# Best Creatine: the stierproducts tier list

- Source: https://stierproducts.com/categories/creatine
- Last researched: 2026-09-17T06:11:26.614Z
- Evidence base: 17 products ranked across 158 cited reviews, videos and discussions
- Method: https://stierproducts.com/methodology
- Dataset: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22062813 - every board at once, one dated snapshot per release, same licence, prices and photographs left out
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Creatine supplements, mainly creatine monohydrate powders, capsules and gummies; pre-workout blends that contain creatine belong to Pre-Workouts and protein powders are separate.

## Summary

On the stierproducts creatine board, Nutricost Creatine Monohydrate Powder ranks #1 in S tier, ahead of Thorne Creatine (#2, S tier) and Optimum Nutrition Micronized Creatine (#3, A tier). The board ranks 17 creatine from S (best) to F (avoid), last researched 17 Sept 2026, drawing on 158 cited reviews, videos and discussions. Placed in the bottom tiers as ones to avoid: RAW Nutrition Creatine, Free Soul Creatine Monohydrate, Create Creatine Gummies, and 2 others.

## Ranking

| Rank | Product | Brand | Tier | LP | Outlets | Verdict | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Nutricost Creatine Monohydrate Powder | Nutricost | S | 1108 | 5 | GQ's best overall and the brand users name when asked who they trust. Pure monohydrate with nothing to fail. | https://stierproducts.com/products/nutricost-creatine-monohydrate-powder |
| 2 | Thorne Creatine | Thorne | S | 1024 | 24 | NSF-certified purity and the top pick of multiple independent 2026 testing roundups. The most trustworthy multi-year rebuy in the category. | https://stierproducts.com/products/thorne-creatine |
| 3 | Optimum Nutrition Micronized Creatine | Optimum Nutrition | A | 813 | 7 | A two-decade track record and the best capsule format. Boring, proven, dependable. | https://stierproducts.com/products/optimum-nutrition-micronized-creatine |
| 4 | 1st Phorm Micronized Creatine Monohydrate | 1st Phorm | A | 784 | 7 | BarBend's 2026 expert-tested roundup names it the top overall pick, the strongest single endorsement from a specialist fitness-testing outlet in the current cycle, and it sits on the form of creatine the entire field agrees works - the strongest consensus position in the category. | https://stierproducts.com/products/1st-phorm-micronized-creatine-monohydrate |
| 5 | Bulk Creatine Monohydrate | Bulk | B | 634 | 6 | Independently assessed by Which? and a long-standing plain-monohydrate supplier. Slightly thinner third-party paper trail than the top three. | https://stierproducts.com/products/bulk-creatine-monohydrate |
| 6 | WeightWorld Creatine Monohydrate Micronised Powder | WeightWorld | B | 608 | 2 | BBC Good Food's best-value-for-money winner on cost per dose across its full test. The strongest pure-value verdict in current UK testing. | https://stierproducts.com/products/weightworld-creatine-monohydrate-micronised-powder |
| 7 | Naked Nutrition Creatine | Naked Nutrition | B | 555 | 1 | Innerbody's best budget pick. Single-ingredient monohydrate in a plain tub, which is where all your money should go. | https://stierproducts.com/products/naked-nutrition-creatine |
| 8 | Swolverine Creatine Monohydrate | Swolverine | B | 517 | 1 | Fortune's best powder with published batch testing. Solid, just a younger brand than those above it. | https://stierproducts.com/products/swolverine-creatine-monohydrate |
| 9 | Legion Recharge Creatine | Legion | C | 473 | 19 | Fortune's tester scored it 4.5 out of 5 across a 14-product field. Genuinely well reviewed, docked for being a blend where the extras are unproven. | https://stierproducts.com/products/legion-recharge-creatine |
| 10 | Momentous Creatine | Momentous | C | 471 | 29 | NSF certification as standard and Women's Health's vegan pick. Certification is the whole ballgame for a supplement you take daily for years. | https://stierproducts.com/products/momentous-creatine |
| 11 | Onnit Creatine Unflavored | Onnit | C | 467 | 1 | WIRED-endorsed plain monohydrate with an unchanged formula for years. Unexciting and reliable. | https://stierproducts.com/products/onnit-creatine-unflavored |
| 12 | Transparent Labs Creatine HMB | Transparent Labs | C | 391 | 19 | The most marketed creatine in the category, and an HMB blend you pay a premium for on claims plain monohydrate matches. Buy Thorne Creatine Monohydrate instead. | https://stierproducts.com/products/transparent-labs-creatine-hmb |
| 13 | RAW Nutrition Creatine | RAW Nutrition | D | 331 | 2 | GQ's best flavored option and a real monohydrate. The flavoring adds nothing to ownership risk but nothing to trust either. | https://stierproducts.com/products/raw-nutrition-creatine |
| 14 | Free Soul Creatine Monohydrate | Free Soul | F | 159 | 1 | Assessed by Which? and a clean monohydrate, but with the thinnest independent evidence of the picks. | https://stierproducts.com/products/free-soul-creatine-monohydrate |
| 15 | Create Creatine Gummies | Create | F | 0 | 10 | The only gummy with NSF sport certification, per Fortune. Best of a format that this lens fundamentally distrusts. | https://stierproducts.com/products/create-creatine-gummies |
| 16 | Jinfiniti Creatine + ATP | Jinfiniti | F | 0 | 1 | A self-published top pick built on an unproven ATP add-on. Buy Momentous Creatine instead. | https://stierproducts.com/products/jinfiniti-creatine-atp |
| 17 | SWOLY Creatine Gummies | SWOLY | F | 0 | 4 | Pushed as best value but sits in a gummy format that third-party testing shows can degrade or underdose creatine, without the certification that saves Create Creatine Gummies. If you want a gummy, buy Create. If you want value, buy Nutricost. | https://stierproducts.com/products/swoly-creatine-gummies |

## Flagged as ones to avoid

These entered one or more research runs as a product buyers cross-shop but should not buy, rather than as a pick.

- Transparent Labs Creatine HMB (#12, C tier): flagged by 7 of 12 runs.
- Create Creatine Gummies (#15, F tier): flagged by 6 of 11 runs.
- Jinfiniti Creatine + ATP (#16, F tier): flagged by 10 of 11 runs.
- SWOLY Creatine Gummies (#17, F tier): flagged by 5 of 6 runs.

## Tier meanings

- S: Exceptional. Finishes top run after run; capped at 3 slots per category.
- A: Excellent. Strongly recommended, beaten only by the very best.
- B: Good. A solid choice with real caveats worth knowing.
- C: Fair. Acceptable in the right situation, outclassed at its price.
- D: Weak. Hard to recommend when better options cost similar money.
- F: Avoid. The evidence points you elsewhere.

## How to read this

- Each category is researched in four independent runs, one per lens (expert consensus, value, reliability, community pulse). Every run ranks a board of candidates that deliberately includes products buyers cross-shop but should avoid. Placements score on a ranked ladder (LP), and tiers are derived from LP, so no tier is ever assigned by hand.
- LP is the product's points on this category's ladder. It is comparable within a category and not across categories.
- Outlets is how many distinct outlets are cited for that placement. The per-product page lists each citation, and shows which of their links were fetched and confirmed before publishing.
- Nothing is hidden: every product the research placed is on this board.

## Limitations

- We do not test products ourselves. Every placement is consolidated from published reviews, owner reports and community discussion, so a board is only as good as the sources behind it.
- LP is points on this category ladder. It is comparable within a category and never across categories.
- A board is a snapshot with a research date. Anything released or changed after that date is not in it yet.
- Evidence is uneven across this board: products carry between 1 and 34 cited sources. The count for each is in the table above.