This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series. The award was given every year since the 1993 ceremony and later retired in 2015. Kristoff St. John holds the record for most wins in this category with 11.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
1990s
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
! style="width:11%;"| Year
! style="width:37%;"| Actor
! style="width:37%;"| Series
! style="width:10%;"| Network
! style="width:5%;"| Ref
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| rowspan="2" align="center"| 1993
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Kristoff St. John
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
| rowspan="2" align="center"|
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 1994
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Kristoff St. John
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
| align="center"|
|-
| align="center"| 1995
| colspan="4"
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 1996
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Kristoff St. John
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
|-
| Keith Hamilton Cobb
| All My Children
| align="center"| ABC
|-
| Adam Lazarre-White
| rowspan="2"| The Young and the Restless
| rowspan="2" align="center"| CBS
|-
| Shemar Moore
|-
| Darnell Williams
| The City
| align="center"| ABC
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 1997
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Kristoff St. John
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
|-
| Keith Hamilton Cobb
| All My Children
| align="center"| ABC
|-
| Shemar Moore
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
|-
| Joseph C. Phillips
| General Hospital
| align="center"| ABC
|-
| Nathan Purdee
| One Life to Live
| align="center"| ABC
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 1998
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Shemar Moore
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
|-
| Joseph C. Phillips
| General Hospital
| align="center"| ABC
|-
| Nathan Purdee
| One Life to Live
| align="center"| ABC
|-
| Kristoff St. John
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
|-
| Timothy Stickney
| One Life to Live
| align="center"| ABC
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 1999
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Shemar Moore
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
| rowspan="5" align="center"|
|-
| Joseph C. Phillips
| General Hospital
| align="center"| ABC
|-
| Nathan Purdee
| One Life to Live
| align="center"| ABC
|-
| Usher Raymond
| The Bold and the Beautiful
| align="center"| CBS
|-
| Kristoff St. John
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
|}
2000s
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
! style="width:11%;"| Year
! style="width:37%;"| Actor
! style="width:37%;"| Series
! style="width:10%;"| Network
! style="width:5%;"| Ref
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2000
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Shemar Moore
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
|-
| Peter Parros
| As the World Turns
| align="center"| CBS
|-
| Nathan Purdee
| One Life to Live
| align="center"| ABC
|-
| Kristoff St. John
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
|-
| Mathew St. Patrick
| All My Children
| align="center"| ABC
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2001
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Shemar Moore
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
|-
| Nathan Purdee
| One Life to Live
| align="center"| ABC
|-
| Kristoff St. John
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
|-
| Mathew St. Patrick
| All My Children
| align="center"| ABC
|-
| Timothy Stickney
| One Life to Live
| align="center"| ABC
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2002
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Shemar Moore
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
|-
| Nathan Purdee
| One Life to Live
| align="center"| ABC
|-
| James Reynolds
| Days of Our Lives
| align="center"| NBC
|-
| Kristoff St. John
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
|-
| Timothy Stickney
| One Life to Live
| align="center"| ABC
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2003
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Kristoff St. John
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
|-
| Peter Parros
| As the World Turns
| align="center"| CBS
|-
| Nathan Purdee
| One Life to Live
| align="center"| ABC
|-
| Paul Taylor
| As the World Turns
| align="center"| CBS
|-
| Darnell Williams
| All My Children
| align="center"| ABC
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2004
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Kristoff St. John
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
|-
| Tyler Christopher
| General Hospital
| align="center"| ABC
|-
| Keith Hamilton Cobb
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
|-
| James Reynolds
| Days of Our Lives
| align="center"| NBC
|-
| Timothy Stickney
| One Life to Live
| align="center"| ABC
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2005
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Shemar Moore
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
|-
| Keith Hamilton Cobb
| rowspan="2"| The Young and the Restless
| rowspan="2" align="center"| CBS
|-
| Bryton James
|-
| Michael B. Jordan
| All My Children
| align="center"| ABC
|-
| Kristoff St. John
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2006
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Shemar Moore
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
|-
| Bryton James
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
|-
| Michael B. Jordan
| All My Children
| align="center"| ABC
|-
| Antonio Sabato Jr.
| The Bold and the Beautiful
| align="center"| CBS
|-
| Kristoff St. John
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2007
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Kristoff St. John
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
|-
| Bryton James
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
|-
| Michael B. Jordan
| All My Children
| align="center"| ABC
|-
| James Reynolds
| Days of Our Lives
| align="center"| NBC
|-
| Antonio Sabato Jr.
| The Bold and the Beautiful
| align="center"| CBS
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2008
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Kristoff St. John
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
|-
| Kamar de los Reyes
| One Life to Live
| align="center"| ABC
|-
| Bryton James
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
|-
| Mykel Shannon Jenkins
| The Bold and the Beautiful
| align="center"| CBS
|-
| Tobias Truvillion
| One Life to Live
| align="center"| ABC
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2009
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Bryton James
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
|-
| Texas Battle
| rowspan="2"| The Bold and the Beautiful
| rowspan="2" align="center"| CBS
|-
| Dan Martin
|-
| Cornelius Smith Jr.
| All My Children
| align="center"| ABC
|-
| Montel Williams
| Guiding Light
| align="center"| CBS
|}
2010s
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
! style="width:11%;"| Year
! style="width:37%;"| Actor
! style="width:37%;"| Series
! style="width:10%;"| Network
! style="width:5%;"| Ref
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2010
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Cornelius Smith Jr.
| All My Children
| align="center"| ABC
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
|-
| Texas Battle
| The Bold and the Beautiful
| align="center"| CBS
|-
| Bryton James
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
|-
| Terrell Tilford
| One Life to Live
| align="center"| ABC
|-
| Cassius Willis
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 2011
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Darnell Williams
| All My Children
| align="center"| ABC
| rowspan="5" align="center"|
|-
| Rodney Saulsberry
| The Bold and the Beautiful
| align="center"| CBS
|-
| Cornelius Smith Jr.
| All My Children
| align="center"| ABC
|-
| Aaron D. Spears
| The Bold and the Beautiful
| align="center"| CBS
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2012
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Emerson Brooks
| All My Children
| align="center"| ABC
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
|-
| Texas Battle
| The Bold and the Beautiful
| align="center"| CBS
|-
| Bryton James
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
|-
| James Reynolds
| Days of Our Lives
| align="center"| NBC
|-
| Aaron D. Spears
| The Bold and the Beautiful
| align="center"| CBS
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2013
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Kristoff St. John
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
|-
| James Reynolds
| Days of Our Lives
| align="center"| NBC
|-
| Rodney Saulsberry
| rowspan="2"| The Bold and the Beautiful
| rowspan="2" align="center"| CBS
|-
| Aaron D. Spears
|-
| Erik Valdez
| General Hospital
| align="center"| ABC
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2014
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Kristoff St. John
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
|-
| Tequan Richmond
| General Hospital
| align="center"| ABC
|-
| Lawrence Saint-Victor
| rowspan="2"| The Bold and the Beautiful
| rowspan="2" align="center"| CBS
|-
| Aaron D. Spears
|-
| Redaric Williams
| The Young and the Restless
| align="center"| CBS
|}
Multiple wins and nominations
Wins
; 11 wins
- Kristoff St. John
; 7 wins
- Shemar Moore
Nominations
; 18 nominations
- Kristoff St. John
; 9 nominations
- Shemar Moore
; 7 nominations
- Bryton James
- Nathan Purdee
; 5 nominations
- James Reynolds
; 4 nominations
- Keith Hamilton Cobb
- Aaron D. Spears
- Timothy Stickney
; 3 nominations
- Texas Battle
- Michael B. Jordan
- Joseph C. Phillips
- Cornelius Smith Jr.
- Darnell Williams
; 2 nominations
- Peter Parros
- Antonio Sabato Jr.
- Rodney Saulsberry
- Mathew St. Patrick