Highlights
- - The Donquixote, Boa, Vinsmoke, Shimotsuki, Figarland, Charlotte, Whitebeard, and Monkey D. families are all powerful and significant in the world of One Piece.
- - Each family has its own leader and members who possess great strength and abilities.
- - The Monkey D. family, consisting of Garp, Dragon, and Luffy, is currently the most significant and powerful family in One Piece, with the potential to continue growing in strength.
The world of One Piece has seen several significant families get introduced over the years. Although the focus in One Piece has never been on a particular type of bloodline, Oda has drawn such a rich story that several powerful families have played important roles over the years.
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These pirates rose over the rest during their eras.
These families have established themselves as mighty forces that possessed figures worthy of respect. When it comes to strength, there are only a handful of families that stand out on top as the very best in One Piece.
8 Donquixote Family
Leader: Donquixote Mjosgard
The Don Quixote family was one of the founding 20 families of the Celestial Dragons. However, at some point, Homing decided to descend from Marijoa. The Donquixote Family has quite a lot of powerful members, however, the strongest among their ranks were certainly Doflamingo.
Another powerful member of this family is Rosinante. Doflamingo ended up creating his own version of this family which he filled with evil pirates, however, the true essence of this family was just to serve the desires of the king of Dressrosa. The current main family is being led by Mjosgard.
7 Boa Family
Leader: Boa Hancock
The Boa Family currently exists on Amazon Lily. This family is made up of the three Gorgon sisters, Boa Hancock, Boa Marigold, and Boa Sandersonia. The Gorgon sisters are incredibly powerful and certainly among the strongest to exist in the One Piece world.
Hancock is a proud pirate captain with a bounty of 1.659 billion berries. Her two sisters have also grown tremendously strong over the years and, it goes without saying that this family is one of the strongest seen in One Piece.
6 The Vinsmoke Family
Leader: Vinsmoke Judge
The Vinsmoke Family is exceptionally overpowered and have ruled the North Blue for generations. This family is currently being led by Judge and it also consists of the Vinsmoke siblings, all of which are at the forefront of the Germa Kingdom.
All of Judge's children are extremely capable and overpowered and fans have already seen their strengths over the course of the last few arcs. This family of assassins is incredibly powerful and their strength only continues to grow with time.
5 Shimotsuki Family
Leader: N/A
The Shimotsuki Family exists in the One Piece world as one of the strongest over time. The strongest member of this family was, undoubtedly, Ryuma.
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There are other members of the Shimotsuki family, such as Ushimaru or Kozaburo. Zoro himself is also a member of this family, as is Koshiro, and his former childhood rival, Kuina.
4 The Figarland Family
Leader: Saint Garling Figarland
The Figarland Family is an exceptionally powerful group that has only recently been introduced in One Piece. This family belongs to the Founding 20 of the World Government. They are currently being led by none other than Saint Garling Figarland, who is likely Shanks's very own dad.
Shanks is also a member of the Figarland Family and there are likely other members too that fans have not seen just yet.
3 The Charlotte Family
Leader: Charlotte Linlin
The Charlotte Family is quite easily one of the most powerful families to exist in the One Piece world. This family was established by the Yonko Big Mom and is entirely composed of her and her children.
The Charlotte family has tremendous strength, such that only other Yonko crews can rival it. Added to that is the fact that they are led by one of the Four Emperors of the Sea and one can see why they are so overpowered.
2 Whitebeard's Family
Leader: Edward Newgate
Whitebeard didn't actually possess a blood-related family. However, he acquired all the misfits that he could find and started calling them his own family. Whitebeard assumed the role of father and all his crewmates were his sons.
Whitebeard would die for every single one of them and he certainly did during the Paramount war, when he tried to rescue Ace but failed. Undoubtedly, this is also among the strongest One Piece families that fans have seen over the years.
1 The Monkey D. Family
Leader: N/A
The Monkey D. Family is, undoubtedly, the most significant and overpowered family that fans have seen in One Piece over the years. This family only consists of three members at the moment, however, all three are exceptionally powerful. The oldest of the lot is Garp, who was the Hero of the Marines and on the same level as the Pirate King Roger.
Dragon is the leader of the Revolutionary Army and also likely among the strongest in the world right now. Luffy, who is the youngest member of this family has recently become a Yonko, with the potential to grow even further. Undoubtedly, this family is the strongest that fans have seen in One Piece so far and it will continue to grow in terms of strength as both Dragon and Luffy are still fighting for supremacy on the seas.
One Piece (1999)
One Piece is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. The series follows protagonist Monkey D. Luffy and his Straw Hat Pirate crew as they explore the Grand Line to find the King of the Pirates' ultimate treasure, the One Piece, in order to become the next king. The manga's popularity helped it spin off into a larger media franchise, including an anime with more than 1,000 episodes.