22 people have finished this bracket so far. That's too few to call a favourite, so this page shows the raw records until 30 brackets are in. Add yours: Best Crime Shows Ranked Head-to-Head is one tap away.
Updated hourly · last refreshed November 15, 2026
Every entrant's record after 22 finished brackets. Too early to call a favourite: win rates appear once an entrant has 30 matchups, and the full ranking once 30 brackets are in. n is the number of head-to-head matchups.
| # | Show | W–L | Win rate | Against .500 | Titles | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Breaking Bad2008-2013 | 44–18 | 71.0% | 2 | 62 | |
| 2 | Dexter2006-2013 | 38–16 | 70.4% | 3 | 54 | |
| 3 | Better Call Saul2015-2022 | 40–17 | 70.2% | 4 | 57 | |
| 4 | The Wire2002-2008 | 35–15 | 70.0% | 5 | 50 | |
| 5 | The Sopranos1999-2007 | 36–18 | 66.7% | 1 | 54 | |
| 6 | Sherlock2010-2017 | 22–18 | 55.0% | 1 | 40 | |
| 7 | 24–20 | 54.5% | 0 | 44 | ||
| 8 | Criminal Minds2005-present | 20–19 | 51.3% | 1 | 39 | |
| 9 | Fargo2014-present | 17–17 | 50.0% | 1 | 34 | |
| 10 | Narcos2015-2017 | 20–21 | 48.8% | 0 | 41 | |
| 11 | True Detective2014-present | 18–19 | 48.6% | 2 | 37 | |
| 12 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000-2015 | 18–20 | 47.4% | 0 | 38 | |
| 13 | Ozark2017-2022 | 17–19 | 47.2% | 0 | 36 | |
| 14 | 15–20 | 42.9% | 0 | 35 | ||
| 15 | The Blacklist2013-2023 | 15–21 | 41.7% | 0 | 36 | |
| 16 | Only Murders in the Building2021-present | 12–18 | 40.0% | 1 | 30 | |
| 17 | Broadchurch2013-2017 | 12–20 | 37.5% | 0 | 32 | |
| 18 | Law & Order: SVU1999-present | 12–20 | 37.5% | 1 | 32 | |
| 19 | Mare of Easttown2021 | 10–20 | 33.3% | 0 | 30 | |
| 20 | 10–21 | 32.3% | 0 | 31 | ||
| 21 | Killing Eve2018-2022 | 7–19 | – | 0 | 26 | |
| 22 | Line of Duty2012-present | 7–21 | – | 0 | 28 | |
| 23 | Mindhunter2017-2019 | 6–22 | – | 0 | 28 | |
| 24 | NCIS2003-present | 3–19 | – | 0 | 22 |
Only 22 brackets have been finished so far. A favourite named on that few would mostly be luck of the draw, so the page shows raw records until 30 brackets are in, then the full ranking with win rates.
Every pick in a finished bracket is a win for one entrant and a loss for the other. Entrants are ordered by win rate, steadied toward 50% by ten imaginary matchups so that a newcomer with a 3–0 record can't top the table. The rate shown is the real one, with n, the number of matchups behind it.
Draws are shuffled, so a title can come from an easy path. Win rate counts every matchup an entrant played, which is a fairer read of how people feel about it. Title odds are shown too, as the share of finished brackets each entrant won.
22 finished brackets so far, with 458 head-to-head picks between them. Only finished brackets count.
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