All Ink Master Episodes
Complete episode list with air dates and details
Season 1
EP1
Fresh Meat
Jan 17, 201242m★ 6.8
EP2
Botched Head Tattoo
Jan 24, 201242m★ 6.5
EP3
Pasties and a Cameltoe
Jan 31, 201242m★ 6.5
EP4
Ink Disaster Piece
Feb 7, 201242m★ 5.0
EP5
Game On
Feb 14, 201242m★ 5.0
EP6
Permanent Mistakes
Feb 21, 201242m★ 5.0
EP7
Picture Imperfect
Feb 28, 201242m★ 6.5
EP8
Ink Master Revealed
Mar 6, 201242m★ 7.0
Season 2
EP1
Tattooing the Dead
Oct 9, 201242m★ 5.0
EP2
Semi Nude 911
Oct 9, 201242m★ 5.0
EP3
The 80 Year Old Virgin
Oct 16, 201242m★ 5.0
EP4
Tattoo Her What?
Oct 23, 201242m★ 5.0
EP5
Trick or Freak
Oct 30, 201242m★ 5.0
EP6
Half Naked and Fully Loaded
Nov 6, 201241m★ 5.0
EP7
Star Wars Forever
Nov 13, 201242m★ 5.0
EP8
Holy Ink
Nov 20, 201242m★ 5.0
EP9
Buck Off
Nov 27, 201242m★ 5.0
EP10
Blowing Chunks
Dec 4, 201242m★ 5.0
EP11
Better Than Words?
Dec 11, 201242m★ 5.0
EP12
The Bigger They Are
Dec 18, 201242m★ 5.0
EP13
Ink Master Live
Dec 18, 201242m★ 5.0
Season 3
EP1
Baby Got Back
Jul 16, 201342m★ 5.0
EP2
Thrills For Grills
Jul 23, 201342m★ 5.0
EP3
Tattoos And Lace
Jul 30, 201342m★ 5.0
EP4
Elysium Challenge
Aug 6, 201342m★ 5.0
EP5
Baby Beat-Down
Aug 13, 201342m★ 5.0
EP6
Animal Instinct
Aug 20, 201342m★ 5.0
EP7
Monumental Mistakes
Aug 27, 201342m★ 5.0
EP8
Baby Don't Go
Sep 3, 201342m★ 5.0
EP9
Skulls And Villains
Sep 10, 201342m★ 5.0
EP10
Eyes Of The Beholder
Sep 17, 201342m★ 5.5
EP11
Heroes & Heads
Sep 24, 201342m★ 5.5
EP12
Enduring The Pain
Oct 1, 201342m★ 5.5
EP13
The Epic Finale
Oct 8, 201342m★ 5.0
Season 4
EP1
Earn It!
Feb 25, 201442m★ 5.0
EP2
Bug Out
Mar 4, 201442m★ 5.0
EP3
Tatt Ganged
Mar 11, 201442m★ 5.0
EP4
Nude & Tattooed
Mar 18, 201442m★ 5.0
EP5
X-Men's Hugh Jackman
Mar 25, 201442m★ 5.0
EP6
2 on 1 Tat-Astrophe
Apr 1, 201442m★ 5.0
EP7
Artist Slaughter
Apr 8, 201442m★ 5.0
EP8
Ink Master Explosion
Apr 15, 201442m★ 5.0
EP9
Fighting Dirty
Apr 22, 201442m★ 5.0
EP10
Tag Team Tatt
Apr 29, 201442m★ 5.0
EP11
Karma's a Bitch
May 6, 201442m★ 5.0
EP12
Fight to the Finish
May 13, 201442m★ 6.0
EP13
Ink Master Live
May 20, 201442m★ 5.0
Season 5
EP1
Inking With The Enemy
Sep 2, 201442m★ 7.5
EP2
Pin Up Pittfalls
Sep 9, 201442m★ 5.0
EP3
Head to Headache
Sep 16, 201442m★ 7.5
EP4
Geishas Gone Wrong
Sep 23, 201442m★ 5.0
EP5
Glass On Blast
Sep 30, 201442m★ 5.0
EP6
Cheek To Cheek
Oct 7, 201442m★ 5.0
EP7
Three's A Crowd
Oct 14, 201442m★ 5.0
EP8
Ink My Oosik
Oct 21, 201442m★ 5.0
EP9
Virgin Blood
Oct 28, 201442m★ 5.0
EP10
Cold Blooded
Nov 4, 201442m★ 5.0
EP11
Up In Smoke
Nov 11, 201442m★ 5.0
EP12
Heads Will Roll
Nov 18, 201442m★ 5.0
EP13
Painstaking Portraits
Nov 25, 201442m★ 5.0
EP14
Firing Squad
Dec 2, 201442m★ 5.0
EP15
Fight To The Finale
Dec 9, 201442m★ 5.0
EP16
Ink Live
Dec 16, 201442m★ 5.0
Season 6
EP1
Meet Your Maker
Jun 23, 201542m★ 7.5
EP2
Fight or Flight
Jun 30, 201542m★ 5.0
EP3
Sink or Swim
Jul 7, 201542m★ 5.0
EP4
Tut for Tat
Jul 14, 201542m★ 5.0
EP5
Problem Parts
Jul 28, 201542m★ 5.0
EP6
Firing Lines
Aug 4, 201542m★ 5.0
EP7
Predator/Prey
Aug 11, 201542m★ 5.0
EP8
Composed and Exposed
Aug 18, 201542m★ 5.0
EP9
Like a Moth to the Flame
Aug 25, 201542m★ 5.0
EP10
Hell on Wheels
Sep 1, 201542m★ 5.0
EP11
Hail Mani
Sep 8, 201542m★ 5.0
EP12
Slitting Throats
Sep 15, 201542m★ 5.0
EP13
Player's Choice
Sep 22, 201542m★ 5.0
EP14
Active Duty
Sep 29, 201542m★ 5.0
EP15
Go Big Or Go Home
Oct 6, 201542m★ 5.0
EP16
Master Vs. Apprentice Live
Oct 14, 201542m★ 5.0
Season 7
EP1
Initiation
Mar 1, 201642m★ 5.0
EP2
One Man's Trash
Mar 8, 201642m★ 5.0
EP3
Salt in the Wound
Mar 15, 201642m★ 5.0
EP4
The Devil's in the Details
Mar 22, 201642m★ 5.0
EP5
New School, Old Artist
Mar 29, 201642m★ 5.0
EP6
Under Pressure
Apr 5, 201642m★ 5.0
EP7
Knuckle Sandwich
Apr 12, 201642m★ 5.0
EP8
Breathing Fire
Apr 19, 201642m★ 5.0
EP9
Sink or Soar
Apr 26, 201642m★ 5.0
EP10
Shipwrecked
May 3, 201642m★ 5.0
EP11
Head in the Game
May 10, 201642m★ 5.0
EP12
Turning the Tables
May 17, 201642m★ 5.0
EP13
Revenge Live
May 24, 201642m★ 5.0
Season 8
EP1
Weeding Out The Weak
Aug 23, 201642m★ 5.0
EP2
The Game Begins
Aug 30, 201642m★ 5.0
EP3
Ruffled Feathers
Sep 6, 201642m★ 5.0
EP4
Put On Your Armor
Sep 13, 201642m★ 5.0
EP5
Sparks Fly
Sep 20, 201642m★ 5.0
EP6
Sticky Situation
Sep 27, 201642m★ 5.0
EP7
New School, Old Scars
Oct 4, 201642m★ 5.0
EP8
Bent Out Of Shape
Oct 11, 201642m★ 5.0
EP9
Head Games
Oct 18, 201642m★ 5.0
EP10
Like Sand Through The Hour Glass
Oct 25, 201642m★ 5.0
EP11
Duck and Cover Up
Nov 1, 201642m★ 5.0
EP12
Road To The Finale
Nov 8, 201642m★ 5.0
EP13
Heavy Lifting
Nov 15, 201642m★ 5.0
EP14
Bio-Mechanical Failure
Nov 22, 201642m★ 5.0
EP15
No One Is Safe
Nov 29, 201642m★ 3.0
EP16
Peck Vs. Nuñez Live
Dec 6, 201642m★ 5.0
Season 9
EP1
Fire & Ice
Jun 6, 201738m
EP2
Crossing the Line
Jun 13, 201738m
EP3
Unnatural Disasters
Jun 20, 201738m
EP4
Lend Me Your Ear
Jun 27, 201739m
EP5
War and Ink
Jul 11, 201739m
EP6
Get the Flock Outta Here
Jul 18, 201739m
EP7
On the Bubble
Jul 25, 201738m
EP8
Masterpiece Mayhem
Aug 1, 201738m
EP9
Pin-Up Panic Attack
Aug 8, 201739m
EP10
Drill Baby, Drill
Aug 15, 201739m
EP11
Grim Inker
Aug 22, 201738m
EP12
Pit Fall
Aug 29, 201739m
EP13
Sell Out
Sep 5, 201739m
EP14
Casting the First Stone
Sep 12, 201739m
EP15
Marathon to the Finale
Sep 19, 201738m
EP16
Shop Wars Finale
Sep 26, 201741m
Season 10
EP1
Pick Your Side
Jan 9, 201838m
EP2
Fill’er Up
Jan 16, 201838m
EP3
Divine Proportion
Jan 23, 201839m
EP4
Step It Up
Jan 30, 201839m
EP5
Ink On The Dotted Line
Feb 6, 201838m
EP6
Chin Up
Feb 13, 201839m
EP7
Eye of the Tiger
Feb 20, 201839m
EP8
Pane in the Glass
Feb 27, 201839m
EP9
Ink Raider
Mar 6, 201838m
EP10
Some Assembly Required
Mar 13, 201839m
EP11
Quit Buggin' Me
Mar 20, 201839m
EP12
Total Meltdown
Mar 27, 201839m
EP13
Monkey See, Monkey Do
Apr 3, 201839m
EP14
No Stain, No Gain
Apr 10, 201839m
EP15
Final Exam
Apr 17, 201839m
EP16
Return of the Masters Finale
Apr 24, 201839m
Season 11
EP1
Opening Shots
Aug 28, 201839m
EP2
Not on My Watch
Sep 4, 201839m
EP3
Right on Target
Sep 11, 201839m
EP4
No Wrist, No Reward
Sep 18, 201839m
EP5
That's Gonna Leave a Mark
Sep 25, 201839m
EP6
Fight Your Own Battles
Oct 3, 201839m
EP7
No Wasted Space
Oct 9, 201839m
EP8
Chalk This Way
Oct 16, 201839m
EP9
Tipping the Scales
Oct 23, 201839m
EP10
Put Up or Shut Up
Oct 30, 201839m
EP11
In Deep Waters
Nov 13, 201839m
EP12
Too Hot to Handle
Nov 20, 201839m
EP13
Who's Got the Power?
Nov 27, 201839m
EP14
What Are You Crayon About?
Dec 4, 201839m
EP15
Prelude to a Bloodbath
Dec 11, 201839m
EP16
Grudge Match Finale
Dec 18, 201839m
Season 12
EP1
The Ink Will Speak For Itself
Jun 11, 201942m
EP2
A Storm Is Brewin'
Jun 18, 201942m
EP3
Down to the Wire
Jun 25, 201942m
EP4
The Hunter & The Hunted
Jul 2, 201942m
EP5
The Art Stands Alone
Jul 9, 201942m
EP6
Art of War
Jul 16, 201942m
EP7
Sabotage
Jul 23, 201942m
EP8
Pins & No Needles
Jul 30, 201942m
EP9
Drawing Alliances
Aug 6, 201942m
EP10
By Accident or By Design
Aug 13, 201942m
EP11
Roll of the Dice
Aug 20, 201942m
EP12
Put Your Ink Where Your Mouth Is
Aug 27, 201942m
EP13
Moving Pictures
Sep 3, 201942m
EP14
Unfriendly Fire
Sep 10, 201942m
EP15
Step Up or Shut Up
Sep 17, 201942m
EP16
Battle of the Sexes Finale
Sep 24, 201942m
Season 13
EP1
Rep Your Region
Jan 7, 202042m
EP2
Clash of the Collages
Jan 14, 202042m
EP3
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
Jan 21, 202042m
EP4
Battle Lines
Jan 28, 202042m
EP5
Out of Your Element
Feb 4, 202042m
EP6
Off the Chain
Feb 11, 202042m
EP7
Head Spin
Feb 18, 202042m
EP8
Sugar Rush
Feb 25, 202042m
EP9
Artistry on the Line
Mar 3, 202042m
EP10
Every Artist for Themselves
Mar 10, 202042m
EP11
From Toast to Toast
Mar 17, 202042m
EP12
Last Draw
Mar 24, 202042m
EP13
There Can Only Be One
Mar 31, 202042m
EP14
Compose Yourself
Apr 7, 202042m
EP15
Race to the Finish
Apr 14, 202042m
Season 14
EP1
Legends Return
Sep 7, 202261m
EP2
A Work of Art
Sep 7, 202245m
EP3
Devil's in the Details
Sep 14, 202245m
EP4
Match a Master
Sep 21, 202245m
EP5
Master Mash Ups
Sep 28, 202243m
EP6
Up in Flames
Oct 5, 202242m
EP7
Panes of Pressure
Oct 12, 202242m
EP8
Let the Sparks Fly
Oct 19, 202242m
EP9
Finale Part 1
Oct 26, 202257m
EP10
Finale Part 2
Nov 2, 202242m
Season 15
EP1
The New Ink Class
Nov 1, 202344m
EP2
Skull & Bones
Nov 1, 202344m
EP3
Put Me In, Coach!
Nov 1, 202344m
EP4
Don't Fork It Up
Nov 8, 202344m
EP5
Teams Transformed
Nov 15, 202344m
EP6
Saddle Up, Buttercup
Nov 22, 202344m
EP7
Fight Fire with Fire
Nov 29, 202344m
EP8
Competition Shattered
Dec 6, 202343m
EP9
Instant Karma
Dec 13, 202344m
EP10
Fifteen's Finale
Dec 20, 202344m
Season 16
EP1
Divide of the Decade
Oct 23, 202444m★ 10.0
EP2
Money Where Your Mouth Is
Oct 23, 202445m
EP3
Out of the Box, Onto the Skin
Oct 23, 202445m
EP4
Inked in Gold
Oct 30, 202445m
EP5
A Sin in Tattooing
Nov 6, 202445m
EP6
At Your Service
Nov 13, 202445m
EP7
Monsters Ink
Nov 20, 202444m
EP8
Face Your Fears
Nov 27, 202444m
EP9
Mash Up Mayhem
Dec 4, 202445m
EP10
OGs vs Young Gun
Dec 11, 202445m
Season 17
EP1
Episode 1
Oct 29, 2025
EP2
Episode 2
Oct 29, 2025
EP3
Episode 3
Oct 29, 2025
Ink Master Episode Ratings
Visual grid of all episodes and their ratings
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