Annual Rankings

Seasons ranked by total Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) — the most active years, globally and by basin.

All-time top 25 — Global

Rank	Season	NS	H	MH	ACE
1	1997	99	59	31	1292.08
2	1992	106	60	34	1198.92
3	2015	94	57	40	1092.70
4	2018	100	56	30	1047.69
5	1994	97	53	30	1009.96
6	2004	84	51	31	1008.76
7	1990	93	63	21	979.76
8	2005	99	53	28	927.92
9	1972	88	56	26	915.39
10	1996	92	55	27	915.04
11	2019	100	54	36	879.29
12	2023	80	45	30	879.10
13	1971	103	65	21	874.48
14	2003	86	49	25	845.76
15	1989	93	54	24	829.86
16	2016	88	49	27	816.70
17	2026	80	36	24	810.83
18	1991	74	45	23	806.93
19	1982	89	50	26	804.10
20	1964	91	51	19	795.61
21	1984	99	52	21	790.66
22	2014	80	49	30	787.17
23	2002	83	42	28	782.74
24	2006	80	41	27	779.77
25	1980	81	47	25	772.80

Rank	Season	NS	H	MH	ACE
1	1933	20	11	6	258.57
2	2005	28	15	7	250.13
3	1893	12	10	5	231.15
4	1926	11	8	6	229.56
5	1995	19	11	5	227.38
6	2004	15	9	6	226.88
7	2017	17	10	6	224.88
8	1950	16	11	6	211.28
9	1961	12	8	5	188.90
10	1887	19	11	2	181.26
11	1998	14	10	3	181.16
12	1878	12	10	2	180.85
13	2020	30	14	7	180.37
14	1999	12	8	5	176.53
15	2003	16	7	3	176.28
16	1932	15	6	4	169.66
17	1996	13	9	6	166.18
18	1886	12	10	4	166.17
19	2010	19	12	5	165.48
20	1906	11	6	3	162.88
21	2024	18	11	5	161.58
22	1955	13	9	4	158.17
23	1964	13	7	5	153.04
24	1899	10	5	2	151.02
25	1980	11	9	2	148.94

Rank	Season	NS	H	MH	ACE
1	2026	22	12	9	333.26
2	2015	26	17	11	329.60
3	2018	23	13	10	318.78
4	1992	27	16	10	294.70
5	1997	19	11	9	276.54
6	1990	21	16	6	250.40
7	2014	22	16	9	223.79
8	1993	15	11	9	220.26
9	2006	19	11	6	207.95
10	1978	19	14	7	207.12
11	1983	21	12	8	206.18
12	1994	20	10	5	203.68
13	1984	21	13	7	193.33
14	1985	23	13	8	192.59
15	2016	22	14	7	191.90
16	1991	14	10	5	178.32
17	2023	17	10	8	168.21
18	1982	23	12	5	161.19
19	1972	14	9	5	150.66
20	1971	18	12	6	139.50
21	1998	13	9	6	133.99
22	1987	20	10	4	132.81
23	1988	15	7	3	127.42
24	2025	20	11	5	127.30
25	2009	20	8	5	127.20

Rank	Season	NS	H	MH	ACE
1	1997	32	23	12	588.28
2	2004	31	20	14	477.52
3	1992	33	23	12	473.64
4	2015	28	21	16	459.02
5	1958	22	20	15	445.75
6	1957	21	18	15	440.24
7	1994	36	21	13	437.94
8	1965	34	21	15	436.35
9	1996	35	21	10	425.90
10	1962	30	23	12	421.24
11	1991	30	20	11	414.50
12	1972	30	22	14	412.04
13	1964	38	26	13	402.99
14	1959	23	17	14	393.15
15	2002	26	18	12	390.58
16	1967	35	19	11	386.91
17	1963	25	19	14	386.01
18	1990	31	21	8	382.30
19	1971	35	25	11	378.15
20	1961	27	20	9	364.96
21	1953	23	17	14	362.59
22	2018	33	16	9	360.68
23	1987	24	18	12	356.63
24	1968	27	20	13	356.42
25	1982	25	19	12	356.10

Rank	Season	NS	H	MH	ACE
1	2019	7	5	4	92.70
2	2023	8	5	3	57.96
3	1886	7	4	0	46.56
4	2007	6	3	2	46.13
5	2013	5	3	1	45.60
6	1999	5	3	3	44.32
7	1922	6	6	0	42.07
8	1992	9	1	0	39.68
9	2018	8	5	2	36.86
10	2015	4	2	2	36.21
11	1902	7	5	0	34.35
12	1996	8	4	1	33.87
13	1888	9	3	0	32.42
14	1893	10	4	0	32.09
15	2010	4	3	2	31.72
16	2020	5	4	2	31.19
17	2014	5	2	2	29.89
18	1907	8	4	0	29.45
19	1923	4	3	0	28.68
20	1998	7	4	1	27.91
21	1889	10	2	0	26.39
22	1989	1	0	0	25.04
23	1926	10	3	0	24.84
24	1920	3	2	0	24.69
25	1887	6	3	0	24.42

Rank	Season	NS	H	MH	ACE
1	1980	18	12	10	254.60
2	1994	23	14	7	233.63
3	2019	18	13	11	220.52
4	2025	21	13	10	215.71
5	1997	19	10	5	213.28
6	1971	21	14	3	210.41
7	1996	19	13	7	201.51
8	1973	23	13	3	200.20
9	2023	12	7	4	198.48
10	2000	18	11	7	198.41
11	1986	23	12	7	182.87
12	1981	21	10	8	179.82
13	1990	19	13	4	179.73
14	2004	15	11	6	177.48
15	1984	24	11	3	176.54
16	2002	16	10	7	175.53
17	1970	18	11	2	175.22
18	1989	20	12	6	174.10
19	1982	19	8	2	168.37
20	1999	21	9	5	164.19
21	2026	17	10	6	160.14
22	2007	14	11	8	158.98
23	1992	16	7	7	158.71
24	2003	18	10	5	157.64
25	1968	17	10	2	157.20

Rank	Season	NS	H	MH	ACE
1	1998	22	13	5	172.45
2	1972	17	11	5	170.49
3	1983	15	11	5	168.39
4	1992	14	9	4	155.97
5	1997	18	11	3	150.28
6	2005	8	6	5	128.43
7	1993	14	8	4	115.36
8	2016	11	5	2	110.43
9	1989	14	6	4	109.79
10	2003	10	7	6	104.90
11	1979	12	4	2	104.88
12	1975	12	3	2	100.72
13	1964	11	3	0	97.52
14	2010	10	7	4	93.78
15	1994	6	4	4	87.33
16	2015	9	5	4	74.78
17	1973	16	6	1	74.00
18	1987	16	9	2	73.62
19	1976	13	5	0	71.11
20	1978	11	4	1	69.08
21	2011	9	5	3	68.93
22	1982	11	7	5	67.92
23	2018	8	4	3	65.40
24	2013	8	5	3	65.16
25	2020	10	6	1	63.82