Top 100 appearances

This page details the top 100 appearances by character in the programme's history, up to 11 December 2025.

Note: '#' in the "Year of departure" column indicates that the character is still current.

Top 100 appearances[]

#	Character	Portrayed by	Year of debut	Year of departure	Number of appearances
1	Ian Beale	Adam Woodyatt	1985	#	3683
2	Phil Mitchell	Steve McFadden	1990	#	3676
3	Sharon Watts	Letitia Dean	1985	#	2729
4	Dot Branning	June Brown	1985	2020	2280
5	Kathy Beale	Gillian Taylforth	1985	#	2272
6	Billy Mitchell	Perry Fenwick	1998	#	2240
7	Pat Evans	Pam St. Clement	1986	2016	2195
8	Martin Fowler	Jon Peyton Price (1985-1996) James Alexandrou (1996-2007) James Bye (2014-2025)	1985	2025	2096
9	Kat Moon	Jessie Wallace	2000	#	1982
10	Pauline Fowler	Wendy Richard	1985	2007	1949
11	Sonia Fowler	Natalie Cassidy	1993	2025	1938
12	Stacey Slater	Lacey Turner	2004	2025	1926
13	Denise Fox	Diane Parish	2006	#	1766
14	Peggy Mitchell	Jo Warne (1991) Barbara Windsor (1994-2016)	1991	2016	1678
15	Patrick Trueman	Rudolph Walker	2001	#	1567
16	Jack Branning	Scott Maslen	2007	#	1533
17	Shirley Carter	Linda Henry	2006	2022	1529
18	Whitney Dean	Shona McGarty	2008	2024	1509
19	Ben Mitchell	Matthew Silver (1996-1998) Morgan Whittle (1999-2001) Charlie Jones (2006-2010) Joshua Pascoe (2010-2012) Harry Reid (2014-2018) Max Bowden (2019-2025)	1996	2025	1504
20	Ricky Butcher	Sid Owen	1988	2023	1472
21	Mo Harris	Laila Morse	2000	#	1414
22	Alfie Moon	Shane Richie	2002	#	1387
23	Max Branning	Jake Wood	2006	#	1371
24	Jay Brown	Jamie Borthwick	2006	2025	1364
25	Bianca Jackson	Patsy Palmer	1993	2025	1309
26	Linda Carter	Kellie Bright	2013	#	1304
27	Mark Fowler	David Scarboro (1985-1987) Todd Carty (1990-2003)	1985	2003	1265
28	Janine Carter	Rebecca Michael (1989-1993) Alexia Demetriou (1993-1996) Charlie Brooks (1999-2022)	1989	2022	1246
29	Jean Slater	Gillian Wright	2004	#	1186
30	Mick Carter	Danny Dyer	2013	2022	1146
31	Lauren Beale	Madeline Duggan (2006-2010) Jacqueline Jossa (2010-)	2006	#	1132
32	Jane Beale	Laurie Brett	2004	2024	1108
33	Kim Fox	Tameka Empson	2009	#	1105
34	Grant Mitchell	Ross Kemp	1990	2025	1096
35	Michelle Fowler	Susan Tully (1985-1995) Jenna Russell (2016-2018)	1985	2018	1063
36	Peter Beale	Francis Brittin-Snell (1993-1996) Alex Stevens (1997-1998) Joseph Shade (1998-2004) James Martin (2004-2006) Thomas Law (2006-2010, 2023-) Ben Hardy (2013-2015) Dayle Hudson (2020-2022)	1993	#	1055
37	Carol Jackson	Lindsey Coulson	1993	2015	994
38	Robbie Jackson	Dean Gaffney	1993	2019	978
39	Honey Mitchell	Emma Barton	2005	#	977
40	Roxy Mitchell	Rita Simons	2007	2023	970
41	Arthur Fowler	Bill Treacher	1985	1996	933
42	Jim Branning	John Bardon	1996	2011	917
43	Abi Branning	Lorna Fitzgerald	2006	2018	910
44	Sam Mitchell	Danniella Westbrook (1990-2000, 2009-2016) Kim Medcalf (2002-2005, 2022-)	1990	#	841
45	Lucy Beale	Eva Brittin-Snell (1993-1996) Casey Anne Rothery (1997-2004) Melissa Suffield (2004-2010) Hetti Bywater (2012-2015) Uncredited (2019-2020)	1993	2020	840
46	Charlie Slater	Derek Martin	2000	2016	838
47	Garry Hobbs	Ricky Groves	2000	2025	815
48	Cindy Beale	Michelle Collins	1988	#	795
49	Ronnie Branning	Samantha Womack	2007	2017	777
50	Frank Butcher	Mike Reid	1987	2005	775
51	Masood Ahmed	Nitin Ganatra	2007	2019	733
52	Barry Evans	Shaun Williamson	1994	2004	724
53	Bobby Beale	Kevin Curran (2003-2007) Alex Francis (2007-2012) Rory Stroud (2013-2014) Eliot Carrington (2014-2017) Clay Milner Russell (2019-2024)	2003	2024	710
54	Chelsea Fox	Tiana Benjamin (2006-2010) Zaraah Abrahams (2020-)	2006	#	692
55	Lola Pearce-Brown	Danielle Harold	2011	2025	685
56	Tanya Cross	Jo Joyner	2006	2018	680
57	Tiffany Butcher-Baker	Maisie Smith	2008	2022	677
58	Pete Beale	Peter Dean	1985	1993	669
59	Tina Carter	Luisa Bradshaw-White	2013	2021	666
60	Karen Taylor	Lorraine Stanley	2017	2024	649
61	Callum Highway	Tony Clay	2018	#	644
62	Kush Kazemi	Davood Ghadami	2014	2021	641
63	Nigel Bates	Paul Bradley	1992	#	622
64	Roy Evans	Tony Caunter	1994	2003	617
64	Mel Owen	Tamzin Outhwaite	1998	2019	617
66	Zoe Slater	Michelle Ryan	2000	#	616
67	Vicki Fowler	Emma Herry (1986-1988) Samantha Leigh Martin (1988-1995) Scarlett Johnson (2003-2004) Alice Haig (2025-)	1986	#	602
68	Amy Branning	Kamil Lipka-Kozanka (2008-2010) Natalia Lipka-Kozanka (2008-2010) Amelie Conway (2010-2014) Abbie Burke (2014-2022) Ellie Dadd (2022-)	2008	#	594
69	Louise Mitchell	Rachel Cox (2001-2003) Danni Bennatar (2008) Brittany Papple (2010) Tilly Keeper (2016-2020)	2001	2020	584
70	Minty Peterson	Cliff Parisi	2002	2025	566
71	Tamwar Masood	Himesh Patel	2007	2016	565
72	Den Watts	Leslie Grantham	1985	2005	563
73	Lisa Fowler	Lucy Benjamin	1998	2023	561
74	Bernadette Taylor	Clair Norris	2017	2025	548
75	Little Mo Slater	Kacey Ainsworth	2000	2006	547
75	Steven Beale	Edward Farrell (1989-1990) Stuart Stevens (1992-1998) Edward Savage (1998-2002) Aaron Sidwell (2007-2017)	1989	2017	547
77	Yolande Trueman	Angela Wynter	2003	#	537
78	Bex Fowler	Alex Gonzalez (2000-2002) Vicky Gonzalez (2000-2002) Jade Sharif (2005-2007) Jasmine Armfield (2014-2025)	2000	2025	536
79	Natalie Price	Lucy Speed	1994	2004	528
80	Suki Panesar-Unwin	Balvinder Sopal	2020	#	503
81	Johnny Carter	Sam Strike (2013-2014) Ted Reilly (2016-2018) Charlie Suff (2024-)	2013	#	498
82	Liam Butcher	Sonny Bottomley (1998-1999) Jack Godolphin (1999-2000) Tom Godolphin (1999-2000) Gavin Vaughan (2002) Mitchell Vaughan (2002) Nathaniel Gleed (2002-2004) James Forde (2008-2015) Alfie Deegan (2021)	1998	2021	488
83	David Wicks	Michael French	1993	2024	472
84	Lily Slater	Alfie Duncan (2010) Poppy Crake (2010) Kennady Lacy-Breckenridge (2010) Aine Garvey (2014-2019) Lillia Turner (2020-)	2010	#	465
85	Simon Wicks	Nick Berry	1985	2012	464
86	Darren Miller	Charlie G. Hawkins	2004	2011	458
87	Zainab Khan	Nina Wadia	2007	2013	455
88	Lynne Slater	Elaine Lordan	2000	2004	452
89	Sanjay Kapoor	Deepak Verma	1993	1998	451
90	Tommy Moon	Ralfie White (2010-2015) Shane White (2010-2015) Shay Crotty (2015-2021) Sonny Kendall (2021-)	2010	#	448
91	Jamie Mitchell	Jack Ryder	1998	2002	447
92	Arthur Chubb	Ricky Norwood	2010	2023	443
93	Ruby Allen	Louisa Lytton	2005	2025	441
94	Terry Raymond	Gavin Richards	1996	2002	439
95	Mitch Baker	Roger Griffiths	2018	2023	437
96	Dean Wicks	Matt Di Angelo	2006	2024	436
97	Keegan Butcher-Baker	Zack Morris	2017	2022	435
98	Tiffany Mitchell	Martine McCutcheon	1995	1999	432
99	Zack Hudson	James Farrar	2021	#	423
100	Beppe di Marco	Michael Greco	1998	2002	413
100	Laura Beale	Hannah Waterman	2000	2004	413