Sword Art Online

2012–2020 · 4 seasons · 100 episodes · Action, Adventure, Animation

In the near future, a Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) called Sword Art Online has been released where players control their avatars with their bodies using a piece of technology called Nerve Gear. One day, players discover they cannot log out, as the game creator is holding them captive unless they reach the 100th floor of the game's tower and defeat the final boss. However, if they die in the game, they die in real life. Their struggle for survival starts now...

7.5IMDb · 65k votes

Best season: 8.0; Season 4. Weakest is season 2, at 7.4
Top episode: 8.9; S1 E14 · The End of the World
Lowest episode: 6.2; S3 E19 · Alicization 18.5: Recollection
Finale: 8.2; +0.5 against the show's 7.7 average

IMDb rating, sized by votes
Season trend

Compare

Every episode

IMDb rating of every Sword Art Online episode, by season and episode number
	Episode 1	Episode 2	Episode 3	Episode 4	Episode 5	Episode 6	Episode 7	Episode 8	Episode 9	Episode 10	Episode 11	Episode 12	Episode 13	Episode 14	Episode 15	Episode 16	Episode 17	Episode 18

Season 1	8.1	7.7	7.9	7.7	7.3	7.4	7.6	7.6	8.5	8.2	7.2	7.7	7.9	8.9	7.2	7.1	7.0	6.7	7.0	7.4	6.7	7.4	7.6	7.6	7.6
Season 2	7.1	7.5	7.1	7.6	7.8	7.8	6.9	7.7
Season 3	7.9	7.7	7.7	8.2	7.4	7.4	7.7	7.8
Season 4	8.0	7.8	7.6	7.8	7.8	8.5	8.1	8.3

Sword Art Online

Episode ratings

Every episode