The BEST seasons of The Walking Dead
Every season of The Walking Dead ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of The Walking Dead!
The world we knew is gone. An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a matter of months society has crumbled. In a world ruled by the dead, we are forced to finally start living.
#1 - Season 1
First Aired 11/1/2010
Rick Grimes wakes up from a coma to a world overrun by zombies, on a journey to find his family he must learn to survive the streets of post-apocalyptic Atlanta.
#2 - Season 3
First Aired 10/15/2012
Having seemingly found a place of security, the group are faced with an unprecedented new threat.
#3 - Season 2
First Aired 10/17/2011
Under Rick's leadership, the group leave Atlanta in search of sanctuary.
#4 - Season 5
First Aired 10/13/2014
After the season 4 finale left most of the main characters at the mercy of the sadistic inhabitants of Terminus. Season 5 will offer new directions for the group of survivors as scientist Eugene Porter promises a cure to the zombie virus if he can be safely escorted to Washington DC, but getting there is easier said than done.
#5 - Season 4
First Aired 10/14/2013
As the group settle into life in a stable shelter, a new danger threatens disaster.
#6 - Season 6
First Aired 10/12/2015
Rick attempts to use his authority in Alexandria to keep the inhabitants safe, even as a new threat looms.
#7 - Season 9
First Aired 10/8/2018
With the defeat of Negan and the Saviors, the survivors are now rebuilding civilisation under Rick’s leadership. However, the group are forced to face their biggest threat yet as the walkers around them have started whispering.
#8 - Season 7
First Aired 10/24/2016
Rick and his group's world becomes even more brutal due to Negan's deadly example of what happens if they don't live under his rules. Everyone must begin again.
#9 - Season 11
First Aired 8/23/2021
All who live in Alexandria struggle to refortify it and feed its increasing number of residents, which include the survivors from the fall of the Kingdom and the burning of Hilltop; along with Maggie and her new group, the Wardens. Alexandria has more people than it can manage to feed and protect. Their situation is dire as tensions heat up over past events and self-preservation rises to the surface within the ravaged walls. They must secure more food while they attempt to restore Alexandria before it collapses like countless other communities they have come across throughout the years. But where and how? More haggard and hungrier than ever before, they must dig deeper to find the effort and strength to safeguard the lives of their children, even if it means losing their own. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to those at Alexandria, Eugene, Ezekiel, Yumiko, and Princess are still being held captive by mysterious soldiers who are members of a larger and unforthcoming group.
#10 - Season 10
First Aired 10/7/2019
It is now Spring, a few months after the end of Season 9, when our group of survivors dared to cross into Whisperer territory during the harsh winter. The collected communities are still dealing with the after effects of Alpha’s horrific display of power, reluctantly respecting the new borderlines being imposed on them, all while organizing themselves into a militia-style fighting force, preparing for a battle that may be unavoidable. But the Whisperers are a threat unlike any they have ever faced. Backed by a massive horde of the dead it is seemingly a fight they cannot win.
#11 - Season 8
First Aired 10/23/2017
Rick and his survivors bring "All-Out War" to Negan and his forces. The Saviors are larger, better-equipped, and ruthless - but Rick and the unified communities are fighting for the promise of a brighter future. The battle lines are drawn as they launch into a kinetic, action-packed offensive.