The Defenders (2017) Body Count Breakdown by Gregglop09
[Character Kills]
Elektra Natchios/The Black Sky (Elodie Yung): 26
Colleen Wing (Jessica Henwick): 18
Claire Temple (Rosario Dawson): 16
Stick (Scott Glenn): 8
Jessica Campbell Jones (Krysten Ritter): 2
NYPD Detective Mercedes “Misty” Knight (Simone Missick): 1
Madame Gao (Wai Ching Ho): 1
John Raymond (Alex Moggridge): 1
[Corpse Breakdown]
Episode 1 “The H Word”: 14
Cambodia: 1
Elektra stabs Shaft with a sword and dies from his wounds
Ku’n-Lun Massacre Vision: 13
13 Ku’n-Lun monks’ bodies are seen having died by being cut down with swords by Hand ninjas
Episode 2 “Mean Right Hook”: 12
Warehouse: 11
11 Chaste members’ bodies are seen having died by being cut down with swords by Elektra
“You can’t have this”: 1
John shoots himself in the head
Episode 3 “Worst Behavior”: 11
Training: 10
Elektra cuts down 9 Hand ninjas with swords offscreen
A Hand ninjas’ body is seen having died from been cut down with swords by Elektra
“You asked for it… Elektra”: 1
Stick cuts down a Hand member with his sword
Episode 4 “Royal Dragon”: 2
“I can’t help but ask myself if you are a weapon at all” “Keep asking”: 2
Elektra hits a Hand member in the throat crushing his windpipe killing him
Elektra breaks a Hand member’s neck
Episode 5 “Take Shelter”: 8
Restaurant Fight: 7
Gao shoots a Hand member in the back of the head
Stick cuts down a Hand member with his sword
Stick stabs a Hand member with his sword
Stick cuts down 2 Hand members with his sword
Stick stabs a Hand member with his sword
Stick cuts a Hand member’s throat with his sword
“This war is over” “Not yet”: 1
Stick cuts Sowande’s head off with his sword
Episode 6 “Ashes, Ashes”: 2
“It’s good to see you”: 1
Elektra stabs Stick with her sword
Taking Over: 1
Elektra stabs Alexandra Reid through the back with her sai then cuts her head off with her sword
Episode 8 “The Defenders”: 21
Midland Circle: 21
Colleen throws a knife into a Hand member’s chest
Misty shoots a Hand member in the back
Colleen cuts Bakuto’s throat then cuts his head off with her sword
Jessica throws 2 Hand members down an elevator shaft to their deaths
The bombs planted by Colleen and Claire explode causing the building to explode and implode blowing up Madame Gao, Murakami and crushing Elektra Natchios/The Black Sky and at least 13 Hand members knocked unconscious earlier (Shared)
[The Unconfirmed And Uncounted]
-No kills in Episode 7
-Many beatdowns/knockouts but nothing fatal
-The other 15 Hand members were most likely killed in the explosion/implosion but their deaths aren’t shown and they aren’t seen before the explosion/implosion