October 28, 2026

Every Modern Warfare Campaign, Ranked Worst to Best

Every Modern Warfare campaign from 2007 to 2023, ranked by the missions you still remember.

Modern Warfare 3 from 2023 started as an expansion, and it shows. The 2011 Modern Warfare 3 survived a studio exodus and still landed Makarov's ending.

The 2022 Modern Warfare 2 gave Ghost and Soap their best banter yet. The 2019 reboot's Clean House raid is the quietest, scariest mission here.

Modern Warfare 2 in 2009 piled Cliffhanger on the gulag, and it's pure spectacle. Call of Duty 4 from 2007 gave us All Ghillied Up and that nuke.

The criterion: A team of about 100 built Call of Duty 4 in two years. Its sniper mission, two men in ghillie suits, still outclasses every explosion the series added later.

The full ranking

1. 6Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III
   2023 · PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox
2. 5Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
   2011 · PC, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii
3. 4Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
   2022 · PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox
4. 3Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
   2019 · PC, PS4, Xbox One
5. 2Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
   2009 · PC, PS3, Xbox 360
6. 1Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
   2007 · PC, PS3, Xbox 360

Counted down from number 6 to number one.

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