# List of Draughts World Championship winners

The Draughts World Championship in international draughts is the world championship, which began in 1885 in France; since 1948, it has been organized by the World Draughts Federation (FMJD). The men's championship has had winners from the Netherlands, Canada, the Soviet Union, Senegal, Latvia, and Russia.
The championship occurs every two years. Since 1984, a World Title match takes place on every second world championship.
The current men's champion is Alexander Schwartzman.
| Year | Winner | Nationality |
| 1885* | Anatole Dussaut | France |
| 1886* | Anatole Dussaut | France |
| 1887* | Louis Barteling | France |
| 1891* | Louis Barteling | France |
| 1894* | Louis Barteling Anatole Dussaut Louis Raphaël | France |
| 1895* | Eugène Leclercq | France |
| 1895* | Isidore Weiss | France |
| 1899 | Isidore Weiss | France |
| 1900 | Isidore Weiss | France |
| 1903 | Isidore Weiss | France |
| 1904 (match) | Isidore Weiss | France |
| 1907 (match) | Isidore Weiss | France |
| 1909 | Isidore Weiss | France |
| 1911 (match) | Isidore Weiss | France |
| 1912 (match) | Alfred Molimard | France |
| 1912 (match) | Alfred Molimard | France |
| 1912 | Herman Hoogland | Netherlands |
| 1925 | Stanislas Bizot | France |
| 1926 (match) | Marius Fabre | France |
| 1928 | Benedictus Springer | Netherlands |
| 1931 | Marius Fabre | France |
| 1933 (match) | Maurice Raichenbach | France |
| 1934 (match) | Maurice Raichenbach | France |
| 1936 (match) | Maurice Raichenbach | France |
| 1936 (match) | Maurice Raichenbach | France |
| 1937 (match) | Maurice Raichenbach | France |
| 1938 (match) | Maurice Raichenbach | France |
| 1945 (match) | Pierre Ghestem | France |
| 1947 (match) | Pierre Ghestem | France |
| 1948 | Piet Roozenburg | Netherlands |
| 1951 (match) | Piet Roozenburg | Netherlands |
| 1952 | Piet Roozenburg | Netherlands |
| 1954 (match) | Piet Roozenburg | Netherlands |
| 1956 | Marcel Deslauriers | Canada |
| 1958 (match) | Iser Kuperman | Soviet Union |
| 1959 (match) | Iser Kuperman | Soviet Union |
| 1960 | Vyacheslav Shchyogolev | Soviet Union |
| 1961 (match) | Iser Kuperman | Soviet Union |
| 1963 (match) | Iser Kuperman Baba Sy | Soviet Union Senegal |
| 1964 | Vyacheslav Shchyogolev | Soviet Union |
| 1965 (match) | Iser Kuperman | Soviet Union |
| 1967 (match) | Iser Kuperman | Soviet Union |
| 1968 | Andris Andreiko | Soviet Union |
| 1969 (match) | Andris Andreiko | Soviet Union |
| 1972 (match) | Andris Andreiko | Soviet Union |
| 1972 | Ton Sijbrands | Netherlands |
| 1973 (match) | Ton Sijbrands | Netherlands |
| 1974 (match) | Iser Kuperman | Soviet Union |
| 1976 | Harm Wiersma | Netherlands |
| 1978 | Anatoli Gantvarg | Soviet Union |
| 1979 (match) | Harm Wiersma | Netherlands |
| 1980 | Anatoli Gantvarg | Soviet Union |
| 1981 (match) | Harm Wiersma | Netherlands |
| 1982 | Jannes van der Wal | Netherlands |
| 1983 | Harm Wiersma | Netherlands |
| 1983 (match) | Harm Wiersma | Netherlands |
| 1984 (match) | Harm Wiersma | Netherlands |
| 1984 | Anatoli Gantvarg | Soviet Union |
| 1985 (match) | Anatoli Gantvarg | Soviet Union |
| 1986 | Alexander Dybman | Soviet Union |
| 1987(match) | Alexander Dybman | Soviet Union |
| 1988 | Alexei Chizhov | Soviet Union |
| 1989 (match) | Alexei Chizhov | Soviet Union |
| 1990 | Alexei Chizhov | Soviet Union |
| 1991 (match) | Alexei Chizhov | Soviet Union |
| 1992 | Alexei Chizhov | Russia |
| 1993 (match) | Alexei Chizhov | Russia |
| 1994 | Guntis Valneris | Latvia |
| 1995 (match) | Alexei Chizhov | Russia |
| 1996 | Alexei Chizhov | Russia |
| 1998 (match) | Alexander Schwartzman | Russia |
| 2000 | Alexei Chizhov | Russia |
| 2003 (match) | Alexander Georgiev | Russia |
| 2003 | Alexander Georgiev | Russia |
| 2004 (match) | Alexander Georgiev | Russia |
| 2005 | Alexei Chizhov | Russia |
| 2006 (match) | Alexander Georgiev | Russia |
| 2007 | Alexander Schwartzman | Russia |
| 2009 (match) | Alexander Schwartzman | Russia |
| 2011 | Alexander Georgiev | Russia |
| 2013 (match) | Alexander Georgiev | Russia |
| 2013 | Alexander Georgiev | Russia |
| 2015 (match) | Alexander Georgiev | Russia |
| 2015 | Alexander Georgiev | Russia |
| 2016 (match) | Roel Boomstra | Netherlands |
| 2017 | Alexander Schwartzman | Russia |
| 2018 (match) | Roel Boomstra | Netherlands |
| 2019 | Alexander Georgiev | Russia |
| 2021 | Alexander Schwartzman | Russia |
| 2023 | Yuri Anikeev | Ukraine |
| 2024 (match) | Jan Groenendijk | Netherlands |