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Random Team Generator: Split Names into Random Teams

This free random team generator splits a list of names into teams at random. Choose how many teams you want, or how many people go in each team, and press again for a new shuffle.

By Debmedia Technologies LLP · Kolkata, India · Updated

What Is It and When Do You Need It?

Fair teams are quick to make when chance does the choosing. Teachers, coaches, event hosts and friends all need to split a group into teams without arguments over who picked whom.

Paste the names, choose the number of teams or the team size, and press the button.

How to Use This Tool

  1. Paste the names, one per line.
  2. Choose to split by number of teams or people per team.
  3. Enter the number.
  4. Press Make teams and reshuffle if you like.

How the Calculation Works

The names are shuffled with the Fisher-Yates algorithm. For a set number of teams, the shuffled names are dealt round-robin so sizes differ by at most one. For a set team size, the shuffled list is cut into groups of that size, and the last group takes whoever is left.

Worked Example

Eight names split into 2 teams give two teams of four. Ten names split into teams of 3 give three teams of three and one team of one.

Common Uses

  • Classroom and sports teams.
  • Group projects.
  • Party and team-building games.
  • Work task groups.

Tips and Common Mistakes

  • Reshuffle to get different groups.
  • Use an even number of names for equal teams.
  • Add a name twice to split two people with the same name.

Next, you may need the random name picker, list randomizer, random number generator, dice roller.

Everything runs in your browser. Nothing you type is uploaded, stored or sent to any outside service.

Frequently Asked Questions

Names are shuffled and dealt out one by one, like cards, so team sizes differ by at most one person.
Yes. Choose people per team. If the list does not divide evenly, one or more teams get one person fewer, or an extra team is made.
Not with this tool, since it is fully random. Reshuffle until you like the result.
No. Everything stays in your browser.

Disclaimer: results are calculated in your browser from the numbers you enter. Check important results before you rely on them for money, health, safety or legal decisions.