Rank Wrestler No. of reigns Combined
defenses
Combined
days
1 Mutoh, KeijiKeiji Mutoh 4 19 1,238
2 Tanahashi, HiroshiHiroshi Tanahashi 6 27 1,237
3 Hashimoto, ShinyaShinya Hashimoto 3 20 1,052
4 Fujinami, TatsumiTatsumi Fujinami 6 13 785
5 Sasaki, KensukeKensuke Sasaki 5 9 647
6 Nagata, YujiYuji Nagata 2 12 570
7 Okada, KazuchikaKazuchika Okada 2 10 556+
8 Fujita, KazuyukiKazuyuki Fujita 3 3 478
9 Big Van Vader 3 4 451
10 Nakamura, ShinsukeShinsuke Nakamura 3 9 390
11 Chōshū, RikiRiki Chōshū 3 5 383
12 Inoki, AntonioAntonio Inoki 1 4 325
13 Lesnar, BrockBrock Lesnar 1 3 280
14 Tenzan, HiroyoshiHiroyoshi Tenzan 4 2 197
15 Takayama, YoshihiroYoshihiro Takayama 1 3 185
16 Kojima, SatoshiSatoshi Kojima 2 2 168
17 Makabe, TogiTogi Makabe 1 3 161
18 Norton, ScottScott Norton 2 4 126
19 Takada, NobuhikoNobuhiko Takada 1 1 116
20 Sapp, BobBob Sapp 1 1 66
21 Hashimikov, SalmanSalman Hashimikov 1 0 48
21 Yasuda, TadaoTadao Yasuda 1 1 48
23 Nakanishi, ManabuManabu Nakanishi 1 0 45
24 Chono, MasahiroMasahiro Chono 1 0 44
25 Tenryu, GenichiroGenichiro Tenryu 1 0 25