High Physical Conditioning: The Joker is not exceptionally strong or fast, but despite his appearance he has immense stamina and pain tolerance.
The Joker possesses no superhuman abilities, instead using his expertise in chemical engineering to develop poisonous or lethal concoctions and thematic weaponry, including razor-tipped playing cards, deadly joy buzzers, and acid-spraying lapel flowers.
Despite this, DC has proven that the Joker can actually beat Superman, even without powers. In the popular Injustice storyline, Joker managed to completely break superman after tricking him into killing Lois Lane.
Batman is much, much stronger than the Joker. Bats can lift/push 1000 lbs and even many times much more (about 5 tons). Batman strength is very peak human, if not nearly superhuman. The Joker has average human strength.
Emperor Joker was one of the strongest versions of the DC's most famous supervillain. Joker was always been a threat to all the DC superheroes, even though the Clown Prince of Crime has no superhuman abilities.
1 Would Lose To: Thor
That's not to say that Joker couldn't mess with Thor's head, he definitely could. However, Joker wouldn't be able to capitalize on messing with Thor. Quite the opposite, in fact. Nothing Joker could do would hurt Thor and the fight would only go on as long as Thor wanted it to.
The Presence is the most powerful entity in DC comics, taking up a middle-aged man's look. He is the God of the DC universe and Lucifer and Michael's father. The character was created by Jerry Siegel and Bernard Bailey and was introduced as a fictional version of the Judeo-Christian God in More Fun Comics #52 in 1940.
5 Can't Defeat: Hulk
Greater foes have tried to slow the Hulk, but you have to be a bruiser or a magic wielder to really be able to damage the Green Goliath. No amount of gadgets would be able to phase Dr Bruce Banner's alter ego and the Joker would be smashed in no time at all.
In the first Joker story ever published he beats Batman in a fist fight, knocking him off a bridge into a river. When Batman emerges he remarks that he finally met a foe that can give him a good fight. In hand-to-hand combat he's pretty deadly, a lot of ppl seem to not know that.
The Dark Knight may be the Joker's greatest enemy, but a moment in Batman #128 reveals the threat Nightwing poses to DC's Clown Prince of Crime.
In terms of power levels, Thanos easily dwarfs the Joker and takes this round. Joker is no slouch, but Thanos is just on a much higher level.
The Joker Defeated the Entire Justice League - And No One Will Ever Know How. A classic Joker story revolves around the Clown Prince defeating the entire Justice League, but no explanation was ever given as to how he did it. The Justice League of America is composed of arguably the greatest superheroes on Earth.
A brief scuffle involving rubber chickens, comically large bombs, and playing cards ensues in which the Joker is able to knock out Wonder Woman with gas from his flower.
Arguably the Joker's greatest weakness is his ego, however.
Emperor Joker was a form The Joker took after tricking Mister Mxyzptlk into donating 99.99% of his reality powers to him. As a direct result, he became near-omnipotent and created a hellish world in his own image.
In the 1990 novel, “The Further Adventures of The Joker,” it states that Arkham Asylum psychiatrists tested him, and he scored 140 with an aptitude for chemistry.
There are two reasons for this. One he doesn't feel pain so he can take multiple beatings and keep on going and two because he's been fighting the Dark Knight for such a long time and knows so much about how he works that he can basically sense his next move.
The Joker has been known to be able to hold his own in hand-to-hand combat against Batman, however every time he is subdued by Batman, it is through physical force. However, the Joker has proven to be very skilled in the area of martial arts as well.
Despite his long-standing role as one of the baddest guys in the DC universe, the Joker has no superhuman powers. Due to this, Ghost Rider could easily defeat him. Not only is Ghost Rider physically superior but using his Penance Stare against Joker would render his already questionable mental state completely crushed.
The Joker would not be so foolish as to go head-to-head with Spider-Man. His various gadgets would not avail against Spidey's vastly superior strength and danger sense. Instead, he'd try to lay traps for him and target his family and friends and try to get him to mess up. In a head-to-head, the Joker loses.
Joker. They are matched in emotional damage, dangerous mischief, and genius-level criminal mastery, but they are unmatched in fighting ability and training in the mystic arts, of which Loki has the best advantage.
When counting down the most powerful DC cosmic characters of all time, the number one has to be DC's version of God known as The Presence. While there are numerous Gods in the DC pantheon, mostly from the Greek versions of Zeus and his offspring, the Presence is more powerful than them all.
Joker is one of the most terrifying DC characters in existence. Batman is even more terrifying than Joker and has everyone in Gotham City in fear to keep them in line.