A Complete Ranking of Every Big Screen Spider-Man Actor

By my count, Spider-Man: No Way Home is the 10th feature-film to follow the web slinger from Queens. Let's remember all the way back to 2002, when Tobey Maguire was the first Peter Parker we ever got on the big screen. That started us off with Sam Raimi's trilogy: Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, and Spider-Man 3. After a false start attempt at a fourth Spider-Man from Mr. Raimi, Sony rebooted the franchise; that's when Andrew Garfield, just about at the same time as his incredible performance in The Social Network, was cast in the role. And it was a role that never quite found the right surrounding movie for its talented star; after a pair of outings in Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man 2, the decision was reached to try something else.

Then our pal Peter hit the MCU, and Tom Holland entered the fray. With Spider-Man: Homecoming, Far From Home, and No Way Home (in addition to group outings in Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame), Holland has now appeared as Spidey more than any other actor. In addition to what the MCU is doing, Sony retained the rights for their own Spider-Man world, which also included the Academy Award-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, along with villain spin-offs for Venom (which got a sequel and has a third movie on the way), the not very good Morbius, and has more on the way.

So, with all of those movies, we've also had a good handful of actors playing Spider-Man and inhabiting different versions of the same universe (and sometimes, finding their ways into different universes too). Each one's brought something a little different to the role, and each one has different qualities that make their take on the hero unique. But that doesn't mean there can't be a favorite. Without further ado, here are all the Spider-Man actors, ranked from worst to best.