| # | Title | Release Date | Label | Type | UK | USA |
| 1. | Hopkins From The Late 40's | ? | ? |  | | |
| 2. | I've Been Buked And Scorned | ? | ? | | | |
| 3. | The Best Of Sam Lightning Hopkins | ? | ? | | | |
| 4. | Keeps On Rainin' | ? | ? | | | |
| 5. | In New York | ? | ? | | | |
| 6. | Blues Underground | ? | ? | | | |
| 7. | Earth Blues | ? | ? | | | |
| 8. | Fast Life Woman | ? | ? | | | |
| 9. | At His Natural Best | ? | ? | | | |
| 10. | Blue Bird Blues | ? | ? | | | |
| 11. | Best | ? | ? | | | |
| 12. | Best Of Texas Blues Band | ? | ? | | | |
| 13. | Original Folk Blues | ? | ? | | | |
| 14. | Southern Meeting | ? | ? | | | |
| 15. | In Town | ? | ? | | | |
| 16. | Last Of The Great Blues | ? | ? | | | |
| 17. | Penitentiary Blues | ? | ? | | | |
| 18. | There's Good Rocking Tonight | ? | ? | | | |
| 19. | Rooster Crowed In England | ? | ? | | | |
| 20. | Blue Lightnin' | ? | ? | | | |
| 21. | Burnin' In L.A. | ? | ? | | | |
| 22. | Strungs The Blues | 1948 | | | | |
| 23. | Sings The Blues | 1949 | | | | |
| 24. | Really The Blues | 1951 | | | | |
| 25. | A Legend In His Own Time | 1951 | | | | |
| 26. | Blues Train | 1951 | Mainstream | | | |
| 27. | Early Recordings | 1951 | | | | |
| 28. | A Time For The Blues | 1952 | | | | |
| 29. | Early Recordings 2 | 1952 | | | | |
| 30. | Houston's King Of The Blues | 1953 | | | | |
| 31. | Sam Lightning Hopkins And The Blues Summit
& The Blues Summit | 1958 | | | | |
| 32. | Lightnin' Hopkins | 16.01.1959 | | | | |
| 33. | Roots Of Lightnin' Hopkins | 1959 | | | | |
| 34. | On Stage | 1959 | | | | |
| 35. | Country Blues | 1960 | Tradition | | | |
| 36. | Autobiography In Blues | 1960 | Tradition | | | |
| 37. | The Blues Of Lightning Hopkins & John Lee Hooker | 1960 | | | | |
| 38. | Lightnin' Strikes Again | 1960 | | | | |
| 39. | Lightnin' and the Blues | 1960 | | | | |
| 40. | Sam Lightning Hopkins With His Brothers & Barbara | 1961 | | | | |
| 41. | Last Night Blues | 1961 | Fantasy/Bluesville | | | |
| 42. | Lightnin' | 1961 | Prestige/Fantasy | | | |
| 43. | Walkin' This Road by Myself | 1961 | | | | |
| 44. | Lightning Sam Hopkins | 1962 | | | | |
| 45. | How Many More Years I Got | 1962 | Fantasy | | | |
| 46. | Lightning Sam Hopkins & Spinder Kilpatrick
& Spinder Kilpatrick | 1962 | Arhoolie | | | |
| 47. | Mojo Hand | 1962 | Prime Cuts | | | |
| 48. | Lightning Strikes | 1963 | | | | |
| 49. | Dirty Blues | 1963 | | | | |
| 50. | Lightnin' & Co. | 1963 | Bluesville | | | |
| 51. | Blues In My Bottle | 1963 | Fantasy/Bluesville | | | |
| 52. | Goin' Away | 1963 | Fantasy/Bluesville | | | |
| 53. | Smokes Like Lightning | 1963 | Fantasy/Bluesville | | | |
| 54. | Blues Hoot | 1964 | | | | |
| 55. | Coffee House Blues | 1964 | | | | |
| 56. | First Meeting | 1964 | | | | |
| 57. | Down Home Blues | 1964 | Bluesville | | | |
| 58. | Sometimes I Believe She Loves Me | 1964 | Arhoolie | | | |
| 59. | His Greatest Hits | 1964 | Bluesville | | | |
| 60. | Shake It Baby | 1965 | | | | |
| 61. | Got To Move Your Baby | 1965 | | | | |
| 62. | Lightning Hopkins & Barbara Dane
& Barbara Dane | 1965 | | | | |
| 63. | Hooting The Blues | 1965 | Fantasy |  | | |
| 64. | My Life Is The Blues | 1965 | Prestige | | | |
| 65. | Talking Some Sense | 1966 | | | | |
| 66. | Soul Blues | 1966 | Fantasy/Prestige | | | |
| 67. | Live At The Bird Lounge | 1967 | | | | |
| 68. | Something Blues | 1967 | Verve | | | |
| 69. | Lightnin', Vol. 1 | 1967 | Arhoolie | | | |
| 70. | Free Form Patterns | 1968 | | | | |
| 71. | Greatest Hits | 1968 | | | | |
| 72. | In Berkeley | 1968 | | | | |
| 73. | California Mudslide (And Earthquake) | 1969 | Liberty | | | |
| 74. | King Of Dowling Street | 1969 | | | | |
| 75. | The Texas Blues Man | 4/1969 | Arhoolie | | | |
| 76. | Best of Lightnin' Hopkins | 1969 | Legacy | | | |
| 77. | Lightnin' | 1970 | | | | |
| 78. | Let's Work Awhile | 6/1971 | Blue Horizon | | | |
| 79. | Lonesome Lightnin' | 1972 | | | | |
| 80. | Great Electric Show | 1973 | | | | |
| 81. | Double Blues | 1973 | Fantasy | | | |
| 82. | Hooker Hopkins Hogg
& John Lee Hooker & Smokey Hogg | 2/1973 | Specialty | | | |
| 83. | The Blues | 1974 | | | | |
| 84. | Legacy Of The Blues | 1974 | | | | |
| 85. | Lowdown Dirty Blues | 1975 | | | | |
| 86. | Legend | 1976 | | | | |
| 87. | All Them Blues | 3/1976 | DJM | | | |
| 88. | Lightning | 26.08.1977 | Tomato | | | |
| 89. | Forever | 1981 | | | | |
| 90. | Bluesville | 1981 | | | | |
| 91. | Arthur Big Boy Crudup & Lightnin Hopkins
& Arthur Big Boy Crudup | 1983 | | | | |
| 92. | Electric Lightnin' | 11/1983 | JSP | | | |
| 93. | Po' Lightnin' | 1988 | Arhoolie | | | |
| 94. | Golden Classics, Vol.3: Prison Blues | 1989 | Collectables | | | |
| 95. | The Very Best of Lightnin' Hopkins | 1999 | Tradition | | | |
| 96. | Straight Blues | 1999 | Bluesville | | | |
| 97. | Lightnin' Hopkins | 1990 | Jazz Man | | | |
| 98. | Texas Blues | 1990 | Arhoolie | | | |
| 99. | The Complete | 1991 | Prestige/Bluesville | | | |
| 100. | Golden Classics, Vol. 1: Drinkin' in the Blues | 1991 | Collectables | | | |
| 101. | Lost Texas Tapes, Vol.1-5 | 1991 | Collectables | | | |
| 102. | The Herald Recordings | 1991 | Collectables | | | |
| 103. | It's A Sin To Be Rich | 1993 | | | | |
| 104. | Electric Show And Dance | 1993 | | | | |
| 105. | Mojo Hand - Lightnin' Hopkins Anthology
(2CD) | 1993 | Rhino | | | |
| 106. | Cadillac Man | 1994 | | | | |
| 107. | Jake Head Boogie | 23.02.1999 | | | | |
| 108. | Chicken Minnie | 08.06.1999 | | | | |
| 109. | Feel So Bad | 2000 | Indigo | | | |
| 110. | Lightnin' Boogie | 5/2000 | Catfish/Panther | | | |
| 111. | Blues Masters: The Very Best of Lightnin' Hopkins | 15.08.2000 | Rhino | | | |
| 112. | From the Vaults of Everest
(4CD) | 13.02.2001 | Collectables | | | |
| 113. | Lightnin' and the Blues: The Herald Sessions | 17.04.2001 | Buddha | | | |
| 114. | Lightnin' Hopkins | 09.10.2001 | Platinum Disc | | | |
| 115. | Best Of Lightnin' Hopkins | 23.10.2001 | Arhoolie | | | |
| 116. | Blue On Blues
& John Lee Hooker | 29.01.2002 | Fuel 2000 | | | |
| 117. | Lightnin' Strikes | 2002 | Get Back/Prestige | | | |
| 118. | 1948 | 07.05.2002 | Melodie Jazz Classics | | | |
| 119. | Blues Twinpack | 11.06.2002 | Dressed To Kill | | | |
| 120. | Blues | 09.07.2002 | Collectables | | | |
| 121. | In the Key of Lightnin’ | 27.08.2002 | Tomato | | | |
| 122. | Tradition Masters | 03.09.2002 | Tradition | | | |
| 123. | Live At Newport | 17.09.2002 | Vanguard | | | |
| 124. | Rarities & Gems | 23.12.2002 | Fuel | | | |
| 125. | 1946-1951 | 04.02.2003 | JSP | | | |
| 126. | Broken Hearted Blues | 01.04.2003 | Morada Music | | | |
| 127. | Blues Kingpins | 05.08.2003 | Virgin | | | |
| 128. | Picture on the Wall | 21.10.2003 | Our World | | | |
| 129. | King of the Texas Blues
credited to: Hepcat | 30.12.2003 | Acrobat | | | |
| 130. | 1949-1950 | 16.03.2004 | Jazz Classics | | | |
| 131. | Short Haired Woman | 20.04.2004 | Snapper Music Group | | | |
| 132. | Hello Central: The Best Of Lightnin' Hopkins | 18.05.2004 | Sony | | | |
| 133. | Lightnin's Boogie | 22.06.2004 | Just A Memory | | | |
| 134. | Blues Summit
& Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee | 13.07.2004 | Liquid 8 | | | |
| 135. | Best of Lightnin' Hopkins | 28.09.2004 | Prestige | | | |
| 136. | Blowin' the Fuses: The Greatest Hits 1959-1965 | 28.09.2004 | V.I. Music | | | |
| 137. | Lightnin' Hopkins | 08.11.2004 | Forced Exposure | | | |
| 138. | Lightnin Strikes Twice | 26.04.2005 | Koch | | | |
| 139. | Bluesman | 07.06.2005 | Fuel 2000 | | | |
| 140. | 1950-1951 | 17.06.2005 | Classic R&B | | | |
| 141. | Talk of the Town | 20.09.2005 | Fruit Tree | | | |
| 142. | Lightnin' Hopkins | 18.10.2005 | St. Clair | | | |
| 143. | My Baby's Gone | 18.10.2005 | Fruit Tree | | | |
| 144. | Blues Anthology | 25.10.2005 | Master Classics | | | |
| 145. | Prestige Profiles | 25.10.2005 | Prestige | | | |
| 146. | Blues Biography | 21.02.2006 | United Multi Consign | | | |
| 147. | Bring Me My Shotgun | 25.04.2006 | Masked Weasel | | | |
| 148. | Story Songs and Voices of the Blues | 25.04.2006 | Direct Source | | | |
| 149. | Introduction to Lightnin' Hopkins | 01.08.2006 | Fuel 2000 | | | |
| 150. | Sonet Blues Story | 01.08.2006 | Verve | | | |
| 151. | Great Electric Show and Dance | 23.01.2007 | Fuel 2000 | | | |
| 152. | Lightning Special, Vol. 2 | 05.06.2007 | JSP | | | |
| 153. | Blues from Dowling Street | 24.02.2009 | Fuel 2000 | | | |
| 154. | Very Best of Lightnin' Hopkins | 26.05.2009 | Great American Music | | | |
| 155. | Lightnin' Hopkins Meets Buster Brown
& Buster Brown | 25.08.2009 | Collectables | | | |
| 156. | His Blues | 31.05.2010 | Ace | | | |
| 157. | Dirty House Blues
(2CD) | 17.06.2010 | Not Now Music | | | |
| 158. | The Houston Hurricane | 08.11.2011 | Proper Box | | | |
| 159. | Lightnin' Sam Hopkins | 17.04.2012 | City Hall | | | |
| 160. | The Lightnin' Hopkins | 26.06.2012 | Doxy | | | |
| 161. | First Meetin' of Blues Giants | 18.12.2012 | Doxy | | | |
| 162. | Blues: Complete Sittin' in With / Jax Recordings Vol. 1 | 25.12.2012 | Ais | | | |
| 163. | Dirty Blues: Complete Sittin' / Jax Recordings Vol. 2 | 25.12.2012 | Ais | | | |
| 164. | Bring Me My Shotgun: The Essential Collection | 09.04.2013 | Cleopatra | | | |
| 165. | Blues Legends
& John Lee Hooker & B.B. King & Odetta | 14.05.2013 | Pepper/ZYX | | | |
| 166. | Blues Masterworks | 28.05.2013 | Delta Blues | | | |
| 167. | The Ultimate Doubles
& Memphis Slim | 25.06.2013 | United Audio Entertainment | | | |
| 168. | Lightnin' In New York | 17.03.2014 | DOL | | | |
| 169. | 8 Classic Albums | 22.04.2014 | | | | |
| 170. | The Blues | 12.08.2014 | One & Only Blues | | | |
| 171. | Wake Up the Dead
& BIlly Bizor | 20.11.2015 | Cicadelic | | | |
| 172. | Shootin Fire | 20.11.2015 | Cicadelic | | | |
| 173. | Live in Munich June 23, 1977 | 15.04.2016 | Rockbeat | | | |
| 174. | Lightnin's Boogie: Live at the Rising Sun Celebrity Jazz Club | 19.07.2016 | Justin Time | | | |
| 175. | Thinkin' and Worryin': The Aladdin Singles 1947-1952 | 21.10.2016 | Jasmine | | | |
| 176. | The Complete Prestige / Bluesville Recordings | 04.11.2016 | Prestige | | | |
| 177. | Live in Denver | 03.03.2017 | Code 7 | | | |
