Legend:
Nymphia Wind won RuPaul's Drag Race season 16.
Sapphira Cristál was the runner-up.
Sapphira Cristál and Xunami Muse were voted Miss Congeniality (Miss C) by fellow contestants.
Morphine Love Dion was declared Queen of She Done Already Done Had Herses (SDADHH) after winning the final lip sync in the LaLaPaRuza Smackdown.
WIN indicates that the contestant won the challenge.
TOP2 indicates that the contestant was one of the two best performing in the challenge, but lost the lip sync to win it.
SAFE indicates that the contestant was declared safe by the judges.
IMM (Immunity) indicates that the contestant drank the immunity potion and was immune from elimination.
BTM (Bottom) indicates that the contestant was up for elimination.
ELIM (Eliminated) indicates that the contestant was eliminated.
LOSS indicates that the eliminated contestant participated in the LaLaPaRuza Smackdown, but lost one of the lip syncs.
Guest indicates that the contestant returned as a guest.
| Contestant | Episode | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1[1] | 2[2] | 3[3] | 4[4] | 5[5] | 6[6] | 7[7] | 8[8] | 9[9] | 10[10] | 11[11] | 12[12] | 13[13] | 14[14] | 15[15] | 16[16] | ||
| Nymphia Wind | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | IMM | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | Guest | Winner | ||
| Sapphira Cristál | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | IMM | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | WIN | BTM | SAFE | Guest | R-up | Miss C | |
| Plane Jane | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | BTM | Guest | Eliminated | ||
| Q | TOP2 | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | LOSS | Guest | ||
| Morphine Love Dion | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | TOP2 | BTM | BTM | ELIM | SDADHH | Guest | |||
| Dawn | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | LOSS | Guest | ||||
| Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | BTM | BTM | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | ELIM | LOSS | Guest | |||||
| Plasma | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | ELIM | LOSS | Guest | |||||||
| Xunami Muse | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | LOSS | Miss C | ||||||||
| Megami | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | ELIM | TOP2 | Guest | |||||||||
| Geneva Karr | TOP2 | BTM | BTM | WIN | ELIM | LOSS | Guest | ||||||||||
| Amanda Tori Meating | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | LOSS | Guest | |||||||||||
| Mirage | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | LOSS | Guest | ||||||||||||
| Hershii LiqCour-Jeté | SAFE | ELIM | LOSS | Guest | |||||||||||||
- ^ "Rate-A-Queen". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 16. Episode 1. January 5, 2024. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ "Queen Choice Awards". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 16. Episode 2. January 12, 2024. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ "The Mother of All Balls". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 16. Episode 3. January 19, 2024. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ "RDR Live!". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 16. Episode 4. January 26, 2024. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ "Girl Groups". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 16. Episode 5. February 2, 2024. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ "Welcome to the DollHouse". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 16. Episode 6. February 9, 2024. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ "The Sound of Rusic". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 16. Episode 7. February 16, 2024. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ "Snatch Game". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 16. Episode 8. February 23, 2024. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ "See You Next Wednesday". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 16. Episode 9. March 1, 2024. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ "Werq the World". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 16. Episode 10. March 8, 2024. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ "Corporate Queens". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 16. Episode 11. March 15, 2024. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ "Bathroom Hunties". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 16. Episode 13. March 22, 2024. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ "Drag Race Vegas Live! Makeovers". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 16. Episode 13. March 29, 2024. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ "Booked and Blessed". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 16. Episode 14. April 5, 2024. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ "Lip Sync LaLaPaRuza Smackdown – Reunited". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 16. Episode 15. April 12, 2024. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ "Grand Finale". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 16. Episode 16. April 19, 2024. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.