Every Emmy winner for Outstanding Drama Series since 2000
The top 3 according to 1,986 votes from people: The West Wing · The Sopranos · Lost. (Updated Jul 31, 2025.)
The series that won the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series from 2000 to 2024, from The West Wing to Shōgun.
Top 11
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1
The West Wing
NBC. Four consecutive wins, 2000 to 2003.
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2
The Sopranos
HBO. 2004 and 2007; the first cable show to win.
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3
Lost
ABC. 2005, for its first season.
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4
24
Fox. 2006, Jack Bauer's fifth day.
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5
Mad Men
AMC. Four in a row, 2008 to 2011.
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6
Homeland
Showtime. 2012, Carrie Mathison and Brody.
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7
Game of Thrones
HBO. Four wins: 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019.
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8
Breaking Bad
AMC. 2013 and 2014, for its final seasons.
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9
Succession
HBO. 2020, 2022 and 2023.
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10
The Crown
Netflix. 2021, for its fourth season.
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11
Shōgun
FX. 2024, with a record 18 Emmys for a single season.
Candidates
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12
The Handmaid's Tale
Hulu. 2017; the first streaming series to win the top drama prize.
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Comments (39)
Breaking Bad's back-to-back wins were deserved.
Homeland season 1 beat Breaking Bad and Mad Men? Really?
Season 1 of Homeland was genuinely great, it's just what came after.
24 in 2006, the year Jack Bauer couldn't be stopped.
Severance should be next, mark my words.
The Crown winning in 2021, beautiful show.
Game of Thrones winning for the final season was pure name recognition.
Season 8 was rushed but some episodes were still incredible TV.
Agree to disagree, the last three episodes undid everything.
The West Wing to Shōgun, what a range.
Breaking Bad's back-to-back wins, the peak of TV.
The Sopranos only won twice, still unbelievable.
Lost season 1 was event TV, the whole office talked about it every Thursday.
Shōgun swept everything, deserved.
Shōgun winning was so deserved.
Succession winning three times, deserved.
The Wire never even getting nominated for Drama Series is the biggest Emmy crime.
Better Call Saul never winning is my personal grudge.
Same, 0 wins for Saul is ridiculous.
The West Wing winning four in a row too, Aaron Sorkin's best era.
Mad Men four in a row, deserved, every season was a novel.
The Wire never won a single Emmy, still a crime.
Succession is the best show of the decade, three wins well earned.
Watched every winner on this list, Sopranos is still the best.
Lost winning for season 1, the hype was real.
West Wing, Sopranos, Mad Men, Breaking Bad... what a run of TV.
Succession deserved all three.
Shōgun being the first non-English series to win is huge.
Where's The Bear? Oh right, it's comedy (it's not a comedy).
The Sopranos only won twice? Criminal.
Love that this goes back to 2000, so much history.
Homeland season 1 was incredible, then it fell off
24 with Jack Bauer, I watched it in real time with my dad.
The Handmaid's Tale season 1 was terrifying, deserved win.
The Crown winning for season 4, Emma Corrin and Gillian Anderson were amazing.
The Sopranos lost to The West Wing so many times...
Breaking Bad and Mad Men winning four each, golden age of TV.
Shōgun's win was so deserved, a perfect season.
Game of Thrones winning for season 8 was... controversial 😬