The BEST seasons of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Every season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit!
Delves into the dark side of the NYC underworld as the detectives investigate and prosecute various sexually oriented crimes, including rape, pedophilia, domestic violence, and the abuses of children, the disabled, and elderly victims of non-sexual crimes who require specialist handling, all while trying to balance the effects of the investigation on their own lives as they try not to let the dark side of these crimes affect them.
#1 - Season 17
First Aired 9/24/2015
#2 - Season 16
First Aired 9/25/2014
#3 - Season 13
First Aired 9/22/2011
Season 13 dealt with the departure of Detective Elliot Stabler from the Special Victims Unit after a shooting in the squad room.
#4 - Season 15
First Aired 9/26/2013
#5 - Season 18
First Aired 9/22/2016
#6 - Season 3
First Aired 9/29/2001
#7 - The Tenth Year
First Aired 9/23/2008
Stabler confronts his own demons when his daughter is caught with drugs, and Benson follows connections between an abused child and an attack on a woman.
#8 - Season 5
First Aired 9/24/2003
#9 - Season 19
First Aired 9/28/2017
#10 - The Sixth Year
First Aired 9/22/2004
Detectives Benson, Stabler, Fin and Munch face serial killers, self-proclaimed psychics and cult leaders as they investigate crime in New York City.
#11 - Season 14
First Aired 9/27/2012
#12 - The Eleventh Year
First Aired 9/24/2009
A new ADA joins the team, a crime scene photo of a murdered teen goes viral and Stabler tries to prove Benson did not murder a biker.
#13 - The Ninth Year
First Aired 9/26/2007
Guest stars, including Cynthia Nixon, Robin Williams, Method Man, Jared Harris and Melissa Joan Hart, are season highlights.
#14 - Season 1
First Aired 9/21/1999
#15 - Season 12
First Aired 9/23/2010
#16 - Season 21
First Aired 9/27/2019
#17 - The Seventh Year
First Aired 9/21/2005
The unit's gut-wrenching cases include a schoolyard shooting of a child, a shady dating service and a shocking revelation regarding Tutuola's son.
#18 - Season 8
First Aired 9/20/2006
#19 - Season 4
First Aired 9/28/2002
#20 - Season 20
First Aired 9/28/2018
#21 - Season 2
First Aired 10/21/2000
#22 - Season 22
First Aired 11/13/2020
#23 - Season 24
First Aired 9/23/2022
#24 - Season 23
First Aired 9/24/2021
#25 - Season 26
First Aired 10/4/2024
