Every Wonder Woman is ranked from weakest to strongest.

Among DC’s most beloved heroes is Wonder Woman. She is among the toughest as well.

Battle-tested warrior Diana, Princess of Themyscira has been central in some of the most famous comic book narratives. She has also gone toe-to-toe with some of the most potent powers in all the earth, galaxy, and very perhaps multiverse. Indeed, that covers Superman among other characters such as Aquaman, The Flash, Cheetah, and even Ares, the God of War.

A timeless character who has crossed her field to become a pop-culture sensation is Wonder Woman. This was down to the popularity of Lynda Carter’s famous TV show, which introduced the character to the public. She has been a potent presence in animation, video games, and ultimately movies since then.

More live-action adaptations of the Amazonian warrior than you would believe have been produced. Some are utterly forgotten about, some are liked, and some are not. Which of these Wonder Women, though, is the strongest of them all? Who best caught Diana’s tenacious, fighting attitude?

Let’s see, as we review all of the past film and television adaptations of Wonder Woman and rate them according to potency.

5. Wonder Woman, first-ever live-action

Clearly among the oddest chapters in superhero television history is the unsold 1967 Wonder Woman pilot. Written under the title Who’s Afraid of Diana Prince, William Dozier effectively brought Batman to the small screen in the 1960s. Wonder Woman didn’t provide the same success for him; you can tell why just by watching the pilot.
Even ranking this version of the character on a list about strength seems odd since we never even saw her in action. Heck, she hardly qualifies as Wonder Woman.

The pilot meets a quiet Diana Prince (Ellie Wood Walker), who would rather spend her life as a superhero than follow her mother’s aspirations of getting married. But when she changed into Wonder Woman (now Linda Harrison), she simply felt good about herself in the mirror instead of rescuing others. It was over-the-top, dramatic, and presented to be quite shallow, not a regular kind of appreciation of her beauty either. To be honest, it embarrassed the character.

This Wonder Woman version comes in last, of course. Her strength kind is unknown, however, something indicates that it wouldn’t have been of the same degree as the others on this list.

4. Wonder Woman Superspy Cathy Lee Crosby

ABC tried several times to bring Wonder Woman to the small screen before launching the venerable Lynda Carter series. Actually, a pilot for a quite different television show was developed featuring Cathy Lee Crosby in the title role in the year before the series started.

She was not an ageless warrior from Paradise Island, but a superspy without any superpowers who had to utilize her brains and battle abilities to save the day, so this version of the character diverged drastically from the original source materials.

As shown by how the 1975 pilot was significantly more popular, although Crosby performed a fantastic job with the part, it did not appeal to viewers as much as the original Wonder Woman character did.

She can’t score higher on this list since this Wonder Woman incarnation lacked any form of abilities or super-strength sadly. Having said that, we’re placing her higher than the Who’s Afraid of Diana Prince version for that as well as considering that she’s simply a lot stronger character as we really see her using her talents throughout a rather great movie.

3. The fleeting Wonder Woman of Adrianne Palicki

Looking back on the period of the 2011 NBC Wonder Woman pilot is odd. Everyone was talking about this pilot for a hot minute because of its very strange, very sparkly, extremely lycra suit; then, the moment NBC passed on it, it was almost instantaneously forgotten, like a fever dream you’re not really sure was real or not.

But it was real, extremely real in fact, and the Wonder Woman that starred had great strength. Though Adrianne Palicki looked credible as the hero—who was now known as Diana Themyscira—there was some dubious writing about the character we would not delve into. And those fight sequences truly were amazing.

This Wonder Woman was seen effortlessly flinging an abundance of henchmen around her, so possessing physical strength in spades. She was far more relentless than you would have any version of Diana be; she could move shipping containers with even more ease and seemed not to care about any deaths she could inflict.

Regarding other strengths, she could also sprint very fast and jump rather high. And it seemed as though they were only starting to explore the possibilities of this very different Wonder Woman variant. The pilot not moving ahead to the series causes the most guilt.

2. Wonder Woman, a classic Lynda Carter produced

There’s a reason Wonder Woman’s portrayal by Lynda Carter is regarded as the most definitive of them all. Her portrayal was nothing less than divine, perfectly portraying Diana and all that made her who she was. The great TV series was the first really comic-accurate rendition.

Speaking of who she was, Wonder Woman was as strong as you would have expected; she could stop big cars, easily fight much bigger foes, and take down anything that came her way. Something the program didn’t always highlight sufficiently, she was also a master combatant able to outmaneuver adversaries in battle. She could even utilize her own tiara like a boomerang, tossing it long distances with remarkably accurate aim, whenever those rivals were farther off.

She also held other skills including animal communication and the capacity to replicate the voices of everyone she came into touch with. She was also a skilled fencer, had her reliable bullet-deflecting bracelets at hand, the Golden Lasso of Truth, which could force anyone to reveal the truth, and she was Not enough, the second and third seasons included a unique aquatic costume for swimming (which she also converted into a motorsports suit whenever she had to ride a motorbike).

The only weakness she was ever shown to have was in the first season when it was discovered she would lose her powers should her magical belt be taken away from her; that was dropped in the second and third seasons, implying she had become even more powerful between 1945 and 1975.

For one who really has it all, seeing this venerable Wonder Woman in action is an amazing experience.

1. The Wonder Woman from DCEU

Wonder Woman declared, “I’ve killed things from other worlds before,” during her first big appearance in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice just before she entered combat with none other than frickin’ Doomsday.

Wonder Woman’s DC Extended Universe incarnation is the ideal fusion of the more contemporary, hardened fighter she has evolved with the old warm, and sympathetic heroine. Gal Gadot’s path as the character across the several DCEU films she has starred in makes that much evident: all of them highlight her strength in some way or other. And what a display it has been.

When Diana squared against Batman, Superman, and Doomsday, wounding him with her sword and then holding him in place with her lasso, she had the most success of the DC trinty. She subsequently held her own against a supercharged Superman in Justice League before significantly helping to bring Steppenwolf down. Her best performance, though, came in 2017’s Wonder Woman when she single-handedly defeated her brother Ares, the God of War.

Wonder Woman’s DCEU incarnation is essentially a god, and that determines her infinite power level. Like all of her forebears, she is strong, fast, durable, and efficient; nevertheless, the tremendous force she generates when she clashes her gauntlets together is unlike anything in any DC lore ever. One of the most relentless beings to ever grace the big screen, she is so immensely strong and able to stop all types of dangers. Indeed, she also learned to fly.

This is an all-powerful God whose narrative barely started to take shape as the DCEU neared to finish. Hopefully she will be let to carry on that narrative in the DC Universe.

Originally published on bamsmackpow.com, this page ranks Every Wonder Woman from weakest to strongest.

Conclusion:

Wonder Woman has evolved through various versions, each showcasing different strengths, abilities, and character development. From her early comic book appearances to her powerful depictions in modern films, every version brings something unique. Ranking these iterations from weakest to strongest highlights the growth of Diana Prince as a superhero and how her powers have been reinterpreted across mediums. Fans of Wonder Woman can appreciate her evolution, from the more grounded portrayals to the near-godlike powers in later versions.