The popularity of superhero action drama Arrow on The CW network laid the groundwork for several spin-offs, providing DC fans with a TV world that includes more than five separate programs, as outlined by The Take.
It’s reasonable to assume that the whole Arrowverse saw its heroes share the screen with a lot of intriguing characters because well-known DC heroes like Superman, The Flash, Green Arrow, and Supergirl were there. We have watched DC legends emerge and fade over the course of 10 years, several series, and numerous episodes.
The finest CW Arrowverse series’ are consistently good viewing throughout the season, not just during their epic crossover events. However, the heroes that put their lives in danger and strive to improve the world are what actually make the series fantastic. Here is a ranking of the top heroes in the Arrowverse.
9 Ray Palmer / The Atom
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Entrepreneur Dr. Raymond Carson “Ray” Palmer, played by Brandon Routh, served as the former CEO of Palmer Technologies, formerly Queen Consolidated for a short time. Ray, going by The Atom, started out as a vigilante in Starling City after creating a powerful exosuit. Ray accidentally set off an explosion while experimenting with a new feature of his exosuit, which reduced him to a tiny size; alone in this condition and unable to phone for assistance, he was assumed dead. Ray was able to get in touch with Felicity after six months, during which the town was renamed “Star City” in his honor. However, Damien Darhk and H.I.V.E. caught Ray for his technology and took him to their base. However, because of the work of Team Arrow, Ray was saved and then able to support them in their battle with Darhk.
8 Alex Danvers
Actress Chyler Leigh portrays Alex Danvers, a bioengineer and former D.E.O. director. She is Esme’s adoptive mother, Maggie Sawyer’s former fiancé, Kelly Olsen’s current wife, and Kara Danvers’ adopted sister. Alex came out as a lesbian after falling in love with Maggie Sawyer. Hank Henshaw hired her to fight alien dangers, and she eventually became his right-hand agent. Alex assisted in training Kara when she became Supergirl and supported her sister in her battle with the fugitive aliens from Fort Rozz. In National City, Alex led the D.E.O. against emerging dangers including the Elite and the Children of Liberty. She proposed to Maggie after stopping the Daxamite invasion, but they split up over whether to have kids. She once lost her memories, but she later got them back when rescuing Kara from Red Daughter. The Anti-Monitor Crisis claimed the life of Alex, but she was revived when the Spectre constructed a new universe.
7 Rip Hunter
Rip Hunter portrayed by Arthur Darvill was a former Time Master from the 22nd century. To combat Vandal Savage, he gathered a group of superheroes and supervillains from the 21st Century. They wanted to go back in time, kill Savage, and save his family from passing away. The Time Masters disagreed with his idea because Savage’s rebellion didn’t imperil the timeline itself. Eobard Thawne shrunk down The Waverider and Rip after the Legion of Doom obtained the Spear of Destiny and altered reality. They fly back to 1916 and violate the fundamental principle of time travel by interacting with their previous selves after conversing with the Legends and unshrinking the ship. Rip makes the decision to quit the squad and form the Time Bureau. He was let out, detained, then fled because of his preoccupation with the being known as Mallus.
6 Sara Lance / Black Canary / White Canary
Team Arrow and the League of Assassins both once included Sara Lance (Caity Lotz). She was the ex-girlfriend and close friend of the late Oliver Queen, where she adopted her sister’s identity as the Black Canary. She is now Ava Sharpe’s wife. After the Amazo sank, Sara was thought to be dead, but the Lazarus Pit’s abilities allowed her to be raised from the grave. Laurel and Oliver risked their own lives to save hers, and John Constantine helped bring her soul back. She adopted the name White Canary after she was chosen to join Rip Hunter’s squad, the Legends. Sara’s identity as the Paragon of Destiny was made known during the Anti-Monitor Crisis. After the collapse of the first multiverse, she was one of the last people from Earth-1 still alive. The Legends reunited to begin looking for the Zambesi Totems in order to battle the demon Mallus. Ava Sharpe, an agent for the Time Bureau, and Sara first became friends before becoming romantically involved. Sara married Ava and joined the Legends in the battle against Bishop and the Zaguron invasion.
5 John Diggle / Spartan
In the role of John Thomas “Dig” Diggle, David Ramsey. He is a founding member of Team Arrow, where he eventually fights as Spartan, and a former senior agent of A.R.G.U.S., as well as a former bodyguard and master sergeant in the US Army. In the Suicide Squad, he went under the alias Freelancer. Later, after temporarily giving up vigilantism, Oliver asked John to assume the role of Green Arrow, which he did until Oliver learned that John had suffered nerve damage in Lian Yu. Team Arrow came together to stop Diaz and the Longbow Hunters within the law after he attacked Felicity. John left A.R.G.U.S. in order to defend Lyla and her position as director. Later, during the Anti-Monitor Crisis, he fought with Oliver to defend the Multiverse. When the anti-Monitor directed the antimatter wave onto the parallel Waverider during the destruction of Earth-1, John was murdered on board. After being ultimately revived on a different Earth, he decides to dismantle Team Arrow and relocate his family to Metropolis.
4 Kara Danvers / Supergirl
Known as Kara Danvers, Kara Zor-El, played by Melissa Benoist, is the adoptive daughter of Jeremiah and Eliza Danvers and the birth child of Zor-El and Alura. From the dying planet Krypton, she was brought to Earth to guard her younger cousin Kal-El, Clark Kent. Kara slept for 24 years while being suspended in time and without maturing after Krypton’s explosion threw her pod off track and into the Phantom Zone. In order to save her adopted sister Alex who was aboard a crashing plane, Kara was required to expose who she really was. Cat Grant dubbed her Supergirl. Kara’s role as the Paragon of Hope was exposed during the Anti-Monitor Crisis. She was one of the last people from Earth-38 still alive after the Multiverse was wiped out. However, once Earth-Prime was constructed, she and the other Paragons were able to destroy the Anti-Monitor because of Oliver’s sacrifice.
3 Barry Allen / The Flash
Bartholomew Henry “Barry” Allen, a scientist of the Central City Police Department’s Criminal and Forensic Science Division, is portrayed by actor Grant Gustin. When Barry was 11 years old, his mother was killed, and his father was mistakenly held responsible. Barry was struck by lightning from a cloud following the S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator explosion and was unconscious for nine months. He started functioning as the meta-human superhero known as the Flash when he emerged from his coma. Iris, Barry’s love, would have died in front of him in the future when Barry undid Flashpoint, a blunder that messed with time. A corporeal leftover of Barry from this timeline was produced, and after being rejected since he wasn’t the real Barry, he transformed into Savitar — a strong, legendary, armored speedster. He murdered Iris to force his younger self into the conditions that resulted in his birth, and after transforming into Savitar, he tried to secure his survival. The Flash team eventually corrects this mistake. Following the Anti-Monitor Crisis, when the Multiverse was wiped out, Barry was one of the last people from Earth-1 to survive. He established the Crisis squad and fought to preserve Oliver Queen’s legacy as a close friend and role model.
2 Clark Kent / Superman
The late Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van’s, son Clark Kent was born as Kal-El and believed to be the last child to be born on Krypton before it was destroyed. He was discovered by Jonathan and Martha Kent, two gentle humans, who adopted and reared him in their hometown of Smallville, Kansas, after being sent to Earth as a child from his dying planet. They gave him a solid foundation of moral principles, which inspired him to strive for justice and the truth when he was older. While covertly assuming the persona of one of the planet’s greatest protectors — the well-known superhero known as Superman — Clark Kent worked as a reporter at the Daily Planet in Metropolis. He returned to Smallville with his family following the passing of his adoptive father, where he took a position as the high school’s assistant coach. Throughout his life, Clark fell in love with and married his coworker Lois Lane. Pete Adams and Lana Lang were also among his friends. In the Shuster Mines, Clark also engaged in combat with a prisoner who was an alternate reality version of himself. The CW’s Superman & Lois is continuing to explore Clark’s story.
1 Oliver Queen / Green Arrow
Billionaire and ex-playboy Oliver Jonas “Ollie” Queen, played by Stephen Amell, was the captain of Team Arrow and an archer superhero from Starling City. He was cast out of society after his family’s boat went down, and he made it to the island of Lian Yu, where he discovered himself and learned how to survive. Oliver returned home with the purpose to rid his hometown of crime and corruption after spending five years at sea, thought dead. In the course of his mission, he went from being an archer to becoming known as the Hood, Starling City Vigilante, or just the Vigilante. To protect Thea, his half-sister, from Ra’s al Ghul, he joined the League of Assassins. Oliver stopped being a vigilante after being exposed as Al Sah-him, and he started a new life with Felicity. After the events on Lian Yu with Prometheus, Oliver made a commitment to William’s mother, Samantha Clayton, who perished on the island, to raise William. After five months of retirement, Oliver was summoned back to Starling City, where he renamed the city Star City in memory of Ray Palmer, who appeared to have passed away, and adopted the codename Green Arrow to continue defending the city’s residents. While defending his city, Oliver loses his life a number of times. Oliver eventually dies during the Anti-Monitor Crisis, but he is revived as the Spectre and brought back to life. In order to construct Earth-Prime, a shelter for everyone who has survived the catastrophe as well as the new multiverse, he then gives his life once more. Felicity gave up her own life to be with Oliver again, and they were reunited in the afterlife in 2040.
