Random Team Generator
Create random teams with balanced distribution — enter names, choose team count, and let the generator do the work.
How to Use the Random Team Generator
Create fair and random teams in seconds with our easy-to-use team generator.
- Enter names in the text area, one per line. You can also paste comma-separated names.
- Choose team count from 2 to 20 teams based on your needs.
- Enable balanced distribution if you want teams to have equal (or nearly equal) sizes.
- Click Generate Teams to randomly assign people to teams.
- Drag and drop names between teams to manually adjust assignments if needed.
- Copy the results to share with your group.
Common Use Cases
Sports & Recreation: Divide players for pickup games, tournaments, or league matches. Perfect for basketball, soccer, volleyball, and any team sport.
Classroom & Education: Teachers can create random study groups, project teams, or classroom activity groups to encourage collaboration and mixing.
Office & Work: Generate teams for team-building exercises, hackathons, workshops, or company events.
Gaming: Split players into teams for video games, board games, escape rooms, or party games.
Social Events: Organize teams for trivia nights, scavenger hunts, charades tournaments, or any competitive social activity.
Team Generation Tips
| Scenario | Recommendation |
|---|---|
| Uneven player count | Use balanced distribution to minimize size differences |
| Need specific team sizes | Adjust team count and manually swap members after generation |
| Avoiding certain combinations | Generate first, then use drag-and-drop to separate specific people |
| Repeat use | Save generated teams by copying the results for reference |
| Large groups (20+ people) | Consider 4-6 teams for manageable group sizes |
Why Random Teams?
Random team generation removes bias and ensures fairness when dividing groups. Whether you're organizing a sports game, classroom activity, or office event, random assignment prevents favoritism and creates unexpected combinations that can lead to new friendships and collaboration opportunities.
Balanced distribution ensures that no team has an unfair advantage due to having more members. Our algorithm distributes people as evenly as possible — if 17 people are split into 4 teams, three teams will have 4 members and one will have 5.
The drag-and-drop feature gives you flexibility to make manual adjustments while maintaining the randomness of the initial assignment. This is useful if you discover conflicts (like siblings who shouldn't be separated) or want to swap one or two people without regenerating entirely.