Best Cash Back Credit Cards
The highest-earning cash back cards — flat-rate, tiered, and rotating category options for every spending style.
Annual fee
Reward type
17 cards
#1
Capital One Savor
No FeeCash Back
3x Dining
- 3x Dining
- 3x Entertainment
- 3x Streaming
- 3x Groceries
- 8x Capital One Entertainment
- 5x Hotels/Cars via C1
- 1x everything else
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$200 after $500 in 3 months
#2
Blue Cash Preferred
Cash Back
6x US Supermarkets (up to $6k/yr)
- 6x US Supermarkets (up to $6k/yr)
- 6x Streaming
- 3x Transit
- 3x US Gas
- 1x everything else
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$300 after $3,000 in 6 months
#3
Chase Freedom Flex
No FeeCash Back
5x Travel via Chase
- 5x Travel via Chase
- 5x Rotating categories (up to $1,500/qtr)
- 3x Dining
- 3x Drugstores
- 1x everything else
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$200 after $500 in 3 months
#4
Discover It Cash Back
No FeeCash Back
5x Rotating categories (up to $1,500/qtr)
- 5x Rotating categories (up to $1,500/qtr)
- 1x everything else
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Cashback Match at end of year 1
#5
Prime Visa
No FeeCash Back
5x Amazon & Whole Foods (Prime members)
- 5x Amazon & Whole Foods (Prime members)
- 3x Amazon & Whole Foods (non-Prime)
- 2x Restaurants
- 2x Gas
- 2x Transit
- 1x everything else
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$100 gift card on approval
#6
Costco Anywhere Visa
No FeeCash Back
4x Gas (5x Costco Gas)
- 4x Gas (5x Costco Gas)
- 4x EV Charging
- 3x Restaurants
- 3x Travel
- 2x Costco
- 1x everything else
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Requires an active Costco membership to hold this card — Gold Star ($65/yr) or Executive ($130/yr).
#7
Chase Freedom Unlimited
No FeeCash Back
5x Travel via Chase
- 5x Travel via Chase
- 3x Dining
- 3x Drugstores
- 1.5x everything else
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$200 after $500 in 3 months
#8
Blue Cash Everyday
No FeeCash Back
3x US Online Retail (up to $6k/yr)
- 3x US Online Retail (up to $6k/yr)
- 3x US Supermarkets (up to $6k/yr)
- 3x US Gas
- 1x everything else
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$250 after $2,000 in 6 months
#9
Apple Card
No FeeCash Back
3x Select merchants
- 3x Select merchants
- 2x Apple Pay
- 1x everything else
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#10
PayPal Cashback Mastercard
No FeeCash Back
3x PayPal checkout
- 3x PayPal checkout
- 1.5x everything else
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#11
Citi Strata Premier
Transferable Points
10x Hotels/Cars/Attractions via CitiTravel
- 10x Hotels/Cars/Attractions via CitiTravel
- 3x Restaurants
- 3x Supermarkets
- 3x Gas
- 3x Air Travel
- 3x Hotels
- 1x everything else
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60,000 points after $4,000 in 3 months
#12
Citi Strata Elite
Transferable Points
12x Hotels/Cars/Attractions via CitiTravel
- 12x Hotels/Cars/Attractions via CitiTravel
- 6x Airfare via CitiTravel
- 3x Restaurants
- 1.5x everything else
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80,000 points after $4,000 in 3 months
#13
Citi Double Cash
No FeeCash Back
2x on all purchases (1x when you buy + 1x when you pay)
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#14
Discover It Secured
No FeeCash Back
2x Gas
- 2x Gas
- 2x Restaurants
- 1x everything else
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Cashback Match + security deposit required
#15
Discover It Chrome Gas & Restaurant
No FeeCash Back
2x Gas (up to $1k/qtr)
- 2x Gas (up to $1k/qtr)
- 2x Restaurants (up to $1k/qtr)
- 1x everything else
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Cashback Match at end of year 1
#16
Chase Freedom Rise
No FeeCash Back
1.5x on all purchases
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#17
Discover It Miles
No FeeCash Back
1.5x Miles on all purchases
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Miles Match at end of year 1
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Take the quiz →Cards listed here are selected from our database based on category earn rates — not sponsored placements. Rotating-category cards (Discover It, Chase Freedom Flex) assume the relevant category is active. Terms and reward rates are subject to change at each issuer's discretion.