Dragon Ballz
10 Characters Who Beat Goku
King Piccolo
King Piccolo’s power was out of Goku’s League at first and he even stopped his heart momentarily.
Mercenary Tao
There’re no excuse for Goku’s defeat here except his adversary was trained and Goku didn’t have enough time to adjust to his style and locate a weak point.
Majin Vegeta
This will probably be one of the most debated entries on this list, but we’re going by the end result, which found Magin Vegeta leave Goku on the ground after a hard fought fight.
Raditz
He made Goku’s life so hard he really had to abdicate from it for the first time in the whole franchise by sacrificing himself to pin Radtz down
Jackie Chun: Not Master Roshi!
Goku simply clashed against a first-class combatant this time around and yeah. Master Rashi hardly won
Android 19
A huge defeat and one of the reasons that led me to stop attempting to rank these defeats. This loss made us see that the Super Saiyan form wasn’t foolproof.
Tien
Yes, the three-eyed monk-like character that is dead in the first chapter of the Dragon ball Z history got the better of Goku.
Vegeta
There was no countering this badass monkey guy destroying Goku between his hands. Only Goku’s friends interfering were able to turn the tide
Perfect Cell
He’s the only character that killed Goku. If we consider Goku killed himself when he held Raditz while them both.
Golden Frieza
Sure, Goku got the kill in the end but it was just after Vegeta saved him and let’s not forget that miraculous senzu bean and Whis being merciful enough to use his time travel powers.
Beerus
This was just Goku getting thoroughly outclassed to the point he allowed Beerus permission to acrry through his threat to destroy the Earth if he desire to