Dragon Ball Power Level Converter
Compare official battle powers from the manga, anime and Daizenshuu guides. Pick any two fighters and see how they stack up.
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| Name | Value | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goku (Super Saiyan, vs Frieza) The benchmark Super Saiyan reading. | 150,000,000 PL | Namek Saga, Daizenshuu 7 | Daizenshuu 7, p.83 |
| Frieza (100% Full Power) Final form at maximum output. | 120,000,000 PL | Namek Saga, Daizenshuu 7 | Daizenshuu 7, p.83 |
| Frieza (50% Power) Held back half his strength against Goku. | 60,000,000 PL | Namek Saga, Daizenshuu 7 | Daizenshuu 7, p.83 |
| Goku (Base, vs Frieza) After healing in the medical machine. | 3,000,000 PL | Namek Saga, Daizenshuu 7 | Daizenshuu 7, p.83 |
| Frieza (First Form) Self stated scouter reading. | 530,000 PL | Stated by Frieza, manga ch. 286 | Dragon Ball ch. 286 |
| Vegeta (after Recoome fight) After the zenkai boost on Namek. | 250,000 PL | V-Jump debut issue | V-Jump 1990 |
| Gohan (latent, Namek) Calm state. Rises sharply when angry. | 200,000 PL | V-Jump debut issue | V-Jump 1990 |
| Piccolo (fused with Nail) Listed as over 1,000,000. | 1,000,000 PL | Daizenshuu 7 character bio | Daizenshuu 7, p.102 |
| Frieza (Second Form) Frieza states it is over one million. | 1,000,000 PL | Manga ch. 296, over 1 million | Dragon Ball ch. 296 |
| Krillin (Namek) After Guru unlocked his potential. | 75,000 PL | V-Jump debut issue | V-Jump 1990 |
| Vegeta (Namek arrival) After the fight on Earth. | 24,000 PL | Manga ch. 249 | Dragon Ball ch. 249 |
| Zarbon (transformed) Listed as about 23,000. | 23,000 PL | Daizenshuu 7 bio | Daizenshuu 7, p.69 |
| Dodoria Elite Frieza Force member. | 22,000 PL | Daizenshuu 7 bio | Daizenshuu 7, p.91 |
| Cui Said to rival Vegeta before Namek. | 18,000 PL | Daizenshuu 7 bio | Daizenshuu 7, p.63 |
| Vegeta (vs Goku, Earth) Saiyan Saga peak. | 18,000 PL | Manga ch. 249, Daizenshuu 7 | Daizenshuu 7, p.83 |
| Goku (vs Vegeta, full power) Over 8,000 per Vegeta's scouter. | 8,000 PL | Manga ch. 224, Daizenshuu 7 | Daizenshuu 7, p.82-83 |
| Nappa Saiyan Saga. | 4,000 PL | Daizenshuu 7 | Daizenshuu 7, p.83 |
| Piccolo (vs Nappa, full power) Weighted clothing removed. | 3,500 PL | Daizenshuu 7 | Daizenshuu 7, p.83 |
| Raditz First scouter era opponent. | 1,500 PL | Daizenshuu 7 | Daizenshuu 7, p.83 |
| Farmer (shotgun owner) The famous ordinary human reading. | 5 PL | Manga ch. 1 era | Dragon Ball ch. 1 |
About this converter
Scouter readings are the most quoted numbers in Dragon Ball. They come from a short window of the story, from Raditz arriving on Earth to Goku turning Super Saiyan on Namek, plus the Daizenshuu 7 guidebook that collected them in 1996. Every value on this page is taken from the manga chapter, anime episode, V-Jump issue or Daizenshuu page where it was printed. Nothing here is estimated from fan theories. One caution: no new official battle powers were published after the Frieza Saga. Numbers you see online for Cell, Buu or Beerus are fan calculations based on transformation multipliers. We leave those out rather than present guesses as facts.
How to use it
Pick two fighters and a unit in the top row. The three boxes below stay linked: one holds an amount of the first fighter, one the matching amount of the second, one the value in the chosen unit. Change any box and the other two update. A ratio of 2 means the first fighter reads twice as high as the second. Switch the unit to Kili for the Babidi scale, where 1 kili equals roughly 50,000 scouter units.
Power levels scale fast. Goku goes from 8,000 against Vegeta to 150,000,000 as a Super Saiyan, a jump of almost 19,000 times in one arc. That is why later villains stopped getting numbers: the scale broke. The farmer with a power level of 5 is included because it anchors the whole scale to an ordinary person.
FAQ
What is Goku's highest official power level?
150,000,000 as a Super Saiyan against Frieza on Namek, from Daizenshuu 7. No higher official scouter reading was ever published for Goku.
Can power levels be converted to newtons?
No. There is no official formula. Power levels measure an in-story combat energy detected by scouters, not force in newtons. Treat any newton figure as fan fiction unless a source is cited.
Why are there no power levels for Cell, Buu or Jiren?
The author stopped giving numbers after the Frieza Saga. Guidebooks after that point describe fighters in words, not readings. We only list published numbers to keep every entry verifiable.
What is a kili?
A unit used by Babidi's group in the Buu Saga. Yakon reads 800 kili, and Dabura says 4,000 kili can destroy a planet. Fan guides commonly equate high kili values with scouter numbers, but the series never gives an exact exchange rate, so we use the widely cited 1 kili = 50,000 PL only as an optional display unit.
Sources
- Toriyama, A. Dragon Ball manga chapters 214-331 (scouter era readings)
- Daizenshuu 7: Dragon Ball Encyclopedia (1996), pp. 82-83, 102
- V-Jump debut issue (1990), Namek battle power page
- Kanzenshuu Battle Power Guide (kanzenshuu.com/battle-power/)
Last verified: 2026-09-26 · 20 entries
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