History WorldsStrongestMan / DragonBall

* Vegeta gains the title about late Z. He and Goku trade this title off between one another for Universe 7 quite often, though admittedly Goku has the edge more often. [[spoiler: In ''Battle of Gods'', Beerus slapping Bulma presses Vegeta's BerserkButton so hard that he goes positively [[IncrediblyLamePun ape-shit]] and attacks at full force, becoming the first fighter to actually land a solid hit on the God of Destruction. At the end of the movie, Goku freely admits that at that time, Vegeta's strength surpassed his own. In the anime version of the Universe Survival arc, he gains a currently-exclusive-to-him upgrade to Super Saiyan Blue that, while still weaker than Jiren, is shown to be at least as strong as Super Saiyan Blue Kaio-ken x20 Goku, and at max output surpassed that of freshly-ascended God of Destruction Top. As of the end of the arc, while Mastered Ultra Instinct is the strongest transformation achieved by a mortal in the entire franchise so far, Goku still needs to be in [[GodzillaThreshold extreme peril]] to even call upon its weakened Omen form, while Vegeta was able to briefly access his new form even in-universe seconds after completely running out of stamina]]. As of the end of ''Super'', at least, Vegeta is tied for strongest mortal in Universe 7 in terms of consistent output. [[spoiler: The manga simplifies this: Vegeta seemed to only get a temporary boost of power against Top, and reverts to regular Blue level after the tournament, as Goku does. Goku in the manga ''does'' have a Kaio-Ken-esque technique he can stack on top of Blue, but unlike in the anime, he can only do this for a few seconds. So Vegeta is still tied with him for consistent output]]. [[spoiler: Though kinda PlayedForLaughs the ending of ''Anime/DragonBallSuperSuperHero'' has Vegeta managed to actually defeat Goku in a fight, purely using their base forms with their base abilities so Vegeta may be the strongest in terms of raw unenhanced physical prowess, at least putting base Broly and Jiren out of the equation.]]

* Gohan. At the end of the Cell Saga, he becomes the strongest character after becoming a Super Saiyan 2. By the end of the Buu arc, he was the strongest unfused character after Old Kai unlocked his full power. However, [[BrilliantButLazy he falls behind both times because he lacks the dedication to train unlike his father and Vegeta]] and is more interested in academics than fighting. By the time of ''Resurrection 'F'' he can only go up to a base Super Saiyan, and his poor performance during that time and the universe being in danger ''[[TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed again]]'' causes him to start training again. It's worth noting Goku and Vegeta agree that Gohan's limitless potential exceeds either of theirs, even '''after''' they both obtained Super Saiyan Blue, Gohan could catch up and surpass his father ''if he committed to training''. This is confirmed ''Anime/DragonBallSuperSuperHero'' [[spoiler: where Gohan after reaching into his well of power awakens his “Gohan Beast” form to curb stomp Cell Max, who was explicitly would’ve given even Goku and Vegeta trouble. This means Gohan may well have reclaimed this title, but it’s still unclear if Gohan in this state would be actually able to overpower his father’s Ultra Instinct form, Vegeta, Broly and Frieza’s strongest forms or Jiren (though suffice to say Gohan Beast would give them a run for their money at the very least).]]

* Gogeta, Vegito’s FusionDance counterpart is also a contender for this and manages to [[OvershadowedByAwesome overshadow]] Vegito a bit despite having a shorter Fusion time. In his first non-canon appearance in ''Anime/DragonBallZFusionReborn'', Gogeta atomises Janemba a EldritchHumanoid born from all recycled evil in the world who had just previously defeated [=SS3=] Goku. In Gogeta’s next appearance in ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' he humiliates Omega Syn Shenron the FinalBoss of the series. In ''Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly'' Gogeta (in his first canonical appearance) absolutely clobbers Broly the Legendary Super Saiyan and would’ve killed him had Cheelai not wished him to safety. In ''Anime/SuperDragonBallHeroes'', Gogeta is pretty much confirmed as this when he defeats Hearts in his [[OneWingedAngel Ultimate Godslayer form]] powered up by the universe seed, at which Hearts claims Gogeta might even defeat the Omni-King [[{{God}} Zeno]] himself! Jiren himself is genuinely shocked and a little intimidated by Gogeta’s might and questions Goku and Vegeta why they didn’t fuse during the Tournament of Power, with the implication that they would’ve easily won if they did so.[[spoiler:In the New Space-Time War Saga, he fights Super Saiyan Rosé 3 Crimson Masked Saiyan in his Super Saiyan Blue Evolved form, and defeated him.]]
* Whis, is without a doubt the strongest being in U7. Beerus admits that Whis trained him and is actually much more powerful than he is, making him the single most powerful known being in his universe. Beerus does hint though that other universes might have beings that are even more powerful. According to Toriyama himself, on a scale of 1 to 10, Goku is a 6 and Beerus is a 10. As for Whis? He's a '''[[ReadingsAreOffTheScale 15]]'''. In ''Resurrection ‘F’'' and ''Super'', he is shown training Goku and Vegeta, and neither of them can so much as ''touch'' him. Keep in mind, both of them have been able to inflict some damage on Beerus, and have since ascended to [[PhysicalGod Saiyan Beyond God]] status. Heck, he even moves so fast that he's able to draw his personal mark on their clothes without either of them noticing until he points it out. [[spoiler: Later, when Frieza destroys the Earth, he ''rewinds time'', giving Goku the chance to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong]]. [[spoiler:''Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly'' shows him briefly fight Broly in what is a joke on Broly's part. He cannot hit Whis at all, while Whis is not even trying to fight him seriously. To put that into perspective; Goku outright states he thinks Broly is stronger than Beerus, and at max power, Broly was comparable to Super Saiyan Blue Gogeta. That's right; a being as strong as ''Super'' Broly, is a plaything to Whis.]]

* Cell Max the BigBad ''Anime/DragonBallSuperSuperHero'' may well of been the most powerful being in TheVerse (greater than even Jiren). [[spoiler:He was able to beat the tar out of Gamma 1, Gamma 2 Android 18, Goten, Trunks, Orange Piccolo as well as Gohan (before his NextTierPowerUp) forcing them to have to use a CombinationAttack to hold him still and to AttackItsWeakPoint in form of Beast Gohan shooting a Makankosappo/Special Beam Cannon through his head. Both Gohan and Piccolo agree that even if Goku and Vegeta had been there they would’ve still had trouble. Not to mention that the Cell Max they fought was a ClippedWingAngel, according WordOfGod if he been completed and not awakened prematurely, '''''he would be even stronger than Broly.''''']]

* Gogeta, Vegito’s FusionDance counterpart is also a contender for this and manages to [[OvershadowedByAwesome overshadow]] Vegito a bit despite having a shorter Fusion time. In his first non-canon appearance in ''Anime/DragonBallZFusionReborn'', Gogeta atomises Janemba a EldritchHumanoid born from all recycled evil in the world who had just previously defeated [=SS3=] Goku. In Gogeta’s next appearance in ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' he humiliates Omega Syn Shenron the FinalBoss of the series. In ''Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly'' Gogeta (in his first canonical appearance) absolutely clobbers Broly the Legendary Super Saiyan and would’ve killed him had Cheelai not wished him to safety. In ''Anime/SuperDragonBallHeroes'', Gogeta is pretty much confirmed as this when he defeats Hearts in his [[OneWingedAngel Ultimate Godslayer form]] powered up by the universe seed, at which Hearts claims Gogeta might even defeat the Omni-King [[{{God}} Zeno]] himself! ** Jiren himself is genuinely shocked and a little intimidated by Gogeta’s might and questions Goku and Vegeta why they didn’t fuse during the Tournament of Power, with the implication that they would’ve easily won if they did so.[[spoiler:In the New Space-Time War Saga, he fights Super Saiyan Rosé 3 Crimson Masked Saiyan in his Super Saiyan Blue Evolved form, and defeated him.]]

* Vegito, the [[MagicalAccessory Potara]] fusion of Goku and Vegeta, is the strongest character of the original manga, he easily outmatches both his sons and especially Buu. In ''Super'' he’s even more powerful since both Goku and Vegeta gained the powers of the gods and Vegito in his Super Saiyan Blue form was able to fight on par with Fused Zamasu who was in his corrupted form. In ''Anime/SuperDragonBallHeroes'', Vegito was able to fight evenly with the ancient Saiyan Cumber, when he decided to get serious, he uses Super Saiyan Blue and Kaioken to fight evenly with Cumbers Golden Great Ape form and Vegito was strong enough to briefly overpower him. In the Universe Creation Saga, he outmatches Fu who was in his demonic Super Saiyan form and later when Fu becomes the new Dark King, Vegito was still holding his own against Fu despite the latters increase in power and was capable of handling Super Full Power Saiyan 4 Limit Breaker Broly on his own.
* Gogeta, Vegito’s FusionDance counterpart is also a contender for this and manages to [[OvershadowedByAwesome overshadow]] Vegito a bit despite having a shorter Fusion time. In his first non-canon appearance in ''Anime/DragonBallZFusionReborn'', Gogeta atomises Janemba a EldritchHumanoid born from all recycled evil in the world who had just previously defeated [=SS3=] Goku. In Gogeta’s next appearance in ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' he humiliates Omega Syn Shenron the FinalBoss of the series. In ''Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly'' Gogeta (in his first canonical appearance) absolutely clobbers Broly the Legendary Super Saiyan and would’ve killed him had Cheelai not wished him to safety. In ''Anime/SuperDragonBallHeroes'', Gogeta is pretty much confirmed as this when he defeats Hearts in his [[OneWingedAngel Ultimate Godslayer form]] powered up by the universe seed, at which Hearts claims Gogeta might be more powerful than [[{{God}} Zeno]] himself!
** Jiren himself is genuinely shocked and a little intimidated by Gogeta’s might and questions Goku and Vegeta why they didn’t fuse during the Tournament of Power, with the implication that they would’ve easily won if they did so.

* Cell Max the BigBad ''Anime/DragonBallSuperSuperHero'' may well of been the most powerful being in TheVerse (greater than even Jiren). He was able to beat the tar out of Gamma 1, Gamma 2 Android 18, Goten, Trunks, Orange Piccolo as well as Gohan (before his NextTierPowerUp) forcing them to have to use a CombinationAttack to hold him still and to AttackItsWeakPoint in form of Beast Gohan shooting a Makankosappo/Special Beam Cannon through his head. Both Gohan and Piccolo agree that even if Goku and Vegeta had been there they would’ve still had trouble. Not to mention that the Cell Max they fought was a ClippedWingAngel, according WordOfGod if he been completed and not awakened prematurely, '''''he would be even stronger than Broly.'''''

** [[spoiler: Later, the Heeter Gas becomes this after Elec the leader of the Heeters wishes for Gas to be the new strongest in the universe, and he proves it by dominating Goku and Granolah. Since his wish came after Granolah’s, that makes him far stronger. Even after Goku and Vegeta power up to Ultra Instinct and Ultra Ego respectively, he can still keep up with them despite the power of their strongest divine forms. This power is not without a cost; drawing on own his life force ages Gas considarably and eventually, he'll die. Not that he knew about this. Or have it be told to him...]]

** Cooler was this for a long time, being superior to his little brother (and by extension, his father, who admitted anyone who could beat Frieza is the strongest by default) and even Goku when he originally transformed... but by the time of his movie, after more training, Super Saiyan Goku has surpassed him. During his second movie, he was stronger than both Super Saiyan Goku and Super Saiyan Vegeta... but Cell, back on Earth, was still arguably his superior (assuming this happened during Cell's rampage; if it happened in the three-year gap then he'd indeed be the strongest again). He achieves this status again in ''Anime/SuperDragonBallHeroes'' as Golden Meta-Cooler, when he manages to completely overwhelm Cunber, who until then had held at bay [=SS4=] Gogeta and SSB Goku, putting Cooler right at the very top of the power scale of his universe.
*** Downplayed and possibly subverted in the manga version where Cunber was strongly battered after a tough fight with Toppo and being accidentally injured by Ultimate Kamioren and where Cooler attacked Cunber quickly before the evil Saiyan could get the chance to recover and fight back.

* Gohan. At the end of the Cell Saga, he becomes the strongest character after becoming a Super Saiyan 2. By the end of the Buu arc, he was the strongest unfused character after Old Kai unlocked his full power. However, [[BrilliantButLazy he falls behind both times because he lacks the dedication to train unlike his father and Vegeta]] and is more interested in academics than fighting. By the time of ''Resurrection 'F'' he can only go up to a base Super Saiyan, and his poor performance during that time and the universe being in danger ''[[TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed again]]'' causes him to start training again. It's worth noting Goku and Vegeta agree that Gohan's limitless potential exceeds either of theirs, even '''after''' they both obtained Super Saiyan Blue, Gohan could catch up and surpass his father ''if he committed to training''. This is confirmed ''Anime/DragonBallSuperSuperHero'' [[spoiler: where Gohan after reaching into his well of power awakens his “Gohan Beast” form to curb stomp Cell Max, who was explicitly as powerful as Goku and Vegeta (if not more so). This means Gohan may well have reclaimed this title, but it’s still unclear if Gohan in this state would be actually able to overpower his father’s Ultra Instinct form, Vegeta, Broly and Frieza’s strongest forms or Jiren (though suffice to say Gohan Beast would give them a run for their money at the very least).]]

* Cell Max the BigBad ''Anime/DragonBallSuperSuperHero'' may well of been the most powerful being in TheVerse (greater than even Jiren). He was able to beat the tar out of Gamma 1, Gamma 2 Android 18, Goten, Trunks Orange Piccolo as well as Gohan (before his NextTierPowerUp) forcing them to have to use a CombinationAttack to hold him still and to AttackItsWeakPoint in form of Beast Gohan shooting a Makankosappo/Special Beam Cannon through his head. Both Gohan and Piccolo agree that even if Goku and Vegeta had been there they would’ve still had trouble. Not to mention that the Cell Max they fought was a ClippedWingAngel, according WordOfGod if he been completed and not awakened prematurely, '''''he would be even stronger than Broly.'''''