These numbers are for OTs 2010 through 2019, for judges who have fed at least two clerks to the Supremes. If you're just interested in the totals, you can look at the last column. But I thought it was interesting to see the breakdowns by justice as well. The chart currently includes both Justices Scalia and Gorsuch.
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Judge SS RBG EK SB AMK JR SA NMG CT (AS) Total
Kavanaugh (D.C. Cir.) 2 - 2 1 5 11 2 - - 5 28
Garland (D.C. Cir.) 1 5 9 7 2 3 - - - - 27
Sutton (6th Cir.) 2 - 1 1 2 3 4 1 1 5 20
Wilkinson (4th Cir.) 1 1 3 - 3 3 1 1 5 2 20
Katzmann (2d Cir.) 5 8 - 4 2 - - - - - 19
Tatel (D.C. Cir.) 4 8 3 1 - 1 - - - - 17
Griffith (D.C. Cir.) - - 2 1 1 4 4 - 2 - 14
W. Pryor (11th Cir.) - - - - 1 - 3 - 7 1 12
Srinivasan (D.C. Cir.) 1 1 5 - - 3 - - - - 10
O'Scannlain (9th Cir.) - - - - 1 1 2 1 3 1 9
Reinhardt (9th Cir.) 4 - 2 1 2 - - - - - 9
W. Fletcher (9th Cir.) 2 2 3 2 - - - - - - 9
Kethledge (6th Cir.) - - - - 4 3 - - - 1 8
Sentelle (D.C. Cir.) - - - 1 - 1 - - 4 - 6
Boudin (1st Cir.) - 1 1 2 - - - - - 1 5
Calabresi (2d Cir.) 2 - - 3 - - - - - - 5
E. Jones (5th Cir.) - - - - - - 1 - 3 1 5
Scirica (3d Cir.) - 1 1 1 - - 2 - - - 5
Carnes (11th Cir.) - - - - - - - - 3 1 4
Pillard (D.C. Cir.) 2 - - 2 - - - - - - 4
Randolph (D.C. Cir.) - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 4
Watford (9th Cir.) 1 2 - - 1 - - - - - 4
D. Ginsburg (D.C. Cir.) - - - - - 1 1 - - 1 3
Livingston (2d Cir.) - 1 - - - 1 1 - - - 3
Niemeyer (4th Cir.) 1 - - - - 1 - - - 1 3
Barron (1st Cir.) - 1 - 1 - - - - - - 2
Berzon (9th Cir.) 1 1 - - - - - - - - 2
Cabranes (2d Cir.) - - - - - 1 - - 1 - 2
Chagares (3d Cir.) - 1 - - - - 1 - - - 2
Colloton (8th Cir.) - - - - - 1 - - - 1 2
Henderson (D.C. Cir.) - - - - - - - - 2 - 2
Ikuta (9th Cir.) - - - - 1 - - - - 1 2
J. Rogers (D.C. Cir.) - - 1 1 - - - - - - 2
J. E. Smith (5th Cir.) - - - - - - 2 - - - 2
McKeown (9th Cir.) 1 1 - - - - - - - - 2
The top-line totals hide some of the feeding power of more recently appointed judges. So I've calculated per-term numbers below:
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Judge Clerks/term
Kavanaugh (D.C. Cir.) 2.80
Garland (D.C. Cir.) 2.70
Sutton (6th Cir.) 2.00
Wilkinson (4th Cir.) 2.00
Katzmann (2d Cir.) 1.90
Tatel (D.C. Cir.) 1.70
Srinivasan (D.C. Cir.) 1.67
Griffith (D.C. Cir.) 1.40
W. Pryor (11th Cir.) 1.20
O'Scannlain (9th Cir.) 0.90
Reinhardt (9th Cir.) 0.90
W. Fletcher (9th Cir.) 0.90
Kethledge (6th Cir.) 0.80
Pillard (D.C. Cir.) 0.67
Sentelle (D.C. Cir.) 0.60
Watford (9th Cir.) 0.57
Boudin (1st Cir.) 0.50
Calabresi (2d Cir.) 0.50
E. Jones (5th Cir.) 0.50
Scirica (3d Cir.) 0.50
Barron (1st Cir.) 0.40
Carnes (11th Cir.) 0.40
Randolph (D.C. Cir.) 0.40
D. Ginsburg (D.C. Cir.) 0.30
Livingston (2d Cir.) 0.30
Niemeyer (4th Cir.) 0.30
Berzon (9th Cir.) 0.20
Cabranes (2d Cir.) 0.20
Chagares (3d Cir.) 0.20
Colloton (8th Cir.) 0.20
Henderson (D.C. Cir.) 0.20
Ikuta (9th Cir.) 0.20
J. Rogers (D.C. Cir.) 0.20
J. E. Smith (5th Cir.) 0.20
McKeown (9th Cir.) 0.20
I also thought it would be interesting to see which judges fed to which half of the Supremes. For instance, despite Garland's placement on the Court, he hasn't fed a clerk to Alito, Gorsuch, or Thomas (or Scalia) in the last ten years. Similarly, of the 28 clerks that Kavanaugh has fed in the last ten years, only 5 of them have been to the left of the Court.
Here are the per term numbers for judges feeding to the left of the Court (SS, RBG, EK, SB):
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Judge Liberal clerks/term
Garland (D.C. Cir.) 2.20
Katzmann (2d Cir.) 1.70
Tatel (D.C. Cir.) 1.60
Srinivasan (D.C. Cir.) 1.17
W. Fletcher (9th Cir.) 0.90
Reinhardt (9th Cir.) 0.70
Pillard (D.C. Cir.) 0.67
Calabresi (2d Cir.) 0.50
Kavanaugh (D.C. Cir.) 0.50
Wilkinson (4th Cir.) 0.50
Watford (9th Cir.) 0.43
Barron (1st Cir.) 0.40
Boudin (1st Cir.) 0.40
Sutton (6th Cir.) 0.40
Griffith (D.C. Cir.) 0.30
Scirica (3d Cir.) 0.30
Here are the same numbers for the right (JR, SA, NMG, CT, and AS):
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Judge Conservative clerks/term
Kavanaugh (D.C. Cir.) 1.80
Sutton (6th Cir.) 1.40
Wilkinson (4th Cir.) 1.20
W. Pryor (11th Cir.) 1.10
Griffith (D.C. Cir.) 1.00
O'Scannlain (9th Cir.) 0.80
E. Jones (5th Cir.) 0.50
Sentelle (D.C. Cir.) 0.50
Srinivasan (D.C. Cir.) 0.50
Carnes (11th Cir.) 0.40
Kethledge (6th Cir.) 0.40
D. Ginsburg (D.C. Cir.) 0.30
Garland (D.C. Cir.) 0.30
Randolph (D.C. Cir.) 0.30