This is the discography for American double bassist Ron Carter.
As leader/co-leader

| Recording date | Title | Label | Year released | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961-06 | Where? | New Jazz | 1961 | |
| 1969-10 | Uptown Conversation | Embryo | 1970 | live | 
| 1972-08 | Alone Together with Jim Hall | Milestone | 1973 | live | 
| 1973-01 | Blues Farm | CTI | 1973 | |
| 1973-10 | All Blues | CTI | 1974 | |
| 1974-11 | Spanish Blue | CTI | 1975 | |
| 1975-06 – 1975-07 | Anything Goes | Kudu | 1975 | |
| 1976-05 | Yellow & Green | CTI | 1976 | |
| 1976-10 | Pastels | Milestone | 1976 | |
| 1977-03 | Piccolo | Milestone | 1977 | live | 
| 1977-07 | Third Plane | Milestone | 1977 | |
| 1977-11 | Peg Leg | Milestone | 1978 | |
| 1978-06 | A Song for You | Milestone | 1978 | |
| 1978-07 | 1 + 3 with Hank Jones or Herbie Hancock and Tony Williams | JVC | 1979 | live | 
| 1978-07 | Carnaval with Sadao Watanabe, Hank Jones and Tony Williams | Galaxy | 1983 | live | 
| 1978-12 | Pick 'Em | Milestone | 1980 | |
| 1979-03 | Parade | Milestone | 1980 | |
| 1979-12 | New York Slick | Milestone | 1980 | |
| 1980-05 | Patrão | Milestone | 1981 | |
| 1980 | Empire Jazz | RSO | 1980 | |
| 1980-09 | Parfait | Milestone | 1982 | |
| 1981-04 | Super Strings | Milestone | 1981 | |
| 1981-12 | Heart & Soul with Cedar Walton | Timeless | 1982 | |
| 1982-09 | Etudes | Elektra Musician | 1983 | |
| 1982-11 | Live at Village West with Jim Hall | Concord Jazz | 1984 | live | 
| 1984-08 | Telephone with Jim Hall | Concord Jazz | 1985 | live | 
| 1986 | Plays Bach | Phillips | 1987 | |
| 1986-05 | The Puzzle | SMS | 1986 | |
| 1987-08 | Very Well | Polydor Deep Moat | 1987 | |
| 1988-03 | All Alone | EmArcy | 1988 | |
| 1989-02 | Something in Common with Houston Person | Muse | 1990 | |
| 1989-09 | Duets with Helen Merrill | EmArcy | 1989 | |
| 1990-01 | Now's the Time with Houston Person | Muse | 1990 | |
| 1990-04 | Eight Plus | Victor | 1990 | |
| 1991-07 | Panamanhattan with Richard Galliano | Dreyfus Jazz | 1991 | live | 
| 1992? | Meets Bach | Blue Note | 1992 | |
| 1993? | Friends | Blue Note | 1993 | |
| 1994-01 | Jazz, My Romance | Blue Note | 1994 | |
| 1992-09, 1994 | A Tribute to Miles with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams, Wallace Roney | Qwest | 1994 | |
| 1995-02 | Mr. Bow-tie | Blue Note | 1995 | |
| 1995-12 | Brandenburg Concerto | Blue Note | 1996 | |
| 1997-01 | The Bass and I | Blue Note | 1997 | |
| 1998-01 | So What? | Blue Note | 1998 | |
| 1999-02, 1999-03 | Orfeu | Blue Note | 1999 | |
| 2000-04 | Holiday in Rio | Blue Note | 2001 | |
| 2000-05 | When Skies Are Grey... | Blue Note | 2001 | live | 
| 2000-08 | Dialogues with Houston Person | HighNote | 2002 | |
| 2001-04 | Stardust | Blue Note | 2001 | |
| 2002-07 | The Golden Striker | Blue Note | 2003 | |
| 2005-10 | Just Between Friends with Houston Person | HighNote | 2008 | |
| 2006-02 | Dear Miles | Blue Note | 2007 | |
| 2007-04, 2007-06 | It's the Time | Blue Note | 2007 | |
| 2008-04 | Jazz & Bossa | Blue Note | 2008 | [3CD] | 
| 2009-06 | The World of Ron Carter | Somethin' Else | 2009 | |
| 2010-06 | Ron Carter's Great Big Band | Sunnyside | 2011 | |
| 2012-12 | Cocktails At The Cotton Club | Somethin' Else | 2013 | |
| 2014-01 | In Memory of Jim with Larry Coryell and Peter Bernstein | Somethin' Else | 2014 | |
| 2014-07 | My Personal Songbook with The WDR Big Band | In+Out | 2015 | [CD + DVD-Video] | 
| 2015-12 | Chemistry with Houston Person | HighNote | 2016 | |
| 2016-10 | An Evening with Ron Carter & Richard Galliano with Richard Galliano | In+Out | 2017 | live | 
| 2018-03 | Remember Love with Houston Person | HighNote | 2018 | |
| 2018-10 | Skyline with Jack DeJohnette, Gonzalo Rubalcaba | 5Passion | 2021 | Grammy won album | 
| 2018-11 | Foursight: The Complete Stockholm Tapes | In+Out | 2022 | [2CD] live (combines Volume 1 and Volume 2) | 
| 2019-04 | Remembering Bob Freedman | Shanti Music | 2021 | live, Grammy nominated album | 
| 2019? | The Brown Beatnik Tomes with Danny Simmons | Blue Note | 2019 | live | 
| 2014 – 2021 | Finding The Right Notes | In+Out | 2022 | soundtrack | 
As sideman
| With Pepper Adams 
 With Nat Adderley 
 With Geri Allen 
 With Gene Ammons 
 With Roy Ayers 
 With Chet Baker 
 With Gato Barbieri 
 With Joey Baron 
 With George Benson 
 With Cindy Blackman 
 With Ray Bryant 
 With Kenny Burrell 
 With Jaki Byard 
 With Donald Byrd 
 With Billy Cobham 
 With Alice Coltrane 
 With Hank Crawford 
 With Miles Davis 
 With Paul Desmond 
 With Eric Dolphy With Lou Donaldson 
 With Don Ellis 
 With Roberta Flack 
 With Tommy Flanagan 
 With Michael Franks 
 With Letizia Gambi 
 With Red Garland 
 With Stan Getz 
 With Gerry Gibbs 
 With Benny Golson 
 With Johnny Griffin 
 With Jim Hall 
 With Johnny Hammond 
 With Herbie Hancock 
 With Eddie Harris 
 With Coleman Hawkins 
 With Joe Henderson 
 With Andrew Hill 
 With Johnny Hodges 
 With Freddie Hubbard 
 With Bobby Hutcherson 
 With Milt Jackson 
 With Antonio Carlos Jobim 
 With J. J. Johnson 
 With Hank Jones 
 With Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones 
 With Hubert Laws 
 With Harold Mabern 
 With Herbie Mann 
 With Les McCann With Helen Merrill 
 With Jane Monheit 
 With Bette Midler 
 With Buddy Montgomery 
 With Wes Montgomery 
 With Frank Morgan 
 With Oliver Nelson 
 
 With Hermeto Pascoal 
 With Art Pepper 
 With Esther Phillips 
 With The Rascals 
 With Sam Rivers 
 With Wallace Roney With Shirley Scott 
 With Don Sebesky 
 With Woody Shaw 
 With Wayne Shorter 
 With Horace Silver 
 With Jimmy Smith 
 With James Spaulding 
 With Gábor Szabó 
 With Bobby Timmons 
 With Stanley Turrentine 
 With McCoy Tyner 
 With Cedar Walton 
 
 With Randy Weston 
 With Vanessa Williams 
 With Kai Winding 
 | With others 
 
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