The complete list, including minor candidates left off the state's headline heavyweight board.
| # | Politician | Party | Votes can pull | Peak run | Strongest LGAs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AA Atiku Abubakar 2023 Presidential candidate (PDP) | ADC | 6,984,520 | 2023 Presidential · 29.07% | — |
| 2 | AU Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri Won 2023 governorship | PDP | 430,861 | 2023 Governor · 50.46% | — |
| 3 | AD Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed 2023 governorship runner-up | APC | 398,788 | 2023 Governor · 46.71% · 2 runs | — |
| 4 | UA Umara Ahmadu Won 2019 governorship | PDP | 376,552 | 2019 Governor · 43.22% | — |
| 5 | MJ Mohammed Jibrilla 2019 governorship runner-up | APC | 336,386 | 2019 Governor · 38.61% | — |
| 6 | BD Binos Dauda Yaroe Senator, Adamawa South | PDP | 164,741 | 2019 Senate · 2 runs | — |
| 7 | Oc Other candidates 2019 governor candidate | — | 158,369 | 2019 Governor · 18.18% | — |
| 8 | AI Aminu Iya Abbas | PDP | 145,880 | 2023 Senate | — |
| 9 | AN Abdul-Aziz Nyako Senator-elect, Adamawa Central | APC | 118,555 | 2023 Senate | — |
| 10 | AA ABUBAKAR AHMAD MDALLAHYIDI 2019 senate candidate (APC) | APC | 118,130 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 11 | NM Nyako Murtala 2019 governorship candidate | ADC | 113,237 | 2019 Governor | — |
| 12 | MM MODIBBO MURTALA MOHAMMED 2019 senate candidate (PDP) | PDP | 96,530 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 13 | AI Adamu Ismaila Numan 2023 Senate candidate, Adamawa South | APC | 94,828 | 2023 Senate | — |
| 14 | AA ABDULRAUF ABDUL KABIR MODDIBO 2019 house candidate (APC) | APC | 80,453 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 15 | IE ISHAKU ELISHA CLIFF 2019 senate candidate (PDP) | PDP | 79,337 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 16 | IE Ishaku Elisha Abbo Senator-elect, Adamawa North | APC | 71,927 | 2023 Senate | — |
| 17 | KB KWAMOTI BITRUS LAORI 2019 house candidate (PDP) | PDP | 69,580 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 18 | GM GARBA MASI BINTA 2019 senate candidate (APC) | APC | 63,219 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 19 | AS ABDULRAZAK S.NALDAS 2019 house candidate (APC) | APC | 62,374 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 20 | AY Amos Yohanna | PDP | 61,895 | 2023 Senate | — |
| 21 | KM KABIRU MUKTAR 2019 house candidate (PDP) | PDP | 61,436 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 22 | JS JAFARU SULEIMAN RIBADU 2019 house candidate (PDP) | PDP | 48,476 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 23 | JA JA"AFAR ABUBAKA MAGAJI 2019 house candidate (APC) | APC | 43,117 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 24 | ZD ZAKARIA DAUDA NYAMPA 2019 house candidate (PDP) | PDP | 40,332 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 25 | MM MOHAMMED M.SAIDU 2019 house candidate (PDP) | PDP | 36,769 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 26 | MU MUSTAPHA UMAR MADAWAKI 2019 senate candidate (ADC) | ADC | 36,030 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 27 | SI SADIQ IBRAHIM 2019 house candidate (APC) | APC | 34,379 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 28 | GG GIDEON GOROKI 2019 house candidate (PDP) | PDP | 32,688 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 29 | UB UMAR BABANGIDA MAINA 2019 house candidate (PDP) | PDP | 31,677 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 30 | YB YUSUF BUBA YAKUBU 2019 house candidate (APC) | APC | 30,424 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 31 | MI MUSTAPHA IBRAHIM 2019 house candidate (ADC) | ADC | 29,222 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 32 | OB OLVADI BEMA MADAYI 2019 house candidate (APC) | APC | 28,546 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 33 | PJ PUKUMA JAMES TARTUS 2019 house candidate (PDP) | PDP | 27,922 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 34 | AP AHMAOU PHILIP GUTUWA 2019 house candidate (APC) | APC | 20,988 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 35 | BA BUBA ABDULRAHMAN 2019 senate candidate (SDP) | SDP | 19,627 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 36 | AD ADAMUS DALI USMAN 2019 house candidate (APC) | APC | 19,317 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 37 | PS PATRICIA SEUBITTERRE YAKUBU 2019 senate candidate (ADC) | ADC | 17,423 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 38 | AA AMINU AARON YADUNA 2019 house candidate (ADC) | ADC | 13,013 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 39 | PM PAWA MAYRAM E. 2019 senate candidate (ADC) | ADC | 13,001 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 40 | MA MUHAMMED ABUBAKAR AHIJO 2019 house candidate (ADC) | ADC | 12,273 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 41 | UA UMAR ALFABELEL 2019 house candidate (ADC) | ADC | 11,298 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 42 | GT GAMACHE TITUS 2019 house candidate (ADC) | ADC | 5,445 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 43 | HA HASSAN ALIYU 2019 house candidate (KP) | KP | 4,531 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 44 | IA ISA AHMED YERIMA 2019 house candidate (SDP) | SDP | 4,117 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 45 | IY ISMAILA YAMUSA 2019 senate candidate (SDP) | SDP | 4,065 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 46 | MC MAHALAILU CALVIN ERISON 2019 senate candidate (SDP) | SDP | 3,005 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 47 | AY ADUMUN YOHANA 2019 house candidate (SDP) | SDP | 2,358 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 48 | GE GABSISO ESTHER 2019 house candidate (SDP) | SDP | 2,341 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 49 | YA YONGO ANTHONY TOUGH 2019 senate candidate (PPC) | PPC | 1,866 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 50 | SZ SANUSI ZAILNI YAHYA 2019 house candidate (ASO) | ASO | 1,833 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 51 | ST SIMON TOMPEYO 2019 house candidate (ADC) | ADC | 1,833 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 52 | NA NJIDDA ABUBAKA GAGARA 2019 house candidate (ADC) | ADC | 1,743 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 53 | GA GARBA AHAJI SALIHU 2019 senate candidate (ANP) | ANP | 1,553 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 54 | MI MAMMAN INUWA 2019 house candidate (PDM) | PDM | 1,415 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 55 | KI KWACHIE ILIYA YAME 2019 house candidate (SDP) | SDP | 1,174 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 56 | DS DUNGUS SAFRAT 2019 house candidate (SDP) | SDP | 1,101 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 57 | MS MICHIKA SAIFUL-MULUK SALEH 2019 senate candidate (ASD) | ASD | 1,100 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 58 | HB HAMIS BN ABDULKARIM 2019 senate candidate (KP) | KP | 1,088 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 59 | KJ KWAWO JIM AUDU 2019 house candidate (ADC) | ADC | 889 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 60 | DV DOGO VICTOR 2019 house candidate (PPC) | PPC | 832 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 61 | WW WADUMNA WABULARI 2019 senate candidate (AGA) | AGA | 794 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 62 | HK HUSSAINI KOLO 2019 senate candidate (ACD) | ACD | 714 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 63 | YG YUSUF GIFT SHALLANGWA 2019 senate candidate (NPM) | NPM | 653 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 64 | BG BULUS GODIYA 2019 senate candidate (ACD) | ACD | 582 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 65 | CA COMRADE ALFRED AFRICANUS 2019 senate candidate (JMPP) | JMPP | 578 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 66 | ZH ZANKAYA HARUNA 2019 house candidate (ACD) | ACD | 544 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 67 | JJ JALO JESON JOHNSLEY 2019 house candidate (SDP) | SDP | 541 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 68 | SC STEPHEN CAROLINE 2019 house candidate (ACD) | ACD | 533 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 69 | MM MISA MUHAMMAMAD 2019 house candidate (ANP) | ANP | 509 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 70 | SD SUNDAY DUDARI 2019 house candidate (ABP) | ABP | 501 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 71 | IM ILIYASU MUSTAPHA 2019 senate candidate (DA) | DA | 479 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 72 | AA AITIYA ABEL 2019 house candidate (PPN) | PPN | 416 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 73 | SB SHALLANGWA BUNU MAHMUD 2019 senate candidate (KP) | KP | 355 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 74 | IS ILIYASU SHUAIBU 2019 senate candidate (PPN) | PPN | 341 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 75 | ZU ZACHARY USMAN TAHIRU 2019 senate candidate (ABP) | ABP | 340 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 76 | AG AUWAL GARBA 2019 senate candidate (DA) | DA | 338 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 77 | FH FAKUTA HYELLAZIYA NAINA 2019 house candidate (ACD) | ACD | 323 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 78 | IA ISA AHMED HATYATU 2019 senate candidate (APDA) | APDA | 301 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 79 | MM MAISANU MUSA ALI 2019 house candidate (PRP) | PRP | 298 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 80 | YZ YENTOH ZAINAB DAHIRU 2019 house candidate (ACP) | ACP | 298 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 81 | SA SAMBA ABDULKADIR 2019 house candidate (ANP) | ANP | 259 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 82 | YD YERIMA DANTATA 2019 senate candidate (PT) | PT | 255 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 83 | RA RAYMOND AYUBA SHALL 2019 house candidate (ABP) | ABP | 253 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 84 | MR MBASALA REUBEN BASHAN 2019 senate candidate (PPN) | PPN | 245 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 85 | CD CHARLES DANIEL 2019 senate candidate (ACD) | ACD | 237 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 86 | SI SHEIK IBRAHIM MUHAMMAD 2019 senate candidate (APM) | APM | 237 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 87 | GH GIWA HARUNA JACOB 2019 house candidate (PPN) | PPN | 234 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 88 | BJ BALA JACON DAKWALI 2019 house candidate (NPM) | NPM | 217 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 89 | MM MARK MOSES 2019 senate candidate (PPC) | PPC | 191 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 90 | SI SANI ISRAEL ONIMIISI 2019 house candidate (ACD) | ACD | 191 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 91 | AM AMINU MUHAMMAD BALA 2019 senate candidate (MRDD) | MRDD | 178 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 92 | GJ GOKIR JUSTINA ALI 2019 house candidate (ACD) | ACD | 176 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 93 | NA NUHU AGNESS 2019 senate candidate (PT) | PT | 175 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 94 | AB ALEX BENNYI 2019 house candidate (PT) | PT | 138 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 95 | NI NJIDDA ISMAILA 2019 senate candidate (AA) | AA | 132 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 96 | BB BELLO BEMIP 2019 house candidate (PPC) | PPC | 127 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 97 | JP JONATHAN POOPE 2019 house candidate (ANP) | ANP | 127 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 98 | AA ANGELINA AUGUSTINE 2019 house candidate (PPN) | PPN | 109 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 99 | MM MOHAMMED MAHMUD 2019 house candidate (APDA) | APDA | 109 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 100 | AS ABUBAKAR SALIHU 2019 house candidate (ACD) | ACD | 104 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 101 | LZ LYDIA ZIRA 2019 senate candidate (JMPP) | JMPP | 99 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 102 | SM SADIQ MUSA KHALID 2019 house candidate (FJP) | FJP | 98 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 103 | PN PARDON NELSON 2019 house candidate (PPN) | PPN | 95 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 104 | MB MUHAMMADU BUHARI BUGEMA 2019 house candidate (ABP) | ABP | 92 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 105 | AH ABDULNASIR HAMMAN UMAR 2019 house candidate (AA) | AA | 91 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 106 | AM AHMED MAMMUR 2019 house candidate (AGA) | AGA | 86 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 107 | DS DAUDA SIMON 2019 house candidate (PT) | PT | 82 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 108 | PF PHANUEL FAITH 2019 house candidate (PT) | PT | 82 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 109 | SI SHARHABILU IYAH 2019 senate candidate (DA) | DA | 78 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 110 | RS ROSELINE SALIHU 2019 house candidate (PPN) | PPN | 77 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 111 | ZA ZIRA AMOS KWADA 2019 senate candidate (PPN) | PPN | 76 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 112 | IT IBRAHIM TIZHE JAMES 2019 senate candidate (YPP) | YPP | 75 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 113 | AM ABDULRAHMAM MARAS 2019 house candidate (APP) | APP | 66 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 114 | EO EDWIN O.JAMES 2019 house candidate (YPP) | YPP | 65 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 115 | BD BALA DZARMA MINRAIL 2019 house candidate (AGA) | AGA | 61 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 116 | SA SALISU ALIYU BABA 2019 house candidate (ABP) | ABP | 61 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 117 | TD TIMOTHY D. MAJORS 2019 house candidate (YPP) | YPP | 57 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 118 | VF VANDI FILLIE 2019 senate candidate (PT) | PT | 53 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 119 | BM BILYA MOHAMMED 2019 house candidate (DA) | DA | 32 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 120 | BO BITRUS OGA 2019 house candidate (PT) | PT | 31 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 121 | GP GAKNUNG PIUS GUTUWA 2019 house candidate (ACD) | ACD | 30 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 122 | SI SANI IBRAHIM 2019 house candidate (YPP) | YPP | 26 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 123 | DA DANDONALD ALAHIRAH 2019 house candidate (GPN) | GPN | 25 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 124 | SI SULEIMA ILIYASU 2019 house candidate (DA) | DA | 22 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 125 | BU BABAJO UMAR 2019 house candidate (PT) | PT | 21 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 126 | UG UENFA GAMA 2019 house candidate (GPN) | GPN | 17 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 127 | ZS ZAROS SANGLAMS 2019 house candidate (PPN) | PPN | 13 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 128 | AI ALIYU ILIYASU 2019 house candidate (DA) | DA | 12 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 129 | HH HELLDENDU HENRY ABEWS 2019 house candidate (FJP) | FJP | 6 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 130 | LS LADI SHUAIBU JOSEPH 2019 house candidate (UPP) | UPP | 6 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 131 | AD Abdullahi Dauda Belel 2023 Senate candidate, Adamawa North | NNPP | — | — | — |
| 132 | AH Ahmadu Hamman 2023 Senate candidate, Adamawa Central | NNPP | — | — | — |
| 133 | BJ Bala James Ngilari Governor of Adamawa State (2014–2015) | PDP | — | — | — |
| 134 | BJ Bindo Jibrilla Governor of Adamawa State (2015–2019) | APC | — | — | — |