Anime characters who were defeated the most
Luffy: Crocodile, Enel, Magellan, Kuma, Lucci, Sentomaru, Doflamingo, Cracker, Katakuri, Kaido — 12 named L’s before the wins stick. Vegeta: Goku, Zarbon, Freeza, 18, Cell, Buu, Beerus, Jiren.
Eight characters · named losses
- 01
Crocodile to KaidoMonkey D. Luffy
1212 named losses: Crocodile, Enel, Magellan, Kuma, Lucci, Sentomaru, Doflamingo, Cracker, Katakuri, Kaido and the rest of the climb.
- 02
Goku to JirenVegeta
88 named losses: Goku, Zarbon, Freeza, Android 18, Cell, Buu, Beerus, Jiren.
- 03
Bakugo to ShigarakiIzuku Midoriya
66 named losses: Bakugo, Muscular, Overhaul, Gentle, Shigaraki, the early intern circuit.
- 04
Tambourine to BuuKrillin
66 named losses: Tambourine, Freeza, Android 18, Super Buu and the sagas in between.
- 05
Neji to PainNaruto Uzumaki
66 named losses: Neji, Gaara, Kabuto, Sasuke, Pain, the early chunin run.
- 06
SaibamanYamcha
66 named losses: Goku, Jackie Chun, Tien, Saibaman, Cell Jr, the desert pattern that stuck.
- 07
Itachi to NarutoSasuke Uchiha
55 named losses: Itachi, Killer B, Raikage, Naruto, the early Sound run.
- 08
Hisoka to PitouGon Freecss
44 named losses: Hisoka, Genthru, Knuckle, the Pitou vow that ended the body.
What this comparison means
Named canon losses against opponents who put them down. Final-arc wins do not erase the earlier L.
12, 8, 6, then 5 and 4.
