The BEST episodes of Gold Rush
Every episode of Gold Rush ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Gold Rush!
Teams of miners face various obstacles and overcome several challenges as they dig for gold in the lesser-known regions across Canada and the United States.
#1 - Millions in Gold
Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/6/2015
Parker faces mutiny, the Hoffmans get the largest dozer in the Klondike and Tony takes one last shot at getting his dredge mining for gold.
#2 - New Blood
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/17/2014
Returning for Season 5 is Parker, who proved himself in his rookie season mining the Klondike when he brought in over 1,000 ounces of gold worth $1.4 million. This time around, he's set a lofty goal to double his take. Todd is also back after hitting rock bottom in the jungles of Guyana, South America, where he lost his land, most of his money, and ultimately his crew. Finally, Tony aka "The Viking," and his team return after buying a $1 million, 75-year-old floating gold dredge he hopes will be his ticket to wealth.
#4 - Gold Road
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/23/2015
Logan has an accident with the rock truck; the Hoffman crew aims for a huge weigh-in.
#5 - Klondike Shoot-Out
Season 16 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/1/2026
Parker Battles Tony in an intense showdown for the year's top gold haul. Rick grinds at Lightning Creek and expands his operation to save his season.
#6 - Goldzilla
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/28/2014
Todd needs a down payment for a big purchase; Parker buys new equipment.
#7 - Hundreds of Ounces
Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/27/2015
The Hoffman crew tries to reach their season goal; Tony tries to run the gold dredge.
#8 - Parker's Accident
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/2/2015
Parker's car is totaled in a head-on collision; rock trucks go head-to-head on a dangerous road.
#9 - Colossal Clean Up
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/12/2014
The Hoffmans overcome a lack of water to get a monster clean up. Tony finally gets his dredge on the way to its new home in Eureka Creek. Parker gets the biggest gold clean up in Gold Rush history.
#10 - Frozen Gold
Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/20/2015
Parker Schnabel and his crew must move mountains of overburden to get down to the paydirt at Scribner Creek.
#11 - Rick's Mess
Season 16 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/13/2026
Rick's shaken by his find at the bottom of Valhalla. Tony bears down on his 6,500-ounce goal. Parker taps Brennan for a big job at the Golden Mile.
#12 - Go Big or Go Home
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/28/2014
Parker Schnabel refuses to give up. He's not satisfied with his gold total and is dead set on bringing home big gold to his beloved grandfather. Nothing is going to stop him, not even the Klondike winter.
#13 - Gold Blooded
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/5/2014
Parker goes for his best clean-up so far; Tony attempts to rip the trommel out of his gold dredge.
#14 - Blood, Sweat, and Gold
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/16/2015
As a new mining season begins, Parker gets off to a disastrous start when he loses key crew and Tony orders him off his claim. Todd sets a massive goal for the season and Tony reveals big plans to expand his operation.
#15 - The $160 Million Gamble
Season 14 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2023
Parker weighs betting everything on a new claim that could pay out upward of $160 million; Rick Ness reemerges after going MIA; one family member's decision rattles the Beets; Tony gets long-awaited news.
#16 - From the Ashes
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/24/2014
Todd gets his washplant stuck in a river, Tony nearly crushes his son beneath a conveyor, and Parker is forced to mine a swamp.
#17 - Endgame
Season 11 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/19/2021
In the final days of the season, Parker's record-breaking season rides on an unproven wash plant. Rick redirects a river to hit big gold. Tony returns to the old timer's honey hole. Fred scrambles for a future.
#18 - Winter's Reckoning
Season 14 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/1/2024
Tony calls his son Kevin to help fire up nearly every plant he can, including Dredge #1. Parker squeezes every ounce of gold out of his Dominion Creek claim. Rick battles freezing equipment in his final bid for a comeback.
#19 - Musical Washplants
Season 16 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/10/2026
Parker brings Sluicifer out of retirement for a big week. Rick prays that Vegas Valley still pays out big. Kevin staffs up for the final push.
#21 - Piles of Gold
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/16/2015
Todd and Dave butt heads over how to mine, but end up with the biggest reward they've seen all season. Tony and Parker go to war over bedrock gold and Minnie Beets steals Tony's dredge crew to work their family mine.
#22 - Cursed Cut
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/21/2014
Dave and Todd disagree about how to mine frozen ground; Tony's daughter lands in a bad situation.
#23 - Rogue Miner
Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/30/2015
Todd and Dave get a pair of dozers stuck in deep mud while trying to open a new cut. Parker breaks an excavator as his crew struggles with frozen ground and Tony's mad rush to get his dredge finished ends up costing him big time.
#24 - Wagers and Wars
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/13/2017
Todd and Parker go head to head in a $100k bet over who will mine the most gold this season. Tony sets sail up the Yukon River to revive his second monster dredge and Parker makes a deal on new ground that leads to a dramatic showdown with Tony.
#25 - Grandpa John
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/19/2014
The life of John Schnabel from the Kansas dustbowl, to a career on an Alaskan gold mine.