List of Family Guy writers
The following is a list of writers who have worked on the Fox animated television series Family Guy in the order of first credited episode. As of 7 December 2014, 60 people have been credited with writing or co-writing at least one episode of Family Guy.
List of writers
| # | Writer | Number written | Duration | Seasons | Notes |
| 1 | One co-written with Gene Laufenberg, Michael Shipley and Jim Benstein | ||||
| 2 | One co-written with Gary Janetti and one with Danny Smith | ||||
| 3 | One co-written with Chris Sheridan | ||||
| 4 | |||||
| 5 | & Matt Weitzman | ||||
| 6 | |||||
| 7 | One co-written with Chris Sheridan | ||||
| 8 | Craig Hoffman | ||||
| 9 | One co-written with Tom Maxwell & Don Woodard | ||||
| 10 | Dave Collard | All co-written with Ken Goin | |||
| 11 | Ken Goin | Three co-written with Dave Collard | |||
| 12 | - | ||||
| 13 | & Michael Shipley | One co-written with Gene Laufenberg and Seth MacFarlane | |||
| 14 | One co-written with Alex Borstein and one with Patrick Henry | ||||
| 15 | One based on a short story by Richard Matheson | ||||
| 16 | One co-written with Mike Henry | ||||
| 17 | Alex Barnow & Marc Firek | ||||
| 18 | |||||
| 19 | |||||
| 20 | One co-written with Seth MacFarlane, Jim Bernstein and Michael Shipley | ||||
| 21 | Patrick Henry | Co-written with Mike Henry | |||
| 22 | Four co-written with Wellesley Wild and one with Tom Devanney and Deepak Sethi | ||||
| 23 | Four co-written with Alec Sulkin | ||||
| 24 | |||||
| 25 | One co-written with Alec Sulkin and Deepak Sethi | ||||
| 26 | |||||
| 27 | |||||
| 28 | |||||
| 29 | |||||
| 30 | Tom Maxwell & Don Woodard | Co-written with Steve Callaghan | |||
| 31 | One co-written with David A. Goodman | ||||
| 32 | One co-written with Cherry Chevapravatdumrong | ||||
| 33 | Two co-written with Alex Carter | ||||
| 34 | |||||
| 35 | |||||
| 36 | |||||
| 37 | Spencer Porter | ||||
| 38 | & Dave Willis | ||||
| 39 | Anthony Blasucci | All co-written with Mike Desilets | |||
| 40 | Mike Desilets | Four co-written with Anthony Blasucci | |||
| 41 | Artie Johann & Shawn Ries | ||||
| 42 | Dave Ihlenfeld & David Wright | ||||
| 43 | Julius Sharpe | ||||
| 44 | Deepak Sethi | Co-written with Tom Devanney and Alec Sulkin | |||
| 45 | |||||
| 46 | Kristin Long | ||||
| 47 | Teresa Hsiao | ||||
| 48 | & Joe Vaux | ||||
| 49 | Kevin Biggins & Travis Bowe | ||||
| 50 | |||||
| 51 | Billy Domineau |
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