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Random Team Generator
Type or paste names, one per line, choose how many teams or how many people per team, and press Pick teams.
Free tools that run in your browser. Nothing you type, open or create is uploaded to NerdBible or anyone else.
Hand the device to each person in turn. They press their own name, read it, then press Hide before passing it on. Only one match is ever on screen.
Every result comes from your browser's cryptographic random number generator, with rejection sampling so no number is even slightly more likely than another. Nothing is sent anywhere.
How to use it
- Pick a tab: Number, Dice, Coin, Letter, Teams or Secret Santa.
- Set the range, the dice and modifier, the number of coins, the letters, or the list of names.
- Press the button. Press it again for a fresh result; dice and coins keep a running record.
- For Secret Santa, add any pairs who should not draw each other, press Draw names, then pass the device round so each person reveals only their own match.
Questions
How does the team generator keep teams even?
It shuffles the names and deals them out in turn, so team sizes never differ by more than one, whichever way you split.
Can I set the team size instead of the number of teams?
Yes. Choose People per team and enter a size; the tool works out how many teams are needed.
Does it balance teams by skill?
No. The split is purely random. If you need balanced sides, adjust a few names by hand after the draw.
About this tool
Fair teams in one click
The names are shuffled with your browser's cryptographic random number generator and then dealt out one at a time, like cards. That keeps the teams random and the sizes even: no team ever has more than one person more than another.
- Number of teams. Say you want four teams and the tool fills them.
- People per team. Say you want teams of five and the tool works out how many teams are needed, with none going over five.
- Copy the result to paste into a chat, a class register or a tournament sheet.
- Reroll freely. Press the button again for a fresh split.
Where it helps
Classrooms and workshops, five-a-side and pub quiz teams, office breakout groups and game nights. A random split avoids the awkwardness of picking captains and makes it clear nobody chose the teams. It does not balance by skill; if that matters, put a few players in by hand after the draw.
The names never leave your device.
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