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Chaos Space Marines tier list

Tier list and tournament results · 40k 11th edition

Winning lists1436 top-3 finishes
Best finish1st of 26[26-27.09. ] Pyra Cup Open GT

143 winning lists (the top quarter of their event, every source), Sep–Nov 2026; 184 public lists whose units we can read; 9 published in full. Updated 11 Nov.

Results

143winning lists, Sep–Nov 2026
2ndof 13OKF Turniej #7/ (Nauka 11 edycji)Renegade Raiders18 Oct ›3rdof 23Pierwszy Ostrowski Lokal w nowej EdycjiMurdertalon Raiders and Veterans of the Long War18 Oct ›2ndof 16Tactical Squad Tournois minuteCabal of Chaos and Warpstrike Champions11 Oct ›Lists we can show: 9 ›
By month
Jun●●●●●●6 of 137
Jul●●●●●●●●●●●●+72 of 1579
Aug●●●●●●●●●●●●+62 of 2067
Sep●●●●●●●●●●●●+72 of 1901
Oct●●●●●●●●●●●●+59 of 1942
Nov●●●●●●●●●●●●12 of 449

Its lists in the top quarter, out of all such lists, by month; the months this page counts in bold.

Detachments

15in its 184 public lists
Cabal of Chaos69 lists ›Veterans of the Long War36 lists ›Creations of Bile35 lists ›Warpstrike Champions23 lists ›Pactbound Zealots21 lists ›
Show 10 moreRenegade Raiders18 lists ›Huron's Marauders17 lists ›Fellhammer Siege-host15 lists ›Devotees of Destruction14 lists ›Soulforged Warpack9 lists ›Murdertalon Raiders7 lists ›Chaos Cult4 lists ›Cult of the Arkifane2 lists ›Renegade Warband2 lists ›Deceptors1 list ›

Units

58tiers from 8 creators

Letter: 8 creatorsBars: our dice math

Epic Heroes8

Masters of the Maelstrom150 pts · 98 listsAtop 30%top 39%Vashtorr the Arkifane220 pts · 30 listsAtop 23%top 5%Huron Blackheart135 pts · 50 listsAtop 45%bottom 20%Cypher95 pts · 39 listsAtop 20%bottom 28%
Show 4 moreFabius Bile110 pts · 57 listsAbottom 22%bottom 38%Kravek Morne130 pts · 101 listsAtop 1%bottom 14%Abaddon the Despoiler300 pts · 20 listsBbottom 31%bottom 3%Haarken Worldclaimer95 pts · 1 listDtop 16%bottom 14%

Characters16

Sorcerer in Terminator Armour85 pts · 58 listsAbottom 47%bottom 38%Chaos Lord95 pts · 33 listsAbottom 6%bottom 14%Traitor Enforcer70 ptsBbottom 12%bottom 35%Warpsmith65 pts · 41 listsBbottom 42%bottom 19%
Show 12 moreChaos Lord in Terminator Armour90 pts · 14 listsBbottom 22%top 12%Dark Commune90 ptsBbottom 8%bottom 6%Dark Apostle70 pts · 8 listsCbottom 4%top 36%Lord Discordant on Helstalker155 pts · 35 listsCtop 7%top 32%Chaos Lord with Jump Pack85 pts · 7 listsCbottom 42%bottom 19%Red Corsairs Reave-captain65 pts · 8 listsCtop 49%bottom 38%Sorcerer65 pts · 4 listsCbottom 44%bottom 8%Heretic Astartes Daemon Prince with wings170 pts · 32 listsCtop 25%top 42%Heretic Astartes Daemon Prince155 pts · 12 listsDbottom 49%top 17%Master of Possession65 pts · 8 listsDbottom 36%bottom 10%Cultist Firebrand45 ptsDbottom 16%bottom 8%Master of Executions75 pts · 15 listsDtop 28%bottom 39%

Battleline5

Plague Marines175 pts · 74 listsStop 3%top 14%Cultist Mob50 pts · 10 listsSbottom 6%top 27%Khorne Berzerkers170 pts · 238 listsAtop 8%top 45%Legionaries95 pts · 64 listsBtop 32%bottom 45%
Show 1 moreRubric Marines210 pts · 81 listsCtop 16%bottom 43%

Infantry14

Chosen140 pts · 113 listsAbottom 31%top 50%Chaos Terminator Squad185 pts · 95 listsAbottom 44%top 19%Nemesis Claw105 pts · 4 listsBtop 13%bottom 37%Red Corsairs Raiders120 pts · 72 listsBtop 41%top 30%
Show 10 moreMutilators165 pts · 112 listsBtop 9%top 12%Accursed Cultists90 pts · 1 listBbottom 24%top 44%Traitor Guardsmen Squad65 pts · 1 listBbottom 11%top 35%Noise Marines160 pts · 53 listsBtop 9%top 50%Raptors115 pts · 31 listsBtop 16%bottom 28%Fellgor Beastmen60 pts · 1 listCbottom 28%top 19%Warp Talons130 pts · 9 listsCtop 47%bottom 24%Possessed130 pts · 65 listsCbottom 31%top 16%Obliterators160 pts · 56 listsCtop 16%bottom 48%Havocs135 pts · 15 listsCtop 29%top 48%

Mounted1

Chaos Bikers80 pts · 67 listsAtop 10%top 23%

Vehicles10

Defiler300 pts · 92 listsStop 3%bottom 40%Chaos Vindicator180 pts · 18 listsBtop 28%top 34%Chaos Predator Annihilator140 pts · 4 listsBbottom 46%top 44%Chaos Predator Destructor145 pts · 21 listsBtop 30%top 49%
Show 6 moreVenomcrawler120 pts · 19 listsCtop 14%bottom 42%Forgefiend155 pts · 15 listsCtop 12%top 43%Helbrute125 pts · 17 listsCtop 34%top 50%Maulerfiend125 pts · 9 listsDtop 7%top 14%Khorne Lord of Skulls450 ptsDtop 45%bottom 48%Heldrake175 ptsDbottom 39%bottom 34%

Transports2

Chaos Rhino65 pts · 92 listsBbottom 13%top 5%Chaos Land Raider220 pts · 5 listsCbottom 39%top 13%

Other2

Chaos Spawn60 pts · 2 listsCbottom 26%top 14%Noctilith Crown125 ptsDbottom 1%top 8%

Each unit: its points and how many of the 280 Space Marines-codex lists, chapters included take it, Sep–Nov 2026.

Letters from the creators who know the game best; Damage and Toughness (SWORD and SHIELD on unit pages) from our own dice math (how we score). Lists: grimstat-corpus (CC BY 4.0), September – November 2026. Also from Listhammer, MiniHeadQuarters, ChampionsHub. Questions about a list or an event? Get in touch. Win-rate letter: ours, from Stat Check's published 11th-edition win rates, 2 Nov 2026. Sources

Creators 30 Oct · SWORD and SHIELD 4 Nov · Points and lists 11 Nov

Questions
What are the best Chaos Space Marines units?
The creators' average is S for Defiler, Plague Marines, Cultist Mob. Then A: Khorne Berzerkers, Masters of the Maelstrom, Sorcerer in Terminator Armour, Vashtorr the Arkifane, Huron Blackheart and 7 more.
What do the letters mean?
Each letter is a weighted average of the letters up to 8 creators gave that unit, S to D: full reviews and tier lists count more than a single list.
What do SWORD and SHIELD mean?
Our own dice math against 100 top tournament lists. SWORD is the points of a top tournament army it removes per 100 of its own points each time it acts, picking its targets sensibly from a real list, with its melee counted by how often it gets into combat; SHIELD is how much of a top tournament army's turn it takes to wipe out 100 points of it, its own healing played between turns. Each comes with where it ranks among the game's units of its kind.
Which Chaos Space Marines units do lists take most?
Of 280 Space Marines-codex lists, chapters included: Khorne Berzerkers (238), Chosen (113), Mutilators (112).
Which Chaos Space Marines detachment do tournament lists take most?
Cabal of Chaos: 69 of the 184 Chaos Space Marines tournament lists of September – November 2026 took it.
Sources
Letters
Each letter is a weighted average of the creators' letters: full reviews and tier lists count more than a single list. A dashed letter means no creator has rated that unit yet: it's our estimate, placed by SWORD and SHIELD only among the army's creator-rated units.
SWORD and SHIELD
Our own dice math, last run 4 Nov 2026. Both are shown scaled: SWORD is 0.8832 × the points it removes, SHIELD 2097.5 × the share of a turn, so a typical unit's SHIELD reads about 333. SWORD is the points of a top tournament army it removes per 100 of its own points each time it acts, picking its targets sensibly from a real list, with its melee counted by how often it gets into combat; SHIELD is how much of a top tournament army's turn it takes to wipe out 100 points of it, its own healing played between turns. Each is averaged over 100 top lists from the last three months, leaving out the most extreme tenth at each end; each is shown with where it ranks among the game's units of its kind (top 10%, bottom 20%): shooters beside shooters, melee units beside melee units, a unit built to support beside every unit. How we score.
Creators
The Chaos Space Marines creators who know the game best, each counted once: tier lists, reviews of their own lists and written reviews. Their tiers are their own, put on our S to D scale by us (their top tier S, and so on down); we show how many gave each and the letter they add up to.Questions? Get in touch.
Lists
184 public Chaos Space Marines tournament lists, September – November 2026, from grimstat-corpus (CC BY 4.0). Also from Listhammer, MiniHeadQuarters, ChampionsHub. Questions about a list or an event? Get in touch.
Win-rate letter
Win-rate letter: ours, from Stat Check's published 11th-edition win rates, 2 Nov 2026. Cut at S 55% and over, A 52.5%, B 49%, C 46%, D below; only the letter is ours to show, never their numbers.