The 100 Best Pizzerias in the World, According to a New Ranking

Anthony Mangieri has regained his crown. His Una Pizza Napoletana on New York’s Lower East Side has been named the best pizzeria in the world by the organization 50 Top Pizza, a year after sliding from the top spot.

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Mangieri, the New Jersey native, has been making pizza for more than 30 years, moving his N.Y.C. joint to San Francisco before returning to Manhattan in 2018. His pizzas a rooted in a Neapolitan style, but over the decades, his natural-leavened pies have changed as he constantly tinkers with the recipe of his poofy-crusted creations. The victory comes on the heels of Mangieri topping the same association’s ranking of the 50 best pizza joints in America earlier this year for the third time in a row. Last year, a pair of Italian restaurants—Diego Vitagliano Pizzeria in Naples and I Masanielli in Caserta—shared the top ranking, but in 2024 they slid down to share the second spot instead.

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 ascent of their rankings has matched the growth of high-end pizza, where people traverse the world to find great pies in much the way a certain class of diner chases restaurants on the World’s 50 Best list. Now, the humble pie has gone haute, with pizzaiolos turning the kids party staple into the core of fine dining-esque tasting menus .

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The top of this year’s 10 was rounded out by The Pizza Baron 38th in Tokyo, Confine in Milan, Napoli on the Road in London, Tony’s Pizza Napoletana in San Francisco, I Tigli in San Bonifacio, Italy, Satoria Panatieri in Barcelona, 50 Kalo in Naples, and Rome’s Seu Pizza Illuminati.

In terms of patriotic bragging rights, Italy was the country with the most pizzerias in the top 100 (actually, because of ties, there are 102 restaurants listed), with the U.S.A. and its 15 ranked restaurants a distant second. The city with the most pizzerias on the list is, no surprise, Naples, with five, followed by Caserta just north of Naples having four. Last year five New York places made the list, but with Manhattan’s Song’ E Napule falling out of the rankings, that number dropped to four. But don’t worry, you don’t need a bunch of Italians to tell you there are great pizzas in N.Y.C.

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The 100 Best Pizzerias in the World for 2024

• 100. Pizzeria Prima Strada, Victoria, Canada
• 99. Taglio, Mineola, N.Y.
• 98. Slice & Pie, Washington, D.C.
• 97. Zielona Górka, Pabianice, Poland
• 96. Pizza Culture, Calgary, Canada
• 95. La Piola Pizza, Brussels, Belgium
• 94. Stile Napoletano, Chester, England
• 93. Demaio, Bilbao, Spain
• 92. I Borboni, Pontecagnano Faiano, Italy
• 91. San Martino—Pizza & Bolle, Rome
• 90. Atte Pizzeria Napoletana, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• 89. Ferro E Farinha, Rio de Janeiro
• 88. Imilla Alzada, La Paz, Bolivia
• 87. Unica Pizzeria, Sao Paulo
• 86. Da Susy, Gurugram, India
• 85. Saccharum, Altavilla Milicia, Italy
• 84. Meunier, Corciano, Italy
• 83. Giovanni Santarpia, Florence, Italy
• 82. Giangi, Arielli, Italy
• 81. Matto Napoletano, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
• 80. L’industrie Pizzeria, New York City
• 79. Little Pyg, Dublin
• 78. Franko’s Pizza & Bar, Zagreb, Croatia
• 77. ‘O Fiore Mio, Faenza, Italy
• 76. Surt, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 75. Pupillo Pura Pizza, Frosinone, Italy
• 74. Partenope Ristorante, Dallas
• 73. Forno d’Oro, Lisbon
• 72. ‘O Scugnizzo, Arezzo, Italy
• 71. Re | Mi, Sassari, Italy
• 70. A Mano, Makati, Philippines
• 69. La Fenice, Pistoia, Italy
• 68. La Pizza é Bella, Antwerp, Belgium
• 67. Ardente, Mexico City
• 66. Spacca Napoli, Seoul
• 65. Modus, Milan
• 64. 400 Gradi, Lecce, Italy
• 63. Le Parùle, Herculaneum, Italy
• 62. Carlo Sammarco Pizzeria, Aversa, Italy
• 61. Sbanco, Rome
• 60. Fratelli Figurato, Madrid
• 59. Pizzeria Mazzie, Bangkok
• 58. Allería, Providencia, Chile
• 57. Bottega, Beijing
• 56. Palazzo Petrucci Pizzeria, Naples, Italy
• 55. ‘O Munaciello, Miami
• 54. Pizzeria Braceria Cesari!!, Nagoya, Japan
• 53. A Pizza da Mooca, Sao Paulo
• 52. Denis, Milan
• 51. La Balmesina, Barcelona
• 50. Robert’s, Chicago
• 49. Massilia, Bangkok
• 48. Raf Bonetta, Pozzuoli, Italy
• 47. NNea, Amsterdam
• 46. Dante’s Pizzeria Napoletana, Auckland
• 45. La Leggenda, Miami
• 44 (Tie). Al Taglio, Sydney
• 44 (Tie). 48h Pizza e Gnocchi Bar, Melbourne
• 43. IMperfetto, Puteaux, France
• 42. I Vesuviani, Pomigliano D’Arco, Italy
• 41. Apogeo, Pietrasanta, Italy
• 40. Ti Amo, Adrogué, Argentina
• 39. BOB Alchimia a Spicchi, Montepaone Lido, Italy
• 38. QT Pizza Bar, Sao Paulo
• 37. La Bolla, Caserta, Italy
• 36. Sestogusto, Turin, Italy
• 35. Clementina, Fiumicino, Italy
• 34. Pizza Zulu, Fürth, Germany
• 33. Pizzeria Sei, Los Angeles
• 32. La Cascina Dei Sapori, Rezzato, Italy
• 31. Le Grotticelle, Caggiano, Italy
• 30. Don Antonio, New York City
• 29. 180 Grammi Pizzeria Romana, Rome
• 28. Jay’s, Kenmore, N.Y.
• 27. Ken’s Artisan Pizza, Portland, Ore.
• 26. Baldoria, Madrid
• 25. Pepe in Grani, Caiazzo, Italy
• 24. Cambia-Menti Di Ciccio Vitiello, Caserta, Italy
• 23. 50 Kalò, London
• 22. Fiata by Salvator Fiata, Hong Kong
• 21. Pizzeria da Lioniello, Succivo, Italy
• 20. Salvo, Naples, Italy
• 19. Ribalta, New York City
• 18. La Notizia, Naples, Italy
• 17. Dry Milano, Milan
• 16. I Masanielli — Sasà Martucci, Caserta, Italy
• 15. RistoPizza, Tokyo
• 14. Via Toledo Enopizzeria, Vienna
• 13. Pizzeria Beddia, Philadelphia
• 12. Crosta Pizzeria, Makati Philippines
• 11. Leggera Pizza Napoletana, Sao Paulo
• 10. Seu Pizza Illuminati, Rome
• 9. 50 Kalò, Naples
• 8. Sartoria Panatieri, Barcelona
• 7. I Tigli, San Bonifacio, Italy
• 6. Tony’s Pizza Napoletana, San Francisco
• 5.Napoli on the Road, London
• 4. Confine, Milan
• 3. The Pizza Bar on 38th, Tokyo
• 2 (Tie). I Masanielli — Francesco Martucci, Caserta, Italy
• 2 (Tie). Diego Vitagliano Pizzeria, Naples, Italy
• 1. Una Pizza Napoletana, New York City