Rank Wrestler No. of reigns Combined days
1 Lou Thesz 3 3,749
2 Ric Flair 8 3,103
3 Harley Race 7 1,799
4 Dory Funk, Jr. 1 1,563
5 Dan Severn 2 1,559
6 Gene Kiniski 1 1,131
7 Adam Pearce 5 1,078
8 Jeff Jarrett 6 1,006
9 Pat O'Connor 1 903
10 Jack Brisco 2 866
11 Orville Brown 1 692
12 Buddy Rogers 1 573
13 Blue Demon, Jr. 1 505
14 Naoya Ogawa 2 469
15 Terry Funk 1 424
16 Dick Hutton 1 421
17 Rob Conway 1 294
18 Christian Cage 2 245
19 Whipper Billy Watson 1 239
20 Sting 2 216
21 A.J. Styles 3 196
22 Mike Rapada 2 176
23 Steve Corino 1 175
24 Colt Cabana 2 152
25 Barry Windham 1 147
26 Masahiro Chono 1 145
27 Kahagas 1 134
28 Ron Killings 2 119
29 Dusty Rhodes 3 107
30 Chris Candido 1 97
31 Raven 1 88
32 Satoshi Kojima 1 159+
33 Shinya Hashimoto 1 84
34 The Sheik 1 79
35 Ricky Steamboat 1 76
36 Ron Garvin 1 62
37 Abyss 1 56
39 Ken Shamrock 1 49
Brent Albright 1 49
40 The Great Muta 1 48
41 Sabu 1 38
42 Giant Baba 3 19
43 Kerry Von Erich 1 18
44 Gary Steele 1 7
45 Tommy Rich 1 4
46 Rhino 1 2
47 Shane Douglas 1 <1