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John Wick: All Movie Villains, Ranked

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October 27, 2024

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John Wick has faced many foes across every movie he has been in, and while some remain faceless and mere cannon fodder for his skills as the Baba Yaga, there are some villains that are far more impactful, and directly result in the gun chaos and dancing violence that audiences love about the John Wick movies.

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The best John Wick villains are those unafraid of the Baba Yaga, and those who will fight him and take the things that he loves to ensure their own success for the High Table against the legendary John Wick. Those who dare fight John Wick will suffer the consequence of his wrath, so why not look back at some of his fiercest villains?

11 Ms. Perkins

A Contract Killer Who Betrayed the Continental to Kill John Wick

Portrayed by: Adrianne Palicki
Featured in: John Wick (2014)

Ms. Perkins is a somewhat minor villain in the John Wick movies, but she showcases how flawed and greedy even the most professional of killers can be. Ms. Perkins betrayed the rules of the Continental and the High Table by attempting to kill John Wick on Continental grounds. While she may have been killed, she proved how dangerous assassins can be in a world filled with them.

Ms. Perkins not only gave John Wick a vicious fight in his hotel room, but she was also able to escape her bonds to try for a second round of murder. Perkins is a great killer, and her greedy desire for Viggo’s $2 million has her betray the life she was supposed to be devoted to.

10 Ares

The Mute Bodyguard of Santino D’Antonio

Portrayed by: Ruby Rose
Featured in: John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)

Ares is a true mystery in the world of John Wick, and all that is known about her is her loyal following of the crime boss Santino D’Antonio. Ares has a snark to her, and even without spoken words, she can be memorable and intimidating with every hand gesture and bullet fired from her gun. She gives John Wick a good fight, but one she can’t win.

Ares deserves her name, and being named after the Greek God of War is no simple feat, and it’s clear why she has the title. She leads Santino’s men through war against John Wick but ultimately fails to kill him. Her silence is a key trait of her character, and it easily allows her to navigate in stealth against John.

9 Killa Harkan

A German Mob Boss Who Has Incredible Fighting Styles Despite His Weight

Portrayed by: Scott Adkins
Featured in: John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)

Killa Harkan is a bulldozer of a man and grins at every opportunity to get rich. The most notable aspect of Killa is his sheer size, and that’s something that isn’t to be taken lightly. Each punch from Killa is like being hit in the face with a sledgehammer, and his affinity for cheating and poker proves how this German rose to the top of his crime family and serves so loyally under the High Table.

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Killa always demands the winning hand, even if he has to cheat to get it. Killa’s never been called a nice word by anyone, and there’s a reason for that. He’s a cheat, a fiend, and everyone’s foe. Killa will kill anyone he has to, and will most likely grin while doing it.

8 The Adjudicator

An Agent of the High Table Sent to Deal With John Wick and His Accomplices

Portrayed by: Asia Kate Dillon
Featured in: John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)

Adjudicators are vicious and calculating in their ways in servitude to the High Table. They proudly serve under the High Table and commit themselves to whatever is asked of them. In the case of this Adjudicator, they are tasked with dealing with John Wick and those who aided him after the assassination of Santino D’Antonio on Continental grounds.

The Adjudicator never comes into direct violence, but they orchestrate it with precision, commanding small armies of the High Table to try and kill John Wick and his accomplices. The Adjudicator is not without reason, and their sentencing is final, so evoking the wrath of one can be truly deadly.

7 Cassian

The Bodyguard of Gianna D’Antonio Who Demands Revenge

Portrayed by: Common
Featured in: John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)

The powerful mob boss and newest member of the High Table, Gianna D’Antonio, has a great bodyguard with Cassian. However, even Cassian fails against John Wick, and as the woman he was tasked with protecting dies, a rage and grief take over Cassian, forcing him into devoted revenge against John Wick across Italy.

Cassian knew immediately what John Wick was in Italy for, and wasted no time in trying to kill him. His skills in combat are grand but not as grand as John Wick, so it’s no surprise he was bested. However, the professional courtesy that extends between the two means that Cassian, unlike other John Wick villains, could come back for round 2.

6 Tracker

Mr. Nobody, Who Wants the Largest Paying Bounties For Him and His Dog

Portrayed by: Shamier Anderson
Featured in: John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)

The Tracker acts as a mysterious bounty hunter with clear motives in the John Wick series. He’s joined everywhere he goes by his loving and loyal pet dog, who isn’t afraid to bite people in the crown jewels if they evoke the wrath of the dog’s master. The Tracker stalks John Wick through every city in every country, waiting for the moment his bounty becomes high enough to go in for the kill so that he can purchase a house big and loving enough for him and his dog.

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The Tracker isn’t afraid to kill other hunters who want John Wick for themselves, and he often protects John Wick until the time comes that his bounty will be high enough. However, the Tracker has an interesting sense of loyalty, as John saved the Tracker’s dog, and this professional assassin decided to stop going for the bounty as his dog is more important than any amount of wealth.

5 Santino D’Antonio

An Italian Crime Boss Who Owns a Marker With John’s Blood

Portrayed by: Riccardo Scamarcio
Featured in: John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)

Santino D’Antonio is the peak of evil, and he is responsible for burning down John Wick’s home and leaving him for dead, knowing that it would awaken the beast within to do the job that he refused to do. John’s blood is bound to Santino’s marker, and John must kill Santino’s sister in order to free himself of this burden.

Unwilling, John accomplishes his task, but Santino still puts a bounty on John Wick’s head, treating him as fodder to clear his own name so he can rise through the High Table’s ranks in his sister’s place. Santino is ruthless, and cowardly, and won’t hesitate to destroy the lives of those around him if it means he comes out on top.

4 Viggo Tarasov

A Russian Crime Boss Who Gave John Wick An Impossible Task

Portrayed by: Michael Nyqvist
Featured in: John Wick (2014)

Viggo Tarasov is responsible for a lot of things, but first and foremost, he, thanks to the late Michael Nyqvist, is responsible for one of the greatest monologues that introduces audiences to the Baba Yaga himself: John Wick. Viggo was an employer of John Wick and gave him the impossible task that allowing him to retire from the life of an assassin and be with the woman he loved. That was until his son killed his dog.

Viggo knows all too well how dangerous John Wick is, which is why he has to try and save his son from his scorn and kill him first. Despite his age and position as a crime boss, Viggo isn’t afraid to get his hands dirty and personally involves himself in trying to take down John Wick. Viggo is the catalyst for John’s return to this dangerous life.

3 The Marquis de Gramont

The High Table’s Latest and Most Confident Effort to Kill John Wick

Portrayed by: Bill Skarsgard
Featured in: John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)

Vincent Bisset de Gramont is a lover of art and power, and he uses his role within the High Table to expand his resources and effort to kill John Wick once and for all. The Marquis de Gramont is ruthless and selfish and will demand the servitude of everyone below him to accomplish his life’s goal of killing John Wick.

The Marquis de Gramont stops at nothing and will kill everyone and everything in his path, but not personally. This is a villain who will use people like they are disposable sacks of flesh with guns, and his demand to cling to life through cowardice is what makes him lethal, evil, and worth killing.

2 Caine

Portrayed by: Donnie Yen
Featured in: John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)

The talented Donnie Yen takes the role of Caine, an extremely skilled hitman who retired from a dangerous life to watch over his daughter. In order to leave, Caine was forced to blind himself as punishment, a willing sacrifice for peace. Yet, Caine is forced into service of the High Table by the Marquis de Gramont, and has one goal to save his daughter: kill John Wick.

Caine is extremely skilled, and even without his eyesight, he’s just as deadly as John Wick. Once a loyal friend, Caine is pained by the path he must take to save his daughter, and he will kill whoever he has to in order to ensure the safety of his family. He’s a villain with justified goals.

1 Zero

A John Wick Fanboy With Incredible Skill

Portrayed by: Mark Dacascos
Featured in: John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)

Zero was an incredible assassin and mentor to a group of his own ninjas in New York City, while on the side, he ran a street-food sushi bar. Zero and his students were extreme fans of John Wick and were devoted fanboys of the way that John Wick fought, so much so that Zero and his students were happy to die at his hands and even give the Baba Yaga a break if he needed it as to get the best fight possible.

The Adjudicator hired Zero to kill John Wick, and while he failed in his task, he still accomplished a long-time goal of being able to fight him. There’s something great about the obsessive and skillful nature of Zero against John Wick, and while he may have been bested, he won’t be forgotten.