List of Evolution Championship Series champions

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The following is a list of champions, along with runner-ups and semifinalists, within the Evolution Championship Series. For table compactness, only the top 4 are included. Additional details are available in the individual event articles by year.

## BlazBlue series[edit]

Year | Game | Top 4

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First | Second | Third | Fourth
2011 | BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II |  Alex "Spark" Chen |  Steve "Lord Knight" Barthelemy |  Hajime "Tokido" Taniguchi |  Kyle Bourne
2014 | BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma |  Keiji "Garireo" Okamoto |  Ryo "Dogura" Nozaki |  Ryuji "DoraBang" Utsumi |  Yoshiki Kouno
2017 | BlazBlue: Central Fiction |  Ryusei Ito |  Shoji "Fenritti" Sho |  Fumihiko "fumi" Yokobori |  Tatsuro Fujiyoshi
2018 (Evo Japan) | BlazBlue: Central Fiction |  Shoji "Fenrich" Sho |  "Yuta" |  "Sayakachan-Bot" |  "MokeMoke"
2018 | BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle |  "Heiho" |  Jeronte "Fame96" Latham |  Ryuji "DoraBang" Utsumi |  Kazuyuki "KojiKOG" Koji
2019 (Evo Japan) | BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle |  Tomoyasu "Tomo/Relo" Nakata |  "Aicormakkos" |  "Hide" |  "KYONOentremete"
2019 | BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle |  Oscar "Shinku" Jaimes |  Kamei "Kyamei" Hiroyuki |  Seitaro "Domi" Ono |  Kazuya "mekasue" Kamisue
2020 (Evo Japan) | BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle |  Tsutomu "kubo" Kubota |  "DORA_BANG" |  "nk_P" |  "Noble"

## Capcom vs. SNK series[edit]

Year | Game | Top 4

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First | Second | Third | Fourth
2001 (B5) | Capcom vs. SNK |  "Chikyuu" |  "xrolento" |  JFL |  Ricki Ortiz
2002 | Capcom vs. SNK 2 |  Hajime "Tokido" Taniguchi |  Shinya "Nuki" Ohnuki |  Armon "Ken" Jackson |  Tetsuya "Ino" Inoue
2003 | Capcom vs. SNK 2 |  Tetsuya "Ino" Inoue |  Daigo Umehara |  Kenryo "Mago" Hayashi |  Ryo "BAS" Yoshida
2004 | Capcom vs. SNK 2 |  Yosuke "Kindevu" Ito |  Ricki Ortiz |  John Choi |  "Dan"
2005 | Capcom vs. SNK 2 |  Ryo "BAS" Yoshida |  Kenryo "Mago" Hayashi |  Yosuke "Kindevu" Ito |  Peter "Combofiend" Rosas
2006 | Capcom vs. SNK 2 |  Yosuke "Kindevu" Ito |  Ricki Ortiz |  Peter "Combofiend" Rosas |  Campbell "Buktooth" Tran
2007 | Capcom vs. SNK 2 |  Ryo "BAS" Yoshida |  Ricki Ortiz |  Justin Wong |  Yosuke "Kindevu" Ito
2008 | Capcom vs. SNK 2 |  John Choi |  Ryo "BAS" Yoshida |  Ricki Ortiz |  Justin Wong

## Dragonball FighterZ series[edit]

Year | Game | Top 4

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First | Second | Third | Fourth
2018 | Dragonball FighterZ |  Dominique "SonicFox" McLean |  Goichi "GO1" Kishida |  Shoji "Fenritti" Sho |  Naoki "moke" Nakayama
2019 | Dragonball FighterZ |  Goichi "GO1" Kishida |  Dominique "SonicFox" McLean |  Shoji "Fenritti" Sho |  Joan "Shanks" Namay Millones
2022 | Dragonball FighterZ |  Marwan "Wawa" Berthe |  Shamar "Nitro" H. |  Yonis "Yasha" Ahamada |  Mohamed "Kayne" Sobti
2023 | Dragonball FighterZ |  Jo'siah "HIKARI" Miller |  Yonis "Yasha" Ahamada |  Shamar "Nitro" Hinds |  Daniel Gras "Gropis" Llopis

## Granblue Fantasy series[edit]

Year | Game | Top 4

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First | Second | Third | Fourth
2022 | Granblue Fantasy Versus |  "Gamera" |  "Tororo" |  "Tako" |  "Ren"
2023 (Evo Japan) | Granblue Fantasy Versus |  "Gamera" |  "Tororo" |  "エムジマ" |  "Potaku"

## Guilty Gear series[edit]

Year | Game | Top 4

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First | Second | Third | Fourth
2003 | Guilty Gear X2 |  Daigo Umehara |  Soh "Miu" Miura |  Saif "ID" Ebrahim |  Kenryo "Mago" Hayashi
2004 | Guilty Gear X2 |  Daigo Umehara |  Yosuke "Kindevu" Ito |  Ryota "RF" Fukumoto |  Kevin "Kensou" Turner
2005 | Guilty Gear X2#Reload |  Ryota "RF" Fukumoto |  Yosuke "Kindevu" Ito |  Soh "Miu" Miura |  Martin "Marn" Phan
2006 | Guilty Gear XX Slash (teams) |  Ryo “BAS” Yoshida/ "Mint"/ "Ruu" |  Daigo Umehara/ Ryota "RF" Fukumoto/ Yosuke "Kindevu" Ito |  Alex "Mozanrath" Garvin/ Peter "Flash Metroid" Susini/ Chaz "Mynusdono" Frazer |  Mike "Elvenshadow" Boczar/ David "Cue" Cue/ George "Juicy G"
2007 | Guilty Gear XX Accent Core (teams) |  "Yossan"/ "Gibson" |  Peter "Flash Metroid" Susini/ Alex "Mozanrath" Garvin/ Martin "Marn" Phan |  Ryo “BAS” Yoshida/ "Kami-chan"/ "Mint" |  Aaron "AKA" Harris/ George "Juicy G"/ John "BlackSnake" Prucha
2009 | Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus  |  Abdullatif "Latif" Alhmili |  Martin "Marn" Phan |  Peter "Flash Metroid" Susini |  David "HellMonkey" Lardiere
2015 | Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- |  Kenichi "Ogawa" Ogawa |  "Nage" |  Ryuichi "Woshige" Shigeno |  Takahiro "Nakamura" Kitano
2016 | Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- |  Masahiro "Machabo" Tominaga |  Omito Hashimoto |  Hisatoshi "Rion" Usui |  Takahiro "Nakamura" Kitano
2017 | Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 |  Omito Hashimoto |  "T5M7" |  Tezuka "Samitto" Kazuyoshi |  "Nage"
2018 (Evo Japan) | Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 |  "Nage" |  Omito "Omito" Hashimoto |  Ryota "Kazunoko" Inoue |  "Ruki"
2018 | Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 |  Omito Hashimoto |  Masahiro "Machabo" Tominaga |  Eli "LostSoul" Rabadad |  "Nage"
2019 (Evo Japan) | Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 |  "Samito" |  "Chachacha" |  "Tomo" |  Masahiro "Machabo" Tominaga
2022 | Guilty Gear Strive |  Claire "UMISHO" Harrison |  Molham "Slash" Qazili |  William "Leffen" Hjelte |  Julian "Hotashi" Harris
2023 (Evo Japan) | Guilty Gear Strive |  "御傍" |  "Lox" |  "umaaman" |  Kim "Daru_I-No" Jae-won
2023 | Guilty Gear Strive |  William "Leffen" Hjelte |  NBNHMR |  Kim "Daru_I-No" Jae-won |  Claire "UMISHO" Harrison

## Injustice series[edit]

Year | Game | Top 4

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First | Second | Third | Fourth
2013 | Injustice: Gods Among Us |  Phillip "KDZ" Atkinson |  Denzell "DJT" Terry |  Christopher "NYChrisG" Gonzalez |  Frank "Slayer" Amaral
2014 | Injustice: Gods Among Us |  Dominique "SonicFox" McLean |  Brant "Pig of the Hut" McCaskill |  Malik "MIT" Terry |  Kyle Panlilio
2017 | Injustice 2 |  Ryan "Dragon" Walker  |  Tim "HoneyBee" Commandeur  |  Jivan "Theo" Karapetian  |  Andrew "Semiij" Fontanez
2018 | Injustice 2 |  Curtis "Rewind" McCall  |  Tweedy  |  Dominique "SonicFox" McLean  |  Ryan "Big D" DeDomenico

## Killer Instinct series[edit]

Year | Game | Top 4

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First | Second | Third | Fourth
2014 | Killer Instinct |  Emmanuel "CDJr" Brito |  Jonathon "Rico Suave" Deleon |  Justin Wong |  Neilimen "GutterMagic" Alicea
2015 | Killer Instinct |  Jonathon "Rico Suave" Deleon |  Neilimen "GutterMagic" Alicea |  Darnell "Sleep" Waller |  Larry "LCD" Dent
2016 | Killer Instinct |  Darnell "Hollywood Sleep" Waller |  Kenneth "Bass" Armas |  Jamill "SeaDragon" Boykin |  Nicholas "Nicky" Iovene

## The King of Fighters series[edit]

Year | Game | Top 4

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First | Second | Third | Fourth
2012 | The King of Fighters XIII |  Lee "MadKOF" Kwang-no |  Luis Armando "Bala" Velazquez |  Shin "Verna" Min Su |  "Guts"
2013 | The King of Fighters XIII |  Reynald "Reynald" Tacsuan |  Hee San Woo |  Lee "MadKOF" Kwang-no |  Hajime "Tokido" Taniguchi
2014 | The King of Fighters XIII |  Zeng "Xiaohai" Zhuojun |  Hajime "Tokido" Taniguchi |  Lin "E.T." Chiahung |  Lee "MadKOF" Kwang-no
2017 | The King of Fighters XIV |  Lin "E.T." Chiahung |  Zeng "Xiaohai" Zhuojun |  Luis "Luis Cha" Martinez |  Chia-Chen "ZJZ" Tseng
2018 (Evo Japan) | The King of Fighters XIV |  Chia-Chen "ZJZ" Tseng |  Lau-yuk "Lau" Sing |  Murakami "M'" Masanobu |  Zeng "Xiaohai" Zhuojun
2019 (Evo Japan) | The King of Fighters XIV |  Murakami "M'" Masanobu |  Lin "E.T." Chiahung |  "Score" |  "SR"
2022 | The King of Fighters XV |  Chia-Chen "ZJZ" Tseng |  Lin "E.T." Chiahung |  Chen "XiaoHey" Sui Yang |  Myung Gu "Lacid" Kang
2023 (Evo Japan) | The King of Fighters XV |  Zeng "Xiaohai" Zhuojun |  Chia-Chen "ZJZ" Tseng |  "LeShar" |  "Laggia"
2023 | The King of Fighters XV |  Zeng "Xiaohai" Zhuojun |  Lin "E.T." Chiahung |  "Shinwa Promotion/mok" |  Agustín "Wero Asamiya" Escorcia

## Marvel vs. Capcom series[edit]

Year | Game | Top 4

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First | Second | Third | Fourth
2000 (B4) | Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes |  Duc "Ducvader" Do |  Alex "CaliPower" Valle |  "Image" |  Arturo "Sabin" Sanchez
2001 (B5) | Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes |  Justin Wong |  Duc "Ducvader" Do |  Jay "Viscant" Snyder |  Mike D
2002 | Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes |  Justin Wong |  Rodolfo "RowTron" Castro |  Peter "ComboFiend" Rosas |  Alex "Sin" Salguero
2003 | Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes |  Justin Wong |  Ricki Ortiz |  Rodolfo "RowTron" Castro |  Jason Kuan
2004 | Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes |  Justin Wong |  David Lee |  Desmond "Xecutioner" Pinkney |  Chris Schmidt
2005 | Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes |  Duc "Ducvader" Do |  Michael "Yipes" Mendoza |  Peter "Potter" Avila |  Justin Wong
2006 | Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes |  Justin Wong |  Alex "Chunksta" De Sousa |  Nick "Reset" Cortese |  Sooyoung "SooMighty" Chon
2007 | Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes |  Michael "Yipes" Mendoza |  Justin Wong |  Erik "Smoothviper" Arroyo |  Chris Schmidt
2008 | Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes |  Justin Wong |  Alex "Chunksta" De Sousa |  Erik "Smoothviper" Arroyo |  Chris "Crizzle" Scott
2009 | Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes |  Sanford Kelly |  Justin Wong |  Michael "Yipes" Mendoza |  Bill Wellman
2010 | Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes |  Justin Wong |  Sanford Kelly |  Daniel "ClockwOrk" Maniago |  Michael "Yipes" Mendoza
2011 | Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds |  Jay "Viscant" Snyder |  Eduardo "PR Balrog" Pérez-Frangie |  Justin Wong |  Peter "ComboFiend" Rosas
2012 | Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 |  Ryan "Filipino Champ" Ramirez |  Carlos "Infrit" Randay |  Christopher "NYChrisG" Gonzalez |  Peter "ComboFiend" Rosas
2013 | Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 |  Job "Flocker" Figueroa |  Justin Wong |  Armando "Angelic" Mejia |  Jonathan Morales
2014 | Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 |  Justin Wong |  Christopher "NYChrisG" Gonzalez |  Ryan "Filipino Champ" Ramirez |  Raynel "RayRay" Hidalgo
2015 | Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 |  Nicolás "KaneBlueRiver" González |  Raynel "RayRay" Hidalgo |  Vineeth "ApologyMan" Meka |  César "Frutsy" Garcia
2016 | Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 |  Christopher "NYChrisG" Gonzalez |  Nicolás "KaneBlueRiver" González |  Armando "Angelic" Mejia |  Kevin Barrios
2017 | Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 |  Rene "RyanLV" Romero |  Christopher "NYChrisG" Gonzalez |  Jose "Quackbot" Aldape |  Luis "Paradigm" Cervantes
2023 | Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 |  Gabriel "Jibrill" Lam |  Matthew "Evasion" Skuce |  Nicolás "KaneBlueRiver" González  |  Adrian "LiberalTerminator" Cordova

## Melty Blood series[edit]

Year | Game | Top 4

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First | Second | Third | Fourth
2010 | Melty Blood: Actress Again |  Yoichiro "Garu" Aruga |  Stephen "Lord Knight" Barthelemy |  Antonio "Kusanagi" Medrano |  Byron "HF Blade" Barzabal
2022 | Melty Blood: Type Lumina |  "Jing" |  Damian "Masoma" Fullbright |  "Kiri" |  Jose "ScrawtVermillion" Ballestero
2023 (Evo Japan) | Melty Blood: Type Lumina |  "Kjiro" |  "ゆいか" |  "mateokk" |  "Jing"
2023 | Melty Blood: Type Lumina |  "Moai" |  "DAI" |  Jimmy "jimmyjtran" Tran |  "Jing"

## Mortal Kombat series[edit]

Year | Game | Top 4

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First | Second | Third | Fourth
2011 | Mortal Kombat 9 |  Carl "Perfect Legend" White |  Giuseppe "REO " Grosso |  Eric "JOP" Akins |  Christian Gonzalez
2012 | Mortal Kombat 9 |  Carl "Perfect Legend" White |  Emmanuel "CDjr" Brito |  Brant "Pig of the Hut" McCaskill |  Malik "MIT" Terry
2013 | Mortal Kombat 9 |  Denzell "Crazy DJT 88" Terry |  Giuseppe "REO " Grosso |  Lenin "MyGod" Castillo |  Christian "Forever King" Quiles
2015 | Mortal Kombat X |  Dominique "SonicFox" McLean |  Denom "A F0xy Grampa" Jones |  Tim "HoneyBee" Commandeur |  Malik "MIT" Terry
2016 | Mortal Kombat XL |  Dominique "SonicFox" McLean |  Sayed "Tekken Master" Hashim Ahmed |  Brad "Scar" Vaughn |  Ryan "Big D" Dedomenico
2019 | Mortal Kombat 11 |  Dominique "SonicFox" McLean |  Ryan "Dragon" Walker |  Sayed "Tekken Master" Hashim Ahmed |  Julien "Deoxys" Gorena
2022 | Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate |  Matías "Scorpionprocs" Martínez |  Curtis "Rewind" McCall |  Nicolás "Nicolas" Martínez |  Denom "A F0xy Grampa" Jones
2023 | Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate |  Jarrad "Ninjakilla_212" Gooden |  Nicolás "Nicolas" Martínez |  Matías "Scorpionprocs" Martínez |  Denom "A F0xy Grampa" Jones

## Persona series[edit]

Year | Game | Top 4

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First | Second | Third | Fourth
2013 | Persona 4 Arena |  "Yume" |  Steve "Lord Knight" Barthelemy |  Jose Rafael "BananaKen" Llera |  Eddie "brkrdave" Sayles
2015 | Persona 4 Arena Ultimax |  "Chou" |  “Tahichi” |  “Hagiwara” |  “Aguro”

## Samurai Shodown series[edit]

Year | Game | Top 4

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First | Second | Third | Fourth
2019 | Samurai Shodown (2019) |  Lee "Infiltration" Seon-woo |  Ryota "Kazunoko" Inoue |  Justin Wong |  "Reynald" Tacsuan
2020 (Evo Japan) | Samurai Shodown (2019) |  "gamera" |  エムジマ |  "SCORE" |  "Hishow"

## Soulcalibur series[edit]

Year | Game | Top 4

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First | Second | Third | Fourth
2003 | Soulcalibur II |  Daniel "The Nightmare" Vu |  Will "Semi" Johnson |  Ari "fLoE" Weintrab |  Aris Bakhtanians
2004 | Soulcalibur II |  Robert "RTD" Combs |  Marquette "Mick" Yarbrough |  Mystic "SowNemesis" Senoir |  Christian Gonzalez
2009 | Soulcalibur IV |  Jonathan "Malek" Ledy |  Phillip "KDZ" Atkinson |  Joseph "Omega" Freire |  "Alpha Male"
2012 | Soulcalibur V |  Naoaki "Shining Decopon" Yanagihara |  Shen Chan |  Omar "Something-Unique" Mohammed |  Jonathan "Woahhzz" Vo
2019 (Evo Japan) | Soulcalibur VI |  Kevin "Keev" Akre |  Jovian "Shen Chan" Chan |  "SHK" |  Raymus Chang "Shen Yuan" Jian Yuan
2019 | Soulcalibur VI |  "Yuttoto" |  Zain "Bluegod" T. |  Jérémy "Skyll" Bernard |  Jonathan "Woahhzz" Vo
2020 (Evo Japan) | Soulcalibur VI |  Zain "Bluegod" T. |  "Yuttoto" |  Nathan "linkorz" Mandell |  Jovian "Shen Chan" Chan

## Street Fighter series[edit]

Year | Game | Top 4

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First | Second | Third | Fourth
1996 (B3) | Super Street Fighter II Turbo |  Graham "GWolfe" Wolfe |  "xrolento" |  Mike "Watts" Watson |  Alex "CaliPower" Valle
1996 (B3) | Street Fighter Alpha 2 |  Alex "CaliPower" Valle |  John "Choiboy" Choi |  "xrolento" |  Jeff Schaefer
2000 (B4) | Super Street Fighter II Turbo |  Mike "Watts" Watson |  Alex "CaliPower" Valle |  John "Choiboy" Choi |  Jason "Shirts" DeHeras
2000 (B4) | Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike |  Alex "CaliPower" Valle |  Hsien Chang |  John "Choiboy" Choi |  Eddie Lee
2000 (B4) | Street Fighter Alpha 2 |  Alex "CaliPower" Valle |  John "Choiboy" Choi |  Thao Duong |  "DreamTR"
2000 (B4) | Street Fighter Alpha 3 |  John "Choiboy" Choi |  Alex "CaliPower" Valle |  Thao Duong |  Eddie Lee
2001 (B5) | Super Street Fighter II Turbo |  Jason "AfroCole" Cole |  John "Choiboy" Choi |  Alex "CaliPower" Valle |  Mike "Watts" Watson
2001 (B5) | Street Fighter Alpha 3 |  Ryo "BAS" Yoshida |  "Chikyuu" |  John "Choiboy" Choi |  Mike "Watts" Watson
2002 | Super Street Fighter II Turbo |  Jason Cole |  Shinya "Nuki" Ohnuki |  Jason "Shirts" DeHeras |  Jason McGlone
2003 | Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike |  Kenji "KO" Obata |  Daigo Umehara |  Keisuke Imai |  Tetsuya Inoue
2003 | Super Street Fighter II Turbo |  Daigo Umehara |  Shinya "Nuki" Ohnuki |  John Choi |  Mike Watson
2004 | Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike |  Kenji "KO" Obata |  Daigo Umehara |  Justin Wong |  Toru Hashimoto
2004 | Super Street Fighter II Turbo |  Daigo Umehara |  John Choi |  Kuni Funada |  Justin Wong
2005 | Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike |  Shinya "Nuki" Ohnuki |  Justin Wong |  Yoshihiko "Nitto" Togawa |  Masahito Tsuji
2005 | Super Street Fighter II Turbo |  "Gian" |  Shinya "Nuki" Ohnuki |  Hajime "Tokido" Taniguchi |  Phillip "DarksydePhil" Burnell
2006 | Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike |  Yoshihiko "Nitto" Togawa |  Issei Suzuki |  Shinya "Nuki" Ohnuki |  Masahito Tsuji
2006 | Hyper Street Fighter II |  Alex Wolfe |  Jason Nelson |  Hajime "Tokido" Taniguchi |  Alex Valle
2007 | Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike |  Shinya "Nuki" Ohnuki |  Hajime "Tokido" Taniguchi |  Alex Valle |  Mike Wakefield
2007 | Super Street Fighter II Turbo |  Hajime "Tokido" Taniguchi |  John "Choiboy" Choi |  Graham Wolfe |  Quoc Hung "AfroLegends" Nguyen
2008 | Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike |  Shinya "Nuki" Ohnuki |  Justin Wong |  Amir Amirsaleh |  Hajime "Tokido" Taniguchi
2008 | Super Street Fighter II Turbo |  John "Choiboy" Choi |  Shinya "Nuki" Ohnuki |  Alex Valle |  Hajime "Tokido" Taniguchi
2009 | Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (2v2) |  Justin Wong and  "Issei" |  Jimmy "Jimmyjtran" Tran and "Rommel" |  "Fubarduck" and "Moprene" |  Alex Valle and J.R. Rodriguez
2009 | Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix |  Hung "AfroLegends" Nguyen |  John "Choiboy" Choi |  Damien "Damdai" Dailidenas |  Graham Wolfe
2009 | Street Fighter IV |  Daigo Umehara |  Justin Wong |  Ed Ma |  Sanford Kelly
2010 | Super Street Fighter IV |  Daigo Umehara |  Ricki Ortiz |  Seon-Woo "Infiltration" Lee |  Mike Ross
2010 | Super Street Fighter IV (women) |  Marie-Laure "Kayane" Norindr |  Sola "BurnYourBra" Adesiji |  Phuong "Yellow Gal" Le |  Lina Yu
2010 | Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix |  Darryl "Snake Eyez" Lewis |  "DGV" |  Daigo Umehara |  Quoc Hung "AfroLegends" Nguyen
2011 | Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition |  Keita "Fuudo" Ai |  Abdullatif "Latif" Alhmili |  Chung-gon "Poongko" Lee |  Daigo Umehara
2012 | Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (Version 2012) |  Seon-woo "Infiltration" Lee |  Bruce "GamerBee" Hsiang |  Eduardo "PRBalrog" Pérez-Frangie |  Zhuojun Zeng
2013 | Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (Version 2012) |  Kun Xian Ho |  Hajime "Tokido" Taniguchi |  Seon-Woo "Infiltration" Lee |  Eduardo "PRBalrog" Pérez-Frangie
2014 | Ultra Street Fighter IV |  Olivier "Luffy" Hay |  Masato "Bonchan" Takahashi |  Keita "Fuudo" Ai |  Darryl "Snake Eyez" Lewis
2015 | Ultra Street Fighter IV |  Yusuke Momochi |  Bruce "GamerBee" Hsiang |  Seon-woo "Infiltration" Lee |  Naoki "Nemo" Nemoto
2016 | Street Fighter V |  Seon-woo "Infiltration" Lee |  Keita "Fuudo" Ai |  Atsushi Fujimura |  Goichi "GO1" Kishida
2017 | Street Fighter V |  Hajime "Tokido" Taniguchi |  Victor "Punk" Woodley |  Ryota "Kazunoko" Inoue |  Hiromiki "Itabashi Zangief" Kumada
2018 (Evo Japan) | Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition |  Seon-woo "Infiltration" Lee |  Ryota "John Takeuchi" Takeuchi |  Daigo "Daigo Umehara" Umehara |  Hajime "Tokido" Taniguchi
2018 | Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition |  Benjamin "Problem X" Simon |  Hajime "Tokido" Taniguchi |  Keita "Fuudo" Ai |  Tsunehiro Kanamori
2019 (Evo Japan) | Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition |  Yusuke "Momochi" Momochi |  Keita "Fuudo" Ai |  "Powell" |  Victor "Punk" Woodley
2019 | Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition |  Masato "Bonchan" Takahashi |  Adel "Big Bird" Anouche |  DC "Infexious" Coleman |  Atsushi Fujimura
2020 (Evo Japan) | Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition |  Sato "Nauman" Ryo |  Kenryo "Mago" Hayashi |  "sako" |  Du "NuckleDu" Dang
2022 | Street Fighter V: Champion Edition |  Masaki Kawano |  Derek "iDom" Ruffin |  Tsunehiro "gachikun" Kanamori |  Hajime "Tokido" Taniguchi
2023 (Evo Japan) | Street Fighter V: Champion Edition |  Li-Wei "Oil King" Lin |  Nemoto "Nemo" Naoki |  Masahiro "Machabo" Tominaga |  Yusuke "Momochi" Momochi
2023 | Street Fighter 6 |  Amjad "AngryBird" Al-Shalabi |  Saul "MenaRD" Mena |  Victor "Punk" Woodley |  Hajime "Tokido" Taniguchi

## Street Fighter X Tekken series[edit]

Year | Game | Top 4

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First | Second | Third | Fourth
2012 | Street Fighter X Tekken |  Seon-Woo "Infiltration" Lee and Ryan "Laugh" Ahn |  Ricki Ortiz and Eduardo "PR Balrog" Pérez |  Hajime "Tokido" Taniguchi and Keita "Fuudo" Ai |  Mike Ross and Peter "Combofiend" Rosas
2013 | Street Fighter X Tekken (Version 2013) |  Seon-Woo "Infiltration" Lee |  Justin Wong |  Joe "MOV" Egami |  Alex Valle

## Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

Year | Game | Top 4

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First | Second | Third | Fourth
2007 | Super Smash Bros. Melee |  Ken Hoang |  Hugo "HugS" Gonzalez |  Joseph "Mango" Marquez |  Christopher "PC Chris" Szygiel
2008 | Super Smash Bros. Brawl |  Asim "CPU" Mehta |  Ken Hoang |  Ricky "Hall" Diaz |  Kyle "SK92" King
2013 | Super Smash Bros. Melee |  Joseph "Mango" Marquez |  Robert "Wobbles" Wright |  Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma |  Adam "Armada" Lindgren
2014 | Super Smash Bros. Melee |  Joseph "Mango" Marquez |  Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma |  Adam "Armada" Lindgren |  Kevin "PPMD" Nanney
2015 | Super Smash Bros. for Wii U |  Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios |  Ramin "Mr.R" Delshad |  Nairoby "Nairo" Quezada |  Yuta "Abadango" Kawamura
2015 | Super Smash Bros. Melee |  Adam "Armada" Lindgren |  Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma |  Kevin "PPMD" Nanney |  Justin "Plup" McGrath
2016 | Super Smash Bros. for Wii U |  Elliot Bastien "Ally" Carroza-Oyarce |  Takuto "Kamemushi" Ono |  Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios |  James "VoiD" Makekau-Tyson
2016 | Super Smash Bros. Melee |  Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma |  Adam "Armada" Lindgren |  Justin "Plup" McGrath |  Joseph "Mango" Marquez
2017 | Super Smash Bros. Melee |  Adam "Armada" Lindgren |  Joseph "Mango" Marquez |  Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma |  Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman
2017 | Super Smash Bros. for Wii U |  Saleem "Salem" Akiel Young |  Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios |  Larry "Larry Lurr" Holland |  Gavin "Tweek" Dempsey
2018 (Evo Japan) | Super Smash Bros. for Wii U |  Leonardo "MKLeo" Lopez-Perez |  Yuta "Abadango" Kawamura |  Takuto "Kameme" Ono |  Yuta "Nietono" Uejima
2018 | Super Smash Bros. for Wii U |  Bharat "Lima" Chintapall |  Zack "CaptainZack" Lauth |  Yuta "Nietono" Uejima |  Tamim "Mistake" Omary
2018 | Super Smash Bros. Melee |  William "Leffen" Hjelte |  Adam "Armada" Lindgren |  Justin "Plup" McGrath |  Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma
2019 | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate |  Leonardo "MkLeo" Lopez |  Gavin "Tweek" Dempsey |  William "Glutonny" Belaid |  Ezra "Samsora" Morris
2020 (Evo Japan) | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate |  Shuto "Shuton" Moriya |  Seisuke "Kome" Komeda |  Takuma "Tea" Hirooka |  Yutaro "Paseriman" Nagumo

## Tekken series[edit]

Year | Game | Top 4

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|

First | Second | Third | Fourth
2003 | Tekken 4 |  Josh "JinKid" Molinaro |  Anthony "Jackie Tran" Tran |  Wiley "TreyPhoenix" Adams III |  Chetan "ChetChetty" Chetty
2003 | Tekken Tag Tournament |  Bong-min Kim |  Ryan Hart |  Kenbou "TARE" Kawakami |  Eric "JOP Akins
2004 | Tekken 4 |  Anthony "Jackie Tran" Tran |  Josh "JinKid" Molinaro |  Thomas "TomHilfiger" Kymn |  Nikos "Aenica" Fourikis
2004 | Tekken Tag Tournament |  Ryan Hart |  Shaun "Unconkable" Rivera |  Brad "Slips" Vitale |  Nick Shin
2005 | Tekken 5 |  Christopher "Crow" Villarreal |  Yuji "Yuu" Kato |  Dong-il "MadDogJin" Shin |  Christopher "jra64" Abella
2005 | Tekken Tag Tournament |  Byeong-mun "Qudans" Son |  Ryan Hart |  Thomas "TomHilfiger" Kymn |  Brad "Slips" Vitale
2006 | Tekken 5 |  Christopher "Crow" Villarreal |  Bronson Tran |  Christopher "jra64" Abella |  Justin Wong
2007 | Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection |  Josh "Arario" Park |  Spero "Spero Gin" Gineros |  Bronson Tran |  Derek "Kane" Lee
2008 | Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection |  Ryan Hart |  "Gandido" |  Mario "Canno" Canales |  Noel Lawrence "VFanatic" Villadolid
2010 | Tekken 6 |  Hyun-kyu "Nin" Park |  Reepal "Rip" Parbhoo |  Jimmy "Mr. NAPS" Tran |  Jim "Devil Jim" Esmersey
2011 | Tekken 6 |  Rene "Kor" Maistry |  Shawn "Fab" Swain |  Reepal "Rip" Parbhoo |  James "JustFrameJames" Garrett
2013 | Tekken Tag Tournament 2 |  Jae-min "Knee" Bae |  Bronson Tran |  Michael "Stringbean" Ramos |  Hyun-kyu "Nin" Park
2014 | Tekken Tag Tournament 2 |  Hyun-jin "JDCR" Kim |  Genki "Gen" Kumisaka |  Akihiro "Ao" Abe |  Jimmy "Mr. NAPS" Tran
2015 | Tekken 7 |  Nakayama "Nobi" Daichi |  Akihiro "Ao" Abe |  Jin-woo "Saint" Choi |  Hyun-jin "JDCR" Kim
2016 | Tekken 7: Fated Retribution |  Jin-woo "Saint" Choi |  Jae-min "Knee" Bae |  Chung-gon "Poongko" Lee |  Anthony "Geesemaster" Jaimes
2017 | Tekken 7 |  Hyun-jin "JDCR" Kim |  Jin-woo "Saint" Choi |  Jae-min "Knee" Bae |  Miyabe Taisei
2018 (Evo Japan) | Tekken 7 |  Jae-min "Knee" Bae | Seong-ho "Chanel" Kang |  Chae "Gura" Dong |  Jin-woo "Saint" Choi
2018 | Tekken 7 |  Sun-woong "LowHigh" Youn |  Byeong-mun "Qudans" Son |  Terrelle "Lil Majin" Jackson |  Hyun-jin "JDCR" Kim
2019 (Evo Japan) | Tekken 7 |  Arslan "Arslan Ash" Siddique |  Alexandre "AK" LAverez |  Jae-Hyeon "CherryBerryMango" Kim |  "Chikurin"
2019 | Tekken 7 |  Arslan "Arslan Ash" Siddique |  Jae-Min "Knee" Bae |  Hoa "Anakin" Luu |  Abe "Take" Takehiko
2020 (Evo Japan) | Tekken 7 |  Nopparut "Book" Hempamorn |  "mikio" |  "NOROMA" |  "ULSAN"
2022 | Tekken 7 |  Jae-Min "Knee" Bae |  Imran "KHAN" Khan |  Arslan "Arslan Ash" Siddique |  Sang-hyun "JeonDDing" Jeon
2023 (Evo Japan) | Tekken 7 |  Arslan "Arslan Ash" Siddique |  Meo-IL |  Rangchu |  Watanabe
2023 | Tekken 7 |  Arslan "Arslan Ash" Siddique |  Akihiro "Ao" Abe |  Lim "ULSAN" Soo-hoon |  Don "Genghis D0n" Brown

## Virtua Fighter series[edit]

Year | Game | Top 4

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|

First | Second | Third | Fourth
2003 | Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution |  "Chibata" |  "Ohsu-Akira" |  Ryan Hart |  "Neo Tower"
2004 | Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution |  Hiromiki "Itabashi Zangief" Kumada |  "Shoutime" |  "Kurita" |  Ryan Hart
2007 | Virtua Fighter 5 |  Hiromiki "Itabashi Zangief" Kumada |  Shinya "Nuki" Onuki |  "Yosuke Otome" |  Hajime "Tokido" Taniguchi
2023 (Evo Japan) | Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown |  "とんちゃん " ("Ton-chan") |  Akani Shiwapo |  "Virgo" |  "ヨゴ" ("Shiwa")

## Other fighting games[edit]

Year | Game | Top 4

|
|

First | Second | Third | Fourth
2006 | Dead or Alive 4 |  Carl "Perfect Legend" White |  Emmanuel "MASTER" Rodriguez |  Luke "The High Guy" Hess |  Daniel "King" Roberson
2010 | Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars |  Martin "EG Marn" Phan |  Kevin "KBeast" Baigan |  Justin "EG JWong" Wong |  Jeff "Kurasa" Blyden
2016 | Pokkén Tournament |  "Tonosama" |  “buntan” |  "Swilio" |  “Potetin”
2018 (Evo Japan) | ARMS |  "Pega" |  Jonathan "GoreMagala" Valdes |  "Sukuran" |  Eve "Mileve" Schafer
2019 | Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st] |  “Clearlamp_o” |  “Oushuu-Hittou” |  "Hishigata" |  “Kure”
2022 | Skullgirls 2nd Encore |  Dominique "SonicFox" McLean |  Jon "dekillsage" Coello |  "penpen" |  Daniel "Cloud" Normandia

## Non-fighting game[edit]

Year | Game | Top 4

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|

First | Second | Third | Fourth
2006 | Mario Kart DS |  Cameron “CAM” Tangen |  Josh "Husky217" Habben |  Adam Sexton |  Josh "Universe" Consentino

## Players with multiple championships[edit]

Wins  | Player  | Alias  | Years  | Game(s)

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|
|

9  |  Justin Wong | Jwong  | 2001
2002
2003
2004
2006
2008
2009
2010
2014
| Marvel vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes
Marvel vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes
Marvel vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes
Marvel vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes
Marvel vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes
Marvel vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike teams
Marvel vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3

6  |  Dominique McLean | SonicFox  | 2014
2015
2016
2018
2019
2022
| Injustice: Gods Among Us
Mortal Kombat X
Mortal Kombat XL
Dragon Ball FighterZ
Mortal Kombat 11
Skullgirls 2nd Encore

6  |  Seon-Woo Lee | Infiltration  | 2012
2013
2016
2018
2019
| Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition Version 2012, Street Fighter x Tekken teams
Street Fighter x Tekken
Street Fighter V
Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition (Evo Japan)
Samurai Shodown

6  |  Daigo Umehara | Daigo  | 2003
2004
2009
2010  | Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Guilty Gear X2
Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Guilty Gear X2
Street Fighter IV
Super Street Fighter IV
4  |  Arslan Siddique | Arslan Ash  | 2019
2023  | Tekken 7 (Evo Japan, Evo 2019)
Tekken 7 (Evo Japan, Evo 2023)
4  |  Ryo Yoshida  | BAS  | 2001
2005
2006
2007  | Street Fighter Alpha 3
Capcom vs SNK 2
Guilty Gear XX Slash teams
Capcom vs SNK 2
3  |  Zeng Zhuojun  | Xiaohai  | 2014
2023  | The King of Fighters XIII
The King of Fighters XV (Evo Japan, Evo 2023)
3  |  | Gamera  | 2019
2022
2023  | Samurai Shodown (Evo Japan)
Granblue Fantasy Versus
Granblue Fantasy Versus (Evo Japan)
3  |  Jae-min Bae | Knee  | 2013
2018
2022  | Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Tekken 7 (Evo Japan)
Tekken 7
3  |  Hajime Taniguchi | Tokido  | 2002
2007
2017  | Capcom vs SNK 2
Super Street Fighter II Turbo
Street Fighter V
3  |  Carl White  | Perfect Legend  | 2006
2011
2012  | Dead or Alive 4
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat
3  |  John Choi | John Choi  | 2000
2008  | Street Fighter Alpha 3
Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Capcom vs. SNK 2
3  |  Shinya Ohnuki  | Nuki  | 2005
2007
2008  | Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
3  |  Alex Valle | CaliPower  | 1996
2000
| Street Fighter Alpha 2
Street Fighter Alpha 2, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
2  |  William Hjelte | Leffen  | 2018
2023  | Super Smash Bros. Melee
Guilty Gear Strive
2  |  Chia-Chen Tseng  | ZJZ  | 2018
2022  | The King of Fighters XIV (Evo Japan)
The King of Fighters XV
2  |  Leonardo López Pérez | MkLeo  | 2018
2019  | Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Evo Japan)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
2  |  Yusuke Momochi | Momochi  | 2015
2019  | Ultra Street Fighter IV
Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition (Evo Japan)
2  |  Omito Hashimoto  | Omito  | 2017
2018  | Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2
Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2
2  |  Hyun-jin Kim  | JDCR  | 2014
2017  | Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Tekken 7
2  |  Adam Lindgren | Armada  | 2015
2017  | Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. Melee
2  |  Joseph Marquez | Mango  | 2013
2014  | Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. Melee
2  |  Ryan Hart | ProdigalSon  | 2004
2008  | Tekken Tag Tournament
Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection
2  |  Hiromiki Kumada  | Itazan  | 2004
2007  | Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution
Virtua Fighter 5
2  |  Christopher Villarreal  | Crow  | 2005
2006  | Tekken 5
Tekken 5
2  |  Duc Do  | Ducvader  | 2000
2005  | Marvel vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes
Marvel vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes
2  |  Kenji Obata  | KO  | 2003
2004  | Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
2  |  Jason Cole  | Afro Cole  | 2001
2002  | Super Street Fighter II Turbo
Super Street Fighter II Turbo

## Championships by country[edit]

Country  | Titles[1]

|

United States | 70
Japan | 68
South Korea | 17
France | 6
Sweden | 4
Taiwan | 4
Pakistan | 4
China | 3
Chile | 3
United Kingdom | 3
Mexico | 2
Saudi Arabia | 1
Singapore | 1
United Arab Emirates | 1
Canada | 1
Thailand | 1

1 The 2009 Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike 2v2 tournament was counted for both the US and Japan, as the winning team consisted of one player from each country; the 2006 Mario Kart tournament, as a non-fightning game, was not counted.

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