While not every game in the series stars or even features a Belmont, i🉐s first and foremost about the Belmont clan’s eternal struggle to fight back against Count Dracula. Between the 11th century and the advent of the 21st century, the Belmont family did everything the💧y could to fight Dracula, but there is still a stronger Belmont and ways to rank them.

Castlevania has essentially stated that each Belmont is stronger than the last, but there are exceptions to the rule. Even though each descendant is naturally stronger than their ancestor, that doesn’t mean much if they’re untrained. The Vampire Killer is always safe in the hands of a Belmont, but not everyone wields the whip with grace. It takes a bit more analysis to deter𒆙mine who the strongest Belmont is.

Updated on May 18, 2025, by William Quick: The sad truth is that there hasn't been a new game in the Castlevania series for quite some time now, with the IP instead lending its story and assets to other media like the well-received Castlevania Netflix series. There's talk of the next chapter, Castlevania Nocturne, getting season 3 down the line while some indie creators are filling the game void with inspired titles like Lady Dracula and The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest. However, until we can play those games, we'll have to make do with the recently released Castlevania Collections, showing an entire family tree of vampire hunters. Here are the strongest Belmonts to appear in Castlevania.

16 ▨ Bolt🙈 Ericson

The Cut Crusher

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There's a reason why Bolt Ericson looks much different than the other memb♔ers of the Belmont Clan, and it's becauꦍse he isn't technically supposed to exist. During the development of Castlevania: Bloodlines, Bolt was intended to be a playable character alongside John Morris and Eric Lecarde, but was ultimately cut from the final version.

Despite this, Bolt would have been a formidable force to be reckoned with, being modeled after more traditional brutish warriors. He wielded a large mace that could do massive damage to enemies and even bust through stone and walls to make his way through the 𒅌castle. However, with all this power, Bolt suffered from reduced speed and a lack of magic when vampires are typically swift and vicious opponents.

14 Zoe And Delores Bel꧙mont ♌

The Sibling Dynamos

There haven't been many female Belmonts mentioned, despite the series having some fem♌ale leads. Z♓oe and Delores Belmont appeared in the mobile game Castlevania: Order of Shadows, which isn't canonical. They were the younger siblings of the main character, Desmond Belmont.

While their strength is unknꦆown, both of them rush into Dracula's Castle at the beginning of the game, and Delores can supposedly wield the Vampire Killer. In the game, they are both young, and their powers are not fully realized. They would need more screen time to even be in the running for being the strongest Belmont.

13 ౠ ꦇ Van Helsing

The OG Vampire Hunter

Even if you don't know anything about Castlevania or Dracula, chances are you've heard of Van Helsing. Originally named Professor Abraham Van Helsing in the first Dracula novel, he gained a reputation as an expert in supernatural phenome💝na and the ailments that result from them. Even so, he's more popularly depicted as a monster hunter and has even been named a descendant of the Belmont Clan.

As one of the members of the Helsing Clan, Van H𝓡elsing followed his calling in studying vampires and other dark monste𝓰rs so that he could learn how to kill them. While having no inherent magic or innate combat talent, Van Helsing is a Jack-of-All-Trades who is able to effectively use various weapons and gadgets to adapt to any situation or foe on the fly.

12 🅰 Leon Belmont 🤡

The First Challenger

Leon neither fights nor defeats Dracula. Rather than being lifelong enemies, Dracula is Leon’s lifelong friend, Mathias Cronqvist. Leon’s strong enough to beat Death, if nothing else, but he doesn’t even have the Vampire Kill🍃er until the end of Lament of Innocence.

The Vampire𓄧 Killer isn’t the family’s ancestral weapon yet, so the Belmonts don’t have a natural affinity for it. Leon would logically be completely untrained in the whip and would only be able to develop skills and techniques after the fact. If nothing else, the fact that he survives at all speaks volumes to his competence.

11 ♈ Jonathan Morris

The Younger End Of The Family Tree

The Castlevania series had a brief foray onto the Nintendo DS with multiple t𒁏itles, including Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin. It follows the adventures of a young Johnathan Morris, son of John Morris from Castlevania: Bloodlines and member of the Morris Clan, as he journeys to sto💞p the revival of Dracula's Castle, which is on track to destroy the world.

Much like his ancestors and his father, Johnathan uses a whip as his primary weapon (an underpowered version of the Vampire Killer), but has the potential to grow stronger as he progresses. Since he doesn't possess the magic of his partner, Charlotte Aulin, Johnathan makes up for it by having expertise i🌃n a variety of other weapons, sidearms, and even martial arts, which allow him to perform some pretty devastating combos.

10 ⛦ Sonia Belmont

The Legendary Original

Castlevania Legꦏends’ Sonia Belmont is explicitly non-canonical these days, but that wasn’t always the case. There was a brief period when Sonia was the first Belmont, the matriarch who started it all. It’s an interesting approach to an origin story, but Legends creates issues with Trevor being Alucard’s son.

Sonia was supposed to make a reappearance in Castleva꧟nia Resurrection for the Dreamcast, getting involved in a time travel plot. Given she’d more t🍨han likely survive the events of the game, Sonia making it through a Dracula fight in 1666 would suggest she’s considerably more powerful.

9 🃏 🌳 Trevor Belmont

The First Victor

As the first Belmont to fight Dracula and kill him in the video game canon, Trevor is a big deal. However, as characters like Leon, Sonia, and Gabriel enter and exit ꦗCastlevania’s revolving door of continuity problems, Trevor's achievement of being the first person to beat Dracula doesn't seem so special.

But his game is one of the b🎶est in the series, and the canon never stopped placing importance on Trevor’s feat. While the Netflix adaptation of Castlevania doesn't let Trevor get the final hit in on Dracula, he redeems himself🍬 by defeating Death in a rather spectacular sequence.

8 Soleil Belmont 🌱

The Unexpected Vessel

Soleil is Christopher Belmont’s son and, remarkably, one of the only Belmonts to be unplayable. In Castlevania II: B🎐elmont’s Revenge, Soleil is possessed b🥃y Dracula on the day he comes of age and inherits the Belmont clan’s power.

Logically, Soleil should be stronger than his father, and he puts up one hell of a fight, but Christopher manages to defeat Soleil and sa⛄ve him. Soleil would never get an opportunity to star in his own game (as Dracula had already been revived twice so close together), but he wouldn’t be the last Belmont to get pos💎sessed.

7 🌠 Desmon𒁃d Belmont

The Duality Shadow Seeker

The main character from Order of Shadows, Desmond Belmont, was designed to be a composite character of both Simon Belmont and Richter Belmont. He was supposed to combine the best elements of both c🐭haracters, at the very least, visually.

In terms of gameplay, Desmond is on the clunky side, but so is his game. Order of Shadows, occurring in 1660, should indicate that he’s stronger than all the Belmonts before him. However, while he is undoubtedly more powerful than Soleil, it seems highly unlikely he’d be able to compete w🥂ith Christopher’s sheer power.