If you’re looking for a plain silver ring to serve as an inoffensive wedding band, you’re unfortunately in the wrong place. Because these days, the best men’s silver rings are anything but subdued. Instead, there’s an entire landscape of nicely bejeweled, surprisingly shaped silver rings, made from only the very best sterling silver, and priced fairly too. It used to be that the metal on men’s rings looked more like the kind you’d find in a pipe-fixing kit. Today, we’re able to adorn ourselves in finishes precious enough to get anyone’s inner Gollum going giddy.
Generally speaking, silver is the more affordable, and too often overlooked of the podium metals. Far from being simply second place, sterling silver rings give you the adornment you’re looking for without gold’s often staggering price point, and also have the benefit of being cooler toned than gold, therefore acting as more of a neutral color in your accessorizing. A more versatile metal, for a fraction of the cash.
Whether you’re on the lookout for a subtle addition of shine, a heirloom-in-the-making signet ring, or some bling with the potential to blind anyone who deigns to peep at it, we’ve taken the time to pull together an array of the true most desirable silver rings on the market right now, at every price point. We’ve got you covered no matter your commitment level—whether you’re a finger-dipping first timer, or a ‘Denzel in Gladiator II’-level ring wearer.
The Best Silver Rings Hit List
In This Shopping Guide
The Best Silver Rings Under $100
Compared to gold, silver tends to veer on the affordable end of the scale. This means that even on a true budget, you don’t have to compromise on quality. You can still find plenty of sterling silver options for under $100, it’s more that at this price, you’ll find better quality from a brand that is making them en masse, rather than from the smaller makers who might add some more unique elements like precious gemstones, or utilise a more hand-made process to make their pieces, but also will have to reflect those extra efforts in their sticker price.
Serge Denimes
Silver Envy Signet Ring
Set with a small but stunning Cubic Zirconia stone, and finished with a matte surface, this is a subtle signet style from a reliable jewelry supplier that has been putting out easy-to-wear pieces for nearly 15 years. And hey, it’s 925 sterling silver.
Mejuri
Bold Round Signet Ring
Another sterling silver signet, though this time with a much cleaner, more mirrored face that would be perfect for engraving—through the brand themselves or a third party—to add a more personal element to a style that is traditionally a family-focused talisman.
Jaxxon
Signet Ring
A faceted edge and more square shape helps this lean more modern than the previous two styles, and the stainless steel makeup in place of a more precious metal like sterling silver makes it a perfect entry level style if you’re wanting to try before you commit to something more significant.
Missoma
Molten Stacking Ring
A rising style in men’s jewelry are designs inspired by flowing water—or in this case, molten rock. The look makes for a softer texture and more subtle statement than something with a flat face or stone-setting. And this one is affordable enough to buy multiple, embracing the rings ‘Stacking’ name.
The Best Silver Rings Under $250
Here lie the pieces that would be welcome in any obsessive’s silver-fuelled collection. Once you break into this price point, you start to see more unique spins on texture and form come through, presenting rings that can be more than just an accessory, but a true daily signature piece.
Peyote Bird
Visionary Sterling Silver Turquoise Ring
Very much the kind of ring you’d love to inherit, and a style that feels immediately precious thanks to its turquoise stone setting and inlaid band. Erring on the elegant end of the jewelry spectrum, to great effect.
Faris
Seep Ring
Almost an advanced version of the previous ‘stacking’ ring, this is a style that again embraces the sculptural, natural feeling, eschewing any traditional form in favour of a more impactful and varied shape.
Maslo
Cigar Band Ring
Take your classic band ring, and give it a healthy width increase. You’ll struggle to find any outfit that this very simple, but very effective ring doesn’t work with.
All Blues
Snake Ring
As with many of the best things in menswear, All Blues hails from taste-perfect Scandinavia, and brings that confidence into every one of its flawlessly-designed pieces. This carved style—a hallmark of the brand’s DNA—looks somehow neolithic and futuristic at the same time.
Silpada
Major Statement Ring
A scattering of gemstones makes this otherwise fairly simple band ring feel much more significant, but still not overly fussy or adorned. Silpada has been making silver jewelry for nearly 30 years, and that controlled pedigree shows through in its low-key, but also eye-catching designs like this.
Miansai
Oxen Ring
Signet rings may have historically been engraved with family crests or monograms, but you should never let any lack of personal provenance stop you from enjoying the detail of an engraved face. This one from Miansai has a nice, on-trend Western detail.
The Best Silver Rings Under $500
Just because silver didn’t cause any kind of rush in the Old West doesn’t mean it can’t be used for true luxury. The addition of precious gemstones or the design eye of some of the fashion industry’s best and brightest can all make for a ring that falls firmly in the ‘fit for a king’ category. These are the pieces for the diehard accessorizers, the ones who feel naked leaving the house with bare fingers.
Hatton Labs
Mirage Cubic Zirconia Ring
Sometimes more is more. This style is more gemstone than silver, with a subtle flat surface and alternating blue and white cubic zirconia inlays that give you an undeniably impactful piece of jewelry.
Jil Sander
Silver Band Ring
It stands to reason that one of the most stylish and elegant brands out there would supply us with some simple but effective pieces of jewelry. Jil Sander does just that with this style, featuring a cutout section that doesn’t look unfinished or broken, but rather intentionally modern.
Maple
Tommy Signet Ring
A strong statement is what you get when you opt for a stone setting as large as this one. As the brand’s name might suggest, Maple hails from the great white north of Canada, and has been producing some of the boldest rings around for a decade. The Tommy signet is actually one of the more pared back styles, details wise, leaving the large labradorite stone to do the heavy lifting.
Bleue Burnham
Silver Rose Garden Signet Ring
We’re particular fans of sustainability-conscious jeweler, Bleue Burnham. His unique blending of traditional form and playful gemstone settings haven’t just inspired a growing aesthetic in men’s jewelry, it’s also attracted some big name collaborators, from Gucci to Palm Angels to even, well, BritishGQ, who gave all of this year’s Men Of The Year honorees custom Bleue Burnham rings. This particular style may be more subdued on the gemstone side of things, but more than makes up for it with the contrasting textured face.
The Best Silver Rings Under $1000
Heirlooms. Investment pieces. “My precious.” Call them what you want, these sterling styles are the big hitters, the rings that would make the entire population of Middle Earth envious, and that surely imbue you with some mystical power when worn. If you’re dropping this kind of budget on a silver ring, do so because you love the design and craftsmanship behind it, not because you want to have something that can be resold in a few years time.
The Ouze
Silver Raw Emerald Scatter Ring
UK-based The Ouze, founded by Toby Vernon in 2021, has been one of the bigger success stories for independent jewelry makers in recent years. The brand’s signature rough, clearly hand-crafted quality and non-traditional stone placement—coupled with a focus on using only recycled metals and ethically sourced stones—has made The Ouze a bit of a rising star amongst retailers and shoppers alike.
Le Gramme
Godron Recycled Silver Ring
With a starkly contrasting precision compared to some of the more textured or roughly-made rings on this list, Le Gramme’s Godron ring is a perfected minimal style that sets aside flash and flourish in favor of ridged form, and puts the weight of your new piece of jewelry front and centre.
David Tishbi
Onyx Ring
David Tishbi makes rings that are truly fit for royalty, although maybe the royalty of a bygone era considering the aesthetic leans more medieval than modern. And really, any combination of sterling silver, 22K gold and an onyx stone is a winning one.
Bleue Burnham
Truth To Nature Ring
We mentioned we’re fans of Bleue Burnham right? Excuse us, then, for including another option from the London-based designer in this list. This option is a real meeting of styles, with an elegant, minimal band but a textured, fully-gemstone-d face. The best of both worlds.
Silver Rings FAQ
What is sterling silver 925?
Much like gold has multiple degrees of purity (9, 18 and 24 karat for example), so too does silver. The ‘925’ refers directly to the percentage (92.5%) of actual silver element contained in the metals alloy. This remaining 7.5% is most often taken up by harder elements like copper, which bolster silver’s relatively softer composition, giving a stronger and longer lasting piece of jewelry.
How do you keep a silver ring clean?
Silver will naturally oxidise and tarnish over time, giving your shiny piece of jewelry a slightly darker patina (which in all honestly often looks great). Still, some simple ways of maintaining the shine of your silver jewelry would be to use a mixture of lemon juice, vinegar and water, either soaking or gently polishing your pieces with a cloth soaked in the solution. Another way is to utilise a quirk of chemistry; line a bowl with aluminum foil, and then add boiling water and baking soda. Leave your jewelry in the bowl for around 3 minutes and then remove, shiny and new. Failing all that, leave it in a bowl of Coca Cola for five minutes. Seriously, it works.
As a journalist, Cathy Owens has always been interested in writing about the business world. She aims to keep her readers up-to-date on current events and trends in the business world, without sacrificing the journalistic integrity that made her want to be a writer in the first place.