History Recap / Taskmaster

# '''[[Recap/TaskmasterSeriesSeventeen Series 17]]''': ''10 episodes, first UK broadcast 28/03/2024-30/05/2024. Contestants will be:''

** Joanne [=McNally=], John Robins, Nick Mohamed, Sophie Willan and Steve Pemberton

*** Winner: [[spoiler: Josh Widdicombe]]

*** Winner: [[spoiler: Katherine Ryan]]

*** Winner: [[spoiler: Rob Beckett]]

*** Winner: [[spoiler: Noel Fielding]]

*** Winner: [[spoiler: Bob Mortimer]]

** [[spoiler: Josh Widdicombe (Series 1), Katherine Ryan (Series 2), Rob Beckett (Series 3), Noel Fielding (Series 4), Bob Mortimer (Series 5)]]
*** Winner: [[spoiler: Josh Widdicombe]]

*** Winner: [[spoiler: Liza Tarbuck]]

*** Winner: [[spoiler: Kerry Godliman]]

*** Winner: [[spoiler: Lou Sanders]]

*** Winner: [[spoiler: Ed Gamble]]

*** Winner: [[spoiler: Richard Herring]]

*** Winner: [[spoiler: Shirley Ballas]]

*** Winner: [[spoiler: Sarah Kendall]]

*** Winner: [[spoiler: Morgana Robinson]]

*** Winner: [[spoiler: Adrian Chiles]]

*** Winner: [[spoiler: Sophie Duker]]

** [[spoiler: Liza Tarbuck (Series 6), Kerry Godliman (Series 7), Lou Sanders (Series 8), Ed Gamble (Series 9), Richard Herring (Series 10)]]
*** Winner: [[spoiler: Richard Herring]]

*** Winner: [[spoiler: Dara Ó Briain]]

*** Winner: [[spoiler: Sir Mo Farah]]

*** Winner: [[spoiler: Mae Martin]]

*** Winner: [[spoiler: Sam Campbell]]

*** Winner: [[spoiler: Lenny Rush]]

** [[spoiler: Sarah Kendall (Series 11), Morgana Robinson (Series 12), Sophie Duker (Series 13), Dara Ó Briain (Series 14), Kiell Smith-Bynoe (runner-up of Series 15, due to series champion Mae Martin being unable to participate)]]
*** Winner: [[spoiler: Dara Ó Briain]]

** Creator/ArdalOHanlon, Bridget Christie, Chris Ramsey, Judi Love and Sophie Duker

=44. Kiell Smith-Bynoe (158 points, 10 episodes, ''15.8 points per episode'')\\

#'''Dara Ó Briain''' (184 points)[[note]]Dara earned 22 points in the third Champion of Champions, which would bring his score to 206 points, securing his first place position[[/note]]

** Ardal O'Hanlon, Bridget Christie, Chris Ramsey, Judi Love and Sophie Duker

* As of Series 16, twelve series champions (Josh, Katherine, Noel, Bob, Liza, Lou, Ed, Sarah, Morgana, Sophie, Dara, Mae, and Sam) have been in the three-person team for team tasks, while only three series champions (Rob, Kerry and Richard) have been in the two-person team.

* Josh Widdicombe, Liza Tarbuck, and Richard Herring are to date the only participants in a Champion of Champions episode to be seated in the same chair that they occupied during the main series they competed in. Though their Champion of Champions has not aired yet, Dara Ó Briain and Sophie Duker will also sit in the same chairs. Mae Martin would have been the first contestant to move more than one chair away from their original main series chair, moving from fifth seat to second seat; every other contestant has been in or adjacent to their original seat. By a weird coincidence, Kiell Smith-Bynoe will be sitting in the same seat Mae would have had; in fact, the champions' seating positions in Champion of Champions III were known even before the S15 winner was revealed, as every S15 contestant's name came alphabetically after Dara and before Morgana, Sarah, and Sophie. Kiell (who was in fourth seat, to Mae's fifth seat) will also be moving more than one seat.

#Dara Ó Briain (184 points, 10 episodes, ''18.4 points per episode'')
#Liza Tarbuck (181 points, 10 episodes, ''18.1 points per episode'')
#Kerry Godliman (176 points, 10 episodes, ''17.6 points per episode'') and Noel Fielding (176 points, 10 episodes including ''CC'', ''17.6 points per episode'')

#Sophie Duker (173 points, 10 episodes, ''17.3 points per episode'')

#Morgana Robinson (168 points, 10 episodes, ''16.8 points per episode'')

#Lou Sanders (164 points, 10 episodes, ''16.4 points per episode'')

#Bob Mortimer (162 points, 10 episodes including ''CC'', ''16.2 points per episode'') and Richard Herring (162 points, 10 episodes, ''16.2 points per episode'')

#Sarah Kendall (158 points, 10 episodes, ''15.8 points per episode'')

* '''2 episodes''' each have been named by Roisin Conaty, Jon Richardson, Aisling Bea, Johnny Vegas, Guz Khan, Dara Ó Briain, John Kearns, Julian Clary, and Lucy Beaumont
* '''1 episode''' each has been named by Tim Key, Richard Osman, Joe Wilkinson, Paul Chowdhry, Hugh Dennis, Lolly Adefope, Sally Phillips, Alice Levine, Asim Chaudhry, Tim Vine, Phil Wang, Paul Sinha, Sian Gibson, David Baddiel, Ed Gamble, Jo Brand, Katy Wix, Daisy May Cooper, Mawaan Rizwan, Sarah Kendall, Desiree Burch, Adrian Chiles, Bridget Christie, Sarah Millican, Carol Vorderman, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Mae Martin, and Susan Wokoma

* To date, thirty-three main series contestants have never named an episode. This includes nine champions, and both Champion of Champions winners. Adrian Chiles is the only New Year's Treat episode winner to date to name his episode.

* Bob Mortimer and Liza Tarbuck are the only contestants to name an episode outside of the main series that they appeared in, having each named a Champion of Champions episode ("I've Sinned Again" and "The Alpine Darling", respectively). Bob is also the only participant in the first Champion of Champions (and thus the only champion of the first five series) to name at least one episode.

* 1 episode: Shirley Ballas ([=NYT1=]), Adrian Chiles ([=NYT2=]), Sir Mo Farah ([=NYT3=]), Lenny Rush ([=NYT4=]), Richard Herring ([=CoC=] 2), ''Katherine Ryan'' ([=CoC=])[[note]]episode 1[[/note]], Josh Widdicombe ([=CoC=])[[note]]episode 2[[/note]].
* 0 episodes: Steve Backshall ([=NYT4=]), Zoe Ball ([=NYT4=]), Rob Beckett ([=CoC=]), Rylan Clark-Neal ([=NYT1=]), Nicola Coughlan ([=NYT1=]), Amelia Dimoldenberg ([=NYT3=]), Noel Fielding ([=CoC=]), Ed Gamble ([=CoC=] 2), Kerry Godliman ([=CoC=] 2), Krishnan Guru-Murthy ([=NYT1=]), John Hannah ([=NYT1=]), Lady Leshurr ([=NYT2=]), Greg James ([=NYT3=]), Deborah Meaden ([=NYT4=]), Bob Mortimer ([=CoC=]), Jonnie Peacock / Alan Davies ([=NYT2=]), Kojey Radical ([=NYT4=]), Lou Sanders ([=CoC=] 2), Liza Tarbuck ([=CoC=] 2), Rebecca Lucy Taylor ([=NYT3=]), Carol Vorderman ([=NYT3=]), Baroness Sayeeda Warsi ([=NYT2=]), Claudia Winkleman ([=NYT2=])

* Of series champions who participated since Series 6, Liza Tarbuck, Morgana Robinson and Sam Campbell have failed to win three or more episodes. Richard Herring holds the record for most episode wins at 6, including his run of Champion of Champions. Guz Khan has won the most episodes (4) without winning his series. The longest winning streak is 3 episodes, which has occurred twice (Richard Herring in Series 10, episodes 8 to 10; and Kiell Smith-Bynoe in Series 15, episodes 7 to 9).

* It isn't until Series 14 in which a contestant earns the maximum points by winning every single task. Dara Ó Briain won 5 tasks (including a two-part task where each part was scored from 1-5 separately) and also earned bonus points in "Enormous Hugeness." The next closest to accomplishing this is Joe Thomas in Series 8's "This Is Trevor", who won/joint won every task but the prize task (in which he came joint second) for a score of 24 points. The third closest to almost win a perfect episode are all in Series 13 - Chris Ramsey in "The Noise That Blue Makes", Bridget Christie in "I Think I've Got This," and Sophie Duker in "Heg," who all were just 2 points off of the maximum available in their episodes (23 out of 25, 25 out of 27, and 28 out of 30, respectively); in each case they got full marks in all but two tasks. Next closest is Adrian Chiles in the second New Year Treat, who won all tasks except the prize task and the live task (in which he came third and second respectively) for a score of 22 points. Of main series contestants, Charlotte Ritchie is next due to her performance in Series 11's "Mr Octopus and Pottyhands"; she won the first three tasks, came second in the third, and then came joint last in the live task for a score of 20 points. She is tied with Sue Perkins in "Fagin at the Disco", who won four tasks but got disqualified in the other one to score 20 points as well.[[note]]Indeed, had she not been disqualified, Sue would have won that task as well and matched Dara's perfect episode.[[/note]] Following her is Josh Widdicombe in Series 1's "The Poet and the Egg", who won 22 out of 30 points and came first in all but the prize task (2 points) and first task (disqualified).

#Mae Martin - 189 points[[note]]Mae did not participate in the third Champion of Champions directly due to other commitments, but Kiell Smith-Bynoe participated in their place and earned 15 points. If the points he earned were added to his tally instead, Mae would be in ninth place on this list with 174 points[[/note]]

* Dara Ó Briain has won the most points of any champion (184), while Richard Herring has won the most episodes (six including Champion of Champions).

* Of the champions, eight of them (Josh Widdicombe, Katherine Ryan, Rob Beckett, Lou Sanders, Ed Gamble, Dara Ó Briain, Mae Martin, and Sam Campbell) have never placed last in an episode in their series. However, Gamble did place last in his Champion of Champions special.
* Richard Herring, Sarah Kendall, and Sophie Duker are the only champions to have placed last more than once (Herring with joint 4th in "Toshwash" and 5th in "Legit Glass"; Kendall with joint 4th in "Slap and Tong" and "Activate Jamali"; Duker with 5th in "Birdy Hand Finger" and joint 3rd in "Shoe Who").

* As of November 2023, five series have been won by the contestant sitting in the fifth seat (Noel [4], Richard [10], Sarah [11], Sophie [13], and Mae [15]), four series have been won by the contestant sitting on the third seat (Liza [6], Kerry [7], Lou [8], and Sam [16]), and three series each have been won by the contestant sitting on the the second (Josh [1], Bob [5], and Ed [9]) and fourth seats (Katherine [2], Rob [3], and Morgana [12])[[note]]that is, the contestant whose first name is either second, third, fourth, or fifth in alphabetical order respectively[[/note]]. Dara Ó Briain [14] is the only main series contestant who has won their series from the first seat; if one-offs are included, however, then the "first seat" curse was finally broken in the second New Year Treat episode, which was won by Adrian Chiles. If one-offs and specials are counted, then the contestants on the second seat (Josh [Champion of Champions]) and on the fourth seats (Sir Mo Farah [2023 New Year Treat]) have each won four times, contestants on the third seat (Lenny Rush [2024 New Year Treat]) have won five times, and contestants on the fifth seat (Shirley Ballas [2021 New Year Treat], Richard [Champion of Champions II]) have won a whopping seven times.

* It was announced in December 2023 that Mae Martin is unable to participate in [=CoC=] 3 due to scheduling problems, and that Kiell Smith-Bynoe is participating in their place. There has been no indication yet whether Kiell will be "officially" competing in his own right or on Mae's behalf for purposes of point attribution/being considered Champion of Champions in the event of a win, or whether this won't be addressed at all and will be left to the viewers and statisticians to quibble about.

* Of the contestants to occupy the top ten places for highest scores overall (including joint-placers - fifteen people in total), four are from Series 7 (Kerry Godliman, Jessica Knappett, Rhod Gilbert and James Acaster), two are from Series 12 (Morgana Robinson, Guz Khan), Series 13 (Sophie Duker and Chris Ramsey) and Series 14 (Dara Ó Briain and Sarah Millican), three are from Series 6 (Liza Tarbuck, Tim Vine, and Russell Howard), and one each is from Series 9 (Ed Gamble) and series 15 (Mae Martin). Eight are men, six are women, one is non-binary, and two are from a non-caucasian ethnic background (Guz Khan and Sophie Duker). Three were born outside of the UK (Morgana Robinson, Dara Ó Briain, and Mae Martin), though Morgana was raised in the UK. Seven were the champions of their respective series, five were the second-place runners up, two came third, and one came fourth.
* If Champion of Champions scores are factored in, then the top five positions in the leaderboard would all be occupied by champions -- Liza Tarbuck, Kerry Godliman, Ed Gamble and Richard Herring (in joint third), Noel Fielding and Lou Sanders. Noel Fielding would be the only contestant from a series with less than ten episodes to appear, and Richard Herring would be the only champion from a series made by Channel 4 to appear.

'''4. Katherine Ryan (129 points, 7 episodes including ''CC'', ''18.43 points per episode'')'''\\
'''5. Dara Ó Briain (184 points, 10 episodes, ''18.4 points per episode'')'''\\

'''10. Rob Beckett (123 points, 7 episodes including ''CC'', ''17.57 points per episode'')'''\\
11. Jessica Knappett (175 points, 10 episodes, ''17.5 points per episode'')\\
=12. Tim Vine (175 points, 10 episodes, ''17.5 points per episode'')\\
13. Sarah Millican (174 points, 10 episodes, ''17.4 points per episode'')\\
=14 '''Mae Martin''' (174 points, 10 episodes, ''17.4 points per episode'')\\
'''15. Sophie Duker''' (173 points, 10 episodes, ''17.3 points per episode'')\\
16. Richard Osman (86 points, 5 episodes, ''17.2 points per episode'')\\

'''22. Morgana Robinson (168 points, 10 episodes, ''16.8 points per episode'')'''\\

'''=44. Sarah Kendall (158 points, 10 episodes, ''15.8 points per episode'')'''\\
=45. Kiell Smith-Bynoe (158 points, 10 episodes, ''15.8 points per episode'')\\
46. Aisling Bea (126 points, 8 episodes, ''15.75 points per episode'')\\
47. Bridget Christie (157 points, 10 episodes, ''15.7 points per episode'')\\

#Dara Ó Briain - 184 points [X]

#Mae Martin - 174 points[X]
#Sophie Duker - 173 points[X]

#Morgana Robinson - 168 points[X]

#Sarah Kendall - 158 points[X]

#'''Dara Ó Briain''' (184 points)
#'''Liza Tarbuck''' (181 points)[[note]]Liza earned 14 points in the second Champion of Champions, which would bring her score to 195 points. This would put her back in first place.[[/note]]
#'''Kerry Godliman''' (176 points)[[note]]Kerry earned 12 points in the second Champion of Champions, which would bring her score to 188 points. This would put her back in second place.[[/note]]

#Sarah Millican and '''Mae Martin''' (174 points)
#'''Sophie Duker''' (173 points)

#'''Morgana Robinson''' (168 points)
#'''Ed Gamble''', Rhod Gilbert, and Guz Khan (167 points)[[note]]Ed Gamble earned 11 points in the second Champion of Champions, which would bring his score to 178. With the other C of C contestants factored in, this would move him to fifth place[[/note]]

#'''Lou Sanders''' (164 points)[[note]]Lou earned 12 points in the second Champion of Champions, which would bring her score to 176. With the other C of C participants factored in, this would bring her score to joint sixth place with Noel Fielding.[[/note]]
#'''Richard Herring''' (162 points)[[note]]Richard earned 17 points in the second Champion of Champions, which would bring his score to 179. With the other C of C participants factored in, this would bring him to fourth place [[/note]]

#Katy Wix, Daisy May Cooper, '''Sarah Kendall''' and Kiell Smith-Bynoe (158 points)

#'''Noel Fielding'''*, Fern Brady and John Kearns (144 points)[[note]]Noel earned 32 points in the Champion of Champions, which would bring his score to 176 points. With the other C of C participants factored in, he would be in joint sixth place with Lou Sanders.[[/note]]

# '''[[Recap/TaskmasterChampionOfChampions Champion of Champions 1]]''': ''A two-episode Christmas Special, first UK broadcast 13/12/2017-20/12/2017, featuring the winning contestants of the first five series. Contestants provided in spoilers:''

%%# '''[[Recap/TaskmasterChampionOfChampions Champion of Champions 3]]''': ''A one-episode special, first UK broadcast 14/01/2024, featuring the winning contestants of Series 11 through 15. Contestants provided in spoilers:''
%%** [[spoiler: Sarah Kendall (Series 11), Morgana Robinson (Series 12), Sophie Duker (Series 13), Dara Ó Briain (Series 14), Kiell Smith-Bynoe (runner-up of Series 15, due to series champion Mae Martin being unable to participate)]]

* On 48 (arguably 49) occasions the winner of the prize task -- the very first task of the show -- has gone on to win the episode[[note]]Tim Key ([=S1E6=]), Richard Osman ([=S2E5=]), Noel Fielding ([=S4E1=]), Lolly Adefope ([=S4E6=]), Sally Phillips ([=S5E2=]), Bob Mortimer ([=S5E3=]), Russell Howard ([=S6E4=] and 7), Tim Vine ([=S6E6=]), Asim Chaudhry ([=S6E10=]), Jessica Knappett ([=S7E5=]), Rhod Gilbert ([=S7E8=]), Sian Gibson ([=S8E4=]), Iain Stirling ([=S8E5=] and 10), Paul Sinha ([=S8E8=]), Lou Sanders ([=S8E9=]), Ed Gamble ([=S9E6=]), David Baddiel ([=S9E9=]), Richard Herring ([=S10E5=], 8 and 9), Mawaan Rizwan ([=S10E6=]), Shirley Ballas (New Year Treat 2021), Sarah Kendall ([=S11E4=]), Jamali Maddix ([=S11E6=]), Lee Mack ([=S11E7=]; in E8 he tied all the other contestants, but they were only given 3 points each), Charlotte Ritchie ([=S11E9=]), Guz Khan ([=S12E2=] and 5), Desiree Burch ([=S12E3=]), Alan Davies ([=S12E4=]), Victoria Coren Mitchell ([=S12E7=]), Ardal O'Hanlon ([=S13E4=]), and Bridget Christie ([=S13E8=] tied with Sophie Duker), Dara Ó Briain ([=S14E2=]), John Kearns ([=S14E3=] and 5), Sarah Millican ([=S14E4=] and 6), Fern Brady ([=S14E9=] tied with Dara and Sarah, but they were only given three points each), Mae Martin ([=S15E1=]), Kiell Smith-Bynoe ([=S15E9=]), Sue Perkins ([=S16E2] and 9), Sam Campbell ([=S16E3=]), Julian Clary ([=S16E10=], Lenny Rush (New Year Treat 2024)[[/note]]. 39 contestants have achieved this. Series 3 is the only main season where this has not occurred at least once, though it also did not occur during the first Champion of Champions. Nine series champions (Noel Fielding, Bob Mortimer, Lou Sanders, Ed Gamble, Richard Herring, Sarah Kendall, Dara Ó Briain, Mae Martin, and Sam Campbell) have accomplished this. For 12 contestants (Tim Key, Noel Fielding, Lolly Adefope, Asim Chaudhry, Jessica Knappett, David Baddiel, Mawaan Rizwan, Shirley Ballas, Jamali Maddix, Victoria Coren Mitchell, and Fern Brady) this was also the only episode they won in the series, though in Shirley's case she only participated in a one-off special. Seven contestants (Russell Howard, Iain Stirling, Richard Herring, Guz Khan, John Kearns, Sarah Millican, and Sue Perkins) have accomplished this more than once,[[note]]arguably Lee Mack did too -- see above[[/note]]; Richard is the only series champion to do so, and John Kearns is the only contestant to do so in every episode he won. Series 8 holds the current record for most joint prize-episode wins (5) while Richard Herring holds the individual record (3). Rhod Gilbert, Bridget Christie, and Fern Brady are the only contestants to accomplish this while being the joint-winner of the prize task in the relevant episode[[note]]arguably Lee Mack did too -- see above[[/note]]. Series 8, 11, 12, and 14 had four contestants all accomplish the feat. Five series finales -- Series 1, 2, 6, 8, and 16 -- have ended in this fashion, but to date no series champion has won the series finale in this manner.

* 1 episode: Shirley Ballas ([=NYT1=]), Adrian Chiles ([=NYT2=]), Sir Mo Farah ([=NYT3=]), Richard Herring ([=CoC=] 2), ''Katherine Ryan'' ([=CoC=])[[note]]episode 1[[/note]], Josh Widdicombe ([=CoC=])[[note]]episode 2[[/note]].
* 0 episodes: Rob Beckett ([=CoC=]), Rylan Clark-Neal ([=NYT1=]), Nicola Coughlan ([=NYT1=]), Amelia Dimoldenberg ([=NYT3=]), Noel Fielding ([=CoC=]), Ed Gamble ([=CoC=] 2), Kerry Godliman ([=CoC=] 2), Krishnan Guru-Murthy ([=NYT1=]), John Hannah ([=NYT1=]), Lady Leshurr ([=NYT2=]), Greg James ([=NYT3=]), Bob Mortimer ([=CoC=]), Jonnie Peacock / Alan Davies ([=NYT2=]), Lou Sanders ([=CoC=] 2), Liza Tarbuck ([=CoC=] 2), Rebecca Lucy Taylor ([=NYT3=]), Carol Vorderman ([=NYT3=]), Baroness Sayeeda Warsi ([=NYT2=]), Claudia Winkleman ([=NYT2=])

* 15 episodes have ended with 2 contestants in joint-fourth place. 2 episodes have ended with 3 contestants in joint-third place, both of which were consecutive episodes in Series 13.
* On 47 (arguably 48) occasions the winner of the prize task -- the very first task of the show -- has gone on to win the episode[[note]]Tim Key ([=S1E6=]), Richard Osman ([=S2E5=]), Noel Fielding ([=S4E1=]), Lolly Adefope ([=S4E6=]), Sally Phillips ([=S5E2=]), Bob Mortimer ([=S5E3=]), Russell Howard ([=S6E4=] and 7), Tim Vine ([=S6E6=]), Asim Chaudhry ([=S6E10=]), Jessica Knappett ([=S7E5=]), Rhod Gilbert ([=S7E8=]), Sian Gibson ([=S8E4=]), Iain Stirling ([=S8E5=] and 10), Paul Sinha ([=S8E8=]), Lou Sanders ([=S8E9=]), Ed Gamble ([=S9E6=]), David Baddiel ([=S9E9=]), Richard Herring ([=S10E5=], 8 and 9), Mawaan Rizwan ([=S10E6=]), Shirley Ballas (New Year Treat 2020), Sarah Kendall ([=S11E4=]), Jamali Maddix ([=S11E6=]), Lee Mack ([=S11E7=]; in E8 he tied all the other contestants, but they were only given 3 points each), Charlotte Ritchie ([=S11E9=]), Guz Khan ([=S12E2=] and 5), Desiree Burch ([=S12E3=]), Alan Davies ([=S12E4=]), Victoria Coren Mitchell ([=S12E7=]), Ardal O'Hanlon ([=S13E4=]), and Bridget Christie ([=S13E8=] tied with Sophie Duker), Dara Ó Briain ([=S14E2=]), John Kearns ([=S14E3=] and 5), Sarah Millican ([=S14E4=] and 6), Fern Brady ([=S14E9=] tied with Dara and Sarah, but they were only given three points each), Mae Martin ([=S15E1=]), Kiell Smith-Bynoe ([=S15E9=]), Sue Perkins ([=S16E2] and 9), Sam Campbell ([=S16E3=]), Julian Clary ([=S16E10=])[[/note]]. 39 contestants have achieved this. Series 3 is the only main season where this has not occurred at least once, though it also did not occur during the first Champion of Champions. Nine series champions (Noel Fielding, Bob Mortimer, Lou Sanders, Ed Gamble, Richard Herring, Sarah Kendall, Dara Ó Briain, Mae Martin, and Sam Campbell) have accomplished this. For 12 contestants (Tim Key, Noel Fielding, Lolly Adefope, Asim Chaudhry, Jessica Knappett, David Baddiel, Mawaan Rizwan, Shirley Ballas, Jamali Maddix, Victoria Coren Mitchell, and Fern Brady) this was also the only episode they won in the series, though in Shirley's case she only participated in a one-off special. Seven contestants (Russell Howard, Iain Stirling, Richard Herring, Guz Khan, John Kearns, Sarah Millican, and Sue Perkins) have accomplished this more than once,[[note]]arguably Lee Mack did too -- see above[[/note]]; Richard is the only series champion to do so, and John Kearns is the only contestant to do so in every episode he won. Series 8 holds the current record for most joint prize-episode wins (5) while Richard Herring holds the individual record (3). Rhod Gilbert, Bridget Christie, and Fern Brady are the only contestants to accomplish this while being the joint-winner of the prize task in the relevant episode[[note]]arguably Lee Mack did too -- see above[[/note]]. Series 8, 11, 12, and 14 had four contestants all accomplish the feat. Five series finales -- Series 1, 2, 6, 8, and 16 -- have ended in this fashion, but to date no series champion has won the series finale in this manner.

* As of November 2023, five series have been won by the contestant sitting in the fifth seat (Noel [4], Richard [10], Sarah [11], Sophie [13], and Mae [15]), four series have been won by the contestant sitting on the third seat third (Liza [6], Kerry [7] Lou [8], and Sam [16]), and three series each have been won by the contestant sitting on the the second (Josh [1], Bob [5], and Ed [9]) and fourth seats (Katherine [2], Rob [3], and Morgana [12])[[note]]that is, the contestant whose first name is either second, third, fourth, or fifth in alphabetical order respectively[[/note]]. Dara Ó Briain [14] is the only main series contestant who has won their series from the first seat; if one-offs are included, however, then the "first seat" curse was finally broken in the second New Year Treat episode, which was won by Adrian Chiles. If one-offs and specials are counted, then the contestants on the second seat (Josh [Champion of Champions]) and on the fourth seats (Sir Mo Farah [2023 New Year Treat]) have each won four times, and contestants on the fifth seat (Shirley Ballas [2021 New Year Treat], Richard [Champion of Champions II]) have won a whopping seven times.

# '''[[Recap/TaskmasterNewYearTreatsAndOneOffs Taskmaster New Year Treat 2020]]''': ''a one-off New Year special, first UK broadcast 01/01/2021. Contestants were:''

# '''[[Recap/TaskmasterNewYearTreatsAndOneOffs Taskmaster New Year Treat 2021]]''': ''a one-off New Year special, first UK broadcast 01/01/2022. Contestants were:''

# '''[[Recap/TaskmasterNewYearTreatsAndOneOffs Taskmaster New Year Treat 2022]]''': ''a one-off New Year special, first UK broadcast 01/01/2023. Contestants were:''

# '''[[Recap/TaskmasterNewYearTreatsAndOneOffs Taskmaster New Year Treat 2023]]''': ''a one-off New Year special, first UK broadcast 02/01/2024. Contestants were:''

%%** [[spoiler: Sarah Kendall (Series 11), Morgana Robinson (Series 12), Sophie Duker (Series 13), Dara Ó Briain (Series 14), Mae Martin (Series 15)]]

The information in the following folders contains unmarked spoilers up to Series 15. '''If you haven't yet seen these series in their entirety, you are advised to watch them before opening the folders. Consider yourself warned.'''

#'''Liza Tarbuck''' (181 points)[[note]]Liza earned 14 points in the second Champion of Champions, which would bring her score to 195 points. This would put her back in first place, at least until the third Champion of Champions has aired.[[/note]]
#'''Kerry Godliman''' (176 points)[[note]]Kerry earned 12 points in the second Champion of Champions, which would bring her score to 188 points. This would put her back in second place, at least until the third Champion of Champions has aired.[[/note]]

#Katy Wix, Daisy May Cooper, '''Sarah Kendall''' and Kiell-Smith Bynoe (158 points)

=45. Kiell Bynoe-Smith (158 points, 10 episodes, ''15.8 points per episode'')\\

'''3. Lenny Rush (19 points, 1 episode, 19 points per episode'')'''\\

%%NOTE: This folder needs to be updated to reflect Series 15 and 16 data. Remove this note when completed.

'''X. Lenny Rush (19 points, 1 episode, 19 points per episode'')'''\\
'''3. Katherine Ryan (129 points, 7 episodes including ''CC'', ''18.43 points per episode'')'''\\
'''4. Dara Ó Briain (184 points, 10 episodes, ''18.4 points per episode'')'''\\
5. Jon Richardson (90 points, 5 episodes, ''18 points per episode'')\\
=X. Steve Backshall (18 points, 1 episode, ''18 points per episode'')\\
'''6. Liza Tarbuck (195 points, 11 episodes including ''CC'', ''17.7 points per episode'')'''\\
'''7. Noel Fielding (176 points, 10 episodes including ''CC'', ''17.6 points per episode'')'''\\
'''8. Rob Beckett (123 points, 7 episodes including ''CC'', ''17.57 points per episode'')'''\\
9. Jessica Knappett (175 points, 10 episodes, ''17.5 points per episode'')\\
=10. Tim Vine (175 points, 10 episodes, ''17.5 points per episode'')\\
11. Sarah Millican (174 points, 10 episodes, ''17.4 points per episode'')\\
=XX '''Mae Martin''' (174 points, 10 episodes, ''17.4 points per episode'')\\
'''12. Sophie Duker''' (173 points, 10 episodes, ''17.3 points per episode'')\\
13. Richard Osman (86 points, 5 episodes, ''17.2 points per episode'')\\
'''14. Kerry Godliman (188 points, 11 episodes including ''CC'', ''17.1 points per episode'')'''\\
15. Joe Lycett (136 points, 8 episodes, ''17 points per episode'')\\
=16. Russell Howard (170 points, 10 episodes, ''17 points per episode'')\\
'''=17. Shirley Ballas (17 points, 1 episode, ''17 points per episode'')'''\\
=18. Chris Ramsey (170 points, 10 episodes, ''17 points per episode'')\\
'''19. Morgana Robinson (168 points, 10 episodes, ''16.8 points per episode'')'''\\
20. Mel Giedroyc (134 points, 8 episodes, ''16.75 points per episode'')\\
=21. Rhod Gilbert (167 points, 10 episodes, ''16.7 points per episode'')\\
=22. Guz Khan (167 points, 10 episodes, ''16.7 points per episode'')\\
23. James Acaster (165 points, 10 episodes, ''16.5 points per episode'')\\
'''24. Josh Widdicombe (131 points, 8 episodes including ''CC'', ''16.38 points per episode'')'''\\
'''25. Richard Herring (179 points, 11 episodes including ''CC'', ''16.27 points per episode'')'''\\
26. Mark Watson (130 points, 8 episodes, ''16.25 points per episode'')\\
=27. Sally Phillips (130 points, 8 episodes, ''16.25 points per episode'')\\
'''28. Bob Mortimer (162 points, 10 episodes including ''CC'', ''16.2 points per episode'')'''\\
=29. Dave Gorman (81 points, 5 episodes, ''16.2 points per episode'')\\
'''30. Ed Gamble (178 points, 11 episodes including ''CC'', ''16.18 points per episode'')'''\\
31. Hugh Dennis (129 points, 8 episodes, ''16.13 points per episode'')\\
32. Alan Davies (161 points, 10 episodes, ''16.1 points per episode'')\\
=33. Desiree Burch (161 points, 10 episodes, ''16.1 points per episode)''\\
'''=XX. Sam Campbell (161 points, 10 episodes, ''16.1 points per episode'')'''\\
'''34. Lou Sanders (176 points, 11 episodes, ''16 points per episode'')'''\\
=35. Al Murray (80 points, 5 episodes, ''16 points per episode'')\\
36. Asim Chaudhry (159 points, 10 episodes, ''15.9 points per episode'')\\
=37. Rose Matafeo (159 points, 10 episodes, ''15.9 points per episode'')\\
38. Daisy May Cooper (158 points, 10 episodes, ''15.8 points per episode'')\\
=39. Katy Wix (158 points, 10 episodes, ''15.8 points per episode'')\\
'''=40. Sarah Kendall (158 points, 10 episodes, ''15.8 points per episode'')'''\\
=XX. Kiell Bynoe-Smith (158 points, 10 episodes, ''15.8 points per episode'')\\
41. Aisling Bea (126 points, 8 episodes, ''15.75 points per episode'')\\
42. Bridget Christie (157 points, 10 episodes, ''15.7 points per episode'')\\
43. Lolly Adefope (125 points, 8 episodes, ''15.63 points per episode'')\\
44. Doc Brown (78 points, 5 episodes, ''15.6 points per episode'')\\
=45. Iain Stirling (156 points, 10 episodes, ''15.6 points per episode'')\\
46. Frank Skinner (93 points, 6 episodes, ''15.5 points per episode'')\\
=47. Romesh Ranganathan (93 points, 6 episodes, ''15.5 points per episode'')\\
=XX. Julian Clary (155 points, 10 episodes, ''15.5 points per episode'')\\
48. Jo Brand (154 points, 10 episodes, ''15.4 points per episode'')\\
=49. Mike Wozniak (154 points, 10 episodes, ''15.4 points per episode'')\\
50. Ardal O'Hanlon (153 points, 10 episodes, ''15.3 points per episode'')\\
51. Alice Levine (152 points, 10 episodes, ''15.2 points per episode'')\\
=XX. Jenny Eclair (152 points, 10 episodes, ''15.2 points per episode'')\\
52. Lee Mack (151 points, 10 episodes, ''15.1 points per episode'')\\
=53. Mawaan Rizwan (151 points, 10 episodes, ''15.1 points per episode'')\\
54. Joe Thomas (150 points, 10 episodes, ''15 points per episode'')\\
=55. Jonnie Peacock (15 points, 1 episode, ''15 points per episode'')\\
=56. Munya Chawawa (15 points, 10 episodes, ''15 points per episode'')\\
=XX. Frankie Boyle (15 points, 10 episodes, ''15 points per episode'')\\
57. Tim Key (88 points, 6 episodes, ''14.67 points per episode'')\\
58. Sara Pascoe (72 points, 5 episodes, ''14.4 points per episode'')\\
=59. Fern Brady (144 points, 10 episodes, ''14.4 points per episode'')\\
=60. John Kearns (144 points, 10 episodes, ''14.4 points per episodes'')\\
61. Sian Gibson (143 points, 10 episodes, ''14.3 points per episode'')\\
62. Judi Love (142 points, 10 episodes, ''14.2 points per episode'')\\
63. Amelia Dimoldenberg (14 points, 1 episode, ''14 points per episode'')\\
=64. Carol Vorderman (14 points, 1 episode, ''14 points per episode'')\\
=65. Greg James (14 points, 1 episode, ''14 points per episode'')\\
=66. Rebecca Lucy Taylor (14 points, 1 episode, ''14 points per episode'')\\
=XX. Kojey Radical (14 points, 1 episode, ''14 points per episode'')\\
67. Johnny Vegas (139 points, 10 episodes, ''13.9 points per episode'')\\
=XX. Susan Wokoma (139 points, 10 episodes. ''13.9 points per episode'')\\
68. Joe Wilkinson (69 points, 5 episodes, ''13.8 points per episode'')\\
69. Jamali Maddix (137 points, 10 episodes, ''13.7 points per episode'')\\
=XX. Sue Perkins (137 points, 10 episodes, ''13.7 points per episode'')\\
70. Paul Sinha (136 points, 10 episodes, ''13.6 points per episode'')\\
71. Nish Kumar (107 points, 8 episodes, ''13.38 points per episode'')\\
72. Phil Wang (133 points, 10 episodes, ''13.3 points per episode'')\\
73. Paul Chowdhry (66 points, 5 episodes, ''13.2 points per episode'')\\
XX. Ivo Graham (131 points, 10 episodes, ''13.1 points per episode'')\\
74. Rylan Clark-Neal (13 points, 1 episode, ''13 points per episode'')\\
=75. Baroness Sayeeda Warsi (13 points, 1 episode, ''13 points per episode'')\\
=XX. Deborah Meaden (13 points, 1 episode, ''13 points per episode'')\\
=XX. Zoe Ball (13 points, 1 episode, ''13 points per episode'')\\
XX. Lucy Beaumont (129 points, 10 episodes, ''12.9 points per episode'')\\
76. David Baddiel (128 points, 10 episodes, ''12.8 points per episode'')\\
77. Charlotte Ritchie (125 points, 10 episodes, ''12.5 points per episode'')\\
78. Victoria Coren Mitchell (121 points, 10 episodes, ''12.1 points per episode'')\\
79. Krishnan Guru-Murthy (12 points, 1 episode, ''12 points per episode'')\\
=80. Lady Leshurr (12 points, 1 episode, ''12 points per episode'')\\
81. Katherine Parkinson (118 points, 10 episodes, ''11.8 points per episode'')\\
82. Roisin Conaty (68 points, 6 episodes, ''11.33 points per episode'')\\
83. John Hannah (10 points, 1 episode, ''10 points per episode'')\\
=84. Nicola Coughlan (10 points, 1 episode, ''10 points per episode'')\\
85. Claudia Winkleman (6 points, 1 episode, ''6 points per episode'')

* 19 points (Richard Osman, 5 episodes; '''Dara Ó Briain, 10 episodes''')

* 18 points (Doc Brown, 5 episodes; Mel Giedroyc, 8 episodes; '''Noel Fielding, 10 episodes including [=CoC=]'''; '''Liza Tarbuck, 10 episodes'''; Rhod Gilbert, 10 episodes)

* 14 points (Fern Brady, 10 episodes; Amelia Dimoldenberg, 1 episode; Carol Vorderman, 1 episode; Greg James, 1 episode; Rebecca Lucy Taylor, 1 episode; Susan Wokoma, 10 episodes)

* 13 points (Phil Wang, 10 episodes; Rylan Clark-Neal, 1 episode; Jamali Maddix, 10 episodes; Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, 1 episode; Ivo Graham, 10 episodes)

## Amelia Dimoldenberg, Carol Vorderman, Greg James, Rebecca Lucy Taylor and Kojey Radical(14 points)[[note]]Amelia, Carol, Greg and Rebecca are to date the only contestants to appear in an episode where everyone has scored the same amount of points apart from the episode winner[[/note]]