Lex Luthor's near-death experiences

"How many times have I come face-to-face with death and walked away without a scratch? I've practically lost count." – Lex Luthor, Extinction

"I should be dead, but here I stand." - Lex Luthor to Oliver Queen, Reunion

Lex Luthor has had many near-death experiences.

Episode	Episode Name	Near-death experience
1x01	Pilot	In 1989, Lex was caught in the middle of the first meteor shower that hit Smallville. Although he survived, he lost all his hair.
1x01	Pilot	Lex was saved and resuscitated by Clark Kent after a car accident at the Loeb Bridge.
1x08	Jitters	When Earl Jenkins took the Smallville High School students prisoners at LuthorCorp Fertilizer Plant Number Three, Lex was saved by Clark from falling to his death on Level Three.
1x10	Shimmer	Lex was bound and tormented by Jeff Palmer for revenge for his sister's death by was saved by Clark.
1x13	Kinetic	Lex was threatened by Wade Mahaney to kill Lex to obtain money but was saved by Clark.
1x14	Zero	Lex was held upside down with chains and tortured at Club Zero by Roy Rothman until Clark rescued him.
1x15	Nicodemus	Lex was held at gunpoint by Pete Ross (while under the Nicodemus flower's effects) tried to shoot Lex but was saved by Clark.
1x21	Tempest	When the Luthor Mansion was struck by a tornado that sent Lex and Lionel Luthor across the room, it endangered the lives of both father and son.
2x02	Heat	When Lex married Desirée Atkins, he was about to be killed by Jonathan Kent (under the influence of Desirée's pheromones) but was saved by Clark's Heat vision vaporizing the bullet in the air. Also when Desirée through Lex's drinks on him and lit him on fire, Clark extinguished the fire on Lex's back.
2x07	Lineage	After Rachel Dunleavy kidnapped Lex, she went after him with an axe to force Lionel to acknowledge Clark as their illegitimate son but Lex was saved by Clark.
2x15	Prodigal	When Lex was tied to a chair by Lucas Luthor, Lucas pointed a gun at Lex's head in order to force Lionel's hand.
2x19	Precipice	When Lex was in a fight with Paul Hayden for nearly killing Helen Bryce, he nearly killed Hayden but Hayden hit Lex with a frying pan and exchanged blows.
2x23	Exodus	On his and Helen's wedding day, Lex was trapped in a plane crash.
3x01	Exile	For three months, Lex survived being stranded on a deserted island.
3x02	Phoenix	After learning the truth about Helen, Helen pulled a gun and tried to kill Lex. When he tried to take the gun from her, they shot the pilot in the struggle. The plane started to go down and Lex rushed into the cockpit to take over the controls, sparing him from death.
3x03	Extinction	Lex was almost assassinated by Van McNulty for being a potential Meteor freak but he was saved by Clark.
3x08	Shattered	Lex was almost hit by Morgan Edge's car but was saved by Clark.
3x22	Covenant	Lex was poisoned by Lionel.
4x08	Spell	Lex was threatened by Countess Margaret Isobel Thoreaux when she tried to obtain the manuscript displayed in Lex's study.
4x09	Bound	After Lex was framed for Eve Andrews' murder, he was captured by the real killer Shannon Bell with the intention to kill him by setting him on fire as she was resentful of that Lex had slept with her more than once and never recognize her as more than an assistant but was saved by Clark.
4x10	Scare	Lex risked his own life to prove the antidote to the toxin of fear that invaded Smallville.
4x15	Sacred	Lex and Jason Teague were tortured by the local police of China in their search of one of the Stones of Power.
4x16	Onyx	When Lex was split in two by black kryptonite, he was saved by Clark from Lex's evil counterpart.
4x21	Forever	Lex was kidnapped and tortured by Jason and Genevieve Teague in their search for the Crystal of Water.
5x09	Lexmas	Lex is shot while trying to obtain damaging information against Jonathan Kent to upset their race for Kansas State Senator.
5x11	Lockdown	Lex was shot by the police officers searching for the spaceship that landed after the second meteor shower.
5x16	Hypnotic	Simone Chesterman instructed Clark to kill Lex but he was stopped when Chloe Sullivan saved Lex's life.
5x17	Void	Lex briefly died after he was injected with the Limbo drug but came back to life after Chloe injected him with the antidote.
5x20	Fade	Lex was saved by his security and Lana Lang from Graham Garrett's strangling assassination attempt.
5x20	Fade	Lex and Lana Lang was saved by Clark from Graham Garrett's bullet.
5x22	Vessel	As General Zod's vessel, Lex was almost killed by Clark to prevent Zod's return.
6x02	Sneeze	Lex was kidnapped and tortured until Clark saved both Lex and Lana by blowing out a fire.
6x05	Reunion	Lex and Oliver Queen were almost killed by Duncan Allenmeyer's astral projection on differents occasions.
6x07	Rage	After Lex was shot in the chest by Green Arrow, he recovered after Clark injected him with the RL65 drug.
6x13	Crimson	When Lex was almost choked to death by Clark (under red kryptonite's influence), Martha Kent weakened Clark with green kryptonite and saving Lex.
6x18	Progeny	Lex was saved by Clark from Chloe firing a smoke grenade at him.
6x19	Nemesis	Lex and Clark almost died in Smallville's tunnels.
6x22	Phantom	Lex could have been murdered by the last phantom if he didn't sacrifice his scientist.
7x01	Bizarro	When Lex almost drowned as a result of the dam break caused by Clark's struggle with his evil doppleganger, he was saved by Kara Kent.
7x04	Cure	Lex was almost killed by Curtis Knox but was saved by Clark.
7x07	Wrath	Lex was almost killed by Lana's Super strength.
7x12	Fracture	After Lex was shot by Jacob Finley and almost died while being interrogated by Clark using Project Intercept, Chloe used her powers to heal Lex.
7x13	Hero	While toturing Pete, Lex was knocked unconscious by Clark.
7x20	Arctic	When Lex activated the Orb at the Fortress of Solitude, it collapsed on top of him and Clark.
8x14	Requiem	Lex died when Oliver used Winslow Schott's bomb to murder him in a nasty truck explosion.
10x01	Lazarus	Lex's clone gets choked by Clark. However, "Lex" died because of the clone's mutated body.
10x10	Luthor	It was revealed that Earth-2 Lex Luthor was killed by his adopted brother Clark Luthor.
10x22	Finale, Part 2	After Earth-2 Lionel Luthor's deal with Darkseid, Lex was completely restored within his composite clone.
11x1	Guardian	When Lex combined Hank Henshaw to the S.T.A.R. Labs drone, Henshaw snaped and almost killed lex if Superman hadn't stopped it.