Unlike most other championships currently defended on Raw and SmackDown, the United States Championship did not start out as a recognized WWE Championship. Rather, the title first emerged in WCW.
| Name | Date | Days Held | Location |
| Harley Race | 1/1/75 | 183 | Tallahasse, FL |
| Johnny Valentine | 7/3/75 | 93 | Greensboro, NC |
| Terry Funk | 11/9/75 | 18 | Greensboro, NC |
| Paul Jones | 11/27/75 | 107 | Greensboro, NC |
| Blackjack Mulligan | 3/13/76 | 217 | Greensboro, NC |
| Paul Jones | 10/16/76 | 60 | Greensboro, NC |
| Blackjack Mulligan | 12/15/76 | 204 | Raleigh, NC |
| Bobo Brazil | 7/7/77 | 22 | Norfolk, VA |
| Ric Flair | 7/29/77 | 84 | Richmond, VA |
| Ricky Steamboat | 10/21/77 | 72 | Charleston, SC |
| Blackjack Mulligan | 1/1/78 | 77 | Greensboro, NC |
| Mr. Wrestling | 3/19/78 | 21 | Greensboro, NC |
| Ric Flair | 4/9/78 | 265 | Charlotte, NC |
| Ricky Steamboat | 12/30/78 | 92 | Greensboro, NC |
| Ric Flair | 4/1/79 | 133 | Greensboro, NC |
| Jimmy Snuka | 9/1/79 | 231 | Charlotte, NC |
| Ric Flair | 4/19/80 | 283 | Greensboro, NC |
| Roddy Piper | 1/27/81 | 193 | Raleigh, NC |
| Wahoo McDaniel | 8/8/81 | 24 | Greensboro, NC |
| Sgt. Slaughter | 10/4/81 | 229 | Charlotte, NC |
| Wahoo McDaniel | 5/21/82 | 17 | Richmond, VA |
| Sgt. Slaughter | 6/7/82 | 76 | Greenville, SC |
| Wahoo McDaniel | 8/22/82 | 74 | Charlotte, NC |
| Greg Valentine | 11/4/82 | 163 | Norfolk, VA |
| Roddy Piper | 4/16/83 | 14 | Greensboro, NC |
| Greg Valentine | 4/30/83 | 228 | Greensboro, NC |
| Dick Slater | 12/14/83 | 129 | Shelby, NC |
| Ricky Steamboat | 4/21/84 | 64 | Greensboro, NC |
| Wahoo McDaniel | 6/24/84 | 7 | Greensboro, NC |
| Wahoo McDaniel | 10/7/84 | 167 | Charlotte, NC |
| Magnum T.A. | 3/23/85 | 120 | Charlotte, NC |
| Tully Blanchard | 7/21/85 | 130 | Charlotte, NC |
| Magnum T.A. | 11/28/85 | 182 | Greensboro, NC |
| Nikita Koloff | 8/17/86 | 328 | Charlotte, NC |
| Lex Luger | 7/11/87 | 138 | Greensboro, NC |
| Dusty Rhodes | 11/26/87 | 141 | Chicago, IL |
| Barry Windham | 5/13/88 | 283 | Houston, TX |
| Lex Luger | 2/20/89 | 76 | Chicago, IL |
| Michael Hayes | 5/7/89 | 15 | Nashville, TN |
| Lex Luger | 5/22/89 | 523 | Bluefield, WV |
| Stan Hansen | 10/27/90 | 50 | Chicago, IL |
| Lex Luger | 12/16/90 | 210 | St. Louis, MO |
| Sting | 8/25/91 | 86 | Atlanta, GA |
| Rick Rude | 11/19/91 | 378 | Savannah, GA |
| Dustin Rhodes | 1/11/93 | 110 | Atlanta, GA |
| Dustin Rhodes | 8/30/93 | 119 | Atlanta, GA |
| Steve Austin | 12/27/93 | 240 | Charlotte, NC |
| Ricky Steamboat | 8/24/94 | 25 | Cedar Rapids, IA |
| Steve Austin | 9/18/94 | 0 | Roanoke, VA |
| Jim Duggan | 9/18/94 | 100 | Roanoke, VA |
| Vader | 12/27/94 | 88 | Nashville, TN |
| Sting | 6/18/95 | 148 | Dayton, OH |
| Kensuke Sasaki | 11/13/95 | 44 | Tokyo, Japan |
| One Man Gang | 12/27/95 | 33 | Nashville, TN |
| Konnan | 1/29/96 | 160 | Canton, OH |
| Ric Flair | 7/7/96 | 56 | Daytona Beach, FL |
| Eddie Guerrero | 12/29/96 | 77 | Nashville, TN |
| Dean Malenko | 3/16/97 | 85 | Charleston, SC |
| Jeff Jarrett | 6/9/97 | 73 | Boston, MA |
| Steve McMichael | 8/21/97 | 25 | Nashville, TN |
| Curt Hennig | 9/15/97 | 104 | Charlotte, NC |
| DDP | 12/28/97 | 112 | Washington, DC |
| Raven | 4/19/98 | 1 | Denver, CO |
| Goldberg | 4/20/98 | 77 | Colorado Springs, CO |
| Bret Hart | 7/20/98 | 21 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Lex Luger | 8/10/98 | 1 | Rapid City, SD |
| Bret Hart | 8/11/98 | 76 | Fargo, ND |
| DDP | 10/26/98 | 35 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Bret Hart | 11/30/98 | 70 | Chattanooga, TN |
| Roddy Piper | 2/8/99 | 13 | Buffalo, NY |
| Scott Hall | 2/21/99 | 23 | Oakland, CA |
| Scott Steiner | 4/11/99 | 85 | Tacoma, WA |
| David Flair | 7/5/99 | 35 | Atlanta, GA |
| Chris Benoit | 8/9/99 | 34 | Boise, ID |
| Sid Vicious | 9/12/99 | 42 | Winston-Salem, NC |
| Goldberg | 10/24/99 | 1 | Las Vegas, NV |
| Bret Hart | 10/25/99 | 14 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Scott Hall | 11/8/99 | 41 | Indianapolis, IN |
| Chris Benoit | 12/19/99 | 1 | Washington, DC |
| Jeff Jarrett | 12/20/99 | 27 | Baltimore, MD |
| Jeff Jarrett | 1/17/00 | 84 | Columbus, OH |
| Scott Steiner | 4/16/00 | 84 | Chicago, IL |
| Lance Storm | 7/18/00 | 66 | Auburn Hills, MI |
| Terry Funk | 9/22/00 | 1 | Amarillo, TX |
| Lance Storm | 9/23/00 | 36 | Lubbock, TX |
| Gen. Rection | 10/29/00 | 15 | Las Vegas, NV |
| Lance Storm | 11/13/00 | 13 | London, England |
| Gen. Rection | 11/26/00 | 49 | Milwaukee, WI |
| Shane Douglas | 1/14/01 | 22 | Indianapolis, IN |
| Rick Steiner | 2/5/01 | 41 | Tupelo, MS |
| Booker T | 3/18/01 | 128 | Jacksonville, FL |
| Kanyon | 7/24/01 | 48 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Tajiri | 9/10/01 | 13 | San Antonio, TX |
| Rhyno | 9/23/01 | 29 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Kurt Angle | 10/22/01 | 21 | Kansas City, MO |
| Edge | 11/12/01 | 6 | Boston, MA |
| Eddie Guerrero | 7/27/03 | 84 | Denver, CO |
| Big Show | 10/19/03 | 147 | Baltimore, MD |
| John Cena | 3/14/04 | 114 | New York City, NY |
| Booker T | 7/27/04 | 68 | Cincinnati, OH |
| John Cena | 10/3/04 | 4 | East Rutherford, NJ |
| Carlito | 10/7/04 | 42 | Boston, MA |
| John Cena | 11/18/04 | 107 | Dayton, OH |
| Orlando Jordan | 3/5/05 | 169 | Albany, NY |
| Chris Benoit | 8/21/05 | 58 | Washington, DC |
| Booker T | 10/18/05 | 35 | Reno, NV |
| Booker T | 1/10/06 | 40 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Chris Benoit | 2/19/06 | 42 | Baltimore, MD |
| JBL | 4/2/06 | 51 | Rosemont, IL |
| Bobby Lashley | 5/23/06 | 49 | Bakersfield, CA |
| Finlay | 7/11/06 | 49 | Minneapolis, MN |
| Mr. Kennedy | 8/29/06 | 42 | Reading, PA |
| Chris Benoit | 10/10/06 | 222 | Jacksonville, FL |
| MVP | 5/20/07 | 343 | St. Louis, MO |
| Matt Hardy | 4/27/08 | 84 | Baltimore, MD |
| Shelton Benjamin | 7/20/08 | 240 | Uniondale, NY |
| MVP | 3/17/09 | 76 | Corpus Christi, TX |
| Kofi Kingston | 6/1/09 | 126 | Birmingham, AL |
| The Miz | 10/5/09 | 224 | Wilkes-Barre, PA |
| Bret Hart | 5/17/10 | 7 | Toronto, Ontario |
| R-Truth | 5/24/10 | 21 | Toledo, OH |
| The Miz | 6/14/10 | 97 | Charlotte, NC |
| Daniel Bryan | 9/19/10 | 176 | Rosemont, IL |
| Sheamus | 3/14/11 | 48 | St. Louis, MO |
| Kofi Kingston | 5/1/11 | 49 | Tampa, FL |
| Dolph Ziggler | 6/19/11 | 182 | Washington, DC |
| Zack Ryder | 12/18/11 | 29 | Baltimore, MD |
| Jack Swagger | 1/16/12 | 49 | Anaheim, CA |
| Santino Marella | 3/5/12 | 167 | Boston, MA |
| Antonio Cesaro | 8/19/12 | 239 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Kofi Kingston | 4/15/13 | 34 | Greenville, SC |
| Dean Ambrose | 5/19/13 | 351 | St. Louis, MO |
| Sheamus | 5/5/14 | 182 | Albany, NY |
| Rusev | 11/3/14 | 146 | Buffalo, NY |
| John Cena | 3/29/15 | 147 | San Jose, CA |
| Seth Rollins | 8/23/15 | 28 | Brooklyn, NY |
| John Cena | 9/20/15 | 35 | Houston, TX |
| Alberto Del Rio | 10/25/15 | 78 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Kalisto | 1/11/16 | 1 | New Orleans, LA |
| Alberto Del Rio | 1/12/16 | 12 | Lafayette, LA |
| Kalisto | 1/24/16 | 119 | Orlando, FL |
| Rusev | 5/22/16 | 126 | Newark, NJ |
| Roman Reigns | 9/25/16 | 106 | Indianapolis, IN |
| Chris Jericho | 1/9/17 | 83 | New Orleans, LA |
| Kevin Owens | 4/2/17 | 28 | Orlando, FL |
| Chris Jericho | 4/30/17 | 2 | San Jose, CA |
| Kevin Owens | 5/2/17 | 66 | Fresno, CA |
| AJ Styles | 7/7/17 | 16 | New York City, NY |
| Kevin Owens | 7/23/17 | 2 | Philadelphia, PA |
| AJ Styles | 7/25/17 | 75 | Richmond, VA |
| Baron Corbin | 10/8/17 | 70 | Detroit, MI |
| Dolph Ziggler | 12/17/17 | 9 | Boston, MA |
| Bobby Roode | 1/16/18 | 54 | Laredo, TX |
| Randy Orton | 3/11/18 | 28 | Columbus, OH |
| Jinder Mahal | 4/8/18 | 8 | New Orleans, LA |
| Jeff Hardy | 4/16/18 | 90 | Hartford, CT |
| Shinsuke Nakamura | 7/15/18 | 156 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Rusev | 12/18/18 | 40 | Fresno, CA |
| Shinsuke Nakamura | 1/27/19 | 2 | Phoenix, AZ |
| R-Truth | 1/29/19 | 35 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Samoa Joe | 3/5/19 | 19 | Wilkes-Barre, PA |
| Ricochet | 6/23/19 | 21 | Washington, DC |
| AJ Styles | 7/14/19 | 134 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Rey Mysterio | 11/25/19 | 31 | Rosemont, IL |
| Andrade | 12/26/19 | 151 | New York, NY |
| Apollo Crews | 5/25/20 | 97 | Orlando, FL |
| Bobby Lashley | 8/30/20 | 175 | Orlando, FL |
| Riddle | 02/21/21 | 49 | Orlando, FL |
| Sheamus | 04/11/21 | 129 | Tampa, FL |
| Damian Priest | 08/21/21 | 191 | Las Vegas, NV |
| Finn Balor | 02/28/22 | 48 | Columbus, OH |
| Theory | 04/18/22 | 75 | Buffalo, NY |
| Bobby Lashley | 07/02/22 | C | Las Vegas, NV |