Tallying all awards *and* polls, for novelists, Dan Simmons leads, having been a particular favorite of Locus Poll voters (8 wins for novels); he also won Science Fiction Chronicle's poll twice for novels, the Seiun twice for novels, and several other awards, including a Hugo and a World Fantasy Award, once each for novels.
Total Wins
| 19 |
Dan Simmons |
| 17 |
Orson Scott Card,
Robert J. Sawyer |
| 15 |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
| 14 |
Tim Powers,
Connie Willis,
Gene Wolfe |
| 13 |
Lois McMaster Bujold |
| 12 |
Neil Gaiman,
Robert A. Heinlein,
Stephen King,
Kim Stanley Robinson |
| 11 |
David Brin,
Arthur C. Clarke,
Joe Haldeman,
China Miéville |
| 10 |
Larry Niven,
Vernor Vinge |
| 9 |
Isaac Asimov,
Greg Egan,
no award,
Christopher Priest,
Neal Stephenson,
Sean Williams |
| 8 |
Iain M. Banks,
Ramsey Campbell,
William Gibson,
George R. R. Martin,
Frederik Pohl,
Terry Pratchett,
Geoff Ryman,
Peter Straub |
| 7 |
Poul Anderson,
Stephen Baxter,
Greg Bear,
Frank Herbert,
Michael Moorcock,
Garth Nix,
J. K. Rowling,
Robert Charles Wilson |
Total Nominations [Number of wins in brackets]
| 76 |
Stephen King [12] |
| 66 |
Gene Wolfe [14] |
| 59 |
Robert A. Heinlein [12] |
| 57 |
C. J. Cherryh [4] |
| 56 |
Orson Scott Card [17] |
| 53 |
Poul Anderson [7],
Robert J. Sawyer [17] |
| 52 |
Lois McMaster Bujold [13],
Ursula K. Le Guin [15],
Robert Silverberg [6] |
| 50 |
Larry Niven [10] |
| 47 |
Arthur C. Clarke [11] |
| 45 |
Greg Bear [7],
Kim Stanley Robinson [12] |
| 44 |
Dan Simmons [19] |
| 40 |
William Gibson [8],
Patricia A. McKillip [6] |
| 39 |
Frederik Pohl [8],
Tim Powers [14] |
| 38 |
Robert Charles Wilson [7] |
| 37 |
Roger Zelazny [5] |
| 36 |
Anne McCaffrey [4] |
| 35 |
David Brin [11],
Ken MacLeod [4],
Terry Pratchett [8] |
| 34 |
Stephen Baxter [7],
Sheri S. Tepper [1] |
| 33 |
Charles de Lint [3] |
| 32 |
Joe Haldeman [11],
Jack McDevitt [5],
Connie Willis [14] |
| 30 |
Tanith Lee [1],
China Miéville [11],
Peter Straub [8] |
| 27 |
Isaac Asimov [9],
Michael Bishop [4] |
| 26 |
Gregory Benford [4],
Neil Gaiman [12],
Guy Gavriel Kay [2],
Paul J. McAuley [4],
Jerry Pournelle [3],
Christopher Priest [9],
Neal Stephenson [9],
Bruce Sterling [3],
Jack Vance [2] |
Never-Winners Number of nominations without ever having won
| 23 |
John Barnes |
| 17 |
Tanya Huff |
| 14 |
Justina Robson |
| 12 |
Lisa Goldstein,
R. A. Lafferty,
Liz Williams |
| 11 |
Poppy Z. Brite,
David Eddings |
| 10 |
Kathleen Ann Goonan,
Paul Park,
Peter Watts,
Tad Williams,
Walter Jon Williams |
| 9 |
A. A. Attanasio,
Rory Barnes,
K. W. Jeter,
Dean Koontz,
Michael P. Kube-McDowell,
Wil McCarthy,
Thomas Burnett Swann,
Karen Traviss |
Total Losses Number of times nominated but lost [Number of wins in bracket]
| 64 |
Stephen King [12] |
| 53 |
C. J. Cherryh [4] |
| 52 |
Gene Wolfe [14] |
| 47 |
Robert A. Heinlein [12] |
| 46 |
Poul Anderson [7],
Robert Silverberg [6] |
| 40 |
Larry Niven [10] |
| 39 |
Lois McMaster Bujold [13],
Orson Scott Card [17] |
| 38 |
Greg Bear [7] |
| 37 |
Ursula K. Le Guin [15] |
| 36 |
Arthur C. Clarke [11],
Robert J. Sawyer [17] |
| 34 |
Patricia A. McKillip [6] |
| 33 |
Kim Stanley Robinson [12],
Sheri S. Tepper [1] |
| 32 |
William Gibson [8],
Anne McCaffrey [4],
Roger Zelazny [5] |
| 31 |
Ken MacLeod [4],
Frederik Pohl [8],
Robert Charles Wilson [7] |
| 30 |
Charles de Lint [3] |
| 29 |
Tanith Lee [1] |
| 27 |
Stephen Baxter [7],
Jack McDevitt [5],
Terry Pratchett [8] |
| 25 |
Tim Powers [14],
Dan Simmons [19] |
| 24 |
David Brin [11],
Guy Gavriel Kay [2],
Jack Vance [2] |
| 23 |
John Barnes,
Michael Bishop [4],
Jerry Pournelle [3],
Bruce Sterling [3] |
| 22 |
Gregory Benford [4],
Nancy Kress [1],
Paul J. McAuley [4],
Peter Straub [8] |
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