# List of judges of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory

The Supreme Court of the Northern Territory in Australia has six resident Judges, including a Chief Justice. Judges from other Courts and retired Judges have regularly held appointment as additional or acting Judges to assist, particularly with appeal sittings where at least three Judges are required.
The Northern Territory went through a period where from 1961 up until Self-Government in 1978 Federal Court (and before that Commonwealth) judges were appointed and sat occasionally in the Northern Territory.
| Position | Name | From | To | Term | Comments |
| Chief Judge | Sir William Forster | 1 February 1977 | 30 September 1979 | 8 years, 6 days | |
| Chief Justice | Sir William Forster | 1 October 1979 | 7 February 1985 | 8 years, 6 days | |
| Chief Justice | Kevin O'Leary | 12 September 1985 | 31 July 1987 | 1 year, 322 days | |
| Chief Justice | Austin Asche | 1 August 1987 | 25 February 1993 | 5 years, 208 days | |
| Chief Justice | Brian Frank Martin | 26 February 1993 | 31 October 2003 | 10 years, 247 days | |
| Chief Justice | Brian Ross Martin | 27 January 2004 | 20 September 2010 | 6 years, 236 days | |
| Chief Justice | Trevor Riley | 27 September 2010 | 4 July 2016 | 5 years, 281 days | |
| Chief Justice | Michael Grant | 5 July 2016 | | 8 years, 94 days | |
| Acting Chief Justice | James Muirhead | 8 February 1985 | 11 September 1985 | 215 days | |
| Resident Judge | Samuel James Mitchell | 30 May 1911 | April 1912 | 307-336 days | |
| Resident Judge | David Bevan | 23 May 1912 | 22 September 1920 | 8 years, 122 days | |
| Resident Judge | Donald Roberts | 11 November 1921 | 7 April 1928 | 6 years, 148 days | |
| Resident Judge | Ross Mallam | 24 April 1928 | 1933 | 4–5 years | |
| Resident Judge | Thomas Wells | 21 August 1933 | 26 March 1952 | 18 years, 218 days | |
| Resident Judge | Martin Kriewaldt | 27 March 1952 | 12 June 1960 | 8 years, 77 days | |
| Resident Judge | Alan Bridge | 28 September 1961 | 28 July 1966 | 4 years, 303 days | |
| Resident Judge | Richard Blackburn | 14 October 1966 | 27 June 1971 | 4 years, 256 days | |
| Resident Judge | Sir William Forster | 28 June 1971 | 31 January 1977 | 5 years, 217 days | |
| Resident Judge | James Muirhead | 1 May 1974 | 11 September 1985 | 11 years, 133 days | |
| Resident Judge | Richard Ward | 27 September 1974 | 24 November 1977 | 3 years, 58 days | |
| Resident Judge | John Toohey | 4 April 1977 | 5 February 1987 | 9 years, 307 days | Judge of the Federal Court |
| Resident Judge | John Gallop | 10 March 1978 | 31 July 2000 | 22 years, 143 days | |
| Resident Judge | Sir William Kearney | 13 April 1982 | 13 October 1999 | 17 years, 183 days | |
| Resident Judge | John Nader | 19 August 1982 | 19 March 1992 | 9 years, 213 days | |
| Resident Judge | Kevin O'Leary | 1 July 1983 | 31 July 1987 | 4 years, 30 days | |
| Resident Judge | Michael Maurice | 21 September 1984 | 30 January 1988 | 3 years, 131 days | |
| Resident Judge | Phillip Rice | 8 March 1985 | 31 January 1991 | 5 years, 329 days | |
| Resident Judge | Austin Asche | 14 April 1986 | 31 July 1987 | 1 year, 108 days | |
| Resident Judge | Brian Frank Martin | 13 September 1987 | 25 February 1993 | 5 years, 165 days | |
| Resident Judge | David Angel | 8 May 1989 | 18 January 2010 | 20 years, 255 days | |
| Resident Judge | Dean Mildren | 27 June 1991 | 28 February 2013 | 21 years, 246 days | |
| Resident Judge | Sally Thomas | 30 July 1992 | 7 August 2009 | 17 years, 8 days | |
| Resident Judge | Steven Bailey | 6 January 1997 | 25 November 2004 | 7 years, 324 days | |
| Resident Judge | Trevor Riley | 1 February 1999 | 26 February 2013 | 14 years, 25 days | |
| Resident Judge | Stephen Southwood | 31 January 2005 | | 19 years, 250 days | |
| Resident Judge | Judith Kelly | 12 August 2009 | | 15 years, 56 days | |
| Resident Judge | Jenny Blokland | 9 April 2010 | | 14 years, 181 days | |
| Resident Judge | Peter Barr | 30 September 2010 | | 14 years, 7 days | |
| Resident Judge | Graham Hiley | 1 March 2013 | | 11 years, 220 days | |
| Deputy Judge | Norman Ewing | 1919 | 1920 | 0–1 years | |
| Deputy Judge | Gerald Hogan | 1920 | 1921 | 0–1 years | |
| Additional Judge | Edward Arthur Dunphy | 10 May 1961 | 30 September 1979 | 18 years, 143 days | |
| Additional Judge | Percy Joske | 11 May 1961 | 1977 | 15–16 years | |
| Additional Judge | Sir Reginald Smithers | 21 July 1964 | 1971 | 6–7 years | |
| Additional Judge | Charles Sweeney | 1967 | 1970 | 2–3 years | |
| Additional Judge | Sir John Angus Nimmo | 1969 | 1974 | 4–5 years | |
| Additional Judge | John Kerr | 19 September 1970 | 1972 | 1–2 years | |
| Additional Judge | Edward Woodward | 25 May 1972 | 30 September 1979 | 7 years, 128 days | |
| Additional Judge | Robert Franki | 1972 | 1986 | 13–14 years | |
| Additional Judge | John Sweeney | 2 February 1976 | 30 September 1979 | 3 years, 240 days | |
| Additional Judge | Phillip Evatt | 5 February 1976 | 1987 | 10–11 years | |
| Additional Judge | Robert St John | 22 July 1976 | 30 September 1979 | 3 years, 70 days | |
| Additional Judge | Gerard Brennan | 22 July 1976 | 30 September 1979 | 3 years, 70 days | |
| Additional Judge | Trevor Morling | 1991 1994 | 1991 1994 | 2–3 years | |
| Additional Judge | Bill Priestley | 1992 2001 | 1992 2002 | <1 year 0–1 years | |
| Acting Judge | Charles Edward Herbert | 1921 | 1922 | 0–1 years | |
| Acting Judge | William Henry Sharwood | 1922 1932 1933 | 1922 1932 1933 | <3 years | |
| Acting Judge | Donald Gordon Bathgate | 1941 | 1941 | <1 year | |
| Acting Judge | Martin Kriewaldt | 1951 | 1952 | 0–1 years | |
| Acting Judge | James Archibald Douglas | 1956 | 1957 | 0–1 years | |
| Acting Judge | William Charles Gillespie | 1960 | 1960 | <1 year | |
| Acting Judge | Lawrence Eric Clarke | 1960 | 1960 | <1 year | |
| Acting Judge | James Boyd Keith Williams | 1982 | 1982 | <1 year | |
| Acting Judge | Kevin O'Leary | 1982 | 1983 | 0–1 years | |
| Acting Judge | James Muirhead | 1987 | 1988 | 0–1 years | |
| Acting Judge | Ian Gray | 1991 1994 1995 1998 | 1991 1994 1995 1998 | <4 years | |
| Acting Judge | Trevor Morling | 1997 | 1998 | 0–1 years | |
| Acting Judge | Howard Olney | 1998 2005 | 2003 2005 | 4–5 years <1 year | |
| Acting Judge | John Gallop | 2000 | 2002 | 1–2 years | |
| Acting Judge | John Doyle | 2000 | 2001 | 0–1 years | |
| Acting Judge | Robert Brooking | 2000 | 2001 | 0–1 years | Judge Victorian Court of Appeal |
| Acting Judge | Len King | 2004 | 2005 | 0–1 years | |
| Acting Judge | Brian Frank Martin | 2004 | 2004 | <1 year | |
| Acting Judge | Trevor Olsson | 2004 | 2004 | <1 year | |
| Acting Judge | Bill Priestley | 2006 | 2006 | <1 year | |
| Acting Judge | Geoffrey Eames | 2007 | 2009 | 1–2 years | Former judge Victorian Court of Appeal |