| Cover | | Date
 | Title  Album | Points
 | US peak | UK peak | US dance peak | US R&B peak | Comment |
|---|
 | 1. | 1986 | | 1
 | | | | 59 R&B | [Def Jam 06061] written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith)  |
 | 2. | 01/1986 | | 9
 | | 95 UK | | 15 R&B | [Def Jam 05665] written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith)  |
 | 3. | 04/1986 | | 11
 | | 98 UK | 35 dance | 17 R&B | [Def Jam 05840] written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith) & Rick Rubin |
|
 | 4. | 06/1987 | | 27
 | 84 US | 71 UK | 34 dance | 4 R&B | [Def Jam 07120] written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith) , Bobby Erving, Darryl Pierce & Dwayne Simon |
 | 5. | 08/1987 | | 125
 | 14 US | 8 UK | | ✫1 R&B | [Def Jam 07350] written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith) , Bobby Erving, Darryl Pierce, Dwayne Simon & Steven Ett |
 | 6. | 11/1987 | | 6
 | | 66 UK | | | written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith)  |
 | 7. | 02/1988 | | 48
 | 31 US | 37 UK | | 12 R&B | written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith)  |
 | 8. | 1989 | | 1
 | | | | 57 R&B | written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith)  |
 | 9. | 1989 | | 1
 | | | | 68 R&B | written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith)  |
 | 10. | 06/1989 | | 81
 | 15 US | 43 UK | 9 dance | 7 R&B | [Def Jam 68902] written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith)  |
 | 11. | 1990 | | 3
 | | | | 32 R&B | written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith)  |
 | 12. | 09/1990 | | 35
 | 48 US | 83 UK | 13 dance | 6 R&B | featuring Uncle L [Def Jam 73457] written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith)  |
| 13. | 12/1990 | | 106
 | 9 US | 41 UK | | | featuring The Flex on Around The Way Girl} written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith) , Rick James & Marley Marl (as Marlon Williams) |
 | 14. | 03/1991 | | 41
 | | 36 UK | 7 dance | 5 R&B | featuring The Flex. UK re-release} [Def Jam 73609] written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith) , Rick James & Marley Marl (as Marlon Williams) |
 | 15. | 04/1991 | | 67
 | 17 US | | 7 dance | 12 R&B | [Def Jam 73706] written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith)  |
 | 16. | 09/1991 | | 8
 | 95 US | | | 26 R&B | [Def Jam 73821] written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith)  |
| 17. | 1993 | | 5
 | | | | 24 R&B | written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith) & Quincy Jones III |
 | 18. | 1993 | | 3
 | | | | 34 R&B | B side to Back Seat (Of My Jeep) written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith) & Marley Marl (as Marlon Williams) |
 | 19. | 04/1993 | | 32
 | 57 US | 37 UK | | 28 R&B | [Def Jam 74811] written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith) & Quincy Jones III |
 | 20. | 12/1993 | | 4
 | 116 US | | | 67 R&B | [Def Jam 77097] written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith)  |
 | 21. | 11/1995 | | 214
 | 3 US | 17 UK | | 3 R&B | [artist #4 hit] featuring Boyz II Men [Def Jam 577494] written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith) & Rod Temperton |
| 22. | 1996 | | 2
 | | | | 55 R&B | [R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts] [Def Jam album cut] written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith) , Foxy Brown (as Inga DeCarlo Fung Marchand), Prodigy (as Albert Johnson), Fat Joe (as Joe Cartagena) & Keith Murray |
 | 23. | 03/1996 | | 158
 | 9 US | 15 UK | | 7 R&B | [artist #5 hit] featuring LeShaun [Def Jam 576120] written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith)  |
 | 24. | 07/1996 | | 234
 | 3 US | 7 UK | | 4 R&B | [artist #1 hit] featuring Terri & Monicasup [Def Jam 575062] written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith) & Al B. Sure! |
| 25. | 12/1996 | | 152
 | 46 US | ✫1 UK | | 27 R&B | written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith) & David Wolinski (as Hawk Wolinski) |
 | 26. | 1997 | | 1
 | | | | 62 R&B | featuring Ricky Bell & Ralph Tresvant [R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts] [Def Jam album cut] written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith)  |
| 27. | 01/1997 | | 1
 | | 199 UK | | | [R] written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith)  |
 | 28. | 11/1997 | | 81
 | 55 US | 9 UK | | 16 R&B | [Def Jam 568081] written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith) & Diddy (as Sean Combs) |
| 29. | 12/1997 | | 14
 | 75 US | | | 24 R&B | featuring Method Man, Redman, DMX, Canibus & Master P [Def Jam 568321] written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith) , Method Man (as Clifford Smith), Redman (as Reggie Noble), Canibus (as Germaine Williams) & DMX (as Earl Simmons) |
| 30. | 1998 | | 2
 | | | | 42 R&B | [R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts] [Def Jam album cut] |
 | 31. | 01/1998 | | 111
 | 18 US | 10 UK | | 12 R&B | [Def Jam 568332] written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith)  |
 | 32. | 2000 | | 1
 | | | | 89 R&B | written by LL Cool J (as James Smith)  |
 | 33. | 2000 | | 1
 | | | | 59 R&B | featuring Kelly Price written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith)  |
 | 34. | 08/2000 | | 62
 | 98 US | 10 UK | | 46 R&B | featuring LeShaun [Def Jam 562827] written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith)  |
 | 35. | 08/2002 | | 234
 | 4 US | 7 UK | | ✫1 R&B | [artist #2 hit] featuring Marc Dorsey [Def Jam 063956] written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith) , Pharrell Williams & Chad Hugo |
 | 36. | 12/2002 | | 69
 | 36 US | 18 UK | | 14 R&B | featuring Amerie & Terri Walker written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith) , Sam Barnes (as Samuel Barnes), Jean-Claude Olivier, Amerie (as Amerie Rogers), Keni Burke (as Kenneth Burke), Allan Felder & Norma Jean Wright |
 | 37. | 2003 | | 1
 | | | | 73 R&B | as LL Cool J introducing Kandice Love written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith)  |
| 38. | 02/2003 | | 2
 | | 148 UK | | | [R] written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith) , Pharrell Williams & Chad Hugo |
 | 39. | 07/2004 | | 98
 | 16 US | 25 UK | | 7 R&B | [Def Jam 002858] written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith)  |
 | 40. | 09/2004 | | 152
 | 26 US | 3 UK | | 14 R&B | featuring 7 Aurelius [Def Jam 003438] written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith) , Channel 7 (as 7 Aurelius), Paul Graham, Cornelius Mims & Paul Bushnell |
 | 41. | 2006 | | 1
 | | | | 65 R&B | featuring Lyfe Jennings [Def Jam album cut] written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith)  |
 | 42. | 03/2006 | | 227
 | 4 US | 2 UK | 14 dance | 28 R&B | [artist #3 hit] featuring Jennifer Lopez [Def Jam 006285] written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith) , Jermaine Dupri, J. Phillips, R. Toby, J. Lopez, Afrika Bambaataa, Arthur Baker, John Miller & John Robie |
 | 43. | 08/2008 | | 27
 | 52 US | 56 UK | | 22 R&B | featuring The-Dream [Def Jam 011659] written by LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith) , Tricky Stewart (as Christopher Stewart) & The-Dream (as Terius Nash) |
| Top 100 hits | 23 | 24 | 7 | 39 | |
| Top 40 hits | 14 | 16 | 7 | 27 | |
| Top 10 hits | 6 | 9 | 3 | 10 | |
| ✫ #1 hits | | 1 | | 2 | |
| US | UK | dance | R&B | |