WWE United States Championship
Previous Designs
Names
| NWA United States Heavyweight Championship {Mid-Atlantic Version} | January 1, 1975 - January 27, 1981 |
| NWA United States Heavyweight Championship {Undisputed} | January 27, 1981 - 1991 |
| WCW United States Heavyweight Championship | 1991 - 2001 |
| WCW United States Championship | 2001 |
| WWE United States Championship | 2003 - Present |
| Champion | Reigns | Date | Event | Location |
| Harley Race | 1 | 1-1-75 | Tallahassee, FL | |
| Johnny Valentine | 1 | 7-3-75 | Greensboro, NC | |
| -Vacated- | ||||
| Terry Funk | 1 | 11-9-75 | Greensboro, NC | |
| Paul Jones | 1 | 11-27-75 | Greensboro, NC | |
| Blackjack Mulligan | 1 | 3-13-76 | Greensboro, NC | |
| Paul Jones | 2 | 10-16-76 | Greensboro, NC | |
| Blackjack Mulligan | 2 | 12-15-76 | Raleigh, NC | |
| Bobo Brazil | 1 | 7-7-77 | Norfolk, VA | |
| Ric Flair | 1 | 7-29-77 | Richmond, VA | |
| Ricky Steamboat | 1 | 10-21-77 | Charleston, SC | |
| Blackjack Mulligan | 3 | 1-1-78 | Greensboro, NC | |
| Mr. Wrestling | 1 | 3-19-78 | Greensboro, NC | |
| Ric Flair | 2 | 4-9-78 | Charlotte, NC | |
| Ricky Steamboat | 2 | 12-18-78 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| Ric Flair | 3 | 4-1-79 | Greensboro, NC | |
| -Vacated- | ||||
| Jimmy Snuka | 1 | 9-1-79 | Charlotte, NC | |
| Ric Flair | 4 | 4-19-80 | Greensboro, NC | |
| Roddy Piper | 1 | 1-27-81 | Raleigh, NC | |
| Wahoo McDaniel | 1 | 8-8-81 | Greensboro, NC | |
| -Vacated- | ||||
| Sgt. Slaughter | 1 | 10-4-81 | Charlotte, NC | |
| Wahoo McDaniel | 2 | 5-21-82 | Richmond, VA | |
| Sgt. Slaughter | 2 | 6-2-82 | Greenville, SC | |
| Wahoo McDaniel | 3 | 8-22-82 | Charlotte, NC | |
| Greg Valentine | 1 | 11-4-82 | Norfolk, VA | |
| Roddy Piper | 2 | 4-16-83 | Greensboro, NC | |
| Greg Valentine | 2 | 4-30-83 | Greensboro, NC | |
| Dick Slater | 1 | 12-14-83 | Shelby, NC | |
| Ricky Steamboat | 3 | 4-21-84 | Greensboro, NC | |
| Wahoo McDaniel | 4 | 6-24-84 | Greensboro, NC | |
| -Vacated- | ||||
| Wahoo McDaniel | 5 | 10-7-84 | Charlotte, NC | |
| Magnum T.A. | 1 | 3-23-85 | Charlotte, NC | |
| Tully Blanchard | 1 | 7-21-85 | Charlotte, NC | |
| Magnum T.A. | 2 | 11-28-85 | Starrcade {1985} | Greensboro, NC |
| -Vacated- | ||||
| Nikita Koloff | 1 | 8-17-86 | Charlotte, NC | |
| Lex Luger | 1 | 7-11-87 | Greensboro, NC | |
| Dusty Rhodes | 1 | 11-26-87 | Starrcade {1987} | Chicago, IL |
| -Vacated- | ||||
| Barry Windham | 1 | 5-13-88 | Houston, TX | |
| Lex Luger | 2 | 2-20-89 | Chi-Town Rumble | Chicago, IL |
| Michael Hayes | 1 | 5-7-89 | WrestleWar | Nashville, TN |
| Lex Luger | 3 | 5-22-89 | Bluefield, WV | |
| Stan Hansen | 1 | 10-27-90 | Halloween Havoc {1990} | Chicago, IL |
| Lex Luger | 4 | 12-16-90 | Starrcade {1990} | St. Louis, MO |
| -Vacated- | ||||
| Sting | 1 | 8-25-91 | Atlanta, GA | |
| Rick Rude | 1 | 11-19-91 | Clash of the Champions XVII | Savannah, GA |
| -Vacated- | ||||
| Dustin Rhodes | 1 | 1-11-93 | WCW Saturday Night | Atlanta, GA |
| -Vacated- | ||||
| Dustin Rhodes | 2 | 8-30-93 | WCW Saturday Night | Atlanta, GA |
| Steve Austin | 1 | 12-27-93 | Starrcade {1993} | Charlotte, NC |
| Ricky Steamboat | 4 | 8-24-94 | Clash of the Champions XXVIII | Cedar Rapids, IA |
| Steve Austin | 2 | 9-18-94 | Fall Brawl {1994} | Roanoke, VA |
| Jim Duggan | 1 | 9-18-94 | Fall Brawl {1994} | Roanoke, VA |
| Vader | 1 | 12-27-94 | Starrcade {1994} | Nashville, TN |
| -Vacated- | ||||
| Sting | 2 | 6-18-95 | The Great American Bash {1995} | Dayton, OH |
| Kensuke Sasaki | 1 | 11-13-95 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| One Man Gang | 1 | 12-27-95 | Starrcade {1995} | Nashville, TN |
| Konnan | 1 | 1-29-96 | WCW Main Event | Canton, OH |
| Ric Flair | 5 | 7-7-96 | Bash at the Beach {1996} | Daytona Beach, FL |
| -Vacated- | ||||
| Eddie Guerrero | 1 | 12-29-96 | Starrcade {1996} | Nashville, TN |
| Dean Malenko | 1 | 3-16-97 | Uncensored {1997} | Charleston, SC |
| Jeff Jarrett | 1 | 6-9-97 | WCW Monday Nitro | Boston, MA |
| Steve McMichael | 1 | 8-21-97 | Clash of the Champions XXXV | Nashville, TN |
| Curt Hennig | 1 | 9-15-97 | WCW Monday Nitro | Charlotte, NC |
| Diamond Dallas Page | 1 | 12-28-97 | Starrcade {1997} | Washington, DC |
| Raven | 1 | 4-19-98 | Spring Stampede {1998} | Denver, CO |
| Goldberg | 1 | 4-30-98 | WCW Monday Nitro | Colorado Springs, CO |
| -Vacated- | ||||
| Bret Hart | 1 | 7-20-98 | WCW Monday Nitro | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Lex Luger | 5 | 8-10-98 | WCW Monday Nitro | Rapid City, SD |
| Bret Hart | 2 | 8-13-98 | WCW Thunder | Fargo, ND |
| Diamond Dallas Page | 2 | 10-26-98 | WCW Monday Nitro | Phoenix, AZ |
| Bret Hart | 3 | 11-30-98 | WCW Monday Nitro | Chattanooga, TN |
| Roddy Piper | 3 | 2-8-99 | WCW Monday Nitro | Buffalo, NY |
| Scott Hall | 1 | 2-20-99 | SuperBrawl IX | Oakland, CA |
| -Vacated- | ||||
| Scott Steiner | 1 | 4-11-99 | Spring Stampede {1999} | Tacoma, WA |
| -Vacated- | ||||
| David Flair | 1 | 7-5-99 | WCW Monday Nitro | Atlanta, GA |
| Chris Benoit | 1 | 8-9-99 | WCW Monday Nitro | Boise, ID |
| Sid Vicious | 1 | 9-12-99 | Fall Brawl {1999} | Winston-Salem, NC |
| Goldberg | 2 | 10-24-99 | Halloween Havoc {1999} | Las Vegas, NV |
| Bret Hart | 4 | 10-25-99 | WCW Monday Nitro | Phoenix, AZ |
| Scott Hall | 2 | 11-8-99 | WCW Monday Nitro | Indianapolis, IN |
| Chris Benoit | 2 | 12-19-99 | Starrcade {1999} | Washington, DC |
| Jeff Jarrett | 2 | 12-20-99 | WCW Monday Nitro | Baltimore, MD |
| -Vacated- | ||||
| Jeff Jarrett | 3 | 1-17-00 | WCW Monday | Columbus, OH |
| -Vacated- | ||||
| Scott Steiner | 2 | 4-16-00 | Spring Stampede {2000} | Chicago, IL |
| -Vacated- | ||||
| Lance Storm | 1 | 7-18-00 | WCW Monday Nitro | Auburn Hills, MI |
| Terry Funk | 2 | 9-22-00 | Amarillo, TX | |
| Lance Storm | 2 | 9-23-00 | Lubbock, TX | |
| General Rection | 1 | 10-29-00 | Halloween Havoc {2000} | Las Vegas, NV |
| Lance Storm | 3 | 11-13-00 | WCW Monday Nitro | London, England |
| General Rection | 2 | 11-26-00 | Mayhem | Milwaukee, WI |
| Shane Douglas | 1 | 1-14-01 | Sin | Indianapolis, IN |
| Rick Steiner | 1 | 2-5-01 | WCW Monday Nitro | Tupelo, MS |
| Booker T | 1 | 3-18-01 | Greed | Jacksonville, FL |
| Kanyon | 1 | 7-26-01 | WWF SmackDown | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Tajiri | 1 | 9-10-01 | WWF RAW is WAR | San Antonio, TX |
| Rhyno | 1 | 9-23-01 | WWF Unforgiven | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Kurt Angle | 1 | 10-22-01 | WWF RAW | Kansas City, MO |
| Edge | 1 | 11-12-01 | WWF RAW | Boston, MA |
| -Unified- | ||||
| Eddie Guerrero | 2 | 7-23-03 | Vengeance {2003} | Denver, CO |
| Big Show | 1 | 10-19-03 | No Mercy {2003} | Baltimore, MD |
| John Cena | 1 | 3-14-04 | WrestleMania XX | New York, NY |
| -Vacated- | ||||
| Booker T | 2 | 7-29-04 | SmackDown | Cincinnati, OH |
| John Cena | 2 | 10-3-04 | No Mercy {2004} | East Rutherford, NJ |
| Carlito | 1 | 10-7-04 | SmackDown | Boston, MA |
| John Cena | 3 | 11-18-04 | SmackDown | Dayton, OH |
| Orlando Jordan | 1 | 3-3-05 | SmackDown | Albany, NY |
| Chris Benoit | 3 | 8-21-05 | SummerSlam {2005} | Washington, DC |
| Booker T | 3 | 10-21-05 | SmackDown | Reno, NV |
| -Vacated- | ||||
| Booker T | 4 | 1-13-06 | SmackDown | Philadelphia, PA |
| Chris Benoit | 4 | 2-19-06 | No Way Out {2006} | Baltimore, MD |
| John "Bradshaw" Layfield | 1 | 4-2-06 | WrestleMania 22 | Chicago, IL |
| Bobby Lashley | 1 | 5-26-06 | SmackDown | Bakersfield, CA |
| Finlay | 1 | 7-14-06 | SmackDown | Minneapolis, MN |
| Mr. Kennedy | 1 | 9-1-06 | SmackDown | Reading, PA |
| Chris Benoit | 5 | 10-13-06 | SmackDown | Jacksonville, FL |
| Montel Vontavious Porter | 1 | 5-20-07 | Judgment Day {2007} | St. Louis, MO |
| Matt Hardy | 1 | 4-27-08 | Backlash {2008} | Baltimore, MD |
| Shelton Benjamin | 1 | 7-20-08 | The Great American Bash {2008} | Long Island, NY |
| Montel Vontavious Porter | 2 | 3-20-09 | SmackDown | Corpus Christi, TX |
| Kofi Kingston | 1 | 6-1-09 | RAW | Birmingham, AL |
| The Miz | 1 | 10-5-09 | RAW | Wilkes-Barre, PA |
| Bret Hart | 5 | 5-17-10 | RAW | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| -Vacated- | ||||
| R-Truth | 1 | 5-24-10 | RAW | Toledo, OH |
| The Miz | 2 | 6-14-10 | RAW | Charlotte, NC |
| Daniel Bryan | 1 | 9-19-10 | Night of Champions {2010} | Chicago, IL |
| Sheamus | 1 | 3-14-11 | RAW | St. Louis, MO |
| Kofi Kingston | 2 | 5-1-11 | Extreme Rules {2011} | Tampa, FL |
| Dolph Ziggler | 1 | 6-19-11 | Capitol Punishment | Washington, DC |
| Zack Ryder | 1 | 12-18-11 | TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs {2011} | Baltimore, MD |
| Jack Swagger | 1 | 1-16-12 | RAW | Anaheim, CA |
| Santino Marella | 1 | 3-5-12 | RAW | Boston, MA |
| Antonio Cesaro | 1 | 8-19-12 | SummerSlam {2012} | Los Angeles, CA |
| Kofi Kingston | 3 | 4-15-13 | RAW | Greenville, NC |
| Dean Ambrose | 1 | 5-19-13 | Extreme Rules {2013} | St. Louis, MO |
| Sheamus | 2 | 5-5-14 | RAW | Albany, NY |
| Rusev | 1 | 11-3-14 | RAW | Buffalo, NY |
| John Cena | 4 | 3-29-15 | WrestleMania 31 | Santa Clara, CA |
| Seth Rollins | 1 | 8-23-15 | SummerSlam {2015} | Brooklyn, NY |
| John Cena | 5 | 9-20-15 | Night of Champions {2015} | Houston, TX |
| Alberto Del Rio | 1 | 10-25-15 | Hell in a Cell {2015} | Los Angeles, CA |
| Kalisto | 1 | 1-11-16 | RAW | New Orleans, LA |
| Alberto Del Rio | 2 | 1-14-16 | SmackDown | Lafayette, LA |
| Kalisto | 2 | 1-24-16 | Royal Rumble {2016} | Orlando, FL |
| Rusev | 2 | 5-22-16 | Extreme Rules {2016} | Newark, NJ |
| Roman Reigns | 1 | 9-25-16 | Clash of Champions {2016} | Indianapolis, IN |
| Chris Jericho | 1 | 1-9-17 | RAW | New Orleans, LA |
| Kevin Owens | 1 | 4-2-17 | WrestleMania 33 | Orlando, FL |
| Chris Jericho | 2 | 4-30-17 | Payback {2017} | San Jose, CA |
| Kevin Owens | 2 | 5-2-17 | SmackDown | Fresno, CA |
| AJ Styles | 1 | 7-7-17 | New York, NY | |
| Kevin Owens | 3 | 7-23-17 | Battleground {2017} | Philadelphia, PA |
| AJ Styles | 2 | 7-25-17 | SmackDown | Richmond, VA |
| Baron Corbin | 1 | 10-8-17 | Hell in a Cell {2017} | Detroit, MI |
| Dolph Ziggler | 2 | 12-17-17 | Clash of Champions {2017} | Boston, MA |
| -Vacated- | ||||
| Bobby Roode | 1 | 1-16-18 | SmackDown Live | Laredo, TX |
| Randy Orton | 1 | 3-11-18 | Fastlane {2018} | Columbus, OH |
| Jinder Mahal | 1 | 4-8-18 | WrestleMania 34 | New Orleans, LA |
| Jeff Hardy | 1 | 4-16-18 | RAW | Hartford, CT |
| Shinsuke Nakamura | 1 | 7-15-18 | Extreme Rules {2018} | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Rusev | 3 | 12-25-18 | SmackDown Live | Fresno, CA |
| Shinsuke Nakamura | 2 | 1-27-19 | Royal Rumble {2019} | Phoenix, AZ |
| R-Truth | 2 | 1-29-19 | SmackDown Live | Phoenix, AZ |
| Samoa Joe | 1 | 3-5-19 | SmackDown Live | Wilkes-Barre, PA |
| Rey Mysterio | 1 | 5-19-19 | Money in the Bank {2019} | Hartford, CA |
| Samoa Joe | 2 | 6-3-19 | RAW | Austin, TX |
| Ricochet | 1 | 6-23-19 | WWE Stomping Grounds | Tacoma, WA |
| AJ Styles | 3 | 7-14-19 | Extreme Rules {2019} | Philadelphia, PA |
| Rey Mysterio | 2 | 11-25-19 | RAW | Chicago, IL |
| Andrade | 1 | 12-16-19 | House Show | New York, NY |
| Apollo Crews | 1 | 5-25-20 | RAW | Orlando, FL |
| Bobby Lashley | 2 | 8-30-20 | Payback {2020} | Orlando, FL |
| Riddle | 1 | 2-21-21 | Elimination Chamber | Tampa, FL |
| Sheamus | 3 | 4-11-21 | WrestleMania 37 | Tampa, FL |
| Damian Priest | 1 | 8-21-21 | SummerSlam {2021} | Las Vegas, NV |
| Finn Balor | 1 | 2-28-22 | RAW | Columbus, OH |
| Theory | 1 | 4-18-22 | RAW | Buffalo, NY |
| Bobby Lashley | 3 | 7-2-22 | Money in the Bank {2022} | Las Vegas, NV |