This list of Governors of the Massachusetts Bay Colony is sorted by year (from 1630 to 1680). For a list sorted by governor, see Massachusetts Bay Colony.

1630 - 1633: John Winthrop

1634: Thomas Dudley

1635: John Haynes

1636: Sir Henry Vane

1637 - 1639: John Winthrop

1640: Thomas Dudley

1641: Richard Bellingham

1642 - 1643: John Winthrop

1644: John Endicott

1645: Thomas Dudley

1646 - 1648: John Winthrop

1649: John Endicott

1650: Thomas Dudley

1651 - 1653: John Endicott

1654: Richard Bellingham

1655 - 1664: John Endicott

1665 - 1672: Richard Bellingham

1673 - 1678: John Leverett

1679 - 1686: Simon Bradstreet