# Who is the greatest Royal Rumble winner of all time?

> Record holders, back-to-back champions and a few surprise winners from the No. 30 spot. Some won the match once and owned the decade after it.

*By YPB Team · Published November 2, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/who-is-the-greatest-royal-rumble-winner-of-all-time*

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1. **Stone Cold Steve Austin** — score 1000/1000
   Won the Royal Rumble match in 1997, 1998 and 2001, the record for most wins.
2. **Triple H** — score 757/1000
   Won in 2002 and in 2016, when the WWE Championship was the prize.
3. **Hulk Hogan** — score 681/1000
   Won in 1990 and 1991, the first wrestler to win the match twice in a row.
4. **John Cena** — score 636/1000
   Won in 2008 as a surprise No. 30 entrant returning from injury, and again in 2013.
5. **Rhea Ripley** — score 636/1000
   Won the 2023 women's Royal Rumble match after entering at No. 1.
6. **Bret Hart** — score 524/1000
   Shared the 1994 win with Lex Luger after both went over the top rope at the same time.
7. **Ric Flair** — score 524/1000
   Won the 1992 match from the No. 3 spot, taking the vacant WWF Championship with it.
8. **Bayley** — score 524/1000
   Won the 2024 women's Royal Rumble match.
9. **Edge** — score 524/1000
   Won in 2010 and in 2021, the second time after entering at No. 1.
10. **Seth Rollins** — score 454/1000
   Won the 2019 Royal Rumble match.
11. **The Undertaker** — score 454/1000
   Won in 2007, the first wrestler to win from the No. 30 spot.
12. **Randy Orton** — score 454/1000
   Won the match in 2009 and again in 2017.
13. **Sheamus** — score 454/1000
   Won the 2012 Royal Rumble match and went on to win the World Heavyweight title at WrestleMania XXVIII.
14. **Roman Reigns** — score 454/1000
   Won the match in 2015 and again in 2026.
15. **Drew McIntyre** — score 454/1000
   Won the 2020 Royal Rumble match after eliminating Brock Lesnar.
16. **Batista** — score 454/1000
   Won the match in 2005 and again in 2014.
17. **The Rock** — score 454/1000
   Won the 2000 Royal Rumble match at Madison Square Garden.
18. **Jim Duggan** — score 372/1000
   Won the first Royal Rumble match in 1988, a 20-man field.
19. **Asuka** — score 372/1000
   Won the first women's Royal Rumble match in 2018.
20. **Liv Morgan** — score 372/1000
   Won the 2026 women's Royal Rumble match.
21. **Alberto Del Rio** — score 372/1000
   Won the 2011 match, the first Royal Rumble with 40 entrants.
22. **Brock Lesnar** — score 272/1000
   Won the match in 2003 and again in 2022.
23. **Rey Mysterio** — score 272/1000
   Won in 2006 after entering at No. 2 and lasting more than an hour.
24. **Cody Rhodes** — score 272/1000
   Won the match in 2023 and 2024, back to back.
25. **Jey Uso** — score 272/1000
   Won the 2025 Royal Rumble match.
26. **Bianca Belair** — score 272/1000
   Won the 2021 women's Royal Rumble match.
27. **Ronda Rousey** — score 272/1000
   Won the 2022 women's Royal Rumble match.
28. **Shawn Michaels** — score 0/1000
   Won in 1995 after entering at No. 1, then won again in 1996.
29. **Yokozuna** — score 0/1000
   Won in 1993, the first year the winner earned a WrestleMania title match.
30. **Shinsuke Nakamura** — score 0/1000
   Won the 2018 Royal Rumble match.
31. **Becky Lynch** — score 0/1000
   Won the 2019 women's Royal Rumble match.
32. **Charlotte Flair** — score 0/1000
   Won the women's Royal Rumble match in 2020 and 2025.

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