Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them
| Record | Peak | Weeks | Run |
|---|---|---|---|
| One | |||
| R&R AOR Tracks | 44 | 7 | 2/10/89 – 3/24/89 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 35 | 15 | 2/18/89 – 5/27/89 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 46 | 3 | 3/11/89 – 3/25/89 |
| Enter Sandman | |||
| R&R AOR Tracks | 10 | 17 | 8/9/91 – 11/29/91 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 10 | 20 | 8/17/91 – 12/28/91 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 16 | 20 | 8/24/91 – 1/4/92 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 36 | 4 | 10/25/91 – 11/15/91 |
| The Unforgiven | |||
| R&R AOR Tracks | 8 | 20 | 10/18/91 – 3/13/92 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 10 | 34 | 11/2/91 – 6/20/92 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 35 | 17 | 12/7/91 – 3/28/92 |
| Nothing Else Matters | |||
| R&R AOR Tracks | 7 | 19 | 1/24/92 – 5/29/92 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 11 | 20 | 3/14/92 – 7/25/92 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 34 | 15 | 3/28/92 – 7/4/92 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 35 | 5 | 4/3/92 – 5/1/92 |
| Wherever I May Roam | |||
| R&R AOR Tracks | 17 | 15 | 5/29/92 – 9/4/92 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 25 | 16 | 7/11/92 – 10/31/92 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 82 | 7 | 7/18/92 – 8/29/92 |
| Sad But True | |||
| R&R AOR Tracks | 20 | 17 | 10/9/92 – 2/12/93 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 98 | 1 | 10/31/92 – 10/31/92 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 15 | 19 | 12/5/92 – 4/17/93 |
| Don't Tread On Me | |||
| R&R AOR Tracks | 49 | 5 | 2/19/93 – 3/19/93 |
| Until It Sleeps | |||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 1 | 26 | 6/1/96 – 11/23/96 |
| Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative | 27 | 7 | 6/8/96 – 7/20/96 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 10 | 20 | 6/8/96 – 10/19/96 |
| Ain't My Bitch | |||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 15 | 18 | 7/6/96 – 3/15/97 |
| Hero Of The Day | |||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 1 | 33 | 9/21/96 – 5/3/97 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 60 | 18 | 11/9/96 – 3/8/97 |
| King Nothing | |||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 6 | 27 | 1/18/97 – 7/19/97 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 90 | 8 | 3/1/97 – 4/19/97 |
| Bleeding Me | |||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 6 | 24 | 6/14/97 – 11/22/97 |
| The Memory Remains | |||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 3 | 22 | 11/22/97 – 6/13/98 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 28 | 19 | 11/29/97 – 4/4/98 |
| The Unforgiven II | |||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 2 | 26 | 12/6/97 – 5/30/98 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 59 | 15 | 4/4/98 – 7/11/98 |
| Fuel | |||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 6 | 26 | 12/20/97 – 8/15/98 |
| Better Than You | |||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 7 | 17 | 8/1/98 – 11/21/98 |
| Turn The Page | |||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 1 | 26 | 11/21/98 – 5/15/99 |
| Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative | 39 | 2 | 1/2/99 – 1/23/99 |
| Whiskey In The Jar | |||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 4 | 26 | 1/23/99 – 7/17/99 |
| Die, Die My Darling | |||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 26 | 12 | 6/5/99 – 8/21/99 |
| No Leaf Clover | |||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 1 | 34 | 12/4/99 – 7/22/00 |
| Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative | 18 | 20 | 12/11/99 – 4/22/00 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 74 | 10 | 2/12/00 – 4/15/00 |
| I Disappear | |||
| Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative | 11 | 24 | 5/6/00 – 10/14/00 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 1 | 43 | 5/6/00 – 2/24/01 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 76 | 20 | 5/13/00 – 9/23/00 |
| St. Anger | |||
| Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative | 17 | 8 | 6/14/03 – 8/2/03 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 2 | 11 | 6/14/03 – 8/23/03 |
| Frantic | |||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 21 | 10 | 8/9/03 – 10/11/03 |
| The Unnamed Feeling | |||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 28 | 11 | 12/20/03 – 2/28/04 |
| Some Kind Of Monster | |||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 19 | 11 | 7/17/04 – 9/25/04 |
| The Ecstasy Of Gold | |||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 21 | 11 | 3/3/07 – 5/12/07 |
| Remember Tomorrow | |||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 32 | 3 | 8/16/08 – 8/30/08 |
| The Day That Never Comes | |||
| Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative | 5 | 20 | 9/6/08 – 1/17/09 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 1 | 23 | 9/6/08 – 2/7/09 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 31 | 10 | 9/6/08 – 11/15/08 |
| My Apocalypse | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 67 | 1 | 9/13/08 – 9/13/08 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 38 | 2 | 9/20/08 – 9/27/08 |
| Cyanide | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 50 | 1 | 9/20/08 – 9/20/08 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 1 | 25 | 9/27/08 – 5/23/09 |
| Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative | 19 | 20 | 12/27/08 – 5/9/09 |
| All Nightmare Long | |||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 9 | 20 | 5/23/09 – 10/3/09 |
| Broken, Beat & Scarred | |||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 15 | 15 | 10/24/09 – 1/30/10 |
| Hardwired | |||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 1 | 20 | 9/3/16 – 1/14/17 |
| Moth Into Flame | |||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 5 | 20 | 10/15/16 – 2/25/17 |
| Atlas, Rise! | |||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 1 | 20 | 11/19/16 – 4/1/17 |
| Now That We're Dead | |||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 2 | 20 | 5/6/17 – 9/16/17 |
| Spit Out The Bone | |||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 4 | 20 | 11/25/17 – 3/31/18 |
| Halo On Fire | |||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 14 | 16 | 12/15/18 – 3/30/19 |
| All Within My Hands METALLICA & SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY |
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| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 1 | 20 | 7/25/20 – 12/5/20 |
| Master Of Puppets | |||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 18 | 20 | 7/16/22 – 11/26/22 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 35 | 3 | 7/16/22 – 7/30/22 |
| Lux Aeterna | |||
| Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative | 25 | 15 | 12/10/22 – 3/18/23 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 1 | 20 | 12/10/22 – 4/22/23 |
| Screaming Suicide | |||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 1 | 20 | 2/18/23 – 7/13/24 |
| 72 Seasons | |||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 1 | 20 | 4/8/23 – 8/19/23 |
| Too Far Gone? | |||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 1 | 20 | 8/26/23 – 1/6/24 |