WWE Intercontinental Championship/Champion history

The following champion history features the WWE Intercontinental Championship.
== Title history ==
Wrestler: 	Reigns: 	Date: 	Location: 	Notes: 	Defences:
Pat Patterson 	1 	September 15, 1979 	 	 	
Ken Patera 	1 	April 21, 1980 	New York City, New York 	 	
Pedro Morales 	1 	December 8, 1980 	New York City, New York 	 	
Don Muraco 	1 	June 20, 1981 	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 	 	
Pedro Morales 	2 	November 23, 1981 	New York City, New York 	 	
Don Muraco 	2 	January 22, 1983 	New York City, New York 	 	
Tito Santana 	1 	February 11, 1984 	Boston, Massachusetts 	 	7
Greg Valentine 	1 	September 24, 1984 	London, Ontario, Canada 	 	6
Tito Santana 	2 	July 6, 1985 	Baltimore, Maryland 	 	3
Randy Savage 	1 	February 8, 1986 	Boston, Massachusetts 	 	18
Ricky Steamboat 	1 	March 29, 1987 	Pontiac, Michigan 	 	4
The Honky Tonk Man 	1 	June 2, 1987 	Buffalo, New York 	 	17
The Ultimate Warrior 	1 	August 29, 1988 	New York City, New York 	 	13
Rick Rude 	1 	April 2, 1989 	Atlantic City, New Jersey 	 	8
The Ultimate Warrior 	2 	August 28, 1989 	East Rutherford, New Jersey 	 	12
 	 	 	 	 	
Mr. Perfect 	1 	April 23, 1990 	Austin, Texas 	 	7
The Texas Tornado 	1 	August 27, 1990 	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 	 	6
Mr. Perfect 	2 	November 19, 1990 	Rochester, New York 	 	4
Bret Hart 	1 	August 26, 1991 	New York City, New York 	 	6
The Mountie 	1 	January 17, 1992 	Springfield, Massachusetts 	 	1
Roddy Piper 	1 	January 19, 1992 	Albany, New York 	 	3
Bret Hart 	2 	April 5, 1992 	Indianapolis, Indiana 	 	3
The British Bulldog 	1 	August 29, 1992 	Liverpool, England 	 	2
Shawn Michaels 	1 	October 27, 1992 	Terre Haute, Indiana 	 	6
Marty Jannetty 	1 	May 17, 1993 	New York City, New York 	 	2
Shawn Michaels 	2 	June 6, 1993 	Albany, New York 	 	4
 	 	 	 	 	
Razor Ramon 	1 	September 27, 1993 	New Haven, Connecticut 	 	6
Diesel 	1 	April 13, 1994 	Rochester, New York 	 	4
Razor Ramon 	2 	August 29, 1994 	Chicago, Illinois 	 	5
Jeff Jarrett 	1 	January 22, 1995 	Tampa, Florida 	 	2
 	 	 	 	 	
Jeff Jarrett 	2 	April 26, 1995 	Moline, Illinois 	 	1
Razor Ramon 	3 	May 19, 1995 	Montreal, Quebec, Canada 	 	1
Jeff Jarrett 	3 	May 22, 1995 	Trois-Rivieres, Quebec 	 	3
Shawn Michaels 	1 	July 23, 1995 	Nashville, TN 	 	6
Dean Douglas 	1 	October 22, 1995 	Winnipeg, Manitoba 	 	1
Razor Ramon 	4 	October 22, 1995 	New York, NY 	 	5
Goldust 	1 	January 21, 1996 	Fresno, CA 	 	4
 	 	 	 	 	
Goldust 	2 	April 1, 1996 	New York, NY 	 	3
Ahmed Johnson 	1 	June 23, 1996 	Milwaukee, WI 	 	0
 	 	 	 	 	
Marc Mero 	1 	September 3, 1996 	Hershey, PA 	 	3
Hunter Hearst Helmsley 	1 	October 21, 1996 	Fort Wayne, IN 	 	10
Rocky Maivia 	1 	February 13, 1997 	Lowell, MA 	 	8
Owen Hart 	1 	April 28, 1997 	Omaha, NE 	 	5
Steve Austin 	1 	August 3, 1997 	East Rutherford, NJ 	 	0
 	 	 	 	 	
Owen Hart 	2 	October 5, 1997 	St. Louis, MO 	 	1
Steve Austin 	1 	November 9, 1997 	Montreal, Quebec 	 	1
Rocky Maivia 	2 	December 8, 1997 	Portland, ME 	 	8
Hunter Hearst Helmsley 	2 	August 30, 1998 	New York, NY 	 	0
 	 	 	 	 	
Ken Shamrock 	1 	October 12, 1998 	Uniondale, NY 	 	8
Val Venis 	1 	February 14, 1999 	St. Louis, MO 	 	3
Road Dogg 	1 	March 15, 1999 	San Jose, CA 	 	3
Goldust 	3 	March 29, 1999 	East Rutherford, NJ 	 	2
The Godfather 	1 	April 12, 1999 	Detroit, MI 	 	7
Jeff Jarrett 	4 	May 31, 1999 	Moline, IL 	 	11
Edge 	1 	July 24, 1999 	Toronto, Ontario 	 	1
Jeff Jarrett 	5 	July 25, 1999 	Buffalo, NY 	 	1
D'Lo Brown 	1 	July 26, 1999 	Dayton, OH 	 	3
Jeff Jarrett 	6 	August 22, 1999 	Minneapolis, MN 	 	4
Chyna 	1 	October 17, 1999 	Cleveland, OH 	 	2
Chris Jericho 	1 	December 12, 1999 	Sunrise, FL 	 	6
 	 	 	 	 	
Chyna & Chris Jericho 	2 	January 3, 2000 	Miami, FL 	 	0
Chris Jericho 	2 	January 23, 2000 	New York, NY 	 	7
Kurt Angle 	1 	February 27, 2000 	Hartford, CT 	 	5
Chris Benoit 	1 	April 2, 2000 	Anaheim, CA 	 	9
Chris Jericho 	3 	May 2, 2000 	Richmond, VA 	 	3
Chris Benoit 	2 	May 8, 2000 	Uniondale, NY 	 	13
Rikishi 	1 	June 20, 2000 	Memphis, TN 	 	4
Val Venis 	2 	July 4, 2000 	Fort Lauderdale, FL 	 	6
Chyna 	2 	August 27, 2000 	Sunrise, FL 	 	2
Eddie Guerrero 	1 	September 4, 2000 	Knoxville,TN 	 	10
Billy Gunn 	1 	November 21, 2000 	Sunrise, FL 	 	3
Chris Benoit 	2 	December 10, 2000 	Birmingham, AL 	 	9
Chris Jericho 	4 	January 21, 2001 	New Orleans, LA 	 	11
Triple H 	3 	April 3, 2001 	Oklahoma City, OK 	 	1
Jeff Hardy 	1 	April 10, 2001 	Philadelphia, PA 	 	1
Triple H 	4 	April 16, 2001 	Knoxville, TN 	 	3
Kane 	1 	May 20, 2001 	Sacramento, CA 	 	7
Albert 	1 	June 26, 2001 	New York, NY 	 	5
Lance Storm 	1 	July 23, 2001 	Buffalo, NY 	 	4
Edge 	2 	August 19, 2001 	San Jose, CA 	 	3
Christian 	1 	September 23, 2001 	New Orleans, LA 	 	3
Edge 	3 	October 21, 2001 	St. Louis, MO 	 	4
Test 	1 	November 5, 2001 	Uniondale, NY 	 	2
Edge 	4 	November 18, 2001 	Greensboro, NC 	 	8
William Regal 	1 	January 20, 2002 	Atlanta, GA 	 	6
Rob Van Dam 	1 	March 17, 2002 	Toronto, Ontario 	 	6
 	 	 	 	 	
Eddie Guerrero 	2 	April 21, 2002 	Kansas City, MO 	 	6
 	 	 	 	 	
Rob Van Dam 	2 	May 27, 2002 	Edmonton, Alberta 	 	5
Chris Benoit 	4 	July 29, 2002 	Greensboro, NC 	 	1
Rob Van Dam 	3 	August 25, 2002 	New Orleans, LA 	 	2
Chris Jericho 	5 	September 16, 2002 	Denver, CO 	 	2
Kane 	2 	September 30, 2002 	Houston, TX 	 	1
Triple H 	5 	October 20, 2002 	Little Rock, AR 	 	0
 	 	 	 	 	
Christian 	2 	May 18, 2003 	Charlotte, NC 	 	4
Booker T 	1 	July 7, 2003 	Montreal, Quebec 	 	3
Christian 	3 	August 10, 2003 	Des Moines, IA 	 	8
Rob Van Dam 	4 	September 29, 2003 	Chicago, IL 	 	2
Chris Jericho 	6 	October 27, 2003 	Fayetteville, NC 	 	1
Rob Van Dam 	5 	October 27, 2003 	Fayetteville, NC 	 	3
Randy Orton 	1 	December 14, 2003 	Orlando, FL 	 	10
Edge 	5 	July 11, 2004 	Hartford, CT 	 	3
 	 	 	 	 	
Chris Jericho 	7 	September 12, 2004 	Portland, OR 	 	2
Shelton Benjamin 	1 	October 19, 2004 	Milwaukee, WI 	 	16
Carlito 	1 	June 20, 2005 	Phoenix, AZ 	 	4
Ric Flair 	1 	September 18, 2005 	Oklahoma City, OK 	 	6
Shelton Benjamin 	2 	February 20, 2006 	Trenton, NJ 	 	4
Rob Van Dam 	6 	April 30, 2006 	Lexington, KY 	 	2
Shelton Benjamin 	3 	May 15, 2006 	Lubbock, TX 	 	3
Johnny Nitro 	1 	June 25, 2006 	Charlotte, NC 	 	9
Jeff Hardy 	2 	October 2, 2006 	Topeka, KS 	 	3
Johnny Nitro 	2 	November 6, 2006 	Columbus, OH 	 	1
Jeff Hardy 	3 	November 13, 2006 	Manchester, England 	 	5
Umaga 	1 	February 19, 2007 	Bakersfield, CA 	 	2
Santino Marella 	1 	April 16, 2007 	Milan, Italy 	 	4
Umaga 	2 	July 2, 2007 	Dallas, TX 	 	4
Jeff Hardy 	4 	September 2, 2007 	Columbus, OH 	 	5
Chris Jericho 	8 	March 10, 2008 	Milwaukee, WI 	 	4
Kofi Kingston 	1 	June 29, 2008 	Dallas, TX 	 	4
Santino Marella 	2 	August 17, 2008 	Indianapolis, IN 	 	3
William Regal 	2 	November 10, 2008 	Manchester, England 	 	2
CM Punk 	1 	January 20, 2009 	Chicago, IL 	 	2
John Bradshaw Layfield 	1 	March 9, 2009 	Jacksonville, FL 	 	1
Rey Mysterio 	1 	April 5, 2009 	Houston, TX 	 	3
 	 	 	 	 	
Chris Jericho 	9 	June 7, 2009 	New Orleans, LA 	 	2
Rey Mysterio 	2 	June 28, 2009 	Sacramento, CA 	 	4
John Morrison 	3 	September 1, 2009 	Cleveland, Ohio 	 	5
Drew McIntyre 	1 	December 13, 2009 	San Antonio, Texas 	 	4
 	 	 	 	 	
Kofi Kingston 	2 	May 23, 2010 	Detroit, MI 	 	4
Dolph Ziggler 	1 	July 28, 2010 	Laredo, TX 	 	10
Kofi Kingston 	3 	January 4, 2011 	Tucson, AZ 	 	2
Wade Barrett 	1 	March 22, 2011 	Columbus, Ohio 	 	4
Ezekiel Jackson 	1 	June 19, 2011 	Washington, D.C. 	Won at Capitol Punishment 2011 	5
Cody Rhodes 	1 	August 9, 2011 	Sacramento, California 	 	8
The Big Show 	1 	April 1, 2012 	Miami, Florida 	 	1
Cody Rhodes 	2 	April 29, 2012 	Chicago, Illinois 	 	2
Christian 	4 	May 20, 2012 	Raleigh, North Carolina 	 	2
The Miz 	1 	July 23, 2012 	St. Louis, Missouri 	 	4
Kofi Kingston 	4 	October 16, 2012 	Memphis, Tennessee 	 	4
Wade Barrett 	2 	December 29, 2012 	Washington, D.C. 	Raw 	4
The Miz 	2 	April 7, 2013 	East Rutherford, New Jersey 	 	1
Wade Barrett 	3 	April 8, 2013 	East Rutherford, New Jersey 	Raw 	3
Curtis Axel 	1 	June 16, 2013 	Chicago, Illinois 	WWE Payback 2013 	9
Big E 	1 	November 18, 2013 	Nashville, Tennessee 	 	5
Bad News Barrett 	4 	May 4, 2014 	East Rutherford, New Jersey 	 	5
 	 	 	 	 	
The Miz 	3 	July 20, 2014 	Tampa, Florida 	 	1
Dolph Ziggler 	2 	August 17, 2014 	Los Angeles, California 	 	2
The Miz 	4 	September 21, 2014 	Nashville, Tennessee 	 	1
Dolph Ziggler 	3 	September 22, 2014 	Memphis, Tennessee 	 	8
Luke Harper 	1 	November 17, 2014 	Roanoke, Virginia 	 	4
Dolph Ziggler 	4 	December 14, 2014 	Cleveland, Ohio 	 	2
Bad News Barrett 	5 	January 5, 2015 	Corpus Christi, Texas 	 	3
Daniel Bryan 	1 	March 29, 2015 	Santa Clara, California 	 	1
 	 	 	 	 	
Ryback 	1 	May 31, 2015 	Corpus Christi, Texas 	 	4
Kevin Owens 	1 	September 20, 2015 	Houston, Texas 	 	2
Dean Ambrose 	1 	December 13, 2015 	Boston, Massachusetts 	 	3
Kevin Owens 	2 	February 15, 2016 	Anaheim, California 	 	1
Zack Ryder 	1 	April 3, 2016 	Arlington, Texas 	 	1
The Miz 	5 	April 4, 2016 	Dallas, Texas 	 	
Dolph Ziggler 	5 	October 9, 2016 	Sacramento, California 	 	2
The Miz 	6 	November 15, 2016 	Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 	 	5
Dean Ambrose 	2 	January 3, 2017 	Jacksonville, Florida 	 	3
The Miz 	7 	June 4, 2017 	Baltimore, Maryland 	 	6
Roman Reigns 	1 	November 20, 2017 	Houston, Texas 	 	5
The Miz 	8 	January 22, 2018 	Brooklyn, New York 	 	1
Seth Rollins 	1 	April 8, 2018 	New Orleans, Louisiana 	 	7
Dolph Ziggler 	6 	June 18, 2018 	Grand Rapids, Michigan 	 	2
Seth Rollins 	2 	August 19, 2018 	Brooklyn, New York 	 	4
Dean Ambrose 	3 	December 16, 2018 	San Jose, California 	 	3
Bobby Lashley 	1 	January 14, 2019 	Orlando, Florida 	 	0
Finn Bálor 	1 	February 17, 2019 	Houston, Texas 	 	1
Bobby Lashley 	2 	March 11, 2019 	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 	 	0
Finn Bálor 	2 	April 7, 2019 	East Rutherford, New Jersey 	Won at WrestleMania 35 	3
Shinsuke Nakamura 	1 	July 14, 2019 	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 	Won at Extreme Rules 	3
Braun Strowman 	1 	January 31, 2020 	Tulsa, Oklahoma 	Won at SmackDown 	0
Sami Zayn 	1 	March 8, 2020 	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 	Won at Elimination Chamber 	1
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A.J. Styles 	1 	June 12, 2020 	Orlando, Florida 	Defeated Daniel Bryan on SmackDown in the 2020 WWE Intercontinental Championship Tournament Final Match 	3
Jeff Hardy 	5 	August 21, 2020 	Orlando, Florida 	On August 28, 2020, Sami Zayn returned with his own title belt, claiming to be the legitimate champion as he was never defeated. WWE did not recognize Zayn as champion; however, this led to the following match to determine the undisputed champion.	2
Sami Zayn 	2 	September 27, 2020 	Orlando, Florida 	Won at Clash of Champions 	2
Big E 	2 	December 22, 2020 	St. Petersburg, Florida 	This was a lumberjack match.This match is scheduled to air on tape delay on December 25, 2020, the date WWE will officially recognize for the reign. 	7
Apollo Crews 	1 	April 11, 2021 	Tampa, Florida 	This was a Nigerian Drum Fight. 	4
Shinsuke Nakamura 	2 	August 13, 2021 	Tulsa, Oklahoma 	Won the title under the name King Nakamura. Reverted back to Shinsuke Nakamura on October 8, 2021. 	1
Sami Zayn 	3 	February 11, 2022 	New Orleans, Louisiana 	WWE recognizes Zayn's reign as beginning on February 18, 2022, when the episode aired on tape delay. 	0
Ricochet 	1 	March 4, 2022 	Miami, Florida 	Won on Smackdown. 	4
Gunther 	1 	June 10, 2022 	Baton Rouge, Louisiana 	Won at Smackdown 	18
==List of reign lengths==
:As of , .
Wrestler 	Days Held	Date Won 	Date Lost
Gunther 	+ 	June 10, 2022 	Current Champion
The Honky Tonk Man 	454 	June 2, 1987 	August 29, 1988
Pedro Morales (2) 	425 	November 23, 1981 	January 22, 1983
Randy Savage 	414 	February 8, 1986 	March 29, 1987
Don Muraco (2) 	385 	January 22, 1983 	February 11, 1984
Greg Valentine 	285 	September 24, 1984	July 6, 1985
Mr. Perfect (2) 	280 	November 19, 1990 	August 26, 1991
The Rock (2) 	265 	December 8, 1997 	October 12, 1998
Shelton Benjamin 	244 	October 19, 2004 	June 20, 2005
Cody Rhodes 	236 	August 9, 2011 	April 1, 2012
Pat Patterson 	234 	September 1979 	April 31, 1980
Ken Patera 	231 	April 31, 1980 	December 8, 1980
Tito Santana 	226 	February 11, 1984 	September 24, 1984
Tito Santana (2) 	217 	July 6, 1985 	February 8, 1986
The Ultimate Warrior (2)	216 	August 28, 1989 	April 23, 1990
The Ultimate Warrior 	216 	August 29, 1988 	April 2, 1989
Randy Orton 	210 	December 14, 2003 	July 11, 2004
Shawn Michaels 	202 	October 27, 1992 	May 17, 1993
Shinsuke Nakamura 	201 	July 14, 2019 	January 31, 2020
Razor Ramon 	198 	September 27, 1993	April 13, 1994
Pedro Morales 	194 	December 8, 1980 	June 20, 1981
Jeff Hardy (4) 	190 	September 2, 2007 	March 10, 2008
The Miz (5) 	188 	April 4, 2016 	October 9, 2016
Shinsuke Nakamura (2) 	182 	August 13, 2021 	February 11, 2022
The Miz (7) 	169 	June 4, 2017 	November 20, 2017
Big E Langston / Big E 	167 	November 18, 2013 	May 4, 2014
Drew McIntyre 	161 	December 13, 2009 	May 23, 2010
Dolph Ziggler 	160 	July 28, 2010 	January 4, 2011
Don Muraco 	156 	June 20, 1981 	November 23, 1981
Ric Flair 	155 	September 18, 2005	February 20, 2006
Curtis Axel 	155 	June 16, 2013 	November 18, 2013
Dean Ambrose (2) 	152 	January 3, 2017 	June 4, 2017
Rick Rude 	148 	April 2, 1989 	August 28, 1989
Jeff Jarrett 	146 	January 22, 1995 	April 26, 1995
Razor Ramon (2) 	146 	August 29, 1994 	January 22, 1995
Bret Hart (2) 	146 	April 5, 1992 	August 29, 1992
Bret Hart 	144 	August 26, 1991 	January 17, 1992
Diesel 	138 	April 13, 1994 	August 29, 1994
Mr. Perfect 	126 	April 23, 1990 	August 27, 1990
Ken Shamrock 	125 	October 12, 1998 	February 14, 1999
Apollo Crews 	124 	April 11, 2021 	August 13, 2021
Seth Rollins (2) 	119 	August 19, 2018 	December 16, 2018
Hunter Hearst Helmsley 	115 	October 21, 1996 	February 13, 1997
Ryback 	112 	May 31, 2015 	September 20, 2015
Chris Jericho (8) 	111 	March 10, 2008 	June 29, 2008
Big E (2) 	110 	December 22, 2020 	April 11, 2021
John Morrison (3) 	103 	September 1, 2009 	December 13, 2009
Wade Barrett (2) 	99 	December 29, 2012 	April 7, 2013
Johnny Nitro 	99 	June 25, 2006 	October 2, 2006
Ricochet 	98 	March 4, 2022 	June 10, 2022
Jeff Hardy (3) 	98 	November 13, 2006 	February 19, 2007
Finn Bálor (2) 	98 	April 7, 2019 	July 14, 2019
Owen Hart 	97 	April 28, 1997 	August 3, 1997
Razor Ramon (4) 	91 	October 22, 1996 	January 21, 1996
Shawn Michaels (3) 	91 	July 23, 1996 	October 22, 1996
Carlito 	90 	June 20, 2005 	September 18, 2005
Wade Barrett 	89 	March 22, 2011 	June 19, 2011
Sami Zayn (2) 	86 	September 27, 2020	December 22, 2020
Shawn Michaels (2) 	86 	June 6, 1993 	September 27, 1993
The Miz 	85 	July 23, 2012 	October 16, 2012
Santino Marella (2) 	85 	August 17, 2008 	November 10, 2008
Kevin Owens 	84 	September 20, 2015	December 13, 2015
The Texas Tornado 	84 	August 27, 1990 	November 19, 1990
Bad News Barrett (5) 	83 	January 5, 2015 	March 29, 2015
Goldust (2) 	83 	April 1, 1996 	June 23, 1996
Eddie Guerrero 	78 	September 4, 2000 	November 21, 2000
Kofi Kingston (3) 	77 	January 4, 2011 	March 22, 2011
Santino Marella 	77 	April 16, 2007 	July 2, 2007
Roddy Piper 	77 	January 19, 1992 	April 5, 1992
The Miz (8) 	76 	January 22, 2018 	April 8, 2018
Kofi Kingston (4) 	74 	October 16, 2012 	December 29, 2012
Rocky Maivia 	74 	February 13, 1997 	April 28, 1997
Chris Jericho (4) 	72 	January 21, 2001 	April 3, 2001
Seth Rollins (1) 	71 	April 8, 2018 	June 18, 2018
Goldust 	71 	January 21, 1996 	April 1, 1996
A.J. Styles 	70 	June 12, 2020 	August 21, 2020
William Regal (2) 	70 	November 10, 2008 	January 19, 2009
Wade Barrett (3) 	69 	April 8, 2013 	June 16, 2013
Shelton Benjamin (2) 	69 	February 20, 2006 	April 30, 2006
Kofi Kingston (2) 	66 	May 23, 2010 	July 28, 2010
Rey Mysterio (2) 	65 	June 28, 2009 	September 1, 2009
Ricky Steamboat 	65 	March 29, 1987 	June 2, 1987
Sami Zayn 	65 	March 8, 2020 	May 12, 2020
Christian (4) 	64 	May 20, 2012 	July 23, 2012
Dean Ambrose 	64 	December 13, 2015 	February 15, 2016
Roman Reigns 	63 	November 20, 2017 	January 22, 2018
Rey Mysterio 	63 	April 5, 2009 	June 7, 2009
Rob Van Dam (2) 	63 	May 27, 2002 	July 29, 2002
Edge (4) 	63 	November 18, 2001 	January 20, 2002
Jeff Jarrett (3) 	63 	May 21, 1996 	July 23, 1996
Dolph Ziggler (6) 	62 	June 18, 2018 	August 19, 2018
Umaga (2) 	62 	July 2, 2007 	September 2, 2007
Jeff Jarrett (4) 	60 	May 25, 1999 	July 24, 1999
The British Bulldog 	59 	August 29, 1992 	October 27, 1992
Bad News Barrett (4) 	57 	May 4, 2014 	June 30, 2014
Edge (5) 	57 	July 11, 2004 	September 6, 2004
Dolph Ziggler (3) 	56 	September 22, 2014	November 17, 2014
Umaga 	56 	February 19, 2007 	April 16, 2007
William Regal 	56 	January 20, 2002 	March 17, 2002
Chyna 	56 	October 17, 1999 	December 12, 1999
Jeff Jarrett (6) 	56 	August 22, 1999 	October 17, 1999
Val Venis (2) 	52 	July 7, 2000 	August 27, 2000
Ezekiel Jackson 	51 	June 19, 2011 	August 9, 2011
Christian (3) 	50 	August 10, 2003 	September 29, 2003
Christian (2) 	50 	May 18, 2003 	August 10, 2003
Ahmed Johnson 	50 	June 23, 1996 	August 12, 1996
The Miz (6) 	49 	November 15, 2016 	January 3, 2017
CM Punk 	49 	January 19, 2009 	March 9, 2009
Kofi Kingston 	49 	June 29, 2008 	August 17, 2008
Kevin Owens (2) 	48 	February 15, 2016 	April 3, 2016
Rob Van Dam (5) 	48 	October 27, 2003 	December 14, 2003
Daniel Bryan 	43 	March 29, 2015 	May 11, 2015
Chris Benoit (2) 	43 	May 8, 2000 	June 20, 2000
The Godfather 	43 	April 12, 1999 	May 25, 1999
Chris Benoit (3) 	42 	December 10, 2000 	January 21, 2001
Shelton Benjamin (3) 	41 	May 15, 2006 	June 25, 2006
Jeff Hardy (5) 	37 	August 21, 2020 	September 27, 2020
Braun Strowman 	37 	January 31, 2020 	March 8, 2020
Dolph Ziggler (5) 	37 	October 9, 2016 	November 15, 2016
Chris Jericho (7) 	37 	September 12, 2004	October 19, 2004
Kane 	37 	May 20, 2001 	June 26, 2001
Triple H (4) 	37 	April 16, 2001 	May 20, 2001
Eddie Guerrero (2) 	36 	April 21, 2002 	May 27, 2002
Jeff Hardy (2) 	35 	October 2, 2006 	November 6, 2006
Rob Van Dam 	35 	March 17, 2002 	April 21, 2002
Edge (2) 	35 	August 19, 2001 	September 23, 2001
Kurt Angle 	35 	February 27, 2000 	April 2, 2000
Chris Jericho (2) 	35 	January 23, 2000 	February 27, 2000
Owen Hart (2) 	35 	October 5, 1997 	November 9, 1997
Steve Austin 	35 	August 3, 1997 	September 7, 1997
Dolph Ziggler (2) 	35 	August 17, 2014 	September 21, 2014
Booker T 	34 	July 7, 2003 	August 10, 2003
Bobby Lashley 	34 	January 14, 2019 	February 17, 2019
Triple H (2) 	31 	August 30, 1998 	October 1, 1998
Chris Benoit 	30 	April 2, 2000 	May 2, 2000
Dean Ambrose (3) 	29 	December 16, 2018 	January 14, 2019
Val Venis 	29 	February 14, 1999 	March 15, 1999
Steve Austin (2) 	29 	November 9, 1997 	December 8, 1997
The Miz (3) 	28 	July 20, 2014 	August 17, 2014
Rob Van Dam (4) 	28 	September 29, 2003	October 27, 2003
Big Show 	28 	April 1, 2012 	April 29, 2012
Christian 	28 	September 23, 2001	October 21, 2001
Marc Mero 	28 	September 23, 1996	October 21, 1996
John Bradshaw Layfield 	27 	March 9, 2009 	April 5, 2009
Chris Benoit (4) 	27 	July 29, 2002 	August 25, 2002
Lance Storm 	27 	July 23, 2001 	August 19, 2001
Albert 	27 	June 26, 2001 	July 23, 2001
Luke Harper 	27 	November 17, 2014 	December 14, 2014
Bobby Lashley 	27 	March 11, 2019 	April 7, 2019
D-Lo Brown 	26 	July 27, 1999 	August 22, 1999
Jeff Jarrett (2) 	23 	April 26, 1996 	May 19, 1996
Rob Van Dam (3) 	22 	August 25, 2002 	September 16, 2003
Dolph Ziggler (4) 	22 	December 14, 2014 	January 5, 2015
Finn Bálor 	22 	February 17, 2019 	March 11, 2019
Sami Zayn (3) 	21 	February 11, 2022 	March 4, 2022
Cody Rhodes (2) 	21 	April 29, 2012 	May 20, 2012
Chris Jericho (9) 	21 	June 7, 2009 	June 28, 2009
Kane (2) 	20 	September 30, 2002	October 20, 2002
Marty Jannetty 	20 	May 17, 1993 	June 6, 1993
Billy Gunn 	19 	November 21, 2000 	December 10, 2000
Rikishi 	16 	June 20, 2000 	July 7, 2000
Chris Jericho 	16 	December 12, 1999 	December 28, 1999
Rob Van Dam (6) 	15 	April 30, 2006 	May 15, 2006
Edge (3) 	15 	October 21, 2001 	November 5, 2001
Road Dogg 	14 	March 15, 1999 	March 29, 1999
Chris Jericho (5) 	14 	September 16, 2002	September 30, 2002
Goldust (3) 	14 	March 29, 1999 	April 12, 1999
Test 	13 	November 5, 2001 	November 18, 2001
Chyna (2) 	8 	August 27, 2000 	September 4, 2000
Triple H (3) 	7 	April 3, 2001 	April 16, 2001
Johnny Nitro (2) 	7 	November 6, 2006 	November 13, 2006
Jeff Hardy 	6 	April 10, 2001 	April 16, 2001
Chris Jericho (3) 	6 	May 2, 2000 	May 8, 2000
Jeff Jarrett (5) 	2 	July 25, 1999 	July 27, 1999
Razor Ramon (3) 	2 	May 19, 1996 	May 21, 1996
The Mountie 	2 	January 17, 1992 	January 19, 1992
Zack Ryder 	1 	April 3, 2016 	April 4, 2016
The Miz (4) 	1 	September 21, 2014	September 22, 2014
Edge 	1 	July 24, 1999 	July 25, 1999
The Miz (2) 	1 	April 7, 2013 	April 8, 2013
Chris Jericho (6) 	0 	October 27, 2003 	October 27, 2003
Triple H (5) 	0 	October 20, 2002 	October 20, 2002
Dean Douglas 	0 	October 22, 1996 	October 22, 1996
Category:Champion history