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Arrow (2012)

Action · Adventure · Crime

Spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.

IMDb rating
7.5 (463,573 votes)
Episode average
8.2 ↑ +0.7 vs IMDb
Seasons
8
Language
EN
Type
TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 8 seasons indexed

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Seasons

Season 1 (2012)

8.23 avg 23 episodes 8.3 → 9.4 44 min avg

Ep 1: 8.3 · 9,271 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 7,039 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 6,604 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 6,260 votesEp 5: 8.4 · 6,217 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 5,898 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 5,781 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 5,636 votesEp 9: 8.2 · 5,460 votesEp 10: 7.6 · 5,510 votesEp 11: 7.9 · 5,287 votesEp 12: 8.2 · 5,338 votesEp 13: 8.4 · 5,421 votesEp 14: 8.7 · 5,784 votesEp 15: 7.8 · 5,184 votesEp 16: 8.6 · 5,413 votesEp 17: 7.9 · 5,187 votesEp 18: 8.2 · 5,080 votesEp 19: 8.0 · 4,986 votesEp 20: 8.3 · 5,074 votesEp 21: 8.6 · 5,383 votesEp 22: 9.0 · 6,027 votesEp 23: 9.4 · 8,848 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Pilot8.39,271
2Honor Thy Father8.07,039
3Lone Gunmen8.26,604
4An Innocent Man8.16,260
5Damaged8.46,217
6Legacies7.75,898
7Muse of Fire8.05,781
8Vendetta7.95,636
9Year's End8.25,460
10Burned7.65,510
11Trust But Verify7.95,287
12Vertigo8.25,338
13Betrayal8.45,421
14The Odyssey8.75,784
15Dodger7.85,184
16Dead to Rights8.65,413
17The Huntress Returns7.95,187
18Salvation8.25,080
19Unfinished Business8.04,986
20Home Invasion8.35,074
21The Undertaking8.65,383
22Darkness on the Edge of Town9.06,027
23Sacrifice9.48,848

Season 2 (2013)

8.65 avg 23 episodes 8.5 → 9.4 44 min avg

Ep 1: 8.5 · 6,449 votesEp 2: 8.3 · 5,333 votesEp 3: 8.5 · 5,456 votesEp 4: 8.5 · 5,292 votesEp 5: 8.6 · 5,364 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 5,014 votesEp 7: 8.3 · 5,137 votesEp 8: 8.9 · 5,965 votesEp 9: 9.2 · 6,810 votesEp 10: 8.1 · 4,775 votesEp 11: 8.4 · 4,788 votesEp 12: 8.5 · 4,831 votesEp 13: 8.5 · 5,117 votesEp 14: 8.6 · 5,139 votesEp 15: 9.0 · 5,947 votesEp 16: 8.3 · 4,933 votesEp 17: 8.0 · 4,675 votesEp 18: 9.1 · 6,163 votesEp 19: 8.9 · 5,353 votesEp 20: 9.2 · 7,189 votesEp 21: 8.9 · 5,586 votesEp 22: 9.1 · 6,001 votesEp 23: 9.4 · 8,267 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1City of Heroes8.56,449
2Identity8.35,333
3Broken Dolls8.55,456
4Crucible8.55,292
5League of Assassins8.65,364
6Keep Your Enemies Closer8.25,014
7State v. Queen8.35,137
8The Scientist8.95,965
9Three Ghosts9.26,810
10Blast Radius8.14,775
11Blind Spot8.44,788
12Tremors8.54,831
13Heir to the Demon8.55,117
14Time of Death8.65,139
15The Promise9.05,947
16Suicide Squad8.34,933
17Birds of Prey8.04,675
18Deathstroke9.16,163
19The Man Under the Hood8.95,353
20Seeing Red9.27,189
21City of Blood8.95,586
22Streets of Fire9.16,001
23Unthinkable9.48,267

Season 3 (2014)

8.40 avg 23 episodes 8.7 → 8.2 42 min avg

Ep 1: 8.7 · 6,597 votesEp 2: 8.3 · 4,983 votesEp 3: 8.1 · 4,657 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 4,709 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 5,115 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 4,444 votesEp 7: 7.8 · 4,615 votesEp 8: 9.0 · 6,660 votesEp 9: 9.5 · 12,737 votesEp 10: 8.3 · 4,934 votesEp 11: 7.8 · 4,410 votesEp 12: 8.4 · 4,671 votesEp 13: 8.2 · 4,458 votesEp 14: 8.2 · 4,540 votesEp 15: 8.7 · 5,322 votesEp 16: 8.2 · 4,396 votesEp 17: 8.3 · 4,342 votesEp 18: 8.7 · 4,932 votesEp 19: 8.9 · 5,392 votesEp 20: 8.6 · 5,110 votesEp 21: 8.3 · 4,573 votesEp 22: 8.7 · 4,897 votesEp 23: 8.2 · 5,900 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Calm8.76,597
2Sara8.34,983
3Corto Maltese8.14,657
4The Magician8.34,709
5The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak8.25,115
6Guilty7.94,444
7Draw Back Your Bow7.84,615
8The Brave and the Bold9.06,660
9The Climb9.512,737
10Left Behind8.34,934
11Midnight City7.84,410
12Uprising8.44,671
13Canaries8.24,458
14The Return8.24,540
15Nanda Parbat8.75,322
16The Offer8.24,396
17Suicidal Tendencies8.34,342
18Public Enemy8.74,932
19Broken Arrow8.95,392
20The Fallen8.65,110
21Al Sah-Him8.34,573
22This Is Your Sword8.74,897
23My Name Is Oliver Queen8.25,900

Season 4 (2015)

7.58 avg 23 episodes 8.1 → 5.6 42 min avg

Ep 1: 8.1 · 5,755 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 4,137 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 4,007 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 3,935 votesEp 5: 8.7 · 5,138 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 3,944 votesEp 7: 7.8 · 3,716 votesEp 8: 8.8 · 5,238 votesEp 9: 8.7 · 4,521 votesEp 10: 7.7 · 3,717 votesEp 11: 7.6 · 3,585 votesEp 12: 8.0 · 3,594 votesEp 13: 8.1 · 3,783 votesEp 14: 7.6 · 3,503 votesEp 15: 8.0 · 3,886 votesEp 16: 6.2 · 4,556 votesEp 17: 6.6 · 4,038 votesEp 18: 7.3 · 5,175 votesEp 19: 6.7 · 4,292 votesEp 20: 7.3 · 3,854 votesEp 21: 7.1 · 3,662 votesEp 22: 7.0 · 3,654 votesEp 23: 5.6 · 6,026 votes
Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Green Arrow8.15,755
2The Candidate7.84,137
3Restoration7.94,007
4Beyond Redemption8.03,935
5Haunted8.75,138
6Lost Souls7.83,944
7Brotherhood7.83,716
8Legends of Yesterday8.85,238
9Dark Waters8.74,521
10Blood Debts7.73,717
11A.W.O.L.7.63,585
12Unchained8.03,594
13Sins of the Father8.13,783
14Code of Silence7.63,503
15Taken8.03,886
16Broken Hearts6.24,556
17Beacon of Hope6.64,038
18Eleven-Fifty-Nine7.35,175
19Canary Cry6.74,292
20Genesis7.33,854
21Monument Point7.13,662
22Lost in the Flood7.03,654
23Schism5.66,026

Season 5 (2016)

8.23 avg 23 episodes 8.1 → 9.6 42 min avg

Ep 1: 8.1 · 4,340 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 3,633 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 3,393 votesEp 4: 7.9 · 3,256 votesEp 5: 8.4 · 3,506 votesEp 6: 8.1 · 3,251 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 3,181 votesEp 8: 8.9 · 5,191 votesEp 9: 9.1 · 4,412 votesEp 10: 7.7 · 3,310 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 3,037 votesEp 12: 7.9 · 2,949 votesEp 13: 7.3 · 3,365 votesEp 14: 7.6 · 2,881 votesEp 15: 8.3 · 3,097 votesEp 16: 8.8 · 3,604 votesEp 17: 9.1 · 4,782 votesEp 18: 8.3 · 3,151 votesEp 19: 7.7 · 2,935 votesEp 20: 7.6 · 3,619 votesEp 21: 8.0 · 2,865 votesEp 22: 8.9 · 3,692 votesEp 23: 9.6 · 8,902 votes
Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Legacy8.14,340
2The Recruits8.03,633
3A Matter of Trust8.03,393
4Penance7.93,256
5Human Target8.43,506
6So It Begins8.13,251
7Vigilante8.03,181
8Invasion!8.95,191
9What We Leave Behind9.14,412
10Who Are You?7.73,310
11Second Chances8.03,037
12Bratva7.92,949
13Spectre of the Gun7.33,365
14The Sin-Eater7.62,881
15Fighting Fire with Fire8.33,097
16Checkmate8.83,604
17Kapiushon9.14,782
18Disbanded8.33,151
19Dangerous Liaisons7.72,935
20Underneath7.63,619
21Honor Thy Fathers8.02,865
22Missing8.93,692
23Lian Yu9.68,902

Season 6 (2017)

7.88 avg 23 episodes 7.7 → 8.6 42 min avg

Ep 1: 7.7 · 3,330 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 2,816 votesEp 3: 7.6 · 2,696 votesEp 4: 7.2 · 3,058 votesEp 5: 8.5 · 3,141 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 2,761 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 2,523 votesEp 8: 8.6 · 4,010 votesEp 9: 7.2 · 2,794 votesEp 10: 7.3 · 2,459 votesEp 11: 7.5 · 2,403 votesEp 12: 7.7 · 2,349 votesEp 13: 8.0 · 2,491 votesEp 14: 7.1 · 2,480 votesEp 15: 8.0 · 2,408 votesEp 16: 7.7 · 2,380 votesEp 17: 7.7 · 2,464 votesEp 18: 8.5 · 2,849 votesEp 19: 7.9 · 2,648 votesEp 20: 7.9 · 2,325 votesEp 21: 8.7 · 2,713 votesEp 22: 8.3 · 2,473 votesEp 23: 8.6 · 2,944 votes
Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Fallout7.73,330
2Tribute7.82,816
3Next of Kin7.62,696
4Reversal7.23,058
5Deathstroke Returns8.53,141
6Promises Kept8.22,761
7Thanksgiving7.62,523
8Crisis on Earth-X, Part 28.64,010
9Irreconcilable Differences7.22,794
10Divided7.32,459
11We Fall7.52,403
12All for Nothing7.72,349
13The Devil's Greatest Trick8.02,491
14Collision Course7.12,480
15Doppelgänger8.02,408
16The Thanatos Guild7.72,380
17Brothers in Arms7.72,464
18Fundamentals8.52,849
19The Dragon7.92,648
20Shifting Allegiances7.92,325
21Docket No. 11-19-41-738.72,713
22The Ties That Bind8.32,473
23Life Sentence8.62,944

Season 7 (2018)

8.00 avg 22 episodes 8.9 → 8.5 42 min avg

Ep 1: 8.9 · 3,891 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 2,716 votesEp 3: 8.1 · 2,641 votesEp 4: 7.9 · 2,539 votesEp 5: 8.4 · 2,649 votesEp 6: 8.1 · 2,476 votesEp 7: 9.2 · 3,952 votesEp 8: 8.2 · 2,524 votesEp 9: 8.8 · 3,434 votesEp 10: 7.2 · 2,285 votesEp 11: 7.6 · 2,151 votesEp 12: 8.4 · 2,584 votesEp 13: 7.9 · 2,225 votesEp 14: 7.7 · 2,088 votesEp 15: 7.4 · 2,021 votesEp 16: 7.4 · 2,254 votesEp 17: 7.8 · 2,035 votesEp 18: 7.1 · 2,181 votesEp 19: 7.5 · 1,951 votesEp 20: 8.3 · 2,216 votesEp 21: 7.9 · 2,037 votesEp 22: 8.5 · 2,795 votes
Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Inmate 45878.93,891
2The Longbow Hunters7.82,716
3Crossing Lines8.12,641
4Level Two7.92,539
5The Demon8.42,649
6Due Process8.12,476
7The Slabside Redemption9.23,952
8Unmasked8.22,524
9Elseworlds, Part 28.83,434
10My Name Is Emiko Queen7.22,285
11Past Sins7.62,151
12Emerald Archer8.42,584
13Star City Slayer7.92,225
14Brothers & Sisters7.72,088
15Training Day7.42,021
16Star City 20407.42,254
17Inheritance7.82,035
18Lost Canary7.12,181
19Spartan7.51,951
20Confessions8.32,216
21Living Proof7.92,037
22You Have Saved This City8.52,795

Season 8 (2019)

8.42 avg 10 episodes 8.9 → 9.2 42 min avg

Ep 1: 8.9 · 3,434 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 2,627 votesEp 3: 8.5 · 2,732 votesEp 4: 8.6 · 2,640 votesEp 5: 8.3 · 2,373 votesEp 6: 8.8 · 2,592 votesEp 7: 8.6 · 2,392 votesEp 8: 8.4 · 3,388 votesEp 9: 6.8 · 2,655 votesEp 10: 9.2 · 4,051 votes
Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Starling City8.93,434
2Welcome to Hong Kong8.12,627
3Leap of Faith8.52,732
4Present Tense8.62,640
5Prochnost8.32,373
6Reset8.82,592
7Purgatory8.62,392
8Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four8.43,388
9Green Arrow & the Canaries6.82,655
10Fadeout9.24,051

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