List of Doctor Who writers

This is a list of those who have received a writer credit on the long-running British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. The writers are listed in order of those who wrote the most stories to those who wrote the least. The number of stories each writer has written shall be indicated next to each writer's name. With exception of the Season 17 story Shada (1980) and the Series 2 writers, writers who wrote stories that were not aired on television are not included on this list. Only writers of canonical Doctor Who stories are included.

1. Robert Holmes (18)
2. Terry Nation (11)
3. Russell T. Davies (11)
4. Bob Baker (9)
5. David Whitaker (8)
6. Malcolm Hulke (8)
7. Dave Martin (8)
8. Terrance Dicks (7)
9. Kit Pedler (6)
10. Brian Hayles (6)
11. Dennis Spooner (5)
12. John Lucarotti (4)
13. Louis Marks (4)
14. Gerry Davis (4)
15. Pip and Jane Baker (4)
16. Ian Stuart Black (3)
17. Mervyn Haisman (3)
18. Henry Lincoln (3)
19. Robert Sloman (3)*
20. Barry Letts (3)*
21. Robert Banks Stewart (3)
22. Chris Boucher (3)
23. Johnny Byrne (3)
24. Christopher H. Bidmead (3)
25. Terence Dudley (3)
26. Eric Saward (5)
27. Peter Grimwade (3)
28. Donald Cotton (2)
29. Donald Tosh (2)
30. Derrick Sherwin (2)
31. Don Houghton (2)
32. Graham Williams (2)
33. Anthony Read (2)
34. Stephen Gallagher (2)
35. Christopher Bailey (2)
36. Philip Martin (2)
37. Stephen Wyatt (2)
38. Ian Briggs (2)
39. Ben Aaronovitch (2)
40. Mark Gatiss (2)
41. Steven Moffat (2)
42. Anthony Coburn (1)
43. Peter R. Newman (1)
44. Bill Strutton (1)
45. Glyn Jones (1)
46. Elwyn Jones (1)
47. William Emms (1)
48. Geoffrey Orme (1)
49. David Ellis (1)
50. Victor Pemberton (1)
51. Peter Ling (1)
52. Trevor Ray (1)
53. Lewis Griefer (1)
54. John Flanagan (1)
55. Andrew McCulloch (1)
56. Andrew Smith (1)
57. Barbara Clegg (1)
58. Eric Pringle (1)
59. Anthony Steven (1)
60. Paula Woolsey (1)
61. Ian Levine (1)
62. Glen McCoy (1)
63. Malcolm Kohll (1)
64. Graeme Curry (1)
65. Kevin Clarke (1)
66. Marc Platt (1)
67. Rona Munro (1)
68. Matthew Jacobs (1)
69. Robert Shearman (1)
70. Paul Cornell (1)
71. Toby Whithouse (1)
72. Tom MacRae (1)
73. Matt Jones (1)
74. Matthew Graham (1)