WWE Intercontinental Title History – Since its inception in September 1979, the Intercontinental Championship has been held by WWE’s greatest Superstars, including WWE Hall of Famer Pat Patterson, who was the first person to win the title.
| Name | Date | Days Held | Location |
| Pat Patterson | 9/1/79 | 233 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Ken Patera | 4/21/80 | 231 | New York City, NY |
| Pedro Morales | 12/8/80 | 194 | New York City, NY |
| Don Muraco | 6/20/81 | 156 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Pedro Morales | 11/23/81 | 425 | New York City, NY |
| Don Muraco | 1/22/83 | 385 | New York City, NY |
| Tito Santana | 2/11/84 | 226 | Boston, MA |
| Greg Valentine | 9/24/84 | 285 | London, Ontario |
| Tito Santana | 7/6/85 | 217 | Baltimore, MD |
| Randy Savage | 2/8/86 | 414 | Boston, MA |
| Ricky Steamboat | 3/29/87 | 65 | Pontiac, MI |
| Honky Tonk Man | 6/2/87 | 454 | Buffalo, NY |
| The Ultimate Warrior | 8/29/88 | 216 | New York City, NY |
| Rick Rude | 4/2/89 | 148 | Atlantic City, NJ |
| The Ultimate Warrior | 8/28/89 | 216 | East Rutherford, NJ |
| Mr. Perfect | 4/23/90 | 126 | Austin, TX |
| The Texas Tornado | 8/27/90 | 84 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Mr. Perfect | 11/19/90 | 280 | Rochester, NY |
| Bret Hart | 8/26/91 | 144 | New York City, NY |
| The Mountie | 1/17/92 | 2 | Springfield, MA |
| Roddy Piper | 1/19/92 | 77 | Albany, NY |
| Bret Hart | 4/5/92 | 146 | Indianapolis, IN |
| The British Bulldog | 8/29/92 | 59 | London, England |
| Shawn Michaels | 10/27/92 | 202 | Terre Haute, IN |
| Marty Jannetty | 5/17/93 | 20 | New York City, NY |
| Shawn Michaels | 6/6/93 | 113 | Albany, NY |
| Razor Ramon | 9/27/93 | 198 | New Haven, CT |
| Diesel | 4/13/94 | 138 | Rochester, NY |
| Razor Ramon | 8/29/94 | 146 | Chicago, IL |
| Jeff Jarrett | 1/22/95 | 94 | Tampa, FL |
| Jeff Jarrett | 4/26/95 | 23 | Moline, IL |
| Razor Ramon | 5/19/95 | 3 | Montreal, Quebec |
| Jeff Jarrett | 5/22/95 | 62 | Trois-Rivieres, Quebec |
| Shawn Michaels | 7/23/95 | 91 | Nashville, TN |
| Dean Douglas | 10/22/95 | 0 | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Razor Ramon | 10/22/95 | 91 | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Goldust | 1/21/96 | 71 | Fresno, CA |
| Goldust | 4/1/96 | 83 | San Bernardino, CA |
| Ahmed Johnson | 6/23/96 | 50 | Milwaukee, WI |
| Marc Mero | 9/23/96 | 28 | Hershey, PA |
| Triple H | 10/21/96 | 115 | Fort Wayne, IN |
| Rocky Maivia | 2/13/97 | 74 | Lowell, MA |
| Owen Hart | 4/28/97 | 97 | Omaha, NE |
| Steve Austin | 8/3/97 | 36 | East Rutherford, NJ |
| Owen Hart | 10/5/97 | 35 | St. Louis, MO |
| Steve Austin | 11/9/97 | 29 | Montreal, Quebec |
| The Rock | 12/8/97 | 265 | Portland, ME |
| Triple H | 8/30/98 | 40 | New York City, NY |
| Ken Shamrock | 10/12/98 | 125 | Uniondale, NY |
| Val Venis | 2/14/99 | 29 | Memphis, TN |
| Road Dogg | 3/15/99 | 14 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Goldust | 3/29/99 | 14 | East Rutherford, NJ |
| The Godfather | 4/12/99 | 43 | Detroit, MI |
| Jeff Jarrett | 5/25/99 | 60 | Moline, IL |
| Edge | 7/24/99 | 1 | Toronto, Ontario |
| Jeff Jarrett | 7/25/99 | 2 | Buffalo, NY |
| D’Lo Brown | 7/27/99 | 26 | Columbus, OH |
| Jeff Jarrett | 8/22/99 | 56 | Minneapolis, MN |
| Chyna | 10/17/99 | 56 | Cleveland, OH |
| Chris Jericho | 12/12/99 | 22 | Sunrise, FL |
| Chris Jericho | 1/23/00 | 35 | New York City, NY |
| Kurt Angle | 2/27/00 | 35 | Hartford, CT |
| Chris Benoit | 4/2/00 | 30 | Anaheim, CA |
| Chris Jericho | 5/2/00 | 6 | Richmond, VA |
| Chris Benoit | 5/8/00 | 43 | Uniondale, NY |
| Rikishi | 6/20/00 | 14 | Memphis, TN |
| Val Venis | 7/4/00 | 54 | Fort Lauderdale, FL |
| Chyna | 8/27/00 | 8 | Raleigh, NC |
| Eddie Guerrero | 9/4/00 | 78 | Lexington, KY |
| Billy Gunn | 11/21/00 | 19 | Sunrise, FL |
| Chris Benoit | 12/10/00 | 42 | Birmingham, AL |
| Chris Jericho | 1/21/01 | 72 | New Orleans, LA |
| Triple H | 4/3/01 | 7 | Oklahoma City, OK |
| Jeff Hardy | 4/10/01 | 6 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Triple H | 4/16/01 | 34 | Knoxville, TN |
| Kane | 5/20/01 | 37 | Sacramento, CA |
| Albert | 6/26/01 | 27 | New York City, NY |
| Lance Storm | 7/23/01 | 27 | Buffalo, NY |
| Edge | 8/19/01 | 35 | San Jose, CA |
| Christian | 9/23/01 | 28 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Edge | 10/21/01 | 15 | St. Louis, MO |
| Test | 11/5/01 | 13 | Uniondale, NY |
| Edge | 11/18/01 | 63 | Greensboro, NC |
| William Regal | 1/20/02 | 56 | Atlanta, GA |
| Rob Van Dam | 3/17/02 | 35 | Toronto, Ontario |
| Eddie Guerrero | 4/21/02 | 36 | Kansas City, MO |
| Rob Van Dam | 5/27/02 | 63 | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Chris Benoit | 7/29/02 | 27 | Greensboro, NC |
| Rob Van Dam | 8/25/02 | 22 | Uniondale, NY |
| Chris Jericho | 9/16/02 | 14 | Denver, CO |
| Kane | 9/30/02 | 20 | Houston, TX |
| Triple H | 10/20/02 | 0 | Little Rock, AR |
| Retired | 10/20/02 | — | — |
| Christian | 5/18/03 | 50 | Charlotte, NC |
| Booker T | 7/7/03 | 34 | Montreal, Quebec |
| Christian | 8/10/03 | 50 | Des Moines, IA |
| Rob Van Dam | 9/29/03 | 28 | Rosemont, IL |
| Chris Jericho | 10/27/03 | 0 | Fayetteville, NC |
| Rob Van Dam | 10/27/03 | 48 | Fayetteville, NC |
| Randy Orton | 12/14/03 | 210 | Orlando, FL |
| Edge | 7/11/04 | 57 | Hartford, CT |
| Chris Jericho | 9/12/04 | 37 | Portland, OR |
| Shelton Benjamin | 10/19/04 | 244 | Milwaukee, WI |
| Carlito | 6/20/05 | 90 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Ric Flair | 9/18/05 | 155 | Oklahoma City, OK |
| Shelton Benjamin | 2/20/06 | 69 | Trenton, NJ |
| Rob Van Dam | 4/30/06 | 15 | Lexington, KY |
| Shelton Benjamin | 5/15/06 | 41 | Lubbock, TX |
| Johnny Nitro | 6/25/06 | 99 | Charlotte, NC |
| Jeff Hardy | 10/2/06 | 35 | Topeka, KS |
| Johnny Nitro | 11/6/06 | 7 | Columbus, OH |
| Jeff Hardy | 11/13/06 | 98 | Manchester, England |
| Umaga | 2/19/07 | 56 | Bakersfield, CA |
| Santino Marella | 4/16/07 | 77 | Milan, Italy |
| Umaga | 7/2/07 | 62 | Dallas, TX |
| Jeff Hardy | 9/2/07 | 190 | Columbus, OH |
| Chris Jericho | 3/10/08 | 111 | Milwaukee, WI |
| Kofi Kingston | 6/29/08 | 49 | Dallas, TX |
| Santino Marella | 8/17/08 | 85 | Indianapolis, IN |
| William Regal | 11/10/08 | 70 | Manchester, England |
| CM Punk | 1/19/09 | 49 | Rosemont, IL |
| JBL | 3/9/09 | 27 | Jacksonville, FL |
| Rey Mysterio | 4/5/09 | 63 | Houston, TX |
| Chris Jericho | 6/7/09 | 21 | New Orleans, LA |
| Rey Mysterio | 6/28/09 | 65 | Sacramento, CA |
| John Morrison | 9/1/09 | 103 | Cleveland, OH |
| Drew McIntyre | 12/13/09 | 161 | San Antonio, TX |
| Kofi Kingston | 5/23/10 | 66 | Detroit, MI |
| Dolph Ziggler | 7/28/10 | 160 | Laredo, TX |
| Kofi Kingston | 1/4/11 | 77 | Tucson, AZ |
| Wade Barrett | 3/22/11 | 89 | Columbus, OH |
| Ezekiel Jackson | 6/19/11 | 51 | Washington, DC |
| Cody Rhodes | 8/9/11 | 236 | Sacramento, CA |
| Big Show | 4/1/12 | 28 | Miami, FL |
| Cody Rhodes | 4/29/12 | 21 | Rosemont, IL |
| Christian | 5/20/12 | 64 | Raleigh, NC |
| The Miz | 7/23/12 | 85 | St. Louis, MO |
| Kofi Kingston | 10/16/12 | 74 | Memphis, TN |
| Wade Barrett | 12/29/12 | 99 | Washington, DC |
| The Miz | 4/7/13 | 1 | East Rutherford, NJ |
| Wade Barrett | 4/8/13 | 69 | East Rutherford, NJ |
| Curtis Axel | 6/16/13 | 155 | Rosemont, IL |
| Big E Langston | 11/18/13 | 167 | Nashville, TN |
| Bad News Barrett | 5/4/14 | 57 | East Rutherford, NJ |
| The Miz | 7/20/14 | 28 | Tampa, FL |
| Dolph Ziggler | 8/17/14 | 35 | Los Angeles, CA |
| The Miz | 9/21/14 | 1 | Nashville, TN |
| Dolph Ziggler | 9/22/14 | 56 | Memphis, TN |
| Luke Harper | 11/17/14 | 27 | Roanoke, VA |
| Dolph Ziggler | 12/14/14 | 22 | Cleveland, OH |
| Bad News Barrett | 1/5/15 | 83 | Corpus Christi, TX |
| Daniel Bryan | 3/29/15 | 43 | San Jose, CA |
| Ryback | 5/31/15 | 112 | Corpus Christi, TX |
| Kevin Owens | 9/20/15 | 84 | Houston, TX |
| Dean Ambrose | 12/13/15 | 64 | Boston, MA |
| Kevin Owens | 2/15/16 | 48 | Anaheim, CA |
| Zack Ryder | 4/3/16 | 1 | Arlington, TX |
| The Miz | 4/4/16 | 188 | Dallas, TX |
| Dolph Ziggler | 10/9/16 | 37 | Sacramento, CA |
| The Miz | 11/15/16 | 49 | Wilkes-Barre, PA |
| Dean Ambrose | 1/3/17 | 152 | Jacksonville, FL |
| The Miz | 6/4/17 | 169 | Baltimore, MD |
| Roman Reigns | 11/20/17 | 63 | Houston, TX |
| The Miz | 1/22/18 | 76 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Seth Rollins | 4/8/18 | 71 | New Orleans, LA |
| Dolph Ziggler | 6/18/18 | 62 | Grand Rapids, MI |
| Seth Rollins | 8/19/18 | 119 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Dean Ambrose | 12/16/18 | 29 | San Jose, CA |
| Bobby Lashley | 1/14/19 | 34 | Memphis, TN |
| Finn Balor | 2/17/19 | 22 | Houston, TX |
| Bobby Lashley | 3/11/19 | 27 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Finn Balor | 4/7/19 | 98 | East Rutherford, NJ |
| Shinzuke Nakamura | 7/14/19 | 201 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Braun Strowman | 1/31/20 | 37 | Tulsa, OK |
| Sami Zayn | 3/08/20 | 65 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Vacated | 5/12/20 | — | |
| AJ Styles | 6/12/20 | 70 | Orlando, FL |
| Jeff Hardy | 8/22/20 | 36 | Orlando, FL |
| Sami Zayn | 9/26/20 | 90 | Orlando, FL |
| Big E | 12/25/20 | 110 | St. Petersburg, FL |
| Apollo Crews | 4/11/21 | 107 | Orlando, FL |
| Shinzuke Nakamura | 8/13/21 | 189 | Tulsa, OK |
| Sami Zayn | 2/18/22 | 13 | New Orleans, LA |
| Ricochet | 3/4/22 | 98 | Miami, FL |
| Gunther | 6/10/22 | C | Baton Rouge, LA |
WWE Intercontinental Title History