The Best Episodes of Seinfeld
Every episode of Seinfeld ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Seinfeld!
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Top Episode Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Seinfeld" is "The Contest", rated 9.5/10 from 9409 user votes. It was directed by Tom Cherones and written by Larry David. "The Contest" aired on 11/18/1992 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Opposite".
9.5/10 9,409 votes#1 - The Contest
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 11/18/1992
George's mom lands in the hospital; a contest begins among Jerry, George, Kramer and Elaine, involving a naked woman and an attractive man.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Larry David
9.5/10 7,204 votes#2 - The Opposite
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 5/19/1994
George changes his life by going against his instincts; Kramer plugs his book on "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee."
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld, Andy Cowan
9.5/10 7,518 votes#3 - The Soup Nazi
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1995
Cooing between Jerry and his girlfriend irritates George; Elaine runs afoul of a soup vendor; Kramer loses Elaine's armoire to muggers.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Spike Feresten
9.4/10 6,905 votes#4 - The Outing
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 2/11/1993
Elaine's prank leads a reporter to believe Jerry and George are a gay couple.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Larry Charles
9.2/10 6,139 votes#5 - The Marine Biologist
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 2/10/1994
A writer hits a woman in the head with Elaine's electronic organiser; George lies to impress a woman.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Ron Hague, Charlie Rubin
9.0/10 5,247 votes#6 - The Hamptons
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 5/12/1994
In the Hamptons, George's date sunbathes topless; Kramer steals lobsters; and a handsome doctor compliments Elaine, or does he?
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Peter Mehlman, Carol Leifer
9.0/10 4,954 votes#7 - The Bizarro Jerry
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/1996
Elaine hangs out with men who are opposites of Jerry, George and Kramer; Kramer stumbles into a white-collar job; Jerry finds a flaw in Elaine's beautiful friend.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: David Mandel
9.0/10 4,481 votes#8 - The Abstinence
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/1996
George's intellect thrives when thoughts of sex are shut out; Elaine wants her intern to become a doctor--stat; Jerry is bumped from a school's Career Day.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: David Mandel, Steve Koren
9.0/10 4,816 votes#9 - The Yada Yada
Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 4/24/1997
George adopts his girlfriend's verbal shorthand; Jerry suspects a comic motive behind his dentist's conversion to Judaism; double-daters Kramer and Mickey don't know whose date is whose.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Peter Mehlman, Jill Franklyn
9.0/10 5,025 votes#10 - The Merv Griffin Show
Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/1997
Kramer turns his apartment into a talk-show set; Jerry's girlfriend won't let him play with her toys; George's clash with pigeons leads to problems with a squirrel; a new employee's silent movement rattles Elaine.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Bruce Eric Kaplan
8.9/10 5,823 votes#11 - The Boyfriend (2)
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 2/12/1992
Jerry and Elaine compete for the attention of baseball's Keith Hernandez, while Kramer and Newman investigate a spitting incident involving Hernandez.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Larry David
8.9/10 5,088 votes#12 - The Airport
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 11/25/1992
On a flight to NYC, Jerry has a first-class time, but Elaine suffers in coach. Meanwhile, Kramer and George try to hit the right airport.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Larry Charles
8.9/10 4,927 votes#13 - The Race
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 12/15/1994
Jerry dates a woman whose boss has a grudge against him; Elaine dates a Communist whose ideology spreads to George and Kramer.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Larry David, Tom Gammill, Max Pross, Sam Kass
8.9/10 4,791 votes#14 - The Switch
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 1/5/1995
George suspects that his girlfriend is bulimic; Jerry dates a woman who has a friendlier roommate; Elaine loans out her boss's tennis racket.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Bruce Kirschbaum, Sam Kass
8.9/10 4,719 votes#15 - The Doorman
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 2/23/1995
Jerry runs afoul of a doorman; Kramer invents a bra for men. Elaine offends Mr. Pitt's neighbor.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Tom Gammill, Max Pross
8.9/10 4,500 votes#16 - The Little Kicks
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/1996
Elaine's staff loses respect for her after seeing her dance; George benefits socially when Elaine labels him a "bad seed"; Kramer's friend forces Jerry into crime.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Spike Feresten
8.9/10 4,602 votes#17 - The Chicken Roaster
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/1996
George loses an expensive hat Elaine charged to her business account; a neon sign prompts Kramer and Jerry to swap apartments.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer
8.9/10 5,193 votes#18 - The Betrayal
Season 9 Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/1997
Flashbacks trace the evolution of Jerry, George and Elaine's disastrous trip to a wedding in India, and Kramer's desperate need to barter for a birthday wish.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Peter Mehlman, David Mandel
8.8/10 5,051 votes#19 - The Puffy Shirt
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1993
Jerry's appearance with Bryant Gumbel is not the expected career boost for Kramer's girlfriend; but George gets a new career after moving back with his parents.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Larry David
8.8/10 4,419 votes#20 - The Rye
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 1/4/1996
George's parents meet Susan's; Elaine fears her enthusiasm may have scared off the musician she's dating; Kramer drives a hansom cab, but feeds his steed bad fuel.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Carol Leifer
8.8/10 4,545 votes#21 - The Serenity Now
Season 9 Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/1997
George goes to work for his father; Jerry's girlfriend wants to see his emotions; Kramer adopts a suburban feel at home; Elaine prompts two Jewish men to renounce their faith.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Steve Koren
8.7/10 5,832 votes#22 - The Parking Garage
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/1991
Saturday at the mall with the gang, none of whom bothered to note where the car was parked.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Larry David
8.7/10 4,970 votes#23 - The Tape
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/1991
George is hot for a potential baldness remedy, and for Elaine after she plays a joke on Jerry.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: Larry David, Don McEnery
8.7/10 5,252 votes#24 - The Subway
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/8/1992
A beauty picks up George; Jerry makes friends with a naked guy; Kramer is tipped off about a hot horse; Elaine gets stuck en route to a lesbian wedding.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Larry Charles
8.7/10 5,274 votes#25 - The Bubble Boy
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 10/7/1992
A weekend is kaput, partly because of George's driving.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Larry David, Larry Charles