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World Series winners by year

Every World Series since 1903 with the beaten pennant winner. There was no series in 1904 or 1994, and the early best-of-nine years read as they were played.

121 years listed, 1903 to 2025.

Earliest year listed: Boston Americans (1903).

Latest year listed: Los Angeles Dodgers (2025).

32 different team names appear on the list, 1903 to 2025.

Every World Series winner since 1903, year by year

World Series winners in the 2020s

Year

Champion

Runner-up

Series

2025

Los Angeles Dodgers

Toronto Blue Jays

4-3

2024

Los Angeles Dodgers

New York Yankees

4-1

2023

Texas Rangers

Arizona Diamondbacks

4-1

2022

Houston Astros

Philadelphia Phillies

4-2

2021

Atlanta Braves

Houston Astros

4-2

2020

Los Angeles Dodgers

Tampa Bay Rays

4-2

World Series winners in the 2010s

Year

Champion

Runner-up

Series

2019

Washington Nationals

Houston Astros

4-3

2018

Boston Red Sox

Los Angeles Dodgers

4-1

2017

Houston Astros

Los Angeles Dodgers

4-3

2016

Chicago Cubs

Cleveland Indians

4-3

2015

Kansas City Royals

New York Mets

4-1

2014

San Francisco Giants

Kansas City Royals

4-3

2013

Boston Red Sox

St. Louis Cardinals

4-2

2012

San Francisco Giants

Detroit Tigers

4-0

2011

St. Louis Cardinals

Texas Rangers

4-3

2010

San Francisco Giants

Texas Rangers

4-1

World Series winners in the 2000s

Year

Champion

Runner-up

Series

2009

New York Yankees

Philadelphia Phillies

4-2

2008

Philadelphia Phillies

Tampa Bay Rays

4-1

2007

Boston Red Sox

Colorado Rockies

4-0

2006

St. Louis Cardinals

Detroit Tigers

4-1

2005

Chicago White Sox

Houston Astros

4-0

2004

Boston Red Sox

St. Louis Cardinals

4-0

2003

Florida Marlins

New York Yankees

4-2

2002

Anaheim Angels

San Francisco Giants

4-3

2001

Arizona Diamondbacks

New York Yankees

4-3

2000

New York Yankees

New York Mets

4-1

World Series winners in the 1990s

Year

Champion

Runner-up

Series

1999

New York Yankees

Atlanta Braves

4-0

1998

New York Yankees

San Diego Padres

4-0

1997

Florida Marlins

Cleveland Indians

4-3

1996

New York Yankees

Atlanta Braves

4-2

1995

Atlanta Braves

Cleveland Indians

4-2

1993

Toronto Blue Jays

Philadelphia Phillies

4-2

1992

Toronto Blue Jays

Atlanta Braves

4-2

1991

Minnesota Twins

Atlanta Braves

4-3

1990

Cincinnati Reds

Oakland Athletics

4-0

World Series winners in the 1980s

Year

Champion

Runner-up

Series

1989

Oakland Athletics

San Francisco Giants

4-0

1988

Los Angeles Dodgers

Oakland Athletics

4-1

1987

Minnesota Twins

St. Louis Cardinals

4-3

1986

New York Mets

Boston Red Sox

4-3

1985

Kansas City Royals

St. Louis Cardinals

4-3

1984

Detroit Tigers

San Diego Padres

4-1

1983

Baltimore Orioles

Philadelphia Phillies

4-1

1982

St. Louis Cardinals

Milwaukee Brewers

4-3

1981

Los Angeles Dodgers

New York Yankees

4-2

1980

Philadelphia Phillies

Kansas City Royals

4-2

World Series winners in the 1970s

Year

Champion

Runner-up

Series

1979

Pittsburgh Pirates

Baltimore Orioles

4-3

1978

New York Yankees

Los Angeles Dodgers

4-2

1977

New York Yankees

Los Angeles Dodgers

4-2

1976

Cincinnati Reds

New York Yankees

4-0

1975

Cincinnati Reds

Boston Red Sox

4-3

1974

Oakland Athletics

Los Angeles Dodgers

4-1

1973

Oakland Athletics

New York Mets

4-3

1972

Oakland Athletics

Cincinnati Reds

4-3

1971

Pittsburgh Pirates

Baltimore Orioles

4-3

1970

Baltimore Orioles

Cincinnati Reds

4-1

World Series winners in the 1960s

Year

Champion

Runner-up

Series

1969

New York Mets

Baltimore Orioles

4-1

1968

Detroit Tigers

St. Louis Cardinals

4-3

1967

St. Louis Cardinals

Boston Red Sox

4-3

1966

Baltimore Orioles

Los Angeles Dodgers

4-0

1965

Los Angeles Dodgers

Minnesota Twins

4-3

1964

St. Louis Cardinals

New York Yankees

4-3

1963

Los Angeles Dodgers

New York Yankees

4-0

1962

New York Yankees

San Francisco Giants

4-3

1961

New York Yankees

Cincinnati Reds

4-1

1960

Pittsburgh Pirates

New York Yankees

4-3

World Series winners in the 1950s

Year

Champion

Runner-up

Series

1959

Los Angeles Dodgers

Chicago White Sox

4-2

1958

New York Yankees

Milwaukee Braves

4-3

1957

Milwaukee Braves

New York Yankees

4-3

1956

New York Yankees

Brooklyn Dodgers

4-3

1955

Brooklyn Dodgers

New York Yankees

4-3

1954

New York Giants

Cleveland Indians

4-0

1953

New York Yankees

Brooklyn Dodgers

4-2

1952

New York Yankees

Brooklyn Dodgers

4-3

1951

New York Yankees

New York Giants

4-2

1950

New York Yankees

Philadelphia Phillies

4-0

World Series winners in the 1940s

Year

Champion

Runner-up

Series

1949

New York Yankees

Brooklyn Dodgers

4-1

1948

Cleveland Indians

Boston Braves

4-2

1947

New York Yankees

Brooklyn Dodgers

4-3

1946

St. Louis Cardinals

Boston Red Sox

4-3

1945

Detroit Tigers

Chicago Cubs

4-3

1944

St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis Browns

4-2

1943

New York Yankees

St. Louis Cardinals

4-1

1942

St. Louis Cardinals

New York Yankees

4-1

1941

New York Yankees

Brooklyn Dodgers

4-1

1940

Cincinnati Reds

Detroit Tigers

4-3

World Series winners in the 1930s

Year

Champion

Runner-up

Series

1939

New York Yankees

Cincinnati Reds

4-0

1938

New York Yankees

Chicago Cubs

4-0

1937

New York Yankees

New York Giants

4-1

1936

New York Yankees

New York Giants

4-2

1935

Detroit Tigers

Chicago Cubs

4-2

1934

St. Louis Cardinals

Detroit Tigers

4-3

1933

New York Giants

Washington Senators

4-1

1932

New York Yankees

Chicago Cubs

4-0

1931

St. Louis Cardinals

Philadelphia Athletics

4-3

1930

Philadelphia Athletics

St. Louis Cardinals

4-2

World Series winners in the 1920s

Year

Champion

Runner-up

Series

1929

Philadelphia Athletics

Chicago Cubs

4-1

1928

New York Yankees

St. Louis Cardinals

4-0

1927

New York Yankees

Pittsburgh Pirates

4-0

1926

St. Louis Cardinals

New York Yankees

4-3

1925

Pittsburgh Pirates

Washington Senators

4-3

1924

Washington Senators

New York Giants

4-3

1923

New York Yankees

New York Giants

4-2

1922

New York Giants

New York Yankees

4-0-1

1921

New York Giants

New York Yankees

5-3

1920

Cleveland Indians

Brooklyn Robins

5-2

World Series winners in the 1910s

Year

Champion

Runner-up

Series

1919

Cincinnati Reds

Chicago White Sox

5-3

1918

Boston Red Sox

Chicago Cubs

4-2

1917

Chicago White Sox

New York Giants

4-2

1916

Boston Red Sox

Brooklyn Robins

4-1

1915

Boston Red Sox

Philadelphia Phillies

4-1

1914

Boston Braves

Philadelphia Athletics

4-0

1913

Philadelphia Athletics

New York Giants

4-1

1912

Boston Red Sox

New York Giants

4-3-1

1911

Philadelphia Athletics

New York Giants

4-2

1910

Philadelphia Athletics

Chicago Cubs

4-1

World Series winners from 1903 to 1909

Year

Champion

Runner-up

Series

1909

Pittsburgh Pirates

Detroit Tigers

4-3

1908

Chicago Cubs

Detroit Tigers

4-1

1907

Chicago Cubs

Detroit Tigers

4-0-1

1906

Chicago White Sox

Chicago Cubs

4-2

1905

New York Giants

Philadelphia Athletics

4-1

1903

Boston Americans

Pittsburgh Pirates

5-3

Most World Series titles since 1903

How we counted: each line in the year by year tables counts for the team name exactly as the table writes it, so a team the table writes two ways counts separately under each. The table does not always use the name of the day, so a renamed team may sit under one name or several. Nothing is listed for 1904 and 1994, so no title is counted for those years.

Out in front: New York Yankees, 27 titles.

Team

Titles under this name

Years

New York Yankees

27

1923, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1977, 1978, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2009

St. Louis Cardinals

11

1926, 1931, 1934, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1964, 1967, 1982, 2006, 2011

Boston Red Sox

8

1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2018

Los Angeles Dodgers

8

1959, 1963, 1965, 1981, 1988, 2020, 2024, 2025

Cincinnati Reds

5

1919, 1940, 1975, 1976, 1990

New York Giants

5

1905, 1921, 1922, 1933, 1954

Philadelphia Athletics

5

1910, 1911, 1913, 1929, 1930

Pittsburgh Pirates

5

1909, 1925, 1960, 1971, 1979

Detroit Tigers

4

1935, 1945, 1968, 1984

Oakland Athletics

4

1972, 1973, 1974, 1989

Baltimore Orioles

3

1966, 1970, 1983

Chicago Cubs

3

1907, 1908, 2016

Chicago White Sox

3

1906, 1917, 2005

San Francisco Giants

3

2010, 2012, 2014

Atlanta Braves

2

1995, 2021

Cleveland Indians

2

1920, 1948

Florida Marlins

2

1997, 2003

Houston Astros

2

2017, 2022

Kansas City Royals

2

1985, 2015

Minnesota Twins

2

1987, 1991

New York Mets

2

1969, 1986

Philadelphia Phillies

2

1980, 2008

Toronto Blue Jays

2

1992, 1993

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