Hugo Awards Records and Tallies

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Winners and
Nominations—
Complete List by Nominee
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Record winners
Locus Magazine publisher/editor Charles N. Brown and Ansible publisher, fan writer, and author Dave Langford are currently tied with 28 Hugos each. Connie Willis holds the lead for most Hugos for works of fiction, 9, followed by Harlan Ellison with 8 (counting his Star Trek script) and Poul Anderson with 7.

Losers Club (Most nominations with no wins)
With David G. Hartwell's Hugo win in 2006, after 31 losses, Stanley Schmidt remains the leader in this category, having been nominated 29 times without ever having won. Among writers, Michael A. Burstein, Michael Bishop, Gene Wolfe, and Jerry Pournelle are prominent Hugo never-winners.

Never Won
Ray Bradbury, A.E. van Vogt, Lester del Rey; Gregory Benford, Norman Spinrad

Never Even Nominated
Michael Moorcock, Paul J. McAuley, Tim Powers, J.G. Ballard. Iain M. Banks received his first Hugo nomination in 2005, Geoff Ryman in 2007


Total Hugo Wins
(Number of fiction wins in parentheses)

28 Charles N. Brown, Dave Langford (1)
15 Gardner Dozois, Michael Whelan
13 Richard E. Geis
10 Frank Kelly Freas
9 Bob Eggleton, Connie Willis (9)
8 Harlan Ellison (7), Mike Glyer
7 Poul Anderson (7)
6 Isaac Asimov (5), Ben Bova, Fritz Leiber (6), Richard & Nicki Lynch, Roger Zelazny (6)
5 Lois McMaster Bujold (5), Ed Emshwiller, Brad W. Foster, Joe Haldeman (5), Tim Kirk, Ursula K. Le Guin (5), Larry Niven (5), Mike Resnick (5), Michael Swanwick (5), Vernor Vinge (5)
4 Dena Brown, Orson Scott Card (3), Terry Carr, Jack Gaughan, Alexis Gilliland, Kirsten Gong-Wong, Teddy Harvia, Robert A. Heinlein (4), George R. R. Martin (4), Bill Rotsler, George H. Scithers, Robert Silverberg (4), Susan Wood
3 David Brin (3), Jim Burns, C. J. Cherryh (3), Arthur C. Clarke (3), John Clute, Ellen Datlow, Gordon R. Dickson (3), Philip José Farmer (3), Edward L. Ferman, Neil Gaiman (3), Don Maitz, Frederik Pohl (3), Andrew I. Porter, Spider Robinson (3), Clifford D. Simak (3), John Varley (3), Harry Warner, Jr., Frank Wu
2 Brian W. Aldiss (1), Greg Bear (2), Octavia E. Butler (2), John W. Campbell, Jr., Steve Davies, Samuel R. Delany (1), Phil Foglio, Donato Giancola, John Grant, James Gurney, Jennifer A. Hall, James Patrick Kelly (2), Geoffrey A. Landis (2), George "Lan" Laskowski, Willy Ley, Sue Mason, Joe Mayhew, Walter M. Miller, Jr. (2), Peter Nicholls, Alexei Panshin, Victoria Poyser, Kim Stanley Robinson (2), Kristine Kathryn Rusch (1), Alison Scott, Mike Scott, Bob Shaw, Allen Steele (2), Bruce Sterling (2), Rick Sternbach, James V. Taurasi, Sr., James Tiptree, Jr. (2), Liza Groen Trombi, Ray Van Houten, Jack Vance (2), Joan D. Vinge (2), Kate Wilhelm (1), Jack Williamson (1)

Total Hugo Nominations
(Number of fiction nominations in parentheses)
[Number of wins in brackets]

50 Dave Langford (1) [28]
47 Mike Glyer [8]
44 Charles N. Brown [28]
36 David G. Hartwell [1]
34 Richard E. Geis [13]
33 Michael Whelan [15]
30 Mike Resnick (25) [5]
29 Stanley Schmidt (1)
28 Robert Silverberg (24) [4]
26 Bob Eggleton [9], Frank Kelly Freas [10], Andrew I. Porter [3]
25 Gardner Dozois (5) [15], Harlan Ellison (19) [8]
22 Terry Carr (1) [4], Ursula K. Le Guin (20) [5], Don Maitz [3], Bill Rotsler (1) [4], Connie Willis (22) [9]
21 Michael Swanwick (20) [5]
20 Edward L. Ferman [3], David Pringle [1]
19 Brad W. Foster [5], Teddy Harvia [4], Larry Niven (19) [5]

Hugo Never-Winners
Number of nominations without ever having won
(Fiction nominations in parentheses)

29 Stanley Schmidt (1)
15 Kathryn Cramer
12 Thomas Canty, Arthur D. Hlavaty, Evelyn C. Leeper
11 David A. Cherry, Kevin J. Maroney

Total Hugo Losses
Number of times nominated but lost [Number of wins in bracket]

39 Mike Glyer [8]
35 David G. Hartwell [1]
29 Stanley Schmidt
25 Mike Resnick [5]
24 Robert Silverberg [4]
23 Andrew I. Porter [3]
22 Dave Langford [28]
21 Richard E. Geis [13]
19 Don Maitz [3], David Pringle [1]
18 Terry Carr [4], Bill Rotsler [4], Michael Whelan [15]
17 Bob Eggleton [9], Harlan Ellison [8], Edward L. Ferman [3], Ursula K. Le Guin [5]
16 Charles N. Brown [28], Frank Kelly Freas [10], Michael Swanwick [5]
15 Kathryn Cramer, Teddy Harvia [4], Gordon Van Gelder [1]
14 Brad W. Foster [5], Larry Niven [5]
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