2025 was a fairly big year for the MCU , with multiple movies and shows having been released. This also means that we saw quite an impressive lineup of villains across the various franchises. While some were returning threats, others made their live-action MCU debuts for the very first time.

From street-level rivals to cosmic-level threats and everything in between, this list breaks down which 2025 MCU villains were the absolute best (and which ones left something to be desired). Here's every live-action MCU villain featured in 2025, ranked.

12 The Leader ( Captain America: Brave New World )

Samuel Sterns the Leader close-up sat on a chair in Captain america Brave New world

After 17 years, Samuel Sterns' The Leader finally returned to the MCU as a gamma-powered mastermind ,

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