The Top 100 episodes in Star Trek franchise history according to metrics
By Chad Porto
Star Trek Episode Rankings – #20-11
20. Darmok (TNG) – 237 points
Season 5, Episode 2
Despite not being able to communicate with one another, Captain Picard and an alien captain work together to hunt a creature they can’t see.
19. Year of Hell Part II (VOY) – 253 points
Season 4, Episode 9
Annorax faces off with Captain Janeway one last time as she risks her ship and crew to try and stop him.
18. Year of Hell Part I (VOY) – 259 points
Season 4, Episode 8
A Krenim alien disrupts time, causing the Voyager to be stuck in a year-long quest to simply survive.
17. Trials and Tribble-ations (DS9) – 260 points
Season 5, Episode 6
Captain Sisko and the main crew members of DS9 travel back in time and interact with James Kirk and the U.S.S. Enterprise.
16. Duet (DS9) – 263 points
Season 1, Episode 19
Major Kira is stuck in a cat-and-mouse game with a possible Cardassian war criminal.
15. The Doomsday Machine (TOS) – 279 points
Season 2, Episode 6
A machine that can destroy entire planets crosses paths with the Enterprise, but one crew member goes mad trying to get revenge on the machine.
14. Balance of Terror (TOS) – 289 points
Season 1, Episode 8
The Enterprise comes face to face with the dreaded Romulans, who may have just destroyed important outposts.
13. Space Seed (TOS) – 303 points
Season 1, Episode 24
James Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise come face to face with famed warlord Khan Noonien Singh.
12. The Measure of a Man (TNG) – 308 points
Season 2, Episode 9
Captain Jean-Luc Picard has to defend Data from Starfleet after Data’s ordered to resign his commission so he can be studied.
11. Trouble with Tribbles (TOS) – 333 points
Season 2, Episode 13
The Enterprise finds themselves dealing with Klingons and furry space creatures who multiply incredibly fast.