Players
Every player of every world title match, classical games only. Accuracy is the coach's average, game by game; blunders are moves that cost 20% or more of a player's own chances.
Age on becoming champion
Gukesh was 18 when he beat Ding in Singapore, four years younger than Kasparov in 1985.
Every player
| Player | Matches | Won | Games | W–D–L | Accuracy | Blunders per 100 games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anatoly Karpov | 10 | 5 | 239 | 45–159–35 | 92.5 | 17 |
| Garry Kasparov | 8 | 6 | 197 | 31–143–23 | 92.3 | 14 |
| Mikhail Botvinnik | 8 | 5 | 177 | 46–90–41 | 91.8 | 16 |
| Alexander Alekhine | 5 | 4 | 140 | 43–73–24 | 92.3 | 17 |
| Wilhelm Steinitz | 6 | 4 | 115 | 43–29–43 | 91.0 | 42 |
| Emanuel Lasker | 7 | 6 | 102 | 45–42–15 | 92.1 | 26 |
| Viswanathan Anand | 8 | 4 | 94 | 15–63–16 | 92.2 | 13 |
| Vasily Smyslov | 4 | 1 | 89 | 24–44–21 | 91.9 | 17 |
| Max Euwe | 3 | 1 | 75 | 14–30–31 | 91.2 | 28 |
| Tigran Petrosian | 3 | 2 | 69 | 13–45–11 | 92.3 | 9 |
| Boris Spassky | 3 | 1 | 67 | 11–41–15 | 92.4 | 12 |
| Vladimir Kramnik | 5 | 3 | 65 | 11–46–8 | 92.6 | 17 |
| Magnus Carlsen | 5 | 5 | 56 | 11–43–2 | 93.6 | 7 |
| Efim Bogoljubov | 2 | 0 | 51 | 8–24–19 | 90.9 | 29 |
| Viktor Korchnoi | 2 | 0 | 50 | 7–31–12 | 92.4 | 22 |
| José Raúl Capablanca | 2 | 1 | 48 | 7–35–6 | 93.2 | 15 |
| Mikhail Tal | 2 | 1 | 42 | 11–19–12 | 91.7 | 12 |
| Mikhail Chigorin | 2 | 0 | 40 | 14–6–20 | 90.2 | 55 |
| Péter Lékó | 2 | 0 | 28 | 4–20–4 | 93.0 | 11 |
| Ding Liren | 2 | 1 | 28 | 5–17–6 | 92.3 | 32 |
| Boris Gelfand | 2 | 0 | 26 | 4–20–2 | 92.8 | 4 |
| Ian Nepomniachtchi | 2 | 0 | 25 | 3–15–7 | 92.6 | 20 |
| David Bronstein | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5–14–5 | 91.6 | 21 |
| Veselin Topalov | 2 | 0 | 23 | 4–13–6 | 91.8 | 26 |
| Jan Timman | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2–13–6 | 92.3 | 10 |
| Johannes Zukertort | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5–5–10 | 90.8 | 50 |
| Paul Keres | 1 | 0 | 20 | 8–5–7 | 92.0 | 10 |
| Samuel Reshevsky | 1 | 0 | 20 | 6–9–5 | 91.7 | 50 |
| Bobby Fischer | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7–11–2 | 92.5 | 30 |
| Nigel Short | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1–13–6 | 91.4 | 45 |
| Isidor Gunsberg | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4–9–6 | 91.0 | 16 |
| Gata Kamsky | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3–9–6 | 92.6 | 11 |
| Siegbert Tarrasch | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3–5–8 | 90.9 | 56 |
| Frank Marshall | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0–7–8 | 91.0 | 53 |
| Peter Svidler | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1–11–2 | 91.3 | 14 |
| Alexander Morozevich | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3–6–5 | 90.5 | 14 |
| Levon Aronian | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2–8–4 | 91.8 | 14 |
| Alexander Grischuk | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2–7–5 | 91.5 | 14 |
| Gukesh D | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3–9–2 | 92.2 | 14 |
| Sergey Karjakin | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1–10–1 | 93.0 | 8 |
| Fabiano Caruana | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0–12–0 | 93.5 | 8 |
| Dawid Janowski | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0–3–8 | 90.9 | 64 |
| Carl Schlechter | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1–8–1 | 92.7 | 10 |
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