List of Running Man episodes (2024)

This is a list of episodes of the South Korean variety show Running Man in 2024. The show airs on SBS as part of their Good Sunday lineup.

List of Running Man episodes
No. of episodes	48
Release
Original network	SBS
Original release	January 7 (2024-01-07) – December 22, 2024 (2024-12-22)
Season chronology
List of episodes

Episodes

List of episodes broadcast in 2024 (686–733)

Ep.	Airdate	Title	Guest(s)	Teams	Mission	Results	Ref.
686 [A] [B]	January 7, 2024	Running Villa in Crisis (위기의 런닝빌라)	Keum Sae-rok Kim Dong-hyun Noh Sang-hyun	Room 102 (Yoo Jae-suk, Kim Dong-hyun) Room 104 (Haha, Song Ji-hyo) Room 101 (Kim Jong-kook, Noh Sang-hyun) Room 103 (Yang Se-chan, Keum Sae-rok)	Defeat the other team to avoid penalty.	The mission was won by Room 101, Room 102 and Room 103. Room 104 had to clean the ice before going home as a penalty.	[1]
687 [A] [C]	January 14, 2024	2nd Winter Festival (제2회 윈터페스티벌)	Eom Ji-yoon [ko] Jo Se-ho Kyuhyun (Super Junior)	No teams	Catch as many fish as possible for the highest chance to win the prizes.	There are no winners. Yang Se-chan had the most lottery tickets and Jo Se-ho had the fewest. Yoo Jae-suk received a pair of socks, handwarmer and ramyeon set. Kim Jong Kook received the stay awake gum and the first Korean beef set, but he would give it to Jo Se-ho instead. Song Ji-hyo received the grand prize of the Designer Bracelet. Yang Se-chan received a box of strawberries. Eom Ji-yoon received the second Korean beef set and Kyuhyun received the designer scarf.	[2]
688 [A]	January 21, 2024	Will You be Satisfied with Me? (내가 만족할 상인가)	Hong Jin-ho Jonathan Yiombi Kim Dong-hyun	Yoo Jae-suk Team (Yoo Jae-suk, Haha, Hong Jin-ho, Kim Dong-hyun) Kim Jong-kook Team (Kim Jong-kook, Song Ji-hyo, Yang Se-chan, Jonathan Yiombi) The Joseon Dynasty Statuses: Yoo Jae-suk as Beggar Haha as Foreign envoy Kim Jong-Kook as Concubine Song Ji-hyo as Local Magistrate Yang Se-chan as Crown prince Hong Jin-ho as Slave Hunter Jonathan Yiombi as Scholar Kim Dong-hyun as Slave	Find the 3 right dishes before 3 pm to win the prizes.	There are no winners. Yoo Jae-suk and Kim Dong-hyun, whose penalty ball was drawn, received the flogging penalty.
689 [D]	January 28, 2024	Ji Seok-jin Oh~swa Healthy Oh~swa (지석진 오~솨 건강 오~솨)	No guest	No teams	Light up the smileys according from 1–5 to win the prize.	Mission Accomplished. Since the members light up 3 smileys, they received abalone set as a prize.	[3]
690 [E]	February 4, 2024	Wonderful Value! for Money (경이로운 갓!성비)			Spend all of your mission funds and be in the Top 3 to win the prize.	The mission was won by Yoo Jae-suk, Kim Jong-kook, and Yang Se-chan. Yoo Jae-suk receives Ji Suk-jin's money, Kim Jong-kook receives Song Ji-hyo's money and Yang Se-chan receives Haha's money as a prize respectively.
691 [F] [G]	February 11, 2024	It Is the Ji's Family Who Repays the Favor (은혜 갚은 지家네)		The Ji Family: Children (Yoo Jae-suk, Song Ji-hyo, Yang Se-chan) Son-in-law (Haha) Grandchildren (Ji Suk-jin, Kim Jong-kook)	Give the new year's foods to the recent guests as a token of gratitude for their hard works.	There are no winners. Hong Jin-ho receives the Korean beef and pork set, while Jonathan Yiombi receives the Korean beef set, and both Kim Dong-hyun and Jo Se-ho received the hangwa gift sets instead, as both of them were not available due to their busy schedules.
692	February 18, 2024	The Legendary Gold Bar (전설의 금괴)	Ahn Bo-hyun Park Ji-hyun	Thieves Team (Yoo Jae-suk, Kim Jong-kook, Yang Se-chan, Park Ji-hyun) Detectives Team (Haha, Ji Suk-jin, Song Ji-hyo, Ahn Bo-hyun)	Find the real gold bar that was missing to stop the judgement stand's siren and avoid the fake gold bar.	The mission was won by Yoo Jae-suk, who finds the real gold bar by tearing Yang Se-chan's name tag and put it in the water to show the real gold bar in the name tag, receives the gold ring. Detectives Team had to write a repentance which will be posted on RM's official Instagram Account after the filming as a penalty.
693	February 25, 2024	I will Win in My Next Life (다음 생엔 내가 우승이야)	Hong Jin-ho Kazuha Kim Chae-won Sakura (Le Sserafim) Kim Dong-hyun	Jae-suk Team (Yoo Jae-suk, Yang Se-chan, Sakura) Haha Team (Haha, Song Ji-hyo, Kim Dong-hyun, Kazuha) Suk-jin Team (Ji Suk-jin, Kim Jong-kook, Hong Jin-ho, Kim Chae-won)	Have the most team money to win the race.	The mission was won by Haha Team. The winners received the strawberry sets. Jae-suk Team, who had the least team money, had to make a comb pattern pottery after the filming as a penalty.	[4]
694	March 3, 2024	I will Win in My Next Life II (다음 생엔 내가 우승이야 II)
		Towards the tower (과탑을 향하여)	Lee Eun-ji [ko]	MZ Rhythm Game: Departement President (Yoo Jae-suk) Jae-suk Team (Yoo Jae-suk, Ji Suk-jin, Yang Se-chan, Lee Eun-ji) Haha Team (Haha, Kim Jong-kook, Song Ji-hyo) University's Next Top Model: Departement President (Yang Se-chan) Se-chan Team (Yang Se-chan, Yoo Jae-suk, Kim Jong-kook, Song Ji-hyo) Suk-jin Team (Ji Suk-jin, Haha, Lee Eun-ji) Protect the Water Balloon: Departement President (Ji Suk-jin) Jae-suk Team (Yoo Jae-suk, Haha, Song Ji-hyo, Lee Eun-ji) Suk-jin Team (Ji Suk-jin, Kim Jong-kook, Yang Se-chan)	Have the most scholarship money to win the race.	The mission was won by Kim Jong-kook and Yang Se-chan. Kim Jong-kook was chosen by the prize ball received the Korean beef set. Ji Suk-jin, who was chosen by the penalty ball, had to pay the Korean beef set that Kim Jong-kook just won.	[5]
695	March 10, 2024	Top Teacher Yoo Jae-suk's Empty Head Historical Visit (일타강사 유재석의 깡깡 역사 탐방)	Hong Jin-ho Kim Dong-hyun	No teams	Without having the fewest badges to avoid penalty.	The mission was won by Haha, Ji Suk-jin, Kim Jong-kook, Song Ji-hyo, Kim Dong-hyun & Hong Jin-ho. Yang Se-chan, who had the fewest badges, received the water slap penalty from Yoo Jae-suk.
696 [H]	March 17, 2024	Running Old Shops Marble (런닝 노포마불)	No guest		Have the most year scores from the badges to avoid penalty.	The mission was won by Yang Se-chan. Yoo Jae-suk and Song Ji-hyo, who had the least year scores, had to go to the sundaeguk restaurant to put the Running Man accredited good restaurant sticker at the restaurant that they just praised.
697	March 24, 2024	1st Futsal Running Cup (제1회 풋살 런닝컵)	Jonathan Yiombi Kang Hoon Ma Sun-ho Oh Ha-young (Apink)	Coach Yoo Team (Yoo Jae-suk, Haha, Ji Suk-jin, Jonathan Yiombi, Oh Ha-young) Coach Kook Team (Kim Jong-kook, Song Ji-hyo, Yang Se-chan, Kang Hoon, Ma Sun-ho)	Win the game of futsal. The three members on the losing team with the lowest salary will receive the penalty.	The game was won by Coach Kook Team. Each member on Coach Kook team receives a winning trophy and a box of gold apples. Haha, Ji Suk-jin and Oh Ha-young, who are the bottom three with the lowest salary, had to make 100 shots with Yoo Jae-suk who was the coach of losing team as a penalty.
698 [I]	March 31, 2024	The Hips are full (힙이 차오른다)	No guest	No teams	Have the highest combined numbers from multiple dices to avoid penalty.	The mission was won by Ji Suk-jin and Song Ji-hyo. Yoo Jae-suk, Haha, Kim Jong-kook and Yang Se-chan had to go pantless during the TV Rating Notice's poster photoshoot on the next episode's filming as a penalty.
699 [J] [K]	April 7, 2024	Spring has come to TV Rating Notice (연령고지에 봄이 왔나봐)			Have the least distances that were covered to avoid penalty.	Mission Accomplished. With the least distances that they covered, they were able to film the new TV Rating Notice at Everland.
700 [L] [M]	April 14, 2024	Sweet and Sweet 7 Million Dollars (달디달고 달디단 700만원)		Fly, 360 Degrees: No teams Confetti Must Pop: No teams 700th Episode Celebration's Virtual Livestream:[N] Yoo Jae-suk as Latte Haha as Ilton Ji Suk-jin as Shinbi Kim Jong-kook as Bom Song Ji-hyo as Dean Yang Se-chan as Love 007: The Return of Yoo-mes Bond Mission: Yoo-mes Bond (Yoo Jae-suk) Mission Team (Haha, Ji Suk-jin, Kim Jong-kook, Song Ji-hyo, Yang Se-chan)	Win multiple missions to obtain the most amount of the prize money.	The mission was won by Yoo Jae-suk, who received ₩4,100,000, with all the members received ₩680,000 each.
701 [O] [P]	April 21, 2024	2nd Futsal Running Cup (제2회 풋살 런닝컵)	Bae Hye-ji [ko] Jonathan Yiombi Kang Hoon Kim Dong-hyun Ma Sun-ho Seo Eun-kwang (BtoB)	FC Ttuk: Coach (Yoo Jae-suk) Players (Haha, Ji Suk-jin, Bae Hye-ji, Jonathan Yiombi, Seo Eun-kwang) FC Kook: Coach (Kim Jong-kook) Players (Song Ji-hyo, Yang Se-chan, Kang Hoon, Kim Dong-hyun, Ma Sun-ho)	Win the game of futsal.	The game was won by FC Kook. FC Kook's debt has been paid off and FC Ttuk's debt had reached ₩591,400. Kim Jong-kook and Kang Hoon, who was the winning manager and the MVP of the match, received the Korean pork set as a prize. Yoo Jae-suk and the production team had decided to pay half the debt respectively.
702 [Q]	April 28, 2024	Half of The Future (한나절의 미래)	Joo Jong-hyuk Kang Han-na	Let us Clap Together: No teams Helicopter Tour: (Ji Suk-jin, Yang Se-chan, Kang Han-na, Joo Jong-hyuk) A Wonderful 8 words proposal: No teams Chili Jjamppong Eating Challenge:[R] (Yoo Jae-suk, Kim Jong-kook, Song Ji-hyo, Yang Se-chan) Water Bomb Penalty: (Haha, Kim Jong-kook, Yang Se-chan, Joo Jong-hyuk, Kang Han-na)	Have the fewest notebooks that were hidden to change any plans that were written by the writer.	There are no winners. Haha, Kim Jong-kook, Yang Se-chan, Joo Jong-hyuk and Kang Han-na were chosen to receive the water cannon penalty.
703	May 5, 2024	Returning Go Stop (돌아온 Go Stop)	Kwon Eun-bi	Green Light, Red Light with Eggs: Tagger (Kim Jong-kook) Team 1 (Yoo Jae-suk, Ji Suk-jin) Team 2 (Haha, Yang Se-chan) Team 3 (Song Ji-hyo, Kwon Eun-bi) Question Bloomed on the Skywalk: No Teams Luge Racing: Blue Team (Yoo Jae-suk, Haha, Kim Jong-kook, Yang Se-chan) Red Team (Ji Suk-jin, Song Ji-hyo, Kwon Eun-bi)	Choose the button between Go or Stop	The mission was won by Yoo Jae-suk, Haha and Kwon Eun-bi. The winners will go home early. Ji Suk-jin, Kim Jong-kook, Song Ji-hyo and Yang Se-chan had to collect a basket of mugworts after the filming as a penalty.
704	May 12, 2024	More Wonderful Value! for Money Part.2 (더 경이로운 갓!성비 2탄)	Byeon Woo-seok	No teams	Have the most money by guessing the closest price of the dishes to avoid penalty.	The mission was won by Yoo Jae-suk and Byeon Woo-seok, through the hidden mission, will received the Onnuri gift certificates as a prize. Ji Suk-jin and Yang Se-chan had to buy five different products at a market separately as a penalty.	[6]
705	May 19, 2024	I Have to Come in First Place (1위를해야해)	An Yu-jin Rei (Ive)	Smile Entertainment (Yoo Jae-suk, Ji Suk-jin, Song Ji-hyo, Rei) Tur-ve Entertainment (Kim Jong-kook, Haha, Yang Se-chan, An Yu-jin)	Produce a debut single and receive the most profit to win the race.	The mission was won by Smile Entertainment. Yoo Jae Suk received their self-produced album and Rei received coffee truck coupon as a prize. Tur-ve Entertainment had to take concept photos after the filming as a penalty which will be released on RM's official YouTube channel.	[7]
706 [S] [T] [U]	May 26, 2024	Oh My Gosh Kang Hoon (어화둥둥 강훈이)	No guest	No teams	Complete all three missions in order to finish the filming early.	Mission Accomplished. Kang Hoon received an electric toothbrush, the football shoes, a football uniform and a t-shirt. Yoo Jae-suk's card was used to pay the first three prizes that were chosen while the production staff used their card to paid a t-shirt prize.	[8]
707	June 2, 2024	Between Partner and Fake Partner (짝꿍과 짭꿍 사이)	Ji Ye-eun [ko] Park Ju-hyun	Fake Partner (Yoo Jae-suk, Haha, Ji Suk-jin, Kim Jong-kook, Song Ji-hyo, Yang Se-chan, Ji Ye-eun) Real Partner (Kang Hoon, Park Ju-hyun)	Find and pair with the real partner.	The mission was won by Yoo Jae-suk, Kim Jong-kook, Kang Hoon and Park Ju-hyun. Yoo Jae-suk and Kim Jong-kook, who partnered with the real partner, each received ₩300,000. Through a game of luck, Ji Suk-jin, Yang Se-chan and Ji Ye-eun had their faces squeezed in the sponges filled with ink as a penalty.
708	June 9, 2024	3rd Hwang Hee-chan Cup Futsal Running Cup (제3회 황희찬배 풋살 런닝컵)	Heo Kyung-hwan Hwang Hee-chan Jang Hyuk Kang Jae-jun [ko] Oh Ha-young (Apink) Zico (Block B)	FC Ttuk: Coach (Yoo Jae-suk) Players (Haha, Ji Suk-jin, Heo Kyung-hwan, Hwang Hee-chan, Oh Ha-young) FC Kook: Coach (Kim Jong-kook) Players (Song Ji-hyo, Yang Se-chan, Kang Hoon, Jang Hyuk, Kang Jae-jun, Zico)	Win a game of futsal	The game was won by FC Ttuk. FC Ttuk received the highest Korean beef set. Kim Jong-kook, who was the losing coach of FC Kook, had to pay the total of ₩303,760, also FC Kook had to film a video within 30 seconds of approving the winning coach Yoo Jae-suk's leadership as a penalty which behind scene and penalizing video will be released on RM's official YouTube channel.	[9]
709 [V]	June 16, 2024	3rd Hwang Hee-chan Cup Futsal Running Cup II (제3회 황희찬배 풋살 런닝컵 II)
		Joint Escape Area Race (공동탈출구역 레이스)	Ji Ye-eun [ko]	No teams	Win the game of snakes and ladders in 3 hours to escape the room.	Mission Accomplished.
710	June 23, 2024	Summer Meal Break Initiated (여름 개시 먹캉스)	No guest		Being the top two with the most badge at the end of the race to avoid penalty	The mission was won by Yoo Jae-suk and Song Ji-hyo. Yang Se-chan, who had the fewest badges at the end of the race and Kang Hoon, whose penalty ball was drawn by himself, had to distribute all 50 Running Man promotional fans in public as a penalty which will be released on RM's official YouTube channel.
711 [W]	June 30, 2024	The Unknown Choice (미지의 선택지)		Captains (Ji Suk-jin, Ji Ye-eun) Players (Yoo Jae-suk, Haha, Kim Jong-kook, Song Ji-hyo, Yang Se-chan, Kang Hoon)	Earn as many badges as possible to increase your chances of avoiding the penalty.	The mission was won by Yoo Jae-suk, Haha, Kang Hoon and Ji Ye-eun. Ji Suk-jin, Kim Jong-kook, Song Ji-hyo and Yang Se-chan received the water slap penalty.
712	July 7, 2024	Good and Bad Partner (굿앤배드 파트너)	Nam Ji-hyun P.O (Block B)	Jae-suk Team (Yoo Jae-suk, Yang Se-chan, Kang Hoon, Ji Ye-eun, Nam Ji-hyun) Jong-kook Team (Kim Jong-kook, Haha, Ji Suk-jin, Song Ji-hyo, P.O)	Choose the "Good Partner" and without choosing the "Bad Partner".	The mission was won by Yoo Jae-suk, Ji Suk-jin, Kim Jong-kook, Haha, Song Ji-hyo and P.O. P.O, who was the "Good Partner", was chosen by Yoo Jae-suk, Ji Suk-jin, Kim Jong-kook, Haha, and Song Ji-hyo each received the peaches set. Nam Ji-hyun, who was the "Bad Partner", was chosen by Yang Se-chan, Kang Hoon, and Ji Ye-eun had to drain the water from the pool after the filming as a penalty.	[10]
713 [X]	July 14, 2024	Temperature Differences in the Middle of Summer (한여름의 온도차)	No Guests	No Teams	Have the most members with the lowest temperature to win the race.	Mission Accomplished.
714 [Y] [Z]	July 21, 2024	2024 Burning Runningpic (2024 불타는 런닝픽)		Jae-suk Team (Yoo Jae-suk, Haha, Song Ji-hyo, Kang Hoon) Jong-kook Team (Kim Jong-kook, Ji Suk-jin, Yang Se-chan, Ji Ye-eun)	Keep your team's flame from going out.	The mission was won by Jong-kook Team. Yoo Jae-suk and Song Ji-hyo had to re-ignite their team's flame and use it to cook food as a penalty.	[11]
715	August 18, 2024[12]	The Desperate Villagecance (필사의 촌캉스)	Park Sung-woong Yoon Kyung-ho	Civilian (Yoo Jae-suk, Haha, Ji Suk-jin, Kim Jong-kook, Song Ji-hyo, Yang Se-chan, Ji Ye-eun) Mafia Boss (Yoon Kyung-ho) Head of Village (Criminal) (Park Sung-woong)	Civilian Identify and eliminate the Head of Village before he/she collected and burnt 3 name tages with a red diamond sticker Mafia Boss Find the treasure and survive to the end Head of Village Eliminate three members with a red diamond sticker and burn the name tages to awaken scarecrow	There are no winners.
716	August 25, 2024	National Runningpic (국가대표 런닝픽)	Kim Ha-yun Kim Min-jong Oh Sang-uk Park Hye-jeong Park Sang-won	No teams	Earn coins in exchange for Running Balls to win the prize and escape penalty.	The mission was won by Yang Se-chan, Oh Sang-wook and Park Hye-jung. The winners each received the abalone set. Kim Ha-yun was exempted from the penalty by using the punishment pass. Yoo Jae-suk, Haha, Ji Suk-jin, Kim Jong-kook, Song Ji-hyo, Ji Ye-eun and Kim Min-jong each received the face printing penalty which will be released on RM's official YouTube channel and the penalizing video starts from 10 minutes and 42 seconds.	[13]
717 [AA]	September 1, 2024	Happy Dice Day (해피 다이스 데이)	Joo Hyun-young Kim Ah-young		Be the top three with the most birthday cake badges to receive the prize and avoid penalty	The mission was won by Haha, Kim Jong-kook and Ji Ye-eun. The winners each received the highest summer fruit sets. Yang Se-chan, whose penalty ball was drawn, had to write a birthday card which will be posted on RM's official Instagram Account with a pair of losing birthday boy/girl Yoo Jae-suk and Song Ji-hyo after the filming as a penalty.	[14]
718	September 8, 2024	Suyu-ri Catch Lucky (수유리 캐치 럭키)	No Guests		Earn as many gift exchange coupons as possible to increase the number of gifts that will be chosen randomly.	Mission Accomplished.
719 [AB] [AC]	September 15, 2024	The Unlucky Family Outing (불운 패밀리가 떴다)	Hong Jin-ho Keum Sae-rok	Ji-hyo's Family Parents (Song Ji-hyo, Yang Se-chan) Children (Yoo Jae-suk, Hong Jin-ho) Sae-rok's Family Parents (Keum Sae-rok, Haha) Children (Ji Suk-jin, Kim Jong-kook)	Win missions to change the wedges of the family wheels.	The mission was won by Sae-rok's Family. The winners each received the ₩300,000 Onnuri gift certificates.	[15]
720 [AC]	September 22, 2024	The Just Right Code (딱 맞는 코드)	Jonathan Yiombi Kwon Eun-bi	Eun-bi Team (Kwon Eun-bi, Yoo Jae-suk, Ji Suk-jin, Song Ji-hyo) Jonathan Team (Jonathan Yiombi, Haha, Kim Jong-kook, Yang Se-chan)	Be the Top 3 with the most money that were collected via QR codes to win the prize and avoid penalty.	The mission was won by Yoo Jae-suk, Haha and Song Ji-hyo. The winners each received a box of autumn pears. Through a game of luck via QR codes, Ji Suk-jin and Kwon Eun-bi had to draw and scan a QR code after the filming as a penalty which will be released on RM's official YouTube channel and the penalizing video starts from 3 minutes and 26 seconds.	[16]
721 [AD] [AE]	September 29, 2024	Check your luck!－MT with Mr. Barrel (운빨 체크!－통아저씨와 함께 MT를)	Haewon (Nmixx) Kim Dong-jun (ZE:A)	No teams	Have the most pirate roulette knives to make the pirate pop out from the barrel to avoid penalty.	The mission was won by Yang Se-chan, Ji Ye-eun and Haewon. Yoo Jae-suk, Haha, Ji Suk-jin, Kim Jong-kook, Song Ji-hyo and Kim Dong-jun had to collected a bucket of marsh snails at the stream river as a penalty, but Kim Jong-kook would give his penalty spot to Ji Ye-eun instead, as he can't stay longer for the penalty and had to go early to the United States.	[17]
722	October 6, 2024	Alley Leader For Each Other (이 구역의 골목 대장)	No guest	Central Asian Alley Alley Boss (Yoo Jae-suk) Jongno 3-ga Skirt Meat Alley Alley Boss (Haha) Web Octopus Alley Alley Boss (Ji Suk-jin) Dongdaemun Grilled Fish Alley Alley Boss (Yang Se-chan)	Avoid being the bottom three with the lowest amount to keep away from three levels of penalty.	The mission was won by Yoo Jae-suk, Ji Suk-jin, Song Ji-hyo and Yang Se-Chan. Haha, Kim Jong-kook and Ji Ye-eun had to win a game of slap-match with citizens after the filming as a penalty which will be released on RM's official YouTube channel and the penalizing video starts from 6 seconds.
723	October 13, 2024	Indomitable Maintainer (불굴의 유지어터)		No teams	Maintain the total weight that were gained to avoid next week's filming schedule change.	Mission Failed with the Final total weight of 495.8 Kg. since their total weight gained 7 Kg, they have to start filming the next week's episode at 8 A.M.
724	October 20, 2024	Hierarchical Clan (서열 있는 종갓집)	Lee Yoo-mi Woo Do-hwan	First Hierarchical Status Kings (Yoo Jae-suk, Yang Se-chan, Lee Yoo-mi) Noble (Song Ji-hyo) Slaves (Haha, Ji Suk-jin, Kim Jong-kook, Ji Ye-eun, Woo Do-hwan) Human Wall Climb Yoo-mi's Team (Lee Yoo-mi, Haha, Kim Jong-kook Yang Se-chan, Ji Ye-eun) Do-hwan's team (Woo Do-hwan, Yoo Jae-suk, Ji Suk-jin, Song Ji-hyo) Random Quiz Team Kings and Noble (Yoo Jae-suk, Song Ji-hyo, Yang Se-chan, Lee Yoo-mi) Team Slaves (Haha, Ji Suk-jin, Kim Jong-kook, Ji Ye-eun, Woo Do-hwan) Second Hierarchical Status King (Yoo Jae-suk) Nobles (Haha, Kim Jong-kook, Song Ji-hyo, Yang Se-chan, Ji Ye-eun, Lee Yoo-mi, Woo Do-hwan) Slave (Ji Suk-jin) Master of Photography (No Teams) Final Hierarchical Status King (Woo Do-hwan) Nobles (Haha, Kim Jong-kook, Song Ji-hyo, Yang Se-chan, Ji Ye-eun, Lee Yoo-mi) Slaves (Yoo Jae-suk, Ji Suk-jin)	Being the Top 3 with the highest amount of brass coins to receive the prize but without being the bottom three with the lowest amount of brass coins to avoid penalty	The mission was won by Haha, Song Ji-hyo and Woo Do-hwan. Woo Do-hwan receives a box of honey while both Haha and Song Ji-hyo receives a box of Mandarin oranges. Yoo Jae-suk, Ji Suk-jin, and Lee Yoo-mi, who were the bottom three with the lowest amount of brass coins, had to receive the flogging penalty by the winners.	[18]
725 [AF]	October 27, 2024	Only Money For Me (돈 없인 안된다)	Kim Ah-young Lee Min-hyuk Seo Eun-kwang (BtoB)	Jae-suk's team (Yoo Jae-suk, Song Ji-hyo, Yang Se-chan, Ji Ye-eun, Seo Eun-kwang) Jong-kook's team (Kim Jong-kook, Haha, Ji Suk-jin, Kim Ah-young, Lee Min-hyuk)	Have the most amount of money to avoid penalty.	The mission was won by Jong-kook's team with the total money of ₩375,000, with them received ₩ 75,000 each. Yoo Jae-suk, Song Ji-hyo, Yang Se-chan, Ji Ye-eun, Seo Eun-kwang, all of whom failed to have the most amount of money, each received a cold water shower, with Ji Ye-eun received black ink shower instead.	[19]
726	November 3, 2024	Look at The Way You Believe Me (믿는 눈치 챙겨)	Hong Kyung Kim Min-ju Roh Yoon-seo	First Pick Jae-suk's team (Yoo Jae-suk, Song Ji-hyo, Yang Se-chan, Kim Min-ju) Suk-jin's team (Ji Suk-jin, Haha, Roh Yoon-seo) Jong-kook's team (Kim Jong-kook, Ji Ye-eun, Hong Kyung) Final Pick Jae-suk's team (Yoo Jae-suk, Yang Se-chan, Hong Kyung, Kim Min-ju) Suk-jin's team (Ji Suk-jin, Song Ji-hyo, Ji Ye-eun) Jong-kook's team (Kim Jong-kook, Haha, Roh Yoon-seo)	Have the highest numbers of a three-digit number to avoid penalty.	The mission was won by Jong-kook's team with a three-digit number total of 996. Roh Yoo-seo, who has the lowest number on the team, receives a box of pears. Yang Se-chan and Ji Ye-eun, whose penalty balls are drawn, have to make Chestnut Tiramisu and feed it to each other after the filming as a penalty.	[20]
727	November 10, 2024	The Monitor Election that Overestimates One's Ability feat. Autumn Picnic (주제넘는 반장선거 feat. 가을소풍)	Kim Dong-jun (ZE:A) Rami Rora (Babymonster)	The person with a heart that's prettier than their faces Class President (Yoo Jae-suk) Volleyball of Extraordinary Size Tallies team (Yoo Jae-suk, Ji Suk-jin, Kim Jong-kook, Ji Ye-eun, Rami) Shorties Team (Haha, Song Ji-hyo, Yang Se-chan, Kim Dong-jun, Rora) One who was popular in school but wasn't aware of it Class President (Kim Dong-jun) Speak in Interference Mode Class President team (Kim Dong-jun, Yoo Jae-suk, Song Ji-hyo, Yang Se-chan, Rami) Jong-kook's Team (Kim Jong-kook, Haha, Ji Suk-jin, Ji Ye-eun, Rora) The one who won't get to be the class president in their next life Class President (Ji Ye-eun) Quiz Mission Leadership team (Ji Ye-eun, Yoo Jae-suk, Ji Suk-jin, Kim Dong-jun, Rora) Cavengers team (Haha, Kim Jong-kook, Song Ji-hyo, Yang Se-chan, Rami)	Being the Top 2 with the most badges to receive the prize.	The mission was won by Haha, Ji Ye-eun and Rora, who are tied in the first place. The winners receives a collection of bestseller books. Rami, who had the least badges, along with Kim Jong-kook and Kim Dong-jun, whose penalty balls are drawn, have to decorate the pictures that members took at the picnic after filming as a penalty.	[21]
728	November 17, 2024	Decision to Trust (신뢰할 결심)	Joo Hyun-young	No teams	Help Ji Suk-jin maintain his anger to regain his long lost trust in the members until the end of the race.	There are no winners. Haha, Yang Se-chan and Ji Ye-eun, whose penalty balls are drawn, have to wash the dirty tablewares after filming as a penalty.	[22]
729	November 24, 2024	Such an Intimate Overseas Traveling (이토록 친밀한 해외여행)	No guest		Pick three country destinations & themes within 6 hours to win the race.	Mission Accomplished with a total remaining time of 8 minutes left.
730 [AG]	December 1, 2024	Choose your Odd/Even Choice Wisely (현명한 홀짝 선택)	Dahyun (Twice) Kyuhyun (Super Junior)	Mission Team (Yoo Jae-suk, Haha, Ji Suk-jin, Song Ji-hyo, Yang Se-chan, Ji Ye-eun, Kyuhyun) Mafia Team (Kim Jong-kook, Dahyun)	Without penalty balls were drawn by production team to avoid penalty.	The mission was won by Yoo Jae-suk, Ji Suk-jin, Kim Jong-kook, Song Ji-hyo and Dahyun. Kim Jong-kook, Yang Se-chan and Ji Ye-eun, who were chosen by the Transfer Cards, along with Kyuhyun, whose penalty ball was drawn, have to find and took a picture with three students who took the CSAT this year after the filming as a penalty. Final Penalty Ball Counts Rank Player Amount 1 Yoo Jae-suk 4 2 Haha 3 Kim Jong-kook 4 Yang Se-chan 5 Dahyun 6 Kyuhyun 7 Song Ji-hyo 5 8 Ji Ye-eun 6 9 Ji Suk-jin 8	[23]
731 [AH] [AI]	December 8, 2024	The invitation doesn't go as planned (초대장은 계획대로 되지 않아)	No guest	No teams	Make a plan for a detailed schedule for 2 days and 1 night year-end party.	Mission Accomplished with the location is on the 200 km radius of Sangnam.
732 [AH] [AI]	December 15, 2024	Cool Running Year-End Party (쏘쿨한 런닝 연말 파티)			Main Mission: Without being in the top three to sleep outdoors. Main Side Mission: Without being in the first three people to wake up at 6 AM.	Main Mission: The mission was won by Kim Jong-kook, Haha, Yang Se-chan and Ji Ye-eun. Yoo Jae-suk, whose penalty ball was drawn, Ji Suk-jin who failed on the missions, and Ji Ye-eun, who were chosen by the Transfer Card, had to sleep outdoors in the night as a penalty. Main Side Mission: Yoo Jae-suk, Haha and Song Ji-hyo, who were the first three people to wake up at 6 AM, had to find a restaurant and buy foods for the entire members as a penalty.
733 [AH] [AI] [AJ] [AK]	December 22, 2024	The Cool Running Year-End Party Part 2 (쏘쿨한 런닝 연말 파티 下)					[24]

Viewership

2024		Episode number
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	686-698	851	1109	909	949	971	880	901	818	943	847	800	902	720
	699–711	840	685	784	785	723	900	803	969	634	887	732	856	816
	712–724	885	782	843	715	1081	890	977	715	828	816	891	943	836
	725–733	782	724	885	929	862	978	837	1020	994	–

Running Man : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.^[25]

Average TV viewership ratings

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		Nielsen Korea[25][26]
		Nationwide	Seoul
686	January 7, 2024	3.4% (21st)	3.7% (18th)
687	January 14, 2024	4.2% (14th)	4.5% (12th)
688	January 21, 2024	4.2% (14th)	4.8% (12th)
689	January 28, 2024	4.2% (11th)	4.6% (8th)
690	February 4, 2024	4.1% (12th)	4.5% (12th)
691	February 11, 2024	3.2% (19th)	3.5% (12th)
692	February 18, 2024	3.6% (13th)	4.2% (10th)
693	February 25, 2024	3.4% (14th)	3.9% (12th)
694	March 3, 2024	3.5% (14th)	3.9% (12th)
695	March 10, 2024	3.7% (11th)	4.1% (10th)
696	March 17, 2024	3.3% (12th)	3.6% (11th)
697	March 24, 2024	3.5% (12th)	4.0% (10th)
698	March 31, 2024	3.1% (16th)	3.4% (13th)
699	April 7, 2024	3.9% (9th)	4.5% (8th)
700	April 14, 2024	3.0% (15th)	3.2% (13th)
701	April 21, 2024	3.5% (13th)	3.9% (11th)
702	April 28, 2024	3.4% (12th)	3.8% (10th)
703	May 5, 2024	3.2% (14th)	3.5% (11th)
704	May 12, 2024	4.0% (10th)	4.4% (7th)
705	May 19, 2024	3.7% (10th)	4.1% (9th)
706	May 26, 2024	4.0% (9th)	4.5% (8th)
707	June 2, 2024	3.2% (13th)	3.7% (10th)
708	June 9, 2024	3.9% (8th)	4.2% (6th)
709	June 16, 2024	3.2% (13th)	3.8% (8th)
710	June 23, 2024	3.5% (10th)	3.8% (10th)
711	June 30, 2024	3.3% (15th)	3.6% (11th)
712	July 7, 2024	3.6% (13th)	3.9% (12th)
713	July 14, 2024	3.3% (13th)	3.8% (9th)
714	July 21, 2024	3.3% (14th)	3.5% (10th)
715	August 18, 2024	2.9% (23th)	3.3% (16th)
716	August 25, 2024	4.5% (9th)	5.7% (6th)
717	September 1, 2024	3.9% (12th)	4.8% (8th)
718	September 8, 2024	3.9% (11th)	4.6% (9th)
719	September 15, 2024	3.3% (14th)	4.0% (9th)
720	September 22, 2024	3.2% (16th)	3.7% (11th)
721	September 29, 2024	3.6% (12th)	3.9% (10th)
722	October 6, 2024	3.9% (12th)	4.4% (10th)
723	October 13, 2024	3.9% (13th)	4.6% (9th)
724	October 20, 2024	3.6% (13th)	3.9% (10th)
725	October 27, 2024	3.5% (12th)	4.0% (11th)
726	November 3, 2024	3.4% (11th)	3.6% (12th)
727	November 10, 2024	3.5% (11th)	4.0% (9th)
728	November 17, 2024	4.2% (12th)	4.8% (7th)
729	November 24, 2024	3.5% (15th)	4.0% (12th)
730	December 1, 2024	4.2% (10th)	4.9% (8th)
731	December 8, 2024	4.0% (11th)	4.8% (10th)
732	December 15, 2024	4.3% (10th)	4.7% (10th)
733	December 22, 2024	4.2% (13th)	4.6% (11th)
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Notes

1. Ji Suk-jin did not attend the filming due to his health checkup.
2. New Year Special
3. Winter Special
4. Ji Suk-jin returns in this episode.
5. Brief appearance by Lee Kwang-soo through the phone.
6. Special appearances by Hong Jin-ho and Jonathan Yiombi
7. Lunar New Year Special
8. Brief appearances by Cho Hye-seon (Kim Jong-kook's mother), Song Ji-hyo's father, Kim Jong-min, Song Eun-i, Lee Yi-kyung, and Heo Kyung-hwan through the phone.
9. Brief appearance by Key (Shinee) through the phone.
10. Last episode's losers Yoo Jae-suk, Haha, Kim Jong-kook and Yang Se-chan had to go pantless during the TV Rating Notice's poster photoshoot.
11. Special appearance by photographer Oh Jung-suk (Only appeared during the photoshoot sessions)
12. 700th Episode special
13. The Production team pretended naming the last mission as "The Prize Money Battle Race" to hide Yoo Jae-suk's identity as Yoo-mes Bond for the entire race
14. The Virtual Livestream was filmed first before the opening.
15. Brief appearances by Wolverhampton Wanderers Footballer Hwang Hee-chan and Gwangju FC's Manager Lee Jung-hyo via video messages, and Oh Ha-young (Apink) through the phone.
16. Special appearance by FIFA international referee Moon Dae-Sung (only appeared during the futsal match).
17. Kang Han-na acted as the writer for this episode.
18. Yang Se-chan choose Kang Han-na and Joo Jong-hyuk to do the dances while Ji Suk-jin had to do errands as well.
19. Kang Hoon's first episode as rental member.
20. Kang Hoon's birthday special.
21. First episode to have the rental system to be utilized for the first time.
22. Kang Hoon did not attend the second part of the episode due to the filming of his drama.
23. Ji Ye-eun [ko]'s first episode as rental member.
24. 14th Anniversary SBS Running Man Special
25. 2024 Paris Olympics Special
26. Kang Hoon's last episode as a Rental member.
27. Yoo Jae-suk, Haha, and Song Ji-hyo's birthday special.
28. Chuseok Special
29. Ji Ye-eun did not attend the filming due to her pre-arranged schedule
30. Ji Ye-eun returns in this episode.
31. Ji Ye-eun has to dressed as a Radish that was chosen by the production team after she lost the bet against Haha during the "One Gram at Your fingertips" mission three weeks ago.
32. Lee Min-hyuk did not attend the first half of the episode due to his delayed flight.
33. Ji Ye-eun would eventually use her transfer card to gave her penalty spot to Kim Jong-kook that she had since episode 721, but later she was given a penalty spot by Yang Se-chan who use his transfer card from the race two weeks ago, but was also given a penalty spot by Haha who use the transfer card that he stole from Ji Suk-jin.
34. Christmas Special
35. Year-End Party Special
36. Yoo Jae-suk's transfer card, that he had since episode 728, was stolen by Ji Suk-jin in the early part of episode 731, who were later got stolen by Haha in the later part of episode 731. Haha's transfer card was stolen by Yang Se-chan, who was the guest in Haha's radio show before the shooting of episode 732. Eventually Yang Se-chan gives his transfer card to Song Ji-hyo, who used it to give the penalty to Ji Ye-eun.
37. Ji Ye-eun's first episode as member.