The BEST episodes of Top Shot

Every episode of Top Shot ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Top Shot!

Sixteen skilled marksmen compete for the title and a $100,000 prize package in this first-ever competition series from History. Each week one contestant is eliminated as they face both individual and team challenges that involve not only modern-day firearms but muzzle-loading muskets, throwing knives and slingshots. Special high-speed, high-definition cameras capture the action for a slow-motion replay.

Last Updated: 1/28/2024Network: HistoryStatus: Ended
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A Game of Horse
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8.64
157 votes

#1 - A Game of Horse

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 8/21/2013

In a blast from the past, marksmen fire the Browning M1919 from a rolling Army Half-track. Competitors call the shots in a game of horse, where one all-star fails to keep pace and is sent packing.

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Familiar Foes
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8.53
168 votes

#2 - Familiar Foes

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/24/2013

Split into squads of three, the nine remaining competitors face the most extreme and exciting trick shots of seasons past. Their talents are put to the test as they open capped bottles, blow cotton swabs to bits, and knock soda cans out of the air. Transported to the battlefields of yore, two players on the verge of elimination must successfully man Hotchkiss Cannons or be sent home.

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Stacked
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8.43
75 votes

#3 - Stacked

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/4/2011

The individual stage of the competition kicks off with the highly accurate McMillan TAC-50 Sniper Rifle. Taking aim at targets 500 yards downrange, one marksman has a meltdown and struggles to complete the individual challenge. In the elimination, it's all on the line for two competitors as they duke it out with a notorious WWII handgun.

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Zip or Ship
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8.39
166 votes

#4 - Zip or Ship

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/14/2013

In the most daunting challenge to date, marksmen are strapped to a mechanical arm and sent soaring with the SP89. While rotating in a large circle they must shoot out a series of targets or face elimination. Two competitors zoom down a zip line course, putting their recoil management and rapid transitioning skills to the test.

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The Mile Shot
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8.34
196 votes

#5 - The Mile Shot

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/10/2013

Long-range sniper shots are a Top Shot staple, but a challenge of this magnitude has yet to be seen. Marksmen are put to the test with the Barrett M-Rad. But the wind sends their bullets astray and two flunk out, forced to face elimination. Credited with killing off the Wooly Mammoth, the prehistoric Atlatl will lead one competitor's future to extinction.

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Season Finale
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8.28
104 votes

#6 - Season Finale

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/15/2010

The final four contestants compete to determine the winner of the $100,000 prize.

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Thread the Needle
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8.22
161 votes

#7 - Thread the Needle

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/17/2013

A returning challenge receives a daring makeover, literally throwing contestants for a loop. The spin of a wheel determines their bodies' angle as they aim with the Rutgers Security Six Revolver. But two veteran marksmen do not deliver, sending them to the elimination round where they must cleanly fire a bullet through a narrow tube. Failing to shoot on the straight and narrow will unseat one and preserve his opponent for another day.

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Crank Trigger
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8.19
190 votes

#8 - Crank Trigger

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/19/2013

In a challenge best suited for a British battlefield in the Middle Ages, contestants test their skills with the Black Widow Long Bow. But as they fire arrows toward targets set up like ski-ball, the marksmen realize the challenge is more than they bargained for. Two confront the prospect of elimination and must adapt to the revolutionary Gatling Gun to stay in the game.

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Shooting Dice
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8.17
220 votes

#9 - Shooting Dice

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/26/2013

The fate of twelve rests on a roll of the dice. The competitors break into squads for a fierce side-by-side shoot out with the 1875 Remington Pistol. But fortune doesn't favor two, who must fire against the clock with the Ruger 1022 Rifle in an old-fashioned shooting gallery challenge. One will fall short and one will continue on to battle it out for the ultimate prize.

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Big Boom
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8.15
196 votes

#10 - Big Boom

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/31/2013

With the half the competition eliminated, the remaining eight marksmen continue to vie for the top spot. In a season first, competitors blast clay birds mid flight with Benelli Shotguns. In the elimination challenge, the cross bow pits two competitors against each other. But this season there's an All Star twist and contestants have to put up or be shut down–permanently.

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The Longest Shot
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8.05
76 votes

#11 - The Longest Shot

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/10/2012

Shooters reach the individual stage of the competition and immediately face an incredible challenge with the Accuracy International AWM Sniper Rifle--taking the longest shot in Top Shot history. Top Shot veterans Kelly Bachand and George Reinas return and get in on the action.

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Last Man Standing
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8.04
127 votes

#12 - Last Man Standing

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/28/2013

The final four must crawl through a tunnel, dodge barbed wire, and slither through mud with an AK-47. With the title of Top Shot All-Stars at stake, various weapons from the season test the speed and precision of the last two competitors in this fast-paced showdown.

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Blast From the Past
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7.99
77 votes

#13 - Blast From the Past

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/20/2012

A mighty 3.2 inch bag gun cannon forces each team to work together; a heated grudge match pits two shooters against each other using the fast-flying prehistoric atlatl throwing dart.

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Crossbow Crossfire
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7.97
79 votes

#14 - Crossbow Crossfire

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/6/2012

As the field of marksmen narrows, one team holds an urgent meeting in an attempt to reconcile their differences. The team challenge features an ultra-modern, high-power crossbow that fires bolts at a stunning 350 feet per second. In the aftermath of a nail-biting archery duel, the elimination challenge is a fight to the finish with what many consider the "Perfect Pistol."

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Trick Shot Showdown
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7.94
49 votes

#15 - Trick Shot Showdown

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/25/2010

The contestants face off at legendary trick shots including shooting backwards with a mirror, hammering nails into a board with bullets and throwing multiple targets in the air to shoot.

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Sweating Bullets
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7.92
60 votes

#16 - Sweating Bullets

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/14/2012

Season Four begins with the biggest twist in Top Shot history: two competitors are sent packing immediately after a surprise shoot-off in the opening minutes of the first episode. Later, two shooters get a taste of WWII combat as they fire an M1 Carbine from a motorcycle sidecar and attempt to stay in the game. Colby Donaldson returns as host.

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Pick Your Poison
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7.86
168 votes

#17 - Pick Your Poison

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/12/2013

Fourteen remaining marksmen face an old challenge with a new twist. Players must pick a rival to shoot against in a head to head, high-speed showdown featuring the Sig Sauer P229. However, when two buddies head to the elimination round, friendships are put to the test. Nothing short of perfection will allow them to edge out their competition and guarantee their futures.

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Tricks of the Trade
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7.82
205 votes

#18 - Tricks of the Trade

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/5/2013

For the first time in Top Shot history, trick shots will determine who stays and who goes. Reminiscent of a Wild West Show, three teams of five perform the Annie Oakley shot; knock back bowling pins, and shoot pipes out of mannequins' mouths. Showy shots challenge two marksmen sent to elimination, where only one will progress while the other is sent packing.

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Best of the Best
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7.71
206 votes

#19 - Best of the Best

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/29/2013

Many have fallen short of the title; now sixteen All-Stars compete to become the next Top Shot. In the first challenge, marksmen climb ropes to fire the SVT 40, shimmy up a pole to shoot the Larue Tactical OBR and balance on an unstable platform with the FAL ISS. Two face elimination, where the fierce M32 Grenade Launcher threatens to knock a player out of the running.

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Have Machine Gun Will Travel
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7.71
80 votes

#20 - Have Machine Gun Will Travel

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/24/2012

Armed with a belt fed Browning 1919 machine gun mounted on an authentic World War II half track, shooters blast their way through an explosive individual challenge. After coming up short, two competitors are selected to compete for the right to stay in the game. An unconventional elimination challenge tests marksmanship, strength and memorization. Only one will have what it takes to land the last spot in the final four.

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Shoot or Be Shot
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7.71
107 votes

#21 - Shoot or Be Shot

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/15/2011

For the first time on Top Shot, contestants will be able to shoot ... each other! Using prohibition era weapons, teams will have to hit their targets, all while the other team tries to shoot them with paintball guns. In the elimination challenge, two contestants face off with the iconic "Tommy Gun".

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SWAT Throwdown
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7.68
74 votes

#22 - SWAT Throwdown

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/17/2012

The competition features two challenges inspired by real life SWAT team scenarios. A physically demanding individual challenge leaves three shooters exposed for nomination. And, in an extreme elimination showdown, competitors race the clock as they breach doors with the Mossberg 500 Chainsaw Shotgun to take out targets with the FN FS2000 assault rifle.

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The Shortest Fuse
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7.60
75 votes

#23 - The Shortest Fuse

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/8/2010

The teams dissolve, as everyone competes for him or herself, and three people are ultimately sent home; In the first of two surprise challenges, everyone has to shoot a lit fuse sending the shortest fuse home.

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Trick Shot Shoot Off
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7.56
79 votes

#24 - Trick Shot Shoot Off

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/27/2012

Contestants take aim at bowling pins, bottle openers and other specialty targets in an episode full of dazzling trick shots. One team's quarreling over strategy translates to a poor performance at the team challenge. And after a controversial nomination range, two shooters must go head to head to avoid elimination.

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Wild, Wild West
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7.56
54 votes

#25 - Wild, Wild West

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/18/2010

Targets fly in an extreme shooting gallery; halfway through the competition a rule change forces contestants to start evaluating their own teammates.

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