The 25 Best Fighters on Game of Thrones, Ranked

13) ARYA STARK (Previous ranking: Unranked)

Category: Assassin

You’ve come a long way, girl with no name. We’ve watched Arya Stark grow from an innocent child to a master assassin, and its been fascinating. For all the bragging characters do about how young they were when they first killed, we actually saw Arya take down her first opponent (albeit rather reflexively) when she ran Needle through a stable boy bully in “The Pointy End” (S1/E8). She was 11.

Arya had to grow up fast, going through traumas that would have crushed other children. Obsessed with revenge against those who wronged her family, she joins the mysterious Faceless Men death cult in Braavos. Along with intense physical training, Arya learned to use magic to don the faces of others, a unique and highly useful skill. She’s by far the stealthiest fighter on this list.

Now an assassin to be feared, Arya has overcome the deadly Waif and cut the throats of Meryn Trant, Walder Frey and Littlefinger. The murderous Freys have long been a special target of Arya’s wrath, and before she left the Twins she poisoned many of the male members of the family. Arya is a one-girl wrecking crew, and she proved she has raw skill with a sword by fighting Brienne of Tarth to a draw; very impressive.