Most World Chess Championship Match Wins

Source: Wikipedia - World Chess Championship

Most World Chess Championship Match Wins

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Key Findings

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Emanuel Lasker, Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov are level at the top on 6 World Championship match wins.

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Average World Championship match wins: 2.64 · median: 1.

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Gap: Emanuel Lasker is 6× larger than Veselin Topalov.

About This Dataset

Most World Chess Championship Match Wins

The World Chess Championship has been contested since 1886. This chart counts total championship match wins per player, including the period from 1993 to 2006 when the title was split between the FIDE and Classical lineages.

Analysis

Emanuel Lasker, Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov share the record with 6 championship wins each. 14 of these 22 players won all of their titles as undisputed champion, while the others include titles from the 1993-2006 split, when FIDE and Classical crowns ran in parallel. Across the 22 players shown, 58 championship matches were won in total. The chart counts match wins rather than years held, which favours champions who defended often over those who simply reigned a long time.

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22 categories · 1 year

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Emanuel Lasker

World Championship match wins · All Time

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Methodology & source

Data source: Wikipedia - World Chess Championship
Coverage: 22 entities · 22 observations
Measure: World Championship match wins
Last updated: 10 September 2026
Compiled by: The ANYSTAT team, from the source above

How the figures are calculated

Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
Entities are ranked highest-first on their value.

Rankings & Full Data

22 records · World Championship match wins · ranked by All Time

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#	Category	All Time
🥇	Emanuel Lasker	6
🥈	Garry Kasparov	6
🥉	Anatoly Karpov	6
4	Mikhail Botvinnik	5
5	Magnus Carlsen	5
6	Viswanathan Anand	5
7	Alexander Alekhine	4
8	Wilhelm Steinitz	4
9	Vladimir Kramnik	3
10	Tigran Petrosian	2
11	José Raúl Capablanca	1
12	Boris Spassky	1
13	Bobby Fischer	1
14	Max Euwe	1
15	Vasily Smyslov	1
16	Mikhail Tal	1
17	Ding Liren	1
18	Gukesh Dommaraju	1
19	Ruslan Ponomariov	1
20	Alexander Khalifman	1
21	Rustam Kasimdzhanov	1
22	Veselin Topalov	1

Data Sources & References

All external sources cited in this dataset

1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship Visit ↗

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