PWI's list of wrestling World Heavyweight Title reigns by length

The following is a list of professional wrestling World Heavyweight Title reigns recognized by Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) in ascending order of time length. Championships in bold are both currently active and currently recognized as a World Title by PWI.

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Championship	Promotion	Time as World Title
WWE Championship¹	World Wrestling Entertainment	January 25 1963 – Present
World Heavyweight Championship¹	World Wrestling Entertainment	September 2 2002 – Present
TNA World Heavyweight Championship	Total Nonstop Action Wrestling	June 17 2007 – Present
AWA World Heavyweight Championship	American Wrestling Association	January 9 1959 – December 12 1990
ECW World Heavyweight Championship	Extreme Championship Wrestling	July 6 1999 – April 11 2001
NWA World Heavyweight Championship	National Wrestling Alliance	November 27 1948 – January 11 1991
NWA World Heavyweight Championship	Total Nonstop Action Wrestling	June 19 2002 – May 13 2007
WCW World Heavyweight Championship	World Championship Wrestling	January 11 1991 – March 26 2001
WCW World Heavyweight Championship	World Wrestling Entertainment	March 27 2001 – November 5 2001

¹PWI currently refers to the WWE Championship as the Raw World Championship and the World Heavyweight Championship as the Smackdown World Championship.

Title reigns list

As of January 6, 2008

Wrestler	Championship	Days Held	Date Won	Date Lost
Bruno Sammartino	WWE	2,803	May 17, 1963	January 18, 1971
Verne Gagne	AWA	2,625	August 31, 1968	November 8, 1975
Lou Thesz	NWA	2,300	November 27, 1949	March 15, 1956
Bob Backlund	WWE	2,135	February 20, 1978	December 26, 1983
Nick Bockwinkel	AWA	1,714	November 8, 1975	July 18, 1980
Dory Funk, Jr.	NWA	1,563	February 11, 1969	May 24, 1973
Hulk Hogan	WWE	1,474	January 23, 1984	February 5, 1988
Bruno Sammartino	WWE	1,237	December 10, 1973	April 30, 1977
Gene Kiniski	NWA	1,131	January 7, 1966	February 11, 1969
Lou Thesz	NWA	1,079	January 24, 1963	January 7, 1966
Pedro Morales	WWE	1,027	February 8, 1971	December 1, 1973
Harley Race	NWA	926	February 6, 1977	August 21, 1979
Pat O'Connor	NWA	903	January 9, 1959	June 30, 1961
Ric Flair	NWA	793	May 24, 1984	July 26, 1986
Orville Brown	NWA	692	January 5, 1948	November 27 1949
Ric Flair	NWA	631	September 17, 1981	June 10, 1983
Rick Martel	AWA	595	May 13, 1984	December 29, 1985
Pat O'Connor	AWA	585	January 9, 1959	August 16, 1960
Buddy Rogers	NWA	573	June 30, 1961	January 24, 1963
Verne Gagne	AWA	538	February 26, 1967	August 17, 1968
Nick Bockwinkel	AWA	501	October 9, 1982	February 22, 1984
Jack Brisco	NWA	500	July 20, 1973	December 2, 1974
Hulk Hogan	WCW	469	July 17, 1994	October 29, 1995
Nick Bockwinkel	AWA	467	May 19, 1981	August 29, 1982
Ric Flair	NWA	452	November 26, 1987	February 20, 1989
Ric Flair	NWA	426	May 7, 1989	July 7, 1990
Terry Funk	NWA	424	December 10, 1975	February 6, 1977
[...] Hutton	NWA	421	November 14, 1957	January 9, 1959
Ric Flair	NWA	412	August 9, 1986	September 25, 1987
John Cena	WWE	380	September 17, 2006	October 2 2007
Curt Hennig	AWA	373	May 2, 1987	May 9, 1988
Randy Savage	WWE	371	March 27, 1988	April 2, 1989
Lou Thesz	NWA	370	November 9, 1956	November 14, 1957
Larry Zbyszko	AWA	368	February 7, 1989	February 10, 1990
Jack Brisco	NWA	367	December 8, 1974	December 10, 1975
Maurice Vachon	AWA	365	November 12, 1965	November 12, 1966
Hulk Hogan	WWE	364	April 2, 1989	April 1, 1990
Hulk Hogan	WCW	359	August 10, 1996	August 4, 1997
Diesel	WWE	358	November 26, 1994	November 19, 1995
Jeff Jarrett	NWA	347	June 2, 2004	May 15, 2005
Verne Gagne	AWA	329	August 16, 1960	July 11, 1961
Verne Gagne	AWA	322	August 21, 1962	July 9, 1963
Nick Bockwinkel	AWA	308	June 28, 1986	May 2, 1987
Verne Gagne	AWA	305	July 18, 1980	May 19, 1981
Harley Race	NWA	302	November 7, 1979	September 4, 1980
Billy Graham	WWE	296	April 30, 1977	February 20, 1978
Ultimate Warrior	WWE	293	April 1, 1990	January 19, 1991
Big Van Vader	WCW	285	March 17, 1993	December 27, 1993
Batista	World (WWE)	282	April 3, 2005	January 10, 2006
Yokozuna	WWE	280	June 13, 1993	March 20, 1994
Triple H	World (WWE)	280	December 15 2002	September 21 2003
John "Bradshaw" Layfield	WWE	280	June 27 2004	April 3 2005
John Cena	WWE	280	April 3 2005	January 8, 2006
Jerry Lawler	AWA	256	May 9 1988	January 20 1989
Taz	ECW	252	January 10 1999	September 19 1999
Larry Zbyszko	AWA	248	April 8 1990	December 12 1990
Hulk Hogan	WWE	248	March 24 1991	November 27 1991
Bret Hart	WWE	248	March 20 1994	November 23 1994
Whipper Billy Watson	NWA	239	March 15, 1956	November 9, 1956
Shawn Michaels	WWE	231	March 31, 1996	November 17, 1996
Harley Race	NWA	230	September 9, 1980	April 27, 1981
Lex Luger	WCW	230	July 14, 1991	February 29, 1992
Mr. M	AWA	224	January 9, 1962	August 21, 1962
Maurice Vachon	AWA	207	October 20, 1964	May 15, 1965
Jeff Jarrett	NWA	203	November 20, 2002	June 11, 2003
Ric Flair	WCW	202	December 27, 1993	July 17, 1994
Sting	NWA	188	July 7, 1990	January 11, 1991
Jeff Jarrett	NWA	182	October 22, 2003	April 21, 2004
Stan Hansen	AWA	181	December 29, 1985	June 28, 1986
Steve Austin	WWE	175	April 1, 2001	September 23, 2001
Bret Hart	WWE	174	October 12, 1992	April 4, 1993
Goldberg	WCW	174	July 6, 1998	December 27, 1998
Ric Flair	WCW	171	January 11, 1991	July 1, 1991
Harley Race	NWA	167	June 10, 1983	November 24, 1983
Justin Credible	ECW	162	April 22, 2000	October 1, 2000
Verne Gagne	AWA	158	May 15, 1964	October 20, 1964
Verne Gagne	AWA	154	August 8, 1961	January 9, 1962
Chris Benoit	World (WWE)	154	March 14, 2004	August 15, 2004
Brock Lesnar	WWE	152	September 16, 2003	February 15, 2004
Ron Simmons	WCW	151	August 2, 1992	December 30, 1992
Randy Savage	WWE	149	April 5, 1992	September 1, 1992
Hulk Hogan	WCW	141	August 9, 1997	December 28, 1997
Verne Gagne	AWA	140	December 14, 1963	May 2, 1964
Shawn Michaels	WWE	140	November 9, 1997	March 29, 1998
Sting	WCW	134	February 29, 1992	July 12, 1992
The Undertaker	WWE	133	March 23, 1997	August 3, 1997
A.J. Styles	NWA	133	June 11, 2003	October 22, 2003
Eddie Guerrero	WWE	133	February 15, 2004	June 27, 2004
John Cena	WWE	133	January 29, 2006	June 11, 2006
Kurt Angle	WWE	126	October 22, 2000	February 25, 2001
Christian Cage	NWA	126	February 12, 2006	June 18, 2006
King Booker	World (WWE)	126	July 23, 2006	November 26 2006
Batista	World (WWE)	126	November 26, 2006	April 1, 2007
Jeff Jarrett	NWA	125	June 19, 2006	October 22, 2006
Scott Steiner	WCW	120	November 26, 2000	March 26, 2001
Booker T	WCW	120	March 26, 2001	July 24, 2001
The Rock	WWE	119	June 25, 2000	October 22, 2000
Brock Lesnar	WWE	119	March 30, 2003	July 27, 2003
Christian Cage	NWA	119	January 14, 2007	May 13, 2007
Kurt Angle	TNA	119	June 17, 2007	October 14, 2007
Ric Flair	NWA	118	November 24, 1983	March 21, 1984
Triple H	WWE	118	January 3, 2000	April 30, 2000
Verne Gagne	AWA	112	August 8, 1963	November 28, 1963
Mike Awesome	ECW	112	December 23, 1999	April 13, 2000
Rey Mysterio	World (WWE)	112	April 2, 2006	July 23, 2006
The Giant	WCW	110	April 22, 1996	August 10, 1996
Jeff Jarrett	NWA	110	October 25, 2005	February 12, 2006
Ron Killings	NWA	105	August 7, 2002	November 20, 2002
Kurt Angle	WWE	105	December 15, 2002	March 30, 2003
Bret Hart	WWE	102	November 19, 1995	March 31, 1996
Maurice Vachon	AWA	99	November 19, 1966	February 26, 1967
Bret Hart	WWE	98	August 3, 1997	November 9, 1997
Chris Jericho	WWE	98	December 9, 2001	March 17, 2002
Rhino	ECW	94	January 7, 2001	April 11, 2001
Randy Orton	WWE	91	October 7 2007	*Current champion*
Maurice Vachon	AWA	91	May 22, 1965	August 21, 1965
Steve Austin	WWE	91	March 29, 1998	June 28, 1998
Triple H	World (WWE)	91	December 14, 2003	March 14, 2004
Batista	World (WWE)	91	September 16, 2007	December 16, 2007
Steve Austin	WWE	90	June 29, 1998	September 27, 1998
Mike Awesome	ECW	89	September 19, 1999	December 17, 1999
Dusty Rhodes	NWA	88	June 21, 1981	September 17, 1981
Raven	NWA	88	June 19, 2005	September 15, 2005
Triple H	World (WWE)	85	September 12, 2004	December 6, 2004
Brock Lesnar	WWE	84	August 25, 2002	November 17, 2002
Goldberg	World (WWE)	84	September 21, 2003	December 14, 2003
Triple H	World (WWE)	84	January 9, 2005	April 3, 2005
The Crusher	AWA	83	August 21, 1965	November 12, 1965
Kurt Angle	TNA	82	October 16, 2007	*Current champion*
Kurt Angle	World (WWE)	82	January 10, 2006	April 2, 2006
Big Van Vader	WCW	81	December 20, 1992	March 11, 1993
Ric Flair	WWE	77	January 19, 1992	April 5, 1992
Hulk Hogan	WCW	77	April 20, 1998	July 6, 1998
Ricky Steamboat	NWA	76	February 20, 1989	May 7, 1989
Sid Vicious	WCW	76	January 25, 2000	April 10, 2000
Triple H	World (WWE)	76	September 2, 2002	November 17, 2002
Edge	WWE	76	July 3, 2006	September 17, 2006
Ric Flair	WCW	71	February 11, 1996	April 22, 1996
Hulk Hogan	WWE	70	April 4, 1993	June 13, 1993
Edge	World (WWE)	70	May 8, 2007	July 17, 2007
Hulk Hogan	WCW	69	January 4, 1999	March 14, 1999
Harley Race	NWA	66	August 26, 1979	October 31, 1979
Sgt. Slaughter	WWE	64	January 19, 1991	March 24, 1991
Sycho Sid	WWE	63	November 17, 1996	January 19, 1997
Kevin Nash	WCW	63	May 9, 1999	July 11, 1999
Steve Corino	ECW	63	November 5, 2000	January 7, 2001
The Rock	WCW	63	August 19, 2001	October 21, 2001
The Undertaker	WWE	63	May 19, 2002	July 21, 2002
Ron Garvin	NWA	62	September 25, 1987	November 26, 1987
Hulk Hogan	WCW	62	July 12, 1999	September 12, 1999
Steve Austin	WWE	62	October 8, 2001	December 9, 2001
The Great Khali	World (WWE)	61	July 17, 2007	September 16, 2007
Harley Race	NWA	57	May 24, 1973	July 20, 1973
Masa Saito	AWA	57	February 10, 1990	April 8, 1990
Sting	WCW	56	February 22, 1998	April 19, 1998
Steve Austin	WWE	56	March 28, 1999	May 23, 1999
Abyss	NWA	56	November 19, 2006	January 14, 2007
Steve Austin	WWE	55	June 28, 1999	August 22, 1999
Booker T	WCW	55	October 2, 2000	November 26, 2000
Harley Race	NWA	51	May 1, 1981	June 21, 1981
Kurt Angle	WWE	51	July 27, 2003	September 16, 2003
The Big Show	WWE	50	November 14, 1999	January 3, 2000
Booker T	WCW	50	July 9, 2000	August 28, 2000
Triple H	WWE	49	September 26, 1999	November 14, 1999
Ken Shamrock	NWA	49	June 19, 2002	August 7, 2002
Ric Flair	NWA	44	March 23, 1984	May 6, 1984
The Rock	WWE	44	November 15, 1998	December 29, 1998
Sting	WCW	42	September 12, 1999	October 24, 1999
Otto Wanz	AWA	41	August 29, 1982	October 9, 1982
Ric Flair	WWE	41	September 1, 1992	October 12, 1992
The Rock	WWE	41	February 15, 1999	March 28, 1999
Jeff Jarrett	WCW	41	May 29, 2000	July 9, 2000
Jeff Jarrett	NWA	38	September 15, 2005	October 23, 2005
The Undertaker	World (WWE)	37	April 1, 2007	May 8, 2007
The Undertaker	WWE	36	May 23, 1999	June 28, 1999
Triple H	WWE	35	May 21, 2000	June 25, 2000
Jerry Lynn	ECW	35	October 1, 2000	November 5, 2000
The Rock	WWE	35	February 25, 2001	April 1, 2001
Triple H	WWE	35	March 17, 2002	April 21, 2002
The Rock	WWE	35	July 21, 2002	August 25, 2002
A.J. Styles	NWA	35	May 15, 2005	June 19, 2005
Sycho Sid	WWE	34	February 17, 1997	March 23, 1997
The Rock	WCW	34	November 5, 2001	December 9, 2001
Randy Savage	WCW	31	November 26, 1995	December 27, 1995
Bret Hart	WCW	29	November 21, 1999	December 20, 1999
Gene Kiniski	AWA	28	July 11, 1961	August 8, 1961
The Iron Sheik	WWE	28	December 26, 1983	January 23, 1984
Ric Flair	WCW	28	March 14, 1999	April 11, 1999
Hulk Hogan	WWE	28	April 21, 2002	May 19, 2002
The Big Show	WWE	28	November 17, 2002	December 15, 2002
Shawn Michaels	World (WWE)	28	November 17, 2002	December 15, 2002
A.J. Styles	NWA	28	April 21, 2004	May 19, 2004
Randy Orton	World (WWE)	28	August 15, 2004	September 12, 2004
Sting	NWA	28	October 22, 2006	November 19, 2006
Bret Hart	WCW	27	December 20, 1999	January 16, 2000
Ric Flair	WCW	26	December 27, 1995	January 22, 1996
Mankind	WWE	26	December 29, 1998	January 24, 1999
Shawn Michaels	WWE	25	January 19, 1997	February 13, 1997
Triple H	WWE	22	August 23, 1999	September 14, 1999
Rob Van Dam	WWE	22	June 11, 2006	July 3, 2006
Edge	World (WWE)	21	December 16, 2007	*Current champion*
Ivan Koloff	WWE	21	January 18, 1971	February 8, 1971
Big Van Vader	WCW	21	July 12, 1992	August 2, 1992
The Rock	WWE	21	April 30, 2000	May 21, 2000
Edge	WWE	21	January 8, 2006	January 29, 2006
Randy Savage	WCW	20	January 22, 1996	February 11, 1996
Mankind	WWE	20	January 26, 1999	February 15, 1999
Kevin Nash	WCW	20	August 28, 2000	September 17, 2000
Booker T	WCW	20	July 30, 2001	August 19, 2001
Buddy Rogers	WWE	18	April 29, 1963	May 17, 1963
Kerry Von Erich	NWA	18	May 6, 1984	May 24, 1984
The Crusher	AWA	16	November 28, 1963	December 14, 1963
Diamond Dallas Page	WCW	15	April 11, 1999	April 26, 1999
Kurt Angle	WWE	15	September 23, 2001	October 8, 2001
Chris Jericho	WCW	15	October 21, 2001	November 5, 2001
Dr. X	AWA	14	August 17, 1968	August 31, 1968
Dusty Rhodes	NWA	14	July 26, 1986	August 9, 1986
Ron Killings	NWA	14	May 19, 2004	June 2, 2004
Maurice Vachon	AWA	13	May 2, 1964	May 15, 1964
Diamond Dallas Page	WCW	13	April 26, 1999	May 9, 1999
Fritz Von Erich	AWA	12	July 27, 1963	August 8, 1963
David Arquette	WCW	12	April 25, 2000	May 7, 2000
The Crusher	AWA	11	July 9, 1963	July 20, 1963
Sting	WCW	11	December 28, 1997	January 8, 1998
Stan Stasiak	WWE	9	December 1, 1973	December 10, 1973
Taz	ECW	9	April 13, 2000	April 22, 2000
The Giant	WCW	8	October 29, 1995	November 6, 1995
Kevin Nash	WCW	8	December 27, 1998	January 4, 1999
Jeff Jarrett	WCW	8	April 16, 2000	April 24, 2000
Jeff Jarrett	WCW	8	May 7, 2000	May 15, 2000
Booker T	WCW	8	September 17, 2000	September 25, 2000
Verne Gagne	AWA	7	July 20, 1963	July 27, 1963
Mighty Igor Vodic	AWA	7	May 15, 1965	May 22, 1965
[...] the Bruiser	AWA	7	November 12, 1966	November 19, 1966
Giant Baba	NWA	7	October 31, 1979	November 7, 1979
Ric Flair	WCW	7	May 15, 2000	May 22, 2000
Vince Russo	WCW	7	September 25, 2000	October 2, 2000
Giant Baba	NWA	6	December 2, 1974	December 8, 1974
The Undertaker	WWE	6	November 27, 1991	December 3, 1991
Sting	WCW	6	March 11, 1993	March 17, 1993
Mr. McMahon	WWE	6	September 14, 1999	September 20, 1999
Masato Tanaka	ECW	6	December 17, 1999	December 23, 1999
Kevin Nash	WCW	6	May 23, 2000	May 29, 2000
Kurt Angle	WCW	6	July 24, 2001	July 30, 2001
Dusty Rhodes	NWA	5	August 21, 1979	August 26, 1979
Giant Baba	NWA	5	September 4, 1980	September 9, 1980
Lex Luger	WCW	5	August 4, 1997	August 9, 1997
Tommy Rich	NWA	4	April 27, 1981	May 1, 1981
Bob Backlund	WWE	3	November 23, 1994	November 26, 1994
Harley Race	NWA	2	March 21, 1984	March 23, 1984
The Rock	WWE	2	January 24, 1999	January 26, 1999
Rhino	NWA	2	October 23, 2005	October 25, 2005
Sting	TNA	2	October 14, 2007	October 16, 2007
Hulk Hogan	WWE	1	December 3, 1991	December 4, 1991
Bret Hart	WWE	1	February 16, 1997	February 17, 1997
Randy Savage	WCW	1	April 19, 1998	April 20, 1998
Kane	WWE	1	June 28, 1998	June 29, 1998
Randy Savage	WCW	1	July 11, 1999	July 12, 1999
Mankind	WWE	1	August 22, 1999	August 23, 1999
Chris Benoit	WCW	1	January 16, 2000	January 17, 2000
Sid Vicious	WCW	1	January 24, 2000	January 25, 2000
Diamond Dallas Page	WCW	1	April 24, 2000	April 25, 2000
Jeff Jarrett	WCW	1	May 22, 2000	May 23, 2000
André the Giant	WWE	<1	February 5, 1988
Yokozuna	WWE	<1	April 4, 1993
Sting	WCW	<1	April 26, 1999
Kevin Nash	WCW	<1	January 25, 2000
Tommy Dreamer	ECW	<1	April 22, 2000
Ric Flair	WCW	<1	May 29, 2000
The Sandman	ECW	<1	January 7, 2001
Chris Jericho	WCW	<1	December 9, 2001
Triple H	WWE	<1	October 7 2007
Randy Orton	WWE	<1	October 7 2007

Combined Title reigns list

As of January 6, 2008

Rank	Wrestler	Total	AWA	ECW	NWA	TNA	WCW	WWE	World (WWE)	Days Held
1.	Verne Gagne	10	10							4,690
2.	Bruno Sammartino	2						2		4,040
3.	Lou Thesz	3			3					3,749
4.	Ric Flair	16			7		7	2		3,500
5.	Hulk Hogan	12					6	6		3,362
6.	Nick Bockwinkel	4	4							2,990
7.	Bob Backlund	2						2		2,138
8.	Harley Race	8			8					1,801
9.	Dory Funk, Jr.	1			1					1,563
10.	Pat O'Connor	2	1		1					1,488¹
11.	Gene Kiniski	2	1		1					1,159
12.	Jeff Jarrett	10			6		4			1,063
13.	Pedro Morales	1						1		1,027
14.	Triple H	11						6	5	876
15.	Jack Brisco	2			2					867
16.	John Cena	3						3		793
17.	Maurice Vachon	5	5							775
18.	Orville Brown	1			1					692
19.	Bret Hart	7					2	5		679
20.	Larry Zbyszko	2	2							616
21.	Rick Martel	1	1							595
22.	Buddy Rogers	2			1			1		591
23.	Kurt Angle (TNA)	8				2	1	4	1	586+
24.	Randy Savage	6					4	2		573
25.	Steve Austin	6						6		529
26.	Batista	3							3	499
27.	Sting	9			2	1	6			468
28.	Diesel/Kevin Nash	6					5	1		456
29.	Terry Funk	1			1					424
30.	Shawn Michaels	4						3	1	424
31.	[...] Hutton	1			1					421
32.	The Rock	9					2	7		394
33.	Big Van Vader	3					3			387
34.	Booker T/King Booker	6					5		1	379
35.	Curt Hennig	1	1							373
36.	Brock Lesnar	3						3		355
37.	Billy Graham	1						1		296
38.	Ultimate Warrior	1						1		293
39.	Yokozuna	2						2		281
40.	John "Bradshaw" Layfield	1						1		280
41.	The Undertaker	5						4	1	275
42.	Taz	2		2						261
43.	Goldberg	2					1		1	258
44.	Jerry Lawler	1	1							256
45.	Christian Cage	2			2					245
46.	Whipper Billy Watson	1			1					239
47.	Lex Luger	2					2			235
48.	Mr. M	1	1							224
49.	Mike Awesome	2		2						201
50.	The Giant/The Big Show	4					2	2		196
51.	A.J. Styles	3			3					196
52.	Edge (World)	4						2	2	188+
53.	Stan Hansen	1	1							181
54.	Sycho Sid/Sid Vicious	4					2	2		174
55.	Justin Credible	1		1						162
56.	Chris Benoit	2					1		1	155
57.	Ron Simmons	1					1			151
58.	Eddie Guerrero	1						1		133
59.	Randy Orton (WWE)	3						2	1	120+¹
60.	Scott Steiner	1					1			120
61.	Ron Killings	2			2					119
62.	Chris Jericho	3					2	1		114¹
63.	Rey Mysterio	1							1	112
64.	The Crusher	3	3							110
65.	Dusty Rhodes	3			3					107
66.	Rhino	2		1	1					96
67.	Raven	1			1					88
68.	Ricky Steamboat	1			1					76
69.	Sgt. Slaughter	1						1		64
70.	Steve Corino	1		1						63
71.	Ron Garvin	1			1					62
72.	The Great Khali	1							1	61
73.	Masa Saito	1	1							57
74.	Abyss	1			1					56
75.	Ken Shamrock	1			1					49
76.	Mankind	3						3		47
77.	Otto Wanz	1	1							41
78.	Jerry Lynn	1		1						35
79.	Diamond Dallas Page	3					3			29
80.	The Iron Sheik	1						1		28
81.	Rob Van Dam	1						1		22
82.	Ivan Koloff	1						1		21
83.	Giant Baba	3			3					18
84.	Kerry Von Erich	1			1					18
85.	Dr. X	1	1							14
86.	Fritz Von Erich	1	1							12
87.	David Arquette	1					1			12
88.	Stan Stasiak	1						1		9
89.	Mighty Igor Vodic	1	1							7
90.	[...] the Bruiser	1	1							7
91.	Vince Russo	1					1			7
92.	Mr. McMahon	1						1		6
93.	Masato Tanaka	1		1						6
94.	Tommy Rich	1			1					4
95.	Kane	1						1		1
96.	André the Giant	1						1		<1
97.	Tommy Dreamer	1		1						<1
98.	The Sandman	1		1						<1

¹ These champions held two World Titles simutaneously, and certain days are counted twice in the totals listed above. Pat O'Connor was both the AWA and NWA champion from January 9, 1959 until August 16, 1960. Not counting these dates twice, he held a World Title of some sort for 903 days, not 1488. Chris Jericho held both the WCW and WWE Titles on December 9, 2001. Counting this date only once, he was a World Champion for 113 days, not 114. Randy Orton was awarded the WWE Championship on October 7, 2007, lost it immediately after and won it back on the same night. Counting this date only once, he was a World Champion for 119 days, not 120.

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