Last Updated on 5 August 2025
I was able to find 21 lists of kaiju monsters, ranked by “best” or size or strength. I took the 21 lists and added all their content into a spreadsheet, noting the rank of every creature. There were 58 that were on at least 2 lists. I ended up averaging the rankings each one got and dividing that average by a factor of the number of lists it was on. The lowest score meant a high ranking average on many lists. The complete spreadsheet is attached at the bottom.
The kaiju monsters that were on the most lists (out of 21) were:
- Godzilla – 19 lists
- King Ghidorah – 19 lists
- Mothra – 18 lists
- Destoroyah – 16 lists
- King Kong – 16 lists
- Mechagodzilla – 15 lists
- Rodan – 14 lists
- Gigan – 14 lists
Here are links to the lists I used along with dates the lists were created:
- Brave AI – 4 Aug 2025
- WatchMojo – 4 Aug 2025
- Ranker – 15 Jul 2025
- Monster Complex – 7 Apr 2025
- CBR – 31 Jan 2025
- Screen Rant: Monsterverse – 6 Oct 2024
- Japan Figure – 27 Jun 2024
- The Hollywood Reporter – 29 Mar 2024
- Vulture – 28 Mar 2024
- TheGamer – 18 Mar 2024
- A Little Bit Human – 15 Dec 2023
- DualShockers – 15 Apr 2023
- Collider – 7 Jul 2022
- Screen Rant: Iconic – 13 Jun 2021
- Paste Magazine – 31 Mar 2021
- DeviantArt – 28 Jul 2019
- GameSpot – 29 May 2019
- WondersList – 5 Dec 2017
- Blood Work – 23 Jul 2017
- Complex – 18 May 2014
- The Top Tens – no date