A sorting device for sorting products, comprising successive carrier units each provided with a load carrying platform having a front arcuate edge and a rear arcuate edge, the arcuate shape of the front edge of a load carrying platform matching the arcuate shape of the rear edge of a next load carrying platform located at the front side of the load carrying platform in question. Each load carrying platform is provided with a supporting surface between the front edge and the rear edge. The sorting device further comprises conveying means for conveying the load carrying platforms in a conveying direction along a conveying path and sorting means comprising an elongated pusher element for each load carrying platform for pushing a product to be sorted sideways off at least one supporting surface, using at least one pusher element, at a desired sorting location. The pusher elements each extend above at least part of said at least one load carrying platform and are designed for joint transport with the at least one load carrying platform. The sorting means further comprise two elongated passages extending transversely to the conveying direction in the respective load carrying platform, and drive means at least partially provided under the load carrying platforms for moving a pusher element sideways between two opposite extreme lateral positions at a desired sorting location. The pusher element is connected to the drive means via two connecting elements which engage a pusher element at two different longitudinal positions and which each extend through one of the two passages in the load carrying platform. The pusher element is provided asymmetrically relative to the two associated passages, at least in an extreme position thereof.