(Spoilers Extended) Top 10 Fighters
10. King Robar II Royce
Killed Torgold Tollett in one move
Killed Qyle Corbray after disarming him of Lady Forlorn, took the weapon for himself afterwards
Killed an Andal invader pretending to be Artys Arryn
9. King Artys I Arryn // “The Falcon Knight”
Killed Robar II
Stated to be the best warrior of his time
8. Ser Garlan Tyrell // “The Gallant”
Consistently beats 3-4 men at a time
Killed 13 men in the Battle of the Blackwater, including Guyard the Green
Stated to be above Loras Tyrell, who’s narratively implied to be on the level of 15 year old Jaime Lannister
7. Ser Gregor Clegane // “The Mountain”
Stated to have superhuman strength
8ft tall, wields a 6ft greatsword with onehand
His armor essentially makes him a walking tank, deflecting regular weapons only leaving scratches on the armor.
Can slice men in half with a single blow
Punched both of Oberyn Martell’s eyes out along with the majority of his teeth, and then went on to crush his skull.
Went equal to a holding back Sandor
6. (Ser?) Sandor Clegane // “The Hound”
- Went equal to a bloodlusted Gregor whilst holding back
-Stated by Jaime Lannister to be one of the strongest in the realm
-Beat and killed Beric Dondarrion despite being heavily weakened by his fear of fire.
5. Prince Oberyn Martell // “The Red Viper”
At 16, stalemated Edgar Yronwood, someone described as ‘a huge man with a fierce repute.’
Fought in the fighting pits if Mereen
Was toying around with the Mountain while drunk
-Wields an 8ft spear coated in such a potent poison that if it so much as breaks your skin it’s an automatic death
4/3. Ser Barristan Selmy // “The Bold”
Defeated Ser Duncan the Tall at 16
Cut a ‘bloody path’ through Golden Company soldiers to kill Maelys the Monstrous
Saved the Mad King from Duskendale by himself
Killed Symon Toyne and beat the Smiling Knight
-Killed a dozen men at the Battle of the Trident
Killed 3 members of the City Watch while unarmed
Killed Khrazz with a wooden stick
-Stated by George RR Martin that he’s relative to Arthur Dayne with equal weaponry.
3/4. Ser Sandoq // “The Shadow”
Killed 12 men including a kingsguard member without getting tagged once
Stated to have won over 1k pit fights in Mereen
-Rumored to have killed bears and wyverns with nothing but rocks
-Wields a valyrian steel curved sword
2. Ser Jaime Lannister // “The Kingslayer”
-Has battle fever, an ability which makes him unable to feel fear, pain or fatigue and slows his perception of time to the point to where he can ‘dance around attacks while laughing’
-Went equal to the Smiling Knight at 15, who right after entered a prolonged duel with Arthur Dayne
Fought his way through Robb Stark’s vanguard and nearly killed him
Nearly beat Brienne while he was starving, dehydrated, binded and the wrists and was wielding a cheap sword.
Killed 3 Tully knights with his left hand
1. Ser Arthur Dayne // “The Sword of the Morning”
Stated by George RR Martin to be the best
Both Jaime and Barristan admit inferiority to him
Killed the Smiling Knight
Wields Dawn, a weapon superior to Valyrian Steel.
edit: just found out about the guy named Clarence Crabb who apparently can rip trees out of the ground and throw them half a mile, so he definitely should be somewhere in this list.