The Best of Sugar Ray is a 2005 Sugar Ray greatest hits album, released by Atlantic Records, consisting of 12 previous hits and 3 new recordings.

[2] The Philippine Daily Inquirer noted the inclusion of the heavier material from the band's early albums.

They wrote in their September 2005 review, "originally a funk metal band [they've] included two tracks from their debut in this 'best-of' — "Mean Machine" and "Rhythm Stealer".

"[3] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic awarded it four out of five stars, writing that after the commercial underperformance of In the Pursuit of Leisure it "became clear that it wouldn't be long before that hits disc came along", adding "and here it is: Greatest Hits, released in the middle of June 2005, just as the summer was getting under way.

He also noted that the mood of the album is "occasionally broken by such remnants of the group's metallic beginnings as 'Rhyme Stealer' and 'RPM,' which stand in uneasy contrast to the sunny, friendly sound.