# Who is the greatest WWE champion of the 2010s?

> A decade where the world title moved between company men, part-timers, and one wrestler the crowd forced into the picture.

*By YPB Team · Published September 7, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/who-is-the-greatest-wwe-champion-of-the-2010s*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **Brock Lesnar** — score 1000/1000
   Returned in 2012 and held the WWE title for most of 2014-2015 and again from 2017 onward as a part-time champion.
2. **John Cena** — score 956/1000
   Won five of his record 17 world titles during the decade and headlined WWE's biggest shows throughout it.
3. **Daniel Bryan** — score 597/1000
   Won the title at WrestleMania XXX after a fan-driven push that WWE could not ignore.
4. **Roman Reigns** — score 542/1000
   WWE's chosen headliner for the back half of the decade, with four world title reigns before 2020.
5. **Sheamus** — score 542/1000
   A three-time world champion in the decade, including a Money in the Bank cash-in on Reigns in 2015.
6. **The Miz** — score 404/1000
   Went from reality-TV contestant to WrestleMania 27 main-eventer and WWE Champion.
7. **Dean Ambrose** — score 404/1000
   The third Shield member to win the WWE title, cashing in Money in the Bank in 2016.
8. **Randy Orton** — score 319/1000
   Unified the WWE and World Heavyweight titles at the end of 2013 and stayed a main-event fixture all decade.
9. **Alberto Del Rio** — score 319/1000
   A four-time world champion in the first half of the decade and the 2011 Royal Rumble winner.
10. **AJ Styles** — score 319/1000
   Arrived in 2016 and turned a long independent career into two WWE Championship reigns.
11. **Seth Rollins** — score 217/1000
   Cashed in Money in the Bank during the WrestleMania 31 main event to steal the title mid-match.
12. **Kofi Kingston** — score 217/1000
   Won the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 35 after eleven years on the card, in the decade's most emotional title win.
13. **Triple H** — score 96/1000
   Won the title at WrestleMania 32 while running the company's day-to-day product.
14. **The Rock** — score 96/1000
   Came back from Hollywood to take the WWE Championship in 2013, twelve years after his last reign.
15. **CM Punk** — score 96/1000
   Held the WWE Championship for 434 straight days between 2011 and 2013, the longest reign of the modern era.

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