Last updated on September 16th, 2021 at 04:45 pm
The Best Avatar Characters of All Time is not an easy list to make when we have so many amazing characters, so don’t be surprised by the long list of runner-ups.
Our Avatar: The Last Airbender characters go down a winding journey and take us with them the whole way so the diversity and depth to their character make them super intriguing to break down and rank.
For this list we’re not going to be working with Legend of Korra characters as well, although we may get to that eventually – for now we’ll just be working with ATLA so we can really buckle down and hone in on the awesome top ten.
For those of you who are new here you’ll also notice that we have workout routines that these Avatar characters have inspired as well – because that’s what we do here at Superhero Jacked!
We have a full Avatar: The Last Airbender Inspired Workout Database within our larger Anime Workouts Database and overall Workout Database, and we continue seeing more and more characters on a monthly basis because our SHJ Army loves them so much.
Which is nice considering the characters are all so awesome for building out routines – especially calisthenics workouts!
We even recently added an Avatar: The Last Airbender Workout Placement Quiz to help members find the best workout specifically for them!
Oh, and we love listicles here because it makes it nice for members to find workouts within a specific show or “list” now that our Workout Database is well over 1,000 routines and sometimes it can get a bit crowded in there.
So if you like listicles like this one, here are a few more I think you might like:
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- The Top Ten Most Powerful Superheroes of All Time
- Top 10 Most Popular Anime of All Time
- Best Anime to Watch on Netflix Right Now
- Best Anime to Watch on Hulu Right Now
Of course we’ve also done a handful of “Most Powerful” and “Most Popular” for other anime so if you’d like to check those out you can visit our other listicles here.
For this one I broke it down based on each character personality, power, and overall development and also took into consideration the placement on other lists all over the internet which you’ll see me make mention to quite a few times throughout the course of this list. I also work in a bunch of different Ranker rankings for the characters to really show off a bit more flair for each of them as we make our way through!
As always, leave your comments below if you were expecting other characters!
THE BEST AVATAR CHARACTERS FROM AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER
Number Ten: King Bumi
Bending: Earthbending
Ethnicity: Earth Kingdom
Coming in at number ten on the list of our best Avatar characters of all time is King Bumi!
You know what’s crazy to me!? Some lists didn’t include Bumi. I know…nuts.
Bumi, also dubbed “a mad genius” by Aang, is a fun character and also an awesome fit here at SHJ to show off the fact that age is just a number. When he rips his shirt off and shows off defined muscles like some kind of Master Roshi it takes us all by surprise.
He then proceeds to chuck boulders around and move with impressive agility as well. Tack that all on top of his fun wit and craziness and you have one awesome character that, in my opinion, easily makes the top ten best within Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Bumi at SHJ:
Number Nine: Ty Lee
Bending: No
Ethnicity: Fire Nation
Next up on our list of the best Avatar characters is Ty Lee!
Ty Lee is another character (you’ll notice soon that I may say this a lot when it comes to ATLA characters) that fits really well with SHJ with he acrobatic skills!
Ty Lee also ranks in as the eighth most likeable, fifth most underappreciated and number one most powerful nonbender character in all of Avatar: The Last Airbender rankings on Ranker.com!
I’d say she easily makes her spot on this one.
Ty Lee at SHJ:
Number Eight: Suki
Bending: No
Ethnicity: Earth Kingdom
Next up among the best Avatar: The Last Airbender characters of all time is another nonbender: Suki!
Suki is not only a badass female and a warrior that can take care of and fend for herself, but she also shows us a romantic side with another of our favorite characters that some of the other females don’t necessarily give us throughout the show in the same way.
Suki at SHJ:
Number Seven: Katara
Bending: Waterbending
Ethnicity: Water Tribe
Coming in at number seven on our list of the best Avatar characters is Katara!
Katara’s development over the course of the show makes her an obvious shows for this list. From breaking down gender barriers and becoming a waterbending master to the maturity of her character overall she really gives us a fully diverse and incredible character.
I saw one list say if we replaced masterbending for brainpower we’d have Hermione Granger instead of Katara.
Katara at SHJ:
Number Six: Azula
Bending: Firebending
Ethnicity: Fire Nation
Just missing the top five among the best Avatar characters of all time is the firebending prodigy Azula!
Azula is the daughter of Fire Lord Ozai and princess of The Fire Nation. She’s also a sociopath and completely crazy.
The part the makes her so perfect is that she basically knows this but she’s strong enough to not have to deal with it and essentially overpower her way through anyone who otherwise might force her to actually deal with her crazy.
She didn’t win a likeable award like Ty Lee but Avatar wouldn’t have been the same without her.
Azula at SHJ:
Number Five: Sokka
Bending: No
Ethnicity: Water Tribe
Starting off our top five best Avatar characters of all time is Sokka.
Sokka joins a few of our other nonbenders but comes in as our comic relief that really is just so much more than that.
Sokka being a nonbender is a huge part of his character because from the very beginning we know he’s upset about it and struggling with that fact but is determined to be a warrior and therefore comes with a bit of womanizing and toxic masculinity that gives us just another rounding of our characters and their personalities that develop throughout the show so well. Similar to his sister, Katara, Sokka goes through quite a journey and comes out with some serious development.
He also made the list at number 148 among the Ranker’s “Anime Boys You’ve Definitely Had A Crush One”.
Ladies, is this true?
Sokka at SHJ:
Number Four: Toph
Bending: Earthbending
Ethnicity: Earth Kingdom
Number Four on our list of the best Avatar characters of all time is Toph Beifong!
I actually struggled with Toph’s placement because the top four is actually extremely hard to place, but I think knowing that makes it all fair play.
CBR ranked her at number one based on her power level, and that’s definitely what got her into the number four spot, along with her sassiness and sense of humor. But, let’s be real, her power is incredible…she literally invented metalbending and she’s essentially untouchable.
She came in at number 1120 out of 1297 among Ranker’s “Greatest Characters of All Time” list – which really is saying something.
Toph Beifong at SHJ:
Number Three: Aang
Bending: The Avatar – All Four (And Energybending)
Ethnicity: Air Nomad
We made it to the top three! Aang is our third best without our best Avatar characters of all time.
Aang’s placement among lists of the best Avatar characters across the internet was a bit all over the place, but for the most part he fell into the top five. Because, let’s face it, he faced and overcame more problems than most of our characters and we got to watch him crash through one by one with his friends.
We just placed Toph at number four with a big factor being her power level and Aang is the most powerful ATLA character of all time, so that pushes up his placement quite easily as well.
While he comes in at number six among The Best Avatar: The Last Airbender Characters on Ranker, he someone got ranked number ONE on the list of all Avatar and Korra characters!
Aang at SHJ:
Aang Inspired Jump Rope Workout
Number Two: Iroh
Bending: Firebending
Ethnicity: Fire Nation
At number two among the best Avatar characters we have Uncle Iroh!
I’ll admit that I’m a bit biased towards Iroh and like I mentioned Master Roshi already in this list when I talked about Bumi’s hidden physique we also get that with Iroh on top of the wit, wisdom and warmness that comes with that Roshi comparison here as well.
And we all know how much I love Master Roshi…
He is also incredible for SHJ and has the prison training scene to prove it.
Iroh doesn’t have as much character development and the story isn’t his as much as it is a lot of the other characters so I can’t warrant him giving him the number one slot, but you better believe I thought about it!
Iroh at SHJ:
Number One: Zuko
Bending: Firebending
Ethnicity: Fire Nation
Coming in at number one among the best Avatar: The Last Airbender characters is Zuko!
We have a lot of Fire Nation characters and even quite a few firebenders on a list of ten, but Zuko is the top of the list, finishing off our top characters with a bang.
Avatar: The Last Airbender may be framed as Aang’s story but it becomes just as much Zuko’s story as we get to watch him go from villain to anti-hero all the way to hero over the course of an extremely twisting journey.
Zuko also came in at number #42 on the list of 176 top anti-heroes at Ranker and comes in within the top two on almost every single list I read viewing viewers favorite characters.
Zuko at SHJ:
But I’d also love to hear who YOU think should be on this list!
The Best Avatar Characters of All Time (Runner Ups):
- Appa
- Pakku
- Hakoda
- Huu
- The Boulder
- Avatar Roku
- Avatar Kyoshi
- Fire Lord Ozai
- Hama
- The Cabbage Merchant
Don’t forget to comment your thoughts below.
As always, remember that all these routines should be paired with our Nutrition Pillars; and you can even check out our article on The Top Diets Used Among Celebrities as well.
If you want to step it up a notch on top of these workouts then you can also check out our Superhero Academy and Superhuman System as well.
Now get out there and begin unleashing your inner superhuman!
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Until next time,
Mike
SHJ’s Nick Fury
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