Major Titles and Title Holders
| Year | World's Strongest Man | World Muscle Power Classic | World Strongman Challenge | Arnold Strongman Classic | Strongman Super Series | World Strongman Cup/ WSF World Cup |
IFSA World Championships | Strongman Champions League | Louis Cyr tribute Defi Mark Ten/ Fortissimus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | September 2012 | Mike Jenkins | Not yet held | Not yet held | |||||
| 2011 | Brian Shaw | Brian Shaw | Not completed | Ervin Katona | |||||
| 2010 | Zydrunas Savickas | Derek Poundstone | Brian Shaw | Terry Hollands | |||||
| 2009 | Zydrunas Savickas | Derek Poundstone | Brian Shaw | Andrus Murumets | Zydrunas Savickas | ||||
| 2008 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Zydrunas Savickas | Derek Poundstone | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Zydrunas Savickas | Derek Poundstone | |||
| 2007 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Zydrunas Savickas | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Vasyl Virastyuk | ||||
| 2006 | Phil Pfister | Zydrunas Savickas | Zydrunas Savickas | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Zydrunas Savickas | |||
| 2005 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Zydrunas Savickas | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Raivis Vidzis | Zydrunas Savickas | ||||
| 2004 | Vasyl Virastyuk | Hugo Girard | Zydrunas Savickas | Zydrunas Savickas | Raivis Vidzis | ||||
| 2003 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Hugo Girard | Mariusz Pudzianowski#Note 1 | Zydrunas Savickas | Mariusz Pudzianowski | ||||
| 2002 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Svend Karlsen | Hugo Girard#Note 1 | Zydrunas Savickas | Hugo Girard | ||||
| 2001 | Svend Karlsen | Hugo Girard | Magnus Samuelsson#Note 1 | Mark Henry | Magnus Samuelsson | ||||
| 2000 | Janne Virtanen | Not Held | Janne Virtanen#Note 1 | ||||||
| 1999 | Jouko Ahola | Hugo Girard | Jouko Ahola#Note 1 | ||||||
| 1998 | Magnus Samuelsson | Jouko Ahola | Magnus Samuelsson | ||||||
| 1997 | Jouko Ahola | Raimonds Bergmanis | Magnus Ver Magnusson | ||||||
| 1996 | Magnus Ver Magnusson | Forbes Cowen | Nathan Jones | ||||||
| 1995 | Magnus Ver Magnusson | Magnus Ver Magnusson | Jouko Ahola | ||||||
| 1994 | Magnus Ver Magnusson | Manfred Hoeberl | Andreas Gudmunsson | ||||||
| 1993 | Gary Taylor | Manfred Hoeberl | Gerrit Badenhorst | ||||||
| 1992 | Ted Van Der Parre | Jamie Reeves | Jamie Reeves | Mark Higgins | |||||
| 1991 | Magnus Ver Magnusson | Jon Pall Sigmarsson | Riku Kiri | Mark Higgins | |||||
| 1990 | Jon Pall Sigmarsson | Jon Pall Sigmarsson | Mark Higgins | Mark Higgins | |||||
| 1989 | Jamie Reeves | Jon Pall Sigmarsson | Mark Higgins | Magnus Ver Magnusson | |||||
| 1988 | Jon Pall Sigmarsson | Bill Kazmaier | Riku Kiri | Hjalti Arnasson | |||||
| 1987 | Not Held |
Geoff Capes | Geoff Capes | Bill Kazmaier | |||||
| 1986 | Jon Pall Sigmarsson | Jon Pall Sigmarsson | Tom Magee | ||||||
| 1985 | Geoff Capes | Jon Pall Sigmarsson | Tom Magee | ||||||
| 1984 | Jon Pall Sigmarsson | Tom Magee | |||||||
| 1983 | Geoff Capes | ||||||||
| 1982 | Bill Kazmaier | ||||||||
| 1981 | Bill Kazmaier | ||||||||
| 1980 | Bill Kazmaier | ||||||||
| 1979 | Don Reinhoudt | ||||||||
| 1978 | Bruce Wilhelm | ||||||||
| 1977 | Bruce Wilhelm |
Other major international events not listed above include the Highlander World Championships, Giants Live, World Strongman Federation events, World’s Mightiest Man, and Strongest Man Alive, as well as a number of international team competitions and various continental championships, such as Europe's Strongest Man.
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