Every Megadeth Album, Ranked by Fans
Rank all 17 Megadeth studio albums head-to-head: Rust in Peace vs Peace Sells, Countdown to Extinction vs Youthanasia, through the 2026 farewell album. Your first pick is right here. No sign-up.
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Tap a poster to make your pick. Crowd numbers appear after you choose.
Rank all 17: the song sorter, about 50 picks for your full order, 1 to 17. All 17: a bracket, 16 picks, with tied places.
How the community ranks them
Results appear here as people finish brackets. Each pick feeds the head-to-head numbers, so the first players decide where all 17 start.
How the Megadeth Albums bracket works
This Megadeth album ranking is played, not dragged into rows. You get one matchup at a time — Rust in Peace or Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?? Countdown to Extinction or Youthanasia? — and after 15 picks the bracket has a champion, with everything else placed by how far it got. By the end you have ranked the 16 in today's draw without ever looking at more than two at a time; play All 17 for the whole field.
This bracket runs 4 rounds at the default 16-slot size (Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final), drawn from a pool of 17 albums. Everyone gets the same draw on a given day, so you can compare runs with friends; New draw gives you a genuinely different bracket rather than the same path twice. You can also play it at 8 or 17 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 17 entrants
All 17 entrants are listed below, including Rust in Peace, Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?, Countdown to Extinction and Youthanasia. Updated
- Rust in Peace1990Listen on Apple Music
- Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?1986Listen on Apple Music
- Countdown to Extinction1992Listen on Apple Music
- Youthanasia1994Listen on Apple Music
- Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!1985Listen on Apple Music
- So Far, So Good... So What!1988Listen on Apple Music
- Cryptic Writings1997Listen on Apple Music
- Risk1999Listen on Apple Music
- The World Needs a Hero2001Listen on Apple Music
- The System Has Failed2004Listen on Apple Music
- United Abominations2007Listen on Apple Music
- Endgame2009Listen on Apple Music
- Th1rt3en2011Listen on Apple Music
- Super Collider2013Listen on Apple Music
- Dystopia2016Listen on Apple Music
- The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead!2022Listen on Apple Music
- Megadeth2026Listen on Apple Music
Tier list instead?
Load all 17 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 Megadeth album bracket with exactly the entrants you want, then share the link.
Open the bracket makerGetting a ranking you actually agree with
- Go with the one you would rather hear right now — instant reaction beats a considered take.
- Start at 16 slots. If the result feels too obvious, replay at 17 so more of the 17 albums make the field.
- If a matchup genuinely splits you, undo and replay it — a coin-flip pick in round one distorts everything below it.
Questions people ask
How many albums are in the Megadeth Albums bracket?
The pool holds 17 albums. A default run uses 16 of them and takes 15 picks across 4 rounds: Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final. Other field sizes are available too — 8, 16, 17 slots.
Which albums are included?
Rust in Peace, Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?, Countdown to Extinction, Youthanasia, Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!, So Far, So Good... So What!, Cryptic Writings, Risk, The World Needs a Hero, The System Has Failed, United Abominations and Endgame, plus 5 more. Every entrant is listed further down this page with its artwork.
How long does the Megadeth Albums 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 album 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 albums that never met. If you would rather place the albums into S through F rows yourself, the tier list maker loads all 17 of them at bracketranker.com/tier-list-maker.
How did everyone else rank these albums?
Every completed bracket feeds the Megadeth Albums community results page, which aggregates win rates across all plays and tracks how often each of the 17 entrants takes the title. It updates continuously, so it moves as more people play.
Can I build my own megadeth albums bracket?
Use the bracket maker: add your own albums, name it, and share the link so other people play the same field. That is the route to take when this pool of 17 is missing something you would have picked, or when you want a version scoped to one era, label or franchise.