Best Air Bud Movies, Ranked
All 5 Air Bud films with enough votes to rank, ordered by TMDB audience score. Air Bud leads at 5.6; the franchise averages 5.4. This is audience opinion, not a critics' list.
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A lonely boy befriends a stray dog who has a natural talent for basketball and together they experience the highs and lows of life as their friendship remains solid through a series of escapades.
5.6520 votes - 2
Josh is off to his first year of college and Buddy has stayed behind with Josh’s little sister Andrea and the rest of the family. Andrea, attempting to fit in with her Jr. High classmates, decides to join the baseball team and along the way discovers that Buddy is a talented baseball player.
5.6168 votes - 3
Air Bud finds that he has the uncanny ability to play volleyball.
5.4147 votes - 4
Josh and Buddy move from basketball to football in this first of several sequels to the original Air Bud.
5.1194 votes - 5
In this second heartwarming and hilarious sequel to the popular favorite, Air Bud masters two new starring roles: soccer player and fatherhood. Loaded with laughs and cool soccer action, Buddy teams up alongside U.S. women's soccer greats.
5.1171 votes
Frequently asked questions
What is the best Air Bud film?
Air Bud (1997) rates highest at 5.6 out of 10 from 520 TMDB votes.
How are these Air Bud films ranked?
By TMDB audience score — the average rating from every user who has scored the film. Only films with at least 50 votes are included, so a handful of ratings cannot skew the order. This is audience opinion, not a critics' list.
Which Air Bud film is rated lowest?
Air Bud: World Pup (2001) sits last at 5.1. The franchise averages 5.4 across 5 rated films.