List of top title holders in Go

The lists below comprise the top title-winning professional Go players.

International Majors

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As of 21 August 2024
# Nat. Player Total
1   Lee Changho 17
2   Lee Sedol 14
3   Cho Hunhyun 9
4-t   Gu Li 8
4-t   Ke Jie 8
6   Shin Jinseo 7
7   Yoo Changhyuk 6
8   Park Junghwan 5


Continental

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As of 26 August 2013
# Nat. Player Total
1   Gu Li 9
2   Lee Changho 6
3   Chang Hao 5
4   Chen Yaoye 4
5-t   Ma Xiaochun 3
5-t   Cho Chikun 3
5-t   Lee Sedol 3
8-t   Park Yeonghun 2
8-t   Rin Kaiho 2
8-t   Kobayashi Koichi 2
8-t   Cho Sonjin 2

Total by country

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China

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As of 1 November 2020
# Player Domestic Continental International Total
1 Ma Xiaochun 47 5 2 54
2 Gu Li 31 12 8 51
3 Nie Weiping 37 1 0 38
4 Chang Hao 20 7 3 30
5 Ke Jie 14 3 10 27
6 Chen Yaoye 13 5 4 22
7 Kong Jie 11 1 6 18
8 Liu Xiaoguang 13 1 0 14
9-t Zhou Heyang 10 1 1 12
9-t Lian Xiao 11 1 0 12
9-t Mi Yuting 8 0 4 12

Japan

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As of 17 April 2021
# Player Domestic Continental International Total
1 Cho Chikun
Meiyo Meijin, 25th Honinbō
71 3 2 76
2 Yuta Iyama
26th Honinbō
Meiyo Kisei, Gosei, Honinbō and Tengen
67 2 1 70
3 Koichi Kobayashi
Meiyo Kisei, Meijin and Gosei
59 1 7 67
4 Sakata Eio
23rd Honinbō
61 2 1 64
5 Masao Kato (deceased)
Meiyo Oza
47 0 0 47
6 Hideo Otake
Meiyo Gosei
41 1 2 44
7 Cho U 38 2 1 41
8 Rin Kaiho
Meiyo Tengen
34 2 1 37
9 Norimoto Yoda 30 4 1 35
10 Yoshio Ishida
24th Honinbō
23 0 1 24

South Korea

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As of 1 May 2019
# Player Domestic Continental International Total
1 Cho Hunhyun 143 0 11 154
2 Lee Changho 117 6 21 144
3 Lee Sedol 30 2 18 50
4 Kim In (deceased) 30 0 0 30
5 Park Junghwan 20 1 8 29
6 Seo Bongsoo 27 0 1 28
7 Yoo Changhyuk 18 1 6 25
8 Cho Namchul (deceased) 23 0 0 23
9 Park Yeonghun 15 2 3 20
10 Choi Cheolhan 14 0 2 16

See also

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References

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