The Legend of Zelda - Global Sales

This post will be used to keep track of global sales of the Legend of Zelda series.

Update, May 9th, 2021: Numbers updated as of March 31st, 2021. 

Update, Apr 26th, 2020: Numbers updated as of January 2020.

Update, Nov 12th, 2019: Numbers updated as of September 30th, 2019.

Update, Apr 26th, 2018: As of March 21st, 2018, Breath of the Wild is the best-selling Zelda ever.

Update, Jan 31st, 2018: As of December 31st, 2017, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has outsold every Zelda game globally with the exception of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

A detailed list of each Legend of Zelda game's last known sales can be found below.

Mainline series:

Year	Sys	Game	Sales
1986	NES	Legend of Zelda	6,510,000
1987	NES	Adventure of Link	4,380,000
1991	SNES	Link to the Past	4,610,000
1993	GB	Link's Awakening	3,830,000
1998	N64	Ocarina of Time	7,600,000
2000	N64	Majora's Mask	3,360,000
2001	GBC	Oracle Games	3,990,000
2002	GC	Wind Waker	4,430,000
2004	GBA	The Minish Cap	1,760,000
2006	Wii/GC	Twilight Princess	8,850,000
2007	NDS	Phantom Hourglass	4,760,000
2009	NDS	Spirit Tracks	2,960,000
2011	Wii	Skyward Sword	3,670,000
2013	3DS	Link Between Worlds	4,160,000
2015	3DS	Tri Force Heroes	1,340,000
2017	NSW/Wii U	Breath of the Wild*	23,970,000

* Nintendo Switch: 22.28 million. Wii U last known sales: 1.69 million.


Remakes:

Year	System	Game	Global Sales
1998	GBC	Link's Awakening DX	2,220,000
2002	GBA	A Link to the Past & Four Swords	2,820,000
2011	3DS	Ocarina of Time 3D	6,020,000
2013	Wii U	The Wind Waker HD	2,310,000
2015	3DS	Majora's Mask 3D	3,280,000
2016	Wii U	Twilight Princess HD	1,130,000
2019	NSW	Link's Awakening	5,490,000

Data courtesy Nintendo. Additional data sourced from the 2020 CESA Games White Paper.