Best and Worst Main Villains of The Flash

Over the course of it’s 184 episode long run spanning 9 seasons, The Flash has had 19 total main villains, 4 total more than Arrow had which included all the flashback main villain as while the first 4 seasons had just one main villain each, season 5 had multiple and season 6 and onwards was split up into arcs with each arc having a different main villain and sometimes more than one. Because of this most of the main villains come from the later seasons which is a bad thing because arguably almost all of the good ones come from the earlier seasons. In this video I’ll be looking at all 19 main villains and rank them from worst to best for one final time.

-- Timestamps --
00:00 - Intro
1:19 - Number 19
2:00 - Number 18
2:35 - Number 17
3:06 - Number 16
3:59 - Number 15
5:00 - Number 14
6:35 - Number 13
7:30 - Number 12
9:07 - Number 11
10:23 - Number 10
11:37 - Number 9
12:41 - Number 8
13:30 - Number 7
14:14 - Number 6
15:10 - Number 5
16:15 - Number 4
17:16 - Number 3
18:26 - Number 2
19:49 - Number 1

[namecomingsoon]

I find it funny that Thawne’s character has fluctuated so much that you have to rank him by era’s

[tacotown]

the fact that a good reverse flash appearance created arguably the best episode of season 9 and an extremely good episode overall just goes to show how good of a villain he is.

[drlemon]

zoom was perfect, one of, if not, my favorite villain overall. And season 2 being fantastic as well.

[thefanwithoutaface]

Zoom is easily the best villain in my opinion. He had all the mystery of the Reverse Flash along with the Menace that came from being highly intelligent but he was far more ruthless and brutal, having zero problem murdering anyone whenever he felt like it.

Plus the black eyes, the demonic suit, Tony Todd's voice really made you believe he was something inhuman.

[ВардотКапрелло]

I miss old speedster villians. How Zoom could kill everyone on the room with superspeed. Did we saw scenes like this? Godspeed since his appearence in s6 killed only 1 people(Nora's best friend). In past, you knew that evil speedster could have kill everyone on the room. And everyone had his special thing. Thawne with his vibrations. Zoom with time remnants. Savitar with blades. Now, everyone just throw lightning at each other. Everyone gets plot armor, even NPCs.

[OmarO_]

Cobalt Blue had potential in my opinion. The rivalry he has with Barry was practically there, since of course he is Eddie, and the concept of the NSF choosing him makes perfect sense.
but as mentioned the structure of the season, and lack of proper development just ruined the character

[OmarO_]

Although Bloodwork didn’t have as much screentime as most of the other villains before him, I think he was executed very well. Honestly I don’t know how else they could have expanded his arc.

[andrewrogers]

I really don't know how Eric Wallace did Bloodwork so well.

[yourfavcommentor]

You forgot the worst villian that transcended beyond the show… Eric Wallace

[MasterCube]

Eric Wallace makes Thawne look like a saint. I hope you make a video talking about Eric’s time as the show runner

[Chris-thfl]

It's weird that Matt letscher eobard only got a full season villain story in legends and not in flash is crazy to think about. Grant and Matt work so well together with the little we have seen from them.

[IslandPunchProductions]

The first 4 seasons were so good. It's a true shame it ended like this.

[spotlightstuds]

I wish they kept bloodwork longer, the only good villain Eric wrote

[Theblobmma]

Man we took those first 4 seasons for granted, all those villains despite being a slow burn, we’re all built up to well, made very intimidating, and badass and I feel like the flash just never caught that same magic after season 4

[NoeLoFi]

Glad to see Devoe getting the respect he deserves, season 4 is easily my favorite season, it was the first time Barry was up against someone who could think faster then he could run and devoe really had a plan for all of Barry’s plans.. really wish they didn’t go down the body swop route as well though. Also something about savitar had me shook, bro was WAY faster then zoom and the way they showed iris “dying”? Nah

[TakeItSlow]

I’m glad you mentioned how Grant should have appeared more often as Savitar in Season 3. On its own, the fact that Savitar IS Barry is why I believe, if Grant had been given more of chance, Savitar could have surpassed Thawne and Zoom for the title of best villain. He had the potential!

[divinechukwudire]

I think the reason why Cicadas name is different is because Nora altered the timeline at the end of season 4 and someone else became Cicada

[SLJ]

I feel like not having the rogues led by captain cold as the main villains of season was a missed opportunity, the rivalry between cold and flash would've been so cool to develop over an entire season

[dylan]

Blood work is actually my 2nd fav villain behind og thawne. I just love how blood work would tempt Barry in “the last temptation of Barry Allen part 1” he was so menacing and felt like a actual threat

[_thethinker]

Ahh thank youuu!! The Thinker when played by Neol Sandilands was so such underrated actor and character!! It was so refreshing seeing a non speedster villain as the msin one, his origin was so good, and the actor absolutely embodied him perfectly, the soomthing yet disturbing way he talked, his emotions, Just perfect. And Bloodwork is so underrated, I loved his role in season in as well, he outshined the other villains.