Ask any person about the show that got them interested in anime in the first place, and chances are that the majority of responses that you'll receive will either outright state Dragon Ball Z or refer to it in some way or the other. Why wouldn't this be the case — after all, the fact of the matter is that Dragon Ball Z paved the way for anime to become popular on the Western forefront. Each and every anime series that attained worldwide popularity after Dragon Ball Z should ideally be thanking this show for providing them with this golden opportunity to become culturally relevant on a global scale. This show was so freakin' popular that — after substantial fan uproar for around two decades — Toei Animation finally decided to give in (and by giving in, we mean that they decided to earn as much money as humanly possible) and released a sequel in the form of Dragon Ball Super.

This show took the lore of Dragon Ball to new heights, with a wide array of universes coming into the foray that completely escalated the already high power levels featured in this series to an entirely different level. This — coupled with the dramatic increase on power levels and the introduction of new, ground-breaking tꦬransformations — has led to the introduction of god-level power levels, typically sported by divine beings who have completely shelved Goku in terms of raw power.

Of course, these beings not all that omnipotent — there are also puny gods that have little to no chance of beating Goku in a fight ever. So, without further ado, here are 15 gods more powerful than Goku, coupled with 10 weaklings who aren't even fit enough to clওean his boots.

25 ꦓ Weak: King Kai

One of the first Kais to make their presence known in Dragon Ball Z,ꦯ King Kai has become an iconic aspect of the franchise for obvious reasons. He was the one who taught the Kaio-Ken power to Goku after all.

However, his power leve♏l is not even close to Goku's current strength.

This is perhaps🐲 the major reason why King Kai has taken a backseat to pretty much every fight — he's just not all that relevant in th🏅e grand scheme of things.

24 Strong: Beer🌌us

The introduction of Beerus in Dragon Ball Superꦯ was a revolution, allowing us to familiarize ourselves with a character who was above and beyond any power level we'd seen in the series up to that point.

He can easily wipe the floo🌠r with Goku if he wishes to do so.

We say this mainly because of the fact that he wasn't even fighting at his full power during his battle with Goku in the initial moments of Dragon Ball Super. It's a sad tale of events that just ꦺgoes to show how woefully underpowered Goku actually is in the grand s🎐cheme of things.

23 Strong: ꧋Whis

Ho♔w could it be possibl𝐆e to mention the God of Destruction Beerus without mentioning his attendant and the Angel who actually taught him everything he needed to know? Yep, that's right — we're talking about none other than Whis himself.

He's strong✃er than Beerus, which implies his superiority overꦚ Goku.

This, coupled with a bunch of nifty abilities such as time travel and interstellar travel, truly make Whis a force to be reckoned with. One must think twice before picking a🍌 fight with this imposing Angel.

22 Weak: Dend🐎e

Time to talk about the exact opposite of someone who's imposing. Dende might be one of the cutest and most endearing Namekians around, but the title of being a Guardian is somewhat wasted on him𝓡 — especially since he's just so frustratingly weak as a fighter.

Dende's more of a healer, so one can't fault him for being the way he is. However, that doesn't talk away from the fact t✱hat he is so incredibly pitiful that no one rea𓂃lly counts on him in a tight spot.

21 Strong: Sid🙈ra 💮

There's♛ going to be a massive inflow of various Gods of Destruction on this list, and for good reason — each and every one of them can single-handedly beat Goku to a pulp without so much as breaking a sweat.

Of course, there's the slightest possibility that this statement m🤡ight not hold true with Ultra Instinct Goku, but — even then — it's highly unlikely that the Saiyan will be able to beat someone as powerful as Sidra, who has been shown to be quite fast and strong to boot.

The God o▨f Universe 9 would certainly be an imposing foe indeed.

20 Weak: Kami 🐲

The words strong and fast aren't exactly what one will use to𒉰 describe Kami, the Guardian of Earth before Dende took over. It seems that being a Guardian implies the need to be an absolute weakling since Kami is the perfect definition of a pushover.

In fact, this character was so irrelevant that he wasn't even taken into consideration halfway into Dragon Ball Z. Th🙈e only time when he actually managed to do something useful also involved him being written off — in a bid to increase his power levels, Kami made the decision to fuse with Piccolo and promptly vanished.

19 Strong: Rumush ꦉ 🌜

Another God o💜f Destruction makes his way onto this list — this time, it's the God from Universe 10. Featuring an elephant for a head, you'd expect this God to wipe the floor with anyone and everyone who'd even look at him wrong.

However, this is not even remotely the case.𝓀 If anything, Rumush is actually extremely lazy and finds it a massive bother to even destroy planets, in the first place.

All this just goes to show that not all Gods of🌃 Destruction are terrible people — in fa✃ct, some of them are actually quite complacent, like Rumush.

18 ꦉ WEAK: Supremeও Kai

There was a time when the Supreme Kai — also known as Shin — used to be the benchmark against which a🌟ll power was measured. However, Shin's allure was completely eliminated by figures like Kid Buu and Beerus, who showed us just how overhyped the Supreme Kai actually was.

Nowadays, Shin serves as nothing more than another observer who just witnesꦺses the things going on around him, and nothing else. It's quite a tragic fall from grace indeed, although no one can particularly gripe about it since 🎃the character wasn't all that memorable, to begin with.

17 STRONG: Vermoud ꦿ

Don't let the appearance of this particular God of Destruction fool you — the last thing anyone should do is take Vermoud for granted since he would be more than will🍸ing to grind you to a pulp. In fact, he might even look forward to it, seeing as he was more than willing to backstab the people closest to him.

The fact that Vermoud is based on the characterization of Joker should be proof enough that this character is not someone to be taken lightly. After all, just like his inspiration, 🏅Vermoud can certain go absolutely psycho if giv𒁏en the leeway to do so.

16 🤡 Strong: Marcarita

If Vermoud is actually inspired by the Joker, then he's b﷽ound to have his own Harley Quinn, right? Well, look no further than Marcarita, the Angel of Universe 11's God of Destruction who — as is the case with pretty much eveไry Angel — is more powerful than the God she attends to.

So, if Vermoud can defeat Goku, ❀then there's no reason to suspect why Marcarita can't do the same. It doesn't take a genius to make this statem𒊎ent — after all, this is nothing more than a simple correlation.