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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is a TV series from 1999-. This page summarizes IMDb episode ratings across 28 seasons and 596 rated episodes.

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28 seasons 596 rated episodes 7.9 average 602,527 episode votes

Ratings by Season

Rows are episode numbers. Columns are seasons.

Episode 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
1 8.1 8.1 8.2 8.4 7.9 8.4 8.2 8.0 8.7 7.9 8.1 8.5 7.6 8.5 8.8 8.3 8.6 7.7 7.7 7.9 7.9 5.8 8.0 8.0 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.9
2 7.9 7.7 8.2 8.1 7.9 8.0 8.5 7.7 7.4 7.9 7.8 8.3 8.2 8.6 7.9 7.5 8.5 7.7 7.8 8.0 7.4 7.5 8.0 7.8 4.4 8.1 7.6 8.3
3 7.6 8.5 8.3 7.9 8.1 7.6 9.3 8.2 8.0 8.7 8.1 8.9 7.9 8.2 7.5 7.6 8.3 6.6 7.8 7.4 7.6 7.3 7.9 7.0 7.4 7.6 7.6
4 8.0 8.3 7.9 7.7 9.0 8.8 7.9 7.9 8.5 7.6 8.0 8.3 8.3 7.9 8.3 8.2 8.3 6.8 8.0 8.0 7.5 7.9 8.0 7.7 7.9 7.3 8.1
5 7.6 8.4 8.0 7.7 8.1 7.8 7.7 8.0 7.4 7.7 8.5 7.3 7.4 8.0 8.0 8.0 7.7 7.4 7.8 7.5 8.1 7.8 7.8 7.8 8.0 7.6 7.8
6 7.6 7.8 7.8 8.4 8.6 8.9 8.9 8.1 7.9 8.0 7.6 8.3 7.7 7.8 7.7 7.5 7.5 7.4 7.8 7.8 8.4 8.4 8.4 7.7 7.3 7.7 8.0
7 8.2 7.6 8.0 8.2 7.5 8.5 7.7 7.7 8.0 8.1 7.8 8.0 8.2 7.6 8.2 8.1 8.1 7.6 7.2 7.7 7.6 7.7 8.4 7.2 8.0 7.8 7.7
8 8.1 8.2 7.9 8.1 7.9 8.0 7.7 8.1 7.7 8.6 8.0 7.8 8.1 8.0 8.2 7.2 7.7 7.6 8.1 7.7 7.4 7.1 7.4 7.4 7.8 8.7 7.6
9 7.4 7.7 8.2 8.4 8.2 7.8 7.7 7.9 8.6 8.0 8.4 7.8 8.1 8.9 7.7 7.6 7.2 8.0 8.5 8.0 8.1 8.3 7.9 8.0 8.1 7.6 7.9
10 8.1 7.7 8.6 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.6 7.4 8.0 7.8 7.7 8.6 7.9 8.3 7.9 7.6 8.5 8.1 8.7 7.8 7.7 7.9 7.9 7.5 7.6 7.9
11 7.7 7.7 8.4 8.6 8.5 8.2 7.7 8.3 7.8 8.4 8.0 7.9 7.8 7.7 8.1 7.4 8.6 8.2 7.7 8.2 7.9 6.7 7.4 7.7 7.7 7.8 8.2
12 7.1 7.6 7.5 8.1 8.0 8.6 7.9 7.7 8.6 8.3 8.8 8.3 8.1 7.9 7.7 7.7 7.4 7.0 6.2 8.2 8.4 7.3 7.5 7.8 8.2 7.7 8.3
13 7.9 7.9 8.0 7.5 7.8 8.4 8.1 7.9 7.7 8.1 7.5 8.4 7.7 8.5 7.7 7.4 7.7 7.5 8.4 8.1 7.8 8.0 7.4 7.6 7.7 7.5 7.6
14 8.1 8.0 7.9 8.1 8.2 7.3 8.0 8.1 7.9 8.0 7.8 7.3 7.9 8.1 7.6 4.7 8.1 7.8 7.8 6.1 8.2 8.6 8.0 7.8 7.3 8.8
15 7.6 8.7 8.2 8.2 8.6 7.7 8.2 7.8 9.0 8.1 8.0 7.7 8.2 8.1 7.3 7.8 8.6 7.9 7.0 8.0 7.5 8.1 7.8 8.3 7.1 7.8
16 8.2 7.9 8.0 7.7 8.2 8.6 8.3 8.0 7.9 8.4 8.5 8.0 7.7 7.4 7.5 6.9 7.7 7.9 8.3 8.2 7.7 8.3 7.6 7.0 7.6 7.6
17 7.6 7.7 8.1 8.1 8.6 8.1 7.5 8.0 9.0 8.0 8.3 7.9 8.1 7.9 8.6 7.6 8.6 8.1 8.1 8.0 7.6 8.1 7.6 7.7 7.8
18 7.7 8.7 8.3 8.6 7.9 8.4 8.4 8.2 8.2 8.4 7.9 7.8 7.5 8.2 7.6 6.7 8.4 7.4 7.7 8.0 8.1 8.2 7.4 7.7 7.4
19 7.9 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.7 8.3 8.3 7.7 7.6 7.6 7.2 8.7 8.2 7.0 8.1 7.7 8.0 7.6 8.2 8.0 7.6 8.0 8.3
20 8.3 8.5 8.4 8.7 8.1 8.4 7.8 8.1 8.2 7.3 8.5 7.6 8.2 8.4 8.4 7.7 7.7 8.1 7.5 7.9 7.5 7.3 8.0 7.4
21 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.0 7.4 8.1 8.2 8.7 7.8 8.0 7.7 7.8 8.1 7.2 7.5 7.7 7.9 7.7 7.3 8.1 8.0 8.4
22 8.4 8.6 8.3 8.1 7.9 8.0 8.7 8.8 8.1 7.8 7.6 7.7 7.4 7.2 8.5 8.1 7.1 8.4 8.1 7.4
23 7.8 8.1 8.0 7.9 7.9 8.4 8.5 7.5 7.9 8.2 9.0 7.2 6.9
24 8.1 8.7 7.7 8.4 8.7 8.3 7.2 7.8
25 8.5 8.0

Series summary

About Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The rated episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit have an average IMDb rating of 7.9 based on 602,527 episode votes. Season 4 has the highest average rating at 8.2 across 25 rated episodes. Season 16 has the lowest average rating at 7.5.

Genre
Crime , Drama , Mystery
Runtime
60 minute episodes
Principal cast
Mariska Hargitay, Christopher Meloni, Ice-T, and Dann Florek
Writers
Dick Wolf, Julie Martin, and Warren Leight
Directors
Jean de Segonzac, David Platt, and Peter Leto
Also known as
La ley y el orden: Unidad de Víctimas Especiales, Law & Order: SVU, and Special Victims Unit

Highest rated

Best Episodes

  1. S7E3: 911 The best episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is S7E3: 911 with a 9.3 rating / 2,924 votes
  2. S9E17: Authority 9.0 rating / 2,353 votes
  3. S9E15: Undercover 9.0 rating / 1,835 votes
  4. S5E4: Loss 9.0 rating / 1,567 votes
  5. S17E23: Heartfelt Passages 9.0 rating / 1,495 votes

Lowest rated

Worst Episodes

  1. S25E2: Truth Embargo The worse episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is S25E2: Truth Embargo with a 4.4 rating / 1,120 votes
  2. S16E14: Intimidation Game 4.7 rating / 2,283 votes
  3. S22E1: Guardians and Gladiators 5.8 rating / 1,091 votes
  4. S20E14: Part 33 6.1 rating / 1,240 votes
  5. S19E12: Info Wars 6.2 rating / 1,416 votes