The BEST episodes of Running Man
Every episode of Running Man ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Running Man!
Teams of celebrities scramble to complete various challenges around well-known locations in South Korea's long-running variety show.
#1 - Mysterious Animal Farm (2) / SBS Ghost Stories (1)
Season 2019 - Episode 477 - Aired 11/17/2019
The Mysterious Animal Farm Race continues. With only a vague hint about the two forbidden animals hidden among them, teams struggle to pinpoint who the two could be. It turns out they got entirely misled and need to work together to sort things out. However, Jae Seok's detective instants pick up a rather important detail staring right at his face. What could it be?
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#2 - The Missing Emergency Fund Race (Find the Father)
Season 2019 - Episode 464 - Aired 8/18/2019
In this week's race, members play for hints and run to figure out the identities of the father, who had run off with 6,000 dollars of the family's emergency money, and the stranger, who is after that money. It's a race for an individual's glory with vague clues, harsh penalties, confusing suspicions, and a heartfelt metaphor. Will the children be able to stop their father from getting away?
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#3 - Theft of Comedians Guild Fees
Season 2021 - Episode 565 - Aired 8/8/2021
The fees collected for the Comedian Association have been stolen by the prime suspect, a person whom members are very close to. And now it’s the responsibility of the remaining members to make up for the missing amount. The members are divided into groups according to their seniority as Lee Yong Jin, today’s special guest and Se Chan’s colleague, joins the race. To avoid the penalty and make up for the missing amount, the members must clear the missions.
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#4 - The Dignity of the Grand Award Race
Season 2021 - Episode 547 - Aired 3/21/2021
Two of the Running Man members, Jae Seok and Jong Kook, are Grand Award winners in the end-of-year entertainment awards. The members divide into Team Yu Grand Award and Team Kim Grand Award and compete for points. Only the winner gets to be exempt from the penalty. Who will be the three unlucky members to get the penalty?
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#5 - Running Dynasty Records: The Appearance of The Evil Spirit
Season 2021 - Episode 546 - Aired 3/14/2021
In this week’s episode, the four actors of the new drama “Joseon Exorcist” join the Running Man members for the Running Dynasty Records Race. There are two evil spirits who hide among the humans. They are divided into one king and three teams of nobles, eunuchs, and slaves. They must find who the evil spirits are in order to defeat them. Stay tuned to see if they succeed!
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#6 - It's Time to Find the Gold Race
Season 2021 - Episode 545 - Aired 3/7/2021
Continuing from last week’s episode, everyone gathers to celebrate Seok Jin’s birthday. They get a letter saying that there is gold hidden somewhere in Running Village. Seok Jin gets to choose two members to join his team and the others compete as individual players. The winners get to choose two people who will get the penalty. Stay tuned to see who they are!
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#7 - 2021 Running Man Neighborhood Athletic Meet with "The Penthouse"
Season 2021 - Episode 542 - Aired 2/14/2021
For the last day of the Lunar New Year holidays, the three actors of The Penthouse, Park Eun Seok, Yoon Jong Hun, and Ha Do Kwon, visit Running Man. They join the show for 2021 Running Man Neighborhood Athletic Meet where they compete to gather more trophy stamps in their stamp books. Stay tuned to see what kind of funny penalty the staff has come up with!
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#8 - Uneasy Sisters: My Little Old Brother
Season 2021 - Episode 540 - Aired 1/31/2021
This week, three charismatic actresses join the Running Man members to divide into three groups of siblings. Each family must compete for an allowance which the big sister distributes to the younger siblings. However, the final penalty is decided by how much money each individual has, leading to a game of wits even within the family. Stay tuned to see who must carry out the penalty.
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#9 - Catch the Stars Among Free Agents, Stars' Contract War Race
Season 2021 - Episode 548 - Aired 3/28/2021
This week, four of the Running Man members become CEOs of new entertainment agencies. First, they must sign contracts with the artists they want to work with. With Jessi and Jang Woo Young joining the contract war, things get quite competitive. This time, two CEOs and two artists will get the penalty. Stay tuned to find out who they are.
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#10 - Best Friend Special Friendship Race: The 1st Friendship Awards
Season 2020 - Episode 532 - Aired 12/6/2020
This week, Running Man gets ready for the year-end awards ceremony and kick-off today with their Friendship Award race. Each member gets assigned a best friend, and their chemistry will determine who goes home with a prize and who faces the penalty. Guests Cha Tae Hyun, Lee Mi Joo, Yang Dong Geun, Jang Dong Min, Huening Kai, and Choi Yeon Jun join the show as best friends.
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#11 - Finding for Old Shops in Seoul: Old Shops Record (2)// Higher Club VS Lower Club: Highly Admired Recruitment! Penthouse (1)
Season 2020 - Episode 530 - Aired 11/22/2020
This week, Running Man continues with the Old Restaurant Race. The years have added up, but ironically, the oldest team member gets an unexpected gift from a rival sympathetic member turning the race into their favor. Next, Running Man welcomes guests Kim So Yeon, Lee Ji Ah, Eugene, and Ha Do Kwon from the show The Penthouse, while Kwang Soo and Ji Hyo serve out their penalty from the Jeju Island Special. They fight once again to gain their way into the penthouse.
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#12 - Penthouse Special II: Tenant War (2)
Season 2020 - Episode 531 - Aired 11/29/2020
This week, the race from last week continues. The guests and members are divided into top class and bottom class where they receive money according to their mission results. Although they’re divided into two classes, it’s an individual race, so they keep an eye on each other to avoid getting betrayed. Who will make it to the penthouse? Stay tuned to find out!
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#13 - SBS Ghost Stories (2)
Season 2019 - Episode 478 - Aired 11/24/2019
This week, GOT7's Jin Young, actresses Choi Ri and Seo Eun Su, and comedian Heo Kyeong Hwan join the show to discover the truth behind a ghost story at a TV station. In the story, a producer gets killed for writing a legendary proposal promising an increase in TV ratings by a rival producer and writer. To avenge his wrongful death, members need to find the legendary proposal before the rival producer and writer.
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#14 - Running Man Quiz for the Ultimate Winner Race
Season 2020 - Episode 501 - Aired 5/3/2020
This week, guests Ha Yeon Ju, Kwak Si Yang, Park Hyo Ju, and Lee Yi Kyung join the show with their extraordinary detective acting skills. The race tests their intelligence and reasoning in an all-out quiz that secretly holds three illegal participants who know all the answers. The top five ranking members will win prizes only if they manage to keep two of the illegals out of the leader's board.
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#15 - Decision! One Hundred (2)
Season 2020 - Episode 492 - Aired 3/1/2020
This week, it's all about their innocence. Actresses Bae Jong Ok and Shin Hae Sun join Running Man to promote their new movie "Innocence." To keep to the theme, they play missions to win themselves free from blame. After each mission, they pick a random bag with an unknown monetary value from either the good or the bad table. The person with the most money left wins the race. Losers face the penalty.
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#16 - Back to the Basics Race, Precious Sisters
Season 2020 - Episode 524 - Aired 10/11/2020
This week, the members participate in the Precious Sisters Race to find their original resolution and to look back on how harshly they've been treating their female members. Ji Hyo and So Min can give bomb badges to any member who treats them badly, and the four members with the most bomb badges will become the candidates to get the penalty. Stay tuned to find out who gets the penalty!
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#17 - 8 People 8 Colours Race: A Lucky Hobby
Season 2020 - Episode 520 - Aired 9/13/2020
This week, the members learn three different types of hobbies and perform them to win the prizes prepared by the staff. They're given lottery tickets as means of winning the prizes at the end. First, they learn to yodel from the masters of yodel. Then they learn how to dance the samba and hula. Finally, they learn to sing a capella. Who will win first place and win the best prize? Stay tuned to find out!
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#18 - Big Liar: The Faceless Robber King
Season 2020 - Episode 526 - Aired 10/25/2020
Lee Je Hoon and Im Won Hee join the show as special guests in a race of betrayal between cops and robbers. All of them have gathered to rob a tomb organized by the chairperson of the Tomb Robbery Association. Among them, two police officers secretly investigate to reveal the chairperson's identity. However, the robbers and officers can betray one another, making the task difficult.
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#19 - Going Home Race, Read the Room
Season 2021 - Episode 557 - Aired 5/30/2021
In this week’s episode, the Running Man members compete against each other to see who can go home the fastest. However, the Read the Room Race isn’t as simple as it seems. With hidden missions that allow the members to earn R coins, they must figure out how they can win the most coins. Stay tuned to see the hidden secret behind this race!
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#20 - What Happened in Anyang?
Season 2019 - Episode 472 - Aired 10/13/2019
This week, Running Man heads to Anyang, Kim Jong Kook's hometown. And for that reason, this race revolves around his favorite spots around town. They split up into chasers and runaways where the runaways have to complete three missions, each at a frequented spot by Jong Kook while the chasers have to figure out where those places might be to catch them. With 3,000 dollars on the line, things get heated as they revisit Jong Kook's fondest spots in Anyang.
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#21 - Goodbye, Our Inseparable Brother
Season 2021 - Episode 559 - Aired 6/13/2021
This week is Kwang Soo’s last episode on Running Man. The members get together for a special send-off race, where they must help Kwang Soo work off his amazingly large prison sentence for all the mischief he caused over the past 11 years. Stay tuned to see the tearful goodbyes and what kind of secret missions the members carried out.
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#22 - We Will Find Spring
Season 2021 - Episode 556 - Aired 5/23/2021
Sung Si Kyung and Lee Yong Jin join Running Man this week as the CEOs of two competing matchmaking companies. The male members join the two CEOs as their employees to search for their clients’ ideal types. So Min and Ji Hyo are the clients who get to decide which company did a better job at finding their ideal partners. Stay tuned to see which team wins!
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#23 - Fate Betting Race: Throw Double or Nothing
Season 2020 - Episode 493 - Aired 3/8/2020
This week, Running Man sticks to staying indoors. But to liven the atmosphere, actor Kang Tae Oh, trot singer Kim Na Hee, Lee Na Eun from April, and Yura from Girl's Day join the cast to race. The men partner up with the woman and compete in a high-risk game of pushing their luck with a great big dice. Will they stay where they sit or go for greater cash rewards?This week, Running Man sticks to staying indoors. But to liven the atmosphere, actor Kang Tae Oh, trot singer Kim Na Hee, Lee Na Eun from April, and Yura from Girl's Day join the cast to race. The men partner up with the woman and compete in a high-risk game of pushing their luck with a great big dice. Will they stay where they sit or go for greater cash rewards?
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#24 - Running Man Investment Contest: Genius Investors Race/Suk-jin's Day: Cash to See You
Season 2021 - Episode 544 - Aired 2/28/2021
The Running Man Investment Contest goes on with Se Chan in the lead. As the members make their investments based on the information they gather and their instincts, it becomes a matter of who will be in last place. After the Investment Contest, the Running Man members get together to celebrate Seok Jin’s birthday and begin a new race.
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#25 - Running Man: Sweet Home
Season 2020 - Episode 533 - Aired 12/13/2020
This week, Lee Si Young, Lee Do Hyun, Song Kang, and Lee Jin Wook, the four leads of the drama “Sweet Home,” join the members for a race called ‘The Apartment You Live In.’ In the race, they have to find a monster hidden among the residents of the Running Apartment in order to avoid getting the penalty. Will they be able to find the monster?
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