The table below presents all 144 episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer from the best episode to the weakest episode. The number in the "Points" column represents the average ranking that each episode received with 144 representing what would be a unanimous first place ranking and 1 representing what would be a unanimous last place ranking. Fans were not unanimous in their ratings of any episode, so all scores are between those two numbers.
Rank | Title | Season/ Episode |
Writer(s) | Director | Points |
1 | Once More, with Feeling | 6.07 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 121.50 |
2 | Hush | 4.10 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 114.31 |
3 | The Gift | 5.22 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 112.97 |
4 | Becoming, Pt. 2 | 2.22 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 111.73 |
5 | The Body | 5.16 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 105.12 |
6 | Chosen | 7.22 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 101.51 |
7 | Passion | 2.17 | Ty King | Michael Gershman | 99.05 |
8 | Becoming, Pt. 1 | 2.21 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 95.98 |
9 | Graduation Day, Part 2 | 3.22 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 95.23 |
10 | Tabula Rasa | 6.08 | Rebecca Rand Kirshner | David Grossman | 94.74 |
11 | Restless | 4.22 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 93.97 |
12 | Innocence | 2.14 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 93.25 |
13 | Prophecy Girl | 1.12 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 92.37 |
14 | The Wish | 3.09 | Marti Noxon | David Greenwalt | 91.84 |
15 | Doppelgangland | 3.16 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 91.53 |
16 | Fool for Love | 5.07 | Douglas Petrie | Nick Marck | 90.69 |
17 | Conversations with Dead People | 7.07 | Jane Espenson and Drew Goddard | Nick Marck | 89.39 |
18 | Graduation Day, Part 1 | 3.21 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 88.71 |
19 | Something Blue | 4.09 | Tracey Forbes | Nick Marck | 86.11 |
20 | Earshot | 3.18 | Jane Espenson | Regis Kimble | 84.54 |
21 | Who Are You? | 4.16 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 84.52 |
22 | Grave | 6.22 | David Fury | James A. Contner | 83.70 |
23 | Selfless | 7.05 | Drew Goddard | David Solomon | 83.40 |
24 | Angel | 1.07 | David Greenwalt | Scott Brazil | 80.72 |
25 | Lovers Walk | 3.08 | Dan Vebber | David Semel | 80.70 |
26 | The Prom | 3.20 | Marti Noxon | David Solomon | 80.66 |
27 | Storyteller | 7.16 | Jane Espenson | Marita Grabiak | 79.29 |
28 | Surprise | 2.13 | Marti Noxon | Michael Lange | 79.13 |
29 | Normal Again | 6.17 | Diego Gutiérrez | Rick Rosenthal | 78.43 |
30 | Halloween | 2.06 | Carl Ellsworth | Bruce Seth Green | 77.51 |
31 | Intervention | 5.18 | Jane Espenson | Michael Gershman | 77.45 |
32 | Band Candy | 3.06 | Jane Espenson | Michael Lange | 77.42 |
33 | Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered | 2.16 | Marti Noxon | James A. Contner | 76.82 |
34 | I Only Have Eyes for You | 2.19 | Marti Noxon | James Whitmore Jr. | 76.69 |
35 | School Hard | 2.03 | David Greenwalt | John T. Kretchmer | 76.59 |
36 | Amends | 3.10 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 76.25 |
37 | Two to Go | 6.21 | Douglas Petrie | Bill L. Norton | 75.17 |
38 | This Year's Girl | 4.15 | Douglas Petrie | Michael Gershman | 74.72 |
39 | Seeing Red | 6.19 | Steven S. DeKnight | Michael Gershman | 74.71 |
40 | Welcome to the Hellmouth | 1.01 | Joss Whedon | Charles Martin Smith | 74.06 |
41 | Enemies | 3.17 | Douglas Petrie | David Grossman | 73.81 |
42 | Pangs | 4.08 | Jane Espenson | Michael Lange | 73.38 |
43 | Villains | 6.20 | Marti Noxon | David Solomon | 73.25 |
44 | Lies My Parents Told Me | 7.17 | David Fury and Drew Goddard | David Fury | 73.16 |
45 | Bad Girls | 3.14 | Douglas Petrie | Michael Lange | 73.14 |
46 | The Zeppo | 3.13 | Dan Vebber | James Whitmore Jr. | 73.09 |
47 | Nightmares | 1.10 | David Greenwalt | Bruce Seth Green | 72.68 |
48 | Primeval | 4.21 | David Fury | James A. Contner | 72.48 |
49 | What's My Line? Pt. 2 | 2.10 | Marti Noxon | David Semel | 72.23 |
50 | Family | 5.06 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 72.15 |
51 | Dirty Girls | 7.18 | Drew Goddard | Michael Gershman | 71.93 |
52 | Bargaining, Part 2 | 6.02 | David Fury | David Grossman | 71.80 |
53 | Bargaining, Part 1 | 6.01 | Marti Noxon | David Grossman | 71.70 |
54 | Fear Itself | 4.04 | David Fury | Tucker Gates | 71.59 |
55 | Touched | 7.20 | Rebecca Rand Kirshner | David Solomon | 71.09 |
56 | Crush | 5.14 | David Fury | Daniel Attias | 70.92 |
57 | Lie to Me | 2.07 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 70.80 |
58 | The Yoko Factor | 4.20 | Douglas Petrie | David Grossman | 70.66 |
59 | End of Days | 7.21 | Douglas Petrie and Jane Espenson | Marita Grabiak | 70.55 |
60 | Checkpoint | 5.12 | Douglas Petrie and Jane Espenson | Nick Marck | 70.53 |
61 | New Moon Rising | 4.19 | Marti Noxon | James A. Contner | 70.51 |
62 | What's My Line? Pt. 1 | 2.09 | Howard Gordon and Marti Noxon | David Solomon | 70.32 |
63 | Helpless | 3.12 | David Fury | James A. Contner | 70.29 |
64 | Spiral | 5.20 | Steven S. DeKnight | James A. Contner | 70.23 |
65 | Life Serial | 6.05 | David Fury and Jane Espenson | Nick Marck | 70.05 |
66 | Forever | 5.17 | Marti Noxon | Marti Noxon | 70.01 |
67 | The Harvest | 1.02 | Joss Whedon | John T. Kretchmer | 69.25 |
68 | When She Was Bad | 2.01 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 69.24 |
69 | Wild at Heart | 4.06 | Marti Noxon | David Grossman | 69.07 |
70 | Triangle | 5.11 | Jane Espenson | Christopher Hibler | 69.04 |
71 | The Witch | 1.03 | Dana Reston | Stephen Cragg | 68.93 |
72 | Faith, Hope & Trick | 3.03 | David Greenwalt | James A. Contner | 68.91 |
73 | Dead Things | 6.13 | Steven S. DeKnight | James A. Contner | 68.69 |
74 | Beneath You | 7.02 | Douglas Petrie | Nick Marck | 68.53 |
75 | Tough Love | 5.19 | Rebecca Rand Kirshner | David Grossman | 68.33 |
76 | After Life | 6.03 | Jane Espenson | David Solomon | 68.27 |
77 | Choices | 3.19 | David Fury | James A. Contner | 68.24 |
78 | The Harsh Light of Day | 4.03 | Jane Espenson | James A. Contner | 68.21 |
79 | Smashed | 6.09 | Drew Z. Greenberg | Turi Meyer | 68.16 |
80 | Consequences | 3.15 | Marti Noxon | Michael Gershman | 68.11 |
81 | No Place like Home | 5.05 | Douglas Petrie | David Solomon | 68.02 |
82 | Entropy | 6.18 | Drew Z. Greenberg | James A. Contner | 67.84 |
83 | Blood Ties | 5.13 | Steven S. DeKnight | Michael Gershman | 67.84 |
84 | Same Time, Same Place | 7.03 | Jane Espenson | James A. Contner | 67.83 |
85 | A New Man | 4.12 | Jane Espenson | Michael Gershman | 67.81 |
86 | Lessons | 7.01 | Joss Whedon | David Solomon | 67.81 |
87 | The Pack | 1.06 | Matt Kiene & Joe Reinkemeyer | Bruce Seth Green | 67.66 |
88 | Showtime | 7.11 | David Fury | Michael Grossman | 67.54 |
89 | Homecoming | 3.05 | David Greenwalt | David Greenwalt | 67.54 |
90 | Help | 7.04 | Rebecca Rand Kirshner | Rick Rosenthal | 67.47 |
91 | Revelations | 3.07 | Douglas Petrie | James A. Contner | 67.36 |
92 | Phases | 2.15 | Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali | Bruce Seth Green | 67.09 |
93 | The Replacement | 5.03 | Jane Espenson | James A. Contner | 66.93 |
94 | The Puppet Show | 1.09 | Dean Batali & Rob Des Hotel | Ellen S. Pressman | 66.91 |
95 | Anne | 3.01 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 66.91 |
96 | The Freshman | 4.01 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 66.80 |
97 | Out of Mind, Out of Sight | 1.11 | Ashley Gable & Thomas A. Swyden | Reza Badiyi | 66.79 |
98 | Hell's Bells | 6.16 | Rebecca Rand Kirshner | David Solomon | 66.77 |
99 | Him | 7.06 | Drew Z. Greenberg | Michael Gershman | 66.71 |
100 | Buffy vs. Dracula | 5.01 | Marti Noxon | David Solomon | 66.53 |
101 | The Weight of the World | 5.21 | Douglas Petrie | David Solomon | 66.47 |
102 | The Initiative | 4.07 | Douglas Petrie | James A. Contner | 66.18 |
103 | Never Leave Me | 7.09 | Drew Goddard | David Solomon | 66.16 |
104 | Superstar | 4.17 | Jane Espenson | David Grossman | 66.01 |
105 | Bring on the Night | 7.10 | Marti Noxon and Douglas Petrie | David Grossman | 65.89 |
106 | Older and Faraway | 6.14 | Drew Z. Greenberg | Michael Gershman | 65.87 |
107 | Real Me | 5.02 | David Fury | David Grossman | 65.71 |
108 | Into the Woods | 5.10 | Marti Noxon | Marti Noxon | 65.27 |
109 | Sleeper | 7.08 | David Fury and Jane Espenson | Alan J. Levi | 65.17 |
110 | Potential | 7.12 | Rebecca Rand Kirshner | James A. Contner | 65.17 |
111 | Get It Done | 7.15 | Douglas Petrie | Douglas Petrie | 64.98 |
112 | Gone | 6.11 | David Fury | David Fury | 64.93 |
113 | The Dark Age | 2.08 | Dean Batali & Rob Des Hotel | Bruce Seth Green | 64.77 |
114 | Killed by Death | 2.18 | Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali | Deran Sarafian | 64.62 |
115 | Gingerbread | 3.11 | Jane Espenson | James Whitmore Jr. | 64.34 |
116 | I Was Made to Love You | 5.15 | Jane Espenson | James A. Contner | 64.19 |
117 | Living Conditions | 4.02 | Marti Noxon | David Grossman | 64.11 |
118 | The I in Team | 4.13 | David Fury | James A. Contner | 63.97 |
119 | The Killer in Me | 7.13 | Drew Z. Greenberg | David Solomon | 63.86 |
120 | Doomed | 4.11 | Marti Noxon, David Fury, and Jane Espenson | James A. Contner | 63.85 |
121 | Out of My Mind | 5.04 | Rebecca Rand Kirshner | David Grossman | 63.77 |
122 | Never Kill a Boy on the First Date | 1.05 | Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali | David Semel | 63.53 |
123 | Flooded | 6.04 | Douglas Petrie and Jane Espenson | Douglas Petrie | 63.26 |
124 | Beauty & the Beasts | 3.04 | Marti Noxon | James Whitmore Jr. | 63.25 |
125 | Empty Places | 7.19 | Drew Z. Greenberg | James A. Contner | 63.15 |
126 | First Date | 7.14 | Jane Espenson | David Grossman | 63.04 |
127 | Ted | 2.11 | David Greenwalt and Joss Whedon | Bruce Seth Green | 62.72 |
128 | Wrecked | 6.10 | Marti Noxon | David Solomon | 62.63 |
129 | Shadow | 5.08 | David Fury | Daniel Attias | 62.35 |
130 | Goodbye Iowa | 4.14 | Marti Noxon | David Solomon | 62.26 |
131 | All the Way | 6.06 | Steven S. DeKnight | David Solomon | 61.62 |
132 | Listening to Fear | 5.09 | Rebecca Rand Kirshner | David Solomon | 61.29 |
133 | Dead Man's Party | 3.02 | Marti Noxon | James Whitmore Jr. | 60.90 |
134 | As You Were | 6.15 | Douglas Petrie | Douglas Petrie | 60.54 |
135 | Reptile Boy | 2.05 | David Greenwalt | David Greenwalt | 60.16 |
136 | Some Assembly Required | 2.02 | Ty King | Bruce Seth Green | 59.27 |
137 | Inca Mummy Girl | 2.04 | Matt Kiene & Joe Reinkemeyer | Ellen S. Pressman | 58.72 |
138 | Go Fish | 2.20 | David Fury and Elin Hampton | David Semel | 58.21 |
139 | Beer Bad | 4.05 | Tracey Forbes | David Solomon | 57.78 |
140 | Bad Eggs | 2.12 | Marti Noxon | David Greenwalt | 57.37 |
141 | Teacher's Pet | 1.04 | David Greenwalt | Bruce Seth Green | 57.26 |
142 | Where the Wild Things Are | 4.18 | Tracey Forbes | David Solomon | 56.61 |
143 | I Robot... You Jane | 1.08 | Ashley Gable & Thomas A. Swyden | Stephen L. Posey | 55.38 |
144 | Doublemeat Palace | 6.12 | Jane Espenson | Nick Marck | 53.93 |