Soda Tier List: The Best Sodas, Head-to-Head
All 16 sodas here, ranked by 143 players. Coca-Cola leads: it wins 71.8% of its matchups (n = 380) and was champion in 35 of 143 brackets. Disagree? Your first pick is right here. No sign-up.
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Sodas: the community’s best
Win rate across 2,113 head-to-head picks from 143 finished brackets. n is the number of matchups behind each win rate; only entrants with 30 or more are listed.
| # | Soda | W–L | Win rate | vs .500 | Titles | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coca-ColaThe original | 273–107 | 71.8% | 35 | 380 | |
| 2 | 213–118 | 64.4% | 22 | 331 | ||
| 3 | 217–122 | 64% | 18 | 339 | ||
| 4 | PepsiThe choice of a new generation | 182–135 | 57.4% | 8 | 317 | |
| 5 | 164–128 | 56.2% | 11 | 292 | ||
| 6 | 156–123 | 55.9% | 16 | 279 | ||
| 7 | Cherry CokeCherry-flavored cola | 167–137 | 54.9% | 5 | 304 | |
| 8 | 121–131 | 48% | 9 | 252 |
Sodas: the community tier list
From 2,113 head-to-head picks in 143 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
- Coca-Cola
- Dr Pepper
- Sprite
Btier, win rate 50% or more
- Pepsi
- Fanta Orange
- A&W Root Beer
- Cherry Coke
Ctier, win rate 40% or more
- Mountain Dew
- Diet Coke
- 7UP
- Cream Soda
Dtier, win rate 25% or more
- Ginger Ale
- Crush
- Sunkist
Ftier, win rate 0% or more
- Mello Yello
- Birch Beer
How the Sodas bracket works
This soda tier list is played, not dragged into rows. You get one matchup at a time — Coca-Cola or Pepsi? Dr Pepper or Sprite? — 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. Entrants are drawn by a seed that changes daily, and New draw picks a fresh one, so an early upset in one run may never happen in the next. 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 Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Dr Pepper and Sprite. Updated
- Coca-ColaThe originalPhoto: DYVER / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- PepsiThe choice of a new generationPhoto: Mike Mozart / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- Dr Pepper23 flavorsPhoto: Connor J Williams / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- SpriteLemon-limePhoto: Connor J Williams / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- Mountain DewDo the DewPhoto: Connor J Williams / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- A&W Root BeerCreamy classicPhoto: Connor J Williams / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- Ginger AleCanada Dry or SchweppesPhoto: Connor J Williams / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- Fanta OrangeFruity & bubblyPhoto: Connor J Williams / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- 7UPLemon-limePhoto: Connor J Williams / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- Cream SodaVanilla sweetness
- CrushOrange soda
- Cherry CokeCherry-flavored colaPhoto: Imprezes / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- SunkistOrange sodaPhoto: Connor J Williams / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- Diet CokeZero calorie colaPhoto: Connor J Williams / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- Mello YelloCitrus soda
- Birch BeerRegional favorite
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 soda 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.
- Watch for the choice you keep beating reluctantly. That is usually the sign you should undo and reconsider the pick before it.
Questions people ask
What is the best soda?
According to 143 BracketRanker players, Coca-Cola (The original). It wins 71.8% of its head-to-head matchups (n = 380) and was champion in 35 of 143 brackets (24.5%).
How many choices are in the Sodas 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?
Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Dr Pepper, Sprite, Mountain Dew, A&W Root Beer, Ginger Ale, Fanta Orange, 7UP, Cream Soda, Crush and Cherry Coke, plus 4 more. Every entrant is listed further down this page with its artwork.
How long does the Sodas 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 Sodas 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 sodas 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.