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| Award (↓) | Year | Category | Nominee / Winner | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writers Guild Award | 2008 | Best Writing in an Episodic Drama Series for Television | Nominee | David Simon; Ed Burns |
| Writers Guild Award | 2008 | Best Writing Team for a Television Drama Series | Winner | |
| Variety Top 10 | 2007 | 10 Dramatic Moments (#10) | Winner | |
| USA Today's Best & Worst of TV | 2006 | Best of TV (#3) | Winner | |
| USA Today's Best & Worst of TV | 2004 | Best of TV (#4) | Winner | |
| USA Today's Best & Worst of TV | 2003 | Best of TV (#4) | Winner | |
| USA Today's Best & Worst of TV | 2002 | Best of TV (#4) | Winner | |
| TV Guide's Best/Worst of the Year | 2003 | Top Ten TV Shows of the Year (#9) | Winner | |
| Time Magazine's Best/Worst List | 2006 | Top Ten Best Television Shows (#1) | Winner | |
| Time Magazine's Best/Worst List | 2002 | Top Ten Best Television Shows (#1) | Winner | |
| Time Magazine's 100 Best TV Shows | 2007 | One of the 100 Best TV Shows of All-Time | Winner | |
| TelevisionWeek's Critics Poll | 2008.02 | Best Television (#2) | Winner | |
| TelevisionWeek's Critics Poll | 2007.01 | Best Television (#1) | Winner | |
| TelevisionWeek's Critics Poll | 2005.01 | Best Television (#4) | Winner | |
| TelevisionWeek's Critics Poll | 2004.01 | Best Television (#4) | Winner | |
| Television Critics Association Award | 2008 | Winner | ||
| Television Critics Association Award | 2008 | Outstanding Achievement in a Drama Series | Nominee | |
| Television Critics Association Award | 2008 | Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Drama Series | Nominee | David Simon |
| Television Critics Association Award | 2008 | Outstanding Program of the Year | Nominee | |
| Television Critics Association Award | 2007 | Outstanding Achievement in a Drama Series | Nominee | |
| Television Critics Association Award | 2004 | Outstanding Achievement in a Drama Series | Nominee | |
| Television Critics Association Award | 2003 | Outstanding New Program of the Year | Nominee | |
| Television Critics Association Award | 2003 | Outstanding Program of the Year | Nominee | |
| Television Critics Association Award | 2003 | Outstanding Achievement in a Drama Series | Nominee | |
| TeeVee Award | 2005 | Best Hour Show | Winner | |
| Salon's Buffy Award | 2004 | Winner | ||
| RATTY Award | 2008 | Best Episode of a Drama Series | Nominee | |
| RATTY Award | 2008 | Best Drama Series | Nominee | |
| RATTY Award | 2008 | Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series | Nominee | Isiah Whitlock Jr. |
| RATTY Award | 2008 | Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Nominee | Amy Ryan |
| RATTY Award | 2008 | Best Series | Nominee | |
| RATTY Award | 2007 | Best Writing in a Drama Series | Nominee | David Simon |
| RATTY Award | 2007 | Best Directing in a Drama Series | Nominee | Ernest Dickerson |
| RATTY Award | 2007 | Best Drama Series | Nominee | |
| RATTY Award | 2007 | Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Nominee | Michael Hyatt |
| RATTY Award | 2007 | Best Series | Nominee | |
| PRISM Award | 2004 | Outstanding Television Drama Series Multi-Episode Storyline | Winner | |
| PRISM Award | 2003 | Outstanding Multi-Episode Storyline in a Television Drama Series | Nominee | |
| Peabody Award | 2004 | Winner | ||
| PASS Award | 2005 | Television & Video | Winner | |
| NAMIC Vision Award | 2007 | Outstanding Drama Program | Nominee | |
| NAMIC Vision Award | 2005 | Outstanding Drama Program | Nominee | |
| NAMIC Vision Award | 2005 | Outstanding Performance in a Drama Program | Nominee | Idris Elba |
| NAMIC Vision Award | 2003 | Outstanding Drama Program | Nominee | |
| NAMIC Vision Award | 2003 | Outstanding Performance in a Drama Program | Nominee | Sonja Sohn |
| NAACP Image Award | 2007 | Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series | Nominee | Seith Mann |
| NAACP Image Award | 2007 | Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | Nominee | Michael K. Williams |
| NAACP Image Award | 2007 | Outstanding Drama Series | Nominee | |
| NAACP Image Award | 2007 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Nominee | Glynn Turman |
| NAACP Image Award | 2007 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Nominee | Wendell Pierce |
