IGN's Top 100 Villains of All Time

And the list is by and large just awful. It goes into media at large: LINK

100) Donkey Kong- Donkey Kong
99) Marie L'Angell- Preacher
98) Dark Phoenix- X-Men
97) Black Jack Randall- Outlander
96) Mystique- X-Men
95) J.R. Ewing- Dallas
94) Frank Booth- Blue
93) The Riddler- Batman
92) Illusive Man- Mass Effect
91) Mr. Potter- It's a Wonderful Life
90) Queen Beryl- Sailor Moon
89) Shredder- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
88) Darth Maul- Star Wars Episode I
87) Giovanni- Pokemon
86) LeChuck- Monkey Island
85) Boyd Crowder- Justified
84) SHODAN- System Shock 2
83) Newman- Seinfeld
82) Agent Smith- The Matrix
81) Jack Torrance- The Shining
80) Red Skull- Captain America
79) Purple Man- Jessica Jones
78) Dr. Robotnik- Sonic the Hedgehog
77) Catwoman- Batman
76) Blofeld- James Bond
75) Annie Wilkes- Misery
74) Apocalypse- X-Men
73) Dolores Umbridge- Harry Potter
72) Leatherface- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
71) Cersei Lannister- Game of Thrones
70) Reverend Harry Powell- The Night of the Hunter
69) Kingpin- Daredevil/Spider-Man
68) Michael Myers- Halloween
67) Ra's al Ghul- Batman
66) Bellatrix Lestrange- Harry Potter
65) Sarah Kerrigan- StarCraft
64) Jafar- Aladdin
63) Benjamin Linus- LOST
62) Admiral Thrawn- Star Wars
61) The Master- Doctor Who
60) Killer Bob- Twin Peaks
59) Caprica Six- Battlestar Gallactica
58) Michael Corleone- The Godfather
57) The Trinity Killer- Dexter
56) Shere Khan- The Jungle Book
55) Gordon Gekko- Wall Street
54) The Governor- The Walking Dead
53) General Zod- Superman
52) Thanos- Avengers
51) Nurse Ratched- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
50) Handsome Jack- Borderlands
49) Ozymandias- Watchmen
48) Negan- The Walking Dead
47) Gus Fring- Breaking Bad
46) Venom- Spider-Man
45) Vaas- Far Cry 3
44) Darkseid- Superman
43) The Lich King- Warcraft
42) Cruella De Vil- 101 Dalmatians
41) Norman Bates- Psycho
40) Tony Soprano- The Sopranos
39) Light Yagami- Death Note
38) John Doe- Se7en
37) Saruman- The Lord of the Rings
36) Two-Face- Batman
35) Khan- Star Trek
34) Joffrey Baratheon- Game of Thrones
33) Frieza- Dragon Ball
32) HAL 9000- 2001: A Space Odyssey
31) Bowser- Super Mario
30) Loki- Thor
29) Pennywise- It
28) Roy Batty- Blade Runner
27) Ramsay Bolton- Game of Thrones
26) Andrew Ryan- BioShock
25) Mr. Burns- The Simpsons
24) Green Goblin- Spider-Man
23) Kefka- Final Fantasy VI
22) Sauron- The Lord of the Rings
21) Ursula- The Little Mermaid
20) Anton Chigurh- No Country for Old Men
19) Sephiroth- Final Fantasy VII
18) T-1000- Terminator 2: Judgement Day
17) Xenomorph- Alien
16) Freddy Krueger- A Nightmare on Elm Street
15) The Wicked Witch of the West- The Wizard of Oz
14) Hans Gruber- Die Hard
13) Ganondorf- The Legend of Zelda
12) Walter White- Breaking Bad
11) Palpatine- Star Wars
10) Professor Moriarty- Sherlock Holmes
9) Lex Luthor- Superman
8) Hannibal Lector- Silence of the Lambs
7) Voldemort- Harry Potter
6) Magneto- X-Men
5) Dr. Doom- Fantastic 4
4) GLaDOS- Portal
3) Dracula- Dracula
2) The Joker- Batman
1) Darth Vader- Star Wars

Wow, where to start? Well right off the bat the list is null and void by listing Darth Maul as one of the 100 greatest villains ever, despite the fact I don't think anyone besides hardcore nerds can describe anything about him aside from being evil and badass? He has one fricking line in the movie.

Secondly there are only 4 Disney villains on the list, one more than Harry Potter (and Voldemort is by no means the 7th greatest villain ever, especially since he isn't even the greatest villain in that franchise). And the ones they chose are a bit bizzare. Jafar is just gay and evil, and that's the extent of his character. Cruella is overrated and just had a catchy tune. Ursula has good design, but Top 20 material, no. And Shere Khan is in the original for like 5 minutes (unless you count the reimagining in which he was awesome). Seriously, where are Scar, Frollo, Gaston, Captain Hook, Lady Tremaine, Syndrome, or Maleficent? Disney kind of has the villain market cornered as far as influence on pop culture is concerned.

Then you have the ridiculous inconsistencies that don't make sense. Xenomorph is in, but not Predator. Freddy Krueger is in, but no Jason Voorhees. And if you're going to count Hannibal Lector, Michael Corleone, and Walter White as villains, where are Alex DeLarge and Patrick Bateman?

And Ramsay's the greatest GoT villain? Ramsay is simply a caricature. Sure he's disgusting to watch, but he is only Bizzaro Jon Snow. It probably took 5 seconds for GRRM to come up with his character. Joffrey's a much better villain, as are Cersei, Tywin, Littlefinger, and his own father.

Then you have the videogame villains, which I italicized since they aren't technically M/TV. But how is Ganondorf the 13th greatest villain? The only time in the whole series he's actually menacing is when you leave the Temple of Time, and relatable is at the end of Wind Waker. He's been totally hollow and empty aside from those and his catchy theme, always waiting for Link at the top of a castle. His presence isn't felt through any of the stories.

I could go on and probably will but just wanted to post the list for us to dissect.