Poker starting hands, ranked

All 169 Texas Hold'em starting hands, ranked by against a random hand, best to worst. Each one links to its odds against common hands, its flop odds and what the preflop charts do with it.

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Last updated October 23, 2026

Starting hands chart and rankings

Random opponents

Pairs run down the diagonal, suited hands sit above it and offsuit hands below. Each number is against 1 random opponent, in percent.

Under 20%20–35%35–45%45–55%55–65%65–80%80% and up

Starting hand equity against 1 random opponents, in percent
AA 85	AKs 67	AQs 66	AJs 65	ATs 65	A9s 63	A8s 62	A7s 61	A6s 60	A5s 60	A4s 59	A3s 58	A2s 57
AKo 65	KK 82	KQs 63	KJs 63	KTs 62	K9s 60	K8s 58	K7s 58	K6s 57	K5s 56	K4s 55	K3s 54	K2s 53
AQo 64	KQo 61	QQ 80	QJs 60	QTs 59	Q9s 58	Q8s 56	Q7s 54	Q6s 54	Q5s 53	Q4s 52	Q3s 51	Q2s 50
AJo 64	KJo 61	QJo 58	JJ 77	JTs 58	J9s 56	J8s 54	J7s 52	J6s 51	J5s 50	J4s 49	J3s 48	J2s 47
ATo 63	KTo 60	QTo 57	JTo 55	TT 75	T9s 54	T8s 52	T7s 51	T6s 49	T5s 47	T4s 47	T3s 46	T2s 45
A9o 61	K9o 58	Q9o 55	J9o 53	T9o 52	99 72	98s 51	97s 49	96s 47	95s 46	94s 44	93s 43	92s 42
A8o 60	K8o 56	Q8o 54	J8o 51	T8o 50	98o 48	88 69	87s 48	86s 46	85s 45	84s 43	83s 41	82s 40
A7o 59	K7o 55	Q7o 52	J7o 50	T7o 48	97o 46	87o 45	77 66	76s 45	75s 44	74s 42	73s 40	72s 38
A6o 58	K6o 54	Q6o 51	J6o 48	T6o 46	96o 44	86o 43	76o 42	66 63	65s 43	64s 41	63s 40	62s 38
A5o 58	K5o 53	Q5o 50	J5o 47	T5o 44	95o 43	85o 41	75o 41	65o 40	55 60	54s 41	53s 40	52s 38
A4o 57	K4o 52	Q4o 49	J4o 46	T4o 44	94o 41	84o 39	74o 39	64o 38	54o 38	44 57	43s 39	42s 37
A3o 56	K3o 51	Q3o 48	J3o 45	T3o 43	93o 40	83o 37	73o 37	63o 36	53o 36	43o 35	33 54	32s 36
A2o 55	K2o 51	Q2o 47	J2o 44	T2o 42	92o 39	82o 37	72o 35	62o 34	52o 34	42o 33	32o 32	22 50

One opponent: exact enumeration. Two to eight: 100,000 seeded deals per hand and opponent count. Close sampled rankings can swap places. All hands run to showdown; these are equity rankings, not opening ranges.

Every starting hand, ranked

Ranked against 1 random opponent. AA is first with 85.20% equity.

All 169 starting hands ranked against 1 random opponents
Rank	Hand	Name
1	AA	Pair of aces	85.20%
2	KK	Pair of kings	82.40%
3	QQ	Pair of queens	79.93%
4	JJ	Pair of jacks	77.47%
5	TT	Pair of tens	75.01%
6	99	Pair of nines	72.06%
7	88	Pair of eights	69.16%
8	AKs	Ace-king suited	67.04%
9	77	Pair of sevens	66.24%
10	AQs	Ace-queen suited	66.21%
11	AJs	Ace-jack suited	65.39%
12	AKo	Ace-king offsuit	65.32%
13	ATs	Ace-ten suited	64.60%
14	AQo	Ace-queen offsuit	64.43%
15	AJo	Ace-jack offsuit	63.56%
16	KQs	King-queen suited	63.40%
17	66	Pair of sixes	63.28%
18	A9s	Ace-nine suited	62.78%
19	ATo	Ace-ten offsuit	62.72%
20	KJs	King-jack suited	62.57%
21	A8s	Ace-eight suited	61.94%
22	KTs	King-ten suited	61.79%
23	KQo	King-queen offsuit	61.46%
24	A7s	Ace-seven suited	60.98%
25	A9o	Ace-nine offsuit	60.77%
26	KJo	King-jack offsuit	60.57%
27	55	Pair of fives	60.32%
28	QJs	Queen-jack suited	60.26%
29	K9s	King-nine suited	59.99%
30	A5s	Ace-five suited	59.92%
31	A6s	Ace-six suited	59.91%
32	A8o	Ace-eight offsuit	59.87%
33	KTo	King-ten offsuit	59.74%
34	QTs	Queen-ten suited	59.47%
35	A4s	Ace-four suited	59.03%
36	A7o	Ace-seven offsuit	58.84%
37	K8s	King-eight suited	58.31%
38	A3s	Ace-three suited	58.22%
39	QJo	Queen-jack offsuit	58.13%
40	K9o	King-nine offsuit	57.81%
41	A5o	Ace-five offsuit	57.70%
42	A6o	Ace-six offsuit	57.68%
43	Q9s	Queen-nine suited	57.66%
44	K7s	King-seven suited	57.54%
45	JTs	Jack-ten suited	57.53%
46	A2s	Ace-two suited	57.38%
47	QTo	Queen-ten offsuit	57.29%
48	44	Pair of fours	57.02%
49	A4o	Ace-four offsuit	56.73%
50	K6s	King-six suited	56.64%
51	K8o	King-eight offsuit	56.02%
52	Q8s	Queen-eight suited	56.02%
53	A3o	Ace-three offsuit	55.84%
54	K5s	King-five suited	55.79%
55	J9s	Jack-nine suited	55.66%
56	Q9o	Queen-nine offsuit	55.36%
57	JTo	Jack-ten offsuit	55.25%
58	K7o	King-seven offsuit	55.19%
59	A2o	Ace-two offsuit	54.93%
60	K4s	King-four suited	54.88%
61	Q7s	Queen-seven suited	54.30%
62	K6o	King-six offsuit	54.22%
63	K3s	King-three suited	54.05%
64	T9s	Ten-nine suited	54.03%
65	J8s	Jack-eight suited	54.02%
66	33	Pair of threes	53.69%
67	Q6s	Queen-six suited	53.61%
68	Q8o	Queen-eight offsuit	53.60%
69	K5o	King-five offsuit	53.31%
70	J9o	Jack-nine offsuit	53.25%
71	K2s	King-two suited	53.21%
72	Q5s	Queen-five suited	52.77%
73	T8s	Ten-eight suited	52.33%
74	K4o	King-four offsuit	52.33%
75	J7s	Jack-seven suited	52.32%
76	Q4s	Queen-four suited	51.86%
77	Q7o	Queen-seven offsuit	51.77%
78	T9o	Ten-nine offsuit	51.53%
79	J8o	Jack-eight offsuit	51.49%
80	K3o	King-three offsuit	51.43%
81	Q6o	Queen-six offsuit	51.02%
82	Q3s	Queen-three suited	51.02%
83	98s	Nine-eight suited	50.80%
84	T7s	Ten-seven suited	50.64%
85	J6s	Jack-six suited	50.61%
86	K2o	King-two offsuit	50.51%
87	22	Pair of twos	50.33%
88	Q2s	Queen-two suited	50.17%
89	Q5o	Queen-five offsuit	50.12%
90	J5s	Jack-five suited	49.99%
91	T8o	Ten-eight offsuit	49.72%
92	J7o	Jack-seven offsuit	49.68%
93	Q4o	Queen-four offsuit	49.13%
94	97s	Nine-seven suited	49.12%
95	J4s	Jack-four suited	49.07%
96	T6s	Ten-six suited	48.94%
97	J3s	Jack-three suited	48.23%
98	Q3o	Queen-three offsuit	48.22%
99	98o	Nine-eight offsuit	48.10%
100	87s	Eight-seven suited	47.94%
101	T7o	Ten-seven offsuit	47.91%
102	J6o	Jack-six offsuit	47.84%
103	96s	Nine-six suited	47.43%
104	J2s	Jack-two suited	47.38%
105	Q2o	Queen-two offsuit	47.30%
106	T5s	Ten-five suited	47.22%
107	J5o	Jack-five offsuit	47.18%
108	T4s	Ten-four suited	46.53%
109	97o	Nine-seven offsuit	46.30%
110	86s	Eight-six suited	46.24%
111	J4o	Jack-four offsuit	46.19%
112	T6o	Ten-six offsuit	46.09%
113	95s	Nine-five suited	45.72%
114	T3s	Ten-three suited	45.69%
115	76s	Seven-six suited	45.37%
116	J3o	Jack-three offsuit	45.28%
117	87o	Eight-seven offsuit	45.05%
118	T2s	Ten-two suited	44.84%
119	85s	Eight-five suited	44.54%
120	96o	Nine-six offsuit	44.49%
121	J2o	Jack-two offsuit	44.35%
122	T5o	Ten-five offsuit	44.25%
123	94s	Nine-four suited	43.86%
124	75s	Seven-five suited	43.68%
125	T4o	Ten-four offsuit	43.50%
126	93s	Nine-three suited	43.26%
127	86o	Eight-six offsuit	43.24%
128	65s	Six-five suited	43.13%
129	84s	Eight-four suited	42.70%
130	95o	Nine-five offsuit	42.67%
131	T3o	Ten-three offsuit	42.59%
132	92s	Nine-two suited	42.42%
133	76o	Seven-six offsuit	42.32%
134	74s	Seven-four suited	41.85%
135	T2o	Ten-two offsuit	41.67%
136	54s	Five-four suited	41.45%
137	85o	Eight-five offsuit	41.43%
138	64s	Six-four suited	41.33%
139	83s	Eight-three suited	40.87%
140	94o	Nine-four offsuit	40.67%
141	75o	Seven-five offsuit	40.51%
142	82s	Eight-two suited	40.27%
143	73s	Seven-three suited	40.04%
144	93o	Nine-three offsuit	40.02%
145	65o	Six-five offsuit	39.94%
146	53s	Five-three suited	39.69%
147	63s	Six-three suited	39.53%
148	84o	Eight-four offsuit	39.45%
149	92o	Nine-two offsuit	39.10%
150	43s	Four-three suited	38.64%
151	74o	Seven-four offsuit	38.55%
152	72s	Seven-two suited	38.16%
153	54o	Five-four offsuit	38.16%
154	64o	Six-four offsuit	38.01%
155	52s	Five-two suited	37.85%
156	62s	Six-two suited	37.67%
157	83o	Eight-three offsuit	37.48%
158	42s	Four-two suited	36.83%
159	82o	Eight-two offsuit	36.83%
160	73o	Seven-three offsuit	36.60%
161	53o	Five-three offsuit	36.26%
162	63o	Six-three offsuit	36.08%
163	32s	Three-two suited	35.98%
164	43o	Four-three offsuit	35.15%
165	72o	Seven-two offsuit	34.58%
166	52o	Five-two offsuit	34.28%
167	62o	Six-two offsuit	34.08%
168	42o	Four-two offsuit	33.20%
169	32o	Three-two offsuit	32.30%

Compare starting hands

First handSecond hand

Against one random hand, AKs has and AKo has 65.32%: 1.72 percentage points more for AKs.

against one to eight random opponents

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AKs: 67.04%
AKo: 65.32%

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Equity by number of random opponents
Opponents	AKs	AKo
1	67.04%	65.32%
2	50.93%	48.36%
3	41.39%	38.37%
4	35.23%	32.26%
5	30.92%	27.90%
6	27.64%	24.38%
7	24.78%	21.75%
8	22.59%	19.20%

The one-opponent values are exact. Two to eight opponents use 100,000 seeded deals per point; small differences can be sampling noise. All opponents have random hands. These curves do not measure profit or account for position, betting or opponents folding.

The ten best starting hands

AAPair of aces, 85.2%
KKPair of kings, 82.4%
QQPair of queens, 79.9%
JJPair of jacks, 77.5%
TTPair of tens, 75.0%
99Pair of nines, 72.1%
88Pair of eights, 69.2%
AKsAce-king suited, 67.0%
77Pair of sevens, 66.2%
AQsAce-queen suited, 66.2%

The ten worst starting hands

32oThree-two offsuit, 32.3%
42oFour-two offsuit, 33.2%
62oSix-two offsuit, 34.1%
52oFive-two offsuit, 34.3%
72oSeven-two offsuit, 34.6%
43oFour-three offsuit, 35.1%
32sThree-two suited, 36.0%
63oSix-three offsuit, 36.1%
53oFive-three offsuit, 36.3%
73oSeven-three offsuit, 36.6%

Against a full table

Against one hand, high cards and pairs win most often. Against five hands at once, someone usually makes a pair or better by the river, so one pair wins less often and hands that can make a flush or a straight move up. These ranks use each hand's , the same figures as the line chart on its page.

Climb the most

65sSix-five suited, 128 to 80
87sEight-seven suited, 100 to 54
76sSeven-six suited, 115 to 69
54sFive-four suited, 136 to 93
53sFive-three suited, 146 to 105

Fall the most

Q3oQueen-three offsuit, 98 to 140
Q4oQueen-four offsuit, 93 to 133
K3oKing-three offsuit, 80 to 120
K4oKing-four offsuit, 74 to 114
Q2oQueen-two offsuit, 105 to 144

Pocket pairs

The 13 pairs, from aces to twos, with each one's equity against a random hand and its rank of 169.

AAPair of aces, 85.2%, ranked 1
KKPair of kings, 82.4%, ranked 2
QQPair of queens, 79.9%, ranked 3
JJPair of jacks, 77.5%, ranked 4
TTPair of tens, 75.0%, ranked 5
99Pair of nines, 72.1%, ranked 6
88Pair of eights, 69.2%, ranked 7
77Pair of sevens, 66.2%, ranked 9
66Pair of sixes, 63.3%, ranked 17
55Pair of fives, 60.3%, ranked 27
44Pair of fours, 57.0%, ranked 48
33Pair of threes, 53.7%, ranked 66
22Pair of twos, 50.3%, ranked 87