The BEST seasons of Criminal Minds
Every season of Criminal Minds ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of Criminal Minds!
Special Agents Jason Gideon and Aaron Hotchner head up the FBI's most elite profiling team, the Behavioral Analysis Unit, the experts in analyzing criminal psychology. With each mind-blowing case, they put their lives on the line as they travel the country, matching wits with the most ruthless criminals on Earth.
#1 - Season 2
First Aired 9/20/2006
#2 - Season 18
First Aired 5/8/2025
The new season picks up six months after fellow inmates attacked the notorious Sicarius Killer, Elias Voit, leading his restless followers on the dark web to begin wreaking havoc all over the country. In order to stop this nefarious group from killing more innocents, the BAU is forced to work alongside an increasingly unpredictable Voit, who of course has his own agenda.
#3 - Season 4
First Aired 9/24/2008
#4 - Season 3
First Aired 9/26/2007
#5 - Season 1
First Aired 9/22/2005
#6 - Season 5
First Aired 9/23/2009
#7 - Season 7
First Aired 9/21/2011
#8 - Season 9
First Aired 9/25/2013
#9 - Season 6
First Aired 9/22/2010
#10 - Season 8
First Aired 9/26/2012
#11 - Season 10
First Aired 10/1/2014
#12 - Season 11
First Aired 9/30/2015
#13 - Season 12
First Aired 9/28/2016
#14 - Season 13
First Aired 9/27/2017
#15 - Season 16
First Aired 11/24/2022
The FBI's elite team of criminal profilers come up against their greatest threat yet, an UnSub who has used the pandemic to build a network of other serial killers. As the world opens back up and the network goes operational, the team must hunt them down, one murder at a time.
#16 - Season 14
First Aired 10/3/2018
#17 - Season 15
First Aired 1/8/2020
#18 - Season 17
First Aired 6/6/2024
Evolution season 2 picks up as the FBI's elite team of profilers investigates the deadly mystery of Gold Star. As the conspiracy unfolds, the Behavioral Analysis Unit is met with an unexpected complication when serial killer Elias Voit negotiates a deal that transfers him to federal custody in the BAU's own backyard. The team faces its biggest threat yet and cannot emerge unscathed from the mind-bending consequences.