Condiment Tier List: 16 Sauces, Head-to-Head
All 16 sauces here, ranked by 90 players. Ketchup leads: it wins 61.4% of its matchups (n = 207) and was champion in 10 of 90 brackets. Disagree? Your first pick is right here. No sign-up.
Size
MayonnaiseCreamy spread
HummusChickpea dip
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Condiments: the community’s best
Win rate across 1,350 head-to-head picks from 90 finished brackets. n is the number of matchups behind each win rate; only entrants with 30 or more are listed.
| # | Condiment | W–L | Win rate | vs .500 | Titles | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KetchupTomato classic | 127–80 | 61.4% | 10 | 207 | |
| 2 | Ranch DressingAmerica's favorite dip | 116–75 | 60.7% | 15 | 191 | |
| 3 | BBQ SauceSweet & smoky | 112–81 | 58% | 9 | 193 | |
| 4 | 104–82 | 55.9% | 8 | 186 | ||
| 5 | 102–81 | 55.7% | 9 | 183 | ||
| 6 | Hot SauceSpicy kick | 97–85 | 53.3% | 5 | 182 | |
| 7 | 92–82 | 52.9% | 8 | 174 | ||
| 8 | 93–87 | 51.7% | 3 | 180 |
Condiments: the community tier list
From 1,350 head-to-head picks in 90 finished brackets. Placed by win rate, steadied toward 50% for entrants with few matchups: S is 75% or more, A 60%, B 50%, C 40%, D 25%.
Stier, win rate 75% or more
- Nobody yet
Atier, win rate 60% or more
- Ketchup
- Ranch Dressing
Btier, win rate 50% or more
- BBQ Sauce
- Buffalo Sauce
- Guacamole
- Hot Sauce
- Honey Mustard
- Salsa
- Mayonnaise
Ctier, win rate 40% or more
- Soy Sauce
- Teriyaki Sauce
- Mustard
- Aioli
Dtier, win rate 25% or more
- Pesto
- Hummus
- Sriracha
Ftier, win rate 0% or more
- Nobody yet
How the Condiments bracket works
This condiment tier list is played, not dragged into rows. You get one matchup at a time — Ketchup or Mustard? Mayonnaise or Hot Sauce? — and after 15 picks the bracket has a champion, with everything else placed by how far it got. The awkward pairings are the point: they are the calls a drag-and-drop tier list quietly lets you avoid.
This bracket runs 4 rounds at the default 16-slot size (Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final), with every one of the 16 choices in the field. The draw changes every day and New draw reshuffles it whenever you like, so the same choice can meet a different opponent in round one and finish somewhere else entirely. You can also play it at 8 slots for a shorter or longer run.
15 picks, 4 rounds
- Round of 168 matchups
- Quarterfinals4 matchups
- Semifinals2 matchups
- Final1 matchup
Roughly 1-2 minutes start to finish at the default size.
All 16 entrants
All 16 entrants are listed below, including Ketchup, Mustard, Mayonnaise and Hot Sauce. Updated
- KetchupTomato classicPhoto: Kim Holger Kelting / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
- MustardYellow or DijonPhoto: fuji01 / Wikimedia Commons · CC0
- MayonnaiseCreamy spreadPhoto: jules / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- Hot SauceSpicy kickPhoto: Veganbaking.net / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Ranch DressingAmerica's favorite dipPhoto: Whitney / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- BBQ SauceSweet & smokyPhoto: Wikipedian Kbh3rd / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Soy SauceSalty umamiPhoto: 국립국어원 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 kr
- SrirachaRooster saucePhoto: Takeaway / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- SalsaTomato-based dipPhoto: Popo le Chien / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Honey MustardSweet & tangyPhoto: David Pursehouse / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- Buffalo SauceSpicy wing saucePhoto: Clotee Pridgen Allochuku / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- GuacamoleAvocado dipPhoto: Nikodem Nijaki / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- PestoBasil & pine nutsPhoto: Ɱ / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- HummusChickpea dipPhoto: Beyrouthhh at English Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
- Teriyaki SauceSweet soy glazePhoto: Murcotipton / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- AioliGarlic mayoPhoto: Marianne Casamance / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Tier list instead?
Load all 16 into the tier list maker and sort them into S through F yourself: same entrants, no matchups.
Open the tier list makerMissing something?
Build your own condiment bracket with exactly the entrants you want, then share the link.
Open the bracket makerGetting a ranking you actually agree with
- Answer as if both options were in front of you and you could only eat one.
- The default run puts all 16 choices in the draw. Short on time? Drop to 8 slots — a quicker run over a random 8 of them.
- Undo exists for a reason: an early-round mistake propagates all the way to the final, and there is no shame in taking it back.
Questions people ask
What is the best condiment?
According to 90 BracketRanker players, Ketchup (Tomato classic). It wins 61.4% of its head-to-head matchups (n = 207) and was champion in 10 of 90 brackets (11.1%).
How many choices are in the Condiments bracket?
The pool holds 16 choices. A default run puts all of them in the draw and takes 15 picks across 4 rounds: Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final. Other field sizes are available too — 8, 16 slots.
Which choices are included?
Ketchup, Mustard, Mayonnaise, Hot Sauce, Ranch Dressing, BBQ Sauce, Soy Sauce, Sriracha, Salsa, Honey Mustard, Buffalo Sauce and Guacamole, plus 4 more. Every entrant is listed further down this page with its artwork.
How long does the Condiments bracket take?
About 1-2 minutes — 15 choices at the default size, or 7 if you drop to an 8-slot bracket. It works the same on a phone as on a desktop, no login is involved, and progress saves as you go.
How does this compare to a drag-and-drop tier list maker?
Both are here, and the bracket is closer to a tier list than it looks. It ends with a champion, a runner-up and then every other choice grouped by the round it went out in — which is exactly a set of tiers, decided by 15 direct comparisons rather than by your first guess at a layout. What it deliberately does not do is claim a precise gap between two choices that never met. If you would rather place the choices into S through F rows yourself, the tier list maker loads all 16 of them at bracketranker.com/tier-list-maker.
How did everyone else rank these choices?
Every completed bracket feeds the Condiments community results page, which aggregates win rates across all plays and tracks how often each of the 16 entrants takes the title. It updates continuously, so it moves as more people play.
Can I build my own condiments bracket?
Use the bracket maker: add your own choices, name it, and share the link so other people play the same field. That is the route to take when this pool of 16 is missing something you would have picked, or when you want a version scoped to one era, label or franchise.