Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in musical theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City.

Stephen Sondheim holds the record for most wins and nominations for the award, with ten wins out of twelve nominations.

Multiple wins

 * 10 wins
 * Stephen Sondheim


 * 2 wins
 * Gerard Alessandrini
 * Fred Ebb
 * Marc Shaiman
 * Scott Wittman
 * David Yazbek

Multiple nominations

 * 12 nominations
 * Stephen Sondheim


 * 5 nominations
 * Jason Robert Brown
 * Michael John LaChiusa


 * 4 nominations
 * Fred Ebb
 * Marc Shaiman
 * Scott Wittman
 * David Yazbek


 * 3 nominations
 * Lynn Ahrens
 * Gerard Alessandrini
 * Howard Ashman
 * Chad Beguelin
 * Rick Crom
 * William Finn
 * Amanda Green
 * Michael Korie
 * Lin-Manuel Miranda
 * Tim Rice
 * Maury Yeston


 * 2 nominations
 * Susan Birkenhead
 * Mel Brooks
 * Craig Carnelia
 * Michael Friedman
 * Jerry Herman
 * John Kander
 * Jonathan Larson
 * David Lindsay-Abaire
 * Andrew Lippa
 * Robert Lopez
 * Dave Malloy
 * Richard Maltby, Jr.
 * Laurence O'Keefe
 * Glenn Slater
 * David Zippel
 * Michael R. Jackson