Постојат седум стабилни изотопи на жива (80Hg) од кои најзастапен е 202Hg (29,86%). Најдолговечните радиоизотопи се 194Hg со полуживот од 444 години и 203Hg со полуживот од 46.612 дена. Повеќето од преостанатите 40 радиоизотопи имаат полуживот кој е помал од еден ден. 199Hg и 201Hg се најчесто проучуваните ЈМР-активни јадра, кои имаат спинов квантен број од 1/2 и 3/2 соодветно. Сите изотопи на живата се или радиоактивни или набљудувачки стабилни, што значи дека се предвидува дека се радиоактивни, но не е забележано вистинско распаѓање. Се предвидува дека овие изотопи ќе претрпат или алфа-распаѓање или двојно бета-распаѓање.

Список на изотопи

|-id=Жива-170 | 170Hg | style="text-align:right" | 80 | style="text-align:right" | 90 | 170,00581(32)# | 310(250) μс | α | 166Pt | 0+

|-id=Жива-171 | 171Hg | style="text-align:right" | 80 | style="text-align:right" | 91 | 171,00359(33)# | 70(30) μс | α | 167Pt | 3/2−#

|-id=Жива-172 | 172Hg | style="text-align:right" | 80 | style="text-align:right" | 92 | 171,99886(16) | 231(9) μс | α | 168Pt | 0+

|-id=Жива-173 | 173Hg | style="text-align:right" | 80 | style="text-align:right" | 93 | 172,99714(22)# | 800(80) μс | α | 169Pt | (7/2−)

|-id=Жива-174 | 174Hg | style="text-align:right" | 80 | style="text-align:right" | 94 | 173,992871(21) | 2,0(4) мс | α | 170Pt | 0+

|-id=Жива-175 | 175Hg | style="text-align:right" | 80 | style="text-align:right" | 95 | 174,99144(9) | 10,2(3) мс | α | 171Pt | (7/2−)

|-id=Жива-175m | style="text-indent:1em" | 175mHg | colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 494(2) keV | 340(30) нс | IT | 175Hg | (13/2+)

|-id=Жива-176 | rowspan=2|176Hg | rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 80 | rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 96 | rowspan=2|175,987349(12) | rowspan=2|20,3(14) мс | α (90%) | 172Pt | rowspan=2|0+ | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| |- | β+ (10%) | 176Au |-id=Жива-177 | 177Hg | style="text-align:right" | 80 | style="text-align:right" | 97 | 176,98628(9) | 117(7) мс | α | 173Pt | 7/2−

|-id=Жива-177m | style="text-indent:1em" | 177mHg | colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 323,2(13) keV | 1,50(15) μс | IT | 177Hg | 13/2+

|-id=Жива-178 | rowspan=2|178Hg | rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 80 | rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 98 | rowspan=2|177,982485(12) | rowspan=2|266,5(24) мс | α (89%) | 174Pt | rowspan=2|0+ | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| |- | β+ (11%) | 178Au |-id=Жива-179 | rowspan=3|179Hg | rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 80 | rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 99 | rowspan=3|178,98182(3) | rowspan=3|1,05(3) с | α (75%) | 175Pt | rowspan=3|7/2− | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3| |- | β+ (25%) | 179Au |- | β+, p (0,15%) | 178Pt |-id=Жива-179m | style="text-indent:1em" | 179mHg | colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 171,4(4) keV | 6,4(9) μс | IT | 179Hg | 13/2+

|-id=Жива-180 | rowspan=2|180Hg | rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 80 | rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 100 | rowspan=2|179,978260(14) | rowspan=2|2,59(1) с | β+ (52%) | 180Au | rowspan=2|0+ | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| |- | α (48%) | 176Pt |-id=Жива-181 | rowspan=4|181Hg | rowspan=4 style="text-align:right" | 80 | rowspan=4 style="text-align:right" | 101 | rowspan=4|180,977819(17) | rowspan=4|3,6(1) с | β+ (73%) | 181Au | rowspan=4|1/2− | rowspan=4| | rowspan=4| |- | α (27%) | 177Pt |- | β+, p (0,014%) | 180Pt |- | β+, α (9×10−6%) | 177Ir |-id=Жива-181m | style="text-indent:1em" | 181mHg | colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 210(50) keV | 480(20) μс | IT | 181Hg | 13/2+

|-id=Жива-182 | rowspan=3|182Hg | rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 80 | rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 102 | rowspan=3|181,974689(11) | rowspan=3|10,83(6) с | β+ (86,2%) | 182Au | rowspan=3|0+ | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3| |- | α (13,8%) | 178Pt |- | β+, p (<1×10−5%) | 181Pt |-id=Жива-183 | rowspan=3|183Hg | rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 80 | rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 103 | rowspan=3|182,974445(8) | rowspan=3|9,4(7) с | β+ (88,3%) | 183Au | rowspan=3|1/2− | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3| |- | α (11,7%) | 179Pt |- | β+, p (2,6×10−4%) | 182Pt |-id=Жива-183m | style="text-indent:1em" | 183mHg | colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 204(14) keV | >5# μс

| 13/2+#

|-id=Жива-184 | rowspan=2|184Hg | rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 80 | rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 104 | rowspan=2|183,971718(10) | rowspan=2|30,87(26) с | β+ (98,89%) | 184Au | rowspan=2|0+ | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| |- | α (1,11%) | 180Pt |-id=Жива-185 | rowspan=2|185Hg | rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 80 | rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 105 | rowspan=2|184,971891(15) | rowspan=2|49,1(10) с | β+ (94%) | 185Au | rowspan=2|1/2− | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| |- | α (6%) | 181Pt |-id=Жива-185m | rowspan=3 style="text-indent:1em" | 185mHg | rowspan=3 colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 103,7(4) keV | rowspan=3|21,6(15) с | IT (54%) | 185Hg | rowspan=3|13/2+ | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3| |- | β+ (46%) | 185Au |- | α (0,03%) | 181Pt |-id=Жива-186 | rowspan=2|186Hg | rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 80 | rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 106 | rowspan=2|185,969362(13) | rowspan=2|1,38(6) мин | β+ (99,98%) | 186Au | rowspan=2|0+ | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| |- | α (0,016%) | 182Pt |-id=Жива-186m | style="text-indent:1em" | 186mHg | colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 2217,3(4) keV | 82(5) μс | IT | 186Hg | (8−)

|-id=Жива-187 | 187Hg | style="text-align:right" | 80 | style="text-align:right" | 107 | 186,969814(14) | 1,9(3) мин | β+ | 187Au | 3/2−

|-id=Жива-187m | style="text-indent:1em" | 187mHg | colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 58(14) keV | 2,4(3) мин | β+ | 187Au | 13/2+

|-id=Жива-188 | rowspan=2|188Hg | rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 80 | rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 108 | rowspan=2|187,967581(7) | rowspan=2|3,25(15) мин | β+ | 188Au | rowspan=2|0+ | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| |- | α (3,7×10−5%) | 184Pt |-id=Жива-188m | style="text-indent:1em" | 188mHg | colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 2724,1(4) keV | 142(14) нс | IT | 188Hg | 12+

|-id=Жива-189 | 189Hg | style="text-align:right" | 80 | style="text-align:right" | 109 | 188,96819(3) | 7,6(2) мин | β+ | 189Au | 3/2−

|-id=Жива-189m | style="text-indent:1em" | 189mHg | colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 80(30) keV | 8,6(2) мин | β+ | 189Au | 13/2+

|-id=Жива-190 | 190Hg | style="text-align:right" | 80 | style="text-align:right" | 110 | 189,966322(17) | 20,0(5) мин | β+ | 190Au | 0+

|-id=Жива-191 | 191Hg | style="text-align:right" | 80 | style="text-align:right" | 111 | 190,967158(24) | 49(10) мин | β+ | 191Au | 3/2−

|-id=Жива-191m | style="text-indent:1em" | 191mHg | colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 128(22) keV | 50,8(15) мин | β+ | 191Au | 13/2+

|-id=Жива-192 | 192Hg | style="text-align:right" | 80 | style="text-align:right" | 112 | 191,965634(17) | 4,85(20) ч | EC | 192Au | 0+

|-id=Жива-193 | 193Hg | style="text-align:right" | 80 | style="text-align:right" | 113 | 192,966653(17) | 3,80(15) ч | β+ | 193Au | 3/2−

|-id=Жива-193m | rowspan=2 style="text-indent:1em" | 193mHg | rowspan=2 colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 140,76(5) keV | rowspan=2|11,8(2) ч | β+ (92,8%) | 193Au | rowspan=2|13/2+ | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| |- | IT (7,2%) | 193Hg |-id=Жива-194 | 194Hg | style="text-align:right" | 80 | style="text-align:right" | 114 | 193,965449(3) | 447(28) г | EC | 194Au | 0+

|-id=Жива-195 | 195Hg | style="text-align:right" | 80 | style="text-align:right" | 115 | 194,966706(25) | 10,69(16) ч | β+ | 195Au | 1/2−

|-id=Жива-195m | rowspan=2 style="text-indent:1em" | 195mHg | rowspan=2 colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 176,07(4) keV | rowspan=2|41,60(19) ч | IT (54,2%) | 195Hg | rowspan=2|13/2+ | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| |- | β+ (45,8%) | 195Au |-id=Жива-196 | 196Hg | style="text-align:right" | 80 | style="text-align:right" | 116 | 195,965833(3) | colspan=3 align=center|Опсервациски стабиленСе верува дека подлежи на β+β+ распад до 196Pt со време на полураспад поголемо од 2,5×1018 години; исто така теоретски подлежи на α распд до 192Pt | 0+ | 0,0015(1) | |-id=Жива-197 | 197Hg | style="text-align:right" | 80 | style="text-align:right" | 117 | 196,967214(3) | 64,93(7) ч | EC | 197Au | 1/2−

|-id=Жива-197m | rowspan=2 style="text-indent:1em" | 197mHg | rowspan=2 colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 298,93(8) keV | rowspan=2|23,82(4) ч | IT (94,68%) | 197Hg | rowspan=2|13/2+ | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| |- | EC (5,32%) | 197Au |-id=Жива-198 | 198Hg | style="text-align:right" | 80 | style="text-align:right" | 118 | 197,9667692(5) | colspan=3 align=center|Опсервациски стабиленСе верува дека подлежи на α распад до 194Pt | 0+ | 0,1004(3) | |-id=Жива-199 | 199Hg | style="text-align:right" | 80 | style="text-align:right" | 119 | 198,9682810(6) | colspan=3 align=center|Опсервациски стабилен Се верува дека подлежи на α распад до 195Pt | 1/2− | 0,1694(12) | |-id=Жива-199m | style="text-indent:1em" | 199mHg | colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 532,48(10) keV | 42,67(9) мин | IT | 199Hg | 13/2+

|-id=Жива-200 | 200Hg | style="text-align:right" | 80 | style="text-align:right" | 120 | 199,9683269(6) | colspan=3 align=center|Опсервациски стабилен Се верува дека подлежи на α распад до 196Pt | 0+ | 0,2314(9) | |-id=Жива-201 | 201Hg | style="text-align:right" | 80 | style="text-align:right" | 121 | 200,9703031(8) | colspan=3 align=center|Опсервациски стабилен Се верува дека подлежи на α распад до 197Pt | 3/2− | 0,1317(9) | |-id=Жива-201m | style="text-indent:1em" | 201mHg | colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 766,22(15) keV | 94,0(20) μс | IT | 201Hg | 13/2+

|-id=Жива-202 | 202Hg | style="text-align:right" | 80 | style="text-align:right" | 122 | 201,9706436(8) | colspan=3 align=center|Опсервациски стабилен Се верува дека подлежи на α распад до 198Pt | 0+ | 0,2974(13) | |-id=Жива-203 | 203Hg | style="text-align:right" | 80 | style="text-align:right" | 123 | 202,9728724(18) | 46,610(10) д | β− | 203Tl | 5/2−

|-id=Жива-203m1 | style="text-indent:1em" | 203m1Hg | colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 933,14(23) keV | 22,1(10) μс | IT | 203Hg | (13/2+)

|-id=Жива-203m2 | style="text-indent:1em" | 203m2Hg | colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 8281,3(5) keV | 146(30) нс | IT | 203Hg | (53/2+)

|-id=Жива-204 | 204Hg | style="text-align:right" | 80 | style="text-align:right" | 124 | 203,9734940(5) | colspan=3 align=center|Опсервациски стабиленСе верува дека подлежи на β−β− распад до 204Pb | 0+ | 0,0682(4) | |-id=Жива-204m | style="text-indent:1em" | 204mHg | colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 7226,08(17) keV | ~485 нс | IT | 204Hg | 22+

|-id=Жива-205 | 205Hg | style="text-align:right" | 80 | style="text-align:right" | 125 | 204,976073(4) | 5,14(9) мин | β− | 205Tl | 1/2−

|-id=Жива-205m1 | style="text-indent:1em" | 205m1Hg | colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 1556,4(3) keV | 1,09(4) мс | IT | 205Hg | 13/2+

|-id=Жива-205m2 | style="text-indent:1em" | 205m2Hg | colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" | 3316,6(8) keV | 5,89(18) μс | IT | 205Hg | (23/2−)

|-id=Жива-206 | 206Hg | style="text-align:right" | 80 | style="text-align:right" | 126 | 205,977514(22) | 8,32(7) мин | β− | 206Tl | 0+ | TraceРаспаден меѓупроизвод на 238U | |-id=Жива-206m1 | style="text-indent:1em" | 206m1Hg | colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" |2102,4(3) keV | 2,088(17) μс | IT | 206Hg | 5−

|-id=Жива-206m2 | style="text-indent:1em" | 206m2Hg | colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" |3722,3(10) keV | 106(3) нс | IT | 206Hg | (10+)

|-id=Жива-207 | 207Hg | style="text-align:right" | 80 | style="text-align:right" | 127 | 206,98230(3) | 2,9(2) мин | β− | 207Tl | 9/2+

|-id=Жива-208 | 208Hg | style="text-align:right" | 80 | style="text-align:right" | 128 | 207,98576(3) | 135(10) с | β− | 208Tl | 0+

|-id=Жива-208m | style="text-indent:1em" | 208mHg | colspan="3" style="text-indent:2em" |1338(24) keV | 99(14) нс | IT | 208Hg | (8+)

|-id=Жива-209 | 209Hg | style="text-align:right" | 80 | style="text-align:right" | 129 | 208,99076(16)# | 6,3(11) с | β− | 209Tl | 9/2+#

|-id=Жива-210 | rowspan=2|210Hg | rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 80