Last Updated on 23 October 2023

The following list is the Official Definitive List of the 100 best TV game shows of all time.

I found 18 different ranked lists online of “best TV game shows of all time” and pulled them all into Excel and merged them all to get this definitive compilation. See my Methodology page for the research process that was used, including links to the 18 lists that were averaged. Below is the ranked list.

  1. Jeopardy! (1964-1975, 1978-1979, 1984-present)
  2. The Price Is Right (1956-1965, 1972-present)
  3. Wheel of Fortune (1975-present)
  4. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (1999-present)
  5. Family Feud (1976-1985, 1988-1995, 1999-present)
  6. Match Game (1962-1982, 2016-2021)
  7. Hollywood Squares (1966-1989, 1998-2004)
  8. Pyramid (1973-1988, 2016-present)
  9. Let’s Make a Deal (1963-1986, 1990-1991, 2009-present)
  10. Password (1961-1975, 2022)
  11. What’s My Line? (1950-1975)
  12. The Newlywed Game (1966-1980, 1985-1989, 2009-2013)
  13. Deal or No Deal (2005-2009, 2018-2019)
  14. Press Your Luck (1983-1986, 2002-2006, 2019-present)
  15. To Tell the Truth (1956-1981, 2016-present)
  16. Name That Tune (1974-1981, 1984-1985, 2021-present)
  17. The Gong Show (1976-1980, 1988-1989, 2017-2018)
  18. The Dating Game (1964-1980, 1986-1989, 1996-1999)
  19. Supermarket Sweep (1965-1967, 1990-2003, 2020-present)
  20. The Weakest Link (2000-2012, 2017)
  21. The $100,000 Pyramid (2016-present)
  22. Card Sharks (1978-1981, 1986-1989, 2019-2021)
  23. Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? (2007-2011, 2015, 2019)
  24. Love Connection (1983-1994, 1998-1999, 2017-2018)
  25. Double Dare (1986-1993, 2018-2019)
  26. High Stakes Poker (2006-2011)
  27. The Chase (2013-2015, 2021-present)
  28. Cash Cab (2005-2020)
  29. Concentration (1958-1978, 1987-1991)
  30. The Joker’s Wild (1972-1978, 1984, 1991)
  31. Win Ben Stein’s Money (1997-2003)
  32. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1988-present)
  33. Remote Control (1987-1990)
  34. You Bet Your Life (1950-1961)
  35. Most Extreme Elimination Challenge (2003-2007)
  36. Sale of the Century (1969-1974)
  37. Survivor (2000-present)
  38. Win, Lose or Draw (1987-1990)
  39. Tic Tac Dough (1956-1959, 1978-1986, 1990)
  40. Pointless (2009-present)
  41. Takeshi’s Castle (1986-1989)
  42. Figure It Out (1997-2013)
  43. The Cube (2021-present)
  44. Scrabble (1984-1990)
  45. Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1991-1996)
  46. I’ve Got a Secret (1952-1967)
  47. The Amazing Race (2001-present)
  48. Wipeout (2008-2014)
  49. TattleTales (1974-1984)
  50. Singled Out (1996-1998, 2018-2020)
  51. Greed: The Series (1999-2000)
  52. Legends of the Hidden Temple (2021-2022)
  53. Minute to Win It (2010-2014)
  54. Hole in the Wall (2008-2012)
  55. Hollywood Game Night (2013-2020)
  56. The Million Pound Drop Live (2010-2019)
  57. Total Wipeout (2009-2012)
  58. Beat the Clock (1950-1961)
  59. Chain Reaction (1980-1991)
  60. Family Fortunes (1980-1994, 2002, 2020-present)
  61. The $64,000 Question (1955-1958)
  62. Brain Games (2011-present)
  63. Countdown (1982-present)
  64. Tipping Point (2012-present)
  65. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (UK) (1998-present)
  66. Forged in Fire (2015-present)
  67. The Crystal Maze (1990-1995, 2016-2020)
  68. Lingo (1987-2014)
  69. 1 vs. 100 (2006-2008)
  70. RuPaul’s Drag Race (2009-present)
  71. American Gladiators (1989-1996)
  72. Treasure Hunt (1982-1989)
  73. America Says (2018-present)
  74. Blockbusters (1983-2001)
  75. Truth or Consequences (1950-1975)
  76. Fear Factor (2001-2012)
  77. TableTop (2012-present)
  78. Russian Roulette (2002-2003)
  79. Face Off (2011-present)
  80. Golden Balls (2007-2009, 2018)
  81. Shop ‘Til You Drop (1991-2005)
  82. Eggheads (2003-present)
  83. Penn & Teller: Fool Us (2011-present)
  84. Mastermind (1972-present)
  85. Password Plus (1979-1982)
  86. Mr & Mrs (1977-1982, 1988)
  87. Never Mind the Buzzcocks (2002)
  88. Super Password (1984-1989)
  89. Catchphrase (1986-2017)
  90. Top Chef (2006-present)
  91. University Challenge (1962-1967, 1978-1980, 1994-present)
  92. Deadliest Warrior (2009-2011)
  93. Billy on the Street with Billy Eichner (2011-present)
  94. Guts (1992-1995)
  95. @midnight (2013-2017)
  96. The Challenge (1998-present)
  97. The Mole (2001-2008)
  98. 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show (2011)
  99. Project Runway (2004-present)
  100. Big Brother (2000-present)

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