Iron Maiden Albums Ranked
Every Iron Maiden album ranked worst to best by the fans who voted, one head-to-head matchup at a time. Their #1: The Number of the Beast.
Ranked by fans
Piece of Mind
1983
106283% won
The Number of the Beast
1982
1074100% won
The Book of Souls
2015
1031
- 4
Brave New World
2000
10161 votes
- 5
Virtual XI
1998
10161 votes
- 6
Senjutsu
2021
10161 votes
- 7
Powerslave
1984
10165 votes - 60% won
- 8
Dance of Death
2003
10012 votes
- 9
Killers
1981
9984 votes
- 10
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
1988
9972 votes
- 11
Fear of the Dark
1992
9855 votes - 40% won
- 12
No Prayer for the Dying
1990
9841 votes
- 13
Iron Maiden
1980
9841 votes
- 14
A Matter of Life and Death
2006
9841 votes
- 15
Somewhere in Time
1986
9841 votes
- 16
The X Factor
1995
9692 votes
- 17
The Final Frontier
2010
9156 votes - 0% won
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START RANKINGA different ranking, from a different crowd: Iron Maiden's albums and songs by lifetime Spotify streams. Figures move daily. Nothing here feeds the fan ranking.
Most streamed Iron Maiden albums
Piece of Mind
1983
863m
The Number of the Beast
1982
1.2bn
Fear of the Dark
1992
767m
- 4
Powerslave
1984
507m258k/day
- 5
Somewhere in Time
1986
379m205k/day
- 6
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
1988
256m140k/day
- 7
Brave New World
2000
245m82k/day
- 8
Iron Maiden
1980
222m127k/day
- 9
Senjutsu
2021
185m46k/day
- 10
The Book of Souls
2015
150m21k/day
- 11
Killers
1981
139m114k/day
- 12
Dance of Death
2003
125m39k/day
- 13
A Matter of Life and Death
2006
85m22k/day
- 14
No Prayer for the Dying
1990
72m25k/day
- 15
The Final Frontier
2010
65m15k/day
- 16
Virtual XI
1998
44m12k/day
- 17
The X Factor
1995
42m14k/day
Every play of every song on the album, as of 3 October 2026. Where an album has several editions, the biggest figure counts.
Most streamed Iron Maiden songs
- 1The Trooper672m251k/day
- 2Run to the Hills508m154k/day
- 3Fear of the Dark503m188k/day
- 4The Number of the Beast342m117k/day
- 5Hallowed Be Thy Name257m110k/day
- 6Wasted Years228m97k/day
- 72 Minutes to Midnight217m74k/day
- 8Aces High176m62k/day
- 9Wasting Love141m62k/day
- 10Flight of Icarus93m36k/day
Source: Spotify lifetime totals via kworb.net. Albums as of 3 October 2026, songs as of 1 October 2026. Stream counts are not votes and are never mixed into the fan ranking.
Iron Maiden albums: your questions
- What is Iron Maiden's best album?
- The Number of the Beast (1982) is Iron Maiden's #1 album on TakeRank, winning 100% of its 5 head-to-head matchups.
- What is Iron Maiden's most underrated album?
- Powerslave (1984) sits at #7 but wins 60% of its matchups, the best record of any Iron Maiden album outside their top three.
- How many albums has Iron Maiden released?
- Iron Maiden has released 17 studio albums, from Iron Maiden (1980) to Senjutsu (2021).