Which Expendable is the deadliest? Jason Statham, Jet Li, Sylvester Stallone or Dolph Lundren?

WHEN it comes to taking out the movie bad guys, one actor puts even Sly in the shade.

Sylvester Stallone in a scene from The Expendables 3.

MIRROR, mirror on the wall, who’s the biggest action movie killer of all?

With The Expendables 3 hitting cinemas, we’ve done a straw poll of the franchise’s stars and their film catalogue to figure out which action hero has dispensed with the most on-screen bad guys.

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Jason Statham takes aim during filming for <i>The Expendables 3</i>. Picture: Supplied

JASON STATHAM

Pre-Expendables Kills = 141

Highest single-movie kill count = 60 in In the Name of the King

Expendables = 88

Expendables 2 = 163

Jet Li in a scene from the new movie. Picture: Supplied

JET LI

Pre-Expendables Kills = 231

Highest single-movie kill count = 50 in High Risk

Expendables = 42

Expendables 2 = 23

Sylvester Stallone’s <i>Expendables</i> efforts fall short of <i>Rambo IV</i>. Picture: Supplied

SYLVESTER STALLONE

Pre-Expendables Kills = 340

Highest single-movie kill count = 81 in Rambo IV

Expendables = 48

Expendables 2 = 70

Dolph Lundgren keeps an eye out for more bad guys in <i>The Expendables 3</i>. Picture: Supplied

DOLPH LUNDGREN

Pre-Expendables Kills = 632

Highest single-movie kill count = 60 in The Punisher

Expendables = 5

Expendables 2 = 34