List of Avengers members

The Avengers are various teams of superheroes that have headlined in [The Avengers (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Avengers (comic book)|The Avengers] and related comic books series published by Marvel Comics. Over the decades, the Avengers are featured as a rotating line up of a large number of characters.
According to various handbooks, members of main team of Avengers, first iteration of West Coast Avengers, the New Avengers, Mighty Avengers, Captain America / Hawkeye led black ops Secret Avengers, Avengers Unity Squad and Avengers A.I. are considered official Avengers.

Notations:

A slash between names signifies that the character has used multiple codenames as an Avenger, listed in chronological order from left to right, with the most recent name appearing last.
Characters listed in bold are the current members of the teams.
* If a character has multiple codenames, the name currently in use is bolded.
Characters listed are set in the Earth-616 continuity except when noted.

Founding members

The founding members formed the main team of Avengers in response to a threat of Loki in 1963.

Character	Name	Joined in	Avengers team
Ant-Man / Giant-Man / Goliath / Yellowjacket / Wasp	Henry "Hank" Jonathan Pym	Avengers #1	Avengers, West Coast Avengers, Mighty Avengers, Secret Avengers, Avengers A.I.
Hulk	Robert Bruce Banner	Avengers #1	Avengers, New Avengers
Iron Man	Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark	Earth-616: Avengers #1 Earth-96020: Avengers: Timeslide #1	Avengers, West Coast Avengers, New Avengers, Mighty Avengers
Thor Odinson	Originally assumed a false secret identity as Dr. Donald Blake	Avengers #1	Avengers, Avengers Unity Division
Wasp	Janet van Dyne	Avengers, West Coast Avengers, Mighty Avengers, Avengers Unity Division, Avengers Emergency Response Squad	-

Recruits

1980s

In 1984, the first division of Avengers led to the creation of the West Coast Avengers.

2000s

In 2005, the New Avengers were formed due to a mass break-out at a supervillain prison, the Raft. The New Avengers chose not to comply with superhuman registration as opposed to the government formed/sanctioned team the Mighty Avengers in 2007.

2010s

In 2010, the black ops team of Secret Avengers was created. After the events of Avengers vs. X-Men in 2012, Captain America created Avengers Unity Division by recruiting members from both Avengers and X-Men. In 2013, Hank Pym led the team of Avengers A.I.

2020s

After the events of Blood Hunt in 2024, Captain America created the Avengers Emergency Response Squad.

Honorary members

Characters granted honorary status for acts of great courage, sacrifice and affiliation with Avengers.

In other media

Members of various iterations of Avengers in Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Removal from list

Many characters were removed from the list that were previously included because their respective teams were declared as not officially sanctioned Avengers by handbooks even if they had affiliation or used their name.