Let’s have an exercise in futility: ranking the Espada. There have been many number theories and mathematical sequences generated in order to create a logical order to the ranking of the Espada but so far none have been correct. Because I’m bored, let’s talk about what you think the ranking of the Espada might be. There might be spoilers below so don’t click if you’re not caught up with the manga. I have included a picture of the infamous tea party table seating for reference (click for bigger).
Here’s my personal prediction on the ranking:
1. Ulquiorra
2. Nnoitra
3. Stark
4. Old Espada
5. Halibel
6. Grimmjow
7. Zommari
8. Szayelaporro
9. Aaroniero
10. Yammy
Bolded names are the confirmed rankings by manga. All the rest are based on gut feeling with no complicated number sequences or formulas, except for Noitora – I think he is #2 based on what he told Telsa. He thinks he’s the strongest Espada but yet he’s not recognised as the strongest, so this probably means he’s #2. And I think Ulquiorra is #1 because he’s so damn intelligent and analytical, and he is Aizen’s pet as well.
This is the current actual rankings as revealed by the manga, together with my new predictions:
1. Stark
2. Halibel
3. Old Espada
4. Ulquiorra
5. Nnoitra
6. Grimmjow
7. Zommari
8. Szayelaporro
9. Aaroniero
10. Yammy
So let me hear all your theories and predictions on the rankings of the Espada!
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I think that the list should go like this:
1.Ulquiorra
2.Stark
3.Nnoitra
4.Barragan
5.Halibel
6.Grimmjow
7. Zommari
8. Szayelaporro
9. Aaroniero
10. Yammy
yammy is actually number 0 and the strongest
yammy can’t be the strongest. It just doesn’t make any sense. He should be 10 or maybe 9 but not the strongest.
Judging by how old this blog post is and how far back this is in the show I’m surprised someone posting with the name “Bleach watcher” would be confused that Yammy is number 10 and number 0 (thus being the strongest) when he builds up his reaitsu before releasing. In short, the list Kyle posted is the correct order of the Espada.
you idoit go get a life you sad little twat and if you ever say anything like this again i will smack you and your mum
how do u know yammy is number 0
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The real list is this, I’ve seen and read them
1. Stark
2. Idk name but the old looking guy above
3. Hallibel/Nelliel
4. Ulquoiorra
5. Noitora
6. Grimmjow
7. Zumarri
8. Szyaleparo
9. Arenyero
10. Yammy
When released, Yammi becomes the strongest, surpassing even stark.
Ok so Kenpatchi took a hard time beeating Nnoitora but he beat Yammy so easily so no when he released he becomes Espada 0 but still is weaker than Barragan,Stark and Ulqiorra so no he’s not strongestt when releasing….And Barragan would beat any Espada except Stark cuz he’s long ranged but almost all others need 2 be close to do any kind of damage…That make Stark stronger than Barragan and Yammy….
hey everyone, how the hell can stark be ranked so high when he was so easily killed by kyoraku
Hmmm I Think Ulquiorra Is The 1st Because He Was Able To Stand Ichigo With His Bankai And His Hollow Mask And Getsuga Tensho At His Full Power I Think If Aizen Kidnapped Ichigo And Used The Hokugo And Made His Hollowfication Perfect He Will Have 2 Resurrictions And Made Him Learn About All Kidou Magic Spells All Of Them And His Spiritual Pressure And Spiritual Power And His Retisu His Zanpukto Have Sealed Form Like The 1st Arc And Have Shikai That + Every Stat By x2 And Bankai + Every Stat By x4 And Hollow Mask + Every Stat By x6 And Resurriction Number 1 + Every Stat By x8 And Resurrection Number 2 + Every Stat By x10 And The Final Getsuga Tensho ( He Can Control It Any Time He Need It) + Every Stat x12 (From His Sealed Zanpukto And Without Releasing Anything).
My Ranking:
1st Ulquiorra
2nd Stark
3rd Nnoitoria
4th Yammy
5th Hablie
6th Grimmjow
7th Barragan
8th Szayelaporro
9th Zommari
10th Aaroniero
i think the number 3 former espada was neliel!!!!
i think the list is
1 grimmjow or nnoitra
2grimmjow or nnoitra
3 ulquiorra or starrk
al the others were not really that strong compared to these especially yammy,so yeah
Sorry i will re-rank again here the list.
Ulquiorra
Barragan
Starrk
Halibel
Nnoitra
Grimmjow
Yammy
Szayel
Zommari
Aaroniero
starks no.1
barragan (old espada) no.2
hallibel no.3
ulquiorra no.4
the rest are correct form the second list on the page except yammy is no.10/ no.0 as the espada are actually ranked from 0-9
1)ULQUIORA
2)STARK
3)BARRAGAN
4)HALIBEL
5)NNOITRA
6)GRIMMJOW
7)SZAYELAPORO
8)ZOMMARI LEROUX
9)AARONIERO
10)YAMMY
THIS IS THE RIGHT ORDER YOU DUMMIES
no not rlly.
ulquiorra = 4
thats why he has the “4″ on his chest -.-
and even says “i am ranked fourth of the espada”
Rank
0.ulquirra
I think he would be ranked 0 if Aizen reranked them, I mean wtf, Yammy is like the weakest ofem all. I am pretty sure the 1 was just smuged off him, no way he is the strongest, HES PATHETIC and as far as those damn captains there useless, Ichigo is the strongest of evryone and those captains act like hes nothing, there so damn cocky. lol Thats just my opion.
Oh and if the rank was coolest to lamest, it would go somthin like this,
0.GreenJow
1.ulquirra
2.Stark
3.Old espada”the king”
and who cares about the rest
Hottest would be
0.Nail
1.That chick that shoots water from her sword haha
It’s Grimmjow. Not GreenJow.
i agree with u
i think that the list should go like this
1.ulquirra
2.stark
3.Nnoitoria
4.Grimmjow
5.Barragan
6.hallibel
7.wonderwise
8.aaroniero
9.zommari
10.Yammy
kick out the Espada #7
i think ulquiorra is powerful than Gin and Tosen!!!!^_^
no no no it should go like this
1.and 2. ulquiorra and gimmjow(i cant decide whose better)
3. Coyote Starkk
4. Nnoitora Jiruga
5. yammy
6. aaroniero
7.Hallibel
8.Barragan
9.szayelapporo
10. zommari
Actually, Hallibel is ranked 3rd & The Old Espada ( Barragan) is ranked 2nd, tbh stark’s my favourite xD either him or ulqiurra.
nelliel is no. 3 as shown in episode 192.
i know every number and it looks that the numbers are 1-10 but it is later revealed that its 0-9 because when Yammy releases he becomes a giant then and his 10 turns to a 0. He even states that he is the weakest but when he releases he turns out to be the most powerful and most deadly.
“The Order Is”
0-Yammy
1-stark
2-old espada / Baraggan
3-Harribel
4-Ulquiorra
5-Gilga
6-Grimmjow
7-Zimmari
8-Szayel
9-Aaroniero
your forgetting nel who is currently rank 3 in the actual anime yea i said nel the nel ichigo kurosaki saves from ulqoria
1 stark
2 barragon
3 halibel
4 ulquiorra
5 NNOITRA
6 grimmjow
7 zommari
8 szazalaporro
9 areniro
10 yammy
ulquiorra did have a second release AKA vasto lorde that aizen didnt know about so
1Ulquiorra
2Starkk
3Nnoitra
4Halibel
5Barragan
6Grimmjow
7Zommari
8Szayelapolo
9Aaroniero
10Yammy
0Yammy
Well nel isnt part of espada anymore and i think ulquiorra is the strongest because of his 2 resorection form. old man espada sucks.
this is how it should go
0Yammy
1Ulquiorra cause of 2nd resorection form
2Starkk
3Nnoitra
4Halibel
5Barragan
6Grimmjow
7Zommari
8Szayelapolo
9Aaroniero
10Yammy
“The king” has the coolest ability out there dude. He controls Time. I don’t think he should be anywhere then where he sits right now. Aizen f’d him out of hueco Mundo.
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
why that the fu#$@ing noitora is considerate god??
he is the moust patetic spada…
in my opinion even wounderwice is coller (and stronger) than he.
0. Yammy. (Zero, as in “wild card” due to his unpredictable nature. This doesn’t mean he’s the most skilled)
1. Starrk
2. Barragan
3. Harribel (Nelliel was the previous Tercera Espada, though after he being changed into a mere child due to the double efforts of Szayel and Nnoitora, she was denoted from the position and kicked out of Las Noches where she reunited with her previous fraccion, Dondochakka and Pesche.)
4. Ulquiorra (He might have climbed higher due to his Segunda Etapa)
5. Nnoitora
6. Grimmjow
7. Zommari
8. Szayel
9. Aaroniero
Due to Ulquiorra’s segunda etapa (Second release), it is apparent that he may have climbed the ranks, seeing as none of the other arrancar have such a thing. This might mean that Ulquiorra has become a Vasto Lorde, but as his death came too soon, we can’t be sure.
Also, somewhere along the rankings could be the old espada, like Nelliel and Luppi.
Wonderweiss was the first Vasto Lorde arrancar to be committed to Aizen’s army, but due to the fact that he was made a vasto lorde/arrancar when the Hogyoku was still incomplete, his strength isn’t especially controlled. He wold probably be in the top three, if it wasn’t for his absence in some things.
Don’t put who you like up front. Got with facts.
0:Baraggan Luisenbarn- His (Respira) notice I didn’t say power- is easily able to overcome that of the other espada. His Respira is able to age/rot anything and everything. He was only able to be killed because of Hachigen Ushōda. If not for him Baraggan would of kill all of them, including Aizen.
1:Ulquiorra- His second form gives him the advantage over most of the espada. In that form he is easily the fastest and most powerful of all of the espada, but in over all he would have no way around Baraggan’s Respira.
2:Starrk- For in his release state he dose have immanence power and speed, and is the most skilled of them all but he would have only a slight chance of beating Ulquiorra but none when fighting Baraggan.
Any other past this point are worthless to bring up.
after reading most of the comments here I feel its my job to inform anyone who may be wondering the true rank of the espadas forget all this and read the mangas for yourself because the true rank is nothing like the one suggested here i believe the writers would know what they are doing and such yammi is indeed the strongest because as stated in the manga he is ranked 0 because his power is not based off of strength but emotion as he gets angry hes power increases as does hes size leaving stark as number 1 with him being divided into two where his younger self acts as a weapon as well as when they combine they are much more powerful then you have halibel number 2 neliel was former 3 but replaced after former 8 noitora try to kill her and she went missing until ichigo finds her making noitora now the number 5 but yes i dont agree with this but my two favorites where under classed with Ulquiorra 4 and Grimmjow 6 leaving zommari 7 szayel 8 arroniro 9 and yammi again 10 – 0 with his unstable powers as stated above please feel free to read the manga I trust you wont be disappointed go to bleachexile.com they have all up to date mangas and even original episode releases
this is how it should be.
1. Ulquiorra. his lanza is way more explosive then soifons bankai so even if barragan can age it and make it explode before it makes contact. Barragan will still get caught in the blast. Starrks ceros and wolves wouldn’t be able to pierce through Ulquiorras enhanced hierro in his murcielcgo form not even ichigos getsuga tensho can. so what if Yammy has a second release. Yammys to slow so one shot cero Oscuras and yammy will have a hole in his body like ichigo when he got blasted by ulquiorras cero oscuras
And ulquiorra can thrash the rest of the espadas as well. And also can beat at least toshiro(bankai),utitake& shunsui(shikai) and rukia teaming up. in his second release.
and just maybe we havent seen all of ulquiorras abilties in his segunda cause super hollow ichigo maybe bet him up to quckly so ulquiorra does not have a chance to show his other new abilties
i think stark sux as an espada
Hmm, I’m in the post Espadas, Lilynette was number 1 even though she was an arrancar, but why is she not shown in this? If she was once an Espada as well. She was part of another that split his soul in two and neither remember which if the two they originally looked like
I personaly think Ulquiorra because he’s the only one to hav ever make it to the second stage it doesn’t matter if yammi is 0 if turned nobody has ever seen Ulquiorra (not even aizen) in tht form nd all u gotta do is out smart him nd kill him b4 he transform uryo(my fav charecter)(after him comes Ulquiorra and umichica) basicly killed him but he just let him fall he shouldve killed him
but my point is if your at uryo level nd as smart as him it should be no prob yammi out
You people havent seen ggio vega havent ya, well hes tigre stoque *SABER* is his second stage, dont that count as a segunda etapa or they just did it so he could get kill?
I just wrote myself a peanut3423-style countdown on the Espada, counting Nel and Luppi. Here’s how mine goes from worst to first.
12- Grimmjow (he’s really bland, and a total douchebag)
11- Nnoitora (douchier than Grimmjow, but with a better design, cooler powers, and a better fight)
10- Luppi (I HATE LUPPI, but he’s not that bad actually)
9- Yammy (lame fights, but other than that, he’s pretty cool)
8- Zommari (he was really cool! Most underrated Espada.)
7- Nelliel (Yeah, she’s awesome, but not AS awesome as the others.)
6- Baraggan (His abilities are epic, his fight was great to watch, and his design is SICK)
5- Aaroniero (I freaking love Aaroniero! His design is great, his fight was awesome, and his abilites are so cool!)
4- Starrk (The Lone Wolf. Awesome.)
3- Halibel (She’s got the best personality other than Nel’s, her design is awesome, her abilities are really well made, and her fight with Shiro is great.)
2- Ulquiorra (I SAID IT FANGIRLS! He doesn’t have much in the personality or originality department, being a mix between Sephiroth and Batman, but his fight was SPECTACULAR and his design is awesome.)
1- Szayel-Aporro (Best abilites, great design, AWESOME fight. I love Szayel-Aporro so much.)
(MY OPINION on coolness levels. But Grimmjow does suck.)
Guys the real list is this:
1 – stark
2 – halibel
3 – barrigan
4 – ulquiorra
5 – noitora
6 – grimmjow
7 – Zommari
8 – szayel
9 – aronniero
10 – yami
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in my opinion, the list shuld be like this:
1 – ulquiorra
2 – stark
3 – barrigan
4 – halibel
5 – grimmjow
6 – noitora
7 – szayel
8 – yami
9 – aroniero
10 – Zommari
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about the vasto lord thing, it is confirmed that halibel was a vasto lord,but ulquiorra it is a non confirmed vasto lord ( about the primera espada stark,he wasnt a vasto lord,but he was so ridiculous strong that the other hollows died just bi hes presense and he, himself take hes mask of and become a arrancar.
It should realy go like this
1. Ulquiorra
2. Tia Hallibel (Tier Harrible)
3: Stark
4. Nnoitra
5. Grimmjow
6. Szayel Apporo Granz
7. Barragan Luisenbarn
8. Zomari
9. Yammy
10. Aroniero
Hallibel Should realy go On Segunda, Just because shes Offence and Defence Surpasses everyones els, Nnoitra use hierro but she dosent need it because of her timing when the enemies coming. Ulquiorra I dont realy like him but hes super strong. Starrk comes in Tercera because hes too soft. Cuarta Comes nnoitra, hes epic. Quinta, Grimmjow hes strong aswell. Sexta, Szayel, Hes realease, is the devil. Sestima, Barragan, Hes too old plus he sucks. Zomari Octava, Zomari speed might be good, but hes offence/defence sucks. Yammy, comes 9, he sucks soooo hard. Aroniero comes 10, even though hes way better than yammy.
All the Bleach Episodes are adventure and action packed. And I love to watch this type of series a lot.
I believe that the rankings are as shown below , but the problem about Yammi being ranked 0 is a doosy.
1- Starrk
2- Barragan
3- Halibel
4- Ulquiorra
5- Nniotra
6- Grimmjow
7- Zommari
8- Szayel Aporro Granz
9- Aaroniero
10- Yammi
I side on the fact that Yammi is stronger than the rest of the espada when in his release form but Kenpachi and Byakuya make him look so weak by killing him so easily . So I still think Yammi is ranked 10. Also everybody should write the espadas’ names correctly.
ulquiorra has a second release…..he should be the top one
This is my version
Stark Aaroniero
barragan Nniotra
Halibel yo mamma jk lol
Ulquiorra Yammi
grimmjow
Szayel
Zommari
1. Ulquiorra
2. Grimmjow
3. Halibel
4. Stark
5. Old man espada
6. Nniotra
7. Szayelaporro
8. Aaroniero
9. Zommari
10. Yammy
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