By Adam Hammrick

S Tier

Crucifixion
Seppuku
Blood eagle
Execution by elephant
Execution by shooting
Electric chair

A Tier

Hanged, drawn and quartered
Peine forte et dure

B Tier

Stoning
Decapitation
Impalement
Falling
Breaking wheel

C Tier

Execution by drowning
Poena cullei
Gas chamber
Hanging

D Tier

Inert gas asphyxiation
Garrote
Death by sawing
Dismemberment
Lingchi

E Tier

Death by burning
Premature burial
Brazen bull
Suffocation in ash
Death by boiling
Mazzatello

F Tier

Lethal injection
Poisoning
Immurement
Gibbeting
Keelhauling
Flaying
Scaphism

Crucifixion

Seppuku

Blood eagle

Execution by elephant

Execution by shooting

Electric chair

Hanged, drawn and quartered

Peine forte et dure

Stoning

Decapitation

Impalement

Falling

Breaking wheel

Execution by drowning

Poena cullei

Gas chamber

Hanging

Inert gas asphyxiation

Garrote

Death by sawing

Dismemberment

Lingchi

Death by burning

Premature burial

Brazen bull

Suffocation in ash

Death by boiling

Mazzatello

Lethal injection

Poisoning

Immurement

Gibbeting

Keelhauling

Flaying

Scaphism

Adam Hammrick

Created Apr 27, 2026

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