The BEST episodes of Running Man season 2025
Every episode of Running Man season 2025, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Running Man season 2025!
Teams of celebrities scramble to complete various challenges around well-known locations in South Korea's long-running variety show.
#1 - Resolve to Part Ways with 2024
Season 2025 - Episode 734 - Aired 1/5/2025
On today's Running Man, under the theme of "Decision to Leave 2024," actor Kang Hoon returns after five months as the cast shares items they want to leave behind from 2024. Haha blames snacks for his weight struggles, Ye Eun jokes about her scale and weight, Jae Seok reminisces about an old belt from the 2000s, and Jong Kook vents about a broken electric bike.
#2 - The Year 2025
Season 2025 - Episode 735 - Aired 1/12/2025
It's the Lucky 2025 race, and the cast goes against the ghost leg game to determine their fates. If they land on Snake, they will perform a task to spread the luck of the Year of the Snake. If they land on Pass, they get a comfortable ride to the next mission. Each mission allows them to change their fates by adding extra legs determined by their finishing position. Let's find out who has the most luck!
#3 - Team Kill Not Sorry
Season 2025 - Episode 736 - Aired 1/19/2025
Actor Choi Daniel and long-time friend Actress Jeon So Min join the cast along with Athletes Park Hye Jeong and Kim Ha Yoon in this week's Sorry for Teamkilling Race, a two-team deathmatch with MC Yu, who has the power to determine the penalty takers. According to a vote after each mission, the member with the most votes will get added penalty balloons, in which MC Yu will throw darts to expose the name behind at the end of the race. The penalty is the dreaded cold-water bomb, and the non-penalty takers go home with a nice prize.
#4 - Wonderful Value for Money 3
Season 2025 - Episode 737 - Aired 1/26/2025
Celebrating the Lunar New Year, the cast races for cards that spell out "Blue Snake" in either Korean or Chinese while enjoying cost-effective courses of food and merchandise. It's a team race, and they will get chances to exchange cards only if they win missions by guessing the mind-blowingly cheap prices offered at each venue. How low will prices go, and who will go home with a prize?
#5 - The Person Who Laughs in Paradise
Season 2025 - Episode 738 - Aired 2/2/2025
Lee Seok Hoon, Kyu Hyun, and Park Eun Tae, musical Actors from "The Man Who Laughs," join the cast in this week's The Man Who Laughs in Paradise Race. To emphasize a key line from the play, where the rich enjoy paradise at the suffering of the poor, they will race for tickets to determine their wealth won through missions throughout the race. The number of tickets will allow them to enjoy Paradise or suffer in the Inferno.
#6 - The Chaotic Life of Slaves
Season 2025 - Episode 739 - Aired 2/9/2025
The cast dresses up as slaves this week, and if they fulfill their master's errands, they can go home early without facing the penalty. However, since the slaves cannot read, they will decipher clues, succeed in missions, and work to arrive at their destination to carry out the errands on time in this history-themed race. Where will their master send them, and will they even get to eat?
#7 - The Don't Go Family
Season 2025 - Episode 740 - Aired 2/16/2025
Rising star Joo Jong Hyuk and Kim Si Eun, the famous number 95 of the "Squid Game," are here as this week's guests for the family lookalike-themed Family in Joy and Sorrow Race. Three family teams of lookalikes will compete in missions to withdraw money from the other families' accounts. The family with the most money at the end of the race will win a prize, and the lowest amount will face a penalty. Who will face the penalty?
#8 - SOS Critical Cleanup Zone
Season 2025 - Episode 741 - Aired 2/23/2025
Last week's tip given by the cast sets the stage for this week's SOS Heavy Cleaning Zone Race at Kim Jong Kook's house! They are off to his house to see if what they said is true and try to find a means of bringing it up to living standards. Luckily, it's not all trash. Surprisingly, it's a treasure trove of goods, and the items will be up for grabs through missions for the members to take home. In return, Jong Kook gets a chance at winning a big prize. Will they succeed in turning his house around?
#9 - My Perfect Consumption
Season 2025 - Episode 742 - Aired 3/2/2025
Choi Daniel and Kim Ah Young join the cast in this week's My Perfect Spending Race to try and revive the economy. They get a whopping three thousand dollars to spend as their allowance, which is a first-ever. However, if they don't spend all the money at the location of their missions, it gets added to the penalty balance. The higher their penalty balance, the more members will face the penalty. How much money will they spend?
#10 - 2025 Running Cup Championship
Season 2025 - Episode 743 - Aired 3/9/2025
Heo Kyeong Hwan and national short-track speed skating gold medalists Park Ji Won and Jang Sung Woo join the cast in the 2025 Running Cup Championship Race. Sponsorship is key to winning the race, and there are plenty to choose from. However, only some have high-star ratings, and only some provide race perks. The more stars the team collects, the higher the chance to win the race. Which team will get the sponsorship to win?
#11 - Going Up the TV Rating Notice
Season 2025 - Episode 744 - Aired 3/16/2025
Get ready for a fresh twist on Running Man's TV rating notice for 2025! The cast heads to the mountains to capture a stunning spring view this year, but the journey to the perfect shot won't be as picturesque. Their stamina will wane, their egos will bruise, and tempers will flare as they battle missions to shorten their climb. Struggling in less-than-ideal hiking gear, the members face grueling terrain, pushing their physical and mental limits. Let's see if they make it to the top.
#12 - Recharge After Work
Season 2025 - Episode 745 - Aired 3/23/2025
Eun Chae and Sakura from LE SSERAFIM join the cast as special guests for The Going Home in Order of Charging Race. The goal? Leave work on time, but there's a catch. Their phones are dead, and the only way to charge them is to win challenges. Making the final call to the boss lets them clock out, and the last team to succeed faces dreaded overtime. With outdated phones, tangled chargers, and high-stakes missions, will the phones power up for them so they can escape the office on time?
#13 - How a Giant Snake Becomes a Dragon
Season 2025 - Episode 746 - Aired 3/30/2025
This week on Yimugi Becomes a Dragon Race, BTOB's Yuk Seong Jae and WJSN's Kim Ji Yeon join as special guests. Across Seoul, magical pearls of various ranks, sizes, and shapes, lost by nine yimugis, are scattered, waiting to be found. In teams of two, they must track down and collect these pearls to amass the highest magic pearl level and claim victory. But teamwork alone won't be enough. Each person must also secure a pearl for themselves to escape the penalty.
#14 - He Said We're New Family
Season 2025 - Episode 747 - Aired 4/6/2025
The Running Man cast welcomes Choi Daniel to the family as a rented member in this week's Let There Be a New Family Race. The cast scrambles to get the welcome celebrations in order and even gives him a surprise visit. Little does he know a hidden mission in the visit will determine the race's budget and how the race will pan out. What events and hidden missions will Daniel encounter?
#15 - Determination to Drive
Season 2025 - Episode 748 - Aired 4/13/2025
Ye Eun gets behind the wheel to turn her novice driving skills into expert ones. After a gauntlet of driving lessons thrown by Jae Seok, Jong Kook, and Daniel, her mission is to pick up the other remaining members scattered about the city. Will Ye Eun make it through the journey as she navigates the streets with unrelenting backseat drivers driving her mad? Let's find out!
#16 - Merchant Chronicles: You Have to Earn to Live
Season 2025 - Episode 749 - Aired 4/20/2025
The Running Man Selling Association gathers for a chance to make a fortune in this week's Merchant Chronicles, You Must Make Money to Survive Race. The production crew has made a request to the association for items they require, and it's up to the members to find them, buy them, and sell them through an auction. They split into two teams, and whichever team makes the most profit will win the prize and gain a higher chance of escaping the penalty. Who will make the most profit?