The 101 most popular dog breeds, ranked
Best in (Your) Show...
Man’s best friend is not an exact science.
Some people might go for a terrier over a bulldog. Some like giant dogs, while others like the teacup pooches. There’s my dog. There’s your dog. And well, my dog’s better than your dog, my dog’s better than yours, and so on.
How would someone even begin ranking the top breeds, you ask? We kept the formula simple: One part Classic Eye Test (that undeniable, sheer dogness), and 5000 parts dog-loving subjectivity.
Based on that, here are our 101 favorite dog breeds. (And yes, No. 101 could easily be No. 1… in your heart.)
101. Chinese crested
100. Rat terrier
99. Italian greyhound
98. Border terrier
97. Basenji
96. Pekingese
95. Australian cattle dog
94. Staffordshire bull terrier
93. Pug
92. Tibetan terrier
91. Whippet
90. Miniature pinscher
89. Dogo Argentino
88. Leonberger
87. Jack Russell terrier
86. Brussels griffon
85. Anatolian shepherd dog
84. Standard poodle
83. Keeshond
82. Rottweiler
81. Norwegian elkhound
80. Bichon frise
79. Airedale terrier
78. Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever
77. Boykin spaniel
76. Lagotti Romagnoli
75. Standard schnauzer
74. Neapolitan mastiff
73. American Staffordshire terrier
72. Chihuahua
71. Coton de Tulear
70. Lhasa apso
69. Irish setter
68. Irish wolfhound
67. Cane corso
66. Giant schnauzer
65. Cairn terrier
64. Dogue de Bordeaux
63. Pomeranian
62. Welsh corgi
61. Bull terrier
60. Wirehaired pointing griffon
59. Shiba Inu
58. Shetland sheepdog
57. Soft-coated wheaten terrier
56. Scottish terrier
55. Samoyed
54. Bullmastiff
53. Papillon
52. Rhodesian ridgeback
51. Belgian Malinois
50. Chesapeake Bay retriever
49. Portuguese water dog
48. Akita
47. Newfoundland
46. Bloodhound
45. Greater Swiss mountain dog
44. West Highland white terrier
43. Maltese
42. Saint Bernard
41. English cocker spaniel
40. Collie
39. Weimaraner
38. Shih Tzu
37. Dalmatian
36. Doberman pinscher
35. Vizsla
34. Chow Chow
33. Mastiff
32. Old English sheepdog
31. Miniature American shepherd
30. Cocker spaniel
29. German shorthaired pointer
28. Boston terrier
27. Beagle
26. English setter
25. Pembroke Welsh corgi
24. Havanese
23. Great pyrenees
22. Boxer
21. Bouvier des Flandres
20. Brittany spaniel
19. Miniature schnauzer
18. French bulldog
17. Australian shepherd
16. Siberian husky
15. Great Dane
14. German shepherd
13. Yorkshire terrier
12. German wirehaired pointer
11. Dachshund
10. Basset hound
9. Border collie
8. Shar pei
7. English springer spaniel
6. Labrador retriever
5. Bernese mountain dog
4. Alaskan Malamute
3. Bulldog
2. Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
1. Golden retriever
