Anime Tier List: The Greatest Anime, Head-to-Head
All 33 shows here, ranked by 371 players. Attack on Titan leads: it wins 74.5% of its matchups (n = 932) and was champion in 61 of 371 brackets. Disagree? Your first pick is right here. No sign-up.
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Your Lie in April2014-2015
Death Note2006-2007
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Anime Series: the community’s best
Win rate across 9,391 head-to-head picks from 371 finished brackets. n is the number of matchups behind each win rate; only entrants with 30 or more are listed.
| # | Anime | W–L | Win rate | vs .500 | Titles | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Attack on Titan2013-2023 | 694–238 | 74.5% | 61 | 932 | |
| 2 | One Piece1999-present | 529–255 | 67.5% | 47 | 784 | |
| 3 | Naruto Shippuden2007-2017 | 476–282 | 62.8% | 26 | 758 | |
| 4 | Hunter x Hunter2011-2014 | 451–271 | 62.5% | 27 | 722 | |
| 5 | Death Note2006-2007 | 469–309 | 60.3% | 11 | 778 | |
| 6 | Dragon Ball Z1989-1996 | 352–253 | 58.2% | 24 | 605 | |
| 7 | Jujutsu Kaisen2020-present | 402–291 | 58% | 11 | 693 | |
| 8 | Naruto2002-2007 | 409–312 | 56.7% | 12 | 721 |
Anime Series: the community tier list
From 9,391 head-to-head picks in 371 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
- Attack on Titan
- One Piece
- Naruto Shippuden
- Hunter x Hunter
- Death Note
Btier, win rate 50% or more
- Dragon Ball Z
- Jujutsu Kaisen
- Naruto
- Bleach
- Vinland Saga
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
- My Hero Academia
- Demon Slayer
- + 1 more
Ctier, win rate 40% or more
- Code Geass
- Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
- Re:Zero
- Tokyo Ghoul
- Neon Genesis Evangelion
- One Punch Man
- Mob Psycho 100
- Cowboy Bebop
- + 2 more
Dtier, win rate 25% or more
- SPY x FAMILY
- Violet Evergarden
- Sword Art Online
- Your Lie in April
- The Promised Neverland
- Erased
- Parasyte: The Maxim
- Made in Abyss
Ftier, win rate 0% or more
- Fruits Basket
Closest rivalries
- Naruto Shippuden v Code Geass58%–42% · n = 31
Pairs the crowd can barely split. n is how many times they met in finished brackets.
How the Anime Series bracket works
This anime tier list is played, not dragged into rows. You get one matchup at a time — Attack on Titan or Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood? Death Note or Naruto Shippuden? — and after 15 picks the bracket has a champion, with everything else placed by how far it got. Nobody can hold 33 shows 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), drawn from a pool of 33 shows. The draw changes every day and New draw reshuffles it whenever you like, so the same show can meet a different opponent in round one and finish somewhere else entirely. You can also play it at 8 or 32 or 33 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 33 entrants
All 33 entrants are listed below, including Attack on Titan, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Death Note and Naruto Shippuden. Updated
- Attack on Titan2013-2023
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood2009-2010
- Death Note2006-2007
- Naruto Shippuden2007-2017
- One Piece1999-present
- Demon Slayer2019-present
- Dragon Ball Z1989-1996
- Hunter x Hunter2011-2014
- Jujutsu Kaisen2020-present
- My Hero Academia2016-2025
- One Punch Man2015-present
- Cowboy Bebop1998-1999
- Neon Genesis Evangelion1995-1996
- Steins;Gate2011
- Mob Psycho 1002016-2022
- SPY x FAMILY2022-present
- Chainsaw Man2022
- Vinland Saga2019-2023
- Code Geass2006-2008
- Made in Abyss2017-present
- Violet Evergarden2018
- Fruits Basket2019-2021
- Your Lie in April2014-2015
- Haikyuu!!2014-2020
- Tokyo Ghoul2014-2018
- Bleach2004-2026
- Naruto2002-2007
- Sword Art Online2012-2020
- Re:Zero2016-2026
- The Promised Neverland2019-2021
- Erased2016
- Parasyte: The Maxim2014-2015
- Frieren: Beyond Journey's End2023-present
Tier list instead?
Load all 33 into the tier list maker and sort them into S through F yourself: same entrants, no matchups.
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Open the bracket makerGetting a ranking you actually agree with
- Judge the whole run, not just the best season, or every prestige show wins by default.
- Start at 16 slots. If the result feels too obvious, replay at 33 so more of the 33 shows make the field.
- 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 anime?
According to 371 BracketRanker players, Attack on Titan (2013-2023). It wins 74.5% of its head-to-head matchups (n = 932) and was champion in 61 of 371 brackets (16.4%).
How many shows are in the Anime Series bracket?
The pool holds 33 shows. 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, 32, 33 slots.
Which shows are included?
Attack on Titan, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Death Note, Naruto Shippuden, One Piece, Demon Slayer, Dragon Ball Z, Hunter x Hunter, Jujutsu Kaisen, My Hero Academia, One Punch Man and Cowboy Bebop, plus 21 more. Every entrant is listed further down this page with its artwork.
How long does the Anime Series bracket take?
About 1-2 minutes — 15 choices at the default size, or 7 if you drop to an 8-slot bracket. There is no sign-up, and your progress is saved on this device after every pick.
Is this a anime series tier list or a ranking?
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 show 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 shows that never met. If you would rather place the shows into S through F rows yourself, the tier list maker loads all 33 of them at bracketranker.com/tier-list-maker.
Is there a community anime series ranking?
Every completed bracket feeds the Anime Series community results page, which aggregates win rates across all plays and tracks how often each of the 33 entrants takes the title. It updates continuously, so it moves as more people play.
Can I change which shows are included?
Use the bracket maker: add your own shows, name it, and share the link so other people play the same field. That is the route to take when this pool of 33 is missing something you would have picked, or when you want a version scoped to one era, label or franchise.