The most feared pirates in “One Piece” are called the “Yonko”. They dominate the seas with their influential crews. However, the series witnessed some of the greatest fights between pirates, and the Yonko list has changed over the years. Also, Each character who has won the title of Yonko demonstrated breathtaking abilities. Some new Yonko are starting to emerge in the world. So here, we’ve curated a list including the present and past emperors in One Piece ranked according to their powers.
1. Whitebeard
Edward Newgate, commonly known by his alias, Whitebeard, was the world’s most muscular man. He possesses the potent paramecia-type Gura Gura no Mi Devil Fruit. This fruit is so outrageous that it can end the world. He is also an expert Haki user and has mastered all three forms. He fought enemies like Roger, Oden, and many more powerful opponents with these powers. Along with his spectacular feats, Whitebeard is an extremely well-written character. Prime Whitebeard would’ve mopped the floor with another Yonko, making him the strongest Yonko of all time in One Piece.
2. Shanks
Akagami Shanks was the strongest Yonko after Kaido and Big Mom were defeated. What’s impressive is that he doesn’t possess any devil fruit abilities. However, being a master user of all forms of Haki, Shanks doesn’t need a devil fruit to accompany his arsenal. He even discovered a brand-new form, earning him the title of “Killer of Observation Haki,” and has fought some of the strongest characters in the series, like stopping Kaido from coming to the Marineford war and defeating Akainu, who is one of the strongest Marine Admirals in One Piece, single-handedly. His remarkable feats included one-shotting Kid, worth over 3 billion berries. Shanks has the potential to become the strongest Yonko at the moment.
3. Blackbeard
Blackbeard’s powers remain a mystery to everyone mentioned on this list. We’ve seen him pulling the strings behind the scenes, which implies he is pretty clever. He became a Yonko after defeating Whitebeard and is worth a bounty of 3,996,000,000 Berries. He is the only character in the series with two different devil fruit powers. They’re not your ordinary devil fruits but one of the strongest paramecia and logia devil fruit powers at the palm of his hands. He is also an expert user of two forms of Haki.
4. Luffy
Monkey D. Luffy has made significant progress since his pirate journey started. He defeated Kaido and acquired a gargantuan bounty of 3,000,000,000 Berries at the end of the Wano Country arc. With Luffy’s Gear Five being animated, we witnessed it as the pinnacle of his powers. Fans are pretty excited to see the extent of his newly found powers as the Egghead Island Arc is approaching. Luffy not only possesses the most muscular zoan devil fruit of all time but also the most extraordinary devil fruit.
5. Kaido
Kaido is called the world’s strongest creature. He is considered the strongest Yonko among the previous generation of emperors. Walking with a value of 4,611,100,000 Berries bounty on his head, this is the third-highest bounty of all time. Kaido’s powers were explained by saying, “In a one-on-one battle, you should always bet on Kaido.” This is a sheer testament to his monstrous powers. He possesses one of the most potent Mythical Zoan devil fruit powers. Along with the devilish forces of his fruit, he has mastery over all forms of Haki.
