A Complete List of All the Past Bachelorettes, Ranked
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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