List of WWE United States Champions

The WWE United States Championship is a secondary professional wrestling championship contested in the American promotion WWE for the men of the SmackDown brand. It was also competed for in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), Jim Crockett Promotions and World Championship Wrestling (WCW).

Right now the champion is Carmelo Hayes, who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Ilja Dragunov in an open challenge on the December 26, 2025, episode of SmackDown in Grand Rapids, Michigan, which was filmed on December 19.

Title history
Names
NameYearsNWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Mid-Atlantic version)January 1, 1975 – January 27, 1981NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Undisputed version)January 27, 1981 – 1991WCW United States (Heavyweight) Championship1991 – 2001WWE United States Championship2003 – present

Reigns

 Combined reigns 

As of  , .
† Is the current champion
RankWrestlerNo. ofreignsCombineddaysCombined daysrec. by WWE1  5  950  9452  5(6)  773  7043  2(3)  512  3904  3(4)  509  4985  2  419  4146  5  403  4237  1  378  3778  3  362  3609  5  357  35210   1  351  35011  2  333  33112  1  328  32713  3  324  32314  2  321  31915  3  312  30316  2  305  30317  2  302  27218  5  296  29519  1  283  28220  1  273 21  4  271  26222  4  265  26323  2  257  22724   3  255  26225  2  240  239  1  24227  1 23928  2  234  23229  1  231  23230  3  225  22431  3  220  21932  3  209  20733  2  191  189  1 19135  5  186  18136  3  184  18137  1 18338  1 176 39  1  173  17040  2  169  16741  1  167  16642  2  162  16043  2  161  15944  1  160  15945  2  156  14846  1  151  15047  2  147  145  1  14649  1  141  14050  3  131  12951  1  130  12952  1 12953  2 12054  3  118  11255  1 106 56  1  104  10357  1  100  9958  1  97  9659  3  96  9560  2  95  9361  1  93  9262  2  90  89  1 64  1  88  8765  2  85  84  1 67  1  84  8368  2  78  9069  2 7570 †  1 + +71  1  70  1  70  6973  2  66  6474  1  63  7075  1 76  2  61  6277  2  56  5578  1  54  5379  1  51  5380  1  50  4981  1 49   1  49  48  1   1 49186  1  48  4587  1  44  4388 1  42  41  1   1 91  1  41  4092  1  35  3493  1  33  3294  1  29  28  1  29  2896  1  28  2797  1  25  2498  1  22  21  1 100  1  21  20  1 21   1 103  2  19  18104  1  15  14105  1  13  12106  1 8107  1  6  5108  1  1  <1

 Footnotes 

 References 

 Other websites 
 Official WWE United States Championship Title History
 NWA/WCW United States Heavyweight Championship Title History at Wrestling-Titles.com (1975–2001)
 WWE United States Championship Title History at Wrestling-Titles.com (2001 – present)

Category:World Wrestling Entertainment championships