Stephen Colbert has won 11 Emmy Awards in total across his career.

Quick Scoop: Stephen Colbert’s Emmy Count

  • Stephen Colbert’s career Emmy total: 11 wins.
  • His 11th Emmy came in 2025, when The Late Show with Stephen Colbert finally won the Emmy for Outstanding Talk Series after years of nominations.
  • Earlier wins came largely from The Colbert Report , which scored back‑to‑back Emmys for Outstanding Variety Series in 2013 and 2014.

Why this was a big deal recently

For years, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert was famous for many nominations but no wins, despite Colbert already being a multiple‑Emmy winner from his Comedy Central era.

That narrative flipped at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2025, when The Late Show finally won Outstanding Talk Series, giving Colbert his 11th Emmy and the show its first trophy in that category, just months after CBS announced its cancellation.

In other words, by late 2025, when people ask “how many Emmys has Stephen Colbert won?”, the up‑to‑date answer is 11.

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