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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
Card type
Card network
16 cards
#1
Capital One Savor
Capital One · No annual fee
No FeeCash Back
1x everything else
  • 3x Dining
  • 3x Entertainment
  • 3x Streaming
  • 3x Groceries
  • 8x Capital One Entertainment
  • 5x Hotels/Cars via C1
  • 1x everything else
Click to see redemption options
$200 after $500 in 3 months
#2
Chase Freedom Flex
Chase · No annual fee
No FeeCash Back
1x everything else
  • 5x Travel via Chase
  • 5x Rotating categories (up to $1,500/qtr)
  • 3x Dining
  • 3x Drugstores
  • 1x everything else
Click to see redemption options
$200 after $500 in 3 months
#3
Discover It Cash Back
Discover · No annual fee
No FeeCash Back
1x everything else
  • 5x Rotating categories (up to $1,500/qtr)
  • 1x everything else
Click to see redemption options
Cashback Match at end of year 1
#4
Prime Visa
Chase · No annual fee
No FeeCash Back
1x everything else
  • 5x Amazon & Whole Foods (Prime members)
  • 3x Amazon & Whole Foods (non-Prime)
  • 2x Restaurants
  • 2x Gas
  • 2x Transit
  • 1x everything else
Click to see redemption options
$100 gift card on approval
#5
AAA Daily Advantage Visa Signature
Comenity Capital Bank · No annual fee
No FeeCash Back
5% Grocery Stores
  • 5% Grocery Stores
  • 3% Gas Stations & EV Charging
  • 3% Wholesale Clubs (incl. Costco)
  • 3% Streaming Services
  • 3% Pharmacies
  • 3% AAA Purchases
  • 1% All Other Purchases
Click to see redemption options
$100 statement credit after spending $1,000 in the first 90 days.
#6
AAA Travel Advantage Visa Signature
Comenity Capital Bank · No annual fee
No FeeCash Back
5% Gas Stations & EV Charging (up to $7,000/yr, then 1%)
  • 5% Gas Stations & EV Charging (up to $7,000/yr, then 1%)
  • 3x Flights
  • 3x Hotels
  • 3x Dining
  • 3x Grocery Stores
  • 3x Other Travel Purchases
  • 3x AAA Purchases
Click to see redemption options
$100 statement credit after spending $1,000 in the first 90 days.
#7
Costco Anywhere Visa
Citi · No annual fee
No FeeCash Back
1x everything else
  • 4x Gas (5x Costco Gas)
  • 4x EV Charging
  • 3x Restaurants
  • 3x Travel
  • 2x Costco
  • 1x everything else
Click to see redemption options
Requires an active Costco membership to hold this card — Gold Star ($65/yr) or Executive ($130/yr).
#8
Chase Freedom Unlimited
Chase · No annual fee
No FeeCash Back
1.5x everything else
  • 5x Travel via Chase
  • 3x Dining
  • 3x Drugstores
  • 1.5x everything else
Click to see redemption options
$200 after $500 in 3 months
#9
Blue Cash Everyday
AmEx · No annual fee
No FeeCash Back
1x everything else
  • 3x US Online Retail (up to $6k/yr)
  • 3x US Supermarkets (up to $6k/yr)
  • 3x US Gas
  • 1x everything else
Click to see redemption options
$200 after $2,000 in 6 months
#10
Apple Card
Goldman Sachs · No annual fee
No FeeCash Back
1x everything else
  • 3x Select merchants
  • 2x Apple Pay
  • 1x everything else
Click to see redemption options
#11
PayPal Cashback Mastercard
Synchrony · No annual fee
No FeeCash Back
1.5x everything else
  • 3x PayPal checkout
  • 1.5x everything else
Click to see redemption options
#12
Citi Double Cash
Citi · No annual fee
No FeeCash Back
2x on all purchases (1x when you buy + 1x when you pay)
Click to see redemption options
#13
Discover It Secured
Discover · No annual fee
No FeeCash Back
1x everything else
  • 2x Gas
  • 2x Restaurants
  • 1x everything else
Click to see redemption options
Cashback Match + security deposit required
#14
Discover It Chrome Gas & Restaurant
Discover · No annual fee
No FeeCash Back
1x everything else
  • 2x Gas (up to $1k/qtr)
  • 2x Restaurants (up to $1k/qtr)
  • 1x everything else
Click to see redemption options
Cashback Match at end of year 1
#15
Chase Freedom Rise
Chase · No annual fee
No FeeCash Back
1.5x on all purchases
Click to see redemption options
#16
Discover It Miles
Discover · No annual fee
No FeeCash Back
1.5x Miles on all purchases
Click to see redemption options
Miles Match at end of year 1
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Cards listed here are selected from our database based on category earn rates — not sponsored placements. Rotating-category cards (Discover It, Chase Freedom Flex) are shown at 5x only during a quarter that category is actually active — checked against Chase and Discover's published quarterly calendars. Terms and reward rates are subject to change at each issuer's discretion.

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