Every Ninjago Season Ranked 

Can we all agree that the scene where Zane regains his memories is the best scene. Its stunning and wierd to think that it's a "kids" show.

cole turning into a ghost is still one of the most shocking moments in the entire show in my opinion

1:51 I actually think there wasn’t enough time travel in Hands of Time. Knowing the villains had power over time, I fully expected the season to dive right into the time travel shenanigans. I was let down that I had to wait so long for what I thought I’d get plenty of.

The Pilots created one of the best Ninjago Memes - "I am still black" - Cole

The best seasons for me are 4-5-6. It was an amazing trio

You have no idea how much I was hoping that Possession was at least top 3- AND THEN YOU PUT IT IN 1ST!!! This season holds all my fondest memories and I’m so glad that it’s not just nostalgia that makes it as good as I remember

As one of the 3 Day of the Departed enjoyers, I think Cole's story was so strong that it carries the entire special. Him ascending up the temple and collecting an arsenal of weapons like a dungeon game, then fighting Yang at the end is just so cool. And there's an alternate cut of the whole special, which technically doubles Cole's arc. It's not the best Ninjago entry, but I'd definitely rank it higher than some others

Season 5 gave us the best soundtrack in human history and the best storyline ever 🙌🔥

I always wanted to finish Ninjago someday. I watched the first couple of seasons, but I was never really compelled to continue . However, I still do enjoy the memories I had with the show (like the time I won a book from my school). Those were the good ol’ times.

I liked the idea of Master wu having a student before the ninjas, because I kinda found it weird that Wu decided to train ninjas at an old age (ik he lives longer than a human I just expected him to have student at a much younger age)

I've always sort of had a soft spot for Ninjago. I remember when I was younger how I would watch it with my older brother. Even if I didn't really quite grasp the plot, but hey pretty colors and funny Lego men make brain happy. Jay was always my favorite, really I don't why. He's one of the only one's that can make me laugh out loud. Skybound is probably my personal favorite season, but I'm sort of bias. The Tournament Of Elements and Possession are tied for second.

I totally agree with possession being number one! Sky bound is also great along with tournament, SOG and Hunted being amazing too. I love all Ninjago though, these are just my top picks. While Ninjago will always be my favourite show, there are some dumb things I will never get over. Like the fact the ninja just straight up forgot about Airjitzu and their elemental dragons. Ahhhhhhhh that annoys me so much!!! Like imagine hunted if they just immediately forged their elemental dragons and dipped back to Ninjago. Plot solved.

i really really really loved seabound but my favorite is hunted because i loved seeing young wu, i loved jay being crazy, i loved seeing cole being a dad, and i loved it all in general. But, in terms of the soundtrack, i absolutely adored prime empire. It’s ost was AMAZING! (I also am a big fan of electronic and chiptune, so I’m kind of based.) I literally have the shopkeeper’s theme saved on my playlist. (also okino is my favorite side character aside from benthomaar and scott)

Speaking of the love triangle I have a theory that the overlord changed SPECIFICALLY nyas perfect march to be Cole to cause infighting between jay and Cole to weaken the team

Recently rewatched S4 - S7 Skybound was good, I liked Jay being the MC. (which was surprising cuz if I had to rank the Ninja Jay would probably last or 2nd to last for me). However, Nadakhans's powers opens too many plot holes. I think if they had been able to stop him before he become Djinn King then it would've been a more satisfying end. Mainly because by that time you would think he is way too OP to even be hurt. Also Kai and Zane got badly sidelined and disappeared for 7 eps or something, the way Kai went out was just sad. Hands of Time was pretty good in my opinion but again the ability to control time just opens up too many plot holes. I thought the plot itself wasn't bad, actually quite enjoyable especially the subplot with the discovery of Kai's and Nya's parents. As for the animation, for some reason I didn't notice major changes. Tournaments of Elements was amazing. There were many great fights, and even though some of the Ninja were eliminated they still had good roles to play (like Cole), Garmadon was an excellent Sensei too. Only complaint was the ending felt meh. Could've been better but the first 7 episodes or so were amazing. Possession is my clear and cut favorite. Morro was an amazing villain. Cole being a ghost was cool too, good side characters like Ronan were heavily featured. The ending was done specially well, the defeat of the Curse Realm was done better than any of the other defeats of major villains. Honestly, no major complaints, maybe just Lloyd being sidelined for 7/8 episodes but when he came back he had that epic battle with Morro and it showed parallel with the Green Ninja and the one who wanted to be the Green Ninja.

I do wish we got to see more of human Garmadon because it did get a little repetitive when we just kept getting "evil" Garmadon coming back again and again after Lloyd pretty much cured Garmadon of his "evil side". Like getting to see more of his monastery and students, or getting to see more of Garmadon teaching the Ninja.

8:35 not that compelling? Are you kidding, Skull Sorcerer is one of the most amazing villains we‘ve gotten from the show. For the first time we have a villain that does not act out of revenge and does not want to conquer Ninjago. He only wants to controll his mountain, because the vengestone gives him and his people wealth. He has an amazing design and voice actor, he is a skilled fighter, he is intelligent and imo the most charismatic villain. They hinted that he is not only motivated by greed, but also slowly getting corrupted by the skull, adding depth to his character. He also has a great symbolic meaning; King Vangelis is like a god ruling the angelic people in the sky, while the Skull Sorcerer rules the flamming hell like the devil, but in the end they are the same people. In the end he was the perfect antagonist for Cole. Also, his reveal was the best Plot Twist in the entire show. I was so shocked to find out who he really is.

when I'm watching Ninjago sometimes I just feel like: "can we be done with snakes yet?"

About to make me cry with the ending guitar theme

This is why I will always put season 2 as my number 1: Season 2 was actually the original series finale, and so accordingly the writers and the show spent season 1 and season 2 as a build up towards the final battle where Lloyd becomes the golden ninja. But after the fans demanded to bring the show back, the show was just knocking down problems as they came up. Unlike in season 2 where the events were planned in both season 1 and season 2 to build a final ultimate battle. Do I regret the show being brought back in season 3? No, of course not, the show is still well written after it's brought back, but I feel the planning and the build up for the ending of season 2 is what surpasses it for me.

As someone who grew up on Ninjago I- completely agree with you. Even though I haven't seen the seasons after the movie-style change (I still haven't really gotten over it. I don't hate it, it's just the seasons with the og designs will always be the better Ninjago to me. But that's with the nostalgia glasses on, I might give it a chance sometime soon). I LOVE the possession season, I was sitting there the entire video like "Where's Morro's season on this list???" and got so hyped that someone agrees it's #1. I agree Skybound isn't *great* but I absolutely love the last episode, and that's mostly the only episode I focus on of that season.

I think ninjago is the type of show that never ends because they can make more character and story telling that is amazing so I hope it doesn’t end.

Enjoy the video 🔥 Season 5 is also my favorite season

As for season 2, the fillers everyone complains about have a lot to offer to the story, thr pirate thung returns in s7, lloyd losing his childhood is tragic but heroic, compare those fillers to the ones in thr newer seasons and they are miles better

I remember watching seasons 1-5 when they came out each and absolutely loved them

The serpentine arc is one that really sticks out for me cuz me and my brother watched it religiously and waited for each episode and jus could not wait for the next one

Holy crap I didn’t know this show didn’t stop. I stopped watching after season 7 (I don’t know why I stopped, maybe because I didn’t like it as much as previous seasons). It’s insane this part of my childhood still persists.

Im gonna be honest. Season 5 has so many phenomenal aspects: Nya training to be a ninja, the best intro, Cole turning to a ghost and of course, MORRO and RONAN (two amazing addictiions to the show). Ah, and my favorite part: Kai and LLoyd relation (Kai being an older brother to Lloyd:his evolution from envy him because he is the green ninja to being a brother to him iis so f*cking good).

My respect for this dude skyrocketed when he showed #1

My favorite seasons are possession, skybound, sons of Garmadon, hunted, master of the mountain, seabound, and the first 15 episodes of crystalized

My favorite seasons are Crystalized Seabound, Master of the mountain, hunted, son of garmadon, posscession

Man i was just hoping to see possession at top 3 but man you really shocked me its my favourite most nostalgic season

Made me shed a tear with that ending

Wu regaining his memories will always give me goosebumps

For me the best thing to come out of Season 7 "Hands Of Time" was developing the brother/sister bond between Kai and Nya, and seeing Ray and Maya. Oh I forgot to mention "Rise Of The Vermillion" by the fold absolutely slaps.

Seasons 4, 5, 8, 9, and 10 being in the top 10 actually makes sense, but sadly you’re the only person I found that puts them in the top 10.

12:51 well we got a new season

The fact I also came back to finish the seasons and found a few on the Lego channel is crazy.

I can not agree more with the rankings and the no. 1 u pick was the best indeed and I loved the intro for that season so much

You have season 2 on 11!?

Might as well add some timestamps for people who wanna see the individual reviews. 0:59 18. Day of the Departed 1:39 17. Hands of Time 2:32 16. The Island 2:58 15. Prime Empire 3:26 14. Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu (Both Halves) 4:04 13. The Pilots 4:34 12. Ninjago:Rebooted 5:19 11. Rise of the Serpentine Pt. 2 5:57 10. Rise of the Serpentine Pt. 1 6:28 9. Skybound 7:01 8. March of the Oni Specials 7:51 7. Hunted 8:22 6. Master of the Mountain 8:48 5. Crystalized 10:05 4. Seabound 10:59 3. Sons of Garmadon 11:36 2. The Tournament of Elements 12:07 1. Possession

My Top 3 : Skybound, Possessed and Reboot. Skybound had me really felt like the ninjas were going to die because they were caught single by single and so this made me feel really scare of Nadakhan. The fact that every time they seemed like more and more unpowerful, the pirates context, i loved that. Possessed has opened the door of the 16 kingdoms, the whole background and the final is absolutly insane. The ninjas are fighting Moro and Lloyd, what a good concept, and the good design of the fantoms and the costumes absolutly got me. Reboot is my favorite. In the release context, Ninjago was just elementary powers, Spinjitzu and old Legends. But this season was revolutionary ! The technology, the costums, the power of Nindroids, Dark Wu and Good Garmadon, the limit of golden power, the digivers : so much good ideas and concepts that makes this season a masterpiece and finally the final battle was so beautiful, emotional and Epic, i thought as a child zane died. This season is one of the best ever made for me. (Bonus : I don't like any of the last seasons (8-16) because the graphics are childish, the episode are too short, the vilains aren't that scary and charismatic, the story isn't developed that much, and there's no emotions at all.)

I started watching during Rebooted. Watched all on Netflix. Have seen every episode ever made, other than pilot, which as a 5 year old, my brother read to me from the school library. The first kit I got of it was the Thunder Raider, with Jay, Cole, and a Nindroid. I cried at Crystallized. And I never cry at shows or movies. I got Wu's Dragon. The original from 2015, and so many others. I want to get all the sets from Crystallized, since it's the finale.

Decent rankings, Morro is one of the best written characters in the show and him plus Ronin plus Nya's subplot are what make Possession so great imho. If you saw Brent Miller's interview with the Hagemans, they both said Morro's their favorite villain as well. Would be interested in your take on Dragons Rising! I honestly thought it was lame at first, but just completed a full rewatch and it actually slaps really hard by the end, pumped for season 2

I watched seasons 1-4 growing up and went back to the series when i found it on hulu, I vividly remember my mom commending Sensei Wu on some kind of comment he made, saying that what he said was true and I need tor really listen to what he was saying lol. It's a fun show, and I have a lot of memories with it.

Season 4 and 5 was the golden age of ninjago

The Outro hit me Bro. This show WAS my childhood for so many years. I watched from Season 0 to 8 and i fcking loved it. Nice Video!

This is gonna be purely from memory, but here’s my ranking (worst to best): 1. Day of the Departed 2. Secrets of forbidden spinjutsu fire chapter 3. Secrets of forbidden spinjutsu ice chapter 4. Legacy of the green ninja (Those were the seasons Dislike) 5. Pilot season 6. The Island 7. Sea bound 8. Rebooted 9. Prime Empire (Those were seasons I’m mixed on) 10. Master of the mountain 11. Hands of Time 12. Crystallized 13. Rise of the snakes (Seasons I definitely enjoyed, but have some issues with-if only minor) 14. Tournament of Elements 15. March of The Oni-specifically the movie version 16. Possession 17. Sky bound 18. Sons of Garmadon 19.Hunted (These are the best Ninjago has to offer in my opinion

Bro the possession arc and the tournament of the elemental masters will forever be my favorites

Bro I loved crystallized. Actions from the previous seasons come back, all the characters having their moments. Having a great set up, wondering who is this new villain and by the end, gets insane and awesome. Everything pays off so well. One of the best seasons of the show

I still remember when the ninja uses a golden weapon, then go to normal one, and then their weapon completely changed like Jay nun chaku turns into kusarigama and Cole from schyte into Fist of Strength

I would definitely replace season2 and 3 with crystalized and seabound, I enjoyed them way more, other than that you’ve made everything in the list perfect

We all knew that Tournament Of Elements was gonna be in the top 3

Season 2 was the best season what are you on

I completely agree with your number 1 and you're number 2, both MASTERPIECE seasons.

9:42 "You added characters, for the SAKE of adding them." -My friend

I honestly thought Season 2 was the end because of how climatic the final battle was.

My top 5: 1. ToE 2. Possession 3. Hunted 4. Skybound 5. Sons of Garmadon

The show is not over. Nobudy said this was endin but just said that they will take a little break simularly to when the show had a break after season 2.

Master of the mountain blew me away to be honest

I agree with list. I don’t if any one says it’s bad but this list is so fucking good. Good work out there.

I'm SO GLAD that almost all of us regard Possession as the best season in lego Ninjago After the lunatic that Chen was in the previous season Morro did not hold back, he constantly made a mockery of the ninja, was almost always one step ahead of them in season 5 and was one of the few villains in this show that Master Wu actually feared & saw as a threat

I will die on the hill of season 8 not only being one of the best Ninjago seasons ever made, but one of the best seasons of any animated show PERIOD. It's a masterpiece, on par with the likes of Spectacular Spider-Man and Avatar. And no, I do not make those comparisons lightly, Sons of Garmadon really is *THAT* good.

After season 4 and 5 the rebrand in seasons 8 9 and 10 are great

Jays always been my favorite so skybound is naturally my favorite

Imagine Lloyd still having his golden power, the forbidden Spinjitzu scroll + his oni powers (maybe adding golden weapons) and other hax element of his, he probably could've destroyed almost literally anyone in Ninjago.

EYYYYY, S5 is also my favorite season it is a masterpiece in my opinion,

I skipped to the end to make sure Possession is 1# and now I’ll go watch it for real.

Hands of time isn't as bad as people think

my honest opinion, and why I love this video. It doesn't give skybound the praise it most definitely does not deserve. And the reason I think this is simple, it quite literally doesn't happen.

You can only save those who want to be saved... goodbye, Sensei.- -Morro

Honestly I'm still pissed we never got a big Kai focused season

Season 5 was extra special for me. Because When I was watching Only uptill S4 was released. And I used to keep watching the leaks for Season 5 and each episode as it comes out. So it was way more suspenseful than the others

Possession is my favorite and always will be my favorite season

Season 5 on top for sure, but who else rly liked season 6? I just love nadakhan

I grew up on Ninjago, but stopped watching after the ghosts. If I were to rank the seasons I think I’d have Rebooted higher mainly because it was the season I hold the most nostalgia for plus it’s the season I had the most sets of.

Kinda late but idk if you've heard, ninjago is still going with a soft reboot (This is gonna be like an essay or Smth so be prepared) It's a new show, Ninjago dragons rising, but it continues the previous storylines and also brings back the 22 minute episodes (thank God) The premise is that some time after Crystalized an odd event occurs in which all 16 realms merge together into a new world for the franchise The ninja are lost and scattered across the land Years later, Lloyd recruits new ninja while also searching for the others The new ninja are phenomenal and this whole thing is really a breath of fresh air, kicking the status quo out of 6 ninja and their master out if the window Lloyd serves as the leader of the ninja team now and is a co protagonist, while the rest of the ninja appear here and there and get spotlight when they serve the plot, so they are not just there to be there but only if they have a good story/ arc to do with them And this whole "appear here and there" is actually more than it sounds like (Slight spoiler, Kai for example is in like 75% of all eps so far, getting AMAZING character work, becomes a mentor to another new ninja but I won't spoil about this specifically and in season 2 especially straight up steals the show, arguably being the most powerful and selfless he's ever been, he's so actually so fucking good in season 2) Season 1 is pretty decent, does a lot of world building and has a decent storyline but some god awful boring episodes Season 2 which just dropped last week is fucking gas man, it's to the levels of sons of Garmadon it's really fucking good The visuals in general look much better and the fights are in crystalized levels, along with a great (imo) story that is confirmed by the 2 sole writers to be building up into a multi year multi season storyline I recommend watching, it's available on Netflix (If you made it down here say hi or smth I guess and thx for reading this essay lol)

Hands of time as 2nd last is a WILD take💀 i would have it as my top 5 bro💀

Most people thought it ended at season 7

before i clicked on this video i knew the top 3, i havn't watched ninjago in a while but i remember genuinley getting excited for s4 and s5, that is peak fiction for me, and my 8 year old brain didn't expect morrow or garmadon to sacrifise themselves, i shed a few tears for both of their "deaths", morro was probably like one of the best villains i have ever seen, it sounds silly but im serious, that chase scene in the forest in s4 when skylar hunts everyone down, and nyas leaving samurai x notes was so cool to me, and for the record, s5 intro is such good music, its in my playlist and during the duration of s5, i would never skip that intro, holy crap its so awesome edit: i thought i wrote this but i didn't, morrows last words "you can only save those who want to be saved, goodbye, sensei" gave me goosebumps, im currently rewatching it and i went to the final episode just so i could hear that, chills

My favorite season of Ninjago is tournament of elements dou to the story and lore my only complaint is how it was ended after the heroes left the island all that development for the elemental masters went down the drain no doubt the writer's should have made Chen less crazy and more intelligent and confident and not rely on his second in command the only good thing the man did was manipulating the elemental Masters for a short period before episode 41 the forgotten element

I 100% agree with your number 1 pick.

I'm happy to see my favorite season as the best in your vid, I also agree I love this season and it brings back so many good memories and nostalgic moments. And I also listen to the intro just for fun bc it is the best intro in the entire ninja go series

0:46 Kai‘s Car one of my favourite lego toys i loved how many weapons it had and how he could escape with his motorcycle

100% agree on possesion ! It deserves first place ~ Also if they rlly are goona do smf with ninjago I think "re-dooing" it could be interesting idea ^^ Like idk if any of you watched monkey king ? But as much as this show has problems THE ANIMATION AND ACTION SEQUENCES ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING +,+ and i would love to see ninjago fights done in that style ~ Also as much as I love ninjago maybe they shorten it a bit and make it more seriouss? Maybe? And they could even fix some of a plotholes and expend more on the world. Bc like it's obvs that it's bc they planned to end it on season 2 and they needed new ideas but First we are told that Ninja's got they're power bc they were choosen ones? It wasn't rlly implied that it's a hereditary powers, which is further proven by the fact that they just randomly loose they're powers in reeboted ? But then it all changed in season 4 , athough correct me if I'm wrong bc I could have mixed it up and got wrong. and it would do it a favor if they finally fix the timeline XD bc it's so confusing it's better not questioned anymore They don't have to re-tell exactly the same stories they can experiment as long as they keep that ninjago's heart in the core of it ^^

i dont know why they made a new show but so far its great

When Lloyd turns gold, if im gonna be honest, i havent watched this show in a while, but when I saw that I litearlly said "Lloyd went Super Sonic" Lol

I disagree with your opinion :D

Seasons 1, 2, and 3 are peak and it kills me seeing them so low.

I agree that season 5 has the best intro

12:26 they say go slow and everything just stands so still we say go go and just jump into just jump up kick back whip around and spin then jump back do it again

season 5 made it spark "we say cause so!"

Possession is my favorite season too, I’ve watched it like 5 times

I don't know if it just for nostalgia, but I think you should have ranked higher the first 2 seasons

In my opinion The Tournament of Elements, Possession, and Skybound were pinnacle of Ninjago

Nah but can we talk about how Chen needed all the elements for his staff. In the NEXT SEASON wind and water are introduced. And TWO SEASONS after that time is introduced. It is not even like they were made after season four. We see elemental masters using them in season 7. It is really weird why they did that and I still have no idea why.

Everybody: What’s your ranking for it, and what’s number one? Me:Yes

Ong I love you and this list it’s perfect Chen and Moro are 100% the best seasons

That AoT nood was amazing, we stay patient🕊

s5 is always going to be my fave. it was when i first got properly invested in the show and sets and first when i realised that it was more than a random kids show.