Project Runway is an American reality television show in which contestants compete to be the best fashion designer, as determined by the show's judges. The series first broadcast in 2004, and twenty one regular seasons and seven all-stars seasons have aired as of October 2025. The first five seasons aired on Bravo, while the succeeding seasons aired on Lifetime. Project Runway contestants are chosen by the show's producers through an application process that includes a videotape submission and "virtual portfolio" of sketches and completed designs, semi-final interviews at select cities, and a final interview.

Two hundred contestants have competed, four of whom have competed twice—Daniel Franco competed in both season 1 and season 2, Kate Pankoke in season 11 and season 12, Amanda Valentine in season 11 and season 13 and Caycee Black in season 19 and season 21. This is with the exception of all season 20 contestants, as this season used exclusively past contestants despite not being a part of the All Stars series. Angela Keslar and Vincent Libretti were originally eliminated in Episodes 8 and 9, respectively, of season 3, but were brought back due to that season's twist. Justin LeBlanc would have originally been eliminated in episode 6 of season 12, but was given a second chance due to the newly instituted "Tim Gunn Save". During season 13, the "Tim Gunn Save" was used to retroactively bring Charketa Glover back into the competition for Episode 7 after she was eliminated in Episode 6. Seven contestants left Project Runway for reasons other than being eliminated by the show's judges. Keith Michael was disqualified in season 3 for bringing design books to the contest, which is prohibited. On the other hand, Jack Mackenroth of season 4, Maya Luz of season 7, Cecilia Motwani of season 9, Andrea Katz of season 10, Kooan Kosuke of season 10, and Sandro Masmanidi of season 12 all withdrew from the show for personal reasons.

The 21 winners of the regular series are Jay McCarroll, Chloe Dao, Jeffrey Sebelia, Christian Siriano, Leanne Marshall, Irina Shabayeva, Seth Aaron Henderson, Gretchen Jones, Anya Ayoung-Chee, Dmitry Sholokhov, Michelle Lesniak, Dom Streater, Sean Kelly, Ashley Nell Tipton, Erin Robertson, Kentaro Kameyama, Sebastian Grey, Geoffrey Mac, Shantall Lacayo, Bishme Cromartie and Veejay Floresca. The 7 winners of the All-Star series are Mondo Guerra, Anthony Ryan Auld, Seth Aaron Henderson, Dmitry Sholokhov, Dom Streater, Anthony Williams and Michelle Lesniak.

Regular Series contestants

Contestant appeared for a second season Season Designer Age Hometown Finish1 33 Los Angeles, California 1 23 Miami, Florida 1 27 Charlotte, North Carolina 1 34 Houston, Texas 1 21 Cheshire, Connecticut 1 22 Miami, Florida 1 44 New York City, New York 1 28 New York City, New York 1 23 New York City, New York 1 39 Middleburg, Virginia 1 37 Los Angeles, California 1 29 Dallas, Pennsylvania 2 24 Los Angeles, California 2 25 Atlanta, Georgia 2 37 Los Angeles, California 2 24 Los Angeles, California 2 *34 Los Angeles, California 2 29 Los Angeles, California 2 51 Allentown, Pennsylvania 2 22 Jacksonville, Florida 2 42 New York City, New York 2 28 New York City, New York 2 32 Los Angeles, California 2 38 Los Angeles, California 2 29 Johannesburg, South Africa 2 30 Los Angeles, California 2 24 New York City, New York 2 33 Houston, Texas 3 40 San Francisco, California 3 32 New York City, New York 3 24 Minneapolis, Minnesota 3 34 New York City, New York 3 31 San Diego, California 3 31 Los Angeles, California 3 25 New York City, New York 3 36 Hollywood, California 3 33 Amesville, Ohio 3 49 Santa Monica, California 3 27 Norman, Oklahoma 3 28 Atlanta, Georgia 3 42 New York City, New York 3 35 Miami Beach, Florida 3 36 Los Angeles, California 4 32 Los Angeles, California 4 39 Dallas, Texas 4 37 New York City, New York 4 38 New York City, New York 4 29 Chicago, Illinois 4 42 El Paso, Texas 4 30 New York City, New York 4 26 Los Angeles, California 4 34 Winchester, Virginia 4 35 Escondido, California 4 46 Los Angeles, California 4 44 New York City, New York 4 26 Selden, New York 4 31 Los Angeles, California 4 21 Annapolis, Maryland 5 32 New York City, New York 5 23 Blackstone, Massachusetts 5 27 Los Angeles, California 5 27 East Syracuse, New York 5 27 Columbus, Ohio 5 25 Brooklyn, New York 5 26 Salt Lake City, Utah 5 42 Queens, New York 5 23 Seattle, Washington 5 39 Chicago, Illinois 5 41 Detroit, Michigan 5 37 New York City, New York 5 28 Los Angeles, California 5 25 New York City, New York 5 33 Little Rock, Arkansas 5 27 Portland, Oregon 6 25 Kansas City, Missouri 6 23 New York City, New York 6 25 Savannah, Georgia 6 41 New York City, New York 6 29 West Hollywood, California 6 30 Minneapolis, Minnesota 6 31 Dallas, Texas 6 49 New York City, New York 6 23 Richardson, Texas 6 26 New York City, New York 6 25 Seattle, Washington 6 29 Shakopee, Minnesota 6 44 Charleston, South Carolina 6 23 Charleston, South Carolina 6 23 Dayton, Ohio 6 26 New York City, New York 7 29 Los Angeles, California 7 47 Bucks County, Pennsylvania 7 34 Chicago, Illinois 7 21 San Diego, California 7 23 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 7 27 Portland, Oregon 7 24 Orlando, Florida 7 29 Tampa, Florida 7 25 Oakland, California 7 21 New York City, New York 7 29 Providence, Rhode Island 7 28 Atlanta, Georgia 7 31 San Francisco, California 7 40 Los Angeles, California 7 43 New York City, New York 7 37 Vancouver, Washington 8 29 Layton, Utah 8 33 Greenwich, Connecticut 8 32 New York City, New York 8 27 Toluca Lake, California 8 39 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 8 26 St. Louis, Missouri 8 50 Lake Forest, Illinois 8 33 Astoria, New York 8 31 St. Louis, Missouri 8 30 New York City, New York 8 29 Cleveland, Ohio 8 30 San Francisco, California 8 21 Savannah, Georgia 8 27 Palm Springs, California 8 23 Waianae, Hawaii 8 32 Denver, Colorado 8 28 Portland, Oregon 9 25 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 9 29 Philippines 9 21 La Grange, Kentucky 9 31 Kingston, New York 9 27 Alamogordo, New Mexico 9 29 Las Vegas, Nevada 9 35 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 9 34 Cordoba, Argentina 9 26 Minneapolis, Minnesota 9 29 Snohomish, Washington 9 38 Calumet, Michigan 9 26 Twin Falls, Idaho 9 22 Columbus, Ohio 928 Linden, Texas 9 57 Washington, D.C. 9 26 St. Louis, Missouri 9 35 Brooklyn, New York 9 30 Guadalajara, Mexico 9 25 Willoughby, Ohio 9 29 Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 10291048105810301032102710331027102210281028102710 2410 3110 2910 33 11 24 11 29 11 59 11 30 11 30 11 35 11 26 11 23 11 31 11 28 11 39 11 28 11 49 11 45 11 46 11 34 12 33Richmond, Virginia 12 34Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo 12 24Wanakena, New York 12 28Krasnodar, Russia 12 45Boston, Massachusetts 12 29Wilton, Wisconsin 12 29Boca Raton, Florida 12 41Birmingham, England 12 24Birmingham, Alabama 12 38Los Angeles, California 12 *24 Eau Claire, Wisconsin 12 25 Weehawken, New Jersey 12 38 Lowville, New York 12 27 Tampa, Florida 12 38 Stockholm, Sweden 12 24 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 13 25 Brooklyn, New York 13 24 Los Angeles, California 13 32Los Angeles, California 13 33 New York, New York 13 25 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 13 26 Brooklyn, New York 13 27 San Antonio, Texas 13 45 Coral Gables, Florida 13 28 Birmingham, Alabama 13 22 Chicago, Illinois 13 28 Brooklyn, New York 13 41San Francisco, California 13 37 Detroit, Michigan 13 30 Honolulu, Hawaii 13 *32 Chicago, Illinois 13 25 Taranaki, New Zealand 14 25 Auckland, New Zealand 14 26 Hollywood, California 14 27 New York, New York 14 27 New York, New York 14 25 Delray Beach, Florida 14 24 Los Angeles, California 14 25 San Francisco, California 14 37 Las Vegas, Nevada 14 28 Austin, Texas 14 29 Chicago, Illinois 14 34 Mumbai, India 14 32 Savannah, Georgia 14 27 San Francisco, California 14 37 Atlanta, Georgia 14 31 Boston, Massachusetts 14 23 San Diego, California 15 30 Chicago, Illinois 15 55 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 15 42 New York, New York 15 34 Portland, Oregon 15 30 San Francisco, California 15 33 Shreveport, Louisiana 15 26 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 15 22 San Francisco, California 15 23 Framingham, Massachusetts 15 32 Oakland, California 15 28 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 15 24 Boston, Massachusetts 15 31 Los Angeles, California 15 41 Los Angeles, California 15 41 Caracas, Venezuela 15 29 Cambridge, Massachusetts 16 24 Taipei, Taiwan 16 33 New York, New York 16 32 Atlanta, Georgia 16 36 Lynnwood, Washington 16 23 Brooklyn, New York 16 36 Minneapolis, Minnesota 16 27 Grand Ledge, Michigan 16 27 Grand Ledge, Michigan 16 32 Inglewood, California 16 42 Los Angeles, California 16 25 Oakland, California 16 37 Atlanta, Georgia 16 30 San Juan, Puerto Rico 16 24 San Francisco, California 16 24 Salt Lake City, Utah 16 37 Los Angeles, California 17 26 Nashville, Tennessee 17 30 Louisville, Kentucky 17 47 Stone Mountain, Georgia 17 32 Orem, Utah 17 29 Brooklyn, New York 17 30 Chicago, Illinois 17 55 Portland, Oregon 17 51 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 17 29 Dallas, Texas 17 31 Dallas, Texas 17 23 Providence, Rhode Island 17 27 Cincinnati, Ohio 17 27 Baltimore, Maryland 17 45 Salt Lake City, Utah 17 34 Santa Fe, New Mexico 17 31 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 18 34 Seattle, Washington 18 30 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 18 40 Chicago, Illinois 18 25 Houston, Texas 18 29 Jersey City, New Jersey 18 29 Orcas Island, Washington 18 33 Newark, New Jersey 18 37 Portland, Oregon 18 30 Chicago, Illinois 18 25 Chicago, Illinois 18 29 Fort Smith, Arkansas 18 30 Brooklyn, New York 18 64 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 18 30 New York, New York 18 27 Chișinău, Moldova 18 41 Brooklyn, New York 19 40 Brooklyn, New York 19 35 Tulsa, Oklahoma 19 32 San Diego, California 19 27 Manhattan, New York 19 29 Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 19 40 Yokosuka, Japan 19 42 Miami, Florida 19 32 Atlanta, Georgia 19 37 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19 32 San Francisco, California 19 39 Jackson, Mississippi 19 30 Harlem, New York 19 31 Houston, Texas 19 40 Los Angeles, California 19 33 New York, New York 19 37 Miami, Florida 20 39 Metuchen, New Jersey 20 54 Los Angeles, California 20 41 Los Angeles, California 20 38 New York, New York 20 44 Nashville, Tennessee 20 39 Belo Horizante, Brazil 20 33 San Francisco, California 20 54 Los Angeles, California 20 47 Little Rock, Arkansas 20 38 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 20 36 New York, New York 20 32 Austin, Texas 20 47 Los Angeles, California 20 32 Los Angeles, California 21Caycee Black*44Houston, Texas12th21Alex Foxworth32Greensboro, North Carolina11th21Angelo Rosa35Providence, Rhode Island10th 21Joseph McRae33Charlotte, North Carolina9th21Madeline Malenfant30Nantucket, Massachusetts8th21Joan Madison60New York City, New York7th21Yuchen Han30Xining, China6th 21Belania Daley34Long Island, New York4th/5th21Antonio Estrada36Mazatlán, Mexico4th/5th21Jesus Estrada36Mazatlán, MexicoRunner-up21Ethan Mundt30Utica, MinnesotaRunner-up21Veejay Floresca39Pasay, PhilippinesWinner

Contestant's age at the start of the season Angela Keslar and Vincent Libretti were eliminated by judges during episodes 8 and 9, respectively, of season 3, but were brought back due to that season's twist. Chris March was eliminated by judges during episode 4 of season 4, but was brought back to the competition following the voluntary departure of Jack Mackenroth. Anthony Williams was eliminated by judges during episode 10 of season 7, but was brought back to the competition following the voluntary departure of Maya Luz. Joshua Christensen was eliminated by judges during episode 2 of season 9, but was brought back to the competition following the voluntary departure of Cecelia Motwani. Raul Orosio was eliminated by judges during episode 3 of season 10, but was brought back to the competition following the voluntary departures of Andrea Katz and Kooan Kosuke. Justin LeBlanc was eliminated by judges during episode 6 of season 12, but was given a second chance due to the newly instituted "Tim Gunn Save".