What is the strongest unit in 40k 11th edition?

It depends on the job. The damage boards rank every unit per point against hordes, elite infantry, light vehicles, tanks, monsters and Knights, shooting and melee apart; the durability boards rank how much killing each unit takes.

Are these leaderboards a 40k tier list?

No. A tier list is an opinion about whole factions. These rank single units by simulated dice, without detachments or stratagems, so they show what a unit does on its own datasheet.

How often do the unit leaderboards update?

With every deploy of the site, from the Meta Merge feed of the day and the current points. Each board prints the date of the feed it was built from.

§ WIN · 11th edition

Unit LeaderboardsEvery unit of every faction, ranked by what it kills and by how much killing it takes, in 40k 11th edition.

Units ranked: 1295
Factions: 28
Feed as of: 2026-10-07

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6 targets

Damage

Who removes the most of each target in one turn, per 100 points, shooting and in melee apart.

6 targets

Against hordesa squad of 20 Cadian Shock Troops (T3, W1, Sv 5+): Shooting:BarbgauntsTyranids · 0.83 squads of 20 Cadians per 100 ptsMelee:Flayed OnesNecrons · 1.12 squads of 20 Cadians per 100 pts
Against elite infantrya squad of 5 Terminators (T6, W3, Sv 2+, Inv 4+): Shooting:TankbustasOrks · 0.40 squads of 5 Terminators per 100 ptsMelee:Breaka BoyzOrks · 0.71 squads of 5 Terminators per 100 pts
Against light vehiclesan Impulsor (T9, W11, Sv 3+): Shooting:Eradicator SquadBlack Templars · 0.89 Impulsors per 100 ptsMelee:Flawless BladesEmperor's Children · 0.93 Impulsors per 100 pts
Against tanksa Leman Russ Battle Tank (T11, W13, Sv 2+): Shooting:Fire DragonsAeldari · 0.61 Leman Russes per 100 ptsMelee:Flawless BladesEmperor's Children · 0.71 Leman Russes per 100 pts
Against monstersan Exocrine (T10, W14, Sv 3+): Shooting:Fire DragonsAeldari · 0.70 Exocrines per 100 ptsMelee:Flawless BladesEmperor's Children · 0.80 Exocrines per 100 pts
Against Knightsa Knight Paladin (T11, W26, Sv 3+, Inv 5+ against ranged attacks): Shooting:Fire DragonsAeldari · 0.27 Knight Paladins per 100 ptsMelee:Breaka BoyzOrks · 0.51 Knight Paladins per 100 pts

6 boards

Durability

Who takes the most killing: attacks to destroy each unit, from bolt rifles to lascannons, on its own rules alone.

6 boards

72 Knights, Lords of War and other TITANIC units left out of the durability boards and each faction's hardest to kill: their size alone tops every board.

Hardest to killIntercessors' worth of killing: Leader:The Silent KingNecrons · as tough as 82 Intercessors
Leader:MantaT'au Empire · as tough as 111 Intercessors
Most durable per pointThe same, per 100 points: Leader:The Silent KingNecrons · 19.4 per 100 pts
Leader:The Silent KingNecrons · 19.4 per 100 pts
Against small armsBolt Rifle (S4 AP-1 Damage 1, BS 3+): Leader:The Silent KingNecrons · 1,298 bolt rifle shots to destroy
Leader:MantaT'au Empire · 1,624 bolt rifle shots to destroy
Against heavy weaponsHeavy Bolter (S5 AP-1 Damage 2, BS 3+, Sustained Hits 1): Leader:The Silent KingNecrons · 517 heavy bolter shots to destroy
Leader:MantaT'au Empire · 646 heavy bolter shots to destroy
Against anti-tankLascannon (S12 AP-3 Damage D6+1, BS 4+): Leader:Scarab Occult TerminatorsThousand Sons · 79 lascannon shots to destroy
Leader:Phantom TitanAeldari · 153 lascannon shots to destroy
Against meleeMaster-crafted power weapon (S5 AP-2 Damage 2, WS 3+): Leader:C'tan Shard of the DeceiverNecrons · 437 power weapon attacks to destroy
Leader:MantaT'au Empire · 538 power weapon attacks to destroy

28 factions

By faction

Each faction's own boards: its best units against every target, and its toughest.

28 factions

Every faction's damage and durability boards
Faction	Boards	Hardest to kill
Orks	Damage Durability	Meganobz · 29 IntercessorsStompa · 56 Intercessors
Adeptus Custodes	Damage Durability	Ares Gunship · 37 IntercessorsAres Gunship · 37 Intercessors
Necrons	Damage Durability	The Silent King · 82 IntercessorsThe Silent King · 82 Intercessors
Dark Angels	Damage Durability	Terminator Assault Squad · 34 IntercessorsThunderhawk Gunship · 51 Intercessors
Tyranids	Damage Durability	Norn Emissary · 27 IntercessorsHierophant · 56 Intercessors
Space Marines	Damage Durability	Terminator Assault Squad · 34 IntercessorsThunderhawk Gunship · 51 Intercessors
T'au Empire	Damage Durability	Tiger Shark · 22 IntercessorsManta · 111 Intercessors
Emperor's Children	Damage Durability	Keeper of Secrets · 34 IntercessorsKeeper of Secrets · 34 Intercessors
Chaos Daemons	Damage Durability	Rotigus · 40 IntercessorsRotigus · 40 Intercessors
Death Guard	Damage Durability	Mortarion · 44 IntercessorsMortarion · 44 Intercessors
Leagues of Votann	Damage Durability	Hekaton Land Fortress · 27 IntercessorsHekaton Land Fortress · 27 Intercessors
World Eaters	Damage Durability	Chaos Terminators · 30 IntercessorsKhorne Lord of Skulls · 34 Intercessors
Chaos Space Marines	Damage Durability	Chaos Terminator Squad · 30 IntercessorsKhorne Lord of Skulls · 34 Intercessors
Adepta Sororitas	Damage Durability	Corvus Blackstar · 16.1 IntercessorsCorvus Blackstar · 16.1 Intercessors
Aeldari	Damage Durability	Avatar of Khaine · 39 IntercessorsPhantom Titan · 111 Intercessors
Adeptus Mechanicus	Damage Durability	Kastelan Robots · 35 IntercessorsKastelan Robots · 35 Intercessors
Chaos Knights	Damage Durability	War Dog Brigand · 12.1 IntercessorsChaos Acastus Knight Porphyrion · 56 Intercessors
Thousand Sons	Damage Durability	Scarab Occult Terminators · 52 IntercessorsScarab Occult Terminators · 52 Intercessors
Imperial Knights	Damage Durability	Corvus Blackstar · 16.1 IntercessorsCanis Rex · 62 Intercessors
Astra Militarum	Damage Durability	Rogal Dorn Commander · 31 IntercessorsBaneblade · 45 Intercessors
Blood Angels	Damage Durability	Redemptor Dreadnought · 29 IntercessorsThunderhawk Gunship · 51 Intercessors
Space Wolves	Damage Durability	Wolf Guard Terminators · 32 IntercessorsThunderhawk Gunship · 51 Intercessors
Grey Knights	Damage Durability	Paladin Squad · 28 IntercessorsGrey Knights Thunderhawk Gunship · 50 Intercessors
Deathwatch	Damage Durability	Redemptor Dreadnought · 29 IntercessorsThunderhawk Gunship · 51 Intercessors
Drukhari	Damage Durability	Talos · 14.8 IntercessorsTalos · 14.8 Intercessors
Genestealer Cults	Damage Durability	Rogal Dorn Commander · 31 IntercessorsDoomhammer · 45 Intercessors
Black Templars	Damage Durability	Terminator Assault Squad · 34 IntercessorsThunderhawk Gunship · 51 Intercessors
Agents of the Imperium	Damage Durability	Corvus Blackstar · 20 IntercessorsCorvus Blackstar · 20 Intercessors

How the leaderboards are built

One simulation, every unit of every faction, ranked on its own.

Damage

Each unit is rolled 2,000 times against six real datasheets: 20 Cadian Shock Troops, 5 Terminators, an Impulsor, a Leman Russ Battle Tank, an Exocrine and a Knight Paladin. A board ranks shooting and melee apart, by how much of the target a unit removes in one turn per 100 points, so a cheap unit that chips a tank can outrank an expensive one that kills it.

Durability

Each unit is attacked one attack at a time until no model is left, 2,000 times over, by a bolt rifle, a heavy bolter, a lascannon and a master-crafted power weapon. The count is how many attacks that takes, damage carried between attacks as on the table. The overall figure says how many Space Marine Intercessors take as much killing, and a second board divides it by points. Titanic units, the Knights and Lords of War, are left out until you switch them back in.

What counts

A unit fights with its datasheet abilities, its wargear and its army rule where that needs no situation; detachment rules, enhancements, stratagems and attached leaders are left out. Units come in the loadout winning tournament lists run, from the Meta Merge feed, or at their smallest size in default wargear when no winning list fields them. To score a whole list with its detachment and leaders, use List Check.

§ Questions

What is the strongest unit in 40k 11th edition?: It depends on the job. The damage boards rank every unit per point against hordes, elite infantry, light vehicles, tanks, monsters and Knights, shooting and melee apart; the durability boards rank how much killing each unit takes.
Are these leaderboards a 40k tier list?: No. A tier list is an opinion about whole factions. These rank single units by simulated dice, without detachments or stratagems, so they show what a unit does on its own datasheet.
How often do the unit leaderboards update?: With every deploy of the site, from the Meta Merge feed of the day and the current points. Each board prints the date of the feed it was built from.