What is the best sports drink?

Locker rooms stick with the sideline classics; ultrarunners and gym regulars swear by powders nobody drank ten years ago. Both camps get a seat here.

1

Gatorade

The 1965 Florida lab experiment that created the category and still owns most of the US sports drink shelf.

2

Powerade

Coca-Cola's sports drink, built around its ION4 electrolyte blend and a heavy Olympic sponsorship history.

3

BodyArmor

A coconut-water-based sports drink with no artificial dyes, now the number three brand in the US.

4

Prime Hydration

The low-calorie, high-potassium drink launched by Logan Paul and KSI that turned into a schoolyard phenomenon.

5

Electrolit

A Mexican pharmacy-born rehydration drink with far more sodium than the mainstream brands.

6

Liquid I.V.

A powdered hydration multiplier stick that mixes into water, popular with travelers and hikers.

7

Nuun Sport

Effervescent electrolyte tablets that dissolve into a light, low-sugar sports drink.

8

LMNT

A zero-sugar, very high-sodium electrolyte mix built for low-carb athletes and heavy sweaters.

9

Skratch Labs Sport Hydration

A real-fruit drink mix designed by a cycling physiologist for endurance racing.

10

Pedialyte Sport

The rehydration brand pediatricians recommend, reformulated for athletes with added electrolytes.

11

Propel

Gatorade's zero-sugar electrolyte water, aimed at everyday workouts rather than competition.

12

Lucozade Sport

The British carbohydrate-electrolyte drink that has fueled Premier League sidelines for decades.

13

Tailwind Nutrition

An endurance drink mix that combines calories and electrolytes so ultrarunners can skip solid food.

14

Ultima Replenisher

A zero-sugar, plant-sweetened electrolyte powder with a wide following among low-sugar drinkers.

15

All Sport

The 1990s Pepsi challenger to Gatorade, remembered for its carbonated-style citrus flavors.

16

Roar Organic

A light, organic coconut-water electrolyte drink with vitamins and only a few grams of sugar.