List of awards and nominations received by Stranger Things
Stranger Things is an American streaming television series created for Netflix by the Duffer Brothers, which features an ensemble cast. It is set in the fictional rural town of Hawkins, Indiana, in the 1980s. The Hawkins National Laboratory ostensibly performs scientific research for the United States Department of Energy, but secretly conducts experiments on the paranormal and supernatural, frequently employing human subjects. Inadvertently, the laboratory created a portal to an alternate dimension called "the Upside Down". The influence of the Upside Down starts to affect the unknowing residents of Hawkins in calamitous ways. All episodes of the first season were released on Netflix on July 15, 2016, and the second season was released in its entirety on October 27, 2017. A third season was released on July 4, 2019, with the fourth season being released in two volumes on May 27 and July 1, 2022, respectively. The fifth season, released in 3 volumes, premiered in late 2025 on November 26, December 25, and the final episode on December 31.
The series has received critical acclaim and numerous accolades for its writing, acting, directing, production values, visual effects, and soundtrack. Stranger Things has been nominated for many awards, including 57 Primetime Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, four Grammy Awards, four Critics' Choice Television Awards, 13 Saturn Awards, two Producers Guild of America Awards, three Writers Guild of America Awards, and two Peabody Awards. It was also selected by the American Film Institute as one of its top 10 television programs of the year for the series' first two seasons.
The main cast has been nominated for three Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series nominations, winning in 2017. Millie Bobby Brown is the most nominated member of the cast. Brown, David Harbour, and Winona Ryder have received individual Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for their performances in the series. Brown and Harbour also received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations, while Harbour and Ryder were each nominated for a Golden Globe Award.
Total awards and nominations for the cast
| Actor | Character | Nominations | Awards |
| Millie Bobby Brown | Jane "Eleven" Hopper | 32 | 12 |
| Winona Ryder | Joyce Byers | 11 | 3 |
| Finn Wolfhard | Mike Wheeler | 11 | 1 |
| David Harbour | Jim Hopper | 10 | 2 |
| Caleb McLaughlin | Lucas Sinclair | 10 | 2 |
| Noah Schnapp | Will Byers | 9 | 5 |
| Gaten Matarazzo | Dustin Henderson | 8 | 2 |
| Natalia Dyer | Nancy Wheeler | 4 | 1 |
| Charlie Heaton | Jonathan Byers | 4 | 1 |
| Joe Keery | Steve Harrington | 4 | 1 |
| Sadie Sink | Max Mayfield | 4 | 1 |
| Cara Buono | Karen Wheeler | 3 | 1 |
| Maya Hawke | Robin Buckley | 3 | 1 |
| Dacre Montgomery | Billy Hargrove | 3 | 0 |
| Joe Chrest | Ted Wheeler | 2 | 1 |
| Matthew Modine | Martin Brenner | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Morgan | Powell | 1 | 1 |
| John Paul Reynolds | Callahan | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Steger | Monster | 1 | 1 |
| Joseph Quinn | Eddie Munson | 1 | 1 |
| Sean Astin | Bob Newby | 1 | 0 |
| Jamie Campbell Bower | Vecna | 3 | 0 |
| Jake Busey | Bruce | 1 | 0 |
| Catherine Curtin | Claudia Henderson | 1 | 0 |
| Cary Elwes | Larry Kline | 1 | 0 |
| Priah Ferguson | Erica Sinclair | 1 | 0 |
| Brett Gelman | Murray Bauman | 1 | 0 |
| Andrey Ivchenko | Grigori | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Park | Tom Holloway | 1 | 0 |
| Shannon Purser | Barbara "Barb" Holland | 1 | 0 |
| Francesca Reale | Heather Holloway | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Reiser | Sam Owens | 1 | 0 |