History’s biggest Badasses
Jan Karol Chodkiewicz
At Khotyn, the dying Hetman turned his own last breaths into orders, leading from the edge of death until victory arrived without him.
Rank - 101
Shah Abbas I
He rebuilt the faltering Safavid Empire by crushing tribal warlords, reforming the military with gunpowder forces loyal to the crown, and reclaiming key territories including Baghdad from the Ottomans. He transformed Isfahan into a glittering imperial capital, but secured his rule with ruthless purges that weakened his own dynasty after his death.
Rank - 121
Zhu Yuanzhang
The monastery burned, and the boy who would be emperor learned that Heaven answers in smoke. He rose from famine with a spear in one hand and suspicion in the other. On the water at Lake Poyang, ships burned and rivals vanished beneath the ash-choked sky. He built a dynasty bright as fire—and ruled it like the fire never went out.
Rank - 122
Wiliam Wallace
Scottish knight and Guardian of Scotland; led a populist revolt against Edward I, shattered an English army at Stirling Bridge through tactical choke-point slaughter, lost at Falkirk to longbow attrition, and was executed by hanging, drawing, and quartering—martyrdom later weaponized into nationalist legend and cinematic thunder.
Rank - 123
Tlacaelel
Tlacaelel was the power behind the Mexica throne, serving as cihuacoatl while reshaping religion, law, and history to fuel imperial expansion. He elevated Huitzilopochtli, recast conquest as sacred duty, and helped institutionalize ritual warfare, turning ideology into an engine of empire.
Rank - 124
Ibrahim Pasha
Ibrahim Pasha was an Ottoman-Egyptian general and son of Muhammad Ali, famed for his modernized army and ruthless efficiency. He played a decisive, brutal role in suppressing revolts and reshaping power in Greece, Syria, and the eastern Mediterranean during the early 19th century.
Rank - 129
Robert the Bruce
The Scottish king who turned exile, defeat, and civil war into a long, grinding campaign for independence through patience, guerrilla warfare, and ruthless resolve. His victory at Bannockburn made him a national symbol of endurance, proving that stubborn survival can outlast empires built on force alone.
Rank - 130
Kusunoki Masashige
A brilliant guerrilla commander who fought to restore imperial rule in medieval Japan. He became a legend by obeying a hopeless order and dying at Minatogawa, immortalized as the embodiment of samurai loyalty.
Rank - 133
Ragnar Lothbrok
The Viking who died in a snake pit but lived forever in fear, fire, and legend.
Rank - 134
Queen Amina of Zazzau
She turned the savannah into her empire and built walls strong enough to outlast the men who doubted her.
Rank - 136
William Marshall
William Marshal (c.1147–1219) was an English knight and statesman who served four kings and became the most celebrated tournament fighter and battlefield commander of the High Middle Ages. Renowned for his unwavering loyalty and mastery of mounted combat, he helped preserve the English crown during civil war and was later mythologized as the living ideal of chivalry.
Rank - 137
Mehmed II “The Conqueror”
Mehmed II “the Conqueror” was the Ottoman sultan who captured Constantinople in 1453, ending the Byzantine Empire and reshaping the balance of power between East and West. A scholar-warrior with ruthless ambition, he fused gunpowder, centralized rule, and imperial vision to build the foundation of a world-spanning Ottoman state.
Rank - 140
Hari Singh Nalwa
Hari Singh Nalwa was a leading general of the Sikh Empire who secured its northwest frontier and halted repeated Afghan incursions into Punjab. Serving under Maharaja Ranjit Singh, he became a symbol of Sikh military power and frontier rule, remembered for his campaigns from Kashmir to the Khyber Pass.
Rank - 143
John Hunyadi
John Hunyadi (c. 1407–1456) was a Hungarian military commander and crusader who repeatedly halted Ottoman expansion into Central Europe. His decisive defense of Belgrade in 1456 delayed Ottoman advances for decades and cemented his reputation as the Balkans’ last great shield.
Rank - 144
Tipu Sultan
When the walls of Seringapatam fell, he didn’t flee—he fought until the tiger stripes faded from his own blood.
Rank - 146
Mahmud of Ghazni
Mahmud of Ghazni (c. 971–1030) was a Turkic ruler and the first major sultan, renowned for his highly mobile cavalry campaigns that projected Ghaznavid power across Central Asia and deep into the Indian subcontinent. Both a fierce military raider and a calculated patron of Persian culture, he left a legacy shaped equally by conquest, wealth extraction, and enduring historical controversy.
Rank - 147
Tiglath-Pileser I
Tiglath-Pileser I was an Assyrian king of the 12th century BCE who expanded his empire through relentless military campaigns and the calculated use of terror as state policy. His meticulously recorded conquests turned violence into propaganda and set the template for later Assyrian imperial power.
Rank - 149
Baldwin I of Jerusalem
Baldwin I of Jerusalem was the first king of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, a hard-edged Frankish warlord who turned conquest into governance. He secured and expanded the kingdom through relentless warfare, political pragmatism, and a clear-eyed understanding that survival mattered more than sanctity.
Rank - 150
John III Sobieski
John III Sobieski was the Polish king who thundered downhill at Vienna and changed Europe’s fate in a single charge.
Rank - 152
Haji Murad
Mountain warlord, double-crossing survivor, and nightmare of the Russian Empire. He fought for faith, power, and family in that order—then died doing all three at once, proving the Caucasus never belonged to anyone who wanted it neatly.
Rank - 153