1993
| The Pilot episode won an Emmy for Special Visual Effects. | |
| The Pilot episode was also nominated for a Hugo award. |
1994
| An Emmy for Makeup for the epsiode "Parliament of Dreams". | |
| The 1994 Space Frontier Foundation Award for "Best Vision of the Future" from the National Association of Space Scientists, Astronauts and Engineers. | |
| The 1994 Jewish Televimage Award. | |
| Five English Media Cult TV Awards from England (including for "Best New Series"). |
1995
| The Episode "Acts of Sacrifice" received an Emmy nomination for Individual Achievement in Makeup For a Series. | |
| The Episode "Geometry of Shadows" received an Emmy nomination for Individual Achievement in Cinematography For a Series. | |
| The Episode "Geometry of Shadows" received an Emmy nomination for Individual Achievement in Hairstyling For a Series. | |
| The Sci-Fi Universe 1995 Reader's Choice Award ("Best Actor in a Genre TV Series") for star Bruce Boxleitner (shared with David Duchovny of "The X-Files"). | |
| The Sci-Fi Universe 1995 Reader's Choice Award ("Best Supporting Actor in a Genre TV Series") for star Andreas Katsulas. |
1996
| The Hugo Award for "Best Dramatic Presentation" awarded to the episode "The Coming of Shadows". | |
| The 1996 Space Frontier Foundation Award for "Best Vision of the Future" from the National Association of Space Scientists, Astronauts and Engineers for the epsisode "The Fall of Night". | |
| S.F.X. Magazine Best TV Episode of '95 for the episode "The Fall of Night". | |
| S.F.X. Magazine Best Toy/Model of '95 for the Babylon 5 MicroMachines series. | |
| The Sci-Fi Channel Viewers Choice Poll for Best SF Show. | |
| The Sci-Fi Universe 1996 Reader's Choice Award ("Best Genre TV Series"). | |
| The Sci-Fi Universe 1996 Reader's Choice Award ("Best Special Effects in a Genre TV Series"). | |
| The Sci-Fi Universe 1996 Reader's Choice Award ("Best Actor in a Genre TV Series") for star Bruce Boxleitner. | |
| The Sci-Fi Universe 1996 Reader's Choice Award ("Best Supporting Actor in a Genre TV Series") for star Peter Jurasik. | |
| The Sci-Fi Universe 1996 Reader's Choice Award ("Best Supporting Actoress in a Genre TV Series") for star Mira Furlan. | |
| The Science Fiction Weekly Reader Appreciation Award for "Best Dramatic Presentation" awarded to the episode "The Fall of Night". |
1997
| American Cinema Foundation's 1997 E Pluribus Unum award for "Television Series, Drama" | |
| S.F.X. Magazine Best SF/Fantasy TV Show of '96. | |
| S.F.X. Magazine Best SF/Fantasy TV Episode of '96 for the episode "Z'ha'dum", the episode "Severed Dreams" was runner-up and "War Without End" was second runner-up. | |
| S.F.X. Magazine Best SF/Fantasy Actor of '96 awarded to Andreas Katsulas, Bruce Boxleitner was runner-up. | |
| S.F.X. Magazine Best SF/Fantasy Theme Music of '96. | |
| S.F.X. Magazine Best SF/Fantsy TV Show or Film Opening Credits for the Season 3 credits. | |
| S.F.X. Magazine Hall of Fame for Contributions to SF/Fantasy TV in 1996 to JMS. | |
| "Best SF Television Series of All Time" from Dreamwatch Magazine. | |
| A "Best Dramatic Presentation" Hugo nomination for "Severed Dreams". | |
| An Emmy nomination for "The Summoning" for "Outstanding Makeup for a Series". | |
| Winner of TV Guide's "Best SF Show" poll (28% of vote). | |
| The Hugo Award for "Best Dramatic Presentation" for the episode "Severed Dreams". |
1998
| The Sci-Fi Universe 1998 Reader's Choice Award ("Best Sci-Fi TV Series"). | |
| Three Saturn award nominations; "Best Series on Syndicated/Cable Television", "Best Actor in a TV Series" (Bruce Boxleitner) and "Best Actress in a TV Series" (Claudia Christian). | |
| An Emmy nominiation for "In the Beginning" for "Best Makeup for a Series". |
1999
| The SWFA's Ray Bradbury Award for Dramatic Screenwriting to J. Michael Straczynski for his work on Babylon 5. | |
| A Hugo nominiation for "Sleeping in Light". | |
| A Saturn for "Best Cable/Syndicated SF Series". |