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Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005)1653

The worldwide ranking generated by 107 votes

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Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005)1653

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 21568

Need for Speed: Underground1565

Need for Speed: Underground 21557

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010)1543

Need for Speed: Carbon1534

Need for Speed: Shift1533

Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012)1524

Need for Speed: The Run1512

#10

Need for Speed (2015)1508

#11

Need for Speed: ProStreet1503

#12

Need for Speed: Heat1495

#13

Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit1486

#14

Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed1472

#15

Need for Speed: Rivals1455

#16

The Need For Speed1454

#17

Need for Speed: Undercover1448

#18

Need for Speed: Payback1441

#19

Need for Speed II1434

#20

Need for Speed: Unbound1424

#21

Need for Speed: High Stakes1390

What the community says

Rank every Need for Speed game from the iconic franchise. What's your favorite NFS? From Hot Pursuit to Unbound, find the best one.

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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