Matchup · Earth-616 comics

Doctor Doom vs. Namor

Namor McKenzie, the king of Atlantis, who founded the Cabal. In this site's ratings, classic Doctor Doom wins 58% of their one-on-one fights, so it is close to a coin flip.

By the editors of The Iron Mask Files · Updated October 13, 2026

Classic Doom58%Toss-up

Namor42%Toss-up

The verdict: A coin flip, with Doom by a hair

Fight rules: both fighters at their peak, no preparation, no allies, only their own powers and personal gear. A win is a knockout, a restraint they can't escape, or a forced surrender. The percentages are fan estimates, not official information.

Doom's edge

Sorcery, blasts that work at range, and time: the longer Namor fights out of water, the weaker he gets. On Battleworld, one energy blast from Doom was enough to kill him (Secret Wars #9, 2015).

Namor's edge

Strength that rivals the Thing's and grows near water, flight, a soldier's training going back to World War II, and the closest thing Doom has to a peer: another king who answers to no one.

Odds against every version of Doom

Doom's chance of winning, version by version. The strongest Doom here, God Emperor Doom, wins >99% of the time; the weakest, Fox Doom (2005), wins 19%. The last column says what moves each version away from classic Doom's 58%.

Doom	Doom wins	Outcome	What changes
Doom Classic Doom	58%	Toss-up	The baseline Doom
Power Cosmic Doom Power Cosmic (1967)	96%	Favored	Overall +70 for this version
Beyonder-powered Doom Beyonder power (1985)	>99%	Favored	Overall +130 for this version
Unthinkable Doom Unthinkable (2003)	95%	Favored	Overall +65 for this version
Life Force Doom Life Force (2012)	99%	Favored	Overall +110 for this version
God Emperor Doom God Emperor (2015)	>99%	Favored	Overall +150 for this version
Infamous Iron Man Infamous Iron Man	54%	Toss-up	Overall −4 for this version
Sorcerer Supreme Doom Sorcerer Supreme (2025)	93%	Favored	Overall +55 for this version
Doom 2099 Doom 2099	54%	Toss-up	Overall −4 for this version
Van Damme Van Damme (Ultimate)	38%	Underdog	Overall −20 for this version
Fox Doom (2005) Julian McMahon (2005)	19%	Underdog	Overall −45 for this version
Fox Doom (2007) Surfer's board (2007)	85%	Favored	Overall +35 for this version
Fox Doom (2015) Toby Kebbell (2015)	38%	Underdog	Overall −20 for this version

Tale of the tape

Eight stats on a 1-to-10 scale, classic Doom against Namor. How the stat scales work.

StatClassic DoomNamor

Strength69

Speed76

Agility56

Durability98

Size65

Fighting skill67

Intelligence96

Ranged attack82

Namor's power set

Atlantean strength9/10
Strong enough to trade blows with the Thing and the Hulk; strongest when he is wet.
Flight7/10
The wings on his ankles carry him through air as well as water.
Deep-sea body8/10
Built for the crushing pressure of the ocean floor.
Amphibious6/10
Breathes air and water, and sees in the dark of the deep.
Warrior king7/10
A trained soldier who has commanded Atlantis's armies since the 1940s.

Who is Namor?

Real name: Namor McKenzie
Title: King of Atlantis, the Sub-Mariner
Parents: Captain Leonard McKenzie and Princess Fen of Atlantis
First appearance: Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1 (1939)
Created by: Bill Everett
Known for: Marvel's first mutant, and its oldest antihero

Namor is the son of an American sea captain and an Atlantean princess, half human and half Atlantean, with small wings on his ankles that let him fly. He fought the Axis in World War II with the Invaders, then vanished; Johnny Storm found him years later, an amnesiac in a Bowery flophouse, and restored his memory (Fantastic Four #4, 1962). Two issues later he and Doom formed the first super-villain team-up, and Doom betrayed him (Fantastic Four #6, 1962). They have been uneasy allies and rivals ever since, two monarchs who respect each other more than anyone else. As a member of the Illuminati, Namor was the one willing to destroy another Earth to save this one when the Incursions began (New Avengers vol. 3 #21–22, 2014), and he founded the Cabal to keep doing it (#23). Thanos took it from him, and when Namor tried to destroy it, Black Panther and Black Bolt left him to die (Avengers vol. 5 #40, 2015). On Battleworld he and Black Panther raised an army from the Deadlands and marched it on Doomstadt (Secret Wars #7–8), and Doom killed him with a single blast (Secret Wars #9). In 2026 he shares a series with Black Panther, Black Panther/Namor: Doomed, in which, by Marvel's description, the two kings cross paths with Doom's wandering soul.

Signature feats

Joined Doom in the first super-villain team-up, then helped the Fantastic Four after Doom double-crossed him.Fantastic Four #6 (1962)
Destroyed an inhabited Earth to stop an Incursion when the rest of the Illuminati would not.New Avengers vol. 3 #21–22 (2014)
Founded the Cabal and freed Thanos, Proxima Midnight and Corvus Glaive to join it.New Avengers vol. 3 #23–24 (2014)
Raised the dead of the Deadlands into an army and led it against Doomstadt with Black Panther.Secret Wars #7–8 (2015)

Weaknesses and limits

Away from water he weakens, and long enough out of it he collapses.Marvel Database
His own allies turned on him: Black Panther and Black Bolt left him to die when his plan to destroy the Cabal fell apart.Avengers vol. 5 #40 (2015)
Killed by a single energy blast from God Emperor Doom.Secret Wars #9 (2015)

Gear

Usually none but his own strength; at times the trident of Neptune, a royal weapon of Atlantis.

Affiliations

Atlantis: Its king, on and off, for most of his life.
The Invaders: Fought in World War II beside Captain America and the original Human Torch.
The Illuminati: One of the secret council of Earth's leaders.
The Cabal: Founded it with Maximus to destroy colliding Earths (New Avengers vol. 3 #23, 2014).

Namor vs. Doctor Doom in the comics

Doom came out ahead once, Namor never, and Namor's team once in the encounters listed here.

Year	Issue	What happened	Result
1962	Fantastic Four #6	The first super-villain team-up. Doom hurled the Baxter Building into space and tried to leave Namor with it; Namor helped the Fantastic Four bring it home, and Doom was swept off into space.	The team
1975	Super-Villain Team-Up (1975–76)	An uneasy alliance against common enemies, two kings who never trusted each other.	No fight
2015	Secret Wars #8–9	With Black Panther and the Deadlands' army, he struck Doom down. Doom regenerated from his own corpse and killed Namor with one energy blast.	Doom
2026	Black Panther/Namor: Doomed #1	Namor and Black Panther cross paths with Doom's wandering soul, by Marvel's description of the series.	No fight

In a team fight

The founder: he built the Cabal to do what the Illuminati would not. In a team he is the strongest arm after Thanos. Build a team against Doom.

Questions and answers

Who would win, Doctor Doom or Namor?

In this site's fan ratings, classic Doctor Doom wins 58% of their one-on-one fights, so it is close, with Doom slightly ahead. Doom's edge: Sorcery, blasts that work at range, and time: the longer Namor fights out of water, the weaker he gets. On Battleworld, one energy blast from Doom was enough to kill him (Secret Wars #9, 2015). Namor's edge: Strength that rivals the Thing's and grows near water, flight, a soldier's training going back to World War II, and the closest thing Doom has to a peer: another king who answers to no one.

Has Doctor Doom ever beaten Namor?

Doom came out ahead once, Namor never, and Namor's team once in the encounters listed here. The most recent: With Black Panther and the Deadlands' army, he struck Doom down. Doom regenerated from his own corpse and killed Namor with one energy blast (Secret Wars #8–9, 2015).

Which version of Doom has the best chance against Namor?

God Emperor Doom, who wins >99% of the time in these ratings. The weakest is Fox Doom (2005), at 19%.

What is Namor's biggest weakness against Doom?

Away from water he weakens, and long enough out of it he collapses (Marvel Database).

How strong is Namor?

Namor's top-rated powers on this site are Atlantean strength (9/10: Strong enough to trade blows with the Thing and the Hulk; strongest when he is wet) and Deep-sea body (8/10). On the site's 1-to-10 stat scale: strength 9, durability 8, intelligence 6, ranged attack 2.