The Best Heroes On Supernatural Ranked

Generally speaking, characters who have made it to the final season of Supernatural deserve to be ranked high. Similar to Game of Thrones, many characters die on Supernatural – sticking around makes you worthy of celebration.

Behold these characters, all of whom deserve an honorable mention: Rufus Turner, Mick Davies, Ash, Benny Lafitte, Adam Milligan/Michael, Billie, Samuel Campbell, Tessa, Ellen and Jo Harvelle, Eileen Leahy, and countless others.

Subtly or overtly, these characters help put Sam and Dean on the right path. They play roles in helping the brothers survive and fight bad guys. Some of them even brought them back to life, perhaps the most heroic act of all.

Uniquely, Supernatural often features characters who have different forms and vessels — they can reside in different bodies, be taken over by demons, angels, and magic, and are at times good and bad. Their walks of life are many, but their heroism isn't in doubt.

Arthur Ketch kills fellow British Men of Letters member Mick Davies just as the audience was starting to like him. He works with Asmodeus, a Prince of Hell, to find Jack Kline, a Nephilim and son of Lucifer. He kills hunters, making him at times no better than the monsters the hunters hunt. He nearly kills Dean and betrays Mary Winchester, Sam and Dean's beloved mother. He deceives the Winchesters time and time again, typically for his own gain.

But in the end, he's not actually a bad guy — just complicated. After all, Ketch rescues archangel Gabriel and helps Dean rescue Mary and Jack from the Apocalypse World. In time, he even wants to redeem himself.

Arthur Ketch is one of the most talented monster-slayers on Supernatural. He's not the most ethical hero, but he has his moments when it comes to saving the world — or at least aiding the Winchesters when they're the ones doing the world-saving.

His second and apparently final death came on the heels of not giving up the whereabouts of Sam, Dean, Castiel, and Belphegor to a demon. In response, the demon rips out his heart and crushes it. Now that's bloody redemption.

The Wayward Sisters appear in "Wayward Sisters," a season 13 backdoor pilot. They consist of Jody Mills, Donna Hanscum, Alex Jone, Claire Novak, Patience Turner, and Kaia Nieves. Of course, they've all had other appearances on the show — but seeing them brought together as an evil-fighting super group is ludicrously cool. Orphaned girls, under the mentorship of tough-as-nails Jody Mills, fighting the forces of evil? That's a killer premise. The Sisters' unique circumstances are also a fascinating inverse of the Supernatural formula: Like Sam and Dean, the Sisters are a monster-fighting family, but they are siblings of circumstance rather than blood.

Together, this sisterhood could have cracked the top five of all-time heroes on Supernatural, but the creators decided not to pursue a Wayward Sisters series. At the time of this writing, Alex, Jody, Donna, Claire, and Patience are still alive. While Kaia is deceased, her alternate version, Dark Kaia, lives on. It's been a rough road for the Sisters, but fans will never forget their heroism.

Many Supernatural characters are heroes because of their monster-hunting, but Kevin Tran is special because of his abilities. Kevin is a prophet, and the Winchesters — and, likely, the whole world — would be doomed if Kevin weren't able to translate the Leviathan tablet. Adding more to his resume, he also translates the Demon tablet and discovers how to close the gates of Hell.

The most heroic aspect Kevin Tran has going for him is that he's not translating tablets to help out a family member — he's doing it because he knows it's the right thing to do. Sure, he's not as strong as hunters like John, but he stays on the path of righteousness anyway. Kevin wasn't raised to become a hero, nor is he being forced into it by others. He simply chooses to be a good person and that in itself is heroic.

Okay, we understand your skepticism. Crowley is a demon and King of Hell and Rowena is a witch who has become Queen of Hell. Not to mention, both are, at times, the antagonist of the show. Plus, Crowley and Rowena, on the surface, only do things to benefit themselves. They're not great people, all in all, only really becoming anti-heroes at their absolute best. But they do plenty of heroic acts and use their immense powers to help Sam and Dean save the world time and time again. Before Crowley's demise, he was on Sam and Dean's team, and Rowena transitioned nicely to their side as well.

They, of course, don't have the most moral and heroic backgrounds, but they became fan favorites and when their interests align with the Winchesters, they morph into heroes. Plus, there's a very small list of characters who have more capabilities and powers than Crowley and Rowena. It's a lot of fun to see them help out our heroes, but also flat-out cool.

Bobby Singer is a well-known hunter in his own right, but his heroism truly shines when he's seen showing Sam and Dean the ropes and sharing stories about their dad . Bobby becomes a father figure to the boys and, like so many others along the way, helps them get out of unlikely jams and kill monsters.

Bobby is straightforward yet sarcastic and crass, and never the sort to sugarcoat information given to Dean and Sam. He's also been known to save the world, which hits high moral scales by itself. He's a big reason why Sam and Dean act the way they do and although a version of him still walks the Supernatural universe, his death hits hard — but Sam Dean carry on his legacy, lessons, and toughness. Sam and Dean are world-class hunters for many reasons, but Bobby plays a big role in their craft and excellence.

Bobby dies at the hands of leviathan leader Dick Roman. Similar to others, an alternate version of Bobby exists in the Apocalypse World and now resides on Earth.

If Jack Kline were to reach his full potential, he'd be capable of being the most powerful entity on Supernatural. Even God is afraid of him — his dad is, after all, Lucifer. Unsurprisingly, Jack struggles with good, evil, and containing his angel powers.

Deep down, he wants to prove he's good. He wants to make Castiel, Sam, and Dean proud. He wants to defeat the darkness inside him and spread world peace with the snap of his fingers — something he might actually be capable of. Even when he loses his powers, he still tries to prove his worth by being an adequate hunter.

Unfortunately, he kills Mary Winchester, in addition to a number of other innocent souls. But one has to remember that Jack hasn't been alive all that long, and is still learning. His commitment to good is hard-fought and inconstant, but it's one he solidifies with every heroic act.

Could it be any other way? Dean and Sam are humans, yet still manage to take down far superior beings over and over again. Of course, there are times when the brothers get power upgrades, such as when Dean gets the Mark of Cain or when Sam drinks demon blood. But at the end of the day, they always return to simple humanity. For them, it's enough.

In case you haven't been keeping score over the years, Dean and Sam have taken down virtually every monster ever created, the FBI, the British Men of Letters, a Scooby-Doo universe, the Mother of All Monsters, gods, angels, archangels, demons, Lucifer, leviathans, death (the state of being and the entity), possession, The Darkness, witchery, curses, and countless other evils.

The bad guy might change every season, but the Winchesters defy all odds and win against them every single time. What's a hero? It's Sam. It's Dean. It's the Winchesters.