Quick answer: Paste your names below, choose how many teams (or how many people per team), and tap Make teams. The generator shuffles everyone with your browser’s secure random number generator and deals them out evenly, so team sizes differ by one at most. Free, no sign-up, and names stay on your device.
👥 Make random teams
Picking teams by hand takes forever and someone always ends up picked last. The Random Team Generator does it in one tap, and nobody can say the captain played favorites. Spiññer put on its sweatband and is ready to blow the whistle (it doesn’t have a whistle, so it just yells “GO!”).
How to make random teams
- Type or paste the names, one per line. First names are fine.
- Choose teams (for example 4 teams) or people per team (for example teams of 3).
- Tap 🎲 Make teams. Don’t like the mix? Tap it again for a new shuffle.
- Tap 📋 Copy teams to paste them into a chat, slide or email.
Is the team generator fair?
Yes. It shuffles the whole list with a fair shuffle (each possible order is equally likely), using the same secure random source as our wheels, then deals the names out one by one like cards. That keeps teams balanced: if the names don’t divide evenly, some teams get one extra person, never more. Want to see the randomness for yourself? We published a fairness test of millions of spins.
Ideas for random teams
- Classroom groups: project groups, reading circles or lab partners. Pair it with the classroom wheel to pick who presents first.
- Game night: split the room for charades or trivia, then spin the party challenge wheel for the losing team.
- Sports and gym class: fair teams for soccer, dodgeball or a relay, with no picking order.
- Work and team building: mix people from different teams for an icebreaker or a hackathon.
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Questions people ask
How do I make random teams from a list of names?
Paste the names, one per line, choose how many teams (or how many people per team), and tap Make teams. Tap again for a new random mix.
Are the teams the same size?
As close as possible. Names are dealt out one by one, so team sizes never differ by more than one person.
Is the random team generator fair?
Yes. It uses a fair shuffle with your browser’s secure random number generator, so every possible split is equally likely and nobody can stack the teams.
Are the names saved or uploaded?
No. The names stay in your browser and are never sent to us.
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