Fast Food Tier List: 16 Chains, Head-to-Head
All 16 chains here, ranked by 347 players. Chick-fil-A leads: it wins 63.7% of its matchups (n = 820) and was champion in 49 of 347 brackets. Disagree? Your first pick is right here. No sign-up.
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WhataburgerBurgers
Chick-fil-AChicken Sandwiches
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Fast Food Chains: the community’s best
Win rate across 5,133 head-to-head picks from 347 finished brackets. n is the number of matchups behind each win rate; only entrants with 30 or more are listed.
| # | Fast food chain | W–L | Win rate | vs .500 | Titles | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chick-fil-AChicken Sandwiches | 522–298 | 63.7% | 49 | 820 | |
| 2 | McDonald'sBurgers & Fries | 517–299 | 63.4% | 46 | 816 | |
| 3 | Taco BellMexican-Inspired | 398–307 | 56.5% | 32 | 705 | |
| 4 | ChipotleBurritos & Bowls | 380–306 | 55.4% | 33 | 686 | |
| 5 | Raising Cane'sChicken Fingers | 387–313 | 55.3% | 34 | 700 | |
| 6 | Five GuysBurgers & Fries | 373–314 | 54.3% | 25 | 687 | |
| 7 | SubwaySubs & Sandwiches | 320–326 | 49.5% | 20 | 646 | |
| 8 | In-N-Out BurgerBurgers | 314–323 | 49.3% | 21 | 637 |
Fast Food Chains: the community tier list
From 5,133 head-to-head picks in 347 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
- Chick-fil-A
- McDonald's
Btier, win rate 50% or more
- Taco Bell
- Chipotle
- Raising Cane's
- Five Guys
Ctier, win rate 40% or more
- Subway
- In-N-Out Burger
- KFC
- Popeyes
- Burger King
- Wendy's
- Panda Express
- Shake Shack
Dtier, win rate 25% or more
- Sonic Drive-In
- Whataburger
Ftier, win rate 0% or more
- Nobody yet
Closest rivalries
- Chipotle v Panda Express50%–50% · n = 36
- Taco Bell v Burger King53%–47% · n = 30
- Chick-fil-A v McDonald's55%–45% · n = 40
Pairs the crowd can barely split. n is how many times they met in finished brackets.
How the Fast Food Chains bracket works
This fast food chain tier list is played, not dragged into rows. You get one matchup at a time — McDonald's or Chick-fil-A? In-N-Out Burger or Wendy's? — and after 15 picks the bracket has a champion, with everything else placed by how far it got. Nobody can hold 16 choices in their head at once, but everybody can answer "this one" — so the order you end up with is one you will actually stand behind.
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 is seeded: the same for everyone today, different tomorrow, and different again whenever you press New draw. 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 McDonald's, Chick-fil-A, In-N-Out Burger and Wendy's. Updated
- McDonald'sBurgers & Fries
- Chick-fil-AChicken Sandwiches
- In-N-Out BurgerBurgers
- Wendy'sBurgers & Frosties
- Taco BellMexican-Inspired
- ChipotleBurritos & Bowls
- Five GuysBurgers & Fries
- PopeyesFried Chicken
- Burger KingBurgers
- Raising Cane'sChicken Fingers
- WhataburgerBurgers
- SubwaySubs & Sandwiches
- Panda ExpressChinese-AmericanLogo via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- KFCFried Chicken
- Shake ShackBurgers & Shakes
- Sonic Drive-InBurgers & Drinks
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 fast food chain 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.
- Use undo the moment you regret a pick. One reflex answer in an early round can knock out a favourite before it gets going.
Questions people ask
What is the best fast food chain?
According to 347 BracketRanker players, Chick-fil-A (Chicken Sandwiches). It wins 63.7% of its head-to-head matchups (n = 820) and was champion in 49 of 347 brackets (14.1%).
How many choices are in the Fast Food Chains 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?
McDonald's, Chick-fil-A, In-N-Out Burger, Wendy's, Taco Bell, Chipotle, Five Guys, Popeyes, Burger King, Raising Cane's, Whataburger and Subway, plus 4 more. Every entrant is listed further down this page with its artwork.
How long does the Fast Food Chains bracket take?
About 1-2 minutes — 15 choices at the default size, or 7 if you drop to an 8-slot bracket. No account is needed, and a run saves after every pick, so you can stop and jump back in later.
Can I turn the result into S/A/B tiers?
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.
Can I compare my order with other people's?
Every completed bracket feeds the Fast Food Chains 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.
What if a choice I wanted is missing?
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.