Hadith Narrators By number of narrations

2248 narrators appear in the chains of Sahih al-Bukhari; 1464 of them are persons identified through rijal sources.

The default order follows the number of hadiths the narrator is the first transmitter of (usually a Companion); the "chain" column counts the hadiths in whose chain he appears as any link. Short spellings whose identity could not be established (e.g. "Sufyan": no evidence to tell al-Thawri from Ibn Uyayna) are listed as separate, marked rows. Click a narrator for his biography and all his hadiths.

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#	Narrator	Source	Chain	Died	Generation (tabaqa)
1	Abu HurairahAbdurrahman b. Sahr	1060	1065	57 AH	Eminent Companion
2	'Aisha bint Abi BakrÂişe bint Ebû Bekir es-Sıddîk	764	772	57 AH	Mother of the Believers (wife of the Prophet)
3	Anas bin MalikEnes b. Mâlik b. en-Nadr b. Damdam b. Zeyd b. Harâm b. Cündeb b. Âmir…	725	780	90 AH	Well-known Companion
4	ibn UmarAbdullah b. Ömer b. Hattâb	638	677	72 AH	–
5	ibn AbbasAbdullah b. Abbâs b. Abdülmuttalib	612	663	65 AH	Companion
6	Jabir bin 'AbdullahCâbir b. Abdullah b. Amr b. Harâm b. Sa'lebe b. Ka'b b. Ganm b. Ka'b …	279	286	68 AH	Companion
7	ibn Mas'udAbdullah b. Mes'ûd b. Gâfil b. Habîb b. Şemh b. Mahzûm	214	215	28 AH	One of the earliest Muslims, one of the leading scholars among the Companions
8	Ebû Saîd el-HudrîSa'd b. Mâlik b. Sinân b. Ubeyd b. Sa'lebe b. Ubeyd…	189	191	63 AH	He and his father were Companions
9	al-Bara' bin Azib bin al-HarithBerâ b. Âzib b. el-Hâris b. Adî b. Mecdea b. Hârise b. el-Hâris b. el…	131	136	72 AH	Companion
10	Ebû Mûsâ (el-Eş'arî)Abdullah b. Kays b. Süleym…	116	121	42 AH	Well-known Companion
11	Sahl bin Sa'd bin MalikSehl b. Sa'd b. Mâlik b. Hâlid b. Sa'lebe b. Hârise b. Amr b. el-Hazr…	115	118	88 AH	He and his father were Companions
12	'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin al-'AasAbdullah b. Amr b. el-Âs b. Vâil b. Hâşim b. Saîd b. Sa'd b. Sehm b. …	72	77	63 AH	One of the earliest Muslims, One of the prolific narrators, One of the Abadila (the four Abdullahs)
13	'Umar ibn al-KhattabÖmer b. Hattâb b. Nüfeyl b. Abdüluzzâ b. Riyâh b. Abdullah b. Kurt b.…	65	70	23 AH	Companion
14	Ali b. Ebû TâlibAli b. Ebû Tâlib (Abdümenâf) b. Abdülmuttalib b. Hâşim b. Abdümenâf	62	64	40 AH	One of the Ten Promised Paradise
15	'Urwa ibn al-ZubayrUrve b. Zübeyr b. el-Avvâm b. Huveylid b. Esed b. Abdüluzzâ b. Kusay	54	557	91 AH	Generation 3
16	al-ZuhriMuhammed b. Müslim b. Ubeydullah b. Abdullah b. Şihâb b. Abdullah b. …	53	1245	123 AH	Leading figures of generation 4
17	Zayd bin Khalid al-JuhniZeyd b. Hâlid	46	49	68 AH	Well-known Companion
18	Sa'd ibn Abi WaqqasSa'd b. Ebû Vakkâs	46	46	50 AH	One of the Ten Promised Paradise, the first to shoot an arrow in the path of God
19	al-Miswar bin Makhrama bin Nawfal	42	46	64 AH	He and his father were Companions
20	Asma' bint Abi BakrEsmâ bint Ebû Bekir	42	42	73 AH	One of the senior Companions
21	Ümmü SelemeHind bint Ebû Ümeyye (Huzeyfe)	39	41	59 AH	Mother of the Believers (wife of the Prophet)
22	Hudhayfah ibn al-YamanHuzeyfe b. el-Yemân	38	39	36 AH	Companion
23	Abu Qatada ibn Rab'iEbû Katâde (el-Hâris) b. Rib'î…	38	38	40 AH	Took part in Uhud
24	Nafie'Nâfi' b. Hemmâm	36	423	116 AH	Generation 3
25	Ebû Mes'ûdUkbe b. Amr b. Sa'lebe…	35	35	40 AH	Eminent Companion
26	Salma ibn al-AkwaSeleme b. Amr b. el-Ekva'	35	35	64 AH	Companion
27	Usamah ibn ZaydÜsâme b. Zeyd b. Hârise b. Şerâhîl	35	35	58 AH	Companion
28	Shaqayq bin Salmah al-AsadiŞakîk b. Seleme	33	172	82 AH	Generation 2
29	Ebû BekreNüfey' b. el-Hâris…	33	33	50 AH	Companion
30	'Abdullah bin Abi AwfaAbdullah b. Ebû…	30	30	80 AH	Companion
31	Ebû ZerEbû Zer	29	29	31 AH	Companion
32	'Imran bin Husainİmrân b. Husayn b. Ubeyd b. Halef b. Abd Nühm b. Sâlim…	28	29	52 AH
33	Jryr bin 'Abdullah ShykhCerîr b. Abdullah b. Câbir	28	28	51 AH	Well-known Companion
34	Sa'id bin JubayrSaîd b. Cübeyr b. Hişâm	25	143	95 AH	Generation 3
35	Umm 'Ammarah Nasaybah	24	24	70 AH	Female Companion
36	al-Mughira ibn Shu'baMugîre b. Şu'be b. Ebû Âmir b. Mes'ûd b. Muattib b. Mâlik b. Ka'b b. …	23	28	49 AH	Well-known Companion
37	Adî b. HâtimAdî b. Hâtim b. Abdullah b. Sa'd…	23	23	66 AH	–
38	Zayd ibn ThabitZeyd b. Sâbit b. ed-Dahhâk b. Zeyd b. Levzân b. Amr b. Abd Avf b. Gan…	20	22	45 AH	Well-known Companion
39	'Ubada bin As-SamitUbâde b. es-Sâmit b. Kays b. Asram b. Fihr b. Kays b. Sa'lebe b. Ganm…	20	20	32 AH	Took part in Badr
40	Râfi' b. HadîcRâfi' b. Hadîc b. Râfi' b. Adî b. Tezîd b. Cüşem b. Hârise b. el-Hâri…	19	22	73 AH	Eminent Companion
41	es-Sâ'ib b. Yezîdes-Sâib b. Yezîd b. Saîd b. Sümâme b. el-Esved b. Abdullah b. el-Hâri…	19	22	82 AH	Young Companion
42	Marwan bin al-Hakam bin Abi al-'AsMervân b. el-Hakem b. Ebü'l-Âs b. Ümeyye b. Abdüşems b. Abdümenâf b. …	19	21	65 AH	Generation 2
43	Masrouq bin al-Ajda'Mesrûk…	18	103	62 AH	Generation 2
44	'Uqba bin 'Amir al-JuhayniUkbe b. Âmir b. Abs b. Amr b. Adî b. Amr b. Rifâa…	18	18	58 AH	Well-known Companion
45	Maymuna bint al-HarithMeymûne bint el-Hâris	17	17	49 AH	–
46	Abu Salama bin 'Abdur RahmanEbû Seleme b. Abdurrahman b. Avf b. Abd Avf b. el-Hâris b. Zühre b. K…	16	271	94 AH	Generation 3
47	'Abdullah bin 'Ubaidullah b. Abi MulaykaAbdullah b. Ubeydullah b. Ebû Müleyke (Züheyr) b. Abdullah…	16	87	117 AH	Generation 3
48	Jubayr bin Mut'imCübeyr b. Mut'im b. Adî b. Nevfel b. Abdümenâf b. Kusay b. Kilâb b. M…	16	16	56 AH	Companion
49	Saîd b. MüseyyebSaîd b. el-Müseyyeb b. Hazn b. Ebû Vehb b. Amr b. Âiz b. İmrân b. Mah…	15	182	87 AH	Senior rank of generation 2
50	al-Aswad bin Yazidel-Esved b. Yezîd b. Kays	15	75	74 AH	Generation 2

Narrator names are parsed automatically from the isnad; identity and biographical details are matched from rijal sources (Itqan narrator profiles, muslimscholars.info). Unmatched spellings may remain as separate records.