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The Best Seasons of Top Gear

Every season of Top Gear ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of Top Gear!

Top season
Season 22
8.6avg
Best episode
S12E8 Vietnam Special
9.41,537 votes
BestEpisodes
WorstEpisodes
BestSeasons
AllEpisodes
#1

Season 22

8 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2015

8.6/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE8 · Episode 8 9.4
#2

Season 19

7 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2013

8.5/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE6 · Africa Special (1) 9.2
#3

Season 21

7 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2014

8.5/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE7 · Burma Special (2) 9.2

Other Seasons

#4

Season 15

6 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2010

8.5/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE4 · Episode 4 9.0
#5

Season 10

10 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2007

8.4/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE4 · Botswana Special 9.1
#6

Season 13

7 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2009

8.4/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE1 · Episode 1 8.9
#7

Season 20

6 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2013

8.4/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE4 · Episode 4 8.7
#8

Season 12

8 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 2008

8.3/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE8 · Vietnam Special 9.4
#9

Season 14

7 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 2009

8.3/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE6 · Bolivia Special 9.3
#10

Season 9

6 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2007

8.3/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE3 · USA Special 8.9
#11

Season 17

6 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2011

8.2/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE4 · Episode 4 8.8
#12

Season 11

6 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2008

8.2/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE4 · Episode 4 8.5
#13

Season 16

6 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2011

8.2/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE3 · Episode 3 8.5
#14

Season 7

7 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 2005

8.1/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE5 · Episode 5 8.4
#15

Season 8

8 Episodes

First Aired: May 2006

8.1/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE3 · Episode 3 8.8
#16

Season 18

7 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2012

8.1/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE7 · Episode 7 8.4
#17

Season 5

9 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2004

8.0/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE8 · Episode 8 8.4
#18

Season 6

11 Episodes

First Aired: May 2005

7.9/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE2 · Episode 2 8.2
#19

Season 4

10 Episodes

First Aired: May 2004

7.8/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE1 · Episode 1 8.3
#20

Season 3

9 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2003

7.8/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE5 · Episode 5 8.3
#21

Season 2

10 Episodes

First Aired: May 2003

7.6/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE7 · Episode 7 7.9
#22

Season 1

10 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2002

7.2/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE5 · Episode 5 7.3
#23

Season 25

6 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2018

5.8/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE3 · Episode 3 6.5
#24

Season 28

6 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2020

5.8/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE3 · Episode 3 6.2
#25

Season 31

5 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 2021

5.7/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE1 · Episode 1 6.8
#26

Season 30

4 Episodes

First Aired: Mar 2021

5.7/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE3 · Episode 3 5.9
#27

Season 24

7 Episodes

First Aired: Mar 2017

5.6/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE4 · Episode 4 6.1
#28

Season 29

5 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2020

5.5/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE2 · Episode 2 6.2
#29

Season 33

5 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2022

5.4/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE1 · Episode 1 5.8
#30

Season 32

5 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2022

5.3/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE1 · Episode 1 5.5
#31

Season 26

5 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2019

5.1/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE4 · Episode 4 5.7
#32

Season 27

5 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2019

5.1/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE5 · Episode 5 5.6
#33

Season 23

6 Episodes

First Aired: May 2016

2.5/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE3 · Episode 3 2.8

Keep going

Top-rated Top Gear episodes

  1. #1Vietnam Special S12E89.4
  2. #2Episode 8 S22E89.4
  3. #3Bolivia Special S14E69.3
  4. #4Africa Special (1) S19E69.2
  5. #5Burma Special (2) S21E79.2

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