Top 150 characters: 1963-2022

[ghfan96]

Happy New Year!

This year, I decided to extend the list to the full history of GH as I discover older episodes/summaries from the 60s and 70s, in addition to rewatches of episodes and new episodes posted. An immeasurable amount of thanks to the posters on the internet who have enabled me to access these, and please note that this incomplete list is always in flux and will surely change next year as I update yearly counts.

Below are the top 150 appearing characters - if I have time, tomorrow I'll post the top 100 appearing actors. Some characters were added to the list (Sasha, Brad, Trina) while others dropped off (Stone, Charlene, Emma). Characters in red appeared in 2022. Enjoy the holiday and as always, let me know if you have any questions!

TOP 150 CHARACTERS BY EPISODE COUNT (1963-2022) – 11,283

1. Sonny Corinthos – 5071
2. Carly Corinthos – 4493
3. Jason Morgan – 3985
4. Bobbie Spencer – 3582
5. Dr. Monica Quartermaine – 3475
6. Elizabeth Webber – 3305
7. Alexis Davis – 3088
8. Luke Spencer – 3054
9. Dr. Alan Quartermaine – 2955
10. Nikolas Cassadine – 2923
11. Sam McCall – 2862
12. Felicia Jones – 2653
13. Jasper "Jax" Jacks – 2520
14. Michael Corinthos – 2487
15. Lucky Spencer – 2420
16. Dr. Robin Scorpio Drake – 2372
17. Ned Ashton Quartermaine – 2365
18. Mac Scorpio – 2362
19. Edward Quartermaine – 2332
20. Anna Devane – 2296
21. Maxie Jones – 2288
22. Lulu Spencer Falconeri – 2169
23. Robert Scorpio – 2014
24. Scott Baldwin – 2008
25. Laura Spencer – 1921
26. Dr. Tony Jones – 1894
27. Tracy Quartermaine – 1856
28. A.J. Quartermaine – 1676
29. Lucy Coe – 1627
30. Emily Quartermaine – 1625
31. Dante Falconeri – 1527
32. Sean Donely – 1513
33. Dr. Patrick Drake – 1395
34. Amy Vining – 1347
35. Brenda Barrett – 1224
36. Lila Quartermaine – 1223
37. Tiffany Hill Donely – 1207
38. Ric Lansing – 1172
39. Ruby Anderson – 1154
40. Dr. Steve Hardy – 1143
41. Damian Spinelli – 1128
42. Audrey Hardy – 1097
43. Dr. Rick Webber – 1045
44. Ava Jerome – 1027
45. Frisco Jones – 1011
46. Olivia Falconeri Quartermaine – 1010
47. Nina Reeves – 927
48. Mike Corbin – 924
49. Skye Quartermaine – 900
50. Julian Jerome – 881
51. Franco Baldwin – 848
52. Drew Cain – 845
53. Johnny Zacchara – 845
54. Stefan Cassadine – 835
55. Dr. Tom Hardy – 816
56. Courtney Matthews – 813
57. Kristina Davis – 791
58. Dr. Lesley Webber – 776
59. Holly Sutton – 756
60. Katherine Bell – 744
61. Jordan Ashford – 736
62. Dr. Kevin Collins – 732
63. Dillon Quartermaine – 732
64. Morgan Corinthos – 696
65. Det. Marcus Taggert – 664
66. Max Giambetti – 656
67. Justus Ward – 653
68. Helena Cassadine – 646
69. Kate Howard – 628
70. Georgie Jones – 617
71. Duke Lavery – 617
72. Curtis Ashford – 612
73. Dr. Hamilton Finn – 608
74. Lorenzo Alcazar – 603
75. Jessie Brewer – 601
76. Epiphany Johnson – 599
77. Terry Brock – 592
78. Josslyn Jacks – 587
79. Diane Miller – 578
80. Valentin Cassadine – 573
81. Dr. Lucas Jones – 573
82. Lee Baldwin – 567
83. Jake Meyer – 559
84. Dr. Gail Baldwin – 544
85. Jerry Jacks – 530
86. Brook Lynn Ashton – 526
87. Heather Webber – 521
88. Kiki Jerome – 517
89. Dr. Simone Hardy – 509
90. Molly Lansing – 493
91. Lois Cerullo – 472
92. Cameron Webber – 469
93. Bryan Phillips – 466
94. Dan Rooney – 463
95. Zander Smith – 462
96. Dr. Steve Webber – 461
97. Dr. Britt Westbourne – 454
98. Det. Harrison Chase – 451
99. Colton Shore – 448
100. Jimmy Lee Holt – 445
101. Capt. Burt Ramsey – 445
102. Paul Hornsby – 441
103. Roy DiLucca – 431
104. Nathan West – 426
105. Celia Quartermaine – 425
106. Dr. Liesl Obrecht – 407
107. Shawn Butler – 404
108. Gia Campbell – 403
109. Willow Tait – 393
110. Claudia Phillips – 391
111. Dr. Grant Andrews – 390
112. Guy Lewis – 385
113. Bill Eckert – 379
114. Peter August – 375
115. Spencer Cassadine – 375
116. Ethan Lovett – 367
117. Claudia Zacchara – 356
118. Dr. T.J. Ashford – 342
119. Rose Kelly – 340
120. Ginny Blake Webber – 335
121. Dr. Ryan Chamberlain – 330
122. Chloe Morgan – 330
123. Joe Kelly – 326
124. Dr. Patrick O’Connor – 325
125. Jenny Eckert Hornsby – 323
126. Mike Webber – 323
127. Cesar Faison – 321
128. Tania Roskov Jones – 317
129. Sabrina Santiago – 314
130. Julia Barrett – 310
131. Damian Smith – 310
132. Dr. Matt Hunter – 308
133. Katherine Delafield – 305
134. Dr. Griffin Munro – 303
135. Dr. Karen Wexler – 302
136. Nelle Benson – 300
137. Sasha Gilmore – 289
138. Hannah Scott – 289
139. Jagger Cates – 286
140. Brad Cooper – 284
141. Trina Robinson – 281
142. Samantha Welles – 281
143. Anthony Zacchara – 279
144. Faith Rosco – 277
145. Dawn Winthrop – 276
146. Hayden Barnes – 275
147. Alice Gunderson – 268
148. Mitchell Coleman – 262
149. Dara Jensen – 261
150. Keesha Ward – 260

[Wendall Wilcox]

Sonny has been in the most episodes ever. Wow thanks for sharing

[DayRose]

Thank you! I remember when Bobbie and Monica were front and center every day! I remember everyone on the list but Guy Lewis. Can anyone refresh my memory?

[ghfan96]

He was the police captain at the PCPD! He trained Frisco and worked with Robert and Anna. Good guy.

[heddalee]

Also was boss to Frisco's cop partner Sam.

[maggiebh]

So sad that it takes until the 4th person to get someone in the hospital! Amazing that Bobbie is so high up on the list given how rarely she has been on over the past few years. Sonny needs to be gone...

[heddalee]

To be fair, Jason spent a lot of time in the hospital, Carly worked there, and Sonny's mob trillions paid for some of it.

[Maxie's Boy Toy]

Thanks for posting this. I love looking at these lists.

[jmpenn90]

Thank you, I wonder how many of these that are still there also had one primary actor.

[DVX]

Considering the the timeline this is depressing. Can we #freePC? I don't hate Sonny. He has a place. That place is not now nor has it ever been the center of GH

[heddalee]

A history of American television right here: *all* of the sixty most-featured characters are (presumptively) white (except Sonny has Puerto Rican ancestry? Maybe?).

[cascade]

I love seeing all my old favs!!! especially my Amy Vining, how I lovedShell!!

Please send Sonny and Carly away!! They are not needed anymore! Bye bye!!!

[sesca]

Thank you for doing this!

What a surprise Sonny and Carly are the top 2. The 2 sleaziest characters on the show.

[savytabby]

So sad that it takes until the 4th person to get someone in the hospital! Amazing that Bobbie is so high up on the list given how rarely she has been on over the past few years. Sonny needs to be gone...

As a poster said above Jason has spent half his time on the show in the hospital. Lol

Also in the top 10 are four medical people: Bobbie, Monica, Elizabeth and Alan. And Alexis and Nik—so that IMO says something.

[heddalee]

Wasn't Nikolas chair of the hospital board at some point?

[Mefisto]

You can thank Guza/Pratt and others from 2002 onward changing the central focus to Sonny Corinthos.

[jtripp]

A history of American television right here: *all* of the sixty most-featured characters are (presumptively) white (except Sonny has Puerto Rican ancestry? Maybe?).

Sonny is just Italian and yes that list speaks volumes.

[jtripp]

I know Bobbie has been around since 1977 but I'm still surprised she's number 4 right behind the unholy trinity. And Jordan is the most prominent Black character.

[Kristabell]

Epiphany was fairly prominent as well ? ?

[Maxie's Boy Toy]

ghfan96 Do you still plan to release the top 100 actors? I'm very curious to see who is on that list.

[ghfan96]

Yes, should be able to update it soon! Apologies, I’ve been under the weather since the new year.