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
![Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/snl-hosts-01.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
16 appearances as host
Steve Martin
![Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/snl-hosts-02.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
15 appearances as host
John Goodman
![Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/snl-hosts-03.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
13 appearances as host
Buck Henry
![Saturday Night Live - Season 4 Saturday Night Live - Season 4](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/snl-hosts-04.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
10 appearances as host
Chevy Chase
![Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/snl-hosts-05.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
8 appearances as host
Tom Hanks
![Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/snl-hosts-06.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
9 appearances as host
Christopher Walken
![Saturday Night Live - Seasn 15 Saturday Night Live - Seasn 15](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/snl-hosts-07.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
7 appearances as host
Drew Barrymore
![Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/snl-hosts-08.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
6 appearances as host
Danny DeVito
![Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/snl-hosts-09.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
6 appearances as host
Elliott Gould
![Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/snl-hosts-10.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
6 appearances as host
Justin Timberlake
![Saturday Night Live - Season 38 Saturday Night Live - Season 38](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/snl-hosts-11.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
5 appearances as host
Ben Affleck
![Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/snl-hosts-12.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
5 appearances as host
Candice Bergen
![Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/snl-hosts-13.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
5 appearances as host
Bill Murray
![Saturday Night Live - Season 5 Saturday Night Live - Season 5](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/snl-hosts-14.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
5 appearances as host
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