Shuffle a list of people into balanced random teams.
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How to use the Random Team Generator
Use the team generator for classrooms, games, practices, meetings, and other group activities. People are shuffled and distributed across teams as evenly as possible.
Divide a list of participants into randomized teams while keeping group sizes as even as the numbers allow. It is useful for classes, practices, workshops, and casual games.
The selection runs in the browser and the entered list is not sent to Fieldlet. Agree on eligibility and reroll rules before using randomness with a group.
Paste the participant list with one person per line.
Choose the number of teams you need.
Fieldlet shuffles the list and distributes people across the teams in rotation.
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Worked examples
Split 17 people into four teams
Scenario: Seventeen unique names are entered and four teams are requested.
Result: One team has five people and the other three have four people each.
The list is shuffled, then participants are distributed across teams so size differences are no greater than one.
How the result is produced
Fieldlet randomizes the participant order and assigns entries across the requested number of teams. When the participant count is not divisible evenly, the remainder produces a small number of one-person-larger teams.
Team-size difference is at most one
Duplicate names are treated as separate participant entries
Random balance does not account for skill, role, or accessibility needs
Random teams are not automatically balanced teams
Even headcount does not guarantee similar skill, experience, role coverage, or accessibility. Use the random result as a neutral starting point, then make transparent adjustments when the activity genuinely requires them.
Remove accidental duplicate participant lines.
Choose the team count before generating.
Explain any manual adjustment to the group.
Limitations and common mistakes
The generator balances headcount, not experience, ability, position, or prior conflicts.
An organizer should review teams when safeguarding or accommodation needs apply.
Common questions
Will every team have the same size?
When the number of people is not evenly divisible by the number of teams, some teams will have one additional member.
Can it guarantee equal team sizes?
Only when the participant count divides evenly by the team count. Otherwise, the smallest possible size difference is one person.