Carnaval Parade Results: 2013-2023

Based on the results of the last five carnival parades (2018-2023 – no parade in 2021), the League of Samba Schools (LIESA) ranks the top samba schools in Rio de Janeiro as:

  1. Viradouro (62) 
  2. Beija-Flor (55)
  3. Mangueira (46 points)
  4. Grande Rio (43)
  5. Vila Isabel (39)
  6. Salgueiro (38) 
  7. Portela (33)
  8. Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel (27)
  9. Imperatriz Leopoldinense (24) 
  10. Paraíso do Tuiuti (21)
  11. Unidos da Tijuca (14)
  12. União da Ilha do Governador (2)

[Schools score 20 points for a win, 15 for 2nd, 12 for 3rd, 10 for 4th, 8 for 5th, 6 for 6th, 4 for 7th, 3 for 8th, 2 for 9th and 1 for 10th]

31 schools have paraded in the Grupo Especial since 1985, and the first parade on the purpose built Sambódromo. Since 1985, when LIESA was formed, the top ten most successful samba schools have been:

  1. Beija-Flor (503 points)
  2. Salgueiro (350)
  3. Imperatriz Leopoldinense (336) 
  4. Mangueira (329)
  5. Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel (280)
  6. Portela (238)
  7. Unidos da Tijuca (206)
  8. Grande Rio (201) 
  9. Viradouro (201)
  10. Vila Isabel (198)

Imperatriz Leopoldinense the champion school in 2023

The most recent parades of Grupo Especial – the Premier League of samba – took take place on the nights of Sunday, 19 February and Monday, 20 February 2023, and the results (out of 270 points) were:

  • Imperatriz Leopoldinense (269.8 out of 270) 
  • Viradouro (269.7) 
  • Vila Isabel (269.3) 
  • Beija-Flor (269.2) 
  • Mangueira (269.1)
  • Grande Rio (268.6) 
  • Salgueiro (268.5)
  • Paraíso do Tuiuti (268.3)
  • Unidos da Tijuca (26) 
  • Portela (267.7) 
  • Mocidade (266.6)
  • Imperio Serrano  (265.6)

The results of Rio’s Carnival Parade in 2022 were:

  • Grande Rio (269.6 out of 270)
  • Beija-Flor (269.4)
  • Viradouro (269.4)
  • Vila Isabel (269.2)
  • Portela (269.1)
  • Salgueiro (268.3)
  • Mangueira (268.2)
  • Mocidade (268.2)
  • Unidos da Tijuca (267.8)
  • Imperatriz Leopoldinense (266,7)
  • Paraíso do Tuiuti (266.4)
  • Sao Clemente (263.7)

For more images from the 2022 parades CLICK HERE for Day One and CLICK HERE for Day Two.

Grande Rio, the champion school in 2022

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic there were no parades in 2021.

The results of Rio’s Carnival Parade in 2020 were:

  • Viradouro (269.6 out of 270)
  • Grande Rio (269.6)
  • Mocidade (269.4)
  • Beija-Flor (269.4)
  • Salgueiro (269.0)
  • Mangueira (268.9)
  • Portela (268.8)
  • Vila Isabel (268.6)
  • Unidos da Tijuca (267.6)
  • Sao Clemente (267.0)
  • Paraíso do Tuiuti (266.2)
  • Estácio de Sá (264.7)
  • União da Ilha (264.2)

Viradouro, the champion school in 2020

… and in 2019

  • Mangueira (270 points out of 270)
  • Viradouro (269.7)
  • Vila Isabel (269.4)
  • Salgueiro (269.3)
  • Portela (269.3)
  • Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel (269.0)
  • Unidos da Tijuca (268.8)
  • Paraíso do Tuiuti (268.5)
  • Grande Rio (267.9)
  • União da Ilha (267.7)
  • Beija-Flor (267.6)
  • São Clemente (267.4)
  • Imperatriz Leopoldinense (266,6)
  • Imperio Serrano (263.8)

Click here for more images from Mangueira’s winning parade in 2019 .

Mangueira, the champion school in 2019

…and in 2018

  • Beija-Flor (269.6 points out of 270)
  • Paraíso do Tuiuti (269.5)
  • Salgueiro (269.5)
  • Portela (269.94)
  • Mangueira (269.3)
  • Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel (269.3)
  • Unidos da Tijuca (269.1)
  • Imperatriz Leopoldinense (268,8)
  • Vila Isabel (268.1)
  • União da Ilha (267.3)
  • São Clemente (266.9)
  • Grande Rio (266.8)
  • Imperio Serrano (265.6)

Beija Flor, the champion school in 2018

…and in 2017

  • Portela (269.9 points out of 270)
  • Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel (269.9 points out of 270)
  • Salgueiro (269.7)
  • Mangueira (269.6)
  • Grande Rio (269.4)
  • Beija-Flor (269.2)
  • Imperatriz Leopoldinense (268,5)
  • União da Ilha (267.8)
  • Vila Isabel (267.4)
  • São Clemente (267.4)
  • Unidos da Tijuca (266.8)
  • Paraíso do Tuiuti (264.6)

Portela, the champion school, along with Mocidade in 2017

…and in 2016

  • Mangueira (269.8 points out of 270)
  • Unidos da Tijuca (269.7)
  • Portela (269.7)
  • Salgueiro (269.5)
  • Beija-Flor (269.3)
  • Imperatriz Leopoldinense (269.2)
  • Grande Rio (268.7)
  • Vila Isabel (267.9)
  • São Clemente (267.8)
  • Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel (266.5)
  • União da Ilha (265.8)
  • Estácio de Sá (265.0)

Mangueira, the champion school in 2016

…and in 2015

  • Beija-Flor (269.9 points out of 270)
  • Salgueiro (269.5)
  • Grande Rio (269.0)
  • Portela (269.0)
  • Unidos da Tijuca (269.0)
  • Imperatriz Leopoldinense (268.9)
  • Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel (268.5)
  • São Clemente (268.4)
  • União da Ilha do Governador (267.2)
  • Mangueira (267.1)
  • Unidos de Vila Isabel (266.2)
  • Viradouro (263.7)

For images of the 2015 parade CLICK HERE

Beija Flor, the winning samba school in 2015

…and in 2014

  • Unidos da Tijuca (299.4 points out of 300)
  • Salgueiro (299.3)
  • Portela (299.0)
  • União da Ilha do Governador (298.4)
  • Imperatriz Leopoldinense (297.6)
  • Grande Rio (297.20)
  • Beija-Flor (296.4)
  • Mangueira (296.2)
  • Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel (296.0)
  • Unidos de Vila Isabel (295.9)
  • São Clemente (294.3)
  • Imperio da Tijuca (291.6)

Unidos da Tijuca, the winning school in 2014

…and in 2013

  • Unidos de Vila Isabel (299.7 points out of 300)
  • Beija-Flor (299,4)
  • Unidos da Tijuca (299.2)
  • Imperatriz Leopoldinense (298.3)
  • Salgueiro (297.9)
  • Grande Rio (297.20)
  • Portela (296.6)
  • Mangueira (296.5)
  • União da Ilha do Governador (294.4)
  • São Clemente (293.5)
  • Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel (293.5)
  • Inocentes de Belford Roxo (291.1)

Vila Isabel, the winning school in 2013

This will give you an idea of the complexity of how the the carnaval parade is judged. These are the maps of the jury scores from 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019 and 2018.