The golden age of pirates is when many of the most powerful pirates of One Piece made their presence known to all those sailing on the high seas.
The Great Era Pirates began when Gol D. Roger, THE King of the Pirates, He announced the existence of the One Piece to the entire world before his death. All pirates, great and small, set out in search of the final island, known as Laugh Tale, to get their hands on the treasure of Roger.
At that time, piracy experienced a meteoric rise in the world of One Piece and countless contenders have emerged for to conquer the oceans. Here are the 10 greatest known pirates from the golden age of piracy. One Piece.
10. The Pirate Empress Boa Hancock

Boa Hancock is the head of Kuja and one of the most powerful pirates in the world One Piece. She exercises the power of Mero Mero no Mi, A devil fruit which allows her to turn into stone the people who covet her (and also those who do not covet her).
Hancock is a powerful user of all types of Haki. She is one of the few Shichibukai who are known to be strong enough to manage the dissolution of the system Shichibukai.
9. Charlotte Katakuri

A man with a bonus of 1,057,000,000 berries, Charlotte Katakuri is the leader of the three gentle commanders of the Big Mom Family and a figure legendary who has only lost one battle in his entire life.
He is a user of Paramecia Mochi Mochi no Mi, but his greatest specialty is his ability to see the future using the Observation of the Haki. Katakuri also has phenomenal control over the other two types of Haki and is one the most powerful pirates of the moment.
8. Monkey D. Luffy

Captain of the Pirates at straw hat, Luffy is one of the members of the Worst Generation and the man known as the Fifth Emperor of the Sea. Currently, he is one of the most menacing characters in history and aims to overthrow Kaido and Big Mom in the land of Wano.
Luffy is an incredible user of Haki and, thanks to the powers of Gomu Gomu no Mi, He has become a formidable pirate against all odds. Needless to say, he is one of the strongest in the world right now.
7. Marco the Phoenix

Ancient Marco, commander of the first division of the Whitebeard Pirates THE Phoenix is one of the most menacing characters in One Piece, even after the fall of the forces of Whitebeard. Although he is no longer part of any pirate crew, he is still just as strong.
He has great control over his Haki but his greatest specialty is to regenerate instantly from any injury thanks to its powers Fruit of Demon. Marco was considered a pirate capable of preventing Blackbeard to become a Yonko by the Gorosei.
6. Dracule Mihawk "Hawkeye"«

Former member of Shichibukai, Dracule Mihawk East the strongest swordsman from the world of One Piece. He wields the Kokuto Yoru, one of the grade sabers Saijo o Wazamono.
Mihawk is very skilled at using the Haki And although we've almost never seen him give his all, his reputation alone makes him one of the strongest players in the series right now. Like Hancock, he was not spared by the dissolution of the system Shichibukai.
5. Marshall D. Teach (aka Blackbeard)

Teach, one of the four emperors of the sea, is a pirate who quickly rose to prominence after the events of the war at the top. He has a bonus of more than 2,200,000,000 berries on the head, which is quite impressive considering he is not one of the Yonko than for less than two years.
He uses two types of Haki and has access to two Devil Fruits Teach is already very powerful, but it doesn't seem to want to stop getting stronger anytime soon.
4. Kaido of the Hundred Beasts

As Shanks, Kaido is also one of the four emperors of the sea and is known to be the strongest creature in the world. He lost seven battles as a pirate and was captured by his enemies eighteen times. Yet, he always survived to meetings that could have kill anyone else.
It is capable of transforming into oriental dragon at will and possesses enormous power. Kaido is best known for his incredible longevity, and his activities over the years have earned him a bonus of 4,611,000,000 berries.
3. Charlotte Linlin (aka Big Mom)

Charlotte Linlin is one of the few great pirates who is also known as the strongest woman of all One Piece. She is one of the Yonko and perhaps also the strongest in their ranks right now.
For now, Linlin is known to be Kaido's equal, as has been said and seen many times throughout history. But unlike Kaido, She does not appear to have been defeated by her enemies.
2. Shanks the Red

One of the four emperors, Shanks, climbed the ranks six years before the current storyline of the series and has continued to do great progress since then. Currently, he has accumulated a bonus that slightly exceeds the threshold of 4,000,000,000 berries.
Shanks is quite powerful and has been able to oppose Whitebeard on equal footing before the time jump. Without a doubt, he is currently one of the strongest in the world.
1. Edward Newgate (aka Whitebeard)

The man who conquered the golden age of pirates with his name, Beard White, was the strongest man in all the One Piece during this particular era of piracy. He was called the King of the Seas by Garp, and was described by Sengoku like "the man who could even destroy the entire world if he wished." Until the moment of his death, Whitebeard was equal to Roger in terms of power, and it goes without saying that after Roger, He was the only person capable of controlling the seas.
Whitebeard died during The Summit War where he fought like a monster and destroyed all his enemies, proving to the world why he was the strongest in the first place. Moreover, his death only emboldened the new generation pirates instead of them demoralize, because he used his last breaths to confirm that the mythical One Piece was very real.










