var contactData = [ {firstName: 'John',lastName: 'Doe',phone: '111-111-1111'}, {firstName: 'Jane',lastName: 'Doe',phone: '222-222-2222'}, ]; var contacts = new Backbone.Collection(contactData,{model:Backbone.Model}); //loop over each model in a collection, logging its attribute values contacts.each(function(model){ console.log(model.values()); }); //get first model in collection, log its attribute values console.log(contacts.first().values());