Deadliest Warrior (2009)

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Deadliest Warrior was a television program in which information on historical or modern warriors and their weapons are used to determine which of them is the "deadliest" based upon tests performed during each episode. The show was characterized by its use of data compiled in creating a dramatization of the warriors' battle to the death. The show ran for three seasons.

IMDb rating: 7.5 (3,713 votes)
Episode average: 7.5 matches the IMDb rating
Seasons: 3
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 3 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2009)

7.74 avg 9 episodes 7.9 → 7.7 45 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Gladiator vs. Apache	7.9	99
2	Viking vs Samurai	8.0	96
3	Spartan vs Ninja	8.1	89
4	Pirate vs Knight	6.9	81
5	Yakuza vs Mafia	7.3	77
6	Green Beret vs Spetznaz	7.9	68
7	Shaolin Monk vs. Maori	7.9	75
8	William Wallace vs Shaka Zulu	8.0	62
9	IRA vs Taliban	7.7	72

Season 2 (2010)

7.31 avg 14 episodes 7.6 → 7.5 40 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Back for Blood	7.6	43
2	SWAT vs. GSG 9	7.5	46
3	Attila the Hun vs. Alexander the Great	7.6	55
4	Jesse James vs. Al Capone	7.7	53
5	Aztec Jaguar vs. Zande Warrior	6.7	46
6	Nazi Waffen SS vs. Viet Cong	7.1	50
7	Roman Centurion vs. Rajput Warrior	7.8	46
8	Somali Pirate vs. Medellin Cartel	7.2	43
9	Persian Immortal vs. Celt	7.2	45
10	KGB vs. CIA	7.2	46
11	Vlad the Impaler vs. Sun Tzu	7.8	51
12	Ming Warrior vs. Musketeer	6.5	41
13	Comanche vs. Mongol	7.0	39
14	Navy Seal vs. Israeli Commando	7.5	41

Season 3 (2011)

7.41 avg 10 episodes 6.7 → 7.3 40 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	George Washington vs. Napoleon Bonaparte	6.7	68
2	Joan of Arc vs. William the Conqueror	7.3	74
3	U.S. Army Rangers vs. North Korean Special Operations Forces	7.7	80
4	Genghis Khan vs. Hannibal	7.7	56
5	Saddam Hussein vs. Pol Pot	7.6	63
6	Teddy Roosevelt vs. Lawrence of Arabia	7.3	53
7	Ivan the Terrible vs. Hernan Cortes	7.3	37
8	Crazy Horse vs. Pancho Villa	7.5	40
9	Gurkhas vs. French Foreign Legion	7.7	40
10	Vampires vs. Zombies	7.3	59