DAYS: Episode Rankings: 1965-2020

[JAS0N47]

"DAYS" EPISODE RANKINGS: 1965-2020 UPDATE POSTED!

 

 The annual update for the overall episode rankings from 1965-2020 is now available! Here's the top 100. For the full list, please visit http://www.jason47.com/days/episoderankings.html

 

Actor Rankings: Top 100 (11/8/65-12/31/20):

1. Deidre Hall (Marlena Evans-4784/Hattie Adams-84/Samantha Evans-3) 4812

2. Kristian Alfonso (Hope Brady-4346/Gina VonAmberg-166) 4369

3. Drake Hogestyn (John Black) 4217

4. Alison Sweeney (Sami Brady-3538/Young Colleen Brady-24) 3541

5. Peter Reckell (Bo Brady) 3530

6. Frances Reid (Alice Horton) 3315

7. John Clarke (Mickey Horton) 3085

8. Melissa Reeves (Jennifer Horton) 3008

9. Suzanne Rogers (Maggie Horton Kiriakis) 2965

10. Macdonald Carey (Tom Horton) 2955

11. Susan Seaforth Hayes (Julie Williams) 2896

12. John Aniston (Victor Kiriakis) 2731

13. James Reynolds (Abe Carver) 2681

14. Lauren Koslow (Kate Roberts) 2595

15. Arianne Zucker (Nicole Walker-2477/Kristen as Nicole-49/Helena Tasso-5) 2527

16. Bryan Dattilo (Lucas Horton) 2245

17. Bill Hayes (Doug Williams-2112/Byron Carmichael-6) 2117

18. Mary Beth Evans (Kayla Johnson-1892/Emily Matthews-11) 1892

19. Joseph Mascolo (Stefano DiMera) 1871

20. Josh Taylor (Roman Brady) 1793

21. Edward Mallory (Bill Horton) 1740

22. Joseph Gallison (Neil Curtis) 1687

23. Christie Clark (Carrie Brady) 1640

24. Renee Jones (Lexie Carver) 1638

25. Peggy McCay (Caroline Brady) 1591

26. Galen Gering (Rafe Hernandez-1495/Rafe Hernandez 2-91) 1523

27. Stephen Nichols (Steve Johnson-1517/Gideon Wyatt-9) 1517

28. Matthew Ashford (Jack Deveraux) 1513

29. James Scott (EJ Wells DiMera-1479/Santo DiMera-21) 1486

30. Eric Martsolf (Brady Black) 1461

*. Thaao Penghlis (Andre DiMera-970/Tony DiMera-552) 1461

32. Nadia Bjorlin (Chloe Lane) 1370

33. Jed Allan (Don Craig) 1348

34. Don Frabotta (Dave) 1261

35. Jason Cook (Shawn-Douglas Brady) 1208

36. Charles Shaughnessy (Shane Donovan-1162/Drew Donovan-45) 1168

37. Eileen Davidson (Kristen Blake-1144/Susan Banks-202/Mary Moira Banks-38/Penelope Kent-16/Thomas Banks-3) 1161

38. Austin Peck (Austin Reed) 1157

39. Susan Flannery (Laura Horton) 1155

40. Judi Evans (Adrienne Kiriakis-834/Bonnie Lockhart-304) 1123

41. Patsy Pease (Kimberly Brady) 1087

42. Shawn Christian (Daniel Jonas) 1077

43. Louise Sorel (Vivian Alamain) 1053

44. Josh Taylor (Chris Kositchek) 1020

45. Jay Johnson (Philip Kiriakis) 1017

46. Wally Kurth (Justin Kiriakis) 981

47. Frank Parker (Grandpa Shawn Brady) 966

48. Wayne Northrop (Roman Brady) 918

49. Camila Banus (Gabi Hernandez) 913

50. Quinn Redeker (Alex Marshall) 897

51. Farah Fath (Mimi Lockhart) 896

52. Crystal Chappell (Carly Manning) 870

53. Kirsten Storms (Belle Black) 823

54. Denise Alexander (Susan Hunter) 821

55. Greg Vaughan (Eric Brady) 819

56. Freddie Smith (Sonny Kiriakis) 804

57. Kate Mansi (Abigail Deveraux) 765

58. Martha Madison (Belle Black) 748

59. Billy Flynn (Chad DiMera) 731

60. Gloria Loring (Liz Chandler) 729

61. Casey Moss (JJ Deveraux) 722

62. Chandler Massey (Will Horton) 719

63. Mark Tapscott (Bob Anderson) 708

64. Patty Weaver (Trish Clayton) 702

65. Peter Brown (Greg Peters) 675

66. Molly Burnett (Melanie Jonas) 670

67. Roark Critchlow (Mike Horton) 665

68. Kyle Lowder (Brady Black) 662

69. Tanya Boyd (Celeste Perrault) 661

70. Lisa Trusel (Melissa Anderson) 651

71. Ivan G'Vera (Ivan Marais) 643

72. Margaret Mason (Linda Anderson) 641

73. Leann Hunley (Anna DiMera) 640

74. Wesley Eure (Mike Horton) 629

75. Lisa Rinna (Billie Reed) 610

76. Robert Kelker-Kelly (Bo Brady-597/Mitch-10) 597

77. Lanna Saunders (Marie Horton) 573

78. John de Lancie (Eugene Bradford) 528

79. Robert Clary (Robert LeClair) 527

80. Jaime Lyn Bauer (Laura Horton) 521

81. Matt Cedeno (Brandon Walker) 520

82. Rachel Melvin (Chelsea Benson Brady) 518

83. Jason Brooks (Peter Blake) 510

84. William Utay (Dr. Wilhelm Rolf) 503

*. Michael T. Weiss (Mike Horton) 503

86. Patrick Muldoon (Austin Reed) 499

87. Robert Scott Wilson (Ben Weston) 490

88. Jacee Jule (Patty) 480

89. Staci Greason (Isabella Toscano Black) 479

80. Billy Warlock (Frankie Brady) 476

91. Jensen Ackles (Eric Brady) 475

92. Barbara Stanger (Mary Anderson) 472

93. Patrika Darbo (Nancy Wesley) 471

94. Julianne Morris (Greta VonAmberg) 469

*. Michael Sabatino (Lawrence Alamain) 469

96. Richard Guthrie (David Banning) 467

97. Shelley Hennig (Stephanie Johnson) 466

98. Corinne Conley (Phyllis Anderson) 454

99. Charlotte Ross (Eve Donovan) 437

100. Kyle Brandt (Philip Kiriakis) 436

 

Character Rankings: Top 100 (11/8/65-12/31/20)

1. Marlena Evans (Deidre Hall) 4784

2. Hope Williams (Kristian Alfonso-4346/Natasha Ryan-159/Tammy Taylor-45/Kristina Osterhout-22/Kimberly Joy Weber-6) 4578

3. John Black (Drake Hogestyn-4217/Robert Poynton-19/Glen Vincent-3) 4239

4. Bo Brady (Peter Reckell-3530/Robert Kelker-Kelly-597) 4127

5. Sami Brady (Alison Sweeney-3538/Christina Wagoner-54/Dan Wells-Sami as Stan-40/Ashleigh Sterling-24/Lauren Ann Bundy-10/Jessica Davis-5/Tiffany Palma-4/Ronit Aranoff-1) 3644

6. Jennifer Horton (Melissa Reeves-3008/Stephanie Cameron-325/Maren & Melissa Stephenson-33/Cady McClain-20/Jennifer Petersen-18) 3404

7. Alice Horton (Frances Reid) 3315

8. Mickey Horton (John Clarke-3085/John Ingle-78/Kevin Dobson-15/Richard Voigts-3) 3181

9. Julie Williams (Susan Seaforth Hayes-2896/Charla Doherty-119/Cathy Ferrar-41/Kathy Dunn-28) 3084

11. Maggie Horton (Suzanne Rogers) 2965

11. Tom Horton (Macdonald Carey) 2955

12. Kate Roberts (Lauren Koslow-2671/Deborah Adair-241/Dan Wells-Kate as Stan-2) 2914

13. Victor Kiriakis (John Aniston) 2731

14. Roman Brady (Josh Taylor-1793/Wayne Northrop-918) 2711

15. Abe Carver (James Reynolds) 2681

16. Nicole Walker (Arianne Zucker) 2477

17. Brady Black (Eric Martsolf-1461/Kyle Lowder-662/Alex & Max Lucero-67/Brandon & Eric Billings-67/UNKNOWN-1) 2258

18. Lucas Horton (Bryan Dattilo) 2245

19. Laura Horton (Susan Flannery-1155/Jaime Lyn Bauer-521/Rosemary Forsyth-357/Susan Oliver-90/Floy Dean-13) 2136

20. Mike Horton (Roark Critchlow-665/Wesley Eure-629/Michael T. Weiss-503/Paul Coufos-93/John Amour-65/Alan Decker-55/Stuart Lee-37/Wade Holdsworth-33/Dick DeCoit-12/Kyle Puerner-12/Bobby Eilbacher-7/Eddie Rayden-5/Craig Bond-3/Brian Andrews-2) 2121

21. Doug Williams (Bill Hayes) 2112

22. Kayla Johnson (Mary Beth Evans-1892/Catherine Mary Stewart-156/Rhonda Aldrich-4) 2052

23. Jack Deveraux (Matthew Ashford-1513/Mark Valley-354/Steve Wilder-96/James Acheson-43/Joseph Adams-33) 2038

24. Shawn Douglas Brady (Jason Cook-1208/Brandon Beemer-359/Scott Groff-248/Collin O'Donnell-155/Paul Zachary-11/Noel Bennett Castle-6) 1987

25. Stefano DiMera (Joseph Mascolo-1871/Con Covert-7/Frank Fata-2/James Russell-1) 1881

26. Carrie Brady (Christie Clark-1640/Tracy Middendorf-141/Andrea Barber-93) 1874

27. Bill Horton (Edward Mallory-1740/Christopher Stone-74/John Martin-7/Paul Carr-6/Peter White-2) 1829

28. Belle Black (Kirsten Storms-823/Martha Madison-748/Brianna & Chalice Fischette-61/Brianna & Brittany McConnell-56/Chelsea Butler-19/Charity Rahmer-15/Ashlyn & Kayley Messick-9) 1731

29. Lexie Carver (Renee Jones-1638/Cyndi James Gossett-47/Angelique DeWindt Francis-36/Shellye Broughton-2) 1723

30. Neil Curtis (Joseph Gallison-1687/Ben Archibek-1) 1688

31. Austin Reed (Austin Peck-1157/Patrick Muldoon-499) 1656

32. Caroline Brady (Peggy McCay-1591/Barbara Beckley-35/Jody Carter-2) 1628

33. Abigail Deveraux (Kate Mansi-765/Marci Miller-312/Ashley Benson-175/Paige & Ryanne Kettner-167/Meghan & Michael Nelson-91/Megan Corletto-69/Jillian Clare-34/Allyson & Jillian Bull-4/Emily Montague-3) 1617

34. Will Horton (Chandler Massey-719/Shawn & Taylor Carpenter-391/Guy Wilson-211/Christopher Gerse-150/Dylan Patton-106/Darian Weiss-15) 1592

35. E.J. DiMera (James Scott-1479/Avalon, Dillon & Vincent Ragone-100/Trey Baxter-12) 1591

36. Philip Kiriakis (Jay Johnson-1017/Kyle Brandt-436/John-Paul Lavoisier-76/Jonathan & Thomas Selstad-30/Brandon Tyler-28/Shane Nicholas-1) 1588

37. Steve Johnson (Stephen Nichols) 1517

38. Rafe Hernandez (Galen Gering) 1495

39. Billie Reed (Lisa Rinna-610/Krista Allen-425/Julie Pinson-380) 1415

40. Eric Brady (Greg Vaughan-819/Jensen Ackles-475/Bradley Hallock-82/Rory Beauregard-12/Jesse Davis-5/Edward Palma-4) 1397

41. Chloe Lane (Nadia Bjorlin) 1370

42. Don Craig (Jed Allan) 1348

*. Kristen Blake DiMera (Eileen Davidson-1144/Stacy Haiduk-174/Arianne Zucker-49) 1348

44. Dave (Don Frabotta) 1261

45. Kimberly Brady (Patsy Pease-1087/Anne Howard-49/Ariana Chase-42) 1178

46. Shane Donovan (Charles Shaughnessy) 1162

47. Chad DiMera (Billy Flynn-731/Casey Jon Deidrick-361) 1092

48. Daniel Jonas (Shawn Christian) 1077

49. Vivian Alamain (Louise Sorel-1053/Robin Strasser-18/Marj Dusay-5) 1076

50. Grandpa Shawn Brady (Frank Parker-966/Lew Brown-48/Peter MacLean-14) 1028

51. Chris Kositchek (Josh Taylor) 1020

52. Susan Hunter (Denise Alexander-821/Bennye Gatteys-185) 1006

53. David Banning (Richard Guthrie-467/Gregg Marx-324/Jeffrey Williams-112/Chad Barstad-83/Steve Doubet-15/Christian Mann-3) 1004

54. Marie Horton (Lanna Saunders-573/Marie Cheatham-372/Kate Woodville-44) 989

55. Justin Kiriakis (Wally Kurth) 981

56. Andre DiMera (Thaao Penghlis) 970

57. Gabi Hernandez (Camila Banus-913/Gabriela Rodriguez-50) 963

58. Melissa Phillips (Lisa Trusel-651/Camilla Scott-141/Debbie Lytton-119/Kim Durso-31/Joseph Trent Everett-4/Matthew Bowman-2) 948

59. Mimi Lockhart (Farah Fath-896/Doren Fein-3) 899

60. Alex Marshall (Quinn Redeker) 897

61. Carly Manning (Crystal Chappell) 870

62. Adrienne Johnson (Judi Evans) 834

63. Eve Donovan Larson (Charlotte Ross-437/Kassie DePaiva-379) 816

64. Sonny Kiriakis (Freddie Smith) 804

65. Mary Anderson (Barbara Stanger-472/Melinda Fee-130/Karin Wolfe-98/Carla Borelli-29/Brigid Bazlen-9/Susan Keller-8/Nancy Stephens-4) 750

66. JJ Deveraux (Casey Moss-722/Jacob & Micah Reeves-10/Jake & Nick Ravo-5/UNKNOWN- 2) 739

67. Liz Chandler (Gloria Loring) 729

68. Linda Anderson (Margaret Mason-641/Elaine Princi-76/Nadyne Turney-2) 719

69. Bob Anderson (Mark Tapscott-708/Dick Gittings-10) 718

70. Trish Clayton (Patty Weaver) 702

71. Greg Peters (Peter Brown) 675

72. Celeste Perrault (Tanya Boyd-661/Beverly Todd-13) 674

73. Ciara Brady (Victoria Konefal-303/Lauren Boles-203/Vivian Jovanni-146/Dakoda & Danica Hobbs-20) 670

*. Melanie Jonas (Molly Burnett) 670

75. Ivan Marais (Ivan G'Vera) 643

76. Anna DiMera (Leann Hunley) 640

77. Stephanie Johnson (Shelley Hennig-466/Amanda & Jessica Gunnarson-83/Shayna Rose-54) 603

78. Tony DiMera (Thaao Penghlis) 552

79. Chelsea Brady (Rachel Melvin-518/Mandy Musgrave-28) 546

80. Eugene Bradford (John de Lancie) 528

81. Robert LeClair (Robert Clary) 527

82. Brandon Walker (Matt Cedeno) 520

83. Ben Weston (Robert Scott Wilson-490/Justin Gaston-22) 512

84. Peter Blake (Jason Brooks) 510

85. Max Brady (Darin Brooks-390/Ryan Brennan-83/Michael Rhoton-27/Adrian Arnold-4) 504

86. Wilhelm Rolf (William Utay) 503

87. Rex Brady (Eric Winter-411/Kyle Lowder-88) 499

88. Phyllis Anderson (Corinne Conley-454/Nancy Wickwire-28/Elizabeth MacRae-8) 490

89. Patty (Jacee Jule) 480

90. Isabella Toscano (Staci Greason) 479

91. Frankie Brady (Billy Warlock) 476

92. Lawrence Alamain (Michael Sabatino-469/UNKNOWN-2) 471

*. Nancy Wesley (Patrika Darbo) 471

94. Greta VonAmberg (Julianne Morris) 469

95. Claire Brady (Olivia Rose Keegan-291/Ava & Olivia White-104/Isabel Durant-36/Alina Foley-28) 459

*. Jo Johnson (Joy Garrett-408/Marilyn McIntyre-51) 459

97. Jeannie Theresa Donovan (Jen Lilley-419/Alicia & Emily Pillatzke-16/Gabriella Massari-10/Hannah Taylor Simmons-6/Caitlin Wachs-1/UNKNOWN-1/UNKNOWN-1) 454

98. Calliope Jones (Arleen Sorkin) 426

99. Craig Wesley (Kevin Spirtas) 424

100. Nick Fallon (Blake Berris) 414

Edited December 30, 2020 by JAS0N47

[JellicleCat]

Amazing work!

 

But I have one question. Shouldn't Josh Taylor's appearances as Roman Brady and Chris Kositchek be combined on the actor's list, thereby giving him 2813 episodes and a 12th place on that list?

[JAS0N47]

 

That list is also on the page further down. The 95 actors who played two different roles (non-dual) in different stints. Bonnie/Adrienne had always been listed separately until all of a sudden they looked like each other and became a dual role. So, that's why Josh, Tamara Braun, Stacy Haiduk, John Aniston, Paul Telfer and all of the others have their combo numbers on this different list.

 

TWO OR MORE SEPARATE ROLES:

95 actors are on the list above at least twice, having played roles during at least two different stints. Here are their total episode counts:

Josh Taylor (Roman Brady-1793/Chris Kositchek-1020) 2813

John Aniston (Victor Kiriakis-2731/Dr. Eric Richards-11) 2742
Joseph Mascolo (Stefano DiMera-1871/Dr. Tufano-5) 1876
Renee Jones (Lexie Carver-1638/Nikki Wade-63) 1701
Wayne Northrop (Roman Brady-918/Alex North-130) 1048
Kyle Lowder (Brady Black-662/Rex Brady-88) 750

Rachel Melvin (Chelsea Brady-518/Georgia LaMarque-5) 523

Jacee Jule (Patty-480/Waitress at Alice's-21/Bliss-9/Sandra-7/Ellen-6) 523
Paul Telfer (Xander Kiriakis-312/Damon-7) 319
Tamara Braun (Ava Vitali-116/Taylor Walker-80) 196
Stacy Haiduk (Kristen DiMera & Susan Banks-182/Warden Jane Smith-3) 185

Edited December 30, 2020 by JAS0N47

[titan1978]

These stats always interest me.  It really shows how much some of these actors were used, even if they had time off between contracts (Peter Reckell, Susan Seaforth Hayes,etc), or huge periods of time when they were never in their own story (Maggie, Mickey) and actors like Susan Flannery that haven’t been on the show since the mid 1970’s, and yet is still in the top 40.  That’s incredible.

 

[JAS0N47]

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[Darn]

 

Or MacDonald Carey being dead for nearly 30 years and still in the top 10. Fascinating.

[titan1978]

It really shows just how much those folks were on screen, how important to the tapestry of the show that they were that present, so much so that he and Frances as Alice are both so high up in episode ranking.

 

[BoldRestless]

This is quite amazing, and it's interesting to me, as someone who never watched this show, scrolling through the names and seeing how many I know as we go lower on the list. Pardon me if this has been asked before, but how were you able to get an accurate count back to 1965 - scripts, recaps?

[JAS0N47]

 

It's as accurate as can be with what I had access to. The script covers for 1965-1983, but I would notice errors (in Maggie's debut script, which I have the full script of, there are characters in the episode they forgot to list on the cover). Also, there are times when characters would be cut from the episode and not actually air (although maybe that didn't happen as much back in the early 1980s, and probably never in the 60s or 70s). Other script covers would sometimes have characters crossed out (guessing those were cut) and others would have characters hand-written at the bottom (guessing they were forgotten when the script was typed, but added by hand eventually). Also, I have the weekly production charts, which sometimes differ from the script cover, for most of 1969-1973, so those helped catch some additions that would have been missed on the script cover. I've tried for years to get copies of all the weekly cast charts from 1965-1968 and 1973-1983, but to no avail. But, until the episodes actually are aired on TV hopefully someday, we probably won't know the exact accuracy. Hopefully they'll air the episodes someday, and then I can make any corrections that need to be made (which hopefully won't be too many)!!

[BoldRestless]

@JAS0N47 I'm just in awe. That's so great that you were able to put all that information together.

[JAS0N47]

 

Thanks!  Did the bulk of that work from like 2006-2012, so since then it's just been the easier year-end updates. 

[Khan]

 

Agree.  Honestly, @JAS0N47, I don't know WHY Ken Corday doesn't have you on DAYS's payroll as staff historian or something.  You do such incredible work keeping these archives intact and up-to-date.  May you have a FANTASTIC new year!

[JAS0N47]

 

Thank you, Khan. Happy New Year to you as well!! That would be nice to be paid for doing the stats I love to keep!! At least I know my stats provided Dee, Drake and Kristian with their 4,000th episode parties, so the show has gotten some use out of my record-keeping.