The 50 Best Pizzerias in America for 2026, Ranked

The pizza king’s crown remains firmly planted on his head.

For the fifth straight year Anthony Mangieri’s Una Pizza Napoletana in New York City was named the best pizzeria in America by the 50 Top Pizza organization in a ceremony in Manhattan Wednesday night. Los Angeles‘s Pizzeria Sei by William Joo remained ranked at No. 2, but this year shares the position with Tony’s Pizza Napoletana in San Francisco. At No. 3, Dan Richer’s legendary Jersey City, N.J. restaurant Razza shot up from 12th place last year; Jay’s in Kenmore earned fourth position; and New York City’s Ribalta rounded out the top five for 2026.

Since reopening Una Pizza in 2018, Mangieri has continued his monk-like devotion to making every pizza produced at the restaurant. Using naturally leavened dough and cooking his pies in a custom wood-fired oven imported from Naples, Mangieri has become a standard bearer for the craft of pizza in America. Sei’s approach on the other coast is a bit more experimental than Mangieri, playing with doughs, preparations, and toppings—a nod to his previous time working in fine dining. And Joo is moving Sei to a new destination in West L.A. within the month, allowing his menu to be even more ambitious than what he’s making of of his small restaurant in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood. The pizza joint tied with Sei, Tony’s in San Francisco, has long been ambitious as one of the American pioneers of the rising art of the pizza tasting menu.

For those looking for the single best pizza of the year, the organization says you should head to Orange County and hit up Truly Pizza in Dana Point, Calif. to try its Umami Mushroom pie. This offering has a creamy onion and garlic sauce, smoked mozzarella, marinated roasted mushrooms, toasted sesame oil, sesame seeds, green onion, and bonito flakes. And in another of the night’s ancillary awards, Pizzamaker of the Year was handed to Marisol Doyle, whose Leña in Cleveland, Miss. rose from No. 38 in 2025 to No. 9 this year.

The organization behind the annual rankings, 50 Top Pizza, began in 2014 when a trio of Italians—Barbara Guerra, Luciano Pignataro, and Albert Sapere—wanted to shine a light on exceptional pies. In 2017, they released their first guide, and now the rankings are determined by surveys and in-person visits to pizzerias. The group has expanded to cover multiple regions like World’s 50 Best does with restaurants and started evaluating American pizzerias in 2021, ranking Una Pizza Napoletana No. 1 every year since 2022. Here is the complete list of America’s best pizzerias for the year.

The 50 Best Pizzerias in America for 2026