Highest Ranked Short Fiction Authors of All Time

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Note: Some recent awards are yet to be integrated into the database. Only title-based awards are used for ranking purposes.
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	1877	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	1664	Aliette de Bodard
28	1656	Ian McDonald
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	1255	Sarah Pinsker
49	1239	Maureen F. McHugh
50	1233	Kij Johnson
51	1220	Catherynne M. Valente
52	1219	Kage Baker
53	1215	Jack Dann
54	1213	Ian R. MacLeod
55	1202	Walter Jon Williams
56	1169	Eleanor Arnason
57	1156	Kate Wilhelm
58	1146	Larry Niven
59	1142	Gardner Dozois
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	998	P. Djèlí Clark^?P. Djeli Clark
69	997	Robert J. Sawyer
70	963	Elizabeth Bear
71	962	Amal El-Mohtar
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	870	Seanan McGuire
81	864	Kim Newman
82	851	David Brin
83	851	Dan Simmons
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	779	Suzanne Palmer
95	774	Jack McDevitt
96	770	Stephen L. Burns
97	768	Marcus Hammerschmitt
98	767	Deborah Biancotti
99	762	Michael K. Iwoleit
100	758	Pat Murphy
101	755	Sean McMullen
102	750	Edward Bryant
103	747	Ian Watson
104	746	Ramsey Campbell
105	743	Avram Davidson
106	741	Garth Nix
107	738	Jerry Oltion
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	659	Martha Wells
121	658	Rachel Swirsky
122	654	Steve Rasnic Tem
123	653	Ellen Klages
124	650	Thorsten Küper^?Thorsten Kueper
125	645	Nnedi Okorafor
126	641	Douglas Smith
127	623	Catherine Asaro
128	621	Karl Edward Wagner
129	617	Alyssa Wong
130	611	Suzy McKee Charnas
131	605	James Alan Gardner
132	605	Ronald M. Hahn
133	602	Vernor Vinge
134	600	R. A. Lafferty
135	596	Esther M. Friesner
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	554	Lois McMaster Bujold
152	553	Timothy Zahn
153	553	Carol Emshwiller
154	548	Vonda N. McIntyre
155	546	Spider Robinson
156	546	Caroline M. Yoachim
157	543	Joanna Russ
158	539	Rajnar Vajra
159	538	Alix E. Harrow
160	536	Martha Soukup
161	532	John Crowley
162	530	Yves Meynard
163	522	Charles L. Grant
164	520	William Gibson
165	518	Jan J. B. Kuipers
166	517	Susan Shwartz
167	513	Nina Allan
168	510	Peter Watts
169	509	Gordon R. Dickson
170	506	William Barton
171	505	Janet Kagan
172	505	Norman Spinrad
173	502	Kelly Robson
174	498	Lee Murray
175	498	Евгений Лукин^?Evgeni Lukin
176	495	Rodolfo Martínez
177	489	Robert Charles Wilson
178	488	Barry N. Malzberg
179	487	Robert A. Heinlein
180	481	Sean Williams
181	481	Bud Sparhawk
182	480	Bradley Denton
183	478	Max Gladstone
184	477	Dale Bailey
185	476	C. J. Cherryh
186	475	Theodore Sturgeon
187	472	James Morrow
188	472	Stephen Graham Jones
189	469	Richard Bowes
190	465	James P. Blaylock
191	465	Peter Straub
192	465	Leanne Frahm
193	464	Brian W. Aldiss
194	463	Keith Roberts
195	462	Sam J. Miller
196	461	Ben Bova
197	457	Naomi Kritzer
198	454	Rainer Erler
199	453	Alan Baxter
200	451	Fran Wilde
201	445	Will McIntosh
202	441	Octavia E. Butler
203	440	Rich Larson
204	436	Joan D. Vinge
205	436	Mary Robinette Kowal
206	431	Theodora Goss
207	430	Lee Battersby
208	430	Thomas Ziegler
209	424	Robin Hobb
210	422	Tony Daniel
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	386	Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald
238	383	Jean-Louis Trudel
239	382	Michael Moorcock
240	382	Charlie Jane Anders
241	381	Judith Moffett
242	379	Sean Monaghan
243	378	C. L. Moore
244	378	Eduardo Gallego
245	378	Guillem Sánchez
246	375	Andreas Eschbach
247	374	Henry Kuttner
248	372	Ursula Vernon
249	371	Brian Hodge
250	369	Jonathan Carroll
251	369	John Wiswell
252	367	Paul Levinson
253	365	Conrad Williams
254	365	Brian Plante
255	365	Amy Bechtel
256	363	JY Yang
257	362	Charles L. Harness
258	362	Nina Kiriki Hoffman
259	362	Tade Thompson
260	361	Daryl Gregory
261	360	Eric Brown
262	360	Pamela Sargent
263	360	Shauna O'Meara
264	360	J. Ashley Smith
265	356	David Marusek
266	355	Carolyn Ives Gilman
267	355	Sofia Samatar
268	354	Garry Kilworth
269	353	Thomas Olde Heuvelt
270	350	Dirk Flinthart
271	349	Neal Barrett, Jr.
272	349	Gary A. Braunbeck
273	349	Yoon Ha Lee
274	348	Victor LaValle
275	347	Kathleen Jennings
276	344	Michael Shea
277	344	Ray Bradbury
278	344	Frank W. Haubold
279	344	Peter Cuijpers
280	341	William Sanders
281	337	Paul Park
282	337	Ken MacLeod
283	336	Bruce Holland Rogers
284	333	David D. Levine
285	328	Santiago Eximeno
286	327	Simon Brown
287	325	Hayden Trenholm
288	324	Rivers Solomon
289	321	Dan Rabarts
290	319	Tim Powers
291	319	Jay Lake
292	313	Karlheinz Steinmüller^?Karlheinz Steinmueller
293	312	Phyllis Eisenstein
294	312	Glen Hirshberg
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	259	Becky Chambers
358	257	César Mallorquí
359	256	Lewis Shiner
360	255	Christopher Fowler
361	255	Serge Lehman
362	254	Karsten Kruschel
363	251	Siobhan Carroll
364	251	Rebecca Roanhorse
365	250	野尻抱介^?Hōsuke Nojiri Housuke Nojiri Hosuke Nojiri
366	248	James White
367	247	Eileen Gunn
368	246	Eugene Byrne
369	246	A. C. Wise
370	245	Cordwainer Smith
371	245	Deborah Kalin
372	245	Achim Stößer^?Achim Stoesser
373	245	Kyla Ward
374	244	William F. Wu
375	244	Paul Finch
376	243	Gwyneth Jones
377	243	Javier Negrete
378	243	David Morrell
379	243	Sarah Gailey
380	241	Laura Mauro
381	240	Edo van Belkom
382	240	T. R. Napper
383	240	Nikky Lee
384	240	Chris Roberson
385	240	John C. Wright
386	240	Peter Schattschneider
387	239	Peter F. Hamilton
388	239	Charles Coleman Finlay
389	239	Maria Dahvana Headley
390	239	Florian F. Marzin
391	236	E. Lily Yu
392	236	Sandra McDonald
393	236	Nino Cipri
394	235	Juan Miguel Aguilera
395	234	Tobias S. Buckell
396	233	Ted Kosmatka
397	233	Aiki Mira
398	232	Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
399	231	Premee Mohamed
400	230	Norbert Stöbe^?Norbert Stoebe
401	229	Stanley Schmidt
402	229	Steven Gould
403	229	Ray Aldridge
404	229	Melanie Tem
405	229	筒井康隆^?Tsutsui Yasutaka つついやすたか
406	228	Grey Rollins
407	227	Gene O'Neill
408	227	Adam Browne
409	226	Nicholas A. DiChario
410	225	Joël Champetier^?Joel Champetier
411	225	Julie E. Czerneda
412	225	Suzanne Church
413	225	Jean Dion
414	224	Nalo Hopkinson
415	224	William Browning Spencer
416	224	Tais Teng
417	223	A. T. Greenblatt
418	222	A. Bertram Chandler
419	222	Alex Irvine
420	222	Meg Elison
421	220	John Shirley
422	220	Joyce Carol Oates
423	220	Cassandra Khaw
424	220	Kevin G. Maclean
425	219	John Brunner
426	218	Keith Laumer
427	217	A. C. Buchanan
428	215	Chet Williamson
429	215	Matthias Falke
430	213	Sharon N. Farber
431	213	Norman Partridge
432	213	Arno Behrend
433	213	Karla Schmidt
434	211	Delia Sherman
435	211	Paul Collins
436	210	Jean-Pierre Andrevon
437	210	Jack Wodhams
438	210	Irmtraud Kremp
439	210	Deborah Sheldon
440	210	Matthew R. Davis
441	210	Rolf Krohn
442	209	Philip José Farmer
443	208	A. E. van Vogt
444	208	Stephanie Gunn
445	208	Daniel Mares
446	207	David R. Palmer
447	206	Chris Lawson
448	205	Clive Barker
449	205	Christopher Barzak
450	205	Steve Duffy
451	205	Sarah Pinborough
452	204	Bruce McAllister
453	204	Nancy Etchemendy
454	204	Susan Forest
455	203	Lawrence M. Schoen
456	203	Eugene Fischer
457	201	Gordon Eklund
458	201	Vandana Singh
459	200	Wole Talabi
460	200	梶尾真治^?Shinji Kajio かじおしんじ
461	200	Neal Asher
462	199	Ramón San Miguel Coca
463	199	John Scalzi
464	198	Gregory Bennett
465	197	Richard A. Lupoff
466	197	Tamsyn Muir
467	196	Christopher Rowe
468	195	Nadine Boos
469	195	Martin L. Shoemaker
470	194	Ted Reynolds
471	194	David Langford
472	192	Kathleen Ann Goonan
473	192	David J. Schow
474	192	Joel Lane
475	191	Tim Waggoner
476	191	Jean-Pierre Hubert
477	190	Lois Tilton
478	190	Simon Clark
479	190	Leigh Kennedy
480	190	Stephen Gallagher
481	190	T. E. D. Klein
482	190	Paul Meloy
483	190	Elaine Cuyegkeng
484	190	Philippa C. Maddern
485	190	Rjurik Davidson
486	190	Андрей Столяров^?Andrey Stolyarov
487	190	Gisbert Haefs
488	190	Herbert W. Franke
489	189	José Antonio Cotrina
490	188	Rudy Rucker
491	188	Ian McHugh
492	187	Philip K. Dick
493	186	Brandon Sanderson
494	185	Peter Friend
495	185	Felicidad Martínez
496	185	David Jasso
497	184	Fredric Brown
498	184	A. J. Fitzwater
499	184	Rebecca Campbell
500	183	G. V. Anderson

Highest Ranked Short Fiction Authors of All Time

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