2014 All Soap Episode Count

[jcar03]

For the ninth year in a row, I have compiled the 2014 All Soap Episode Count List.

The Young and the Restless aired 254 episodes, The Bold and the Beautiful aired 253, Days of our Lives aired 252 and General Hospital aired 251.

1. Kim Matula (Hope Logan, BB) - 187

2. Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos, GH) - 180

3. Darin Brooks (Wyatt Fuller, BB) - 177

4. Kate Mansi (Abigail Deveraux, DAYS) - 170

5. Scott Clifton (Liam Spencer, BB) - 164
6. Shawn Christian (Daniel Jonas, DAYS) - 158
7. Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott, Y&R) - 157
8. Kelly Monaco (Sam McCall, GH) - 150
* Joshua Morrow (Nicholas Newman, Y&R) - 150
* Alison Sweeney (Samantha DiMera, DAYS) - 150
11. Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke Logan, BB) - 146
12. James Scott (E.J. DiMera, DAYS) - 145
* Rena Sofer (Quinn Fuller, BB) - 145
14. Greg Vaughan (Eric Brady, DAYS) - 142
15. Arianne Zucker (Nicole Walker, DAYS) - 138
16. Amelia Heinle (Victoria Newman, Y&R) - 137
17. Eric Braeden (Victor Newman, Y&R) - 134
18. Melissa Claire Egan (Chelsea Lawson, Y&R) - 133
* Thorsten Kaye (Ridge Forrester, BB) - 133
* Ryan Paevey (Nathan West, GH) - 133
* Laura Wright (Carly Jacks, GH) - 133
22. Michael Easton (Dr Silas Clay, GH) - 132
23. Don Diamont (Bill Spencer, BB) - 131
* Maura West (Ava Jerome, GH) - 131
25. Sharon Case (Sharon Newman, Y&R) - 130
* Casey Moss (JJ Deveraux, DAYS) - 130
27. Sean Carrigan (Stitch Rayburn, Y&R) - 129
* Jen Lilley (Theresa Donovan, DAYS) - 129
29. Melissa Reeves (Jennifer Horton, DAYS) - 128
30. Eric Martsolf (Brady Black, DAYS) - 127
31. Heather Tom (Katie Logan, BB) - 126
32. William deVry (Julian Jerome, GH) - 125
33. Roger Howarth (Franco, GH) - 124
34. Dominic Zamprogna (Dante Falconeri, GH) - 121
35. Steve Burton (Dylan McAvoy, Y&R) - 119
* Lauren Koslow (Kate Roberts, DAYS) - 119
37. Jason Thompson (Patrick Drake, GH) - 118
38. Chrishell Stause (Jordan Ridgeway, DAYS) - 117
39. Finola Hughes (Anna Devane, GH) - 116
40. Jessica Collins (Avery Bailey Clark, Y&R) - 114
* Rebecca Herbst (Elizabeth Webber, GH) - 114
42. Kristen Alderson (Kiki Jerome, GH) - 113
* Chad Duell (Michael Corinthos, GH) - 113
* Freddie Smith (Sonny Kiriakis, Y&R) - 113
* Jacob Young (Rick Forrester, BB) - 113
46. Hunter King (Summer Travers, Y&R) - 109
47. Galen Gering (Rafe Hernandez, DAYS) - 108
* Guy Wilson (Will Horton, DAYS) - 108
49. Emme Rylan (Lulu Spencer Falconeri, GH) - 106
* Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki Newman, Y&R) - 106

Full Database: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14Gbskyp8c6WNCB5geYzGPhJum1yUXp5kZOf7s57TBrI/edit?usp=sharing

Previous Years Leaders:

2006 - Lindsay Hartley (Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald, Passions) - 233
2007 - Lindsay Hartley (Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald, Passions) - 228
2008 - Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke Logan, BB) - 224
2009 - Steve Burton (Jason Morgan, GH) - 208
2010 - Dominic Zamprogna (Dante Falconeri, GH) - 234
2011 - Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke Logan, BB) - 205
2012 - Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke Logan, BB) - 204

2013 - Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke Logan, BB) - 199

[jcar03]

The lowest amount of episodes to make the top 50 in previous years

2007 - 145
2008 - 145
2009 - 140
2010 - 130
2011 - 119
2012 - 96
2013 - 101

[dm.]

B&B aired 253 episodes.

[jcar03]

Thank you dmarex!

[FrenchFan]

Nice to see that Kim Matula "only" had 187 episodes and was the most appearing performer. If you look at the past years jcar03 posted, it was nearly always more than 200.

[jcar03]

2006-2014

1. Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke Logan, BB) – 1788
2. Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos, GH) – 1684
3. Laura Wright (Carly Jacks, GH) – 1590
4. Alison Sweeney (Samantha Brady, DAYS) – 1494
5. James Scott (E.J. DiMera, DAYS) – 1487
6. Joshua Morrow (Nicholas Newman, Y&R) – 1444
7. Kelly Monaco (Sam McCall, GH) – 1434
8. Steve Burton (Jason Morgan, GH) – 1431
9. Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott, Y&R) – 1428
10. Eric Braeden (Victor Newman, Y&R) – 1390
11. Sharon Case (Sharon Newman, Y&R) – 1290
12. Rebecca Herbst (Elizabeth Webber, GH) – 1283
13. Jason Thompson (Patrick Drake, GH) – 1248
14. Julie Marie Berman (Lulu Spencer, GH) – 1220
15. Amelia Heinle (Victoria Newman, Y&R) – 1195
16. Michelle Stafford (Phyllis Summers, Y&R) – 1164
17. Ronn Moss (Ridge Forrester, BB) – 1161
18. Kristian Alfonso (Hope Brady, DAYS) – 1089
19. Cameron Mathison (Ryan Lavery, AMC) – 1084
20. Arianne Zucker (Nicole Walker, DAYS) – 1073
21. Michael Easton (John McBain, OLTL) – 1056
* Christian LeBlanc (Michael Baldwin, Y&R) – 1056
23. Alicia Minshew (Kendall Hart, AMC) – 1048
24. Tyler Christopher (Nikolas Cassadine, GH) – 1025
25. Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki Newman, Y&R) – 1018
26. Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis Davis, GH) – 1015
27. Susan Flannery (Stephanie Forrester, BB) – 1004
28. Kimberly McCullough (Robin Scorpio, GH) – 1001
* Kirsten Storms (Maxie Jones, GH) – 1001
30. Trevor St. John (Todd Manning/Victor Lord Jr., OLTL) – 971
31. Bradford Anderson (Damien Spinelli, GH) – 965
32. Melissa Archer (Natalie Buchanan, OLTL) – 962
33. Hunter Tylo (Taylor Hayes, BB) – 961
34. Kassie DePaiva (Blair Cramer, OLTL) – 957
35. Greg Rikaart (Kevin Fisher, Y&R) – 956
36. Jacob Young (JR Chandler, AMC) – 954
37. Shawn Christian (Daniel Jonas, DAYS) – 950
38. Peter Reckell (Bo Brady, DAYS) – 944
39. John-Paul Lavoisier (Rex Balsom, OLTL) – 916
40. Galen Gering (Rafe Hernandez, DAYS) – 913
41. Lauren Koslow (Kate Roberts, DAYS) – 912
42. Kim Matula (Hope Logan, BB) – 906
43. Heather Tom (Hope Logan, BB) – 904
44. Dominic Zamprogna (Dante Falconeri, GH) – 899
45. Thorsten Kaye (Zach Slater, AMC) – 898
46. John McCook (Eric Forrester, BB) – 876
47. Kristen Alderson (Starr Manning, OLTL) – 868
48. Michael E. Knight (Tad Martin, AMC) – 861
49. Ingo Rademacher (Jasper Jacks, GH) – 840
50. Bree Williamson (Jessica Buchanan, OLTL) - 835

[jcar03]

By Actor and all characters played

1. Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke Logan, BB) – 1788
2. Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos, GH) – 1684
3. Steve Burton (Jason Morgan, GH/Dylan McAvoy, Y&R) – 1678
4. Laura Wright (Carly Jacks, GH) – 1590
5. James Scott (Ethan Cambias, AMC/E.J. DiMera, DAYS) – 1506
6. Alison Sweeney (Samantha Brady, DAYS) – 1494
7. Joshua Morrow (Nicholas Newman, Y&R) – 1444
8. Kelly Monaco (Sam McCall, GH) – 1434
9. Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott, Y&R) – 1428
10. Eric Braeden (Victor Newman, Y&R) – 1390
11. Michael Easton (John McBain, OLTL/John McBain, GH/Silas Clay, GH) – 1382
12. Galen Gering (Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald, PSNS/Rafe Hernandez, DAYS) – 1369
13. Jacob Young (JR Chandler, AMC/Rick Forrester, B& – 1334
14. Eric Martsolf (Ethan Crane, PSNS/Brady Black, DAYS) – 1307
15. Sharon Case (Sharon Newman, Y&R) – 1290
16. Rebecca Herbst (Elizabeth Webber, GH) – 1283
17. Michelle Stafford (Phyllis Summers, Y&R/Nina Clay, GH) – 1255
18. Jason Thompson (Patrick Drake, GH) – 1248
19. Julie Marie Berman (Lulu Spencer, GH) – 1220
20. Kristen Alderson (Starr Manning, OLTL/Starr Manning, GH/Kiki Jerome, GH) – 1200
21. Amelia Heinle (Victoria Newman, Y&R) – 1195
22. Don Diamont (Brad Carlton, Y&R/Bill Spencer, BB) – 1168
23. Ronn Moss (Ridge Forrester, BB) – 1161
24. Melissa Claire Egan (Annie Lavery, AMC/Chelsea Lawson, Y&R) – 1159
25. Scott Clifton (Dillon Quartermaine, GH/Schuyler Joplin, OLTL/Liam Spencer, BB) – 1103
26. Kristian Alfonso (Hope Brady, DAYS) – 1089
27. Cameron Mathison (Ryan Lavery, AMC) – 1084
28. Roger Howarth (Paul Ryan, ATWT/Todd Manning, OLTL/Todd Manning, GH/Franco, GH) – 1073
* Arianne Zucker (Nicole Walker, DAYS) – 1073
30. Christian LeBlanc (Michael Baldwin, Y&R) – 1056
31. Alicia Minshew (Kendall Hart, AMC) – 1048
32. Thorsten Kaye (Zach Slater, AMC/Ridge Forrester, BB) – 1040
33. Kassie DePaiva (Blair Cramer, OLTL/Eve Larson, DAYS) – 1026
34. Tyler Christopher (Nikolas Cassadine, GH) – 1025
35. Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki Newman, Y&R) – 1018
36. Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis Davis, GH) – 1015
37. Heather Tom (Kelly Cramer, OLTL/Katie Logan, BB) – 1007
38. Susan Flannery (Stephanie Forrester, BB) – 1004
39. Kimberly McCullough (Robin Scorpio, GH) – 1001
* Kirsten Storms (Maxie Jones, GH) – 1001
41. Eileen Davidson (Ashley Abbott, Y&R/Ashley Abbott, BB/Kristen DiMera, DAYS/Susan Banks, DAYS) – 987
42. Melissa Archer (Natalie Buchanan, OLTL/Serena Mason, DAYS) – 975
42. Trevor St. John (Todd Manning/Victor Lord Jr., OLTL0 – 971
43. Maura West (Carly Snyder, ATWT/Diane Jenkins, Y&R/Ava Jerome, GH) – 970
44. Bradford Anderson (Damien Spinelli, GH) – 965
45. Hunter Tylo (Taylor Hayes, BB) – 961
46. Greg Rikaart (Kevin Fisher, Y&R) – 956
47. Shawn Christian (Daniel Jonas, DAYS) – 950
48. Peter Reckell (Bo Brady, DAYS) – 944
49. Greg Vaughan (Lucky Spencer, GH/Eric Brady, DAYS) – 924
50. John-Paul Lavoisier (Rex Balsom, OLTL) – 916
* Emme Rylan (Lizzie Spaulding, GL/Abby Newman, Y&R/Lulu Spencer, GH) – 916