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The Best Seasons of Ink Master

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

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A group of the country's most creative and skilled tattoo artists compete for a hundred thousand dollars and the title of Ink Master. The stakes couldn't be higher with "living canvasses" donating their skin to

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Season 17

10 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2025

8.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · Hometown Throwdown 8.1

Season 1

8 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2012

7.5/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE6 · Permanent Mistakes 7.9

Season 11

16 Episodes

First Aired: Aug 2018

7.4/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE3 · Right on Target 7.8

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Season 2

13 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2012

7.3/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE7 · Star Wars Forever 7.9

Season 3

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jul 2013

7.3/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE3 · Tattoos And Lace 7.5

Season 13

15 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2020

7.2/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE12 · Last Draw 7.8

Season 7

13 Episodes

First Aired: Mar 2016

7.2/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE9 · Sink or Soar 7.6

Season 10

16 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2018

7.1/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · Pick Your Side 8.0

Season 15

10 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 2023

7.1/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE5 · Teams Transformed 7.8

#10

Season 12

16 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2019

7.1/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE12 · Put Your Ink Where Your Mouth Is 7.6

#11

Season 5

16 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2014

7.1/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · Inking With The Enemy 7.5

#12

Season 6

16 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2015

7.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · Meet Your Maker 7.5

#13

Season 4

13 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2014

7.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE7 · Artist Slaughter 7.7

#14

Season 9

16 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2017

6.9/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE15 · Marathon to the Finale 7.5

#15

Season 16

10 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2024

6.7/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE2 · Money Where Your Mouth Is 7.4

#16

Season 8

16 Episodes

First Aired: Aug 2016

6.6/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE10 · Like Sand Through The Hour Glass 7.0

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Season 14

10 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2022

6.4/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE4 · Match a Master 7.3