Consider the honor of hosting Saturday Night Live an audition to return. To host SNL once you need only be famous or having a moment, but to land the gig again, you have to sail through the night, nail the timing and roll with the punches—because the punches do come. The celebrities with the most repeat appearances over the show's 42 seasons are Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin, who both became members of the show's "Five Timer's Club" in the 90s. So who’s the host with the most appearances and who are the surprising regulars?
See how many times 14 of SNL’s most frequent hosts of all time took the reins at Studio 8H below.
Alec Baldwin
16 appearances as host
Steve Martin
15 appearances as host
John Goodman
13 appearances as host
Buck Henry
10 appearances as host
Chevy Chase
8 appearances as host
Tom Hanks
9 appearances as host
Christopher Walken
7 appearances as host
Drew Barrymore
6 appearances as host
Danny DeVito
6 appearances as host
Elliott Gould
6 appearances as host
Justin Timberlake
5 appearances as host
Ben Affleck
5 appearances as host
Candice Bergen
5 appearances as host
Bill Murray
5 appearances as host