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Here is the breakdown of games in Green Ronin's excellent The 100 Best series by year. First by decade, then by year. Note that this uses the publication date in The 100 Best series, and notably is for the specific edition written about by the author, which is sometimes later than initial publication.
| 1900-1909 | 1 | |
| 1930-1939 | 2 | |
| 1940-1949 | 3 | |
| 1950-1959 | 5 | |
| 1960-1969 | 15 | |
| 1970-1979 | 26 | |
| 1980-1989 | 43 | |
| 1990-1999 | 46 | |
| 2000-2009 | 59 | |
| 1904 | 1 | |
| 1934 | 1 | |
| 1935 | 1 | |
| 1948 | 1 | |
| 1949 | 2 | |
| 1955 | 1 | |
| 1956 | 1 | |
| 1958 | 1 | |
| 1959 | 2 | |
| 1960 | 2 | |
| 1961 | 1 | |
| 1962 | 3 | |
| 1963 | 3 | |
| 1964 | 0 | |
| 1965 | 1 | |
| 1966 | 2 | |
| 1967 | 1 | |
| 1968 | 0 | |
| 1969 | 2 | |
| 1970 | 2 | |
| 1971 | 2 | |
| 1972 | 1 | |
| 1973 | 0 | |
| 1974 | 3 | |
| 1975 | 2 | |
| 1976 | 3 | |
| 1977 | 8 | |
| 1978 | 2 | |
| 1979 | 3 | |
| 1980 | 5 | |
| 1981 | 6 | |
| 1982 | 6 | |
| 1983 | 3 | |
| 1984 | 5 | |
| 1985 | 7 | |
| 1986 | 2 | |
| 1987 | 4 | |
| 1988 | 1 | |
| 1989 | 4 | |
| 1990 | 4 | |
| 1991 | 6 | |
| 1992 | 4 | |
| 1993 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 9 | |
| 1996 | 4 | |
| 1997 | 3 | |
| 1998 | 5 | |
| 1999 | 8 | |
| 2000 | 8 | |
| 2001 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 6 | |
| 2003 | 9 | |
| 2004 | 8 | |
| 2005 | 8 | |
| 2006 | 9 | |
| 2007 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |