Following is a list of justices of the Kansas Supreme Court. As of 2020 [update] , the Kansas Supreme Court has seven justices.
| Judge | Began active service | Ended active service | Began as Chief Justice | Ended as Chief Justice |
| Lawton Nuss | October 17, 2002 | December 17, 2019 | August 3, 2010 | December 17, 2019 |
| Marla J. Luckert | January 13, 2003 | Present | December 17, 2019 | Present |
| Carol A. Beier | September 5, 2003 | September 18, 2020 | - | - |
| Eric S. Rosen | November 18, 2005 | Present | - | - |
| Lee A. Johnson | January 8, 2007 | September 8, 2019 | - | - |
| Dan Biles | March 6, 2009 | Present | - | - |
| Caleb Stegall | December 5, 2014 | Present | - | - |
| Evelyn Wilson | January 24, 2020 | Present | - | - |
| K. J. Wall | August 3, 2020 | Present | - | - |
| Melissa Standridge | December 14, 2020 | Present | - | - |
| Nancy Moritz | January 7, 2011 | July 29, 2014 | - | - |
| Robert E. Davis | January 11, 1993 | January 12, 2009 | January 12, 2009 | August 3, 2010 |
| Kay McFarland | September 19, 1977 | September 1, 1995 | September 1, 1995 | January 12, 2009 |
| Donald L. Allegrucci | January 12, 1987 | January 8, 2007 | - | - |
| Robert L. Gernon | January 13, 2003 | March 30, 2005 | - | - |
| Bob Abbott | September 1, 1990 | June 6, 2003 | - | - |
| Frederick N. Six | September 1, 1988 | January 13, 2003 | - | - |
| Tyler C. Lockett | February 11, 1983 | January 13, 2003 | - | - |
| Edward Larson | September 1, 1995 | September 4, 2002 | - | - |
| Richard Winn Holmes | September 17, 1977 | September 1, 1990 | September 1, 1990 | August 31, 1995 |
| Harold S. Herd | March 18, 1979 | January 11, 1993 | - | - |
| Robert H. Miller | November 1, 1975 | September 1, 1988 | September 1, 1988 | August 31, 1990 |
| David Prager | December 4, 1971 | January 12, 1987 | January 12, 1987 | September 1, 1988 |
| Perry L. Owsley | September 24, 1971 | December 31, 1978 | - | - |
| Alex M. Fromme | May 2, 1966 | October 25, 1982 | - | - |
| Earl E. O'Connor | October 1, 1965 | November 10, 1971 | - | - |
| Robert H. Kaul | September 27, 1965 | September 17, 1977 | - | - |
| John F. Fontron | March 5, 1964 | October 1, 1975 | - | - |
| Schuyler W. Jackson | April 7, 1958 | February 8, 1964 | - | - |
| Alfred G. Schroeder | January 14, 1957 | September 19, 1977 | September 19, 1977 | January 12, 1987 |
| Fred Hall | January 3, 1957 | April 7, 1958 | - | - |
| Harold R. Fatzer | March 1, 1956 | September 1, 1971 | September 1, 1971 | September 19, 1977 |
| Clair E. Robb | January 10, 1955 | August 6, 1965 | - | - |
| William J. Wertz | January 8, 1951 | October 1, 1965 | ||
| Lloyd M. Kagey | December 4, 1950 | January 8, 1951 | - | - |
| William J. Wertz | March 1, 1950 | December 4, 1950 | ||
| Edward F. Arn | February 21, 1949 | March 1, 1950 | - | - |
| Robert T. Price | November 30, 1948 | May 1, 1966 | May 1, 1966 | September 1, 1971 |
| Austin M. Cowan | June 9, 1948 | November 30, 1948 | - | - |
| Allen Banks Burch | January 8, 1945 | May 31, 1948 | - | - |
| Jay S. Parker | January 11, 1943 | January 14, 1957 | January 14, 1957 | May 1, 1966 |
| Homer Hoch | January 9, 1939 | January 30, 1949 | - | - |
| Harry K. Allen | January 11, 1937 | January 11, 1943 | - | - |
| Hugo T. Wedell | July 3, 1935 | January 10, 1955 | - | - |
| Walter G. Thiele | January 9, 1933 | January 3, 1957 | January 3, 1957 | January 14, 1957 |
| Edward Ray Sloan | April 6, 1931 | January 9, 1933 | - | - |
| William A. Smith | December 1, 1930 | March 1, 1956 | March 1, 1956 | January 3, 1957 |
| William D. Jochems | January 4, 1930 | December 1, 1930 | - | - |
| William Easton Hutchinson | May 12, 1927 | January 9, 1939 | - | - |
| William West Harvey | January 8, 1923 | January 8, 1945 | January 8, 1945 | March 1, 1956 |
| Richard Joseph Hopkins | January 8, 1923 | December 27, 1929 | - | - |
| John Marshall | January 11, 1915 | March 25, 1931 | - | - |
| John Shaw Dawson | January 11, 1915 | January 11, 1937 | January 11, 1937 | January 8, 1945 |
| Judson S. West | January 9, 1911 | January 8, 1923 | - | - |
| Alfred Washburn Benson | August 1, 1907 | January 11, 1915 | - | - |
| Charles Burleigh Graves | August 21, 1905 | January 9, 1911 | - | - |
| Silas Wright Porter | July 1, 1905 | January 8, 1923 | - | - |
| Clark Allen Smith | December 1, 1904 | January 11, 1915 | - | - |
| Henry Freeman Mason | January 12, 1903 | May 4, 1927 | - | - |
| Rousseau Angelus Burch | September 29, 1902 | July 1, 1935 | July 1, 1935 | January 11, 1937 |
| William D. Atkinson | January 1, 1904 | December 1, 1904 | - | - |
| John Calvin Pollock | January 15, 1901 | December 2, 1903 | - | - |
| Abram Halstead Ellis | January 15, 1901 | September 25, 1902 | - | - |
| Adrian Lawrence Greene | January 15, 1901 | July 28, 1907 | - | - |
| Edwin Wilber Cunningham | January 15, 1901 | August 16, 1905 | - | - |
| David Martin | - | - | April 30, 1895 | January 11, 1897 |
| William Redwood Smith | January 9, 1899 | July 1, 1905 | - | - |
| Frank Doster | - | - | January 11, 1897 | January 12, 1903 |
| Stephen Haley Allen | January 9, 1893 | January 9, 1899 | - | - |
| Daniel Mulford Valentine | January 11, 1869 | January 9, 1893 | - | - |
| William Agnew Johnston | December 1, 1884 | January 12, 1903 | January 12, 1903 | June 30, 1935 |
| Theodore A. Hurd | April 23, 1884 | December 1, 1884 | - | - |
| David Josiah Brewer | January 9, 1871 | April 8, 1884 | - | - |
| Albert H. Horton | - | - | December 31, 1876 | April 30, 1895 |
| Jacob Safford | January 9, 1865 | January 9, 1871 | - | - |
| Lawrence Dudley Bailey | February 9, 1861 | January 11, 1869 | - | - |
| Samuel Austin Kingman | February 9, 1861 | January 9, 1865 | January 14, 1867 | December 30, 1876 |
| Robert Crozier | - | - | January 5, 1864 | January 14, 1867 |
| Nelson Cobb | - | - | December 28, 1862 | January 5, 1864 |
| John Hampton Watson | - | - | Elected November 4, 1862 | Election Ruled Void |
| Thomas Ewing Jr. | - | - | February 9, 1861 | November 28, 1862 |
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