# The 14 Best Teams and Crews in Anime

> Pirate crews, ninja squads, and one trio that never wins anything. Loyalty counts for something here.

*By YPB Team · Published August 21, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-14-best-teams-and-crews-in-anime*

---

## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **Straw Hat Pirates (One Piece)** — score 1000/1000
   Luffy's crew, assembled one recruitment arc at a time across two decades of One Piece.
2. **Z Fighters (Dragon Ball Z)** — score 782/1000
   Dragon Ball's rotating defence squad, from the Saiyan invasion to the Tournament of Power.
3. **Survey Corps (Attack on Titan)** — score 524/1000
   Attack on Titan's suicide branch, wings of freedom on their backs.
4. **Bebop Crew (Cowboy Bebop)** — score 469/1000
   Spike, Jet, Faye, Ed and Ein, four bounty hunters and a dog who barely tolerate each other.
5. **Sailor Guardians (Sailor Moon)** — score 469/1000
   Usagi's inner circle, each named for a planet.
6. **Gotei 13 (Bleach)** — score 407/1000
   Bleach's thirteen court guard squads and their captains.
7. **Team 7 (Naruto)** — score 407/1000
   Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura under Kakashi, the squad the whole series orbits.
8. **Class 1-A (My Hero Academia)** — score 397/1000
   My Hero Academia's hero course, twenty quirks in one homeroom.
9. **The Hashira (Demon Slayer)** — score 335/1000
   Demon Slayer's nine pillars, each with their own breathing style.
10. **Seven Deadly Sins** — score 335/1000
   The disgraced knights of Liones, each branded with a beast.
11. **Team Rocket (Pokemon)** — score 335/1000
   Jessie, James and Meowth, the trio that never once succeeded.
12. **Akatsuki (Naruto)** — score 253/1000
   Naruto's cloaked criminal organisation, working in pairs.
13. **Phantom Troupe (Hunter x Hunter)** — score 156/1000
   Hunter x Hunter's spider of thieves, ranked by strength and utterly loyal to each other.
14. **Fairy Tail Guild** — score 43/1000
   The loudest guild in Fiore, more family than employer.

Tags: franchises, animation, japan, characters