This is a list of commanders of the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army.^[1] The 82nd Airborne Division is one of the oldest divisions in the U.S. Army, having been raised shortly after the American entry into World War I in April 1917 and seeing service in World War I and World War II and many subsequent conflicts.

• Major General Eben Swift 25 August – 23 November 1917
• Brigadier General James Brailsford Erwin acting commander ^[2]24 November – 16 December 1917
• Brigadier General William P. Burnham 27 December 1917 – 3 October 1918
• Major General George B. Duncan 4 October 1918 – 21 May 1919
• Major General Omar N. Bradley 23 March – 25 June 1942
• Major General Matthew B. Ridgway 26 June 1942 – 27 August 1944
• Major General James M. Gavin 28 August 1944 – 26 March 1948
• Major General Clovis E. Byers 27 March 1948 – 18 July 1949
• Brigadier General Ridgely Gaither 19 July – 31 October 1949
• Major General Williston B. Palmer 1 November 1949 – 15 October 1950
• Major General Thomas F. Hickey 16 October 1950 – 31 January 1952
• Major General Charles D. W. Canham 1 February 1952 – 29 September 1952
• Major General Gerald J. Higgins 20 September 1952 – 14 September 1953
• Major General Francis W. Farrell 6 October 1953 – 4 July 1955
• Major General Thomas Trapnell 5 July – 13 September 1956
• Major General John W. Bowen 14 September 1956 – 27 December 1957
• Major General Hamilton H. Howze 2 January 1958 – 13 June 1959
• Major General Dwight E. Beach 1 July 1959 – 21 April 1961
• Major General Theodore J. Conway 22 April 1961 – 6 July 1962
• Major General John L. Throckmorton 7 July 1962 – 1 February 1964
• Major General Robert H. York 24 February 1964 – 15 July 1965
• Major General Joe S. Lawrie 2 August 1965 – 14 April 1967
• Major General Richard J. Seitz 15 April 1967 – 12 October 1968
• Major General John R. Deane Jr. 14 October 1968 – 14 July 1970
• Major General George S. Blanchard 15 July 1970 – 16 July 1972
• Major General Frederick J. Kroesen 17 July 1972 – 7 October 1974
• Major General Thomas Tackaberry 8 October 1974 – 11 October 1976
• Major General Roscoe Robinson Jr. 11 October 1976 – 1 December 1978
• Major General Guy S. Meloy III 1 December 1978 – 6 February 1981
• Major General James J. Lindsay 6 February 1981 – 24 June 1983
• Major General Edward Trobaugh 24 June 1983 – 19 June 1985
• Major General Bobby B. Porter 19 June 1985 – 10 January 1986
• Major General John W. Foss 10 January 1986 – 10 October 1986
• Brigadier General Raphael J. Hallada 10 October 1986 – 5 January 1987
• Major General Carl W. Stiner 5 January 1987 – 11 October 1988
• Major General James H. Johnson 11 October 1988 – 29 May 1991
• Major General Henry H. Shelton 29 May 1991 – 21 May 1993
• Major General William M. Steele 21 May 1993 – 10 March 1995
• Major General George A. Crocker 10 March 1995 – 27 November 1996
• Major General Joseph K. Kellogg Jr. 27 November 1996 – 31 July 1998
• Major General Dan K. McNeill 31 July 1998 – 19 June 2000
• Major General John Vines August 2000 – October 2002
• Major General Charles Swannack October 2002 – 27 May 2004
• Major General William B. Caldwell IV 27 May 2004 – 7 April 2006
• Major General David M. Rodriguez 7 April 2006 – 21 July 2008
• Major General Curtis Scaparrotti 21 July 2008 – 5 August 2010
• Major General James L. Huggins 5 August 2010 – 5 October 2012
• Major General John W. Nicholson Jr. 5 October 2012 – 7 October 2014
• Major General Richard D. Clarke Jr. 7 October 2014 – 2 August 2016
• Major General Michael E. Kurilla 2 August 2016 – 2 August 2018
• Major General James J. Mingus 2 August 2018 – 10 July 2020
• Major General Christopher T. Donahue 10 July 2020 – 10 March 2022
• Major General Christopher C. LaNeve 10 March 2022 – 17 November 2023
• Major General J. Patrick Work 17 November 2023 - Present