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The Best Seasons of 60 Minutes

Every season of 60 Minutes ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of 60 Minutes!

Top season
Season 47
8.6avg
Best episode
S44E30 Mike Wallace
8.5106 votes
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#1

Season 47

52 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2014

8.6/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE33 · An Unlikely Informant, The Unknown America, King of Crossfit 8.6
#2

Season 46

51 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2013

8.5/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE12 · Inside the NSA; The Copts 8.5
#3

Season 1

7 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1968

7.8/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE1 · September 24, 1968 8.2

Other Seasons

#4

Season 44

53 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2011

7.7/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE30 · Mike Wallace 8.5
#5

Season 54

56 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2021

7.7/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE1 · 60 Minutes remembers 9.11: The FDNY 8.5
#6

Season 43

51 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2010

7.5/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE30 · Mount Athos/The Billionaire 7.6
#7

Season 50

55 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2017

7.3/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE27 · Students of Stoneman Douglas, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia 7.9
#8

Season 49

23 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2016

7.3/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE15 · Crisis in Chicago, Passports for Sale, The Rum War 7.9
#9

Season 53

51 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2020

7.3/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE29 · 4/4/2021: A Fair Shot, Darren Walker, Survival 6.3
#10

Season 45

48 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2012

7.1/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE3 · The Syrian Civil War; New Program in Texas for War Vets; Daniel Craig & Barbara Broccoli 8.6
#11

Season 56

55 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2023

7.1/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE27 · 4/7/2024: Dr. Kuznetzov; Your Chatbot Will See You Now; The Ring 7.4
#12

Season 52

50 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2019

6.9/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE1 · The Impeachment Inquiry, Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, Great White 7.6
#13

Season 55

54 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2022

6.8/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE6 · 10/23/2022: Dominion, American Prairie, Ina Garten 7.5
#14

Season 51

51 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2018

6.8/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE3 · President Trump, Photo Ark 7.6
#15

Season 48

55 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2015

6.5/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE1 · The Tax Refund Scam, Cleaning up the VA, Foo Fighters 6.5
#16

Season 57

57 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2024

6.0/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE34 · China's Spies; The Future of Warfare; Sounds of Cajun Country 7.4
#17

Season 58

49 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2025

5.7/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE16 · Minneapolis, Inside CECOT, Salties 6.7
#18

Season 59

7 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2026

5.6/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE1 · Shot Down Over Iran; The Pardon Economy; Battering Ram 4.7
#19

Season 37

7 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2004

4.2/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE1 · Wanted: Dead or Alive/The Closer!/O'Reilly 4.2
#20

Season 2

1 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1969

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#21

Season 3

1 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1970

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#22

Season 4

1 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1971

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#23

Season 5

1 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1972

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#24

Season 6

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1974

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#25

Season 7

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jul 2005

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#26

Season 16

1 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1984

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#27

Season 22

1 Episodes

First Aired: Mar 1990

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#28

Season 24

2 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 1992

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#29

Season 25

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jul 1993

N/A/ 10
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#30

Season 26

2 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 1993

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#31

Season 27

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jul 1995

N/A/ 10
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#32

Season 28

2 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1995

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#33

Season 29

2 Episodes

First Aired: Dec 1996

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#34

Season 30

1 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 1998

N/A/ 10
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#35

Season 31

2 Episodes

First Aired: Mar 1999

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#36

Season 33

4 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 2000

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#37

Season 34

12 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2001

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#38

Season 35

3 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2002

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#39

Season 36

10 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2003

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#40

Season 38

6 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2005

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#41

Season 39

3 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2006

N/A/ 10
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#42

Season 40

52 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2007

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#43

Season 41

50 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2008

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#44

Season 42

46 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2009

N/A/ 10
Average Rating

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Top-rated 60 Minutes episodes

  1. #1Mike Wallace S44E308.5
  2. #260 Minutes remembers 9.11: The FDNY S54E18.5
  3. #310/3/2021: The Facebook Whistleblower, Unforgiven, The Final Act S54E38.2
  4. #4Secretary Tillerson, Divided II S50E228.5
  5. #52/6/2022: Death in Training, Breaking Point, Canada’s Unmarked Graves S54E218.4

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