10 Supernatural hunters who made monsters regret everything, ranked

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Supernatural hunters who made monsters regret everything | Images via Netflix and Prime Video

Supernatural hunters are primarily humans who utilize strategic techniques to track down supernatural beings and defend others from monsters, demons, ghosts, and other supernatural events. Nothing could refute the truth that these were the Supernatural hunters who struck back, no matter how strong or terrible they were. These hunters were not just skilled but also industrious, cunning, and unafraid. Some were angels or fallen angels, and some were human.

Although their motivations, sufferings, and backgrounds differed, they all shared the same overarching goal of protecting humanity from the unknown. Here is a list of the 10 most memorable Supernatural hunters who left scars of terror and grief after their terrifying encounters with monsters.

Disclaimer: This article is based solely on the writer's opinion. Reader discretion is advised.


Here is the list of the 10 Supernatural hunters who made monsters regret everything (ranked):

10. Doc Benton (Frankenstein's Monster)

Doc Benton - One of the lowest-ranked Supernatural hunters of all | Image via Netflix
Doc Benton - One of the lowest-ranked Supernatural hunters of all | Image via Netflix

Doc Benton is a malicious Supernatural hunter in Season 3's Time Is On My Side. He steals the organs of people to survive. He used to drink a concoction of ingredients that he had formulated to cheat death. His body would have decayed over time, hence necessitating the removal of parts in place of new ones. His physique grew incredibly resilient and painless.

Even being pierced by a knife to the heart or shot with bullets brought him but little disquietude. When his enemies, the Winchesters, witnessed him harvesting body parts in a hospital, they realized that he might have been too close to becoming a monster. Since Sam and Dean thought that the only way to get rid of the extended trait was to bury him alive, they eventually killed him because of his prolonged life.

Doc Benton ranks last on the list because he is relentless and immortal, but he preys on people rather than monsters. As a result, it makes him less terrifying than other Supernatural hunters.


9. The Benders

The Benders - Supernatural hunters | Image via Netflix
The Benders - Supernatural hunters | Image via Netflix

In Season 1's The Benders, a psychotic family that enjoys hunting people kidnaps Sam. This is a community of humans who care for others like prey, not a supernatural family. The Benders put Sam in a cage and intend to go and hunt Dean and Sam in the forest.

Dean joins forces with a deputy, and, ultimately, Sam reverses the game against them. The family does not kill to survive but to entertain, and that makes them even more frightening than the vampires or ghouls. The Bloody Benders, a real-life family that murdered tourists as a pastime in the 1800s, served as the inspiration for the story.

The Benders rank at 9th because they lack magical powers. Their humanity and savagery make them terrible, but it also makes them easier to defeat than actual monsters.


8. Eve (Mother of all monsters)

Eve - One of the strongest and primitive Supernatural hunters of all | Image via Netflix
Eve - One of the strongest and primitive Supernatural hunters of all | Image via Netflix

Eve is one of the strongest and primitive Supernatural hunters of all. Eve is a strong and primitive Supernatural hunter in the show's Season 6. She is also known as the Mother of All Monsters, having created the first monsters on Earth. She brought alphas to life, such as werewolves, vampires, and other monster leaders. Her strength became so twisted that she forced the Leviathans to serve her after her children died.

She finds herself in a deadly conflict with the Winchesters as time and space intersect. They discover how to defeat her with phoenix ashes and must fight hundreds of beasts she has created. She transforms the hunter world.


7. Cain

Cain - One of the oldest Supernatural hunters of all | Image via Netflix
Cain - One of the oldest Supernatural hunters of all | Image via Netflix

Cain is one of the oldest Supernatural hunters of all. He possessed the First Blade and led the Knights of Hell. After witnessing the murder of his wife by other knights, Cain slew them in a righteous rage and fled to the unknown, carrying the Blade. He later trained Dean in how to use the strength of the mark of Cain. In the struggle, he made the demons quake upon his approach. His appearance made them cringe at having yanked the server strings.

One of the most memorable scenes comes when Cain swishes his blade, cutting off an attacking demon. That demon fell at once, with its eyes flashing in terror. All of the monsters realized they were facing a legend because of Cain's posture and confidence. All other Supernatural hunters remembered him for this incident.


6. Gordon Walker

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Gordon Walker - A Supernatural hunter | Image via Prime Video

Gordon Walker hunted vampires without concern. He considered them to be abominations and murdered them in any place. In one of the tense scenes, he surrounded a coven of vampires in a deserted barn. The vampires thought there were many people seeking refuge. As Gordon strode through the door, a storm of silver bullets and stakes rained upon him. He stabbed the leader in the heart and dispatched the oldest vampire with a piercing shot. The others ran in terror.

This scene proves that Gordon was one of those Supernatural hunters who made every vampire wish he hadn't come out. Monsters did not like going against man because of his ruthless tactics and effectiveness.


5. Alastair (as antagonist)

Alastair - One of the torturing Supernatural hunters of all | Image via Prime Video
Alastair - One of the torturing Supernatural hunters of all | Image via Prime Video

Alaistair is also one of those Supernatural hunters who made monsters regret everything. Alastair was the best torturer of Hell. When Dean was stuck in Hell, he was taught the acts of torture by him. In one of the haunting scenes, when Alastair was wrapping the Dean up with chains, he casually taunted him. He cut and burned Dean with old implements and enjoyed hearing him scream. Each whip replaced, each expired piece of flesh, made the spirit of Dean break apart.

Although he fought back on a later date, it was the first session that broke him. The most powerful of the Hell demons mocked Dean in his defeat. Alastair made a Supernatural hunter named Dean regret ever thinking he could outsmart a demon tormentor, which was a slap in the face. The story made the monsters shudder as well.


4. Castiel

Castiel - One of the most formidable Supernatural hunters of all | Image via Prime Video
Castiel - One of the most formidable Supernatural hunters of all | Image via Prime Video

Castiel is one of the most formidable Supernatural hunters of all. In reality, Castiel is strong because he has eaten millions of Purgatory souls along with a few Leviathans. During one of the dramatic scenes, this Supernatural hunter snaps his fingers, thus killing the archangel Raphael immediately. His angels and demons give up on him, dropping in amazement as he says to these souls that he is God. Then he strikes thousands of angels and hypocritical priests with choking words.

At that point, all the animals, whether angels, demons, or beasts, wish they could go back and undo the time they mocked a saved angel. In the Supernatural hunter sequences, Castiel persuades the gods and monsters that their motives have always been tainted.


3. Bobby Singer

Bobby Singer - One of the most ingenious Supernatural hunters of all | Image via Prime Video
Bobby Singer - One of the most ingenious Supernatural hunters of all | Image via Prime Video

Bobby is no fighter like Sam and Dean, yet his mind is lethal. During a heated confrontation with a soul eater, he helps Sam get the monster into the open. He remembers how he utilizes magical sigils to trap it. The monster snarls and cries, but Bobby stays firm. This Supernatural hunter finishes the ritual and traps the soul eater in a pocket dimension, then releases it over Sam.

The monster yells in anger as it is torn away helplessly. Even though he's a monster, Bobby is very quick-witted and level-headed, so monsters often regret messing with him. These Supernatural hunters know that brains can be as deadly as steel.


2. Dean Winchester

Dean Winchester - One of the relentless Supernatural hunters of all time | Image via Netflix
Dean Winchester - One of the relentless Supernatural hunters of all time | Image via Netflix

Dean Winchester is one of the most relentless Supernatural hunters, human, and a member of Men of Letters alongside his younger brother Sam. Dean shoots Azazel, the Yellow-Eyed Demon, with the final Colt bullet. The Azazel ghost had terrorized the Winchesters, murdered their mother, and created psychic children. He is trained, hunted, confronted, and fought by Dean in Salvation, Iowa. There is also a fiery scene where Azazel pins a woman to the ceiling.

Dean calmly intervenes and shoots him in the chest. The demon falls in blood, surprised that someone used the Colt. Dean is a legendary Supernatural hunter known for bravery and skill. One of the most feared demons, Azazel, dies in terror, proving no monster is truly safe.


1. Sam & Dean Winchester

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Sam & Dean Winchester - Top Supernatural hunters | Image via Netflix

The Winchester brothers together can kill any monster. These two Supernatural hunters capture and exorcise a powerful demon named Lilith, who breaks the seals on Lucifer's cage, during one epic hunt. Sam telekinetically burns Lilith's body to ashes by using energy from the demon blood to fuel his thoughts. Dean uses the Colt to shoot her down to the very core. In terror, Lilith screams and melts away.

In another scene, they encounter a nest of demons, using lines of salt, holy fire, and stake after stake until no demon is left standing. The two make every beast regret fighting them. Since they have defeated everything from gods to demons and catastrophic threats together, the Winchester brothers have the highest ranking.


We concluded that these Supernatural hunters left behind the beasts' dread in addition to their bodies and salt rings. Whether it was Cain's lethal blade, Bobby's cute traps, or the Winchester brothers' camaraderie, they all demonstrated how no evil could go unpunished. In their presence, even good opponents like Azazel, Lilith, or Eve, who had the power to conquer the world, gave up. Supernatural hunters fought to protect the lives of those whose lives they were unable to protect, not to gain some sort of tremendous glory.

All the monsters, regardless of how powerful and old they were, all made a single discovery with time: that crossing these hunters was tantamount to a painful death. They were remembered as fantasy stories that were circulated in shady corners of the supernatural world.

Edited by Priscillah Mueni