Ranking the Top 8 Frieza Forms Across the Dragon Ball Multiverse
In Dragon Ball Z, Frieza is introduced as the most naturally formidable being in the entire universe. He doesn’t need any special form changes, doesn’t rely on something like Cell’s Android background, and isn’t a magical entity such as Majin Buu. With that raw dominance, Frieza is in a position to rule all of Universe 7. Still, the back half of Dragon Ball Z leaves him increasingly outmatched, even so his comeback near the beginning of Dragon Ball Super makes one thing impossible to ignore: Frieza still has more growth potential than any other Dragon Ball character.
Dragon Ball Super keeps proving just how risky Frieza is, because the threat only escalates from there. Across the multiverse, multiple alternate Friezas show up to keep terrorizing the Z-Fighters, but there’s one version that rises above the rest as Dragon Ball’s most dangerous villain—and when the series finally returns, that looming nightmare is going to feel personal.
That standout setup is Ultra Superhero, which is characterized by a green-blue energy aura and a crystal on his chest that boosts his new power. In the story framing, this form is being treated as Goku’s toughest transformation yet.
8 Fusion Reborn Frieze Was One-Shot By Gohan
Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn
In Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn, the afterlife tears open and former villains return to wreak havoc on Earth while Goku and Vegeta scramble to stop Janemba. Frieza is among the returning antagonists, appearing alongside other familiar faces. But by the time Fusion Reborn reaches its later beats, this version of Frieza is already outmatched. The film is placed after a branch of the Majin Buu arc where Gotenks or Gohan handles Buu. Because of that, Gohan arrives in Fusion Reborn with his Ultimate form already online, meaning he can dispatch Frieza in a single strike.
It’s undeniably humiliating, but the outcome also lines up neatly with how the movie handles power comparisons. Early in the Majin Buu era, the Supreme Kai states that any Kai could have eliminated Frieza in one blow, establishing a ceiling on where he should sit relative to the Kai hierarchy. Since Gohan in Fusion Reborn already has Ultimate strength, he becomes the strongest character in the film by default. And because Fusion Reborn Frieza doesn’t get any power upgrades after Trunks kills him, he’s left with no reason to be able to stand up to a boosted Ultimate Gohan—so the one-hit takedown fits the logic of the scaling.
7 Ghost Warrior Frieza is Strong Enough to Keep Up With Vegeta & Future Trunks
Dragon Ball Z: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans
Dragon Ball Z: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans began life as a Famicom game before being adapted into an OVA. The focus is on Tuffle scientist Dr. Lychee, who seeks revenge on the Saiyans for the Tuffle genocide. Using his supercomputer, Dr. Lychee is able to bring back four of the most dangerous villains the Z-Fighters have faced across that movie-era timeline: Turles, Lord Slug, Cooler, and Frieza.
In Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans, Ghost Warrior Cooler ends up clashing with Goku, suggesting he’s the strongest of the revived threats in the villain lineup. Yet Ghost Warrior Frieza is the one who ends up in the toughest spotlight, fighting both Vegeta and Future Trunks. As a Ghost Warrior, Frieza can return to life immediately after being killed. In the game, that concept is pushed even further: Ghost Warrior Frieza transforms into Psycho Frieza, making him strong enough to take on all five Z-Fighters at the same time.
6 Xeno Frieza Isn’t As Broken As Other Characters in the Xeno Timeline
Super Dragon Ball Heroes
Super Dragon Ball Heroes presents the Xeno timeline, a version of the Dragon Ball universe where the Z-Fighters experience deviations similar to Dragon Ball GT’s events. The key difference is that Goku never appears to become a child, and he also doesn’t seem to “die” at the end of the anime the way he does in that original arc structure. Xeno Saiyans like Goku and Vegeta may lack God Ki, but they’re still portrayed as extraordinarily dangerous fighters—capable of keeping pace with the most powerful Gods seen in Dragon Ball Super. Xeno Frieza, however, doesn’t get the same level of favoritism.
After absorbing the One-Star Dragon Ball, Xeno Frieza gets a power increase that turns him into a mindless monster. In terms of raw strength, he’s still positioned high enough to match Namek Saga Super Saiyan Goku, and he can even keep up with Xeno Goku while Xeno Goku is in base form. The Namek Saga comparison isn’t automatically impressive on its own, but the larger point is that Xeno Goku is extremely overpowered in this timeline—so the fact that he couldn’t simply end Xeno Frieza by himself is a notable achievement for Frieza. Even so, Xeno Frieza is still vulnerable, and Xeno Future Trunks can defeat him when he catches Frieza off guard.
Whether it comes from grueling training or unlocking new, stronger forms, the strongest Saiyans in Dragon Ball are now operating at “God Tier” power levels.
5 Majin Frieza is Brought Back to Life To Serve As Babidi’s Minion
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 retells an alternate version of Dragon Ball Z entirely through Goku’s perspective, with small departures from the main timeline. During the Majin Buu Saga stages of the game, Babidi revives Frieza and Cell, turning them into Majin minions. From there, they continue to carry out Babidi’s orders, supporting Super Buu and Kid Buu even after Babidi’s plans shift and he’s gone.
Eventually, the pair manages to break free from their mental control and keep their power boosts in a way that echoes Vegeta’s approach in the canon Dragon Ball continuity. It’s difficult to pin down an exact number for Majin Frieza’s strength, but he’s likely in the high-tier range associated with the Cell Saga, based on how strong he was right up until Trunks killed him.
4 GT Frieza Stayed Down in Hell to Fight Goku One Last Time
Dragon Ball GT
Dragon Ball GT served as the original conclusion to Toei’s anime run. During the Super 17 Saga, the story reaches a point where the world is shaken by a sudden burst of events that echoes the “dead villains return” concept from Fusion Reborn. What’s interesting, though, is that Frieza doesn’t leave Hell during Dragon Ball GT. Instead, he remains in the underworld with a plan—waiting to ambush Goku alongside Perfect Cell.
The narrative implies that Frieza has grown stronger since the last time he fought Goku, but it never clarifies how much stronger. In the end, base Goku handles both Frieza and Cell without much difficulty. That shouldn’t be read as a knock on Frieza, since GT Goku in base form is already absurdly powerful. Still, given the amount of time that has passed since DBZ, it’s reasonable to place GT Frieza near end-of-Z levels, at minimum.
3 Clone Frieza is a Flawed Recreation of Frieza During Resurrection F
Dragon Ball FighterZ
Clone Frieza is one of multiple copies Android 21 manufactures of some of Dragon Ball’s strongest Z-Fighters and villains in Dragon Ball FighterZ. Like the other clones, Clone Frieza isn’t as powerful as the original Frieza. However, compared to the rest of Android 21’s lineup of copies, Clone Frieza is noticeably stronger. The DNA used for Clone Frieza is drawn from the events of Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F, giving him an edge over the average clone.
Clone Frieza can use all of Frieza’s techniques and transformations. That means he can even access Golden Frieza, putting his output in a range comparable to literal gods. There are also multiple variants of Clone Frieza within the game, and all of them end up being destroyed by the conclusion of Dragon Ball FighterZ’s story mode.
When the Dragon Ball Super manga finally returns for the Black Frieza Saga, Goku and Vegeta won’t be the series’ primary focus anymore.
2 Toei Frieza Was Integral to Defeating Jiren in the Tournament of Power
Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball Super Anime
Toei Frieza is the Frieza variant that appears in the Dragon Ball Z anime, the Dragon Ball Super anime, and Dragon Ball Super: Broly. In general, the anime version leans into a more unpredictable, “out of control” style of power progression compared to the manga. As a result, Golden Frieza in the anime turns out significantly stronger than his manga counterpart, and he plays a major role in helping Goku grind down Jiren during the final clash of the Tournament of Power.
Frieza also tends to contribute more effectively in the Tournament of Power within the Toei timeline than he does in the manga continuity. The biggest limitation on his anime presence is simple timing: he hasn’t been seen since Dragon Ball Super: Broly. It will take a while for Frieza to show up again in Dragon Ball Super 2, but when he returns, he’s positioned to be stronger than everyone else in the franchise.
1 Canon Frieza is the Strongest Mortal in the Multiverse
Dragon Ball Manga, Dragon Ball Super Manga
Canon Frieza is the version of Frieza that appears in Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball manga and Toyotarou’s Dragon Ball Super manga. At present, Canon Frieza stands among the most powerful characters across the entire multiverse. During the Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga, while exploring the multiverse, Frieza discovers a Hyperbolic Time Chamber and decides to train inside it.
After ten straight years of training, Frieza unlocks the extremely powerful Black Frieza transformation. Black Frieza is strong enough to eliminate Gas in a single blow, fast enough to knock out Ultra Instinct Goku and Ultra Ego Vegeta before they can even respond, and dangerous enough to threaten the Gods, the Angels, and possibly even Zeno. Canon Frieza is also set up to serve as the main antagonist of the Black Frieza Saga when Dragon Ball Super returns with new chapters.
