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.

Last Updated: 3/16/2023Network:Paramount+
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Season 2
star
8.56
249 votes

#1 - Season 2

First Aired 9/20/2006

Season 4
star
8.50
214 votes

#2 - Season 4

First Aired 9/24/2008

Season 3
star
8.49
222 votes

#3 - Season 3

First Aired 9/26/2007

Season 1
star
8.40
313 votes

#4 - Season 1

First Aired 9/22/2005

Season 5
star
8.39
189 votes

#5 - Season 5

First Aired 9/23/2009

Season 6
star
8.33
185 votes

#6 - Season 6

First Aired 9/22/2010

Season 7
star
8.30
182 votes

#7 - Season 7

First Aired 9/21/2011

Season 8
star
8.25
169 votes

#8 - Season 8

First Aired 9/26/2012

Season 9
star
8.24
161 votes

#9 - Season 9

First Aired 9/25/2013

Season 10
star
8.17
155 votes

#10 - Season 10

First Aired 10/1/2014

Season 11
star
8.12
147 votes

#11 - Season 11

First Aired 9/30/2015

Season 13
star
8.04
89 votes

#12 - Season 13

First Aired 9/27/2017

Evolution
star
8.00
39 votes

#13 - Evolution

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.

Season 14
star
7.99
92 votes

#14 - Season 14

First Aired 10/3/2018

Season 12
star
7.94
127 votes

#15 - Season 12

First Aired 9/28/2016

Season 15
star
7.71
85 votes

#16 - Season 15

First Aired 1/8/2020