Last updated: 3 November 2003
Just in case anyone is interested, this page lists all characters who appeared in four or more episodes of Buffy, ordered by total number of episodes. Corrections welcome!
| Name | Character | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | TOTAL |
| Sarah Michelle Gellar | Buffy Anne Summers (slayer) | 12 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 144 |
| Alyson Lee Hannigan | Willow Rosenberg (brains and magic) | 12 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 144 |
| Nicholas Brendon Schultz | Alexander LaVelle Harris (loyal support) | 12 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 143 |
| Anthony Stewart Head | Rupert Giles (watcher) | 12 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 120 |
| James Marsters | William the Bloody/Spike (fangs) | 12 | 1 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 98 | |
| Emma Caulfield | Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins (vengeance) | 4 | 15 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 87 | ||
| Michelle Trachtenberg | Dawn Summers (little sister) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 | ||||
| David Boreanaz | Liam/Angel (brooding angst) | 7 | 21 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 55 | |
| Charisma Carpenter | Cordelia Chase (snobbery) | 10 | 22 | 22 | 54 | ||||
| Amber Benson | Tara McLay (sweet Wiccan tragedy) | 12 | 19 | 17 | 48 | ||||
| Seth Green | Daniel Osbourne (bad moon risin') | 10 | 21 | 8 | 39 | ||||
| Marc Blucas | Riley Finn (general lowering of intelligence) | 20 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 31 |
| Name | Character | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | TOTAL |
| Kristine Sutherland | Joyce Summers (apple pie) | 7 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 58 |
| Danny Strong | Johnathan Levinson (good time-management) | 6 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 28 | ||
| Tom Lenk | Andrew Wells (geekery) | 1 | 11 | 14 | 26 | ||||
| Eliza Duskku | Faith (dark slayage) | 14 | 2 | 5 | 21 | ||||
| Armin Shimmerman | Principal Snyder (err...) | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 19 | |||
| Harry Groener | Mayor Richard Wilkins III (big snake) | 12 | 1 | 2 | 18 | ||||
| Juliet Landau | Drusilla (deranged musings) | 12 | 2 | 3 | 17 | ||||
| Adam Busch | Warren Meers (contact from the dead) | 2 | 9 | 5 | 16 | ||||
| Mercedes McNab | Harmony (ditz) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | ||
| D B Woodside | Robin Wood (principal) | 14 | 14 | ||||||
| Robia LaMorte | Jenny Calendar (technopagan) | 2 | 10 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Bailey Chase | Graham Miller (cannon-fodder) | 10 | 3 | 13 | |||||
| Clare Kramer | Glory (valley-girl-god) | 12 | 1 | 13 | |||||
| Iyari Limon | Kennedy (squeeze) | 13 | 13 | ||||||
| Charlie Weber | Ben (not the doctor) | 12 | 12 | ||||||
| Leonard Roberts | Forrest Gates (more cannon-fodder) | 10 | 10 | ||||||
| Sarah Hagan | Amanda (potential) | 10 | 10 | ||||||
| Alexis Denisof | Wesley Wyndham-Price (George Lazenby) | 9 | 9 | ||||||
| George Hertzberg | Adam (biocybernoid) | 8 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| Elizabeth Anne Allen | Amy Madison (witch) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
| Mark Metcalf | The Master (cloven feet) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Jason Hall | Devon (chief Dingo) | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Lindsay Crouse | Maggie Walsh (lecturer) | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| Indigo | Rona (slayerette) | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| Kali Rocha | Halfrakk (justice) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| James C Leary | Clem (loose skin) | 5 | 2 | 7 | |||||
| Andrew J. Ferchland | Colin (the Annoying One) | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||||
| Larry Bagby III | Larry Blaisedale (coming out) | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||||
| Troy T. Blendell | Jinx (servility) | 6 | 6 | ||||||
| Todd Duffey | Murk (???) | 6 | 6 | ||||||
| K. Todd Freeman | Mr. Trick (no good at all) | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| Ethan Erickson | Percy West (13 natural elements) | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Adam Kaufman | Parker Abrams (livin' in da moment) | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| Clara Bryant | Molly (is that her real accent?) | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| Felicia Day | VI (another slayerette) | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| Nathan Fillon | Caleb (righteousness) | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| Dean Butler | Hank Summers (father's pride) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Ken Lerner | Principal Flutie (hyenas' lunch) | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Julie Benz | Darla (Catholic schoolgirl) | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Robin Sachs | Ethan Rayne (mischief) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Jack Plotnik | Allan Finch (deputy mayor) | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Kristy Wu | Chao-Ahn (cross-cultural misunderstanding) | 4 | 4 |