Metropolitan Handicap top three finishers
This is a listing of the horses that finished in either first, second, or third place and the number of starters in the Metropolitan Handicap, an American Grade 1 race for horses three years old and older at one mile on dirt held at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.
| Year | Winner | Second | Third | Starters |
| 2022 | Flightline | Happy Saver | Speaker's Corner | 5 |
| 2021 | Sliver State | By My Standards | Mischevious Alex | 6 |
| 2020 | Vekoma | Network Effect | Code of Honor | 8 |
| 2019 | Mitole | McKinzie | Thunder Snow | 9 |
| 2018 | Bee Jersey | Mind Your Biscuits | Limousine Liberal | 11 |
| 2017 | Mor Spirit | Sharp Azteca | Tommy Macho | 12 |
| 2016 | Frosted | Calculator | Upstart | 10 |
| 2015 | Honor Code | Tonalist | Private Zone | 10 |
| 2014 | Palace Malice | Goldencents | Romansh | 12 |
| 2013 | Sahara Sky | Cross Traffic | Flat Out | 9 |
| 2012 | Shackleford | Caleb's Posse | To Honor and Serve | 6 |
| 2011 | Tizway | Rodman | Caixa Eletronica | 11 |
| 2010 | Quality Road | Musket Man | Tizway | 8 |
| 2009 | Bribon | Smooth Air | Driven by Success | 12 |
| 2008 | Divine Park | Commentator | Lord Snowden | 9 |
| 2007 | Corinthian | Political Force | Lawyer Ron | 9 |
| 2006 | Silver Train | Sun King | Mass Media | 7 |
| 2005 | Ghostzapper | Silver Wagon | Sir Shackleton | 6 |
| 2004 | Pico Central | Bowman's Band | Strong Hope | 9 |
| 2003 | Aldebaran | Saarland | Peeping Tom | 8 |
| 2002 | Swept Overboard | Aldebaran | Crafty C. T. | 10 |
| 2001 | Exciting Story | Peeping Tom | Alannan | 10 |
| 2000 | Yankee Victor | Honest Lady | Sir Bear | 8 |
| 1999 | Sir Bear | Crafty Friend | Liberty Gold | 8 |
| 1998 | Wild Rush | Banker's Gold | Accelerator | 9 |
| 1997 | Langfuhr | Western Winter | Northern Afleet | 10 |
| 1996 | Honour and Glory | Lite the Fuse | Afternoon Deelites | 9 |
| 1995 | You And I | Lite the Fuse | Our Emblem | 9 |
| 1994 | Holy Bull | Cherokee Run | Devil His Due | 10 |
| 1993 | Ibero | Bertrando | Alydeed | 9 |
| 1992 | Dixie Brass | Pleasant Tap | In Excess | 11 |
| 1991 | In Excess | Rubiano | Gervazy | 14 |
| 1990 | Criminal Type | Housebuster | Easy Goer | 9 |
| 1989 | Proper Reality | Seeking the Gold | Dancing Spree | 8 |
| 1988 | Gulch | Afleet | Stacked Pack | 8 |
| 1987 | Gulch | King's Swan | Broad Brush | 9 |
| 1986 | Garthorn | Love That Mac | Lady's Secret | 8 |
| 1985 | Forzando | Mo Exception | Track Barron | 8 |
| 1984 | Fit to Fight | A Phenomenon | Moro | 10 |
| 1983 | Star Choice | Tough Critic | John's Gold | 13 |
| 1982 | Conquistador Cielo | Silver Buck | Star Gallant | 14 |
| 1981 | Fappiano | Irish Tower | Amber Pass | 7 |
| 1980 | Czaravich | State Dinner | Silent Cal | 8 |
| 1979 | State Dinner | Dr. Patches | Sorry Lookin | 9 |
| 1978 | Cox's Ridge | Buckfinder | Quiet Little Table | 9 |
| 1977 | Forego | Co Host | Full Out | 12 |
| 1976 | Forego | Master Derby | Lord Rebeau | 6 |
| 1975 | Gold and Myrrh | Stop the Music | Forego | 7 |
| 1974 | Arbees Boy | Forego | Timeless Moment | 8 |
| 1973 | Tentam | Key to the Mint | King's Bishop | 8 |