Head to head
Balerion vs Drogon
Size, rider, era and recorded fate side by side — strictly what the source material establishes, with no invented outcome.
Balerion
Balerion the Black Dread — the largest dragon in ASOIAF history. Aegon's mount, born in Valyria before the Doom, whose fire forged the Iron Throne.
- Rider
- Daenys Targaryen (House of the Dragon canon) → Aegon I Targaryen (the Conqueror) → Maegor I Targaryen (the Cruel) → Aerea Targaryen → Viserys I Targaryen
- Size
- Colossal
- Era
- Aegon's Conquest
- House
- Targaryen
- Status
- Dead
Drogon
Drogon, the black-and-scarlet dragon of Daenerys Targaryen. The Dothraki call him Balerion the Black Dread come again — and he may yet prove them right.
- Rider
- Daenerys Targaryen, Queen of Meereen and Mother of Dragons — only
- Size
- Large
- Era
- AGOT Era
- House
- Targaryen
- Status
- Living