13 Types of Sex Positions, Endless Possibilities

Ever wondered how many sex positions there are?

Did you answer “endless variations”? Or did by chance you guess 64 sex positions?

How Many Sex Positions Exist?

The Kama Sutra, an ancient Indian celebration of lovemaking, says there are 8 main positions and 8 variations for each of these sex positions, resulting in a total of 64 sex positions.

The number of sex positions is truly infinite, with every couple, throuple or moresome adding their own unique ways to play into the mix when they make love.

Some contrarians point out that there are really only a limited number of positions and any others are just modifications of those. But this number changes, too, depending who you ask!

Whether there are eight, eighty, or eight million sex positions, let’s try them all!

Read: How to Try New Kinky Sex Positions

What’s the Best Sex Position?

The best sex position also depends on who you ask. And when. And what mood they’re in. And their gender. And their sexual orientation. And what kind of sex they want to have. Every sex position has its benefits and challenges.

The best sex position depends on the needs, expectations, and desires of the people involved. Newlyweds may want a sex position that gives them lots of face-to-face time. A hookup or quickie might find a less intimate sex position hotter.

Poll: What Are Your Favorite Sex Positions

13 Types of Sex Positions with Examples

Here are some of the endless possibilities when it comes to adventurous sex positions. We hope you’ll try at least a few and report back!

1. Standing Sex Positions

The Downward Dog

The receiving lover stands and bends at waist, supporting herself (or himself) with hands on the floor, similar to the downward dog position in yoga. You can modify this sex position by using a chair for stability instead of the floor. It’s easy to enter this way from behind, standing.

Tangled Tree

Face each other, hold onto each other for support, and have her wrap one leg around him. He can support her leg with his hands, too. A gorgeous all-over-each-other position.

Standing Spoon

Enter her from behind, standing, and canoodle and jostle your way to heaven while you support her to keep standing.

Up Against the Wall

Hoist her up and pin her to the wall while you thrust. She can wrap both legs around you.

Read: How to Thrust a Woman for More Pleasure

2. Kneeling Sex Positions

Classic Doggy

The raunchy queen of sex positions is doggy style, and more often that not that involves him kneeling and her on all fours.

Romantic Kneeling Sex Position

With both of you kneeling face to face and lots of eye gazing and snuggling, penetration while kneeling can be sweet and mystical.

The Lotus Lover

He’s sitting with his legs spread straight in front of him. She’s straddling him and kneeling.

Read: Doggy Style Sex Dos and Don’ts

3. Sitting Sex Positions

The Private Dancer

He’s sitting on a basic, sturdy chair, and she can lap dance and straddle for super comfortable woman-on-top fun. She has her feet on the floor for leverage and hands on the chair for balance so that she can really bump and grind.

The Lunch Break

Or, she can sit on his lap facing away. This seated sex position is a guilty pleasure, a perfect office diversion.

Read: 8 Kinky Sex Positions for Wild Sex

4. Missionary Sex Positions

Classic

Classic missionary comes up surprisingly often as a favorite sex position. It is considered vanilla by most, but that’s only true if it’s the only option. With her laying on her back, knees apart, he enters from the top, usually kneeling. Lots of face-to-face romance here, and she can see his torso and thrusting action.

Missionary Drill

He can lay on top of her, and she can wrap her legs around him and pull herself closer for wonderful deep penetration.

The Ravaging

One reason women love missionary sex positions is because we love man-on-top sex. The feeling of being taken or ravaged tops the list of many female fantasies. If she wants to be thrown onto the bed and taken, do it by pushing her legs up and back with one hand and drilling into her.

Read: How to Find Deep Penetration with any Size

5. Woman on Top Sex Positions

The Cowgirl

When she sits on him as he lies prone, she can control the speed and rhythm, and he can see her body and the nitty gritty of the action.

Reverse Cowgirl

She straddles him but facing away. He can see her beautiful ass, and she gets the unique sensations of this unusual angle of penetration.

Side Saddle

She can squat over him from the side and bounce.

Read: 5 Kinky Woman On Top Sex Positions

6. Anal Sex Positions

Doggy Style

Any ass in the air, doggy style, works perfectly for anal penetration. For anal sex, she may need to be able to relax, so support her arms and chest with a pillow arrangement.

Read: Why Doggy Style Position is Perfect for Kinky Sex

On the Ball

A stability ball is the most perfect sex toy for anal sex. It supports the receiver perfectly with leverage to roll around gently, getting the perfect angle and bounce.

Sit On It

Woman on top is amazing for anal penetration too. By having him in a seated sex position on a chair, and sitting on his cock, she can use her legs and feet to help her stay comfortable longer.

Read: How to Change Sex Positions

7. Oral Sex Positions

The 69

The 69 is the classic reciprocal oral-sex position, usually performed with both lovers on their sides. It can be idyllic but not always, depending on how your heights and leg and torso lengths match up.

Read: 69ing Tips for Kinky Couples

Standing and Kneeling

The classic blowjob porn position—the woman on her knees, the man standing before her with his jeans unzipped.

The Big Dipper

The position sees the woman with her head against some pillows or a comfy chair, the man kneeling over her and fucking her mouth. This can be incredibly intimate and romantic, or raw and humiliating, depending on your fantasies.

Goddess Worship

She can sit against a wall or in a chair while he gets comfortable between her legs, ready to lick and lap for the long haul.

Read: Goddess Kink: How to Worship Your Goddess

Facesitting

The dominant queen can straddle his face, with him laying flat on a bed or the floor.

Standing and Kneeling

The classic blowjob porn position—the woman on her knees, mouth open, and the man standing before her with his jeans unzipped.

The Big Dipper

Her with her head against some pillows or a comfy chair, him kneeling over her and fucking her mouth. This can be incredibly intimate and romantic, or raw and humiliating, depending on your fantasies.

Read: BDSM Blowjob Ideas for Submissives

8. Gay Sex Positions

Doggy

Classic doggy is a perfect sex position for guy-on-guy anal.

Gay Missionary

Missionary here has all the same benefits as other couples, like eye gazing and kissing for added intimacy. The guy on the bottom may just need to lift his knees or legs with a pillow.

Read: What Straight Guys Can Learn about Sex from Gay Men

9. Lesbian Sex Positions

Scissor Sisters

This may be the stuff of male fantasies… or mine. The idea is that our legs tangle together and our pussies rub together. So so hot!

Handywoman

A woman-on-woman sex position I love is her on her tummy, legs spread, and my hand working her from underneath.

Missionary Mama

If she’s wearing a strap-on dildo, she can penetrate her lover kneeling from on top. Men love watching this genre of porn and fantasize about seeing it in real life.

Read: First Time Threesome? What Couples Should Know

10. Threesome Sex Positions

Double Trouble

Every man dreams of the double doggy threesome sex position, where he stands beside two babes, both on all fours, and double dips.

The Delicious Daisy Chain

This position is basically threesome 69, and it tends to work better logistically than 69 one on one.

Read: 15 Threesome Ideas for Kinky People

11. From Behind Sex Positions

Spooning

Many couples spoon to sleep, but it’s also a nice position to be in to slip inside for a bit of penetrating action.

Doggy Variations

Classic doggy and lots of variations are very natural, primal sex positions.

Bad Doggy

When sex from behind is her on hi with a strap-on, it might be passion or punishment. Whatever it is, his ass is in the air, and she’s in command.

Read: Femdom Pegging: 15 Ways to Supercharge Strap-on Sex

12. Sex Positions with Pillows

How Deep is Your Love

Use a sex wedge pillow to prop her ass in a way that makes for perfect deep penetration.

Upside Down, You Turn Me

Put a sex pillow under her torso while she lies face down, legs apart. He can sit inside her spread legs and enter from behind.

Read: Sex Pillows: How to Use the Wedge Pillow for Sex

13. Sex Positions with Sex Swings

The Maypole

Using the kind of sex swing that attaches to him, she dances mid-air around him, and he can angle and guide her.

Swinger Missionary

He stands, she sits in the swing, with her legs wrapped around him.

Swinging Doggy

In this sex position, she can suspend herself ass up in the swing, while he can move her and pull her towards him from a standing position.

Read: Sex Swing Guide: How to Use a Sex Swing

We know you have favorite sex positions not listed. Please share!