| Year | Climbers | Summited? | Description |
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| 1958 |  Walter Bonatti
Carlo Mauri | Yes | First ascent on an Italian expedition led by Riccardo Cassin via the Northeast Ridge and the North Summit. Traversing the pinnacled ridge to the main summit was considered the crux of the climb.[5] |
| 1980 |  Craig McKibben
Steve Swenson | No | First attempt of ascent via the East Face was unsuccessful due to weather conditions.[6] |
| 1985 |  Wojciech Kurtyka
 Robert Schauer | No | First ascent of the 2,500 m high West Face. Bad weather, depletion of food and fuel, and extreme exhaustion forced them to stop at the north summit. The climb was called the "most remarkable alpine-style ascent of the 20th century" and cited in support of Kurtyka's 2016 Piolets d'Or Lifetime Achievement Award.[5][7] |
| 1986 | Greg Child
 Tim Macartney-Snape
Tom Hargis | Yes | First ascent of the Northwest Ridge, involving an open bivouac on the north summit. This was the second ascent of Gasherbrum IV.[5][8] |
| 1993 |  Yasushi Yamanoi | No | Unsuccessful ascent attempt via the East Face.[6] |
| 1995 |  Miroslav "Slavko" Svetičič | No | Died while attempting a solo climb of the West Face.[9] |
| 1996 |  Kim Chang-ho
Lim Saeng-muk | No | Attempted to summit via the East Face. Climb was abandoned after reaching about 7,400 m due to avalanche warning.[6] |
| 1997 | Bang Jung-ho
Kim Tong-kwan
Yoo Huk-jae | Yes | First complete ascent via the West Face by a Korean team, via the central spur. Reached the summit after a sieged ascent quoted as 5.10 A3.[5] |
| 1999 | Kang Yeon-ryong
Yun Chi-won | Yes | Second ascent of the Northwest Ridge as part of a 13-member Korean team.[5] |
| 2008 |  Alberto Iñurrategi
Juan Vallejo
José Carlos Tamayo
Mikel Zabalza
Ferran Latorre | No | Third ascent of the Northwest Ridge by a Spanish team. Did not reach the main summit, stopped at a minor peak a short distance from the true summit.[10][11] |
| 2012 |  French Expedition | No | Attempting a summit of the "Shining Wall" on the West Face was abandoned mid-route due to an avalanche.[12] |
| 2016 | Aleš Česen
Luka Lindič | Yes (North Summit) | Reached the North Summit via the Northwest Ridge on July 26th. Intended to summit via the West Face, but weather conditions and heavy snow altered their route. This was the fourth successful summit of the Northwest Ridge.[13][14] |
| 2018 |  David Göttler
Hervé Barmasse | No | Expedition to climb the Southwest Face was abandoned midway due to poor weather.[15] |
| 2018 | Oriol Baro
Roger Cararach
Iker Madoz
Marc Toralles | No | Spanish expedition abandoned their summit attempt due to bad weather. Planned to reach the summit via the still unclimbed South Pillar.[15] |
| 2018 | Italian Expedition | No | Aimed to replicate the first ascent by Italians Walter Bonatti and Carlo Mauri on the sixtieth anniversary. Ended in tragedy as Maurizio Giordano was hit by falling ice and killed on the descent.[15] |
| 2023 |  Sergey Nilov
Dmitry Golovchenko | No | Expedition via a completely unknown route up the southeast ridge ended in tragedy as Golovchenko was lost in a fall.[16] |
| 2024 | Sergey Nilov
Mikhail Mironov
Sergei Mironov | No | Attempt to recover Golovchenko's body ended tragically as a serac fell on the team. Expedition leader Sergei Nilov was reported missing and climbers Mikhail and Sergei Mironov were injured.[17] |
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