| Catalogue | Author | Reference | N(WR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | Campbell (1884) | A&A 13, 448 | 55 |
| II | Fleming (1912) | Harvard College Obs Ann 56, 165 | 108 |
| III | Payne (1930) | Harvard Obs Mono 3, 19 | 92 |
| IV | Roberts (1962) | AJ 67, 79 | 123 |
| V | Smith (1968) | MNRAS 138, 109 | 127 |
| VI | van der Hucht (1981) | Space Sci Rev 28, 227 | 157 |
| VII | van der Hucht (2001) | New Astro Rev 45, 135 | 227 |
| VIIa | van der Hucht (2006) | A&A 458, 453 | 298 |
| VIII | Crowther, Baker & Kus | v1.0 (Oct 2011) | 546 |
| v1.1 (Nov 2011) | 549 | ||
| v1.2 (Apr 2012) | 547 | ||
| v1.3 (Oct 2012) | 556 | ||
| v1.4 (Nov 2012) | 574 | ||
| v1.5 (Feb 2013) | 575 | ||
| v1.6 (May 2013) | 576 | ||
| v1.7 (Jun 2013) | 578 | ||
| v1.8 (Sep 2013) | 579 | ||
| v1.9 (Jan 2014) | 584 | ||
| Rosslowe & Crowther (2015) | v1.10 (Mar 2014) | 636 | |
| v1.11 (Dec 2014) | 639 | ||
| v1.12 (Feb 2015) | 640 | ||
| v1.13 (Jun 2015) | 642 | ||
| v1.14 (Sep 2015) | 634 | ||
| v1.15 (Dec 2015) | 633 | ||
| v1.16 (Jul 2016) | 634 | ||
| v1.17 (Feb 2017) | 635 | ||
| v1.18 (May 2017) | 651 | ||
| v1.19 (Nov 2017) | 655 | ||
| v1.20 (Jan 2018) | 656 | ||
| v1.21 (Nov 2018) | 658 | ||
| v1.22 (Mar 2019) | 662 | ||
| v1.23 (Jul 2019) | 663 | ||
| Rate & Crowther (2020) | v1.24 (Dec 2019) | 666 | |
| v1.25 (Aug 2020) | 667 |