A Complete List of All the Past Bachelorettes, Ranked

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After Tayshia Adams replaced Clare Crawley as the lead of The Bachelorette, we knew it would take a lot to top the drama that ensued in season 16. Everything changed when ABC named not one, but two new Bachelorettes for season 19: Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia.

Although this double-whammy format has never been done before, we can’t deny that it’s a fantastic way to regenerate some excitement around the franchise after the recent yawn-worthy seasons.

In honor of Windey and Recchia, keep reading for a complete list of all the past Bachelorettes, ranked from best to worst.

1. Trista Rehn, 2003

Season: 1

Chose: Ryan Sutter

Famous for: Being the first-ever (and our favorite) Bachelorette

2. Emily Maynard, 2012

Season: 8

Chose: Jef Holm

Famous for: Having a daughter after losing the love of her life in a plane crash

3. Michelle Young, 2021

Season: 18

Chose: Nayte Olukoya

Famous for: Choosing someone she knew before the show

4. Desiree Hartsock, 2013

Season: 9

Chose: Chris Siegfried

Famous for: Being a bridal stylist who desperately wanted to find love

5. Jillian Harris, 2009

Season: 5

Chose: Ed Swiderski

Famous for: Being the first Canadian Bachelorette

6. Tayshia Adams, 2020

Season: 16

Chose: Zac Clark

Famous for: Replacing Crawley as Bachelorette

7. Kaitlyn Bristowe, 2015

Season: 11

Chose: Shawn Booth

Famous for: Her poorly timed dirty jokes (and beating Britt Nilsson for the highly coveted role)

8. Ali Fedotowsky, 2010

Season: 6

Chose: Roberto Martinez

Famous for: Quitting her job at Facebook to join the show

9. JoJo Fletcher, 2016

Season: 12

Chose: Jordan Rodgers

Famous for: Launching a new TV series Cash Pad

10. DeAnna Pappas, 2008

Season: 4

Chose: Jesse Csincsak

Famous for: Suffering through Brad Womack’s (first) season of The Bachelor

11. Katie Thurston, 2021

Season: 17

Chose: Blake Moynes

Famous for: Accepting Blake’s proposal…and then breaking it off

12. Ashley Hebert, 2011

Season: 7

Chose: J.P. Rosenbaum

Famous for: Getting married on national television

13. Becca Kufrin, 2018

Season: 14

Chose: Garret Yrigoyen

Famous for: The catchphrase, “Let’s do the damn thing”

14. Rachel Lindsay, 2017

Season: 13

Chose: Bryan Abasolo

Famous for: Being the first-ever Black Bachelorette

15. Andi Dorfman, 2014

Season: 10

Chose: Josh Murray

Famous for: Being a former Assistant District Attorney

16. Jen Schefft, 2005

Season: 3

Chose: Jerry Ferris

Famous for: Hosting the first-ever live final rose ceremony

17. Meredith Phillips, 2004

Season: 2

Chose: Ian Mckee

Famous for: Getting rejected by Bob Guiney, only to become the Bachelorette

18. Hannah Brown, 2019

Season: 15

Chose: Jed Wyatt

Famous for: Having sex in a windmill…multiple times

19. Clare Crawley, 2020

Season: 16

Chose: Dale Moss

Famous for: Quitting The Bachelorette

Unranked: Rachel Recchia, 2022

Season: 19

Chose: TBD

Famous for: Being a badass pilot

Unranked: Gabby Windey, 2022

Season: 19

Chose: TBD

Famous for: Standing up to Clayton Echard

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