On Saturday , April 6 , 2024 , Kristen Wiig will hostSaturday Night Livefor the fifth time , becoming the newest member of its famed Five - Timers Club . She bring the roster total to 26 , though one entry does come with an star : Paul Simon has technically onlyhostedfour meter . But he ’s been the melodic guest nine fourth dimension and showed up in special appearances another five times , so he ’s widely considered a circuit card - carrying FTC member . He even helped induct two other hosts — Tom Hanksand Justin Timberlake — into the exclusive circle .
AsPeoplereports , it was Hanks who first “ revealed ” the existence of the Five - Timers Club during his 1990 monologue , which , in improver to Simon , also includedSteve Martinand Elliott Gould . They both had hosted the show five times at that point , but they were n’t the only ones : Buck Henry , Chevy Chase , and Candice Bergen had reached the milepost , too .
Since then , roughly 20 others have join them . The performers grade from former cast members like Wiig , Bill Murray , Tina Fey , andWill Ferrellto renown who just keep getting invite back . Alec Baldwin has read center stage 17 time and appeared as a special invitee in many other episodes .
If someone ’s coming up on their fifth hosting gig these days , you may pretty much enumerate on cameos from at least a couple existing FTC members in the sequence . Fey and Martin pop out up evenhandedly frequently , dressed of course in the guild ’s stylemark smoking jackets . Stonereceivedher cap from Fey and Bergen .
Explore the full list below , complete with “ induction ” sketches and other highlights from the hosts’SNLtenure .
Buck Henry
Joined the clubhouse : November 19 , 1977Number of multiplication hosting : 10
Steve Martin
Joined the nightspot : April 22 , 1978Number of multiplication hosting : 16
Elliott Gould
Joined the club : February 15 , 1980Number of times hosting : 6
Paul Simon
Joined the club : May 10 , 1986Number of time host : 4
Chevy Chase
connect the club : December 6 , 1986Number of times hosting : 8
Candice Bergen
Joined the social club : May 19 , 1990Number of times hosting : 5
Tom Hanks
Joined the club : December 8 , 1990Number of times hosting : 10
Danny DeVito
Joined the society : January 9 , 1993Number of times hosting : 6
John Goodman
Joined the club : May 7 , 1994Number of meter hosting : 13
Alec Baldwin
fall in the lodge : December 10 , 1994Number of times hosting : 17
Bill Murray
join the club : February 20 , 1999Number of times hosting : 5
Christopher Walken
Joined the club : May 19 , 2001Number of times hosting : 7
Drew Barrymore
bring together the club : February 3 , 2007Number of times hosting : 6
Justin Timberlake
unite the baseball club : March 9 , 2013Number of times host : 5
Ben Affleck
Joined the nightspot : May 18 , 2013Number of time host : 5
Tina Fey
link the nine : December 9 , 2015Number of times hosting : 6
Scarlett Johansson
Joined the club : March 11 , 2017Number of time hosting : 6
Melissa McCarthy
Joined the club : May 13 , 2017Number of times hosting : 5
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
Joined the club : May 20 , 2017Number of times hosting : 5
Jonah Hill
Joined the clubhouse : November 3 , 2018Number of multiplication host : 5
Will Ferrell
Joined the guild : November 23 , 2019Number of time host : 5
Paul Rudd
join the golf club : December 18 , 2021Number of times host : 5
John Mulaney
Joined the baseball club : February 26 , 2022Number of time hosting : 5
Woody Harrelson
link up the club : February 25 , 2023Number of time hosting : 5
Emma Stone
join the club : December 2 , 2023Number of time hosting : 5
Kristen Wiig
Joined the nine : April 6 , 2024Number of times host : 5
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A version of this floor run in 2022 ; it has been updated for 2024 .
