# List of top title holders in Go

The lists below comprise the title holders at major international Go tournaments.

## Competitions

| Competition | Period | Editions | Current champion |
| Fujitsu Cup | 1988–2011 | 24 | Defunct |
| Ing Cup | 1988–present | 10 | Ichiriki Ryo |
| Tongyang Cup | 1990–1998 | 7 | Defunct |
| Samsung Fire Cup | 1996–present | 29 | Ding Hao |
| LG Cup | 1996–present | 29 | Byun Sangil |
| Chunlan Cup | 1998–present | 14 | Byun Sangil |
| World Oza | 2002–2009 | 4 | Defunct |
| BC Card Cup | 2009–2012 | 4 | Defunct |
| Bailing Cup | 2012–2019 | 4 | Defunct |
| MLily Cup | 2013–present | 5 | Li Xuanhao |
| Xinao Cup [zh] | 2016–2017 | 1 | Defunct |
| Tianfu Cup [zh] | 2018 | 1 | Defunct |
| Quzhou-Lanke Cup | 2023–present | 2 | Shin Jinseo |
| Nanyang Cup | 2024–present | 1 | Shin Jinseo |
* 1 2 The 1st (1988–89) and 2nd (1989–90) Tongyang Cups are not recognised as major competitions.

## Champions

| Competition | Closing date | Champion | Association |
| 1st Fujitsu Cup | 3 September 1988 | Takemiya Masaki | Japan |
| 2nd Fujitsu Cup | 5 August 1989 | Takemiya Masaki | Japan |
| 1st Ing Cup | 5 September 1989 | Cho Hunhyun | South Korea |
| 3rd Fujitsu Cup | 4 August 1990 | Rin Kaiho | Japan |
| 4th Fujitsu Cup | 3 August 1991 | Cho Chikun | Japan |
| 3rd Tongyang Cup | 27 January 1992 | Lee Changho | South Korea |
| 5th Fujitsu Cup | 1 August 1992 | Otake Hideo | Japan |
| 2nd Ing Cup | 20 May 1993 | Seo Bongsoo | South Korea |
| 4th Tongyang Cup | 8 June 1993 | Lee Changho | South Korea |
| 6th Fujitsu Cup | 7 August 1993 | Yoo Changhyuk | South Korea |
| 5th Tongyang Cup | 22 June 1994 | Cho Hunhyun | South Korea |
| 7th Fujitsu Cup | 6 August 1994 | Cho Hunhyun | South Korea |
| 6th Tongyang Cup | 24 May 1995 | Ma Xiaochun | China |
| 8th Fujitsu Cup | 5 August 1995 | Ma Xiaochun | China |
| 7th Tongyang Cup | 20 March 1996 | Lee Changho | South Korea |
| 9th Fujitsu Cup | 3 August 1996 | Lee Changho | South Korea |
| 3rd Ing Cup | 6 November 1996 | Yoo Changhyuk | South Korea |
| 1st Samsung Fire Cup | 29 November 1996 | Yoda Norimoto | Japan |
| 8th Tongyang Cup | 18 April 1997 | Cho Hunhyun | South Korea |
| 1st LG Cup | 19 May 1997 | Lee Changho | South Korea |
| 10th Fujitsu Cup | 2 August 1997 | Kobayashi Koichi | Japan |
| 2nd Samsung Fire Cup | 28 November 1997 | Lee Changho | South Korea |
| 2nd LG Cup | 23 March 1998 | Ō Rissei | Japan |
| 9th Tongyang Cup | 13 May 1998 | Lee Changho | South Korea |
| 11th Fujitsu Cup | 1 August 1998 | Lee Changho | South Korea |
| 3rd Samsung Fire Cup | 8 February 1999 | Lee Changho | South Korea |
| 3rd LG Cup | 10 May 1999 | Lee Changho | South Korea |
| 1st Chunlan Cup | 29 June 1999 | Cho Hunhyun | South Korea |
| 12th Fujitsu Cup | 7 August 1999 | Yoo Changhyuk | South Korea |
| 4th Samsung Fire Cup | 7 December 1999 | Lee Changho | South Korea |
| 4th LG Cup | 10 May 2000 | Yu Bin | China |
| 2nd Chunlan Cup | 22 June 2000 | Ō Rissei | Japan |
| 13th Fujitsu Cup | 12 August 2000 | Cho Hunhyun | South Korea |
| 5th Samsung Fire Cup | 14 December 2000 | Yoo Changhyuk | South Korea |
| 4th Ing Cup | 16 February 2001 | Lee Changho | South Korea |
| 5th LG Cup | 19 May 2001 | Lee Changho | South Korea |
| 3rd Chunlan Cup | 26 June 2001 | Yoo Changhyuk | South Korea |
| 14th Fujitsu Cup | 4 August 2001 | Cho Hunhyun | South Korea |
| 6th Samsung Fire Cup | 14 December 2001 | Cho Hunhyun | South Korea |
| 6th LG Cup | 1 April 2002 | Yoo Changhyuk | South Korea |
| 15th Fujitsu Cup | 3 August 2002 | Lee Sedol | South Korea |
| 7th Samsung Fire Cup | 14 January 2003 | Cho Hunhyun | South Korea |
| 1st World Oza | 29 January 2003 | Lee Changho | South Korea |
| 4th Chunlan Cup | 18 March 2003 | Lee Changho | South Korea |
| 7th LG Cup | 27 March 2003 | Lee Sedol | South Korea |
| 16th Fujitsu Cup | 7 July 2003 | Lee Sedol | South Korea |
| 8th Samsung Fire Cup | 11 December 2003 | Cho Chikun | Japan |
| 8th LG Cup | 1 April 2004 | Lee Changho | South Korea |
| 17th Fujitsu Cup | 5 July 2004 | Park Yeonghun | South Korea |
| 9th Samsung Fire Cup | 9 December 2004 | Lee Sedol | South Korea |
| 2nd World Oza | 8 January 2005 | Lee Sedol | South Korea |
| 5th Ing Cup | 5 March 2005 | Chang Hao | China |
| 5th Chunlan Cup | 18 March 2005 | Lee Changho | South Korea |
| 9th LG Cup | 20 April 2005 | Cho U | Japan |
| 18th Fujitsu Cup | 4 July 2005 | Lee Sedol | South Korea |
| 10th Samsung Fire Cup | 13 January 2006 | Luo Xihe | China |
| 10th LG Cup | 21 April 2006 | Gu Li | China |
| 19th Fujitsu Cup | 3 July 2006 | Park Jungsang | South Korea |
| 3rd World Oza | 9 January 2007 | Lee Sedol | South Korea |
| 11th Samsung Fire Cup | 24 January 2007 | Chang Hao | China |
| 11th LG Cup | 22 March 2007 | Chou Chunhsun | Taiwan |
| 6th Chunlan Cup | 25 March 2007 | Gu Li | China |
| 20th Fujitsu Cup | 9 July 2007 | Park Yeonghun | South Korea |
| 12th Samsung Fire Cup | 24 January 2008 | Lee Sedol | South Korea |
| 12th LG Cup | 28 February 2008 | Lee Sedol | South Korea |
| 21st Fujitsu Cup | 7 July 2008 | Gu Li | China |
| 4th World Oza | 8 January 2009 | Gu Li | China |
| 13th Samsung Fire Cup | 21 January 2009 | Lee Sedol | South Korea |
| 13th LG Cup | 25 February 2009 | Gu Li | China |
| 6th Ing Cup | 23 April 2009 | Choi Cheolhan | South Korea |
| 1st BC Card Cup | 4 May 2009 | Gu Li | China |
| 7th Chunlan Cup | 24 June 2009 | Chang Hao | China |
| 22nd Fujitsu Cup | 6 July 2009 | Kang Dongyun | South Korea |
| 14th Samsung Fire Cup | 17 December 2009 | Kong Jie | China |
| 14th LG Cup | 24 February 2010 | Kong Jie | China |
| 2nd BC Card Cup | 27 April 2010 | Lee Sedol | South Korea |
| 23rd Fujitsu Cup | 5 July 2010 | Kong Jie | China |
| 15th Samsung Fire Cup | 10 December 2010 | Gu Li | China |
| 15th LG Cup | 23 February 2011 | Piao Wenyao | China |
| 3rd BC Card Cup | 28 April 2011 | Lee Sedol | South Korea |
| 8th Chunlan Cup | 30 June 2011 | Lee Sedol | South Korea |
| 24th Fujitsu Cup | 14 August 2011 | Park Junghwan | South Korea |
| 16th Samsung Fire Cup | 7 December 2011 | Won Seongjin | South Korea |
| 16th LG Cup | 15 February 2012 | Jiang Weijie | China |
| 4th BC Card Cup | 16 May 2012 | Paek Hongsuk | South Korea |
| 17th Samsung Fire Cup | 13 December 2012 | Lee Sedol | South Korea |
| 1st Bailing Cup | 19 January 2013 | Zhou Ruiyang | China |
| 17th LG Cup | 20 February 2013 | Shi Yue | China |
| 7th Ing Cup | 6 March 2013 | Fan Tingyu | China |
| 9th Chunlan Cup | 20 June 2013 | Chen Yaoye | China |
| 1st MLily Cup | 6 December 2013 | Mi Yuting | China |
| 18th Samsung Fire Cup | 11 December 2013 | Tang Weixing | China |
| 18th LG Cup | 13 February 2014 | Tuo Jiaxi | China |
| 19th Samsung Fire Cup | 10 December 2014 | Kim Jiseok | South Korea |
| 2nd Bailing Cup | 14 January 2015 | Ke Jie | China |
| 19th LG Cup | 12 February 2015 | Park Junghwan | South Korea |
| 10th Chunlan Cup | 3 June 2015 | Gu Li | China |
| 20th Samsung Fire Cup | 9 December 2015 | Ke Jie | China |
| 2nd MLily Cup | 5 January 2016 | Ke Jie | China |
| 20th LG Cup | 4 February 2016 | Kang Dongyun | South Korea |
| 8th Ing Cup | 26 October 2016 | Tang Weixing | China |
| 21st Samsung Fire Cup | 8 December 2016 | Ke Jie | China |
| 3rd Bailing Cup | 16 December 2016 | Chen Yaoye | China |
| 21st LG Cup | 8 February 2017 | Dang Yifei | China |
| 11th Chunlan Cup | 26 June 2017 | Tan Xiao | China |
| 22nd Samsung Fire Cup | 7 December 2017 | Gu Zihao | China |
| 1st Xinao Cup | 26 December 2017 | Ke Jie | China |
| 3rd MLily Cup | 2 January 2018 | Park Junghwan | South Korea |
| 22nd LG Cup | 8 February 2018 | Xie Erhao | China |
| 23rd Samsung Fire Cup | 5 December 2018 | Ke Jie | China |
| 1st Tianfu Cup | 26 December 2018 | Chen Yaoye | China |
| 4th Bailing Cup | 17 January 2019 | Ke Jie | China |
| 23rd LG Cup | 14 February 2019 | Yang Dingxin | China |
| 12th Chunlan Cup | 27 June 2019 | Park Junghwan | South Korea |
| 24th Samsung Fire Cup | 6 September 2019 | Tang Weixing | China |
| 24th LG Cup | 12 February 2020 | Shin Jinseo | South Korea |
| 25th Samsung Fire Cup | 3 November 2020 | Ke Jie | China |
| 25th LG Cup | 4 February 2021 | Shin Minjun | South Korea |
| 4th MLily Cup | 5 May 2021 | Mi Yuting | China |
| 13th Chunlan Cup | 15 September 2021 | Shin Jinseo | South Korea |
| 26th Samsung Fire Cup | 3 November 2021 | Park Junghwan | South Korea |
| 26th LG Cup | 9 February 2022 | Shin Jinseo | South Korea |
| 27th Samsung Fire Cup | 8 November 2022 | Shin Jinseo | South Korea |
| 27th LG Cup | 1 February 2023 | Ding Hao | China |
| 1st Quzhou-Lanke Cup | 17 June 2023 | Gu Zihao | China |
| 14th Chunlan Cup | 19 July 2023 | Byun Sangil | South Korea |
| 9th Ing Cup | 23 August 2023 | Shin Jinseo | South Korea |
| 28th Samsung Fire Cup | 28 November 2023 | Ding Hao | China |
| 28th LG Cup | 31 January 2024 | Shin Jinseo | South Korea |
| 5th MLily Cup | 4 May 2024 | Li Xuanhao | China |
| 2nd Quzhou-Lanke Cup | 21 August 2024 | Shin Jinseo | South Korea |
| 10th Ing Cup | 8 September 2024 | Ichiriki Ryo | Japan |
| 29th Samsung Fire Cup | 22 November 2024 | Ding Hao | China |
| 29th LG Cup | 23 January 2025 | Byun Sangil | South Korea |
| 1st Nanyang Cup | 28 February 2025 | Shin Jinseo | South Korea |

## Statistics
### Performance by player

| Rank | Player | Association | Titles |
| 1 | Lee Changho | South Korea | 17 |
| 2 | Lee Sedol | South Korea | 14 |
| 3 | Cho Hunhyun | South Korea | 9 |
| 4 | Gu Li | China | 8 |
| 4 | Ke Jie | China | 8 |
| 4 | Shin Jinseo | South Korea | 8 |
| 7 | Yoo Changhyuk | South Korea | 6 |
| 8 | Park Junghwan | South Korea | 5 |
| 9 | Chang Hao | China | 3 |
| 9 | Kong Jie | China | 3 |
| 9 | Tang Weixing | China | 3 |
| 9 | Chen Yaoye | China | 3 |
| 9 | Ding Hao | China | 3 |

### Performance by association

| Rank | Association | Titles |
| 1 | South Korea (Korea Baduk Association) | 72 |
| 2 | China (Chinese Weiqi Association) | 50 |
| 3 | Japan (Nihon Ki-in) | 12 |
| 4 | Taiwan (Taiwan Chi Yuan Culture Foundation) | 1 |