1900 - 1909: 1. Frank Gotch 2. George Hackenschmidt

1910 - 1919: 1. Joe Stecher 2. Ed "Strangler" Lewis 3. Frank Gotch 4. Wladek Zbyszko 5. Stanislaus Zbyszko 6. Jim Londos 7. Great Gama, George Hackenschmidt, George Lurich, Charlie Cutler

1920 - 1929: 1. Ed "Strangler" Lewis 2. Jim Londos 3. John Pesek 4. Joe Stecher and Stanislaus Zbyszko 5. Earl Caddock 6. Gus Sonnenberg 7. Ray Steele 8. Dick Shikat 9. Wayne Munn

1930 - 1939: 1. Jim Londos 2. Everett Marshall 3. Dick Shikat and Ed Don George 4. Ed "Strangler" Lewis and Vincent Lopez 5. Gus Sonnenberg 6. Man Mountain Dean 7. Danno O'Mahoney 8. Ray Steele

1940 - 1949: 1. Bill Longson 2. Lou Thesz 3. Whipper Billy Watson 4. Yvon Robert 5. Gorgeous George 5. Sandor Szabo and Wlasislow Talum 6. Buddy Rogers 7. Maurice "French Angel" Tillet 8. Frank Sexton

1950 - 1959: 1. Argentina Rocca 2. Lou Thesz 3. Killer Kowalski 4. Buddy Rogers 5. Whipper Billy Watson 6. Rikidozan 7. El Santo 8. Verne Gagne and Edouard Carpentier 9. Wilbur Snyder

1960 - 1969: 1. Bruno Sammartino 2. Gene Kiniski 3. Dick the Bruiser 4. Johnny Valentine 5. Lou Thesz 6. Buddy Rogers 7. Giant Baba 8. Ray Stevens 9. Bobo Brazil 10. Fritz Von Erich


1970 - 1979: 1. Bruno Sammartino 2. The Sheik 3. Superstar Billy Graham 4. Andre the Giant 5. Pedro Morales 6. Harley Race 7. The Crusher 8. Dory Funk Jr. and Ernie Ladd 9. Dick the Bruiser

1980 - 1989: 1. Hulk Hogan 2. Ric Flair 3. Andre the Giant 4. Bob Backlund 5. Randy Savage 5. Road Warriors 6. Antonio Inoki 7. Roddy Piper 8. Harley Race, Sgt. Slaughter, Paul Orndorff

1990 - 1999: 1. Konnan 2. Shinya Hashimoto 3. Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair 4. Perro Aguayo 5. Keiji Muto 6. Undertaker 7. Bret Hart 8. Steve Austin 9. Nobuhiko Takada

2000 - 2009: 1. HHH 2. Mistico 3. John Cena 4. The Rock 5. Perro Aguayo Jr. 6. Kurt Angle 7. Ultimo Guerrero 8. Randy Orton 9. Kenta Kobashi and Chris Benoit