Which is stronger-lion or tiger

Answer 1

Tiger
tiger is bigger with a more hefty masculine body and stronger bite force compared to lions,but it can in some cases go either way depending upon the experience of both the animals.

but if it is between a Siberian tiger which has a significant weight advantage even over the Royal Bengal Tiger will definitely win almost every fight against a Lion.

In Ranthambore national park i have seen wild Gaurs,and trust me they look like giant beasts and when the Forrest ranger told me that they fall prey to tigers,i was amazed by the power and hunting skills of tigers.

In Kruger and sawanas even Elephants and cape buffaloes are hunted by Lions but only in groups.so for me after seeing all of them very closely I firmly believe that tigers are king of beasts and apex predators.

Answer 2

If we consider Siberian (Amur) or Bengal tigers, they are stronger than lions. Pound-for-pound, tigers are generally stronger than lions. Extracts from http://indrajit.wordpress.com/bigcats/: "The development of muscles around the neck and shoulder of a lion is very obvious. Lions have massively built forequarters. The hindquarters look relatively less massive. More often than not, a lion is unable to free both of its front paws in a combat because of the weaker hind legs and a not-so-agile body" "Legends have been made of "the phenomenal muscular development of a tiger's neck and shoulders" (Page 120, Ref. 16) and about how it can kill monstrous preys with just one swipe of the paw. A tiger has massive shoulder and tremendous strength in its forelimbs. The backlimbs look lean compared to its forelimbs (Ref 28 ) even though the backlimbs are also very powerfully built and allow the tiger to free the two front paws in combats" "A tiger's strength is almost phenomenal. It's easier to quote from people who have witnessed it rather than trying to explain why and how. Here are just a few. Numerous more such accounts can be found in literatures by famous hunters, scholars and animal trainers. "The Royal Bengal Tiger of Sundarbans. The people of this area must come to terms with tigers that have the traction power of 30 men." (Page 76, Ref. 7) "Corbett's idiosynchratic Temple tiger, after fighting over a kill with a very large black bear, then picked up the cow, weighing six or seven hundred pounds, and dragged it for some two miles up a densely wooded hill, negotiating dense undergrowths, fallen trees and great masses of rock" (Page 120, Ref. 16) "Corbett has put it on record that he saw a tiger carry a full-grown cow for four miles …… a four hunderd-pound bullock was carried clear of the ground for three hundred yards through very dense thickets, and one of Marshall's tigers removed by some means a one thousand four hundred-pound buffalo to a distance of a quarter of a mile." There are also mentions of tigers leaping and swimming great distances with full-grown bullocks in jaws. "Pocock witnessed a similar instance in Burma of a very large gaur - which would not be likely to weigh less than 1,700 pounds - being dragged fifteen yards by an exceptionally large tiger, though thirteen men could not move it one yard, and it was eventually hauled out by his transport elephants." (Page 121, Ref. 16)."

Answer 3

There are Lions which are much Larger than Tigers and Tigers that are much Larger than Lions.The Smallest of a African Lion is 330 lb but Tiger is 240 lb. Lions are Larger. African Lion 4 feet tall(Bengal Tiger 3 feet)Lion 11 feet long(Bengal Tiger 9.5 feet long) Lion 550 lb(Tiger 570 lb) Lion 2-1 Tiger but now Barbary Lion 3.5 feet tall(Siberian Tiger 3.5 feet tall)Lion 11 feet long(Tiger 10 feet long)Lion 620 lb(Tiger 600 to 660 lb) Lion 3-1 or 2-1(add 1 point each if draw)