# Random Team Generator: Split Names into Fair Groups (Free)

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  "title": "Random Team Generator: Split Names into Fair Groups (Free)",
  "description": "Free random team and group generator. Paste names, pick teams or group size, get fair random groups. Save class lists, avoid repeat pairs, project on screen.",
  "site": "Qrdy Frames",
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  "tool": "random-team-generator",
  "client_side": true,
  "max_names": 200,
  "saved_lists": 20,
  "history_per_list": 10,
  "randomness": "crypto.getRandomValues, Fisher–Yates with rejection sampling",
  "alias": "https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/tools/random-group-generator",
  "url": "https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/tools/random-team-generator",
  "markdown_url": "https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/md/tools/random-team-generator",
  "llms_txt": "https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/llms.txt",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-09T00:00:00.000Z"
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```

## Introduction

Paste a list of names, choose how many teams you want or how many people per team, and get fair random groups in one click. Made for people who do this every week: your class lists are saved in this browser, past splits are remembered so the same pairs do not land together again, and a present mode reveals the teams one by one on a projector. Nothing is uploaded.

Free tool by Qrdy Frames: https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/tools/random-team-generator (also https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/tools/random-group-generator). No account, nothing uploaded. Qrdy Frames is an independent tool and isn't affiliated with Canva.

## See also

- [Free Online Tools](https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/tools): every free tool on one page (7 tools)
- [Christmas Ornament Photo Maker](https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/christmas-ornament-photo-maker): free tool: drop a photo and see it inside ornaments, stockings, mittens and more
- [Circle Crop Image](https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/circle-crop-image): free tool: crop any photo into a perfect circle in seconds
- [Heart Photo Frame](https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/shapes/heart-frame): free tool: place any photo inside a heart shape and download a transparent png
- [Password Generator](https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/tools/password-generator): free tool: strong passwords, passphrases, PINs and developer secrets
- [Bulk QR Code Generator](https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/tools/bulk-qr-code-generator): free tool: hundreds of QR codes from a list or CSV, as PNG or SVG in one ZIP
- [Yes or No Wheel](https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/tools/yes-or-no-wheel): free tool: spin for a yes or no (or maybe), keep a history of your questions, best of 3, custom decision wheel

## TL;DR

- Input: paste names one per line (commas work) or upload a CSV whose first column holds the names; up to 200 names, duplicates flagged and kept as separate people; 12 sample names are prefilled
- Split: Number of teams (2–20) or People per team (2–20); leftovers spread across teams (sizes differ by at most 1) or kept as a smaller last team; optional captain per team (starred); team names Team 1…N or Colors, Animals, Planets, editable
- Constraints: Keep together (names that must share a team) and Keep apart (names that must never share one); a rule that cannot be met is reported with its reason, never ignored
- Repeat use: up to 20 saved lists in this browser's local storage (one key, qrdy.random-team.v1), each remembering its last 10 splits; "Avoid repeating past teammates" tries 40 shuffles and keeps the one with the fewest repeated pairs, and shows the count
- Output: team cards with a colour each, Reshuffle, Copy as text, Download PNG (all teams on one 1080 px wide image), Print, and Present mode (full screen, dark, one team revealed at a time with Space or click, Escape exits)
- Everything runs in the browser; names never leave the device and never go into analytics. Live picking inside Canva slides: Spin Wheel Maker (https://www.canva.com/apps/AAGIua1prrA)

## How to split a list into random teams

1. Paste your names in the box, one per line (commas work too), or upload a CSV whose first column holds the names. The counter shows how many names you have; duplicates are flagged.
2. Pick Number of teams or People per team and set the number, then choose what happens with leftovers, whether each team gets a captain, and a team-name set (Colors, Animals, Planets). Open Advanced to keep certain names together or apart.
3. Click Make teams. Reshuffle until it looks right, then copy the teams as text, download them as one PNG, print them, or open Present mode to reveal them one by one on the projector. Save the list to reuse it next week.

## Ideas for the classroom and team building

- **Group projects:** Split a class of 24 into six groups of four with a captain who reports back.
- **PE and sports:** Two or four even teams from the attendance list, new captains every lesson.
- **Workshop breakouts:** Groups of five for a discussion round, keeping the two colleagues who always sit together apart.
- **Icebreakers:** Pairs or trios of people who have not met: load last week's list and turn on Avoid repeating past teammates.
- **Game night:** Random teams for trivia or board games, with Planets or Animals as team names.
- **Hackathons and study groups:** Mix skill levels by keeping the strongest members apart so every team has one.

## How to make teams fair

Fair teams are even in size, picked by a random process nobody can steer, and different from last time. This tool handles the first two automatically: sizes differ by at most one person unless you ask for a smaller last team, and every shuffle comes from the browser's cryptographic random generator rather than a hand-picked order.

Captains spread responsibility: with Pick a captain on, each team's first drawn member gets a star, so the role rotates at random instead of landing on the same volunteer. Keep apart stops two people who dominate or distract each other from sharing a team, and Keep together lets a pair who need each other (a buddy system, a shared laptop) stay in one group without you placing them by hand.

Avoid repeating past teammates is what makes week two fair as well. When a saved list has history, the tool runs forty shuffles and keeps the one with the fewest pairs that were already together, and tells you the count, so over a term everyone works with everyone.

## Where do the names go?

Nowhere: the names stay in your browser. The split happens on your device, saved lists live in this browser's local storage under a single key, and the only things the analytics record are counts and settings such as the number of names (as a range) and the mode. No name, list title or file name is ever sent.

Because the data is local, it does not follow you to another device or browser, and clearing site data removes it. Download the PNG or copy the text if you need a record elsewhere.

## What is a random team generator?

A random team generator takes a list of names and divides it into teams or groups by chance instead of by hand: you choose how many teams or how many people per team, and a shuffle decides who goes where, with sizes kept even. This one adds what weekly users need: saved lists, memory of past splits so the same pairs do not repeat, captains, keep-together and keep-apart rules, and a projector view.

## What is the difference between a team generator and a group generator?

Nothing in practice: 'team' is the word for sports and competitions, 'group' for classrooms and workshops. Both mean splitting one list into several even subsets at random, which is exactly what this page does; /tools/random-group-generator redirects here.

## Controls

| Control | Range | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Names | 2–200, one per line or comma-separated | 12 sample names | CSV upload reads the first column; a header such as Name is skipped |
| Mode | Number of teams · People per team | Number of teams |  |
| Number | 2–20 | 4 | teams, or people per team |
| Leftovers | Spread across teams · Smaller last team | Spread | spread = sizes within 1 of each other |
| Captain | on / off | off | first drawn member of each team, starred |
| Team names | Team 1…N · Colors · Animals · Planets | Team 1…N | click a name in the result to edit it |
| Keep together / Keep apart | any number of groups of 2+ names | none | Advanced section; failures are reported |
| Avoid repeating past teammates | on / off | on when the loaded list has history | 40 shuffles, fewest repeated pairs kept |
| Saved lists | up to 20 | none | save, load, rename, delete, clear history; local storage only |
| Output | Reshuffle · Copy as text · Download PNG · Print · Present mode |  | PNG is 1080 px wide, drawn on a canvas |

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Is the random team generator really random?

Yes. Names are shuffled with the Fisher–Yates algorithm driven by the browser's cryptographic random generator (crypto.getRandomValues) with rejection sampling, so every arrangement is equally likely and no position is favoured. Math.random is not used.

### Is it free?

Yes, completely: no account, no sign-up, no limit on how often you use it, no watermark on the PNG. It is one of the free tools made by the team behind Qrdy Frames.

### How many names can I enter?

Up to 200 names per list, pasted one per line or uploaded as a CSV (first column). You can make between 2 and 20 teams, or teams of 2 to 20 people.

### Are my lists saved or uploaded?

Saved only in this browser. "Save this list" keeps up to 20 lists in local storage on your device; nothing is uploaded to a server and the names are never included in analytics. Use another browser or device and the lists are not there. If your browser blocks storage, the tool still works but cannot save.

### Can I stop two people being on the same team?

Yes. Open Advanced, add a Keep apart group and pick the names; they will never share a team. Keep together does the opposite. If a rule cannot be met (for example five people kept apart but only four teams), the tool tells you which rule failed instead of ignoring it.

### How do I avoid the same groups every week?

Save the list. Each saved list remembers its last 10 splits, and with Avoid repeating past teammates on (the default once there is history) the generator tries forty shuffles and keeps the one with the fewest pairs who were already together. The result shows the number of repeated pairs so you can see it worked. Clear history resets it.

### Can I show the teams on a projector?

Yes. Present mode fills the screen with a dark background and large type and reveals one team at a time when you press Space or click; captains are highlighted and Escape exits. You can also download all teams as one PNG or print them.

## Conclusion

### Way forward

- Make teams now: [Random Team Generator](https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/tools/random-team-generator)
- Pick teams live in a Canva slide with a spin wheel: Spin Wheel Maker (https://www.canva.com/apps/AAGIua1prrA)
- Other free tools: [Free Online Tools](https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/tools), [Christmas Ornament Photo Maker](https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/christmas-ornament-photo-maker), [Circle Crop Image](https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/circle-crop-image), [Heart Photo Frame](https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/shapes/heart-frame), [Password Generator](https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/tools/password-generator), [Bulk QR Code Generator](https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/tools/bulk-qr-code-generator), [Yes or No Wheel](https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/tools/yes-or-no-wheel)
- What this site is about: [Qrdy Frames](https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/)

## Related pages

- [Free Online Tools](https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/tools): every free tool on one page (7 tools)
- [Christmas Ornament Photo Maker](https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/christmas-ornament-photo-maker): free tool: drop a photo and see it inside ornaments, stockings, mittens and more
- [Circle Crop Image](https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/circle-crop-image): free tool: crop any photo into a perfect circle in seconds
- [Heart Photo Frame](https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/shapes/heart-frame): free tool: place any photo inside a heart shape and download a transparent png
- [Password Generator](https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/tools/password-generator): free tool: strong passwords, passphrases, PINs and developer secrets
- [Bulk QR Code Generator](https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/tools/bulk-qr-code-generator): free tool: hundreds of QR codes from a list or CSV, as PNG or SVG in one ZIP
- [Yes or No Wheel](https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/tools/yes-or-no-wheel): free tool: spin for a yes or no (or maybe), keep a history of your questions, best of 3, custom decision wheel

## Licence and affiliation

The random team generator is free to use for any purpose; the names and lists stay in your browser and are never stored by us. Qrdy Frames is an independent tool and isn't affiliated with Canva.

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