Generate random teams from a list of people. Perfect for sports, games, or group projects.
The random team generator takes a list of names and divides it into fair, unpredictable groups. Under the hood it performs a Fisher-Yates shuffle, the classic unbiased algorithm for randomizing an order, and then deals the shuffled names into your chosen number of teams in rotation. Because every arrangement is equally likely, the output is free of the quiet biases that creep in when captains pick sides or a leader assigns groups by feel, and team sizes stay balanced to within a single person even when the numbers do not divide evenly. Everything runs locally in your browser, so your name list is never uploaded anywhere.
Fair random grouping has surprisingly broad value. Teachers use it to assemble project teams without cliques forming, coaches balance scrimmage squads in seconds, and organizers of trivia nights, hackathons, and workshops can mix departments or skill levels deliberately. It also settles the social friction of picking teams in PE class or at a game night, where being chosen last stings; a machine draw makes it impersonal. You can create between 2 and 10 teams, rename them with any prefix such as Squad or Group, and regenerate repeatedly until the draw suits the situation.
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The tool shuffles your entire name list using a Fisher-Yates shuffle, the standard algorithm for producing an unbiased random ordering, then deals the shuffled names into teams one at a time in rotation. Because the shuffle is random and the dealing is even, every possible team composition is equally likely and team sizes differ by at most one person.
You can split your list into anywhere from 2 to 10 teams, as long as you have at least as many people as teams. If the numbers do not divide evenly, the tool balances the sizes so no team is short by more than one member.
Absolutely. It was built for exactly those moments: picking kickball sides, dividing a class into project groups, or seating players at a game night. Enter the names once, choose the number of teams, and regenerate as many times as you like until you are happy with the draw.
Each generated team is labeled with a number by default, such as Team 1 or Team 2. You can change the prefix to anything you want, for example Squad, Group, or Table, so the output matches the vocabulary of your activity. Teams are also given distinct colors for easy reading.
No. The generator runs entirely in your browser and nothing you type is transmitted or saved. When you reload the page the names reset to the sample list, so copy any team assignments you want to keep before leaving.