Tenure timeline

One row per cast member, sorted by the year they joined. Gaps mark performers who left and came back.

Cast size by season

Solid bars show your current filter; the outline behind them is the full cast that season. The dashed line is the trend: an eleven-season rolling average of the bars on screen.

Average tenure by season

How experienced the cast was each season: the average number of seasons its members had served, counting that one. Looks only backwards, so the current cast's unfinished runs do not drag the right edge down. The # of seasons and Current cast filters do look forward, though. They pick people by how their careers turned out, so the line then describes a group chosen with hindsight. The faint line behind is the full cast, whatever your filter. The dashed line is the overall direction: a straight least-squares fit through the seasons on screen.

All cast members

				Repertory	Featured	WkdUpdt	Hosted	Writer
Chevy Chase	1975	1976	2	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Dan Aykroyd	1975	1979	4	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Garrett Morris	1975	1980	5	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
George Coe	1975	1975	1	Yes	No	No	No	No
Gilda Radner	1975	1980	5	Yes	No	No	No	No
Jane Curtin	1975	1980	5	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
John Belushi	1975	1979	4	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Laraine Newman	1975	1980	5	Yes	No	No	No	No
Michael O'Donoghue	1975	1975	1	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Bill Murray	1977	1980	4	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Al Franken	1979	1995	8	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Don Novello	1979	1986	2	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Harry Shearer	1979	1985	2	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Paul Shaffer	1979	1980	1	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Tom Davis	1979	1980	1	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Alan Zweibel	1980	1980	1	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Ann Risley	1980	1981	1	Yes	No	No	No	No
Brian Doyle-Murray	1980	1982	2	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Charles Rocket	1980	1981	1	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Denny Dillon	1980	1981	1	Yes	No	No	No	No
Eddie Murphy	1980	1984	4	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Gail Matthius	1980	1981	1	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Gilbert Gottfried	1980	1981	1	Yes	No	No	No	No
Jim Downey	1980	1980	1	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Joe Piscopo	1980	1984	4	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Matthew Laurance	1980	1981	1	No	Yes	No	No	No
Patrick Weathers	1980	1981	1	No	Yes	No	No	No
Peter Aykroyd	1980	1980	1	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Tom Schiller	1980	1980	1	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Yvonne Hudson	1980	1981	1	No	Yes	No	No	No
Christine Ebersole	1981	1982	1	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Emily Prager	1981	1981	1	No	Yes	No	No	No
Laurie Metcalf	1981	1981	1	No	Yes	No	No	No
Mary Gross	1981	1985	4	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Robin Duke	1981	1984	4	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Tim Kazurinsky	1981	1984	4	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Tony Rosato	1981	1982	2	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Brad Hall	1982	1984	2	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Gary Kroeger	1982	1985	3	Yes	No	No	No	No
Julia Louis-Dreyfus	1982	1985	3	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Jim Belushi	1983	1985	2	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Billy Crystal	1984	1985	1	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Christopher Guest	1984	1985	1	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Martin Short	1984	1985	1	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Pamela Stephenson	1984	1985	1	Yes	No	No	No	No
Rich Hall	1984	1985	1	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Anthony Michael Hall	1985	1986	1	Yes	No	No	No	No
Damon Wayans	1985	1986	1	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Dan Vitale	1985	1986	1	No	Yes	No	No	No
Danitra Vance	1985	1986	1	Yes	No	No	No	No
Dennis Miller	1985	1991	6	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Joan Cusack	1985	1986	1	Yes	No	No	No	No
Jon Lovitz	1985	1990	5	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Nora Dunn	1985	1990	5	Yes	No	No	No	No
Randy Quaid	1985	1986	1	Yes	No	No	No	No
Robert Downey Jr.	1985	1986	1	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Terry Sweeney	1985	1986	1	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
A. Whitney Brown	1986	1991	6	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Dana Carvey	1986	1993	7	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Jan Hooks	1986	1991	5	Yes	No	No	No	No
Kevin Nealon	1986	1995	9	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Phil Hartman	1986	1994	8	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Victoria Jackson	1986	1992	6	Yes	No	No	No	No
Ben Stiller	1989	1989	1	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Mike Myers	1989	1995	7	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Chris Farley	1990	1995	5	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Chris Rock	1990	1993	3	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
David Spade	1990	1996	6	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Julia Sweeney	1990	1994	4	Yes	No	No	No	No
Rob Schneider	1990	1994	4	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Adam Sandler	1991	1995	5	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Beth Cahill	1991	1992	1	No	Yes	No	No	No
Ellen Cleghorne	1991	1995	4	Yes	No	No	No	No
Melanie Hutsell	1991	1994	3	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Robert Smigel	1991	1993	2	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Siobhan Fallon	1991	1992	1	No	No	No	No	No
Tim Meadows	1991	2000	10	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Jay Mohr	1993	1995	2	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Norm Macdonald	1993	1998	5	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sarah Silverman	1993	1994	1	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Chris Elliott	1994	1995	1	Yes	No	No	No	No
Janeane Garofalo	1994	1995	1	Yes	No	No	No	No
Laura Kightlinger	1994	1995	1	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Michael McKean	1994	1995	2	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Cheri Oteri	1995	2000	5	Yes	No	No	No	No
Darrell Hammond	1995	2009	14	Yes	No	No	No	No
David Koechner	1995	1996	1	Yes	No	No	No	No
Jim Breuer	1995	1998	3	Yes	No	No	No	No
Mark McKinney	1995	1997	3	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Molly Shannon	1995	2001	7	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Morwenna Banks	1995	1995	1	Yes	No	No	No	No
Nancy Walls	1995	1996	1	Yes	No	No	No	No
Will Ferrell	1995	2002	7	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Ana Gasteyer	1996	2002	6	Yes	No	No	No	No
Chris Kattan	1996	2003	8	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Colin Quinn	1996	2000	5	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Fred Wolf	1996	1996	2	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Tracy Morgan	1996	2003	7	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Chris Parnell	1998	2006	8	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Horatio Sanz	1998	2006	8	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Jimmy Fallon	1998	2004	6	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Rachel Dratch	1999	2006	7	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Jerry Minor	2000	2001	1	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Maya Rudolph	2000	2007	9	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Tina Fey	2000	2006	6	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Amy Poehler	2001	2008	8	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Dean Edwards	2001	2003	2	No	Yes	No	No	No
Jeff Richards	2001	2004	3	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Seth Meyers	2001	2014	13	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fred Armisen	2002	2013	11	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Will Forte	2002	2010	8	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Finesse Mitchell	2003	2006	3	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Kenan Thompson	2003	present	24	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Rob Riggle	2004	2005	1	No	Yes	No	No	No
Andy Samberg	2005	2012	7	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Bill Hader	2005	2013	8	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Jason Sudeikis	2005	2013	9	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Kristen Wiig	2005	2012	7	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Abby Elliott	2008	2012	4	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Bobby Moynihan	2008	2017	9	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Casey Wilson	2008	2009	2	No	Yes	No	No	No
Michaela Watkins	2008	2009	1	No	Yes	No	No	No
Jenny Slate	2009	2010	1	No	Yes	No	No	No
Nasim Pedrad	2009	2014	5	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Jay Pharoah	2010	2016	6	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Paul Brittain	2010	2012	2	No	Yes	No	No	No
Taran Killam	2010	2016	6	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Vanessa Bayer	2010	2017	7	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Aidy Bryant	2012	2022	10	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Cecily Strong	2012	2022	11	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Kate McKinnon	2012	2022	11	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Tim Robinson	2012	2013	1	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Beck Bennett	2013	2021	8	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Brooks Wheelan	2013	2014	1	No	Yes	No	No	No
John Milhiser	2013	2014	1	No	Yes	No	No	No
Kyle Mooney	2013	2022	9	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Mike O'Brien	2013	2014	1	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Noël Wells	2013	2014	1	No	Yes	No	No	No
Colin Jost	2014	present	14	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Leslie Jones	2014	2019	5	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Michael Che	2014	present	13	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Pete Davidson	2014	2022	8	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Sasheer Zamata	2014	2017	4	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Jon Rudnitsky	2015	2016	1	No	Yes	No	No	No
Alex Moffat	2016	2022	6	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Melissa Villaseñor	2016	2022	6	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Mikey Day	2016	present	11	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Chris Redd	2017	2022	5	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Heidi Gardner	2017	2025	8	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Luke Null	2017	2018	1	No	Yes	No	No	No
Ego Nwodim	2018	2025	7	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Bowen Yang	2019	2025	7	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Chloe Fineman	2019	2026	7	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Andrew Dismukes	2020	present	7	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Lauren Holt	2020	2021	1	No	Yes	No	No	No
Punkie Johnson	2020	2024	4	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Aristotle Athari	2021	2022	1	No	Yes	No	No	No
James Austin Johnson	2021	present	6	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Sarah Sherman	2021	present	6	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Devon Walker	2022	2025	3	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Marcello Hernández	2022	present	5	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Michael Longfellow	2022	2025	3	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Molly Kearney	2022	2024	2	No	Yes	No	No	No
Chloe Troast	2023	2024	1	No	Yes	No	No	No
Ashley Padilla	2024	present	3	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Emil Wakim	2024	2025	1	No	Yes	No	No	No
Jane Wickline	2024	present	3	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Ben Marshall	2025	present	2	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Jeremy Culhane	2025	present	2	No	Yes	No	No	No
Kam Patterson	2025	present	2	No	Yes	No	No	No
Tommy Brennan	2025	present	2	No	Yes	No	No	No
Veronika Slowikowska	2025	present	2	No	Yes	No	No	No
Grace Reiter	2026	present	1	No	Yes	No	No	No
Saidah Belo-Osagie	2026	present	1	No	Yes	No	No	No