Highest Ranked Short Fiction Authors of All Time

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Scoring: Wins are worth 50 points, nominations and second places are worth 35 points. For polls, third and lower places are worth (33-poll position) points.

Place	Score	Author
1	4514	Mike Resnick
2	4085	Michael Swanwick
3	4005	Connie Willis
4	3825	Lucius Shepard
5	3292	Robert Silverberg
6	3265	Ursula K. Le Guin
7	3200	Greg Egan
8	3089	Nancy Kress
9	2973	George R. R. Martin
10	2895	Harlan Ellison
11	2496	Robert Reed
12	2478	James Patrick Kelly
13	2323	Kristine Kathryn Rusch
14	2298	Stephen Baxter
15	2027	Kim Stanley Robinson
16	2027	Michael Bishop
17	1987	Ted Chiang
18	1976	Allen Steele
19	1885	Bruce Sterling
20	1827	Neil Gaiman
21	1798	Howard Waldrop
22	1783	Terry Bisson
23	1757	Gene Wolfe
24	1725	John Varley
25	1690	Orson Scott Card
26	1679	Ken Liu
27	1656	Ian McDonald
28	1637	Aliette de Bodard
29	1620	Jeffrey Ford
30	1611	Kaaron Warren
31	1568	Geoffrey A. Landis
32	1562	James Tiptree, Jr.
33	1534	Margo Lanagan
34	1509	Adam-Troy Castro
35	1498	Kelly Link
36	1453	Gregory Benford
37	1394	Andy Duncan
38	1390	Isaac Asimov
39	1385	Poul Anderson
40	1377	Stephen King
41	1366	Michael F. Flynn
42	1336	John Kessel
43	1311	Terry Dowling
44	1304	Joe Haldeman
45	1279	Fritz Leiber
46	1263	Pat Cadigan
47	1259	Frederik Pohl
48	1239	Maureen F. McHugh
49	1233	Kij Johnson
50	1219	Kage Baker
51	1215	Jack Dann
52	1213	Ian R. MacLeod
53	1206	Sarah Pinsker
54	1202	Walter Jon Williams
55	1169	Eleanor Arnason
56	1156	Kate Wilhelm
57	1146	Larry Niven
58	1142	Gardner Dozois
59	1136	Catherynne M. Valente
60	1132	Paul Haines
61	1126	Harry Turtledove
62	1102	Charles Stross
63	1047	Roger Zelazny
64	1045	Elizabeth Hand
65	1023	Geoff Ryman
66	1018	Greg Bear
67	1003	Karen Joy Fowler
68	997	Robert J. Sawyer
69	962	Amal El-Mohtar
70	962	Elizabeth Bear
71	948	P. Djèlí Clark^?P. Djeli Clark
72	926	Charles Sheffield
73	925	Michael A. Burstein
74	923	Brian Stableford
75	907	Tanith Lee
76	897	Paul Di Filippo
77	888	Cat Sparks
78	887	Laird Barron
79	873	Alastair Reynolds
80	864	Kim Newman
81	851	David Brin
82	851	Dan Simmons
83	844	Seanan McGuire
84	833	Caitlín R. Kiernan^?Caitlin R. Kiernan
85	826	Lisa Tuttle
86	823	Cory Doctorow
87	823	Peter S. Beagle
88	822	Tansy Rayner Roberts
89	807	Paul J. McAuley
90	799	Lucy Sussex
91	789	Stephen Dedman
92	788	G. David Nordley
93	788	Mary Rosenblum
94	774	Jack McDevitt
95	770	Stephen L. Burns
96	768	Marcus Hammerschmitt
97	767	Deborah Biancotti
98	762	Michael K. Iwoleit
99	758	Pat Murphy
100	755	Sean McMullen
101	750	Edward Bryant
102	747	Ian Watson
103	746	Ramsey Campbell
104	743	Avram Davidson
105	741	Garth Nix
106	738	Jerry Oltion
107	730	Suzanne Palmer
108	729	Thomas M. Disch
109	721	George Alec Effinger
110	717	Kirstyn McDermott
111	711	R. Garcia y Robertson
112	686	James Van Pelt
113	685	Clifford D. Simak
114	675	Charles de Lint
115	672	Richard A. Lovett
116	670	Thoraiya Dyer
117	663	Paolo Bacigalupi
118	661	Angela Slatter
119	659	Joe R. Lansdale
120	658	Martha Wells
121	658	Rachel Swirsky
122	654	Steve Rasnic Tem
123	653	Ellen Klages
124	650	Thorsten Küper^?Thorsten Kueper
125	641	Douglas Smith
126	623	Catherine Asaro
127	621	Karl Edward Wagner
128	617	Alyssa Wong
129	611	Suzy McKee Charnas
130	605	James Alan Gardner
131	605	Ronald M. Hahn
132	602	Vernor Vinge
133	600	R. A. Lafferty
134	596	Esther M. Friesner
135	594	Nnedi Okorafor
136	587	Joe Hill
137	586	Michael Marshall Smith
138	585	Heidrun Jänchen^?Heidrun Jaenchen
139	583	Michael Marrak
140	580	Wolfgang Jeschke
141	577	David Gerrold
142	572	S. P. Somtow
143	572	M. Rickert
144	570	Lisa Goldstein
145	567	Richard Cowper
146	567	Tim Lebbon
147	564	Robert Hood
148	560	Barry B. Longyear
149	557	China Miéville^?China Mieville
150	555	Brooke Bolander
151	553	Lois McMaster Bujold
152	553	Timothy Zahn
153	553	Carol Emshwiller
154	548	Vonda N. McIntyre
155	546	Spider Robinson
156	543	Joanna Russ
157	539	Rajnar Vajra
158	536	Martha Soukup
159	532	John Crowley
160	530	Yves Meynard
161	522	Charles L. Grant
162	520	William Gibson
163	518	Jan J. B. Kuipers
164	517	Caroline M. Yoachim
165	517	Susan Shwartz
166	513	Nina Allan
167	510	Peter Watts
168	509	Gordon R. Dickson
169	506	William Barton
170	505	Janet Kagan
171	505	Norman Spinrad
172	502	Kelly Robson
173	498	Lee Murray
174	498	Евгений Лукин^?Evgeni Lukin
175	495	Rodolfo Martínez
176	489	Robert Charles Wilson
177	488	Barry N. Malzberg
178	487	Robert A. Heinlein
179	481	Sean Williams
180	481	Bud Sparhawk
181	480	Bradley Denton
182	478	Max Gladstone
183	477	Dale Bailey
184	476	C. J. Cherryh
185	475	Theodore Sturgeon
186	472	James Morrow
187	472	Stephen Graham Jones
188	469	Richard Bowes
189	465	James P. Blaylock
190	465	Peter Straub
191	465	Leanne Frahm
192	464	Brian W. Aldiss
193	463	Keith Roberts
194	461	Ben Bova
195	461	Sam J. Miller
196	457	Naomi Kritzer
197	454	Rainer Erler
198	453	Alan Baxter
199	445	Will McIntosh
200	441	Octavia E. Butler
201	441	Alix E. Harrow
202	440	Rich Larson
203	436	Joan D. Vinge
204	435	Mary Robinette Kowal
205	431	Theodora Goss
206	430	Lee Battersby
207	430	Thomas Ziegler
208	424	Robin Hobb
209	422	Tony Daniel
210	417	Fran Wilde
211	416	Simon Petrie
212	416	Tom Holt
213	416	Janeen Webb
214	412	J. G. Ballard
215	411	Jack Vance
216	411	Élisabeth Vonarburg^?Elisabeth Vonarburg
217	411	Dennis Etchison
218	411	Daniel Abraham
219	411	N. K. Jemisin
220	410	Alain Bergeron
221	410	Karl Michael Armer
222	409	L. Timmel Duchamp
223	409	Hilbert Schenck
224	409	Usman T. Malik
225	406	F. Paul Wilson
226	398	Jonathan Lethem
227	398	Angela Steinmüller^?Angela Steinmueller
228	397	Arthur C. Clarke
229	394	Rafael Marín^?Rafael Marin
230	393	Jack Cady
231	392	Joanne Anderton
232	391	Samuel R. Delany
233	391	Octavia Cade
234	388	Lawrence Watt-Evans
235	388	Erik Simon
236	387	Brad R. Torgersen
237	383	Jean-Louis Trudel
238	382	Michael Moorcock
239	382	Charlie Jane Anders
240	381	Judith Moffett
241	379	Sean Monaghan
242	378	C. L. Moore
243	378	Eduardo Gallego
244	378	Guillem Sánchez
245	375	Andreas Eschbach
246	374	Henry Kuttner
247	372	Ursula Vernon
248	371	Brian Hodge
249	369	Jonathan Carroll
250	367	Paul Levinson
251	365	Conrad Williams
252	365	Brian Plante
253	365	Amy Bechtel
254	363	JY Yang
255	362	Charles L. Harness
256	362	Nina Kiriki Hoffman
257	361	Daryl Gregory
258	361	Tade Thompson
259	360	Eric Brown
260	360	Pamela Sargent
261	360	Shauna O'Meara
262	360	J. Ashley Smith
263	356	David Marusek
264	355	Carolyn Ives Gilman
265	355	Sofia Samatar
266	354	Garry Kilworth
267	353	Thomas Olde Heuvelt
268	350	Dirk Flinthart
269	349	Neal Barrett, Jr.
270	349	Gary A. Braunbeck
271	349	Yoon Ha Lee
272	348	Victor LaValle
273	347	Kathleen Jennings
274	344	Michael Shea
275	344	Ray Bradbury
276	344	Frank W. Haubold
277	344	Peter Cuijpers
278	341	William Sanders
279	340	John Wiswell
280	337	Paul Park
281	337	Ken MacLeod
282	336	Bruce Holland Rogers
283	333	David D. Levine
284	328	Santiago Eximeno
285	327	Simon Brown
286	325	Hayden Trenholm
287	324	Rivers Solomon
288	321	Dan Rabarts
289	319	Tim Powers
290	319	Jay Lake
291	313	Karlheinz Steinmüller^?Karlheinz Steinmueller
292	312	Phyllis Eisenstein
293	312	Glen Hirshberg
294	310	Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald
295	307	Eduardo Vaquerizo
296	306	Thomas Ligotti
297	305	Chris Mason
298	305	Richard Harland
299	304	Jack Campbell
300	303	Gerben Hellinga, Jr.
301	299	Martin Livings
302	299	Jason Fischer
303	297	Nathan Ballingrud
304	296	Shaun Tan
305	295	Paul Harland
306	295	Stephen Volk
307	294	Edward M. Lerner
308	293	Vina Jie-Min Prasad
309	292	Scott Edelman
310	292	Graham Joyce
311	292	Jack Ketchum
312	288	Carl Frederick
313	288	Derek Künsken^?Derek Kunsken Derek Kuensken
314	287	Kai Ashante Wilson
315	284	Marc Stiegler
316	284	Uwe Post
317	281	P. D. Cacek
318	281	Ben Peek
319	281	Robert Shearman
320	280	Niklas Peinecke
321	280	Tim Pratt
322	279	Robert Holdstock
323	279	Priya Sharma
324	279	Juliet Marillier
325	278	Lisa L. Hannett
326	277	Sue Isle
327	275	Daniel Sernine
328	275	Douglas E. Winter
329	275	Gregory Frost
330	275	Russell Blackford
331	275	Uwe Hermann
332	275	Jeffery D. Kooistra
333	274	Tochi Onyebuchi
334	273	John Barnes
335	273	Alexander Jablokov
336	273	Jeff VanderMeer
337	270	Jack Williamson
338	270	Brian A. Hopkins
339	270	Paul Cornell
340	268	Joseph H. Delaney
341	268	Linda Nagata
342	267	Albert E. Cowdrey
343	266	Christopher Priest
344	266	Lavie Tidhar
345	265	Sergio Mars
346	264	Vylar Kaftan
347	263	Anne McCaffrey
348	263	Kim Wilkins
349	262	Benjamin Rosenbaum
350	261	Eric Choi
351	260	James Blish
352	260	Lisa Mannetti
353	260	Rosaleen Love
354	260	Rick Kennett
355	260	Horst Pukallus
356	259	Jane Yolen
357	257	César Mallorquí
358	256	Lewis Shiner
359	255	Christopher Fowler
360	255	Serge Lehman
361	254	Karsten Kruschel
362	251	Siobhan Carroll
363	251	Rebecca Roanhorse
364	250	野尻抱介^?Hōsuke Nojiri Housuke Nojiri Hosuke Nojiri
365	248	James White
366	247	Eileen Gunn
367	246	Eugene Byrne
368	246	A. C. Wise
369	245	Cordwainer Smith
370	245	Deborah Kalin
371	245	Achim Stößer^?Achim Stoesser
372	245	Kyla Ward
373	244	William F. Wu
374	244	Paul Finch
375	243	Gwyneth Jones
376	243	Javier Negrete
377	243	David Morrell
378	243	Sarah Gailey
379	241	Laura Mauro
380	240	Edo van Belkom
381	240	T. R. Napper
382	240	Nikky Lee
383	240	Chris Roberson
384	240	John C. Wright
385	240	Peter Schattschneider
386	239	Peter F. Hamilton
387	239	Charles Coleman Finlay
388	239	Maria Dahvana Headley
389	239	Florian F. Marzin
390	236	Sandra McDonald
391	235	Juan Miguel Aguilera
392	235	E. Lily Yu
393	234	Tobias S. Buckell
394	233	Ted Kosmatka
395	232	Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
396	230	Norbert Stöbe^?Norbert Stoebe
397	229	Stanley Schmidt
398	229	Steven Gould
399	229	Ray Aldridge
400	229	Melanie Tem
401	229	筒井康隆^?Tsutsui Yasutaka つついやすたか
402	228	Grey Rollins
403	227	Gene O'Neill
404	227	Adam Browne
405	226	Nicholas A. DiChario
406	225	Joël Champetier^?Joel Champetier
407	225	Julie E. Czerneda
408	225	Jean Dion
409	225	Suzanne Church
410	224	Nalo Hopkinson
411	224	William Browning Spencer
412	224	Tais Teng
413	222	A. Bertram Chandler
414	222	A. T. Greenblatt
415	222	Alex Irvine
416	221	Meg Elison
417	220	John Shirley
418	220	Joyce Carol Oates
419	220	Kevin G. Maclean
420	219	John Brunner
421	218	Keith Laumer
422	217	A. C. Buchanan
423	215	Chet Williamson
424	215	Matthias Falke
425	213	Sharon N. Farber
426	213	Norman Partridge
427	213	Arno Behrend
428	213	Karla Schmidt
429	211	Delia Sherman
430	211	Paul Collins
431	210	Jean-Pierre Andrevon
432	210	Jack Wodhams
433	210	Irmtraud Kremp
434	210	Deborah Sheldon
435	210	Becky Chambers
436	210	Matthew R. Davis
437	210	Rolf Krohn
438	209	Philip José Farmer
439	208	A. E. van Vogt
440	208	Stephanie Gunn
441	208	Daniel Mares
442	207	David R. Palmer
443	206	Chris Lawson
444	205	Clive Barker
445	205	Christopher Barzak
446	205	Steve Duffy
447	205	Sarah Pinborough
448	204	Bruce McAllister
449	204	Nancy Etchemendy
450	204	Susan Forest
451	203	Lawrence M. Schoen
452	203	Eugene Fischer
453	201	Gordon Eklund
454	201	Vandana Singh
455	200	Wole Talabi
456	200	梶尾真治^?Shinji Kajio かじおしんじ
457	200	Neal Asher
458	199	Ramón San Miguel Coca
459	199	John Scalzi
460	198	Gregory Bennett
461	197	Richard A. Lupoff
462	197	Tamsyn Muir
463	196	Christopher Rowe
464	195	Nadine Boos
465	195	Martin L. Shoemaker
466	194	Ted Reynolds
467	194	David Langford
468	194	Premee Mohamed
469	192	Kathleen Ann Goonan
470	192	David J. Schow
471	192	Joel Lane
472	191	Tim Waggoner
473	191	Jean-Pierre Hubert
474	190	Lois Tilton
475	190	Simon Clark
476	190	Leigh Kennedy
477	190	Stephen Gallagher
478	190	T. E. D. Klein
479	190	Paul Meloy
480	190	Elaine Cuyegkeng
481	190	Philippa C. Maddern
482	190	Rjurik Davidson
483	190	Gisbert Haefs
484	190	Herbert W. Franke
485	189	José Antonio Cotrina
486	188	Rudy Rucker
487	188	Ian McHugh
488	187	Philip K. Dick
489	186	Brandon Sanderson
490	185	Peter Friend
491	185	Felicidad Martínez
492	185	David Jasso
493	185	Cassandra Khaw
494	185	Nino Cipri
495	184	Fredric Brown
496	184	A. J. Fitzwater
497	184	Rebecca Campbell
498	183	G. V. Anderson
499	183	Aiki Mira
500	182	Jaap Boekestein

Highest Ranked Short Fiction Authors of All Time

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