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Chaos Space Marines tier list

Tier list and tournament results · 40k 11th edition

Win-rate tierDStat Check
Winning lists1241 top-3 finish
Best finish2nd of 16Tactical Squad Tournois minute

Sep–Nov 2026 · 134 public lists · updated 5 Nov

Results

124winning lists, Sep–Nov 2026
2ndof 16Tactical Squad Tournois minuteCabal of Chaos and Warpstrike ChampionsOct 11 ›4thof 36Les stratèges d ambre le retourCabal of Chaos and Soulforged WarpackSep 5 ›All 2 winning lists ›
By month
Jun●●●●●●6 of 137
Jul●●●●●●●●●●●●+72 of 1562
Aug●●●●●●●●●●●●+57 of 1920
Sep●●●●●●●●●●●●+67 of 1816
Oct●●●●●●●●●●●●+56 of 1824
Nov●1 of 34

Its winning lists of all winning lists, each month; the months this page counts in bold.

Detachments

15in its 134 public lists
Cabal of Chaos55 lists ›Veterans of the Long War31 lists ›Creations of Bile26 lists ›Renegade Raiders16 lists ›Huron's Marauders14 lists ›
10 moreWarpstrike Champions14 lists ›Fellhammer Siege-host11 lists ›Devotees of Destruction9 lists ›Pactbound Zealots8 lists ›Soulforged Warpack6 lists ›Murdertalon Raiders5 lists ›Chaos Cult4 lists ›Cult of the Arkifane2 lists ›Renegade Warband2 lists ›Deceptors1 list ›

Units

58tiers from 8 reviewers

Tier: 8 reviewersBars: our dice maths

Epic Heroes8

Masters of the Maelstrom150 pts · 81 listsAtop 18%top 50%Vashtorr the Arkifane220 pts · 22 listsAtop 40%top 20%Huron Blackheart135 pts · 39 listsAtop 43%bottom 18%Cypher95 pts · 33 listsAtop 5%bottom 37%
4 moreFabius Bile110 pts · 43 listsAbottom 49%bottom 40%Kravek Morne130 pts · 78 listsAtop 1%bottom 11%Abaddon the Despoiler300 pts · 12 listsBbottom 38%bottom 1%Haarken Worldclaimer95 ptsDtop 24%bottom 33%

Characters16

Sorcerer in Terminator Armour85 pts · 39 listsAtop 23%top 15%Chaos Lord95 pts · 24 listsAtop 43%bottom 18%Traitor Enforcer70 pts · 1 listBtop 29%top 47%Warpsmith65 pts · 28 listsBtop 14%bottom 42%
12 moreDark Commune90 pts · 8 listsBbottom 43%bottom 17%Chaos Lord in Terminator Armour90 pts · 11 listsBbottom 36%top 12%Dark Apostle70 pts · 5 listsCbottom 29%top 24%Lord Discordant on Helstalker155 pts · 27 listsCtop 8%top 40%Chaos Lord with Jump Pack85 pts · 5 listsCbottom 49%bottom 48%Sorcerer65 pts · 3 listsCtop 11%bottom 14%Red Corsairs Reave-captain65 pts · 5 listsCtop 23%top 40%Heretic Astartes Daemon Prince with wings170 pts · 25 listsCtop 43%top 30%Master of Possession65 pts · 4 listsDtop 18%bottom 17%Heretic Astartes Daemon Prince155 pts · 10 listsDtop 34%top 29%Cultist Firebrand45 pts · 2 listsDtop 47%bottom 21%Master of Executions75 pts · 10 listsDtop 36%bottom 5%

Battleline5

Cultist Mob50 pts · 127 listsStop 15%top 14%Legionaries95 pts · 41 listsBtop 2%top 41%Rubric Marines115 ptsCtop 9%top 48%Plague Marines90 pts · 3 listsCtop 5%top 25%
1 moreKhorne Berzerkers170 ptsDtop 44%top 48%

Infantry14

Chosen140 pts · 91 listsAtop 24%top 47%Chaos Terminator Squad185 pts · 66 listsAtop 27%top 29%Nemesis Claw105 pts · 3 listsBtop 5%bottom 39%Red Corsairs Raiders120 pts · 56 listsBtop 30%top 26%
10 moreMutilators165 pts · 82 listsBtop 6%top 18%Accursed Cultists90 pts · 8 listsBtop 25%top 36%Traitor Guardsmen Squad65 pts · 16 listsBtop 26%top 21%Noise Marines160 pts · 29 listsBtop 14%top 41%Raptors115 pts · 16 listsBtop 32%bottom 49%Fellgor Beastmen60 pts · 16 listsCtop 5%top 12%Possessed130 pts · 50 listsCtop 21%top 17%Warp Talons130 pts · 6 listsCtop 48%bottom 36%Obliterators160 pts · 37 listsCtop 13%bottom 47%Havocs135 pts · 9 listsCtop 33%top 41%

Mounted1

Chaos Bikers80 pts · 49 listsAtop 18%top 13%

Vehicles10

Defiler300 pts · 62 listsStop 27%bottom 20%Chaos Vindicator180 pts · 14 listsBtop 21%top 46%Chaos Predator Annihilator140 pts · 2 listsBbottom 6%top 44%Chaos Predator Destructor145 pts · 11 listsBtop 34%top 49%
6 moreVenomcrawler120 pts · 12 listsCtop 16%top 48%Forgefiend155 pts · 9 listsCtop 15%top 43%Helbrute125 pts · 7 listsCtop 7%bottom 49%Maulerfiend125 pts · 5 listsDtop 7%top 15%Khorne Lord of Skulls450 ptsDbottom 34%bottom 16%Heldrake175 ptsDbottom 21%bottom 46%

Transports2

Chaos Rhino65 pts · 68 listsBbottom 18%top 3%Chaos Land Raider220 pts · 1 listCtop 50%top 26%

Other2

Chaos Spawn60 pts · 2 listsCtop 36%top 6%Noctilith Crown125 ptsDbottom 13%top 12%

Each unit: its points and how many of the army's 134 public lists take it, Sep–Nov 2026.

Letters from reviewers; Damage and Toughness (SWORD and SHIELD on unit pages) from our own dice maths (how we score). Lists: grimstat-corpus (CC BY 4.0), September – November 2026. Also from Listhammer. Organisers and players: ask us and we'll take a list or an event down. Sources

Reviewers 30 Oct · SWORD and SHIELD 4 Nov · Points and lists 5 Nov

Questions
What are the best Chaos Space Marines units?
The reviewers' average is S for Defiler, Cultist Mob. Then A: Masters of the Maelstrom, Sorcerer in Terminator Armour, Vashtorr the Arkifane, Huron Blackheart, Cypher and 6 more.
What do the letters mean?
Each letter is the average of the letters 8 reviewers gave that unit, S to D.
What do SWORD and SHIELD mean?
How much a unit kills and how hard it is to remove, for its points. Each is 0 to 100: where it ranks among the game's units of its kind: 90 is the top 10%, 20 the bottom 20%, and 50 is typical.
Which Chaos Space Marines units do lists take most?
Of 134 public lists: Cultist Mob (127), Chosen (91), Mutilators (82).
Which Chaos Space Marines detachment do tournament lists take most?
Cabal of Chaos: 55 of the 134 Chaos Space Marines tournament lists of September – November 2026 took it.
Sources
Letters
Each letter is the reviewers' average. A dashed letter means no reviewer has rated that unit yet: it's our estimate, placed by its numbers among the army's reviewed units.
SWORD and SHIELD
Our own dice maths, last run 4 Nov 2026. Each 0 to 100 score is where it ranks among the game's units of its kind: 90 is the top 10%, 20 the bottom 20%. How we score.
Reviewers
The Chaos Space Marines sources we read, 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 their average.A reviewer who would rather not be counted: tell us and we take their letters out.
Lists
134 public Chaos Space Marines tournament lists, September – November 2026, from grimstat-corpus (CC BY 4.0). Also from Listhammer. Organisers and players: ask us and we'll take a list or an event down.