Random Team Generator
Random Team Generator
Paste a list of names (one per line, or separated by commas) and choose how many teams to split them into. This shuffles the list randomly, then deals names one at a time into each team in turn, keeping team sizes as even as possible.
Names are fully shuffled before being dealt out, so there's no bias toward whatever order you happened to type them in, and the round-robin dealing (one name at a time to each team in turn) keeps team sizes within one person of each other even when the total doesn't divide evenly. This is the fastest way to split up a group for sports, classroom activities, or office games while avoiding the social friction of picking teams by hand — nobody can argue the assignment was rigged when it's provably random.
- Fully random assignment: names are shuffled before being dealt out, so there's no bias toward the order you typed them in.
- Even team sizes: names are dealt round-robin (one at a time to each team in turn), so team sizes differ by at most one person when the total doesn't divide evenly.
- Great for eliminating bias: random team assignment avoids the perception of favoritism that can come with manually picking teams, especially useful for casual sports, classroom activities, or office games.
What if I have more teams than names?
The number of teams is automatically capped at your name count, since a team with zero members isn't meaningful.
Can I use this for uneven group sizes on purpose (e.g. team captains get an extra pick)?
Not directly — this always deals as evenly as possible; for custom uneven splits, you'd need to run this on a subset of your names first, then handle the remainder separately.
Random Team Generator
Paste a list of names (one per line, or separated by commas) and choose how many teams to split them into. This shuffles the list randomly, then deals names one at a time into each team in turn, keeping team sizes as even as possible.
Names are fully shuffled before being dealt out, so there's no bias toward whatever order you happened to type them in, and the round-robin dealing (one name at a time to each team in turn) keeps team sizes within one person of each other even when the total doesn't divide evenly. This is the fastest way to split up a group for sports, classroom activities, or office games while avoiding the social friction of picking teams by hand — nobody can argue the assignment was rigged when it's provably random.
- Fully random assignment: names are shuffled before being dealt out, so there's no bias toward the order you typed them in.
- Even team sizes: names are dealt round-robin (one at a time to each team in turn), so team sizes differ by at most one person when the total doesn't divide evenly.
- Great for eliminating bias: random team assignment avoids the perception of favoritism that can come with manually picking teams, especially useful for casual sports, classroom activities, or office games.
What if I have more teams than names?
The number of teams is automatically capped at your name count, since a team with zero members isn't meaningful.
Can I use this for uneven group sizes on purpose (e.g. team captains get an extra pick)?
Not directly — this always deals as evenly as possible; for custom uneven splits, you'd need to run this on a subset of your names first, then handle the remainder separately.