List of fictional science fiction and fantasy detectives

This list consists of fictional detectives from science fiction and fantasy stories.

Detective	Creator	Debut
Basil Argyros	Harry Turtledove	Agent of Byzantium (1987)
Marid Audran	George Alec Effinger	When Gravity Fails (1986)
Elijah Baley	Isaac Asimov	The Caves of Steel (1954)
Marty Burns	Jay Russell	Celestial Dogs (1996)
Colonel Thomas Bushell	Harry Turtledove	The Two Georges (1995)
Logan "Eyes Only" Cale	James Cameron Charles H. Eglee	Dark Angel (2000)
Dr. Phil D'Amato	Paul Levinson	The Silk Code (1999)
Lord Darcy	Randall Garrett	Too Many Magicians (1966)
H. Seaton Davenport	Isaac Asimov	"The Dust of Death" (1956)
Rick Deckard	Philip K. Dick	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968)
Hawk & Fisher	Simon Green	Hawk & Fisher (1982)
John Constantine	Alan Moore	Hellblazer (1988)
Harry Dresden	Jim Butcher	Storm Front (2000)
Miles Flint	Kristine Kathryn Rusch	The Disappeared (2011)
Garrett P.I.	Glen Cook	Sweet Silver Blues (1987)
Dirk Gently	Douglas Adams	Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987)
Gil Hamilton	Larry Niven	ARM (1975)
Adam Hart	Erwin Neutzsky-Wulff	Adam Harts opdagelser (1972)
Bernard Jaffe	David O. Russell	I ♥ Huckabees (2004)
Vivian Jaffe	David O. Russell	I ♥ Huckabees (2004)
Natalie Lindstrom	Stephen Woodworth	Through Violet Eyes
Donald Lydecker	James Cameron Charles H. Eglee	Dark Angel (2000)
Kline Maxwell	S. Andrew Swann	Dragons of the Cuyahoga (1995)
Thursday Next	Jasper Fforde	The Eyre Affair (2001)
R. Daneel Olivaw	Isaac Asimov	The Caves of Steel (1954)
Nohar Rajasthan	S. Andrew Swann	Forests of the Night (1989)
Magnus Ridolph	Jack Vance	The Complete Magnus Ridolph (1985)
Sam Space	William F. Nolan	Space for Hire (1971)
Jack Spratt	Jasper Fforde	The Big Over Easy (2005)
Wendell Urth	Isaac Asimov	"The Singing Bell" (1954)
Captain Samuel Vimes	Terry Pratchett	Guards! Guards! (1989)
Dan Vogelsang	James Cameron Charles H. Eglee	Dark Angel (2000)
Yusuke Urameshi	Yoshihiro Togashi	Yu Yu Hakusho Volume 1 (1991)
The PI With No Name	Graham Edwards	"The Wooden Baby" (April 2005 Realms of Fantasy magazine)
John Taylor	Simon R. Green	Something from the Nightside (2003)
Sir Kay	Phyllis Ann Karr	The Idylls of the Queen (1982)
Martin Hel	Robin Wood	Skorpio Magazine (1992)
Carlisle Hsing	Lawrence Watt-Evans	Nightside City (1989)
Master Li and Number Ten Ox	Barry Hughart	Bridge of Birds (1984)
Felix the Fox	Assaph Mehr	Murder in-absentia (2015)