PowerPoint and Google Slides can both host a tier list on a single slide using shapes or a table — perfect when it needs to live inside a deck. Here is the full method, plus a faster route.
Yes. Neither app has a built-in tier list feature, but both make it easy to build one from a table or a stack of coloured shapes on a single slide. This is the right choice when the tier list has to live inside a presentation — a class activity, a team retro, a workshop icebreaker. If the board is the end product, a dedicated maker is faster.
The steps are almost identical in both apps:
The process is the same in both. Google Slides is free and browser-based, so it is handy if you do not have PowerPoint installed — and it makes sharing the editable file with a group easy.
Once your rows look right, duplicate the slide (or save it to your template gallery) so you have a reusable tier list slide template. It is a great format for a presentation tier list: rank priorities in a planning deck, sort options in a meeting, or turn a lecture into a quick ranking exercise the room can vote on.
If you do not need the board inside a deck, a dedicated tier list maker is far faster: paste your whole list at once, drag tiles between tiers, recolour a row in one click, and export a clean PNG that is already cropped. You can then drop that PNG straight onto a slide if you still want it in your presentation.
Prefer other tools? See making a tier list in Canva or in Google Sheets.
Build the board in a dedicated maker, export a clean PNG, and drop it into your deck — free, no login.
Yes. Add a five-row table or five coloured rectangles on a blank slide, label them S to D, drop in text or pictures, then export the slide as a PNG.
The same way as PowerPoint — coloured rows, S–D labels, and dragged-in items. Then use File → Download → PNG image to save it.
Yes. Duplicate the finished slide or save it to your template gallery so you can start from the same S–D layout next time.
Farasat is an engineer who designs websites and builds practical online tools in his spare time. He created Tier List Maker after using other ranking sites that asked for an account, stamped watermarks on downloads, or simply did not work well on a phone. He is not a professional gamer or a self-described tier-list expert — he builds and maintains this site himself, fixes issues, and adds features based on what visitors actually ask for.