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Data

Compiled from the episodes and cross-checked against public records. Where sources disagree, the range is given rather than a fake-precise number.

  • Timeline — 1999 to 2007, in-universe and real-world
  • Awards — 21 Emmys from 111 nominations
  • Ratings — season by season, and the finale
  • Body Count — who dies, who orders it, who does it
  • Quotes — sourced by episode
  • Charts — visual breakdowns

The numbers everyone asks for
Episodes 86 across 6 seasons
Original run January 10, 1999 – June 10, 2007
Primetime Emmy wins 21 from 111 nominations
Outstanding Drama Series 2004 and 2007 — first cable series ever to win
Golden Globes 5 wins from 23 nominations
Peabody Awards 2 (2000, 2001)
SAG Awards 8 wins from 26 nominations
Peak episode 13.43M — season 4 premiere
Finale 11.9M — a 49% jump on the previous episode
Highest season average 10.99M — season 4
Episodes directed by David Chase 2 — the pilot and the finale
Actors in both Goodfellas and *The Sopranos* 27
Years Chase has declined to explain the ending 18 and counting

Caveats

Viewership figures are Nielsen numbers for the original HBO airing. HBO reported multiple metrics — premiere airing, same-night repeats, weekly cumulative — and different sources use different ones. Figures here are premiere-airing averages unless stated.

Body counts vary by what you count. This wiki counts named characters whose deaths are shown or explicitly reported. Off-screen and implied deaths are marked.

In-universe dates are reconstructed. The show is deliberately loose about ages and elapsed time, and there are known internal inconsistencies — most famously around Tony's and Janice's birth years.