This is a list of the Wardens of New College, Oxford . The Warden is the college's principal, responsible for its academic leadership, chairing its governing body, and representing it in the outside world.
- 1379–1389: Nicholas Wykeham [1]
- 1389–1396: Thomas Cranley [1]
- 1396–1403: Richard Malford [1]
- 1403–1429: John Bowke [1] or Bouke [2]
- 1429–1435: William Estcourt [1]
- 1435–1454: Nicholas Ossulbury [1]
- 1454–1475: Thomas Chaundler [1] [3]
- 1475–1494: Walter Hyll [1]
- 1494–1520: William Porter [1]
- 1520–1521: John Rede [1]
- 1521–1526: John Young [1]
- 1526–1542: John London [1] [4]
- 1542–1551: Henry Cole [1] [5]
- In 1547, Thomas Harding was named Warden by King Edward VI [6]
- 1551–1553: Ralph Skinner [1]
- 1553–1573: Thomas Whyte, or White [1] [7]
- In 1556, John Harpsfield was elected Warden but did not assume the office. [8]
- 1573–1599: Martin Culpepper [1]
- 1599–1613: George Ryves [1]
- 1613–1617: Arthur Lake [1] [9]
- 1617–1647: Robert Pinck [1] [10]
- 1647–1648: Henry Stringer [1]
- 1649–1658: George Marshall (intruded by the Parliamentary Commissioners) [1]
- 1658–1675: Michael Woodward [1]
- 1675–1679: John Nicholas [1]
- 1679–1701: Henry Beeston [1]
- 1701–1703: Richard Traffles [1]
- 1703–1712: Thomas Brathwait [1]
- 1712–1720: John Cobb [1]
- 1720–1724: John Dobson [1]
- 1725–1730: Henry Bigg [1]
- 1730–1740: John Coxed [1]
- 1740–1764: John Purnell [1]
- 1764–1768: Thomas Hayward [1]
- 1768–1794: John Oglander [1]
- 1794–1822: Samuel Gauntlett [1]
- 1822–1840: Philip Nicholas Shuttleworth [1] [11]
- 1840–1860: Rev. David Williams [1] [12]
- 1860–1903: James Edwards Sewell [1] [13]
- 1903–1924: William Archibald Spooner [1] [14]
- 1925–1940: Herbert Fisher [1] [15]
- 1944–1958: Alic Halford Smith [1] [16] [17]
- 1958–1976: Sir William Hayter [18]
- 1976–1985: Arthur Hafford Cooke [19]
- 1985–1996: Harvey McGregor QC [20] [21]
- 1996–2009: Alan Ryan [22]
- 2009–2016: Sir Curtis Price [23]
- 2016–present: Miles Young [24]
