Random Group Generator

Paste a list of names, choose how many groups you need and press Make teams. The random group generator shuffles everyone and deals them out evenly, so group sizes never differ by more than one.

Make groups in three steps

1. Add the names. Paste a column from a spreadsheet or type one name per line in Entries. The counter shows how many people are on the list.
2. Choose the split. Pick Number of teams to get, say, 3 groups, or People per team to get groups of 4.
3. Press Make teams. The list is shuffled and dealt out round-robin, so group sizes differ by one person at most. Copy sends the result to your clipboard.

Not happy with the mix? Press Make teams again for a fresh split. Names you hide in Advanced are left out, which is handy when someone is absent today.

Groups of a set size

People per team is the quickest way to make pairs, trios or groups of five. Leftovers join the other groups instead of forming a tiny one: eleven people in pairs become four pairs and one trio. That keeps it fair when you use it as a random partner generator for partner work, peer review or study buddies.

Where a group generator helps

• Classrooms: project groups, reading circles, lab partners.
• Workshops and meetings: breakout rooms and discussion tables.
• Sports and games: five-a-side teams, quiz night tables, board game groups.
• Events: seating plans and icebreaker groups.

Rename the wheel and press Share to send the same list to a colleague; the link carries the names, not the groups.

Prefer to draw them one by one?

The wheel is still here. Turn on “Remove winner after spin” in Settings and spin: the first name drawn joins group 1, the second joins group 2, and so on, round after round. When one name is left it goes to the last group without a spin, because the wheel needs at least two entries. It takes longer than Make teams, but it is great fun on a projector.