Two field experiments were carried out in two seasons (2020 and 2021) at Itay El-Baroud Agricultural Research Station, El-Beheira Governorate, Egypt to evaluate three Egyptian rice cultivars (Giza177, Sakha101 and Sakha108) under three planting methods (drilling seeded, regular transplanting and parachute transplanting). Days to heading, plant height, number of productive tillers m^-2, panicle length, panicle weight, number of filled grains panicle^-1, number of unfilled grains panicle^-1 and 1000-grain weight, grain yield, biomass yield, harvest index and production efficiency were measured. There were no significant differences between regular and parachute transplanting methods on plant height, number of productive tillers\ m² and panicle length whereas the drill planting method recorded the lowest values in both seasons except days to heading showed no significant difference with parachute transplanting. The interaction between planting methods and rice cultivars had a significant effect on the number of days to heading, number of productive tillers m^-2 and plant height. There were no significant differences between parachuting and regular transplanting methods in panicle weight, number of filled grains panicle^-1 and 1000-grain weight where the parachute transplanting method recorded the highest values followed by regular transplanting in the first season. On contrary, the highest values were given by regular transplanting followed by parachuting in the second season. Also, there were no significant differences between regular and parachute transplanting in 1000-grain weight, grain yield, biomass yield and harvest index. These results revealed that regular and parachute transplanting methods are efficient and farmers can choose between them based on their capabilities.