List of the 50 most successful entries in the Eurovision Song Contest

This article shows the list of the most successful entries to the Eurovision Song Contest. Two lists are separated here. The first list is sorted according to the maximum number of points achieved. The second list is sorted by points and does not take into account the changes to the voting system in 1975 and 2016 or the increased number of participants since 2004 due to the introduction of the semi-finals.

List of maximum points achieved

As of 2019, this list shows the most successful titles according to the number of maximum points achieved in percent.

space	country	Interpreter	title	year	Placement in the competition	Maximum points to be achieved	reached points	percent
1.	Luxembourg	Anne-Marie David	Tu te reconnaîtras	1973	1	160	129	80.63
2.	United Kingdom	Brotherhood of Man	Save your kisses for me	1976	1	204	164	80.39
3.	Germany	Nicole	A bit of peace	1982	1	204	161	78.92
4th	United Kingdom	Katrina and the Waves	Love shine a light	1997	1	288	227	78.82
5.	Norway	Alexander Rybak	Fairytale	2009	1	492	387	78.66
6th	Ireland	Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan	Rock'n Roll Kids	1994	1	288	226	78.47
7th	Spain	Mocedades	Eres tú	1973	2	160	125	78.13
8th.	Sweden	Måns Zelmerlöw	Heroes	2015	1	468	365	77.99
9.	Belgium	Sandra Kim	J'aime la vie	1986	1	228	176	77.19
10.	Portugal	Salvador Sobral	Amar pelos dois	2017	1	984	758	77.03
11.	United Kingdom	Cliff Richard	Power to All Our Friends	1973	3	160	123	76.88
12.	Sweden	Loreen	Euphoria	2012	1	492	372	75.61
13.	Monaco	Severine	Un banc, un arbre, une rue	1971	1	170	128	75.29
14th	Luxembourg	Vicky Leandros	Après toi	1972	1	170	128	75.29
15th	Estonia	Tanel Padar , Dave Benton and 2XL	Everybody	2001	1	264	198	75.00
16.	France	Catherine Ferry	Un, deux, trois	1976	2	204	147	72.06
17th	Denmark	Olsen Brothers	Fly on the wings of love	2000	1	276	195	70.65
18th	Netherlands	Teach-in	Thing-a-dong	1975	1	216	152	70.37
19th	Israel	Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta	A-Ba-Ni-Bi	1978	1	228	157	68.86
20th	Ireland	Johnny Logan	Hold me now	1987	1	252	172	68.25
21st	Spain	Karina	En un mundo nuevo	1971	2	170	116	68.24
22nd	Sweden	Herreys	Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley	1984	1	216	145	67.13
23.	Austria	Conchita Wurst	Rise Like a Phoenix	2014	1	432	290	67.13
24.	United Kingdom	The New Seekers	Beg, steal or borrow	1972	2	170	114	67.06
25th	Denmark	Rollo & King	Never ever let you go	2001	2	264	177	67.05
26th	France	Marie Myriam	L'oiseau et l'enfant	1977	1	204	136	66.67
27.	Ukraine	Ruslana	Wild Dances	2004	1	420	280	66.67
28.	Ireland	Johnny Logan	What's Another Year	1980	1	216	143	66.20
29	Finland	Lordi	Hard rock hallelujah	2006	1	444	292	65.77
30th	Italy	Gigliola Cinquetti	Non ho l'età	1964	1	75	49	65.33
31.	Ireland	Niamh Kavanagh	In your eyes	1993	1	288	187	64.93
32.	Russia	Polina Gagarina	A Million Voices	2015	2	468	303	64.74
33.	United Kingdom	The Shadows	Let Me Be The One	1975	2	216	138	63.89
34.	Latvia	Marie N	I wanna	2002	1	276	176	63.77
35.	Ireland	Linda Martin	Terminal 3	1984	2	216	137	63.43
36.	Germany	Mary Roos	Only love makes us live	1972	3	170	107	62.94
37.	Serbia and Montenegro	Željko Joksimović & Ad Hoc Orchestra	Lane moje	2004	2	420	263	62.62
38.	Bulgaria	Kristian Kostow	Beautiful mess	2017	2	984	615	62.50
39.	Italy	Il Volo	Grande amore	2015	3	468	292	62.39
40.	Netherlands	Sandra and Andres	As het om deliede gaat	1972	4th	170	106	62.35
41.	Luxembourg	Corinne Hermès	Si la vie est cadeau	1983	1	228	142	62.28
42.	Sweden	Charlotte Nilsson	Take Me to Your Heaven	1999	1	264	163	61.74
43.	Denmark	Emmelie de Forest	Only teardrops	2013	1	456	281	61.62
44.	Switzerland	Daniela Simmons	Pas pour moi	1986	2	228	140	61.40
45.	Ireland	Eimear Quinn	The Voice	1996	1	264	162	61.36
46.	Israel	Ilanite	Ey sham	1973	4th	160	97	60.63
47.	Greece	Sakis Rouvas	Shake It	2004	3	420	252	60.00
48.	Israel	Dana International	diva	1998	1	288	172	59.72
49.	United Kingdom	Bucks Fizz	Making Your Mind Up	1981	1	228	136	59.65
50.	Israel	Ofra Haza	Hi	1983	2	228	136	59.65

List by points

Salvador Sobral (1st place)

Kristian Kostow (2nd place)

Jamala (3rd place)

This list shows the most successful contributions according to their number of points as of 2018. Neither the changes in the voting systems nor the number of participants are taken into account.

space	country	Interpreter	title	year	Placement in the competition	Points
1.	Portugal	Salvador Sobral	Amar pelos dois	2017	1	758
2.	Bulgaria	Kristian Kostow	Beautiful mess	2017	2	615
3.	Ukraine	Jamala	1944	2016	1	534
4th	Israel	Nice	Toy	2018	1	529
5.	Australia	Dami Im	Sound of Silence	2016	2	511
6th	Netherlands	Duncan Laurence	Arcade	2019	1	498
7th	Russia	Sergei Lazarev	You are the only one	2016	3	491
8th.	Italy	Mahmood	Soldi	2019	2	472
9.	Cyprus	Eleni Foureira	Fuego	2018	2	436
10.	Norway	Alexander Rybak	Fairytale	2009	1	387
11.	Moldova	SunStroke Project	Hey mom	2017	3	374
12.	Sweden	Loreen	Euphoria	2012	1	372
13.	Russia	Sergei Lazarev	Scream	2019	3	370
14th	Sweden	Måns Zelmerlöw	Heroes	2015	1	365
15th	Switzerland	luca Haenni	She got me	2019	4th	364
16.	Belgium	Blanche	City lights	2017	4th	363
17th	Sweden	Robin Bengtsson	I can't go on	2017	5	344
18th	Austria	Cesár Sampson	Nobody But You	2018	3	342
19th	Germany	Michael Schulte	You Let Me Walk Alone	2018	4th	340
20th	Italy	Francesco Gabbani	Occidentali's Karma	2017	6th	334
	Sweden	John Lundvik	Too Late for Love	2019	5	334
22nd	Norway	KEiiNO	Spirit in the Sky	2019	6th	331
23.	Italy	Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro	Non mi avete fatto niente	2018	5	308
24.	Bulgaria	Poli Genova	If Love Was a Crime	2016	4th	307
25th	North Macedonia	Tamara Todevska	Proud	2019	7th	305
26th	Russia	Polina Gagarina	A Million Voices	2015	2	303
27.	Azerbaijan	Cingiz	Truth	2019	8th	302
28.	Finland	Lordi	Hard rock hallelujah	2006	1	292
	Italy	Il Volo	Grande amore	2015	3	292
30th	Austria	Conchita Wurst	Rise Like a Phoenix	2014	1	290
31.	Australia	Kate Miller-Heidke	Zero gravity	2019	8th	284
32.	Romania	Ilinca feat. Alex Florea	Yodel It!	2017	7th	282
33.	Denmark	Emmelie de Forest	Only teardrops	2013	1	281
	Czech Republic	Mikolas Josef	Lie to me	2018	6th	281
35.	Ukraine	Ruslana	Wild Dances	2004	1	280
36.	Sweden	Benjamin Ingrosso	Dance You Off	2018	7th	274
37.	Russia	Dima Bilan	Believe	2008	1	272
38.	Serbia	Marija Serifović	Molitva	2007	1	268
39.	Serbia and Montenegro	Željko Joksimović	Lane Moje	2004	2	263
40.	Sweden	Frans	If I were sorry	2016	5	261
41.	Russia	Buranovsky Babushki	Party for Everybody	2012	2	259
42.	France	Amir	J'ai cherché	2016	6th	257
43.	Greece	Sakis Rouvas	Shake It	2004	3	252
44.	Armenia	Iveta Mukuchyan	LoveWave	2016	7th	249
45.	Russia	Dima Bilan	Never Let You Go	2006	2	248
46.	Germany	Lena Meyer-Landrut	Satellite	2010	1	246
47.	Estonia	Elina Netšajeva	La forza	2018	8th	245
48.	Netherlands	The Common Linnets	Calm after the storm	2014	2	238
49.	Ukraine	Verka Serduchka	Dancing Lasha Tumbai	2007	2	235
50.	Azerbaijan	Farid Mammadov	Hold me	2013	2	234

See also

• List of winners and events of the Eurovision Song Contest