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The Best Seasons of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Every season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit!

Top season
Season 4
8.2avg
Best episode
S7E3 911
9.32,939 votes
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#1

Season 4

25 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2002

8.2/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE20 · Dominance 8.7
#2

Season 5

25 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2003

8.2/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE4 · Loss 9.0
#3

Season 10

22 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2008

8.2/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE22 · Zebras 8.8

Other Seasons

#4

Season 6

23 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2004

8.1/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE6 · Conscience 8.9
#5

Season 3

23 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2001

8.1/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE10 · Ridicule 8.6
#6

Season 7

22 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2005

8.1/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE3 · 911 9.3
#7

Season 9

19 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2007

8.1/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE15 · Undercover 9.0
#8

Season 8

22 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2006

8.1/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE22 · Screwed 8.7
#9

Season 14

24 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2012

8.1/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE9 · Dreams Deferred 8.9
#10

Season 2

21 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2000

8.1/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE15 · Countdown 8.7
#11

Season 17

23 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2015

8.1/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE23 · Heartfelt Passages (2) 9.0
#12

Season 28

4 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2026

8.1/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE3 · Anonymity 8.3
#13

Season 12

24 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2010

8.0/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE3 · Behave 8.9
#14

Season 11

24 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2009

8.0/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE12 · Shadow 8.8
#15

Season 15

24 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2013

8.0/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE1 · Surrender Benson 8.8
#16

Season 13

23 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2011

7.9/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE10 · Spiraling Down 8.6
#17

Season 1

22 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1999

7.9/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE21 · Nocturne 8.5
#18

Season 27

21 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2025

7.9/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE14 · Frequency 8.8
#19

Season 21

20 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2019

7.8/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE6 · Murdered at a Bad Address 8.4
#20

Season 23

22 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2021

7.8/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE6 · The Five Hundredth Episode 8.4
#21

Season 19

24 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2017

7.8/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE9 · Gone Baby Gone 8.5
#22

Season 20

24 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2018

7.8/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE10 · Alta Kockers 8.7
#23

Season 26

22 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2024

7.7/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE8 · Cornered 8.7
#24

Season 24

22 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2022

7.7/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE15 · King of the Moon 8.3
#25

Season 22

16 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 2020

7.7/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE14 · Post-Graduate Psychopath 8.6
#26

Season 18

21 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2016

7.6/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE10 · Motherly Love 8.5
#27

Season 25

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2024

7.5/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE12 · Marauder 8.2
#28

Season 16

23 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2014

7.5/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE1 · Girls Disappeared 8.3

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Top-rated Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episodes

  1. #1911 S7E39.3
  2. #2Authority S9E179.0
  3. #3Undercover S9E159.0
  4. #4Loss S5E49.0
  5. #5Heartfelt Passages (2) S17E239.0

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