Later today I'll be releasing the actor & actress to appear in the most episodes for each of the past three decades. Which actor & actress do you think appeared the most in the 1980s, which ones led for the 1990s, and which ones have already secured the top spot for the 2000s? Make your guesses now and check back later today to see if you guessed correctly.

I'm guessing Deidre, maybe Drake led the 90s.

2000s is a no-brainer: Ali Sweeney, surely!

108 views and just 1 response? Thought more people would have taken a stab at it.

The decade-by-decade leaders:

1980s: Deidre Hall (Marlena) 1005 episodes

& Joseph Gallison (Neil) 971 episodes

1990s: Drake Hogestyn (Roman/John) 1705 episodes

& Deidre Hall (Marlena) 1333 episodes

2000s: Alison Sweeney (Sami) 1481 episodes (as of 9/13/09)

& Peter Reckell (Bo) 1428 episodes (as of 9/13/09)

Cat (by default) you were the closest with 3 correct guesses!

Oh man! Thats awesome!

I would have guess Dee for the 80's, drake for the 90's, and Alison for the 00's.

Im glad to see Peter behind Ali for the 00's.

I'm surprised to see Gallison as number two for the 80s I was assuming so many other people to be there with Hall. I guess it's to forget Neil Curtis was involved in a great deal of storylines throughout that decade with Neil and Liz, though nowhere near the status of Roman and Marlena etc. were a prominent pairing and later on Neil married Angelica Deveraux. I believe Curtis' last story in '91 was Sarah learning the truth of her paternity after discovering that Neil and Maggie were having an affair. Maggie made up with Mickey, Sarah left town to live with Melissa and well Neil quietly vanished.