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Telekinesis

Also called TK, Psychokinesis, Mind over Matter

Telekinesis is moving matter with the mind. The meaningful ranking is not who lifts the most — it is who has the finest control. Characters who can manipulate matter at the molecular level, or apply force at a distance without line of sight, sit far above characters who throw heavy objects.

17 known users 4 universes 43 sourced feats
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How it works

Raw lifting capacity is the least interesting axis of telekinesis and the one fans argue about most. The three that actually determine outcomes are resolution, range and application.

Resolution is how finely the force can be shaped. Jean Grey stopping blood flow, or Psylocke condensing psychic force into a blade, is a higher-order feat than lifting a building. Tatsumaki holds a city's worth of debris in the air and separates it into individual pieces — both axes at once, which is why she sits at the top of the anime tier.

Range and line of sight vary enormously. Most users need to see the target. The strongest do not.

Application is where the ceiling really is. Force fields, flight, disassembly at the molecular level and internal manipulation of a living body are all telekinesis applied differently. A character who only pushes and pulls is using perhaps a tenth of the power.

How it scales

  1. Gross force

    Pushes, pulls and lifts. The entry tier and the one most commonly depicted.

  2. Constructs and fields

    Shapes force into barriers and platforms; enables flight.

  3. Fine resolution

    Manipulates small structures precisely — machinery, biology, individual objects within a mass.

  4. Molecular

    Disassembles matter at the molecular level. The boundary where telekinesis becomes indistinguishable from reality alteration.

Who has telekinesis

Across 4 universes. This list crosses publishers — something no single wiki can do, because every franchise keeps its own separate database.

CharacterUniverseFranchiseFeats
Franklin RichardsMarvelMarvel Comics2
Jean GreyMarvelMarvel Comics3
Molecule ManMarvelMarvel Comics2
Professor XMarvelMarvel Comics1
PsylockeMarvelMarvel Comics3
Scarlet WitchMarvelMarvel Comics2
Martian ManhunterDCDC Comics1
RavenDCDC Comics2
SuperboyDCDC Comics4
Byakuya KuchikiAnime & MangaBleach3
MobAnime & MangaMob Psycho 1004
NagatoAnime & MangaNaruto2
Saiki KusuoAnime & MangaThe Disastrous Life of Saiki K.2
TatsumakiAnime & MangaOne-Punch Man4
Trafalgar D. Water LawAnime & MangaOne Piece3
Darth VaderOther MediaStar Wars1
ElevenOther MediaStranger Things4

The feat ledger

Every entry cites the work it comes from. Feat means it was shown in the work; Statement means a character or narrator said it. Nothing here is a fan estimate unless it is tagged Calc.

Tatsumaki — Held a city's worth of falling debris suspended in the air while controlling the pieces individually

Feat One-Punch Man · Manga canonshown, no figure stated

Jean Grey — Manipulated matter at the molecular level while acting as a host of the Phoenix Force

Feat Uncanny X-Men · Earth-616shown, no figure stated

Psylocke — Condensed psychic energy into a focused blade, trading broad force for extreme precision

Feat Uncanny X-Men · Earth-616shown, no figure stated

Mob — Output is gated by an emotional counter that escalates to an uncontrolled release when it reaches 100% 100 %

Feat Mob Psycho 100 · Manga canonfigure stated in the work

Eleven — Telekinetic effort produces nosebleeds and collapse, with severity scaling directly with output

Feat Stranger Things · Series canonshown, no figure stated

Martian Manhunter — Carries telekinesis alongside telepathy, shapeshifting, intangibility, flight and strength in a single power set

Statement Detective Comics #225 (1955) · Post-Crisis DC

Darth Vader — Applies Force telekinesis at small scale with high precision, lifting and constricting individuals rather than moving mass

Feat Star Wars · Film canonshown, no figure stated

Saiki Kusuo — Uses telekinesis constantly and casually, to the point that the series treats it as an inconvenience rather than an asset

Feat The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. · Manga canonshown, no figure stated

Jean Grey — Holds a damaged craft together by will while piloting it

Feat The X-Men Volume 1 · Earth-616shown, no figure stated

Jean Grey — As Phoenix, disassembles matter at the molecular level

Feat Uncanny X-Men · Earth-616shown, no figure stated

Professor X — Demonstrated, but consistently secondary to his telepathy

Statement The X-Men Volume 1 · Earth-616figure stated in the work

Scarlet Witch — Restrains multiple opponents simultaneously at range

Feat Avengers Disassembled · Earth-616shown, no figure stated

Scarlet Witch — Flies by applying force to herself

Feat WandaVision (2021) · MCUshown, no figure stated

Saiki Kusuo — Moves objects casually and constantly, without gesture or concentration

Feat The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. · Manga canonshown, no figure stated

Raven — Lifts and restrains multiple opponents through the soul-self

Feat The New Teen Titans · Post-Crisis DCshown, no figure stated

Raven — The soul-self acts as a shield able to absorb sustained attack

Feat The New Teen Titans · Post-Crisis DCshown, no figure stated

Psylocke — After the power shift, telekinesis becomes her primary rather than secondary ability

Statement Uncanny X-Men · Earth-616figure stated in the work

Psylocke — Lifts and restrains several opponents at once

Feat X-Force · Earth-616shown, no figure stated

Nagato — Bansho Ten'in pulls a target toward him instead of pushing away

Feat Naruto · Manga canonshown, no figure stated

Nagato — Removes a soul by touch, one of the six paths' abilities

Feat Naruto · Manga canonshown, no figure stated

Franklin Richards — Moves matter directly without touching it

Feat Fantastic Four Volume 1 · Earth-616shown, no figure stated

Franklin Richards — Power output is tied to his age and grows as he does

Statement Fantastic Four Volume 1 · Earth-616figure stated in the work

Molecule Man — Moves and reshapes any material without contact

Feat Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars · Earth-616shown, no figure stated

Molecule Man — Holds an entire planet's worth of debris in place

Feat Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars · Earth-616shown, no figure stated

Tatsumaki — Lifts and hurls buildings with no visible effort

Feat One-Punch Man · Manga canonshown, no figure stated

Tatsumaki — Stops incoming projectiles mid-air and returns them

Feat One-Punch Man · Manga canonshown, no figure stated

Tatsumaki — Ranked the second most powerful hero, which sets her scale in-universe

Statement One-Punch Man · Manga canonfigure stated in the work

Mob — Moves objects at a scale no other esper in the series approaches

Feat Mob Psycho 100 · Manga canonshown, no figure stated

Mob — His power is tied to suppressed emotion, and releases when it reaches 100%

Statement Mob Psycho 100 · Manga canonfigure stated in the work

Mob — He deliberately avoids using the power, which is the premise rather than a limit

Statement Mob Psycho 100 · Manga canonfigure stated in the work

Eleven — Moves and crushes objects and people by will alone

Feat Stranger Things (2016) · Series canonshown, no figure stated

Eleven — Heavy use causes nosebleeds and exhaustion, the series' consistent cost

Statement Stranger Things · Series canonfigure stated in the work

Eleven — Opens and closes the gate, the largest application of the power

Feat Stranger Things · Series canonshown, no figure stated

Trafalgar D. Water Law — Rearranges objects and people without touching them

Feat One Piece · Manga canonshown, no figure stated

Trafalgar D. Water Law — Swaps himself with a distant object to escape instantly

Feat One Piece · Manga canonshown, no figure stated

Trafalgar D. Water Law — Redirects an incoming attack to a different target inside the sphere

Feat One Piece · Manga canonshown, no figure stated

Byakuya Kuchiki — Senbonzakura disperses his blade into a thousand fragments he directs at will

Statement Bleach · Manga canonfigure stated in the work

Byakuya Kuchiki — The fragments are too small to see, which is why the attack cannot be blocked

Statement Bleach · Manga canonfigure stated in the work

Byakuya Kuchiki — Control is stated to depend on his own reiatsu, so exhaustion disperses it

Statement Bleach · Manga canonfigure stated in the work

Superboy — Tactile telekinesis, not Kryptonian strength — he grips objects at a distance to move them

Statement Adventure Comics · Post-Crisis DCfigure stated in the work

Superboy — Extends the field around objects to make them invulnerable too

Feat Adventure Comics · Post-Crisis DCshown, no figure stated

Superboy — The field fails when he is unconscious, unlike true invulnerability

Statement Adventure Comics · Post-Crisis DCfigure stated in the work

Superboy — Catches a falling aircraft using the field rather than his hands

Feat Adventure Comics · Post-Crisis DCshown, no figure stated

Limits

  • Most users require line of sight or direct awareness of the target.
  • Concentration is the standard weak point — interrupt it and the effect drops.
  • Physical cost scales with output in the better-written systems: Eleven's nosebleeds, Mob's percentage counter.
  • Fine control and raw scale rarely coexist in the same character.

Counters

  • Psychic shielding and helmets.
  • Speed — closing distance faster than the user can react.
  • Attacking concentration rather than the body.
  • Opponents with no mass to grip, or too much of it.

Questions

Who is the strongest telekinetic in fiction?

By demonstrated scale, Tatsumaki and Jean Grey are the usual answers — Tatsumaki for city-level mass with individual control, Jean for molecular-level manipulation as a Phoenix host. Mob is the clearest case of an unmeasured ceiling, since his output is written as capped by emotion rather than by power.

Is telekinesis the same as telepathy?

No, though many characters have both. Telepathy acts on minds; telekinesis acts on matter. Marvel treats them as separate mutations that frequently appear together, which is why Jean Grey and Professor X are often assumed to have one power rather than two.

Last updated 2026-09-06 · machine-readable version