General field
Record of the Year and Song of the Year, two of the Grammys’ “Big Four”.
0 for Drake
3 for Kendrick Lamar
Drake
None
Kendrick
Record of the Year ×2
2025, 2026
Song of the Year ×1
2025
Trophy cabinet
Drake vs Kendrick
Every Grammy and major award, side by side. As of October 2026.
Drake
5
Grammy Awards
Kendrick Lamar
27
Grammy Awards
| Drake | Honour | Kendrick Lamar |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Record & Song of the Year | 3 |
| 1 | Best Rap Album | 4 |
| 5 | Rap Grammys | 21 |
| 0 | Pulitzer Prize | 1 |
| 3 | Billboard Music Awards | 0 |
Grammy Awards
Every Grammy won, by category and ceremony year. These make up the totals.
Rap categories
5 for Drake
21 for Kendrick Lamar
Drake
Best Rap Album ×1
2013
Best Rap Song ×2
2017, 2019
Best Rap/Sung Performance ×1
2017
Best Melodic Rap Performance ×1
2023
Kendrick
Best Rap Album ×4
2016, 2018, 2023, 2026
Best Rap Performance ×8
2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026
Best Rap Song ×6
2015, 2016, 2018, 2023, 2025, 2026
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ×1
2016
Best Rap/Sung Performance ×1
2018
Best Melodic Rap Performance ×1
2026
Other Grammys
0 for Drake
3 for Kendrick Lamar
Drake
None
Kendrick
Best Music Video ×3
2016, 2018, 2025
Other major awards
The biggest honours outside the Grammys.
Pulitzer Prize
0 for Drake
1 for Kendrick Lamar
Drake
None
Kendrick
Pulitzer Prize for Music ×1
DAMN. · 2018
Billboard Music Awards
3 for Drake
0 for Kendrick Lamar
Drake
Top Artist ×2
2017, 2019
Artist of the Decade ×1
2021
Kendrick
None
MTV Video of the Year
0 for Drake
2 for Kendrick Lamar
Drake
None
Kendrick
MTV VMA Video of the Year ×2
2015, 2017
Emmy Awards
Won as a performer on the Super Bowl LVI halftime show and for the music direction of his Super Bowl LIX show.
0 for Drake
2 for Kendrick Lamar
Drake
None
Kendrick
Outstanding Variety Special (Live) ×1
2022
Outstanding Music Direction ×1
2025
Records
Drake
- 14 Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s, the most by a male solo artist, after “Janice STFU” debuted at No. 1 in May 2026.
- The most Billboard Hot 100 entries of any artist.
- 42 songs on the Hot 100 in a single week in May 2026, a record.
- ICEMAN, HABIBTI and MAID OF HONOUR debuted at Nos. 1, 2 and 3 on the Billboard 200, the first artist to hold the top three at once.
- 15 No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200, the most by a male solo artist.
- 42 Billboard Music Awards, the most won by a male artist.
- Billboard’s Artist of the Decade for the 2010s.
Kendrick Lamar
- 27 Grammy Awards, the most won by a rapper.
- DAMN. won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Music, the first winner from outside classical music and jazz.
- Record of the Year in consecutive years, with “Not Like Us” in 2025 and “Luther” in 2026.
- Five Grammys in a single night four times: 2016, 2018, 2025 and 2026.
- Headlined the Super Bowl LIX halftime show on 9 February 2025, watched by 133.5 million, the most for any halftime show.
- Six Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s; “Luther” with SZA spent 13 weeks at No. 1 in 2025.
As of October 2026. Totals count Grammy Awards won, by ceremony year, up to the 68th Grammys on 1 February 2026. Best Rap/Sung Collaboration was renamed Best Rap/Sung Performance in 2017. Chart records are from Billboard.