| #541 - 2021 New Year Driving Out Bad Luck Race: Take My Bad Luck Away 2021-02-07 6.4% Ahn Eun-jin Bae Yoon-kyung Lee Sang-yi balloon busgames bustalk ripnametag waterbomb This week, three young actors visit Running Man for a race to drive out bad luck in the new year. The Running Man members and their guests divide into three teams and play a series of games to see which team ends up with the least number of penalties. The final penalty is a giant water bomb that will surely wash away all their bad luck. Who's going to get soaked? | 534 | 96 | 17.98% |
| #542 - 2021 Running Man Neighborhood Athletic Meet with The Penthouse 2021-02-14 6.9% Ha Do-kwon Park Eun-seok Yoon Jong-hoon apples ball balloon footvolleyball gangsterjihyo mustwatch quiz ripnametag tag For the last day of the Lunar New Year holidays, the three actors of 'The Penthouse,' Park Eun Seok, Yoon Jong Hun, and Ha Do Kwon, visit Running Man. They join the show for the 2021 Running Man Neighborhood Athletic Meet where they compete to gather more trophy stamps in their stamp books. | 548 | 87 | 15.88% |
| #543 - Running Man Investment Contest: Genius Investors 2021-02-21 6.5% No guests badjihyo bestofsechan blackpink candyalliance cavewomanjihyo debate investing investments lies mustsee mustwatch noguests stocks tricks unlucky The Running Man members enter into an investment contest. They begin with 500 dollars of R money each and enter the stock market of 2011. As they progress toward the year 2020, which is the year that the contest will end, the members with varying degrees of experience in stocks are tempted by all kinds of information. Stay tuned to find out who ends up earning the most R money. | 596 | 195 | 32.72% |
| #544 - Suk Jin's Day, It's Time to Find the Gold 2021-02-28 6.5% No guests birthday candyalliance cheaterkwangsoo debate funny goodfeeling grace investing investments jihyoandjaesuk noguests stocks teasingseokjin unluckyseokjin The Running Man Investment Contest goes on with Se Chan in the lead. As the members make their investments based on the information they gather and their instincts, it becomes a matter of who will be in last place. After the Investment Contest, the Running Man members get together to celebrate Seok Jin’s birthday and begin a new race. | 572 | 88 | 15.38% |
| #545 - On the Way to Find Gold 2021-03-07 6.5% No guests badjihyo bestofseokjin birthday funny gameofwits gangsterjihyo gold goodfeeling jaeseokannoyingkwangsoo kwangmong maposiblings mongdolsister mustwatch mystery noguests personalstories playfuljaeseok raceofwits sharpjongkook Continuing from last week’s episode, everyone gathers to celebrate Seok Jin’s birthday. They get a letter saying that there is gold hidden somewhere in Running Village. Seok Jin gets to choose two members to join his team and the others compete as individual players. The winners get to choose two people who will get the penalty. Stay tuned to see who they are! | 530 | 114 | 21.51% |
| #546 - Records of the Running Dynasty: Appearance of the Evil Spirits 2021-03-14 6.2% Jang Dong-yoon Keum Sae-rok Kim Dong-jun (ZE:A) Park Sung-hoon airheadsechan balloons bustalk costumes crazysomin flogging gourd gun hiddenmissions idol intensenametagripping jaeseokannoyingkwangsoo lovefrogsomin minchan nerfgun playfuljaeseok ripnametag roleplay sharpjongkook spy In this week’s episode, the four actors of the new drama “Joseon Exorcist” join the Running Man members for the Running Dynasty Records Race. There are two evil spirits who hide among the humans. They are divided into one king and three teams of nobles, eunuchs, and slaves. They must find who the evil spirits are in order to defeat them. Stay tuned to see if they succeed! | 541 | 95 | 17.56% |
| #547 - Yoo Jae Suk versus Kim Grand Award, Dignity of Grand Award 2021-03-21 6.2% No guests airheadsechan angryjongkook badjihyo bestof2021 bestofseokjin contract crazykwangsoo daesangaward food framerkwangsoo funny gangsterjihyo gold hideandseek kimdaesang kooinboo kookminsiblings membersfunnystories mudflat noguests pettyjongkook playfuljaeseok poorkwangsoo quiz sharpjongkook sleeping sleepingjihyo smartseokjin spartace teasingseokjin yoodaesang Two of the Running Man members, Jae Seok and Jong Kook, are Grand Award winners in the end-of-year entertainment awards. The members divide into Team Yu Grand Award and Team Kim Grand Award and compete for points. Only the winner gets to be exempt from the penalty. Who will be the three unlucky members to get the penalty? | 573 | 172 | 30.02% |
| #548 - Catch the Stars Among Free Agents: Stars' Contract War 2021-03-28 7.1% Jang Wooyoung (2PM) Jessi goodconcept idols immortalchanhee lovefrogsomin luckyjihyo pettygang quiz roleplay slip spartace speakinformally unluckykwangsoo | 536 | 75 | 13.99% |
| #549 - Idol Star Project: Brave Idol's Day 2021-04-04 6.3% Eunji (Brave Girls) Minyoung (Brave Girls) Yujeong (Brave Girls) Yuna (Brave Girls) airheadsechan ballking betrayers busgames bustalk cheaterkwangsoo conveyorbeltgame crazysomin dancing dibidibidip discordance food idols immortalchanhee mamamoo noglassesjaeseok norealrules paint photosession playfuljaeseok rollinbattle sadsinging singing somin squirtle teasingseokjin toiletbowl unluckykwangsoo | 511 | 50 | 9.78% |
| #550 - Sweet and Scary Way Home 2021-04-11 6.5% Jo Se-ho Park Choa (AOA) betrayers bustalk crazysomin eating food foodmission hometravel idol infinitechallenge jiseokjinworld membersfunnystories mongdol pillowfight playfuljaeseok quiz teasingseokjin | 488 | 36 | 7.38% |
| #551 - I Want to Find the Partner Entertainer 2021-04-18 6.7% Jung Hye-in Lee Cho-hee Seol In-ah competitiveguests couples crazykwangsoo crazysomin dirtyplay emptyheads english framerkwangsoo funny goodconcept kiss mongdol quiz roleplay sechanloveline teasingseokjin | 537 | 130 | 24.21% |
| #552 - Students Who Entered University in 1991 Are Back! 2021-04-25 6.5% Jung Hye-in Lee Cho-hee Seol In-ah 90s backtothepast bestof2021 betrayal betrayers bustalk dancing guessthesong jaeseokannoyingkwangsoo membersfunnystories michaeljackson mongdol nostalgia personalstories playfuljaeseok quiz retro roleplay sechanloveline songguess teasingseokjin ugliestmemberdebate unpredictable | 516 | 98 | 18.99% |
| #553 - The Entering Class of 1991 Is Back! 2021-05-02 6.2% No guests backtothepast bestof2021 bestofhaha bustalk crazysomin dancing emotional food guessthemission hide lovefrogsomin membersfunnystories minchan mongdol noguests nostalgia personalstories playfuljaeseok roleplay teasingseokjin unluckyseokjin | 505 | 91 | 18.02% |
| #554 - Credit Card Payment Race, When You Go to the TV Station 2021-05-09 6.0% No guests camping creditcard fanmeet live marblerace minchan noguests penalty playfuljaeseok poorkwangsoo productplacement spartace strawberrygame teasingkwangsoo teasingseokjin | 514 | 81 | 15.76% |
| #555 - Smart Escape Race, Empty Head Land 2021-05-16 6.8% No guests angryjongkook dokwon escaperoom giraffe hiddenmissions immortalchanhee luckyjihyo math maze mustwatch mystery noguests playfuljaeseok quiz secretmission smartjaeseok teasingseokjin | 541 | 128 | 23.66% |