Large NINJAGO builds combine the theme’s long-running city, temple, ship and dragon ideas. The list below updates the ten largest individual releases and makes the comparison transparent before looking at each entry.
Quick comparison
| Rank | Set | Year | Pieces |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City Markets (71799) | 2023 | 6,163 |
| 2 | City Gardens (71741) | 2021 | 5,685 |
| 3 | NINJAGO City (70620) | 2017 | 4,867 |
| 4 | The Old Town – 15th Anniversary (71861) | 2026 | 4,851 |
| 5 | City Docks (70657) | 2018 | 3,553 |
| 6 | Tournament Temple City (71814) | 2024 | 3,489 |
| 7 | City Workshops (71837) | 2025 | 3,244 |
| 8 | Temple Bounty (71848) | 2025 | 2,387 |
| 9 | Ultra Dragon Battle (71872) | 2026 | 2,178 |
| 10 | Temple of Airjitzu (70751) | 2015 | 2,028 |
1. City Markets (71799)
Lego® Ninjago 71799 City Markets contains 6,163 pieces and 21 minifigures across four levels. Its interiors include a bakery, blacksmith, general store, karaoke club, apartments and a rooftop food court. A cable car, lift and boat connect the market’s transport and waterfront areas.
Its four-level arrangement is important to the model’s scale: the footprint becomes a dense vertical neighbourhood rather than one oversized building. Everyday spaces such as the bakery and apartments sit beside entertainment and transport features, so the piece count is spread across many small interiors as well as the larger city structure. The cable car also gives the upper levels a visual connection that a conventional street scene would lack.
Removable rooms and roof sections provide access to the many interiors without flattening the four-level façade. The same modular idea also allows the markets to sit beside other NINJAGO city sets, so its edges are designed as connections rather than as isolated outer walls.
- City Markets
- Number of pieces: 6,163
2. City Gardens (71741)
City Gardens combines a three-storey pagoda, waterfall garden and bamboo grove with a market, food stalls and tea house. A dojo and training grounds occupy further sections of the model.
City Gardens uses its height differently from City Markets. The pagoda establishes a strong vertical landmark, while the waterfall, bamboo and market areas introduce open space between the built sections. It was the largest NINJAGO set when released in 2021, but City Markets moved it to second place two years later.
The dojo and training areas introduce a quieter functional zone alongside the market and tea house. Concealed positions around the layered garden add another use for the spaces between buildings, while the waterfall and bamboo keep those gaps visually distinct from the busier commercial levels.
- City Gardens
- Number of pieces: 5,685
3. NINJAGO City (70620)
The three-level NINJAGO® City model stacks shops, restaurants and smaller rooms above its waterfront. The varied façades and interior details distinguish the businesses within the city.
The minifigure selection includes Lloyd, Jay and Nya. The sushi conveyor is built into NINJAGO City, while the fishing boat provides the mobile element.
As the earliest of the large city modules in this top ten, set 70620 established the layered approach later entries continued: water and transport at the bottom, businesses through the middle and smaller rooms above. That layered structure became the defining approach of the later city modules.
The façades deliberately vary in colour and architectural style, helping each shop or restaurant remain legible within the dense stack. Smaller decorative elements continue that separation inside, so moving upward through the three levels changes both the type of room and its visual treatment.
- NINJAGO City
- Number of pieces: 4,867
4. The Old Town – 15th Anniversary (71861)
That total makes it the highest-ranked 2026 release in the list. The Old Town joins NINJAGO City among the large multi-level city modules, while the next entry, City Docks, moves the setting toward the waterfront.
The Old Town is divided into four modules: a front gate, a combined post office and workshop, a three-storey tower, and a lookout. That arrangement distributes the inventory across a sequence of connected destinations instead of concentrating all 4,851 pieces in one uninterrupted building.
- The Old Town – 15th Anniversary
- Number of pieces: 4,851
5. City Docks (70657)
City Docks contains a fish market, boat repair shop and sushi restaurant with distinct façades and interiors.
Kai, Cole and Zane appear among the minifigures. The fishing boat serves the waterfront, while the crane and gantry crane are fixed dock equipment rather than vehicles.
City Docks broadens the urban setting horizontally through waterside businesses and working harbour equipment. The fish market and sushi restaurant make the area feel inhabited, while the repair shop, boat and gantry crane give it a practical dockside role. Released one year after NINJAGO City, it is the second-oldest city model in the ranking and the older set’s natural waterfront counterpart.
- City Docks
- Number of pieces: 3,553
6. Tournament Temple City (71814)
It is also the only 2024 release in the table. Unlike the titles immediately around it, its name combines a tournament setting with a temple city, widening the subject mix before the ranking returns to NINJAGO City at number seven.
Its four-storey pagoda contains a rotating mill wheel, circling arena platforms, falling-rock function and secret door. Hidden storage and a finished rear side add detail beyond the front elevation, while 13 minifigures occupy the tournament city and its mechanisms.
- Tournament Temple City
- Number of pieces: 3,489
7. City Workshops (71837)
Within the city group, City Workshops puts its emphasis on working spaces and infrastructure. The following Temple Bounty changes the format from a densely built city environment to a self-contained ship.
City Workshops returns to a four-floor urban arrangement of apartments, stores and restaurants. Several rooms can be removed and handled separately, so access to the interiors does not depend solely on viewing the model from the back; the workshop theme continues through spaces with distinct everyday uses.
- City Workshops
- Number of pieces: 3,244
8. Temple Bounty (71848)
Temple Bounty and City Workshops are the two 2025 releases represented here. As the only large ship in the lower half, Temple Bounty interrupts the sequence of city, temple and dragon subjects. Its floating silhouette, sails and temple theme give this entry a different visual purpose from the surrounding multi-level modules.
The ship uses a gear system to open and close its sails. Removable roofs and floors expose interior rooms, including a sushi bar and a concealed computer, while a dedicated stand supports the model when displayed. Six minifigures connect those spaces to the vessel’s story.
- Temple Bounty
- Number of pieces: 2,387
9. Ultra Dragon Battle (71872)
Together with The Old Town, it gives 2026 two positions in the top ten. Unlike the surrounding city and temple builds, Ultra Dragon Battle is the only model in the table whose title explicitly centres on a dragon confrontation.
The central creature has four heads, making the dragon itself a multi-part construction rather than scenery around the confrontation. Four minifigures provide the opposing characters at ground level, keeping the set’s composition focused on a single battle instead of a collection of unrelated side builds.
- Ultra Dragon Battle
- Number of pieces: 2,178
10. Temple of Airjitzu (70751)
Lego® NINJAGO 70751 Temple of Airjitzu centres on a temple with a rotating bamboo tree, hidden rooms, trapdoors and secret passages. Minifigures including Lloyd, Jay and Cole come with weapons and accessories tied to the series.
The temple differs from the densely stacked city models through its more self-contained complex and its emphasis on concealed mechanisms. The rotating bamboo tree, trapdoors and hidden passages turn architectural details into functions, while the selection of named ninja connects the location directly to the series cast. As the oldest release listed, it predates NINJAGO City by two years yet still defines the current lower boundary.
- Temple of Airjitzu
- Number of pieces: 2,028
How the ranking works
The dates also show that newer does not automatically mean larger: the 2015 Temple of Airjitzu remains tenth while several recent releases enter much higher. That mix gives the catalogue snapshot historical depth.
This ranking is ordered by descending piece count. It covers individual retail sets only; bundles, value packs and accessory products are excluded so every position represents one complete set sold under its own set number.
The result is dominated by the modular NINJAGO City line, but the lower positions also preserve room for a ship, a dragon battle and a landmark temple. That variety is why set numbers and piece totals are more reliable than judging scale from the subject alone.
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