List of WWE Intercontinental Champions

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates The WWE Intercontinental Championship is a professional wrestling championship contested in and owned by the American promotion WWE on the Raw brand. The title was introduced into the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in 1979. Pat Patterson, holder of the WWE North American Heavyweight Championship, was awarded the title (with the kayfabe explanation that he won a tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and unified the North American and South American titles).<ref name="wwe.com">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="patterson1">Template:Cite web</ref>

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Current champion John Cena

The Intercontinental Championship has been called the second most important championship in the company, after the WWE Championship.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It has been active in WWE for the second-longest period, but is the third-oldest active title overall, behind the WWE Championship (1963) and the United States Championship (1975), the latter of which was acquired from World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 2001. In 2002, the WWF was renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), and the championship was renamed accordingly.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Following the 2023 WWE Draft, the title is currently exclusive to Raw.

Overall, there have been 189 reigns among 93 different champions. Chris Jericho holds the record for the most reigns with nine. John Cena is the current champion in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Dominik Mysterio on the November 10, 2025, episode of Raw in Boston, Massachusetts.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Title history

Names

Name	Years
WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship	September 1, 1979 – 1988
WWF Intercontinental Championship	1988 - May 6, 2002
WWE Intercontinental Championship	May 6, 2002 – present

Reigns

Combined reigns

As of January 15, 2026.

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Record nine-time champion Chris Jericho, shown here with the 2002–2011 belt design.

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Inaugural champion Pat Patterson, shown here with the 2011–2019 belt design.

†	Indicates the current champion

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined days	Combined days rec. by WWE
1	Template:Sortname	1	666
2	Template:Sortname	2	619	617
3	Template:Sortname	8	597	592
4	Template:Sortname	2	541	539
5	Template:Sortname	1	454	453
6	Template:Sortname	2	443	441
7	Template:Sortname	4	437	434
8	Template:Sortname	2	434	432
9	Template:Sortname	1	414	413
10	Template:Sortname	2	406	404
10	Template:Sortname	3	406	403
12	Template:Sortname	5Template:Efn	397	390
13	Template:Sortname	2Template:Efn	383	390
14	Template:Sortname	6	372	363
15	Template:Sortname	5	366	359
16	Template:Sortname	3	354	352
17	Template:Sortname	2Template:Efn	339	337
18	Template:Sortname	9	318	311
19	Template:Sortname	6	298	284
20	Template:Sortname	4	291	285
21	Template:Sortname	2	290	288
22	Template:Sortname	1	285	284
23	Template:Sortname	2Template:Efn	277	272
24	Template:Sortname	4	266	272
25	Template:Sortname	2	257	254
26	Template:Sortname	3	245	242
27	Template:Sortname	1	233	232
28	Template:Sortname	2	232	231
29	Template:Sortname	1	231	230
30	Template:Sortname	6	211	224
31	Template:Sortname	1	210	209
32	Template:Sortname	3Template:Efn	209	203
33	Template:Sortname	1	204
34	Template:Sortname	5Template:Efn	196
35	Template:Sortname	4	192	188
36	Template:Sortname	2	190
37	Template:Sortname	5	171	166
38	Template:Sortname	3	168	158
39	Template:Sortname	2	162	160
40	Template:Sortname	1	161	160
41	Template:Sortname	1	155
41	Template:Sortname	1	155	153
43	Template:Sortname	1	148	147
44	Template:Sortname	4	142	159
45	Template:Sortname	1	138	137
46	Template:Sortname	2	132	131
46	Template:Sortname	2	132	130
48	Template:Sortname	2	128	129
49	Template:Sortname	2	126	124
50	Template:Sortname	1	125	124
51	Template:Sortname	1	124	123
52	Template:Sortname	2	120	118
53	Template:Sortname	2	118	119
54	Template:Sortname	2	114	116
55	Template:Sortname	1	112	111
56	Template:Sortname	1	98
57	Template:Sortname	1	90
58	Template:Sortname	1	84	83
59	Template:Sortname	2	83	79
60	Template:Sortname	1	77	76
61	Template:Sortname	1	74	71
62	Template:Sortname	2	65	91
62	Template:Sortname	1	65	64
64	Template:Sortname	2	64	62
65	Template:Sortname	1	63	62
66	Template:Sortname	2	61	60
67	Template:Sortname	1	59	58
68	Template:Sortname	2	57	58
69	Template:Sortname	1	51	53
70	Template:Sortname	1	50	57
71	Template:Sortname	1	49	48
72	Template:Sortname	1	43
72	Template:Sortname	1	43	42
74	Template:Sortname	1	37	36
75	Template:Sortname	1	35	34
76	Template:Sortname	1	34	33
77	Template:Sortname	1	28	27
	Template:Sortname	1	28	27
	Template:Sortname	1	28	27
80	Template:Sortname	1	27	24
	Template:Sortname	1	27	26
	Template:Sortname	1	27	26
	Template:Sortname	1	27	26
84	Template:Sortname	1	26	27
85	Template:Sortname	1	20
86	Template:Sortname	1	19	17
87	Template:Sortname	1	14	13
87	Template:Sortname	1	14	13
89	Template:Sortname	1	13	12
90	Template:Sortname †	1	Template:Age in days+
91	Template:Sortname	1	2	1
92	Template:Sortname	1	1
93	Template:Sortname	1	<1

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