World Series Winners: Complete List of MLB Champions by Year
The Fall Classic stands as the pinnacle of Major League Baseball, crowning the sport’s ultimate champion every autumn since 1903. Over more than a century of postseason baseball, the roster of World Series winners showcases dynasties, historic underdog runs, and unforgettable game-winning moments that have shaped American sports history.
From the Boston Americans capturing the inaugural modern championship in 1903 to the Los Angeles Dodgers securing the 2024 title against the New York Yankees, 120 World Series have been played. Only two seasons in modern baseball history concluded without a champion: 1904, due to a boycott by the National League champion New York Giants, and 1994, when a prolonged players’ strike forced the cancellation of the postseason.
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Franchises With the Most World Series Titles
A select group of storied clubs dominates the historical leaderboard of championships. The New York Yankees remain baseball’s most decorated franchise by a wide margin, having captured 27 Commissioner’s Trophies and appearing in 41 Fall Classics.
- New York Yankees: 27 titles (last won in 2009)
- St. Louis Cardinals: 11 titles (last won in 2011)
- Oakland Athletics: 9 titles (includes Philadelphia Athletics; last won in 1989)
- Boston Red Sox: 9 titles (last won in 2018)
- Los Angeles Dodgers: 8 titles (includes Brooklyn Dodgers; last won in 2024)
- San Francisco Giants: 8 titles (includes New York Giants; last won in 2014)
Complete List of World Series Winners by Year (1903–2024)
Below is the complete historical record of World Series winners, runners-up, and series results from the modern era through the most recent Fall Classic.
2020s
- 2024: Los Angeles Dodgers def. New York Yankees (4-1)
- 2023: Texas Rangers def. Arizona Diamondbacks (4-1)
- 2022: Houston Astros def. Philadelphia Phillies (4-2)
- 2021: Atlanta Braves def. Houston Astros (4-2)
- 2020: Los Angeles Dodgers def. Tampa Bay Rays (4-2)
2010s
- 2019: Washington Nationals def. Houston Astros (4-3)
- 2018: Boston Red Sox def. Los Angeles Dodgers (4-1)
- 2017: Houston Astros def. Los Angeles Dodgers (4-3)
- 2016: Chicago Cubs def. Cleveland Indians (4-3)
- 2015: Kansas City Royals def. New York Mets (4-1)
- 2014: San Francisco Giants def. Kansas City Royals (4-3)
- 2013: Boston Red Sox def. St. Louis Cardinals (4-2)
- 2012: San Francisco Giants def. Detroit Tigers (4-0)
- 2011: St. Louis Cardinals def. Texas Rangers (4-3)
- 2010: San Francisco Giants def. Texas Rangers (4-1)
2000s
- 2009: New York Yankees def. Philadelphia Phillies (4-2)
- 2008: Philadelphia Phillies def. Tampa Bay Rays (4-1)
- 2007: Boston Red Sox def. Colorado Rockies (4-0)
- 2006: St. Louis Cardinals def. Detroit Tigers (4-1)
- 2005: Chicago White Sox def. Houston Astros (4-0)
- 2004: Boston Red Sox def. St. Louis Cardinals (4-0)
- 2003: Florida Marlins def. New York Yankees (4-2)
- 2002: Anaheim Angels def. San Francisco Giants (4-3)
- 2001: Arizona Diamondbacks def. New York Yankees (4-3)
- 2000: New York Yankees def. New York Mets (4-1)
1990s
- 1999: New York Yankees def. Atlanta Braves (4-0)
- 1998: New York Yankees def. San Diego Padres (4-0)
- 1997: Florida Marlins def. Cleveland Indians (4-3)
- 1996: New York Yankees def. Atlanta Braves (4-2)
- 1995: Atlanta Braves def. Cleveland Indians (4-2)
- 1994: No World Series held (MLB player strike)
- 1993: Toronto Blue Jays def. Philadelphia Phillies (4-2)
- 1992: Toronto Blue Jays def. Atlanta Braves (4-2)
- 1991: Minnesota Twins def. Atlanta Braves (4-3)
- 1990: Cincinnati Reds def. Oakland Athletics (4-0)
1980s
- 1989: Oakland Athletics def. San Francisco Giants (4-0)
- 1988: Los Angeles Dodgers def. Oakland Athletics (4-1)
- 1987: Minnesota Twins def. St. Louis Cardinals (4-3)
- 1986: New York Mets def. Boston Red Sox (4-3)
- 1985: Kansas City Royals def. St. Louis Cardinals (4-3)
- 1984: Detroit Tigers def. San Diego Padres (4-1)
- 1983: Baltimore Orioles def. Philadelphia Phillies (4-1)
- 1982: St. Louis Cardinals def. Milwaukee Brewers (4-3)
- 1981: Los Angeles Dodgers def. New York Yankees (4-2)
- 1980: Philadelphia Phillies def. Kansas City Royals (4-2)
1970s
- 1979: Pittsburgh Pirates def. Baltimore Orioles (4-3)
- 1978: New York Yankees def. Los Angeles Dodgers (4-2)
- 1977: New York Yankees def. Los Angeles Dodgers (4-2)
- 1976: Cincinnati Reds def. New York Yankees (4-0)
- 1975: Cincinnati Reds def. Boston Red Sox (4-3)
- 1974: Oakland Athletics def. Los Angeles Dodgers (4-1)
- 1973: Oakland Athletics def. New York Mets (4-3)
- 1972: Oakland Athletics def. Cincinnati Reds (4-3)
- 1971: Pittsburgh Pirates def. Baltimore Orioles (4-3)
- 1970: Baltimore Orioles def. Cincinnati Reds (4-1)
1960s
- 1969: New York Mets def. Baltimore Orioles (4-1)
- 1968: Detroit Tigers def. St. Louis Cardinals (4-3)
- 1967: St. Louis Cardinals def. Boston Red Sox (4-3)
- 1966: Baltimore Orioles def. Los Angeles Dodgers (4-0)
- 1965: Los Angeles Dodgers def. Minnesota Twins (4-3)
- 1964: St. Louis Cardinals def. New York Yankees (4-3)
- 1963: Los Angeles Dodgers def. New York Yankees (4-0)
- 1962: New York Yankees def. San Francisco Giants (4-3)
- 1961: New York Yankees def. Cincinnati Reds (4-1)
- 1960: Pittsburgh Pirates def. New York Yankees (4-3)
1950s
- 1959: Los Angeles Dodgers def. Chicago White Sox (4-2)
- 1958: New York Yankees def. Milwaukee Braves (4-3)
- 1957: Milwaukee Braves def. New York Yankees (4-3)
- 1956: New York Yankees def. Brooklyn Dodgers (4-3)
- 1955: Brooklyn Dodgers def. New York Yankees (4-3)
- 1954: New York Giants def. Cleveland Indians (4-0)
- 1953: New York Yankees def. Brooklyn Dodgers (4-2)
- 1952: New York Yankees def. Brooklyn Dodgers (4-3)
- 1951: New York Yankees def. New York Giants (4-2)
- 1950: New York Yankees def. Philadelphia Phillies (4-0)
1940s
- 1949: New York Yankees def. Brooklyn Dodgers (4-1)
- 1948: Cleveland Indians def. Boston Braves (4-2)
- 1947: New York Yankees def. Brooklyn Dodgers (4-3)
- 1946: St. Louis Cardinals def. Boston Red Sox (4-3)
- 1945: Detroit Tigers def. Chicago Cubs (4-3)
- 1944: St. Louis Cardinals def. St. Louis Browns (4-2)
- 1943: New York Yankees def. St. Louis Cardinals (4-1)
- 1942: St. Louis Cardinals def. New York Yankees (4-1)
- 1941: New York Yankees def. Brooklyn Dodgers (4-1)
- 1940: Cincinnati Reds def. Detroit Tigers (4-3)
1930s
- 1939: New York Yankees def. Cincinnati Reds (4-0)
- 1938: New York Yankees def. Chicago Cubs (4-0)
- 1937: New York Yankees def. New York Giants (4-1)
- 1936: New York Yankees def. New York Giants (4-2)
- 1935: Detroit Tigers def. Chicago Cubs (4-2)
- 1934: St. Louis Cardinals def. Detroit Tigers (4-3)
- 1933: New York Giants def. Washington Senators (4-1)
- 1932: New York Yankees def. Chicago Cubs (4-0)
- 1931: St. Louis Cardinals def. Philadelphia Athletics (4-3)
- 1930: Philadelphia Athletics def. St. Louis Cardinals (4-2)
1920s
- 1929: Philadelphia Athletics def. Chicago Cubs (4-1)
- 1928: New York Yankees def. St. Louis Cardinals (4-0)
- 1927: New York Yankees def. Pittsburgh Pirates (4-0)
- 1926: St. Louis Cardinals def. New York Yankees (4-3)
- 1925: Pittsburgh Pirates def. Washington Senators (4-3)
- 1924: Washington Senators def. New York Giants (4-3)
- 1923: New York Yankees def. New York Giants (4-2)
- 1922: New York Giants def. New York Yankees (4-0-1)
- 1921: New York Giants def. New York Yankees (5-3)
- 1920: Cleveland Indians def. Brooklyn Robins (5-2)
1903–1919
- 1919: Cincinnati Reds def. Chicago White Sox (5-3)
- 1918: Boston Red Sox def. Chicago Cubs (4-2)
- 1917: Chicago White Sox def. New York Giants (4-2)
- 1916: Boston Red Sox def. Brooklyn Robins (4-1)
- 1915: Boston Red Sox def. Philadelphia Phillies (4-1)
- 1914: Boston Braves def. Philadelphia Athletics (4-0)
- 1913: Philadelphia Athletics def. New York Giants (4-1)
- 1912: Boston Red Sox def. New York Giants (4-3-1)
- 1911: Philadelphia Athletics def. New York Giants (4-2)
- 1910: Philadelphia Athletics def. Chicago Cubs (4-1)
- 1909: Pittsburgh Pirates def. Detroit Tigers (4-3)
- 1908: Chicago Cubs def. Detroit Tigers (4-1)
- 1907: Chicago Cubs def. Detroit Tigers (4-0-1)
- 1906: Chicago White Sox def. Chicago Cubs (4-2)
- 1905: New York Giants def. Philadelphia Athletics (4-1)
- 1904: No World Series played (New York Giants boycott)
- 1903: Boston Americans def. Pittsburgh Pirates (5-3)
Historic Breakthroughs and Long-Awaited Triumphs
The chronicle of baseball champions is defined as much by heartbreak as by dominance. In 2004, the Boston Red Sox famously reversed an 86-year championship drought known as the “Curse of the Bambino” by sweeping the St. Louis Cardinals.
Twelve years later, the Chicago Cubs achieved what many considered the most emotional victory in American sports history. Overcoming a 3-1 series deficit, the Cubs captured the 2016 World Series over Cleveland in extra innings of Game 7, ending a historic 108-year title drought dating back to 1908.
More recently, expansion clubs have also broken through. The Texas Rangers secured their first championship in franchise history in 2023, leaving only five active MLB clubs without a World Series title: the San Diego Padres, Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners, Colorado Rockies, and Tampa Bay Rays.
What Happens Next
Major League Baseball’s expanded postseason format ensures fierce parity among division champions and wild-card qualifiers. As franchises continually recalibrate payrolls and young talent, the race to join the historic ranks of World Series winners renews every spring, culminating in another high-stakes battle for the Commissioner’s Trophy in October.
