Phish.net ratings database · battle royale
2012 vs 2015
Ten best shows a side, ranked by Phish.net community average rating, seeded head to head.
Two years of Phish concerts have a contest. The fans gave every show a score out of 5. Higher score wins.
2015 wins. Clean sweep, 10–0.
Every single seed goes to 2015. Top-ten average 4.570 for 2015 versus 4.506 for 2012, a +0.063 margin. 2012 has one show (8/31 Dick’s, 4.585) that would crack the 2015 top three, but 2015 is deeper from the second slot down.
The 2015 concerts got higher scores at every spot on the list. Ten matchups, 2015 won all ten. It was the better year for Phish.
The battle grid · rank vs rank
Green cell wins each round. 2015 takes every one.
The two rosters
2012 — the top ten
Top-ten mean rating · 4.506
1. 4.585 · 8/31 Dick’s
2. 4.535 · 8/19 Bill Graham
3. 4.527 · 6/7 Worcester
4. 4.522 · 9/2 Dick’s N3
5. 4.502 · 12/30 MSG
6. 4.499 · 12/28 MSG
7. 4.487 · 9/1 Dick’s N2
8. 4.481 · 7/6 SPAC
9. 4.476 · 8/28 St. Louis
10. 4.450 · 6/28 Noblesville
2015 — the top ten
Top-ten mean rating · 4.570
1. 4.631 · 8/22 Magnaball
2. 4.578 · 8/12 The Mann
3. 4.576 · 7/31 Atlanta
4. 4.573 · 12/31 MSG
5. 4.573 · 8/15 Merriweather
6. 4.571 · 9/6 Dick’s N3
7. 4.567 · 8/21 Magnaball N1
8. 4.567 · 8/9 Alpine N2
9. 4.549 · 8/7 Blossom
10. 4.511 · 8/23 Magnaball N3
What the numbers say
2012 is a strong year with a very high peak. The 8/31 Dick’s show (the “S” night of the three-night set-list stunt, with a monster Rock and Roll) sits at 4.585, good enough to land third on the 2015 board. But that is the only 2012 show that would rank inside 2015’s top three. From the number-two seed on down, 2015 is denser, and the whole Magnaball run at Watkins Glen (8/21, 8/22, 8/23) plus the Northeast summer sweep gives 2015 more high-4.5 nights than 2012 can field. The gap of 0.063 average points looks small, and it is decisive across ten straight matchups.
2012 had one really great show (August 31 in Colorado). But 2015 had a whole weekend of great shows at a place called Watkins Glen, plus more strong ones all summer. So even though the best 2012 show was close to the best 2015 shows, 2015 had more good ones stacked up. That is why it won every matchup.
Source, live and grounded: Phish.net Top Rated 2012 and Phish.net Top Rated 2015 (community average, minimum 3 votes). Ratings pulled 2026-07-13.
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