List of WWE Championship reigns by length

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As of March 29, 2007.

Wrestler	Days Held	Date Won	Date Lost
Bruno Sammartino	2803	May 17, 1963	January 18, 1971
Hulk Hogan	1474	January 23, 1984	February 5, 1988
Bruno Sammartino	1237	December 10, 1973	April 30, 1977
Pedro Morales	1044	February 8, 1971	December 1, 1973
Bob Backlund†	763	November 23, 1981	December 26, 1983
Bob Backlund†	677	December 12, 1979	October 19, 1981
Bob Backlund†	648	February 20, 1978	November 30, 1979
Randy Savage	371	March 27, 1988	April 2, 1989
Hulk Hogan	364	April 2, 1989	April 1, 1990
Diesel	358	November 26, 1994	November 19, 1995
Billy Graham	296	April 30, 1977	February 20, 1978
Ultimate Warrior	293	April 1, 1990	January 19, 1991
Yokozuna	280	June 13, 1993	March 20, 1994
John "Bradshaw" Layfield	280	June 27, 2004	April 3, 2005
John Cena	280	April 3, 2005	January 8, 2006
Hulk Hogan	248	March 24, 1991	November 27, 1991
Bret Hart	248	March 20, 1994	November 23, 1994
Shawn Michaels	231	March 31, 1996	November 17, 1996
John Cena	193	September 17, 2006	Current champion
Steve Austin	175	April 1, 2001	September 23, 2001
Bret Hart	174	October 12, 1992	April 4, 1993
Brock Lesnar	152	September 16, 2003	February 15, 2004
Randy Savage	149	April 5, 1992	September 1, 1992
Shawn Michaels	140	November 9, 1997	March 29, 1998
Bret Hart	133	November 19, 1995	March 31, 1996
The Undertaker	133	March 23, 1997	August 3, 1997
Eddie Guerrero	133	February 15, 2004	June 27, 2004
John Cena	133	January 29, 2006	June 11, 2006
Kurt Angle	126	October 22, 2000	February 25, 2001
Brock Lesnar	119	March 30, 2003	July 27, 2003
The Rock	119	June 25, 2000	October 22, 2000
Triple H	118	January 3, 2000	April 30, 2000
Kurt Angle	105	December 15, 2002	March 30, 2003
Bret Hart	98	August 3, 1997	November 9, 1997
Chris Jericho	98	December 9, 2001	March 17, 2002
Steve Austin	91	March 29, 1998	June 28, 1998
Steve Austin	90	June 29, 1998	September 27, 1998
Brock Lesnar	84	August 25, 2002	November 17, 2002
Ric Flair	77	January 19, 1992	April 5, 1992
Edge	76	July 3, 2006	September 17, 2006
Hulk Hogan	70	April 4, 1993	June 13, 1993
Sgt. Slaughter	64	January 19, 1991	March 24, 1991
Sycho Sid	63	November 17, 1996	January 19, 1997
The Undertaker	63	May 19, 2002	July 21, 2002
Steve Austin	62	October 8, 2001	December 9, 2001
Steve Austin	56	March 28, 1999	May 23, 1999
Steve Austin	55	June 28, 1999	August 22, 1999
Kurt Angle	51	July 27, 2003	September 16, 2003
The Big Show	50	November 14, 1999	January 3, 2000
Triple H	49	September 26, 1999	November 14, 1999
The Rock	44	November 15, 1998	December 29, 1998
Ric Flair	41	September 1, 1992	October 12, 1992
The Rock	41	February 15, 1999	March 28, 1999
The Undertaker	35	May 23, 1999	June 28, 1999
Triple H	35	May 21, 2000	June 25, 2000
The Rock	35	February 25, 2001	April 1, 2001
Triple H	35	March 17, 2002	April 21, 2002
The Rock	35	July 21, 2002	August 25, 2002
Sycho Sid	34	February 17, 1997	March 23, 1997
The Iron Sheik	28	December 26, 1983	January 23, 1984
Hulk Hogan	28	April 21, 2002	May 19, 2002
The Big Show	28	November 17, 2002	December 15, 2002
Mankind	26	December 29, 1998	January 24, 1999
Shawn Michaels	25	January 19, 1997	February 13, 1997
Triple H	22	August 23, 1999	September 14, 1999
Rob Van Dam	22	June 11, 2006	July 3, 2006
Ivan Koloff	21	January 18, 1971	February 8, 1971
The Rock	21	April 30, 2000	May 21, 2000
Edge	21	January 8, 2006	January 29, 2006
Mankind	20	January 26, 1999	February 15, 1999
Buddy Rogers	19	April 29, 1963	May 17, 1963
Kurt Angle	15	September 23, 2001	October 8, 2001
Stan Stasiak	9	December 1, 1973	December 10, 1973
Antonio Inoki†	6	November 30, 1979	December 6, 1979
The Undertaker	6	November 27, 1991	December 3, 1991
Vince McMahon	6	September 14, 1999	September 20, 1999
Bob Backlund	3	November 23, 1994	November 26, 1994
The Rock	2	January 24, 1999	January 26, 1999
Hulk Hogan	1	December 3, 1991	December 4, 1991
Bret Hart	1	February 16, 1997	February 17, 1997
Kane	1	June 28, 1998	June 29, 1998
Mankind	1	August 22, 1999	August 23, 1999
Yokozuna	2 min 37 secs	April 4, 1993
André the Giant	45 secs	February 5, 1988

†WWE doesn't reckonize Backlund's title loss to Inoki, or a title vacany during the reign. WWE considers Backlund's title reign to be from February 20, 1978 to December 26, 1983 for a total of 2135 days.