World's Best Burgers 2026: Every Ranking's No. 1

The world’s best burgers 2026 have two different number ones. Hundred Burgers (Valencia and Madrid) is No. 1 on Burgerdudes’ The World’s 25 Best Burgers for the third year in a row, published on April 29, 2026. Bleecker (London) is No. 1 on the World’s 101 Best Burger Places, announced on June 15, 2026. Which one is “the best burger in the world” depends on which ranking you read.

Most headlines this year picked one list and ignored the rest. So I went back to every primary source, checked on November 6, 2026, and put them side by side: the ten names that dominate, how each list is judged, and the six venues two rankings agree on.

The 10 names that dominate the 2026 world burger rankings

These ten venues won a major 2026 ranking, placed on both big global lists, or, in Holy Burger’s case, finished second on Burgerdudes.

1. Hundred Burgers (Valencia and Madrid, Spain): No. 1 on Burgerdudes for 2024, 2025 and 2026.
2. Bleecker (London): No. 1 on the World’s 101 Best Burger Places, No. 12 on Burgerdudes.
3. Smash Things (Tokyo): No. 1 on Time Out’s World’s Best Burgers.
4. Godeo, “Umami Gold” (Spain): named best burger in Europe at The Champions Burger final in Paris La Défense.
5. Burger & Beyond (London and Manchester): No. 5 on Burgerdudes, No. 11 on the 101 Best.
6. Amboy (Los Angeles): No. 9 on both lists.
7. Nowon (New York and Boston): No. 8 on the 101 Best, No. 13 on Burgerdudes.
8. Holy Burger (São Paulo): No. 2 on Burgerdudes, up from No. 3 in 2025.
9. Will’s (Sydney): No. 14 on the 101 Best, No. 22 on Burgerdudes.
10. Gui’s Burger (Japan): No. 7 on Burgerdudes (listed in Osaka), No. 30 on the 101 Best (listed in Ashiya).

The 10 names that dominate the 2026 world burger rankings: each venue with a badge for every list it appears on and its position there (Burgerdudes, World’s 101 Best Burger Places, Time Out, The Champions Burger). Spec: a 10-row dot matrix with 4 columns. Hundred Burgers B1; Bleecker B12/101-1; Smash Things TO1; Godeo Umami Gold CB1; Burger & Beyond B5/101-11; Amboy B9/101-9; Nowon B13/101-8; Holy Burger B2; Will’s B22/101-14; Gui’s Burger B7/101-30. Data: Burgerdudes, worldbestburgers.com, Time Out and Defense-92, checked November 6, 2026. (Chart: Burger Breton, data from Burgerdudes, World’s 101 Best Burger Places, Time Out and Defense-92 (facts, no image licence needed))

Why the world’s best burger rankings disagree in 2026

The rankings disagree because different publishers run them, with different judges, criteria and pools of venues. Hundred Burgers is not in the top 30 of the 101 Best. Bleecker, the 101 Best winner, sits at No. 12 on Burgerdudes.

That is why the press coverage splits along national lines. Spanish outlets celebrate Hundred as the world’s best for a third year; London outlets celebrate Bleecker. Both are right. They are just reading different lists.

Burgerdudes: The World’s 25 Best Burgers 2026

Burgerdudes ranks Hundred Burgers No. 1 in the world for 2026, making it the first venue to win three years in a row. The list was published on April 29, 2026.

How the Burgerdudes world’s best burgers list is built

Burgerdudes’ own editorial team writes every review, visits every restaurant and pays its own bills. No guest judges, no outside contributors. The site says it has published more than 1,400 reviews in 65 countries since 2014; press reports cite 1,346.

The World’s 25 Best Burgers 2026, full list

1. Hundred Burgers (Valencia and Madrid)
2. Holy Burger (São Paulo)
3. Au Cheval (Chicago and New York)
4. Funky Chicken Food Truck (Stockholm)
5. Burger & Beyond (London and Manchester)
6. Pizza Loves Emily (New York)
7. Gui’s Burger (Osaka)
8. MeatCastles (Retford, England)
9. Amboy (Los Angeles)
10. Soul Coffee Beer (Valencia)
11. Grindhouse Braserito (São Paulo)
12. Bleecker (London)
13. Nowon (New York and Boston)
14. Goldieboy (Melbourne)
15. Briochef (Madrid)
16. Dreamburger (Nashville)
17. Harlem Shake (New York)
18. Black Cactus (London)
19. Red Hook Tavern (New York)
20. Franky’s (Stockholm)
21. BDP Burger (Madrid)
22. Will’s (Sydney)
23. Rekas Burgers (Malmö and Lund)
24. Dove (London)
25. The Food Truck Store (Buenos Aires)

Source: Burgerdudes announcement and theworldsbestburgers.com, checked November 6, 2026.

Hundred Burgers: why it wins, where to eat it, what it costs

Hundred Burgers wins on its beef and its bun. Burgerdudes editor-in-chief Toby Lee points to the Rubia Gallega beef the house ages itself and the handmade Japanese milk bun. Álex González-Urbón and Ezequiel Maldjian founded it in Valencia in February 2020.

The flagship is at Calle San Vicente Mártir 44, in Valencia’s Ciutat Vella. In Madrid, Hundred has two dining rooms, at Plaza de Pedro Zerolo 1 (Chueca) and Calle Eloy Gonzalo 12 (Chamberí), plus a dark kitchen at Calle San José Artesano 8 in Alcobendas. Burgers named in the press include the Loser, the Satisfaction and the limited-edition Paul Finch.

Madrid Secreto puts a Hundred burger at €10 to €15. That is a press figure, not the official menu, so check before you go. My colleague Alex covers the full Valencia picture in his guide to Hundred Burgers and the best burgers in Valencia.

Where to eat Hundred Burgers: the Valencia flagship at Calle San Vicente Mártir 44, Ciutat Vella (marker, 39.4708, -0.3780), and the Madrid dining rooms at Plaza de Pedro Zerolo 1, Chueca (40.4210, -3.7001) and Calle Eloy Gonzalo 12, Chamberí (40.4339, -3.7025). Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. (Map: OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL)

World’s 101 Best Burgers 2026: Bleecker is No. 1

Bleecker in London is No. 1 on the World’s 101 Best Burger Places 2026, announced on June 15, 2026 by Upper Cut Media House Ltd. Two more London venues made the top 10: Black Bear Burger at No. 2 and Hawksmoor St Pancras at No. 7.

How the World’s 101 Best Burgers ranking is judged

The 101 Best scores venues on seven criteria: meat quality and provenance; burger build and execution; consistency; customer experience; online presence and reputation; sustainability and responsibility; and HACCP compliance. Ambassadors and the Executive Team carry out the assessments, anonymously “wherever possible.” No place can be bought, and there is no public vote.

The publisher’s 2025 edition was a shorter “25 Best Burgers” attached to World’s 101 Best Steaks. Hundred Burgers won it, ahead of Bleecker and Black Bear Burger. For 2026 the burger ranking grew to 101 venues, and the top two swapped out.

The World’s 101 Best Burger Places 2026, top 30

1. Bleecker (London)
2. Black Bear Burger (London)
3. Café Margaret (Sydney)
4. The Diplomat (Hong Kong)
5. Gasoline Grill (Copenhagen)
6. Sip & Guzzle (New York)
7. Hawksmoor St Pancras (London)
8. Nowon (New York)
9. Amboy Quality Meats (Los Angeles)
10. The Grill at the International (Sydney)
11. Burger & Beyond (London)
12. WagyuMafia (Tokyo)
13. Charrd (Melbourne)
14. Will’s (Sydney)
15. Camphor (Los Angeles)
16. Hubert (Sydney)
17. Bar Julius (Sydney)
18. AG (Stockholm)
19. The Gidley (Sydney)
20. Salt Shed (Brighton)
21. Clam Bar (Sydney)
22. The Loyalist (Chicago)
23. Bunsen (Dublin)
24. Bar Chimera (New York)
25. The Alston (Chicago)
26. Dumbo (Paris)
27. Reburger (Florence)
28. Meat Stop (London)
29. Dandelion (Copenhagen)
30. Gui’s Burger (Ashiya)

Sources: World’s 101 Best Burger Places official list, ranking criteria and Time Out’s top 30 (June 18, 2026), checked November 6, 2026.

Bleecker: the winning burger and where to find it

Bleecker’s winning burger is aged beef cooked pink, with orange cheddar, onion and “secret sauce” in a toasted seeded bun. The judges called it “Bold, direct and unapologetically flavour-first,” according to Time Out London.

A Bleecker bacon cheeseburger in a box with the Bleecker logo, with a cup of fries, at the Spitalfields kiosk in London, May 2016. This is an earlier Bleecker burger, not the aged-beef burger that won the World’s 101 Best Burger Places 2026. Photo: Bex Walton, CC BY 2.0, https://www.flickr.com/photos/7831824@N04/34647741131 (Photo: Bex Walton, CC BY 2.0, https://www.flickr.com/photos/7831824@N04/34647741131)

Zan Kaufman started Bleecker as a food truck in 2012 and opened a permanent kiosk in Spitalfields in 2015. The flagship is at Old Spitalfields Market, 16 Horner Square, London E1 6EW. Sources put the London count at eight or nine sites. I couldn’t verify current menu prices in pounds, so none are quoted here. My colleague Emma covers Bleecker, Black Bear, Hawksmoor and Burger & Beyond in her guide to the best burgers in London.

Bleecker’s flagship, No. 1 on the World’s 101 Best Burger Places 2026: Old Spitalfields Market, 16 Horner Square, London E1 6EW, near Liverpool Street station. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. (Map: OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL)

Best burgers in the world: the venues on both big lists

Six venues made both the Burgerdudes top 25 and the 101 Best top 30 in 2026. When two independent rankings agree, that’s the shortlist I’d trust.

Burgerdudes vs World’s 101 Best: a slopegraph of the 2026 ranks for the six venues on both lists. Bleecker goes from 12 to 1, Burger & Beyond from 5 to 11, Amboy stays at 9, Nowon goes from 13 to 8, Will’s from 22 to 14 and Gui’s Burger from 7 to 30. Rank 1 is at the top. Data: burgerdudes.se and worldbestburgers.com, checked November 6, 2026. (Chart: Burger Breton, data from burgerdudes.se and worldbestburgers.com (facts, no image licence needed))

My take: Amboy is the most consistent pick of the year, No. 9 on both lists. Bleecker has the strongest combined showing at the top. But if I had to name one title that means more, it’s Hundred’s. The same team, paying its own bills, picked the same restaurant three years running. A single win on a new 101-venue list with seven criteria, two of them about online reputation and HACCP paperwork, is impressive. It is not the same thing.

Time Out’s World’s Best Burgers: Smash Things is No. 1

Time Out published its own World’s Best Burgers ranking on May 28, 2026, with Smash Things in Tokyo at No. 1. None of its top 10 appears in the Burgerdudes top 25 or the 101 Best top 30.

1. Smash Things (Tokyo)
2. Zuney Wagyu Burgers (Cape Town)
3. Nolita (Madrid)
4. Hanbaagaasuuteeki (London)
5. Casse-Croûte Mange Dans Mon Hood (Montreal)
6. Spécimen Burger (Paris, Saint-Germain-des-Prés)
7. Eat at ROBs (Sydney)
8. Mafia Bite (Johannesburg)
9. Kiddo (Buenos Aires)
10. Ground Burger (Lisbon)

Source: Time Out Paris, checked November 6, 2026. I’ve only seen a summary of Time Out’s method, so I won’t describe it here.

Best burger in Europe 2026: The Champions Burger

Godeo’s “Umami Gold” from Spain was named Europe’s best burger at the 2026 European final of The Champions Burger, held in Paris La Défense. La Bichota Pro Max by El Tarantín Chiflado came second and Pink Paradise by Madison third, according to Defense-92 on September 21, 2026. Godeo had finished second in 2025.

This is a competition between burgers, not a ranking of restaurants. The organizer didn’t confirm to me whether a jury, the public or both decide the final, so I’m leaving that out.

Best burgers in the US, France, Latin America and Scandinavia in 2026

The top-ranked venue in each region changes with the list. Here is where the leading American, French, Latin American and Scandinavian names landed.

United States

Au Cheval (Chicago and New York) is the highest-ranked US venue on Burgerdudes, at No. 3. On the 101 Best, it’s Sip & Guzzle in New York at No. 6, then Nowon at No. 8. New York has more entries than any other US city on both lists; my colleague Olivia covers Sip & Guzzle and Nowon in her guide to the best burgers in New York. Nashville’s Dreamburger is No. 16 on Burgerdudes, and Daniel reviews it in his Nashville burger guide.

A cook at the flat-top griddle in Au Cheval’s open kitchen in Chicago’s West Loop, May 2019, with burger patties, bacon and fried eggs cooking and buns on the shelf above. Au Cheval is No. 3 on Burgerdudes 2026 and the top-ranked US venue on that list. Photo: Bex Walton, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Top\_hamburgerology\_at\_Au\_Cheval,\_West\_Loop\_(47090484304).jpg (Photo: Bex Walton, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Top\_hamburgerology\_at\_Au\_Cheval,\_West\_Loop\_(47090484304).jpg)

France

Dumbo in Paris is No. 26 on the World’s 101 Best Burger Places 2026. Spécimen Burger, a smash burger spot in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, is No. 6 on Time Out’s list. No French venue made the Burgerdudes top 25.

Latin America

São Paulo is the standout city in Latin America. Holy Burger is No. 2 on Burgerdudes and Grindhouse Braserito No. 11; Lucas covers both in his guide to the best burgers in São Paulo. Buenos Aires has The Food Truck Store at No. 25 on Burgerdudes and Kiddo at No. 9 on Time Out.

Scandinavia

Stockholm has three ranked venues: Funky Chicken Food Truck (No. 4) and Franky’s (No. 20) on Burgerdudes, and AG (No. 18) on the 101 Best. Alex covers all three in his guide to the best burgers in Stockholm. Copenhagen has Gasoline Grill at No. 5 and Dandelion at No. 29 on the 101 Best.

Frequently asked questions about the world’s best burgers 2026

What is the best burger in the world in 2026? It depends on the ranking. Hundred Burgers (Valencia and Madrid) is No. 1 on Burgerdudes’ World’s 25 Best Burgers 2026. Bleecker (London) is No. 1 on the World’s 101 Best Burger Places 2026. Smash Things (Tokyo) tops Time Out’s list.

Which is the real number one in 2026, Hundred Burgers or Bleecker? Both, on different lists. Hundred Burgers won Burgerdudes on April 29, 2026, its third win in a row. Bleecker won the 101 Best on June 15, 2026. Hundred is not in the 101 Best top 30, and Bleecker is No. 12 on Burgerdudes.

Where can I eat Hundred Burgers, and how much does it cost? The Valencia flagship is at Calle San Vicente Mártir 44. Madrid has dining rooms at Plaza de Pedro Zerolo 1 and Calle Eloy Gonzalo 12. Madrid Secreto puts a burger at €10 to €15, a press figure rather than the official menu.

How is the World’s 101 Best Burgers ranking decided? Venues are scored on seven criteria, from meat quality and provenance to HACCP compliance. Ambassadors and the Executive Team carry out the assessments, anonymously wherever possible. No place can be bought and there is no public vote.

What is the best burger in America in 2026? Au Cheval (Chicago and New York) is the top US venue on Burgerdudes, at No. 3. Sip & Guzzle in New York is the top US venue on the 101 Best, at No. 6.

What is the best burger in Europe in 2026? Godeo’s “Umami Gold” from Spain won The Champions Burger European final in Paris La Défense. Among the rankings, Hundred Burgers leads Burgerdudes and Bleecker leads the 101 Best.

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