How does the team generator stay fair?

It shuffles the full name list with a Fisher–Yates shuffle, then deals names round-robin into the teams. That guarantees teams differ in size by at most one and that every name has an equal chance of landing on any team.

Are the names I paste uploaded anywhere?

No. The random team generator runs entirely in your browser. The names you paste are processed locally and are never sent to or stored on a server.

Can I make teams of a specific size?

Set the number of teams and the tool balances members automatically. For example, 11 names into 2 teams produces teams of 6 and 5.

What can I use it for?

PE and sports classes, trivia nights, workshop breakouts, secret-santa style draws, paintball, pub quizzes, hackathons — anywhere you need to split a group fairly and quickly.

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The Random Team Generator takes a list of names and splits everyone into balanced, random teams in one click. It is perfect for classrooms, sports sessions, quiz nights, workshops and any time you need fair groups fast — and it runs entirely in your browser, so the names you paste never leave your device.

How it works

The tool uses a Fisher–Yates shuffle to randomise the order of everyone in the list, then deals the shuffled names into your chosen number of teams round-robin (one to each team in turn). This guarantees two things:

Fairness — every name has an equal chance of being on any team.
Balance — team sizes differ by at most one member.

Example

Pasting eight names and choosing two teams produces two groups of four. Pasting eleven names into three teams produces teams of 4, 4 and 3.

Because everything happens locally in your browser, you can re-shuffle as many times as you like with no network calls and complete privacy.