Summary

• Hawkeye might not have superpowers, but his experience in battle and strategic guidance make him a valuable Avenger.
• Nick Fury may not have God-like abilities, but his leadership skills and resources make him a powerful force in the MCU.
• Kate Bishop, while not officially an Avenger yet, shows promise with her talent and potential to lead as one of the Young Avengers.

The Avengers are commonly referred to as "Earth's mightiest heroes" in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and that has become increasingly true as heroes are added to the constantly expanding roster with every movie. The team has a healthy balance of characters with God-like abilities and those who are mere mortals. While the characters that are on the weaker side can sometimes be overlooked, they have shown that they are just as capable as the others, even if they may not be as powerful. But who is the strongest Avenger, and who is the weakest?

This question has grown increasingly hard to answer as the Avenger's original and early have died or ed on their mantle, and a new Young Avengers team is in the early stages of development. Sam Wilson is set to put together a new team of Avengers in Captain America: Brave New World, which may make it more clear who's on the team and who's not. Until then, these are the heroes who are or are likely to be associated with the Avengers, ranked by power.

23 Hawkeye/Kate Bishop

Clint's Young Protege

While Kate Bishop is not technically an Avenger yet, she received Clint Barton's blessing, and he hinted at even giving her his name at the end of Hawkeye on Disney+. However, for her power, she ranks below everyone. Kate is talented; there is no doubt about that. She can hold her own against thugs like the Tracksuit Mafia, and she somehow survived a fight with Wilson Fisk. However, she is young, has a lot of training to do in actual fighting, and is still a raw talent with room for growth. Kate was also confirmed to be one of the first two Young Avengers in The Marvels, so she may prove to have leadership abilities in addition to skill with a bow.

22 Nick Fury

Knowledge And Resources Are Power

Nick Fury is the man who started it all. Many people might not consider him a member of the Avengers, but he is the man who brought the entire team together. He is the ultimate founder of Earth's Mightiest Heroes, and he is also a powerful character in his own right.

He survived an all-out attack from Winter Soldier and helped battle Loki in the first Avengers movie. His true power comes in his leadership skills and what he provides to his team. S.H.I.E.L.D. may be no more, but Fury has gone on to take up a leadership position in S.W.O.R.D., a spiritual follow-up organization focused on extraterrestrial threats.

21 Hawkeye/Clint Barton

A Close To Superpowers As One Can Get

Although he is an extremely skilled marksman, Clint Barton is often considered to be the weakest member of the team seeing as he's just a regular guy with a bow and arrow. That certainly means that Hawkeye one of the weakest official Avengers.

The fact that he's on a much different level than the rest of the team is actually one of the best parts of the character and grounds him, especially since it's clear he has a lot more to lose than them. He also has a lot of experience in battle, which he has used to guide stronger characters like Wanda Maxmioff in the past.

20 Moon Knight/Marc Spector

An Unclear Upper Limit

Like the aforementioned Kate Bishop, Marc Spector isn't officially a member of the Avengers right now. However, his appearance in the MCU could change that at some point, even if there aren't ever any future Avengers films.

Though his dissociative identity disorder can make him unpredictable, Moon Knight is undeniably powerful. He's an impressive detective and is a skilled fighter, evidenced by how he can take out hordes of enemies all alone. He doesn't quite have the abilities of some top-level Avengers, but he'd beat several of them in hand-to-hand combat.

19 Ant-Man/Scott Lang

Still Getting More Powerful

Ant-Man has mostly appeared in comedic scenes. However, when the chips were down, and the Avengers needed help beating Thanos, he stepped up and became part of the team, assisting them in learning more about the Quantum Realm and at least helping them save the day. He's also the only true Avenger so far to go toe-to-toe with Kang.

Ant-Man's strength, of course, comes from his ability to massively shrink or grow but maintain some of his momentum and strength. While this makes him slightly tougher than usual, he's still vulnerable to traditional harm. However, Scott still has room to grow. If he can better harness the ant communication side of his abilities, he could easily shoot up the rankings.

18 Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff

The Skilled Assassin And Spy

Even though she is a master assassin, Black Widow, also known as Natasha Romanoff, is still toward the middle bottom of the list in of strength. Like Hawkeye, she has shown herself to be capable of competing against some of the Avengers' more challenging opponents like the Chitauri, the Ultron drones, and the Black Order.

She often has to rely on additional gadgets, such as her Black Widow's bite and batons, in addition to various firearms. Those things and her long history as an assassin give her a slight edge over her other mostly normal humans. However, what puts her a step up from some other unpowered humans is her incredible skills in interrogation and manipulation.

17 Falcon/Captain America/Sam Wilson

Captain America Without The Super Soldier Serum

Sam Wilson is an ex-soldier who uses an advanced winged jetpack to fly and utilize in combat. He was recently made the new Captain America, and people have raised concerns about the fact that Sam is just a regular guy in a jetpack, so if he loses it, he's basically out of a fight against any superpowered being. His wings do, however, work as both offensive and defensive weapons, which make him a worthy opponent for most villains.

The upgraded version of his suit that he uses in Captain America: Civil War also has a lot of bells and whistles that help him while on mission including his drone, Redwing. During The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, he also showed an ability to more than hold his own in a fight against people who took the super-soldier serum.

16 Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier

Super Solder Serum And Expert Hand-To-Hand Skills

Bucky Barnes is one of the many characters in the MCU to have taken a version of the super-soldier serum in his blood, although his was created by Hydra scientist Arnim Zola. The fact that his new arm, which he was gifted by T'Challa, is completely made out of Vibranium, also gives him a newfound advantage.

However, as it was shown by Spider-Man in Civil War, that won't do much against some of the more powerful individuals. Bucky is very likely to win the majority of the fights he gets involved in but that simply wouldn't be the case if he took on some of the stronger of the Avengers, putting him towards the bottom.

15 Captain America/Steve Rogers

The Only Perfect Super Soldier To Date

Due to the super-soldier serum in his veins, it can be easy for fans to that while Steve Rogers is much stronger than the average human, he is still weaker when compared to the other of his team.

While he can do things like keeping a helicopter from taking off with his bare hands and jumping from a plane without a parachute, he usually isn't a match for characters like Thanos or Loki. Of course, he does also command a deep level of respect from everyone and Cap has a never-say-die attitude in battle that makes him tough to defeat.

14 War Machine/James Rhodes

A Less Advanced Iron Man

There is no reason that War Machine can't eclipse Iron Man in pure power as the MCU moves on. With Tony Stark dead, it is Jim Rhodes who appears to move into the role as the MCU's armored hero, and that will play out in Armor Wars when it eventually releases. War Machine also has things at his disposal that Iron Man never had.

War Machine has the U.S. Government at his back. The weapons he can add to his armor could make him one of the MCU's deadliest heroes. However, he also broke his back in Captain America: Civil War, and there is no telling how powerful he really is with his past injuries.

Secret Invasion revealed that Rhodey had been replaced by a Skrull at some point after Civil War, but it declined to specify exactly when.