List of Pulitzer Prize winners for Commentary:
* 1970: Robert L. Bartley, for his column, "The View from the Right," in The Wall Street Journal
* 1971: Russell Baker, for his columns on various subjects, published in The New York Times
* 1972: Art Buchwald, for his columns, published in The Washington Post
* 1973: Jimmy Breslin, for his columns, "I Way of Life," published in the New York Daily News
* 1974: Mike Royko, for his columns, "I Write as I Please," published in the Chicago Daily News
* 1975: Russell Baker, for his columns on various subjects, published in The New York Times
* 1976: Ellen Goodman, for her columns, "At Large," published in The Boston Globe
* 1977: Richard Reeves, for his columns, "Postscript," published in New York magazine
* 1978: William Raspberry, for his columns on various subjects, published in The Washington Post
* 1979: Erma Bombeck, for her columns on humor in everyday life, published in various newspapers
* 1980: George F. Will, for his columns on various subjects, published in Newsweek magazine
* 1981: Art Buchwald, for his columns, published in The Washington Post
* 1982: Art Buchwald, for his columns, published in The Washington Post
* 1983: Anna Quindlen, for her columns, "Hers," published in The New York Times
* 1984: Dave Barry, for his humorous columns, published in The Miami Herald
* 1985: Ellen Goodman, for her columns on various subjects, published in The Boston Globe
* 1986: Murray Kempton, for his columns, published in Newsday
* 1987: Colman McCarthy, for his columns, published in The Washington Post
* 1988: Charles Krauthammer, for his columns, published in The Washington Post
* 1989: Anna Quindlen, for her columns, published in The New York Times
* 1990: Ellen Goodman, for her columns on various subjects, published in The Boston Globe
* 1991: Richard Cohen, for his columns, published in The Washington Post
* 1992: William Raspberry, for his columns, published in The Washington Post
* 1993: Anna Quindlen, for her columns on various subjects, published in The New York Times
* 1994: Jim Murray, for his sports columns, published in the Los Angeles Times
* 1995: Ellen Goodman, for her columns on various subjects, published in The Boston Globe
* 1996: Richard Bernstein, for his columns, published in The New York Times
* 1997: Art Buchwald, for his columns, published in The Washington Post
* 1998: Maureen Dowd, for her columns, published in The New York Times
* 1999: Clarence Page, for his columns, published in the Chicago Tribune
* 2000: Mary McGrory, for her columns, published in The Washington Post
* 2001: Maureen Dowd, for her columns, published in The New York Times
* 2002: Thomas L. Friedman, for his columns on foreign affairs, published in The New York Times
* 2003: Leonard Pitts, Jr., for his columns, published in The Miami Herald
* 2004: Clarence Page, for his columns, published in the Chicago Tribune
* 2005: Steve Lopez, for his columns, published in the Los Angeles Times
* 2006: Nicholas D. Kristof, for his columns, published in The New York Times
* 2007: Cynthia Tucker, for her columns, published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
* 2008: Eugene Robinson, for his columns, published in The Washington Post
* 2009: Stephen Henderson, for his columns, published in The Detroit Free Press
* 2010: Kathleen Parker, for her columns, published in The Washington Post
* 2011: David Brooks, for his columns, published in The New York Times
* 2012: George F. Will, for his columns, published in various newspapers
* 2013: Jeffrey Goldberg, for his columns on foreign reporting, published in Bloomberg Views
* 2014: David Horsey, for his editorial cartoons, published in The Seattle Times
* 2015: Tony Messenger, for his editorial cartoons, published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
* 2016: Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, for their columns, published in The New York Times
* 2017: Art Cullen, for his columns, published in The Storm Lake Times
* 2018: Brian Merchant, for his columns on the relationship between technology and culture, published in Gizmodo
* 2019: Mary C. Curtis, for her columns, published in Roll Call
* 2020: Nikole Hannah-Jones, for her series, "The 1619 Project," published in The New York Times Magazine
* 2021: Wesley Lowery, for his columns on race and democracy, published in The Washington Post
* 2022: Linda Greenhouse, for her columns, published in The New York Times