Big Brother winners in order: Every Big Brother winner (and runner-up)

Time flies when you’re having fun, which is why we think that the 25th season of Big Brother snuck up on us much sooner rather than later!

Ever since the reality TV series premiered in July 2000, we’ve been fortunate enough to meet tons of amazing individuals, each with their own set of quirks and kinks that made us want to root for them to make it to the very end. But, as we all know, only one can be crowned the winner of Big Brother and take home the grand prize.

Before Taylor Hale was crowned the most recent winner of Big Brother, there were 23 other successful victors whose name has been written in the history books forever. Ahead of the 25th season, we want to tell you all about them.

Here are all the winners of Big Brother US so far, as well as the runner-ups who almost took their place and the nation’s favorite player of each season!

Every Big Brother US winner so far

Eddie McGee was the very first winner of the entire franchise back when America voted for the winner. He won 59% of the votes, while his runner-up, Josh Souza, secured 27% of the votes. (Third-place contestant, Curtis Kin, received the remaining 14%.)

The first season of Big Brother was the only season that allowed America to vote for who they wanted to win. After this, it was up to the houseguests to decide, which, in turn, made the reality series even more cutthroat than ever before. Here are all the people who arose victorious nevertheless!

Season 2 (2001)

Winner: Will Kirby (5 votes)

Runner-up: Nicole Schaffrich (2 votes)

Season 3 (2002)

Winner: Lisa Donahue (9 votes)

Runner-up: Danielle Reyes (1 vote)

Season 4 (2003)

Winner: Jun Song (6 votes)

Runner-up: Alison Irwin (1 vote)

(Fun Fact: Jun Song is the first Asian-American houseguest to win Big Brother U.S.!)

Season 5 (2004)

Winner: Drew Daniel (4 votes)

Runner-up: Michael Ellis (3 votes)

Season 6 (2005)

Winner: Maggie Ausburn (4 votes)

Runner-up: Ivette Corredero (3 votes)

Season 7 (2006)

Winner: Mike “Boogie” Malin (6 votes)

Runner-up: Erika Landin (1 vote)

America’s Favorite Player (AFP): Janelle Pierzina

Season 8 (2007)

Winner: Dick Donato (5 votes)

Runner-up: Daniele Donato (2 votes)

(Fun Fact: Dick Donato is Daniele Donato’s father! They are the only family duo to have gone on to win the top two spots of the U.S. competition series!)

Season 9 (2008)

Winner: Adam Jasinski (6 votes)

Runner-up: Ryan Quicksall (1 vote)

AFP: James Zinkand

Season 10 (2008)

Winner: Dan Gheesling (7 votes)

Runner-up: Memphis Garrett (0 votes)

AFP: Keesha Smith

(Fun Fact: Big Brother seasons 9 and 10 are the only seasons to have run in the same year. After this, the CBS title thought it best to return to releasing one season every year.)

Season 11 (2009)

Winner: Jordan Lloyd (5 votes)

Runner-up: Natalie Martinez (2 votes)

AFP: Jeff Schroeder

Season 12 (2010)

Winner: Hayden Moss (4 votes)

Runner-up: Lane Elenburg (3 votes)

AFP: Britney Haynes

Season 13 (2011)

Winner: Rachel Reilly (4 votes)

Runner-up: Porsche Briggs (3 votes)

AFP: Jeff Schroeder

(Fun Fact: To this day, Jeff Schroeder is the only Big Brother U.S. contestant to have one America’s Favorite Player twice!)

Season 14 (2012)

Winner: Ian Terry (6 votes)

Runner-up: Dan Gheesling (1 vote)

AFP: Frank Eudy

Season 15 (2013)

Winner: Andy Herren (7 votes)

Runner-up: GinaMarie Zimmerman (2 votes)

AFP: Elissa Slater

Season 16 (2014)

Winner: Derrick Levasseur (7 votes)

Runner-up: Cody Calafiore (2 votes)

AFP: Donny Thompson

Season 17 (2015)

Winner: Steve Moses (6 votes)

Runner-up: Liz Nolan (3 votes)

AFP: James Huling

Season 18 (2016)

Winner: Nicole Franzel (5 votes)

Runner-up: Paul Abrahamian (4 votes)

AFP: Victor Arroyo

(Fun Fact: Nicole Franzel and Victor Arroyo are now married! They have one son, Arrow.)

Season 19 (2017)

Winner: Josh Martinez (5 votes)

Runner-up: Paul Abrahamian (4 votes)

AFP: Cody Nickson

(Fun Fact: Paul Abrahamian is the only contestant to have not only lost Big Brother back-to-back but also become runner-up by the same number of jury votes!)

Season 20 (2018)

Winner: Kaycee Clark (5 votes)

Runner-up: Tyler Crispen (4 votes)

AFP: Tyler Crispen

Season 21 (2019)

Winner: Jackson Michie (6 votes)

Runner-up: Holly Allen (3 votes)

AFP: Nicole Anthony

Season 22 (2020)

Winner: Cody Calafiore (9 votes)

Runner-up: Enzo Palumbo (0 votes)

AFP: Da’Vonne Rogers

Season 23 (2021)

Winner: Xavier Prather (9 votes)

Runner-up: Derek Frazier (0 votes)

AFP: Tiffany Mitchell

(Fun Fact: Xavier Prather is the first and only African-American male to win Big Brother U.S.!)

And that brings us to Taylor Hale, our most recent winner, who not only went on to become the first and only African-American female to win Big Brother U.S. but also went on to be the first winner to win America’s Favorite Houseguest. (Her runner-up was Monte Taylor, who only secured 1 vote to her 8 votes!)

From season 1 to season 23, Big Brother has come so far, and we can tell there’s only even more greatness in store! Here’s to many more seasons!

Big Brother season 25 officially airs on Wednesday, Aug. 2 at 8:00 p.m. ET on CBS!