Top 10 Greatest Warriors
As long as there have been civilizations, there have been unending wars for power and land. These wars have produced some of the fiercest warriors the world has ever seen. Men who are not only exceptional at hand to hand combat but who were also great leaders and brilliant strategists. There were so many brave individuals who could fit on this list but I think these represent warrior states from around the world and throughout the ages.
10. Richard I (Lionheart)
Richard I was given the nickname Lionheart (or Coeur de Leon) for his exceptional fighting ability and courage. The duke of Normandy and the Count of Anjou, he ascended to the throne of England in 1198 after defeating his father Henry II with the help of his powerful mother Eleanor of Aquitaine. Richard took the cross in 1188 when he heard of Saladin’s successful conquest of Jerusalem. He raised funds by selling official titles, rights and lands to the highest noble bidder. He left for the Holy Land in 1190 along with French King Philip II and most of the military forces of Christendom. After being waylaid first in Sicily and then in Cyprus, Richard and Philip arrived in the Holy Land in June 1191. The joint forces first took Acre and then moved onto Arsuf before fortifying Ascalon. Arguments between who was to become King of Jerusalem escalated and Philip quit the Crusade and returned to France. Richard pressed on but when he realized he had no way of securing Jerusalem even if he had managed to capture it, he signed a peace treaty with Saladin and returned to Europe. He spent his final five years reclaiming his throne from his brother John and fighting against Philip’s advances into Normandy.
9. Spartacus
Born in Thrace in 109 BC, Spartacus is most widely known as the gladiator who led the revolt against Rome during the Gladiatorial War. It is not known for sure how Spartacus became a gladiator but the leading theory is that he once fought for the Roman army but deserted and became a thief. He was arrested and sold as a gladiator due to his strength. In 73 BC he and seventy followers escaped from a gladiator school near Capua and fled to Mount Vesuvius where they were joined by local slaves. His army continued to grow until it was 90, 000 men strong and they began wreaking havoc in southern Italy, defeating two Roman armies and plundering any city they came across. From there they marched north into Gaul where he tried to free his men but they refused to leave and they marched again into Italy for more plunder. Spartacus was killed in a battle at Lucania in 71 BC and his men were crucified. He has been remembered as a legendary commander not only for his successes in battle but for his own courage strength and compassion.
8. Saladin
Known to the western world as the antihero of the Third Crusade, he is revered in the Middle East as the hero who returned Jerusalem into Muslim hands. The Kurdish Sultan was born in 1138 in Mesopotamia (now Iraq) and grew up during the First Crusade. He was trained as a soldier by his uncle Asad al-Din Shirkuh and early in his military career he worked on uniting Arab forces under his control first in Egypt then in Syria and Palestine. He then set his sights on Jerusalem and conquered King Guy de Lusignan at the Battle of Hattin. The battle was a tremendous success for Saladin as his army almost wiped out the Crusaders in the Holy Land. The city of Jerusalem fell into his hands when he came to terms with Balian of Ibelin who defended the city after the capture of Guy. His capture of Jerusalem influenced King Richard of England to join forces with King Philip of France and set out for the Third Crusade to the Holy Land. The Christian forces made their way to Ascalon when Richard fell ill and signed a peace treaty with Saladin that left Jerusalem in Muslim hands as long as Christians would be able to safely make their pilgrimage. His reign of Jerusalem was short lived however as he died of a fever on March 4, 1193. Saladin is most often recognized as much for his generosity and chivalry as he is for his impressive military accomplishments.
7. Lieutenant Audie Murphy
Born the son of a poor Texas sharecropper in 1924, Audie went on to become the most decorated American soldier of World War II. In an attempt to free himself of his hardships, he joined the army as a private in 1942. After his basic training he was shipped to Casablanca, Morocco where he continued with his training. He saw action in North Africa, Sicily, France and Germany and was distinguished by his quick thinking and bravery. He not only destroyed several of the enemy’s machine guns in minutes but also jumped onto a burning tank destroyer and turned its machine gun on the enemy as well as cutting off a German counterattack of six tanks and 250 Infantry practically by himself. For these acts of courage he has received countless decorations including the Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, two Silver Stars, the Legion of Merit, two Bronze Stars, and three Purple Hearts; as well as the French Legion of Honor and two Croix de Guerre. He returned to America as a hero and turned his wartime fame into a successful film career. With help from his friends, Audie penned an autobiography entitled To Hell and Back, which was later made into a movie in which he played himself. While on a business trip he died in a plane crash on May 28, 1971 and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery with military honors.
6. Miyamoto Musashi
The greatest sword fighter of his time, Miyamoto Musashi, also known as the Sword Saint, is one of the best-known samurai in Japanese history. Born in 1584 in Harima Province, Musashi was raised by his uncle in Shoreian temple. By the time he was 13 he had already won his first duel against Arima Kigei, a student of the Shinto Ryu school of military arts. For the next 16 years he made a name for himself, fighting in more than 60 duels (including against the Yoshioka School and his most famous duel against Sasaki Kojiro) in which he was undefeated. During this time he also enlisted in Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s army and although he was on the losing side, he escaped, crawling among corpses and drinking from muddy puddles to survive. After the war, he turned his attention to teaching swordsmanship and he is credited with creating the nitoryu technique in which you fight with two swords. Later in his life, he became a master painter and writer. His most famous written work is The Book of Five Rings, which covers the sum of his experience as a sword fighter including strategy, tactics and philosophy. At the age of 62, Musashi died of thoracic cancer in Reigando Cave (the same cave where he lived as a hermit while writing The Book of Five Rings).
5. Gaius Julius Caesar
The greatest general in Rome’s history, Caesar came to power first as a quaestor and praetor before being elected as consul and proconsul in 59 BC and organizing the First Triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus. He distinguished himself by leading campaigns in Gaul, Britain and Germany but his growing power scared the senate and he was asked to disband his forces. Not only did he refuse this request, he marched on Rome. He started an outbreak of civil war that lasted until December 49 BC when he held a dictatorship in Rome for eleven days while he was elected as consul. He then chased Pompey to Egypt where he remained living with Cleopatra for several years. On his return to Rome he improved the living conditions of his people and drew up elaborate plans for consolidation of the empire. In 44 BC he became dictator for life, a title that was short lived because on the Ides of March (March 15th) 44 BC, he was stabbed to death by a group of his friends and protégés including Cimber, Casca, Cassius and Brutus.
4. Hannibal Barca
A Carthaginian General, Hannibal was a master strategist who developed outflanking tactics. Dubbed the father of strategy by military historian Theodore Ayrault Dodge, he grew up with a fierce hatred of the Romans. After the death of his brother-in-law Hasdrubal, he took command of the Gaulo-Cathaginian army and set his sights on Rome. He set out in the spring of 218 BC and fought his way through the Pyrenees and the Alps with a force of 46,000 soldiers and 37 war elephants. When he was in Roman territory, he ravaged hundreds of towns leaving complete destruction in his wake. Some of his greatest victories were at Trebia, Lake Trasimenus and Cannae, even turning some Roman cities against his enemies. Scipio eventually defeated him in his homeland at the Battle of Zama, after which he signed a peace treaty in 201 BC. After several years as a suffete, he was accused by his political enemies of conspiring with King Antiochus of Syria. At the threat of a Roman investigation, Hannibal fled to the court of King Prusias of Bithynia where he poisoned himself before the Romans could force him to surrender.
3. Sun Tzu
A Chinese General, Sun Tzu was the author of the first and most sophisticated book on military theory ever written, The Art of War. While not much is known about the man, it is generally accepted that he was an accomplished General who served the King of Wu in the period of the Warring States in the 4th century BC. It was at this time that he wrote The Art of War, which covers logistics, espionage, strategy and tactics with a deep reliance on philosophy. The main points it stresses are the high cost of war, the unpredictability of battle, the correlation between political and military policies and the ineffectiveness of setting hard and fast rules. Not only has it influenced Asian military thinking for centuries, but it has also formed the base of the military strategies of Napoleon, Mao Zedong, General Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. and Henry Kissinger. In more recent times, The Art of War has been adopted by business students in Tokyo, New York and London as a text on business strategy.
2. Leonidas I
Best known for his heroic last stand at the Battle of Thermopylae, Leonidas’ early years have barely been documented although legend has it that he was the descendant of Heracles. His reign began somewhere around 490 BC and he shared control with Leotychides, as was Spartan custom of the time. The Persian army, led by King Darius, had been conquering Greece for close to ten years when Leonidas became King. When Darius died in 481 BC his son Xerxes continued his father’s expansion into the Greek mainland. In an attempt to stop the advancing army in their tracks, Leonidas (despite warnings by the Oracle of Delphi that told of his death) went to meet Xerxes with 7000 troops including the famed 300 Spartans, at the Pass of Thermopylae (aptly nicknamed the Hot Gates). Xerxes sent in wave after wave of troops including his Immortals who were in turn slaughtered by the Greeks. After a few days of fighting a Greek traitor told Xerxes of a mountain trail which he could use to outflank his enemy. Leonidas learned of the betrayal and sent away most of his men keeping only the 300 Spartans that made up his personal guard. Leonidas’ 300 valiantly fought off the advancing Persians down to their last man. Leonidas was killed and his body was beheaded and crucified which only served to anger his fellow Spartans who expelled the Persians from Greece a few months later at the Battle of Plataea.
1. Alexander the Great
Arguably one of the greatest generals of antiquity, Alexander’s conquests extended the Macedonian kingdom from Greece to India, almost the entire known world at the time. Born in 356 BC his early years were spent under the tutelage of the philosopher Aristotle. His early military career was spent releasing Greece from the grasp of the Persians. From there he moved through Syria, Egypt (where he founded the city of Alexandria and visited the oracle of Ammon and claimed his divinity), and Asia Minor before his final conquest into India. He then returned to the west and began making preparations to invade Arabia but before he could achieve this conquest, he fell ill and died in June 323 BC. Throughout his reign, the casualties of his troops compared to those of his enemies were considerably less, mostly due to his quick tactical thinking and his love for the men who fought under him.
Um, excuse me. Where the heck is Genghis Kahn? Dude conquered most of Asia, all of Russia, and large portions of what we now know of as the middle east. Leaving him out was a bad mistake!
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I agree. Ghengis (Prince of Warriors has to be in anyones top 2 beside Alexander. In fact if the greatest warrior is judged by the greatest Empire, as it should be, then he is my numero uno)
isn’t there supposed to be a reason that the word war begins the word warrior? is there no differance in your mind between the words warrior and conqueror, or warrior and tactician?
I AGREE GREAT COMMENT
Genghis Kahn
Tamerland
Motun Khan
Selim I (Ottoman Empereur)
Mehmet The Conqoereur
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pol pot
gehnis kauhn
green beret
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napoleon
george washington
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Scipio Africanus? Genghis Khan? Attila the Hun? I agree that leaving Khan out was definitely a mistake!
No General Patton? He had all the qualities of a great warrior in abundance. I would pick him in a one on one fight against Julius Caeser any day of the week.
This list should either be about individual warriors like Audie Murphy and Musashi, or about great military leaders. This hybrid doesn’t quite work.
Sorry but I have to agree with Yogi Barrister, you have mixed warriors with great military minds. I don't see how Sun Tzu is consider a great warrior, great military mind no doubt, but warrior? I really think you should revise this list.
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Agreed
exactly.
I have to disagree with this to some degree. Alexander the Great led his men from the front, he was known to ride into the thickest of the fighting at the head of his cavalry. He never lost a battle, that’s right, he is undefeated. And most importantly, he conquered the entire known world, in a decade! He was and is the greatest warrior. On the other hand, Sun Tzu was a tactician, a brilliant general and a great leader, but he was no warrior. How he got # 3 on this list I will never understand.
no the best are the apache indians they are quick and way better ya gehnis kaun and hannibal had grat battle taticals the apache were sneaky they are champions.all indians are beat it
whatever apache is better
I’d add my voice to those wanting Atilla and Genghis. They might not have been very nice men but they knew how to organise a punch-up.
How is Sun Tzu a warrior? Aren’t warriors supposed to fight? He developed the art of war that’s all.
He fight too in his war
sun tzu is indeed a great warrior leader…not because he physically fought but because he won wars…the term that i think you refer of is fighter.
No Khalid bin al Walid ? Serioulay …
It was under his military leadership that Arabia, for the first time in history, was united under a single political entity, the Caliphate. He has the distinction of being undefeated in over 100 battles, against the numerically superior forces of the Byzantine Empire, Sassanid Persian Empire, and their allies. His strategic achievements include the conquest of Mesopotamia and Roman Syria within three years from 633 to 636. He is also remembered for his decisive victories at Yamamah, Walaja, Ullais and his tactical marvel, the Yarmouk
A shame that he and other greats like Genghis khan, Patton, Rommel, Attila, Amr bin al Aas, Joan of Arc & Napoleon Bonaparte were ignored. Mediocre list at best.
Agree with The great warrior THE KHALID BIN WALEED,……………!
What about David from the Bible. He whopped on Goliath and killed thousands of Phillistines.
these are real people here, not someone that may or may not be mythical
mythical they found his city and palace in jerusalem wake up real history
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Waaaaahhhh! Where's Khan! Where's Attila? Where's Khalid what's his name!! Why don't you whiners just start you OWN top ten lists and put your favorites on them!?? Such whining crybabies!
dude, you need to grow up… you sound like a child…
were is Attila the Hun he's great.
How about some people that really got their hands dirty ! Like Vlad the Impaler the real Dracula that drank his victims blood or liver eater Jack Johnson of wild west fame. That killed so many crow Indians after they killed his girl they locked him up only to escape jail by cutting a guards arm off with a knife and beating another guard with the arm. Just to kill more indians and we know what he did after killing them" ate their liver" ! But people say mite of just ate one lol. Sounds like a movie but real life man seen it on the history channel !
hey man im crow indian.he did not eat crows indian hearts he ate sioux and cheyennen indians heart so u better watch it.crow got your tongue.not ture and they say crapn on history channel.
Napoleon Bonaparte, Atilla the Hun, Ghengis Khan, Akbar the Great, Robert E. Lee, George Patton, Ulysses S. Grant, Khalid ibn al-Walid, and Hino Kumawaka are also some great warriors left off your list
they are not great warriors…just great generals retard…..
Hannibal was a complete failure. He failed to conquer Rome and he killed half his army crossing the Alps. Scipio's family got a writer to make it look as if Hannibal was a great strategist so Scipio's victory looked even grander. This was also before Rome had its grand armies.
But yeah, this list is mediocre, you have warriors and strategists and you're missing many other great people off your list.
Hannibal’s tactics proves that he is one of the greatest military minds in history. I can understand some of the critic about him because he “didn’t finish the war”, but he’s victory at Cannea is viewed as one of the greatest battles of all time, and with good reason. He beat a well trained roman army of twice the size of his own, and 1/3 of his army was gallic and italian barbarians with no real military training (other than being beaten by the romans).
Hannibal was easily one of the greatest generals who ever lived argueably the only reason he lost to rome in the end was due to carthage itself refusing to send reinforcements to him. apart from that is widely recieved he may have destroyed rome. also his strategies are still used by american armies to this day
Where is Ganghis Khan ??????????
Please let him in .
ummm…. Achilles??? i cant see his name.
Achilles isn’t real.
David should definitely be No 1 on this list. We are waiting for a revised version !
U guys forgot Tamerlane, Nepolean and Charlemagne. Please read history boys. don't just write top 10.
"Jo Jeeta wohi Sikander" off course there is no doubt that Sikander "Alexander the Great" is greatest warrior ever .He never lost any battle and conquer almost the entire word at his time.
And dont forget Chuck Norris and the Ninja Turtle
you’er the funniest man alive u better go 2 the cinema ,thanx 4 makin me laugh.
No Paddy Mayne? He was with doubt the greatest warrior of the modern age. Audie Murphy might be the poster boy but in the shadows of Special Operations Paddy Mayne stood alone and was regarded by people he served with in the SAS as the most natural killer they ever seen.
Alexander and Caesar were great warriors. But ,Mongolian great warrior Genghis khan and great Indian king Asoka, why aren't they added those names. Genghis khan made the biggest land empire (China to west end of eastern Europe).king Asoka Undefeated warrior.I think those two names should add to this list.
Alexander the Great as #1 you've got to be kidding me. The Persians did most of the work. Cyrus the Great founded and expanded the Persian from Egypt to most of Asia
What Alexander did was defeat a weak and complacent army and got himself an empire
i would like to have seen Alexander the Great go up against Cyrus the Great or Darius I of Persia.
he succesfully defeated an army of 250,000 persians with 40,000 men then took over the majority of the known world. if he had the right amount of men he would have won as he was also a sound tactician
someone has already replied to this pointing out facts that anyone who bothered to do a little research would know. Alexander was great because he led from the front line. He had fought in and survived vicious battles when he was still a teenager. I will agree that i don’t see him being #1, despite his great accomplishments… for one thing, why are there listed here generals who were famous for tactics and not for fighting? This list is titled top ten warriors, not top ten conquerors. Sun Tzu may have been brilliant, but he wasn’t known for his personal fighting skills. Nor were Saladin or Ceaser. They may have fought, but surely Hector, Achilles, Vlad Tepes, Cnute and others were better known for their actual combative abilities.
everything else aside, you’re entitled to your opinions, i just strongly disagree with them
where's napoleon, atilla, and genghis khan? they're one of the most vicious and greatest warriors of all time (together with caesar and alexander).
Sun Tzu? what battle did he fight?
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don’t u know Achilles was the greatest warrior of all time.How the hell can u miss someone like him.The rest listed were no doubted great but to me Achilles was the no.1 .
you do realize that achilles is a charachter in homers iliad and not a real person, right?
dont be so sure about achilles. he was the biggest idol of alexander the great and alexander the great visited his tomb in asia minor on his way to fight the persian empire!
Do you know the diference between reality and fiction? If achilles makes the list, then Yoda, Rambo and G.I Joe should be there too.
first of all Leonidas could be a fictional character from Greece if it weren’t for the statues and Greek history that was wrote about him. well guess what there are also statues of Achilles in Greece to. as well as history wrote about him to. In not just fictional story’s. but if u new what you were talking about you would know that Achilles name is mentioned in multiple fictional story’s and factual alike the Odessy, homers ilad history books list goes on and on. learn some history and geography because ACHILLES was a man and he was the best individual fighter/worrier the world has ever seen
Well Spoken Trashy… I support everything you have written and appreciate your support of what is and is not real. You are correct in stating that Achilles is mentioned in multiple FICTIONAL stories. Do the world a favor and spare us of your poor spelling / grammar / and overall ignorant thoughts, fool.
Good list, Alexander the great was undeniably # 1, but Muslims fellow shouldn’t be come here, they are foolish and cruel, no matter what they win.
There r so many great war leaders commanders and warriors of the battle field has been ignored in this list. in which so many muslims commanders and warriors also..
1.Hazrat Umar Farooq ( R A)
2. Hazrat Ali (R A)
3. Hazrat Hamza (R A)
4. Hazrat Khalid Bin Waleed
5 Tipu Sultan (The Tiger Lord)
6. Mohhamad Bin Qasim.
and a lot more…..
and some other great commanders an warriors are:
1. Accihlies
2. Changez Khan
3. Hitler
4. Nipolian etc….
achilles is not real…
very surprised to see no1 mentioned william wallace – he made scotland and broke free of english rule – scotland wouldnt be a country if it wasnt for him …..
That was robert the bruce who actually made scotlad free and scotland never conquered any other lands so he cant compete with someone like julius ceaser or alexander the great. he was awesome though and im surprised oliver cromwell wasnt mentioned
I’m quite surprised that Charles Martel wasn’t included on this list. The guy crushed the invading Moors at the Battle of Tours and pretty much saved Europe. Heck, his name means “The Hammer” for crying out loud.
Most of great warrior inherited army and military machines from king and empire that existed long time of period, but one that come from nomadic tribe who creates him self and still amezes the student of history and modern military school of thought is Ghengis Khan. I would also argue that saladin was a warrior fight againist group of kings yet he defeated them all.. these two warrior was the two greatest the world have ever seein, ofcourse, they are many great warrior before them and after them.
wheres Lu Bu??? He killed OVER 9000 people :/
over 9000…. i have heard that before, lol
Lu Bu is one of the BEST!!!
about the 300 spartans there where also 700 thespiis who died at thermopylae and they could had left since there where no customs in their country and about the greatest thing about alexander was that he fought with his soldiers at the first line like leonidas also did.
Oliver cromwell and bismark are missing here along with wellington, scipio africanus, attila the hun and flavius aetius bad list
who is this audy murphy..first time I heard of this guy.
the list should include Genghis Khan (even though muslims hate him as he destroyed them, thier culture etc.)
….and Khalid bn Waleed is not included. He may not me know very well in the West but he won each of the 100 battles he fought..perhaps the only commander in history that didn’t lose any battle.
i think you need a history lesson he dident destroy Muslims in general, his campaign started when the Muslim empire was broken in to kingdoms and the empire was lost and in the hands of rebels, genghis took over Russia and parts of Asia and small portions of the Middle East a small part of the worn torn broken down Islamic Caliphate, so be careful with your phrasing.
Hi everybody im just a random teen who’s reading about history n stuff and i have some advice.Why don’t you rename this to’Top 15/20 greatest generals and warriors’because A.Salah ad din wasn’t a warrior he was a general and B.where the hell is khaled ibn al walid(ra),ali(ra),umar(ra),uthman(ra) and also genghis khan?These men were great warriors and a great general.
FRDS A WARRIOR SHOULD BE DECIDED ON FOLLOWING BASIS
National security of the territory
Strength, power, position
Welfare of the people
Obedience of rules and regulation
Patriotism
Financial stability
AND ON BASIS OF ABOVE THERE IS ONLY ONE NAME IN MY MIND
SHIVAJI THE GREAT
I would like to add few more ..
First thing, he is no doubt one of the Greatest warrior but above all he is Greatest Ruler in World History. You underlined some of the characteristics of the Great Warrior which are also characteristics of Great King but if somebody looks into his MIRACULOUS life they will come to know that he is Great King & Warrior on all fronts. He is a King with PERFECT combination of Bravery & Cleverness at war. His strategic wars are absolutely AMAZING. I wouldn’t say he was the best warrior at his time as in his army only there was treasure of warriors each of which was exemplery. He seeked for each such man from every level of contemporary society. It is also could be termed as sign of Great King. There many to underline but if other friends could see it by themselves then it would be far better & clearer.
At this point I would also like to tell that his Great Son Sambhajiraje Bhosale was considered as Greatest warrior of Maratha empire after him.
No warrier list is complete without the mention of Ashoka the Great .. 1000 B.C. , and The Chengese Khan
where is prithviraj chauhan
Guys; Oliver Cromwell took over the New Model Army from Fairfax Thomas Fairfax and defeated the armies loyal to King Charles I REPEATEDLY, even though the Cavaliers out-numbered his men by 3 to 1 and even 5 to 1. You had better believe that George Washington and Napoleon I studied his tactics VERY carefully.
HEY!!.. everybody is forgetting the great William Wallace.. wtf
..and Fedor, he would kill any of the aforemetioned in hand to hand combat
qual foi o maior samurai do seculo ???
Please ask for the bibliography of the research on the basis of which this list is being made
i bet folks, they can’t provide one.
it is quite questionable what these people considers to be the ‘world’. i bet these guys understands only Europe.
none can match the might of Chandragupta Maurya, Asoka the great, Akbar the great.
Genghis Khan , seriously include him ; his tactics are still taught. I can see at least 3 you can take out and be replaced by Genghis Khan in all three spots lol.
who ever said Achilles wasn’t a real person doesn’t know anything. the Iliad is fiction, people used o write books and document stories of people that did great things, that’s just how news got passed around back then. how else do you think we know about most historical events or other great warriors?
how about the five tigers of shu kingdom,
guan yu, zhang fei, huang zhong, ma chao, and zhao yun.
at least one of them must be listed as the world’s greatest warrior.
Ok greek history writers during the persian wars were not storytellers like hommer so they are very accurate at what they were writing so yes leonidas was king of sparta and not a fictional person like achiles.
well Simo häyhä killed 702 soldiers in the Winter war… So 1 vs 1 all of these guys are screwed.
Whoa! By reading all the comments i personally suggest to make a lsit of 100 GREAT WARRIORS. So, every one will be happy!!!LOL
where is khalid al walid ? he fought in and lead in more then 100++ battle, make persian empire a history and made byzantium pay him money not to attack them, also he got so much scar people wonder how he survived some, if he is not in this list its not legit
Well what about Jeronimo or Geronimo the native American warrior who fought for years with just a few men? He surely must be mentioned.
what about william wallace ? he should be on this list
i will say all are correct at there places… but india to had warriors from ancient times chakravarti samrat vikramaditya , lord parshuram, lord rama, lord krishna , bhimsena having power of 1000 elephants, arjuna the great archour he can able to make slice of every object , karna the great warrior who wear such type of body shield which is unbreakable given by sun himself who was his father even today’s nuclear weapon could make no harm if he was present its no mytholgy ….these warriors were present at there time …even chandragupta maurya who frightened the alexender the great and force him to leave even king porus of punjab had defeted sikandar but he was saved by his wife and what was about samrat ashok even national symbol of ashok today used as national symbol ,similarly harshwardan samrat ,prithvi raj chauhan ,alah uddal,skand gupt,samudra gupta,shivaji ,rani laxmi bai,maharana pratap, hari singh nalwa a greatest general who conquered whole afghanistan injust 48 hours with 48 soldiers which usa has not able to be done even after eight yearswith thousands of soldiers ,,paliwals of rajasthan fought for there dharma during muslim era they fought not to save there life but there self respect they even fight even after there head was cutt they take there head in there hand don’t let it fell on ground and fight with there sword till all enemies of 50000 were slayed do yu have hero which can fight without head and can kill anybody……..mahrana pratap of chittorgarh was also great warrior faught bravely with akbar….and what about bhagat singh ,sukhdev ,rajguru and subhash chandrabose whom britishers before leaving india wants on any cost and makes britishers to leave make our indiaindipendent……jai hind jai bharat……….
with respect i disagree with this list this list does not include the asian warriors like ghengiz khan halaku khan ,zaherudin babar ,taimur leng
ThnX Nitin u gav such a nice reply to all..we indians will show our past golden glory in d future once again. Destiny made us weak for sumtim but now we r growing 2 retrieve our golden past once again. Jai hind
only one man is too much great,bravery& no words for him who is change the every mens thoughts &minds who is world famous his only name is swami viveka nand
wow wheres hitler?
Well after reading all the drivel written, Warrior does not include Caesar, Wellington, Hitler or other such nonsense
A warrior is the guy up front and as such you have Alexander, Henry V a guy called Hereward the Wake , How are Gengis Khan and Hannibal classed as warriors, great generals YES but warriors NO
If you take warriors , possibly Spartacus but as the history was written by the winners , you cant expect them to say that Spartacus was useless because it makes the victor look better if Spartacus was unbeatable
All of this is a matter of opinion but if you look at it history tells you something, there is only one place on earth that has a title and that is Great Britain
Through modern history it has been proved for a country the size of a postage stamp there is one place that has produced so many great generals
Warriors, Richard 1, Henry V then you need a microscope
Alexander the Great (Macedonia is Greek) is the 1# by far.
What about a warrior who broke 9 swords in a single battle…Khalid
What about Rajendra Chola 1? The greatest of kings to come from india.. Matter of fact the only king to have ever conquered land across seas from india.. I would put him in the top 3.
And u kidding me|?! This list was supposed to include people from evrywhere.. Where r the Indians? Knucklehead!!
Hi Everybody,
The South Indian Warrior’s is the One of the Top most Warrior in this World
1. CHOLA
2. CHERA
3. PANDIYA
The above you said 10 Warrior’s will not able to stand in front of them
Worlds most Powerful Warrior’s – DRAVIDIAN
No affennts, but they , the bulk of them were not strong willed or anything, Alexander-died of the common cold,hannibal-lost when he could of sacked rome,leonidas-could of won the day at the thermopylae pass, and he barely deserved to be king, he won a popularity contest, sun tzu and caesar were strategists not warriors, and caesars own friends wanted to kill him, any one lower than that needs to be ranked higher, and next time include more people like dan daly, or Simo Häyhä, people that actually did something correct.
YOU FORGOT BATMAN
Where’s ma boy Bruce Lee? Honestly, outside a sword fight against Musashi, who on this list could beat Bruce on a man-to-man, one-on-one fight? Bruce would bust open a huge can of whop-ass on Alexander the Great and Leonidas at the same time.
In all respects including character, Chatrapati Shivaji from India, is always on the top of all warriors in the world for ever. First u have to read about all the above mentioned warriors and scrutinize for their greatness and then only you include the name on the Top Greatest Warriors’ List.
why? why is leonidas one this list. his only major battle was a strategic catastrophe that resulted in the occupation of Boeotia
Sorry, but I must oppose you, but there were some warriors, greather than some of those…
- Ieyasu Tokugawa
- Ghengis Khan
- Guan Yu
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So Is anyone going to mention Shakka Zulu who from in front would run for miles with his massive army on foot I must emphasis, and beat any army even the Britts with out fire arms shields and spears. Now that’s a warrior, general, and tactionist. Or ya want to leave us blacks out. Shhhhhh!!
hi every body i must says the greatest warrior is who which can win his enemy without any fight like chanakyaa he must be included he was the creator of rajniti,shastraniti,kutniti,arthniti he was a true fighter he has forced sikandar to left our country by saving lifes of many people it is because who save life is bigger then killers and i want to say but sikandar,ghangis khan ,babur,temur ,nadir shah ,britishers etc all were killers and brutely slayed many people they were not true warriors real warrior save mankind ,country, poor’s and even animals paliwals ,ranas,sikhs fought with mughals and paliwals who were rich traders and businessman were golden sparrow of there time but also true warriors and also a good brahmin devoted to its dharma and countryhood they fought for there self respect ,country , there people ,there animal(cow)which is very sacred for them but not for money and tresure and to destroy others civilisation they fought even withot there head isit not wonder ………….
i think paliwals and sikhs and ranas fought for there country anthere people should be in the list they were true warriors could any one from these warrior fight without there head only some of the sikhs and paliwals had done this miracles in a history to save not there life but there country and there people i feel proud for them killing any bodyis easy but yu can not return there life so true warrior should be a complete warrior jai hind……
just because your a great general doesn’t mean you can actually fight in battle
this is the greatest warrior period. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aweg2HKIIYw
the greatest worior is guru gobind singh ji they are 22 person and they won battel from 10,000 muslim soldrs…. second greatest is baba deep singh ji he fight even without there head cut..
were is cyrus the great!!
This list is obviously biased. no one from africa was mentioned, no one from Indigenous America was mentioned, and certain individuals on this list did not do any actual fighting and shouldn’t have been mentioned. A warrior is someone in the heat of battle the thick of it all. if they were giving orders and planning the fight from a distance they’re not warriors but tacticians. this list should only include individuals that fought great odds and not only survived but was Victorious as well. I mean there were so many people not mentioned that qualify and others that were mentioned that don’t. I also would like to say that if Achilles or David is added then Heracles should be above their name and Aries should be above that. if we should consider people in stories we can’t prove existed then all the different individuals that are called Gods Of War should be the top ten.
Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and King Ashoka . Should Be In This List , both are Great Warriors of india.
Where is Tamerlane, Nadirshah, Chengiz, Suleiman, Abbas ????????
Where is Ataturk?
Hans Ulrich Rudel, the famous Stuka pilot. Unbeaten with his 3500+ battle flights. He soldierd on 6 weeks after loosing a foot …
Over 500 tanks, a battleship, 70 landing crafts, etc. …
google for more!
What about jean grey from x men, she’s the most powerful warrior of all time right?
My No1 is the SUBUTAI! He is the best one! He was general of the Geghis khan!
where is RAJENDRA CHOLA the great warrior of chola empire and he was undefeated warrior…he conquered almost all south east asia….
Leonidas? Are you kidding me? The guy who took 3,000 greeks (including 300 spartans) just to slow down Persians who got to their destination anyway in time?
Leonidas didn’t contribute at all to greece’s defense from Persia. The Athenian navy did that. He only slowed down the Persians.
The only reason that the Persians were slaughtered was the greek equipment and phalanx.
See persia had to give cheap equipment to 200,000 men while the greeks could give as many bronze body sheilds to their 3,000 men.
200,000 vs 3,000? are you kidding me? although persian give only cheap equipment to their men they are still too many compare to 3,000 men of greeks.
How bout Sampson? Teancum? Moroni? (both of them) Anybody know who these people are?
Genghis Khan isn’t on the list? Absurd! Tamerlane isn’t on the list? Again, absurd!
Banda bahadur
Arrived with a small band of sikhs (30 or so)
Into northern india from the south but within two/three years had the moghul empire uprooted from most of the north
He is right up their like spartacus as a warrior because he was fighting a freedom struggle for the oppressed
Him and spartacus meet the definition of a warrior in sikhiism
A warrior is one who fights under the commands of morality
Genghis khan etc did not meet this criteria
hellow , as i had said earlier true warrior means true leader to save mankind just slaying mankind killing people without any reason is not a work of true warrior i think true warriors are those who spare their life for people to serve our country our people then our family and paliwals clan of brahmins ruled pali disrict and kuldhara of jaiselmair has served their nations they were prosperous and very rich and rich enough to buy any king and emperors of their time they have so much treasure that we serve food for whole world for 1000 years but for there dharma and their self respect left all treasure and fought for their country and dharma with intruders they were bravest on earth mughals never ever sucessful to capture their states not even other rajputs they like freedom and never bow their head in front of any intruders so paliwals are greatest warriorrrr jai hind….
kHALID bIN AL WALEED IS the #1……………Basiclly took down two great nations……Persian empire and Roman empire…….His Army was battling to two fronts in the same time…………..No one in History fought two nations in the same time. Both Armies were 10 times the # of His army……….Can anyone mention something crazy like that?!!!??!?! Not even alexander did that………..he fought one nation after another…..and he had enough # of soldiers.
You didn*t mention properly the greatest warriors of all times: Kublai, and Dzingis khan, Attila, Josip Broz Tito, Napoleon, Horatio Nelson, Georgij Konstantinovi? Žukov.