The Best Netflix Original Shows, Ranked
All 33 shows here, ranked by 78 players. Stranger Things leads: it wins 80.8% of its matchups (n = 224) and was champion in 21 of 78 brackets. Disagree? Your first pick is right here. No sign-up.
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Ginny & Georgia2021-present
Alice in Borderland2020-2025
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Netflix Originals: the community’s best
Win rate across 2,106 head-to-head picks from 78 finished brackets. n is the number of matchups behind each win rate; only entrants with 30 or more are listed.
| # | Netflix show | W–L | Win rate | vs .500 | Titles | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stranger Things2016-2025 | 181–43 | 80.8% | 21 | 224 | |
| 2 | Squid Game2021-2025 | 129–62 | 67.5% | 6 | 191 | |
| 3 | Daredevil2015-2018 | 116–63 | 64.8% | 7 | 179 | |
| 4 | Black Mirror2011-present | 110–63 | 63.6% | 6 | 173 | |
| 5 | Outer Banks2020-2026 | 99–64 | 60.7% | 3 | 163 | |
| 6 | 81–61 | 57% | 5 | 142 | ||
| 7 | Cobra Kai2018-2025 | 92–70 | 56.8% | 3 | 162 | |
| 8 | Dark2017-2020 | 80–62 | 56.3% | 6 | 142 |
Netflix Originals: the community tier list
From 2,106 head-to-head picks in 78 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
- Stranger Things
Atier, win rate 60% or more
- Squid Game
- Daredevil
- Black Mirror
- Outer Banks
Btier, win rate 50% or more
- Money Heist
- Cobra Kai
- Dark
- You
- Wednesday
- Alice in Borderland
- Dahmer
- Narcos
Ctier, win rate 40% or more
- The Umbrella Academy
- BoJack Horseman
- The Witcher
- Adolescence
- The Queen's Gambit
- Ozark
- Orange Is the New Black
- Bridgerton
- + 4 more
Dtier, win rate 25% or more
- The Crown
- The Sandman
- Beef
- The Night Agent
- Ginny & Georgia
- Never Have I Ever
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Ftier, win rate 0% or more
- Master of None
How the Netflix Originals bracket works
This Netflix show ranking is played, not dragged into rows. You get one matchup at a time — Stranger Things or Squid Game? Bridgerton or The Witcher? — 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. 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 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 Stranger Things, Squid Game, Bridgerton and The Witcher. Updated
- Stranger Things2016-2025
- Squid Game2021-2025
- Bridgerton2020-present
- The Witcher2019-present
- Ozark2017-2022
- The Queen's Gambit2020
- Wednesday2022-present
- You2018-2025
- Narcos2015-2017
- The Crown2016-2023
- Cobra Kai2018-2025
- Dark2017-2020
- Black Mirror2011-present
- Money Heist2017-2021Photo: theodoritsis / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- The Umbrella Academy2019-2024
- Never Have I Ever2020-2023
- Lupin2021-present
- Outer Banks2020-2026
- All of Us Are Dead2022-present
- Orange Is the New Black2013-2019
- House of Cards2013-2018
- Mindhunter2017-2019
- BoJack Horseman2014-2020
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt2015-2019
- Beef2023-present
- Dahmer2022
- The Night Agent2023-present
- Ginny & Georgia2021-present
- The Sandman2022-2025
- Alice in Borderland2020-2025
- Daredevil2015-2018
- Master of None2015-2021
- Adolescence2025
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.
- Watch for the show 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 Netflix show?
According to 78 BracketRanker players, Stranger Things (2016-2025). It wins 80.8% of its head-to-head matchups (n = 224) and was champion in 21 of 78 brackets (26.9%).
How many shows are in the Netflix Originals 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?
Stranger Things, Squid Game, Bridgerton, The Witcher, Ozark, The Queen's Gambit, Wednesday, You, Narcos, The Crown, Cobra Kai and Dark, plus 21 more. Every entrant is listed further down this page with its artwork.
How long does the Netflix Originals 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 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.
How did everyone else rank these shows?
Every completed bracket feeds the Netflix Originals 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 build my own netflix originals bracket?
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.