Orlov
    23. Elliot Carver
    24. Dominic Greene
    25. Gustav Graves
    26. Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Gray)

    Graves just misses out on last place simply because he's such a slimy bugger. Everything that comes out of his mouth is absurd- I find him quite entertaining, in a bad way.
  • edited October 2013 Posts: 1,985
    Im going to rank them from the most evil to the least evil
    only doing top 5 for now.


    1. Max Zorin
    Him shooting down all those mine workers then laughing while doing so ranks him at #1 for me. When I first watched AVTAK I just wanted to jump in my TV and hurt Max Zorin

    2. Franz Sanchez
    When you feed a poor guy like Felix Liter to shark letting him think that you want to kill him only to tell him "this is the first day of the rest of your life" and keep him alive to to suffer from the atatck and the death of his wife to me thats so fucked up and this puts Sanchez as number 2.

    3. Ernst Stavro Blofield (OHMSS)
    When your the proud Owner of a world wide criminal organization you defintly have earned your spot in the top 3 Bond Vilians of all time. In this film when you kill a mans wife on his wedding day thats just so evil in my book.

    4. Hugo Drax
    When your plan is to kill everyone on Earth with nerve gas and have this sick sexual fantices to pro create with your own perfect humans thats just wrong, weird, and evil. Hugo Drax gets the number 4 spot.

    5. Renard
    If you can feel no pain, kill yourself for a physco bitch to kill millions and make her rich thats bad ass and loyal. Renard gets number 5 for me
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
    Posts: 12,480
    Main villains, okay, but it will include some henchmen/women who played a strong role. I am just doing a top 15 for now:

    1) Red Grant
    2) Silva
    3) Goldfinger
    4) Dr. No
    5) Rosa Klebb
    6) Fiona Volpe (if I can list Klebb, then I can list Fiona)
    7) Trevalyan
    8) Elektra
    9) Blofeld (Savalas)
    10) Mr. Big/Kananga
    11) Largo
    12) Scaramanga
    13) Zorin
    14) Sanchez
    15) Khan
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Joseph Wiseman and Telly Savalas in joint first place.
    After that, dont know.
    Joe Don Baker and Toby Stephens last, though.
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