The 4th Annual Top 50 Episode Count

[jcar03]

1. Steve Burton (Jason, GH) – 208

2. Arianne Zucker (Nicole, DAYS) – 107

3. Thorsten Kaye (Zach, AMC) – 206

4. Maurice Benard (Sonny, GH) – 200

* Cameron Mathison (Ryan, AMC) – 200

6. Laura Wright (Carly, GH) – 194

7. James Scott (EJ, DAYS) – 192

8. Vincent Irizarry (David, AMC) – 191

* Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke, BB) – 191

10. Alicia Minshew (Kendall, AMC) – 185

* Ronn Moss (Ridge, BB) – 185

12. Alison Sweeney (Sami, DAYS) –181

13. Trevor St. John (Todd, OLTL) – 171

14. Brandon Barash (Johnny, GH) – 170

* Tyler Christopher (Nikolas, GH) – 170

16. Sarah Brown (Claudia, GH) – 169

17. Bradford Anderson (Spinelli, GH) – 167

* Susan Lucci (Erica, AMC) – 167

* Ingo Rademacher (Jax, GH) – 167

20. Darnell Williams (Jesse, AMC) – 166

21. Julie Berman (Lulu, GH) – 162

* Galen Gering (Rafe, DAYS) - 162

23. Melissa Claire Egan (Annie, AMC) – 161

* Kirsten Storms (Maxie, GH) – 161

* Jason Thompson (Patrick, GH) – 161

* Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (Steffy, BB) – 161

27. Florencia Lozano (Tea, OLTL) – 160

28. Susan Flannery (Stephanie, BB) – 159

* Billy Miller (Billy, Y&R) – 159

30. Peter Bergman (Jack, Y&R) – 158

* Jacob Young (JR, AMC) – 158

32. Kelly Monaco (Sam, GH) - 157

* Michael Easton (John, OLTL) – 156

* John-Paul Lavoisier (Rex, OLTL) – 156

* Joshua Morrow (Nick, Y&R) – 156

36. David Canary (Adam, AMC) - 155

37. Lisa LoCicero (Olivia, GH) - 154

38. Kristen Alderson (Starr, OLTL) – 151

* Ricky Paull Goldin (Jake, AMC) – 151

40. Farah Fath (Gigi, OLTL) – 149

41. Eric Martsolf (Brady, DAYS) - 148

42. Rebecca Herbst (Elizabeth, GH) – 147

* Jay Kenneth Johnson (Philip, DAYS) – 147

* Kimberly McCullough (Robin, GH) – 147

45. Eric Braeden (Victor, Y&R) – 146

46. Chrishell Stause (Amanda, AMC) – 145

47. Kassie Wesley DePaiva (Blair, OLTL) – 143

48. Michael E. Knight (Tad, AMC) – 141

49. Natalia Livingston (Rebecca, GH) – 140

* Robert S. Woods (Bo, OLTL) – 140

NEW TO TOP 50 SINCE HALF WAY

(rank half way/rank end of ’09)

Galen Gering (Rafe, DAYS) – (#52/#21)

Melissa Claire Egan (Annie, AMC) – (#55/#23)

Chrishell Stause (Amanda, AMC) – (#56/#46)

Florencia Lozano (Tea, OLTL) – (#59/#27)

David Canary (Adam, AMC) – (#62/#36)

Eric Martsolf (Brady, DAYS) – (#65/#41)

Kassie Wesley DePaiva (Blair, OLTL) – (#67/#47)

Robert S. Woods (Bo, OLTL) – (#75/#49)

Kelly Monaco (Sam, GH) – (#82/#32)

Lisa LoCicero (Olivia, GH) – (#92/#37)

IN TOP 50 AT HALF WAY POINT BUT DROPPED

(rank half way/rank end of ’09)

Bobbie Eakes (Krystal, AMC) – 134 (#13/#60)

Kyle Lowder (Rick, BB) – 105 (#18/102)

Brandon Buddy (Cole, OLTL) – 137 (#25/#53)

Susan Haskell (Marty, OLTL) – 116 (#32/#79)

Jeanne Cooper (Katherine, Y&R) – 134 (#37/#60)

Shelley Hennig (Stephanie, DAYS) – 121 (#39/#73)

Jon Lindstrom (Craig, ATWT) – 135 (#39/#57)

Nadia Bjorlin (Chloe, DAYS) – 136 (#43/#54)

Frank Dicopoulos (Frank, GL) – 114 (#43/#83) show ended in Sept.

Michelle Stafford (Phyllis, Y&R) – 135 (#47/#57)

Maura West (Maura, ATWT) – 110 (#47/#92) maternity leave for 3 mths

IN TOP 50 - 2008 BUT DROPPED

(rank end of ’08/rank in ’09)

Kristian Alfonso (Hope, DAYS) – 98 (#48/#115)

Melissa Archer (Natalie, OLTL) – 111 (#33/#86)

John Brotherton (Jared, OLTL) – 83 (#35/#148)

Rebecca Budig (Greenlee, AMC) – 32 (#3/#269) Left show in Feb & returned in Dec.

Sharon Case (Sharon, Y&R) – 136 (#45/#54)

Judith Chapman (Gloria, Y&R) – 70 (#48/#169)

Jennifer Gareis (Donna, BB) – 132 (#22/#62)

Drake Hogestyn (John, DAYS) – 10 (#42/#376) Left show in Jan.

John McCook (Eric, BB) – 107 (#44/#97)

Debbi Morgan (Angie, AMC) – 124 (#26/#69)

Peter Reckell (Bo, DAYS) – 116 (#31/#79)

Melody Scott Thomas (Nikki, Y&R) – 89 (#26/#137)

Heather Tom (Katie, BB) 138 (#47/#51)

Aiden Turner (Aidan, AMC) – 104 (#21/#104)

Greg Vaughan (Lucky, GH) – 104 (#36/#104) left show in Oct.

Jack Wagner (Nick, BB) – 135 (#36/#57)

Megan Ward (Kate, GH) – 53 (#17/#208) dropped to recurring in May

HIGHEST RANK

AMC: #3

ATWT: #57

B&B: #8

DAYS: #2

GH: #1

GL: #83

OLTL: #13

Y&R: #28

NUMBER IN TOP 50

AMC: 12

ATWT: 0

B&B: 5

DAYS: 6

GH: 16

GL: 0

OLTL: 8

Y&R: 4

See where your favorite ranks: http://s1.zetaboards.com/Ultimate_Soap_Fan/topic/2750986/1/?x=0

[jcar03]

I also broke the Top 50 down by percentage. This resulted in 3 GL actors being introduced AND Thorsten Kaye moving up to second place over Arianne Zucker since the ABC soaps produced only 250 episodes while DAYS produced 254.

1. Steve Burton (Jason, GH) – 83.20% (208)

2. Thorsten Kaye (Zach, AMC) – 82.40% (206)

3. Arianne Zucker (Nicole, DAYS) – 81.50% (107)

4. Maurice Benard (Sonny, GH) – 80% (200)

* Cameron Mathison (Ryan, AMC) – 80% (200)

6. Laura Wright (Carly, GH) – 77.60% (194)

7. Vincent Irizarry (David, AMC) – 76.40% (191)

8. Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke, BB) – 75.79% (191)

* James Scott (EJ, DAYS) – 75.79% (192)

10. Alicia Minshew (Kendall, AMC) – 74% (185)

11. Ronn Moss (Ridge, BB) – 73.41% (185)

12. Alison Sweeney (Sami, DAYS) – 71.26% (181)

13. Trevor St. John (Todd, OLTL) – 68.40% (171)

14. Brandon Barash (Johnny, GH) – 68% (170)

* Tyler Christopher (Nikolas, GH) – 68% (170)

16. Sarah Brown (Claudia, GH) – 67.60% (169)

17. Bradford Anderson (Spinelli, GH) – 66.80% (167)

* Susan Lucci (Erica, AMC) – 66.80% (167)

* Ingo Rademacher (Jax, GH) – 66.80% 167

20. Darnell Williams (Jesse, AMC) – 66.40 (166)

21. Julie Berman (Lulu, GH) – 64.80% (162)

22. Melissa Claire Egan (Annie, AMC) – 64.40% (161)

* Kirsten Storms (Maxie, GH) – 64.40% (161)

* Jason Thompson (Patrick, GH) – 64.40% (161)

25. Florencia Lozano (Tea,OLTL) – 64% (160)

26. Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (Steffy, BB) – 63.89% (161)

27. Galen Gering (Rafe, DAYS) – 63.78% (162)

28. Jacob Young (JR, AMC) – 63.20% (158)

29. Susan Flannery (Stephanie, BB) – 63.10% (159)

30. Frank Dicopoulos (Frank, GL) – 62.98% (114)

31. Billy Miller (Billy, Y&R) – 62.85% (159)

32. Kelly Monaco (Sam, GH) – 62.80% (157)

33. Peter Bergman (Jack, Y&R) – 62.45% (158)

* Michael Easton (John, OLTL) – 62.40% (156)

* John-Paul Lavoisier (Rex, OLTL) – 62.40% (156)

36. David Canary (Adam, AMC) – 62% (155)

* Joshua Morrow (Nick, Y&R) – 61.66% (156)

38. Lisa LoCicero (Olivia, GH) – 61.60% (154)

39. Kristen Alderson (Starr, OLTL) – 60.40% (151)

* Ricky Paull Goldin (Jake, AMC) – 60.40% (151)

40. Farah Fath (Gigi, OLTL) – 59.60% (149)

41. Rebecca Herbst (Elizabeth, GH) – 58.80% (147)

* Kimberly McCullough (Robin, GH) – 58.80% (147)

43. Justin Deas (Buzz, GL) – 58.56% (106)

44. Eric Martsolf (Brady, DAYS) – 58.27% (148)

45. Chrishell Stause (Amanda, AMC) – 58% (145)

46. Jay Kenneth Johnson (Philip, DAYS) – 57.87% (147)

47. Eric Braeden (Victor, Y&R) – 57.71% (146)

48. Kassie Wesley DePaiva (Blair, OLTL) – 57.20% (143)

49. Jeff Branson (Shayne, GL) – 56.91% (103)

50. Michael E. Knight (Tad, AMC) – 56.40% (141)

[jcar03]

Trivia

~~If I combine Sarah Brown's 169 appearances on GH with her 21 on BB she would move to 10th place pushing out Alicia Minshew and Ronn Moss.

~~Combining Crystal Chappell's 97 appearances on GL with her 45 on DAYS she would move into the Top 50 at 49th place.

~~Hailey and Lauren Sinnema (Sydney, DAYS) are the highest non-contract performers with 120 appearances. They actually appeared more than all but one ATWT performer (Jon Lindstrom appeared in just 15 more episodes) and tied with Michael Park.

Monthly Leaders

January: Bradford Anderson (Spinelli, GH) and Arianne Zucker (Nicole, DAYS) - 19

February - for the month: Kyle Lowder (Rick, BB) and James Scott (E.J., DAYS) - 20/ Year Combined: Kyle Lowder - 38

March - for the month: Bobbie Eakes (Krystal, AMC) and Vincent Irizarry (David, AMC) - 21/ Year Combined: Kyle Lowder - 58

April - for the month: Hunter Tylo (Taylor, BB)/ Year Combined: Arianne Zucker (Nicole, DAYS) - 76

May - for the month: Jay Kenneth Johnson (Philip, DAYS) and Jacob Young (JR, AMC) - 19/ Year Combined: Arianne Zucker - 90

June - for the month: Drew Garrett (Michael, GH) and Jamie Luner (Liza, AMC) - 20/ Year Combined: Arianne Zucker - 110

July - for the month: Ronn Moss (Ridge, BB) - 22/ Year Combined: Cameron Mathison 127

August - for the month: Jamie Luner - 19/Year Combined: Thorsten Kaye - 143

September - for the month: Grant Alexander - 12 (via percent)/Steve Burton - 20 (via ep. #)/Year Combined: Thorsten Kaye - 161

October - for the month: Arianne Zucker - 19/Year Combined: Thorsten Kaye - 179

November - for the month: Galen Gering (Rafe) and Arianne Zucker - 19/Year Combined: Thorsten Kaye - 193

December - James Scott (E.J., DAYS) - 20

[juniorz1]

Kinda odd that nobody from ATWT cracked the top 50. The show is at it's best as an ensemble but I'm surprised not to see Howarth, Park, Wilson, or Pinson on the list.

[P.J.]

Not given the budget woes. Everyone now works for their guarantee. Even with Maura's maternity leave factored in, she probably wouldn't have cracked 140, tying her for 49th place.

[jcar03]

I couldn't help but notice when I put the ATWT in my excel database every week that the majority of an episodes cast is non-contract. It is not odd with ATWT to see only 4 or 5 contract performers and more non-contract guest stars.