List of Women's World Champions (WWE)
The Women's World Championship is a women's professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE, defended on the Raw brand. Established as the SmackDown Women's Championship on the August 23, 2016, episode of SmackDown, it was created to be the counterpart to the WWE Women's Championship, which became exclusive to Raw as a result of the 2016 WWE draft and renamed as the Raw Women's Championship. As a result of the 2023 WWE Draft, the Raw and SmackDown women's championships switched brands. In June 2023, the SmackDown Women's Championship was renamed as Women's World Championship while the Raw Women's Championship reverted to its original name of WWE Women's Championship.
The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition. Stephanie Vaquer is the current champion in her first reign. She defeated Iyo Sky to win the vacant title at Wrestlepalooza on September 20, 2025, in Indianapolis, Indiana; previous champion Naomi relinquished the title due to going on maternity leave.
As of,, there have been 32 reigns between 15 champions and 3 vacancies. Becky Lynch was the inaugural champion. Charlotte Flair has the most reigns at seven. Bayley's second reign and Rhea Ripley's first reign are tied for the longest singular reign at 380 days, while Flair's fourth reign is the shortest at 4 minutes and 55 seconds. Bayley holds the record for the longest combined reign at 520 days. Naomi is the oldest champion, having won the title at 37 years, 225 days old, while Alexa Bliss is the youngest when she won it at 25. Only two women have held the title for a continuous reign of one year or more: Bayley and Rhea Ripley.