Hunter x Hunter: 10 Strongest Phantom Troupe Members, Ranked

The Phantom Troupe has never been just a gang of thieves in Hunter x Hunter – it’s thirteen numbered killers, each capable of leveling a city block on a bad day. Some fight with fists, some with blades, some with tricks you don’t see coming until it’s over.

Ranking them is basically an invitation for an argument, and that’s half the fun. Here’s a rundown of the ten Spiders who hit hardest, built around canon feats and confirmed abilities rather than fan wishlists. Chrollo tops it, but the rest will make you rethink who you’d want beside you in a fight.

TITLE	Hunter X Hunter
CREATOR	Yoshihiro Togashi
IMDb RATING (as of September 6, 2026)	9/10
WHERE TO WATCH	Crunchyroll

10 Bonolenov Ndongo Turns His Own Body Into A Walking War Drum

Bonolenov looks unassuming under all those bandages, right up until the music starts. Holes across his body let him play sound that fuels his Conjuration, summoning a spear and armor for close combat or building toward Jupiter, a massive sphere strong enough to crater the ground. He fights like it’s ritual, calm and deliberate, but the results aren’t gentle. He’s also sharp enough to keep pace with faster Troupe members in a real fight. He rounds out this list as proof that the quietest Spider still hits like a truck.

9 Franklin Bordeau Turns Both His Hands Into Twin Machine Guns

Franklin looks like the Troupe’s brute-force option, and Double Machine Gun proves he’s exactly that on purpose. Splitting his fingertips lets him fire aura bullets fast enough to cut down a crowd before it can scatter, and he barely seems to tire doing it. He ranks near the top of the group physically too, which means he can back the barrage with actual muscle if things get close. He’s blunt, direct, and doesn’t need a trick to be effective. He lands here on sheer, reliable volume of damage.

8 Machi Komacine Stitches Wounds And Strangles Foes With Thread

Machi’s threads do more than most people expect out of a support player. She can stitch a fatal wound shut in seconds or snap those same threads taut enough to trap someone twice her size. Her reflexes are sharp enough that she’s clocked things other Spiders straight-up missed, and her hands carry real power behind them too. She’s also the one holding the group together when things go sideways, medically and otherwise. She ranks here because she’s just as dangerous keeping people alive as she is ending them.

7 Nobunaga Hazama Draws His Katana Faster Than You Can Blink

Nobunaga barely uses Nen when a katana will do, and that’s kind of the scary part. He’s carved through waves of armed men without breaking stride, and his reflexes keep him competitive with faster, flashier fighters in the group. His exact Hatsu has never even been shown on-page, and he still doesn’t need it to be taken seriously. He was also close enough with Uvogin that the two watched each other’s backs constantly. He sits mid-pack here because his skill is proven even when his full power isn’t.

6 Phinks Magcub Winds Up Once And Wrecks Everything Around Him

Phinks fights like he’s got nothing left to prove and everything to prove at once. Ripper Cyclotron lets him wind up his arm and stack power with every rotation, and he’s cracked open a Chimera Ant’s body using barely half of what he had loaded. He was runner-up to Uvogin in arm-wrestling before that, which tells you where his baseline sits. He’s reckless about calculating force, but usually it doesn’t matter. He ranks here because his ceiling might honestly be higher than anyone’s willing to admit.

5 Uvogin Threw Punches That Landed Like Actual Missile Strikes

Before he died, Uvogin was the Troupe’s benchmark for raw power – the guy everyone else got measured against. Big Bang Impact let him channel his aura into a single punch, and it hit like ordnance, not a fist. He tore through armed guards and traded blows with Nen beasts without much trouble. Losing him actually shook the rest of the group, which says plenty about how much weight he carried on his own. He still ranks this high because nobody who replaced him has quite matched his output.

4 Feitan Portor Burns Through Enemies With His Own Pocket Sun

Feitan looks harmless right up until he isn’t. Pain Packer wraps him in armor that turns punishment into fuel, and Rising Sun cashes that pain in for a miniature sun he can hurl at whoever’s still standing. He’s fast enough that people who should be paying attention still can’t track him, and he’s taken down threats most of the Troupe wouldn’t touch alone. He’s also just genuinely unnerving to fight, which counts for something. He ranks this high because he turns getting hurt into someone else’s problem.

3 Illumi Zoldyck Turns Total Strangers Into Needle-Controlled Puppets

Illumi doesn’t waste time swinging fists when a needle does the job better. Slip one into someone’s brain, and they’ll follow his orders without ever noticing they’ve stopped thinking for themselves – he calls the result a Needle Person. He can just as easily reroute Killua’s instincts or rebuild his own face with the same trick. Add a lifetime of Zoldyck assassin training under all that manipulation, and you get someone dangerous in a fight and terrifying outside one. He lands this high because his control extends past the battlefield.

2 Hisoka Morow Nearly Died Just To Prove He Could Beat Chrollo

Hisoka only joined the Troupe as bait for Chrollo, and when they finally clashed, it nearly killed him – literally. He died mid-fight and only came back because he’d rigged Bungee Gum in advance to restart his own heart. Between that stretchy, sticky aura and Texture Surprise reshaping his wounds into working limbs, he shrugged off an outcome that would’ve ended anyone else. He’s since turned on his old comrades entirely. He edges out most of the roster here because he genuinely gave the leader a real fight.

1 Chrollo Lucilfer Leads With A Stolen Book, Not Just A Fist

Chrollo doesn’t need his own strength when he can just take yours. His Skill Hunter turns a conjured book, Bandit’s Secret, into a library of stolen Hatsu – see it, ask about it, touch the owner, and it’s his. He’s beaten terrifying opponents by simply borrowing the right weapon for the moment. The Specialist Nen user also founded and still leads this whole group of killers, which means he wins fights before they even start. That’s exactly why he sits at number one – nobody else weaponizes the Troupe’s own arsenal against them.

What are your thoughts on the strongest Phantom Troupe members? We’d love to know your rankings, top picks, and opinions in the comments below.

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