One Piece: 10 Characters Closest To Gol D. Roger In Strength, Ranked

The One Piece world has lots of powerful characters, both Pirates and Marines. However, few boast the power that is comparable to the man who conquered all of the seas, the Pirate King, Gol D. Roger. Although Roger was the undisputed King of Seas, there are lots of characters who we’ve seen in the series over the years that are capable of taking him on in battle.

These include some of his former rivals and enemies and some who graced the seas long after the death of the Pirate King. Here are 10 One Piece characters who are closest to Gol D. Roger in terms of strength. Note that the characters whose powers we haven’t seen at all aren’t included.

10 Sakazuki

Sakazuki, also known as Marine Fleet Admiral Akainu, is one of the strongest characters to have appeared in the One Piece series. Before the two-year time-skip, Akainu was an Admiral of the Marines. Now, he’s been promoted to the rank of Fleet Admiral.

His Devil Fruit and his Haki are extremely powerful, as seen during the Battle of Marineford. Although he’s not quite on the level of the Yonko themselves, he’s pretty close to them, meaning that he’s close to Roger in terms of strength too.

9 Sengoku

The former Fleet Admiral of the Marines, ‘The Buddha’ Sengoku is quite a powerful man and someone who Roger himself considered one of his rivals. Back during Roger’s era, Sengoku was an Admiral of the Navy.

His powers were extremely high-level as well, thanks to his Mythical Zoan type Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Daibutsu. What’s more, Sengoku is also the only known man in the Navy to possess Conqueror’s Haki, which is extremely rare for a Navy officer. Although he hasn’t been seen going all-out, the fact that Roger praised him as one of the strongest in the Navy is enough to put him on the list.

8 Marshall D. Teach

The newest of the current Yonko, Teach is a man worth over 2.2 billion berries. His strength is as majestic as his Devil Fruits are. He’s the only known person in the world to possess two Devil Fruit abilities, that of the strongest Logia, the Yami Yami no Mi, and the strongest Paramecia, the Gura Gura no Mi as well.

Teach may be the weakest of the current Yonko, but he’s not the finished product quite yet. He continues to grow in power with each passing day and by the end of the series, he might even surpass Roger in power. For now, he’s definitely someone worthy of being compared to Roger, though.

7 Shanks

Also known as ‘Red-haired’, Shanks is one of the Yonko in the One Piece world, rising to the spot only 6 years before the current timeline (4 years before the start of the series). Shanks possesses a bounty of over 4 billion berries, which just goes to show that he’s an incredible fighter.

Having been an apprentice on Roger’s ship, it’s not a surprise Shanks grew up to be a man who could be compared to Roger himself. His powers are at least equal to that of the other Yonko, as seen when he clashed with Whitebeard and even Kaido before the time-skip on equal footing. Shanks is quite powerful and certainly a character who can draw comparisons to the Pirate King.

6 Charlotte Linlin

Charlotte Linlin, also known as Big Mom, is a fearsome pirate and one of the current Yonko in One Piece. Just as her reputation states, Linlin is a monster who has been a rival to Roger in the past.

She’s also known to be at least equal to Kaido in terms of strength, as seen when the two fought to a stalemate at Onigashima in a battle that lasted 12 hours. Linlin possesses a Paramecia type of Devil Fruit, called Soru Soru no Mi, that allows her to manipulate the souls of people. What’s more, she also has the power to use all three Haki types to quite a high level.

5 Kaido

Renowned across the world as ‘The Strongest Creature in the World’, Kaido is a monster who boasts the highest active bounty among the pirates in the One Piece world. Being a Mythical Zoan Dragon, Kaido is quite powerful and it is said that beating him in a one-on-one is nigh impossible.

Whether that’s true or not remains to be seen. However, we do know that Kaido has tasted defeat 7 times as a pirate. When compared to Roger, it is likely that Kaido is close, but Roger edges him out, based on what we’ve seen and heard from characters such as Shanks in the series.

4 Monkey D. Garp

‘The Hero of the Marines’, Garp is famous for being able to corner Roger numerous times, which automatically makes him an incredibly powerful character. Garp also fought Xebec and was partially responsible for defeating him, as seen in Sengoku’s flashback.

When compared to Roger, it is likely that Garp is extremely close to him in terms of power, as is every other character from here onwards on the list. Garp doesn’t have any Devil Fruit ability, instead, he relies on his Haki to fight the monsters of the New World.

3 Shiki

The man is known as ‘The Flying Pirate’, Shiki is a character who Roger considered to be his rival way before the Great Pirate Era even began. Shiki’s powers were immaculate, and thanks to that, he led the greatest Armada in the New World.

Shiki’s powers were great as well, evident from the fact that he would’ve crushed Roger in the Edd War. However, due to some luck, Roger was saved by a storm. That’s not to say that Shiki was stronger than Roger, however. It’s just that his Armada was extremely large, compared to Roger’s one ship. Furthermore, Shiki also fought Sengoku and Garp all alone and managed to injure Garp quite heavily.

2 Rocks D. Xebec

Xebec was a man who aimed to be ‘King of the World’ and is perhaps the most fearsome pirate we’ve heard about in One Piece. His strength was great enough to attract famous pirates from all over the world under his flag. Young (and far weaker) versions of Big Mom, Kaido, Whitebeard, and Shiki all sailed under his flag.

He was finally defeated by a collaboration between the Navy and the Roger Pirates. Garp and Roger worked together to defeat Xebec. According to Sengoku, Xebec could’ve been Roger’s most formidable enemy.

1 Edward Newgate

Famous throughout the world of One Piece as ‘Whitebeard’, Newgate was the strongest man in the world of One Piece right until the moment he died. Thanks to his incredible Devil Fruit powers and Haki, he was nigh unbeatable. Even the Pirate King, Gol D. Roger wasn’t able to defeat Newgate in battle, however, the same is true for Newgate as well.

In all history, Whitebeard is the only known man to have matched Roger in a fight, as seen during Oden’s flashback. Their fight was absolutely legendary, even though they weren’t fighting to the death.

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