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Space Wolves tier list

Tier list and tournament results · 40k 11th edition

Winning lists1047 top-3 finishes
Best finish1st of 9La ligue NWA (le retour)

104 winning lists (the top quarter of their event, every source), Sep–Nov 2026; 123 public lists whose units we can read; 7 published in full. Updated 11 Nov.

Results

104winning lists, Sep–Nov 2026
2ndof 23Pierwszy Ostrowski Lokal w nowej EdycjiSaga of the Beastslayer and Saga of the Great Wolf18 Oct ›4thof 23Pierwszy Ostrowski Lokal w nowej EdycjiAssault Brethren, Saga of the Beastslayer and Stormlance Task Force18 Oct ›3rdof 15Zagrajmy Turniej VIIIAssault Brethren and Saga of the Great Wolf11 Oct ›Lists we can show: 7 ›
By month
Jun–0 of 137
Jul●●●●●●●●●●●●+29 of 1579
Aug●●●●●●●●●●●●+68 of 2067
Sep●●●●●●●●●●●●+31 of 1901
Oct●●●●●●●●●●●●+55 of 1942
Nov●●●●●●●●●●●●+18 of 449

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

Detachments

13in its 123 public lists
Saga of the Great Wolf75 lists ›Saga of the Beastslayer49 lists ›Assault Brethren39 lists ›Stormlance Task Force28 lists ›Terminator Storm Force20 lists ›
Show 8 moreDeathwatch Support3 lists ›Tactical Brethren3 lists ›Tacticus Firestorm Force2 lists ›Champions of Fenris1 list ›Ironclad Champions1 list ›
Legends of Saga and Song (not in the new codex)36 lists
Veterans of the Fang (not in the new codex)3 lists
Librarius Conclave (not in the new codex)2 lists

Units

21tiers from 6 creators

Letter: 6 creatorsBars: our dice math

Epic Heroes7

Logan Grimnar150 pts · 112 listsSbottom 33%bottom 22%Njal Stormcaller100 pts · 11 listsBtop 21%bottom 5%Arjac Rockfist105 pts · 56 listsBtop 35%bottom 26%Ragnar Blackmane100 pts · 16 listsBbottom 49%bottom 10%
Show 3 moreBjorn the Fell-Handed160 pts · 53 listsBbottom 49%top 12%Ulrik the Slayer90 pts · 1 listCbottom 16%bottom 12%Murderfang150 pts · 4 listsCtop 32%top 50%

Characters3

Wolf Guard Battle Leader80 pts · 47 listsAtop 45%bottom 22%Wolf Priest75 pts · 21 listsBbottom 12%bottom 11%Iron Priest60 pts · 3 listsDtop 49%bottom 25%

Battleline2

Grey Hunters180 pts · 31 listsAtop 19%bottom 49%Blood Claws150 pts · 18 listsCbottom 33%top 28%

Infantry5

Wolf Guard Terminators180 pts · 78 listsAbottom 49%top 8%Wolf Guard Headtakers85 pts · 47 listsAtop 12%top 21%Wulfen with Storm Shields250 pts · 44 listsBtop 1%bottom 49%Wolf Scouts95 pts · 27 listsBtop 6%bottom 32%
Show 1 moreWulfen90 pts · 5 listsCtop 4%bottom 43%

Mounted1

Thunderwolf Cavalry115 pts · 66 listsAtop 8%top 47%

Vehicles2

Venerable Dreadnought130 pts · 38 listsBtop 32%bottom 43%Wulfen Dreadnought140 ptsCbottom 42%top 42%

Other1

Fenrisian Wolves45 pts · 37 listsCbottom 5%bottom 24%

Each unit: its points and how many of the army's 123 public lists 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 6 Nov · Points and lists 11 Nov

Questions
What are the best Space Wolves units?
The creators' average is S for Logan Grimnar. Then A: Thunderwolf Cavalry, Wolf Guard Terminators, Wolf Guard Battle Leader, Grey Hunters, Wolf Guard Headtakers.
What do the letters mean?
Each letter is a weighted average of the letters up to 6 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 Space Wolves units do lists take most?
Of 123 public lists: Logan Grimnar (112), Wolf Guard Terminators (78), Thunderwolf Cavalry (66).
Which Space Wolves detachment do tournament lists take most?
Saga of the Great Wolf: 75 of the 123 Space Wolves 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 6 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 Space Wolves 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
123 public Space Wolves 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.