Going off this criteria:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_championships_in_WWE
Most total reigns
Most total reigns
The following list shows the wrestlers who have the most world championship reigns in total, combining all titles they have held as recognized by WWE. This list also shows the titles that they won to achieve this record (minimum five world championship reigns).
<table class="wikitable"><tbody><tr> <th>No. </th> <th>Champion </th> <th>Titles </th> <th>No. of Reigns </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1 </td> <td>Ric Flair (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Flair) </td> <td>
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship) (8 times)
WCW World Heavyweight Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Heavyweight_Championship) (6 times)
WWE Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Championship) (2 times)
</td> <td rowspan="2">16 </td> <td>WWE officially recognizes that Flair is a 16-time world champion, with other promotions also recognizing this number. However, his actual number of world championships exceeds that, with Flair himself stating 21 world titles. Depending on recognition, Flair is variously recognized as a 16-time world champion (8 NWA, 6 WCW, and 2 WWF), 18-time world champion (8 NWA, 8 WCW, and 2 WWF), and 20-time world champion (8 NWA, 8 WCW, 2 WWF, and 2 WCW International), with the number of NWA titles varying between 8 and 13, the WCW titles between 6 and 8,whether his two WCW International World Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_International_World_Championship) reigns are recognized. In the NWA (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance), Flair is recognized as holding that title 10 times but WWE only recognizes 8. In WCW (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling), Flair was recognized as an eight-time champion but WWE only recognizes 6, counting his first reign as one of his 8 NWA title reigns and ignoring a title vacancy that occurred in 1994 and instead viewing that as one continuous reign. WWE also does not recognize his two WCW International World Championship reigns, recognizing the first reign as an NWA title reign, and not counting the second, which he won via a title unification match.<sup id="cite_ref-worldtitles_31-0" class="reference">[31] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_championships_in_WWE#cite_note-worldtitles-31)</sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference">[32] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_championships_in_WWE#cite_note-32)</sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference">[33] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_championships_in_WWE#cite_note-33)</sup> During his two reigns as WWE Champion, the title was known as the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. </td></tr> <tr> <td>John Cena (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cena) </td> <td>
World Heavyweight Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heavyweight_Championship_(WWE)) (3 times)
WWE Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Championship) (13 times)
</td> <td>During his twelfth reign as WWE Champion, the title was known as the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">3 </td> <td>Triple H (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_H) </td> <td>
World Heavyweight Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heavyweight_Championship_(WWE)) (5 times)
WWE Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Championship) (9 times)
</td> <td rowspan="2">14 </td> <td>During his first four reigns as WWE Champion, the title was known as the WWF Championship. During his fifth reign, the title was known as the Undisputed WWF Championship. During his ninth reign, the title was known as the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Triple H was the inaugural World Heavyweight Champion, which subsequently made him the first wrestler to hold the World Heavyweight Championship and the WWE Championship. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Randy Orton (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Orton) </td> <td>
World Heavyweight Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heavyweight_Championship_(WWE)) (4 times)
WWE Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Championship) (10 times)
</td> <td>Orton was the youngest holder of the World Heavyweight Championship at 24, which also makes him the youngest world champion in WWE history. Orton is also the final holder of the title when he unified the World Heavyweight Championship and the WWE Championship to become the WWE World Heavyweight Championship; this occurred during Orton's eighth reign as WWE Champion. By the time of his ninth reign, the title reverted to being called the WWE Championship. </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td>Hulk Hogan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulk_Hogan) </td> <td>
WCW World Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Championship) (6 times)
WWE Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Championship) (6 times)
</td> <td>12 </td> <td>During his first five reigns as WWE Champion, the title was known as the WWF World Heavyweight Championship, although often abbreviated to WWF Championship. During his sixth reign, the title had three names, and he won it as the Undisputed WWF Championship but was shortly after renamed to Undisputed WWE Championship (due to the company being renamed from WWF to WWE) before being renamed again to WWE Undisputed Championship. Hogan is a 13-time world champion, but WWE does not recognize his reign with the original version of New Japan Pro-Wrestling (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling)'s IWGP Heavyweight Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship_(original_version)). </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">7 </td> <td>Brock Lesnar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brock_Lesnar) </td> <td>
IWGP Heavyweight Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship) (1 time)
WWE Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Championship) (7 times)
WWE Universal Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Universal_Championship) (3 times)
</td> <td rowspan="2">11 </td> <td>Lesnar first won the WWE Championship when it was called the WWE Undisputed Championship; during that same reign, it was renamed to WWE Championship. During his fourth reign, it was known as the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Lesnar holds the record for being the youngest wrestler to hold the WWE Championship at 25. With the WWE Universal Championship, Lesnar holds the record for most reigns, and he was also the first wrestler to hold the WWE Championship and the WWE Universal Championship. Lesnar is a 12-time world champion, but WWE does not recognize his Inoki Genome Federation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inoki_Genome_Federation)'s IWGP Heavyweight Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship_(IGF)) reigns. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Edge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_(wrestler)) </td> <td>
World Heavyweight Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heavyweight_Championship_(WWE)) (7 times)
WWE Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Championship) (4 times)
</td> <td>
</td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">9 </td> <td>Sting (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting_(wrestler)) </td> <td>
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship) (2 times)
WCW International World Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_International_World_Championship) (2 times)
WCW World Heavyweight Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Heavyweight_Championship) (6 times)
</td> <td rowspan="2">10 </td> <td>Sting is a 15-time world champion, but WWE does not recognize his four TNA World Heavyweight Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TNA_World_Heavyweight_Championship) reigns and his one WWA World Heavyweight Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship). </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Rock (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson) </td> <td>
WCW World Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Championship) (2 times)
WWE Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Championship) (8 times)
</td> <td>During his first six reigns as WWE Champion, the title was known as the WWF Championship. During his seventh reign, it was known as the WWE Undisputed Championship. During his first reign as WCW World Champion, the title was known as the WCW Championship. During his second reign, it was known simply as the World Championship. </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td>Harley Race (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Race) </td> <td>
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship) (8 times)
</td> <td>8 </td> <td>
</td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">12 </td> <td>Bret Hart (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Hart) </td> <td>
WCW World Heavyweight Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Heavyweight_Championship) (2 times)
WWE Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Championship) (5 times)
</td> <td rowspan="3">7 </td> <td>During his five reigns as WWE Champion, the title was known as the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Undertaker (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Undertaker) </td> <td>
World Heavyweight Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heavyweight_Championship_(WWE)) (3 times)
WWE Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Championship) (4 times)
</td> <td>During his first two reigns as WWE Champion, the title was known as the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. During his third reign, it was known as the WWF Championship. During his fourth reign, it was known as the WWE Undisputed Championship. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Big Show (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Show) </td> <td>
ECW Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_World_Heavyweight_Championship) (1 time)
WCW World Heavyweight Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Heavyweight_Championship) (2 times)
World Heavyweight Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heavyweight_Championship_(WWE)) (2 times)
WWE Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Championship) (2 times)
</td> <td>During his first reign as WWE Champion, the title was known as the WWF Championship. During his reign as ECW Champion, the title was known as the ECW World Championship. Big Show is the only wrestler to have held all of these championships. </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="9">15 </td> <td>Kurt Angle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Angle) </td> <td>
WCW Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Heavyweight_Championship) (1 time)
World Heavyweight Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heavyweight_Championship_(WWE)) (1 time)
WWE Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Championship) (4 times)
</td> <td rowspan="9">6 </td> <td>During his first two reigns as WWE Champion, the title was known as the WWF Championship.
During his sole reign as WCW World Heavyweight Champion, the title was known as the WCW Championship. Angle is a 13-time world champion, but WWE does not recognize his one IWGP Heavyweight Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship_(IGF)) (Inoki Genome Federation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inoki_Genome_Federation) version) reign and his six TNA World Heavyweight Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TNA_World_Heavyweight_Championship) reigns. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Roman Reigns (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Reigns) </td> <td>
WWE Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Championship) (4 times)
WWE Universal Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Universal_Championship) (2 times)
</td> <td>During his first three reigns as WWE Champion, the title was known as the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Randy Savage (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Savage) </td> <td>
WCW World Heavyweight Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Heavyweight_Championship) (4 times)
WWE Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Championship) (2 times)
</td> <td>During his two reigns as WWE Champion, the title was known as the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. </td></tr> <tr> <td>"Stone Cold" Steve Austin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin) </td> <td>
WWE Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Championship) (6 times)
</td> <td>During all six of his reigns, the title was known as the WWF Championship. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kevin Nash (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Nash) </td> <td>
WCW World Heavyweight Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Heavyweight_Championship) (5 times)
WWE Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Championship) (1 time)
</td> <td>During his reign as WWE Champion, the title was known as the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Booker T (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker_T_(wrestler)) </td> <td>
WCW World Heavyweight Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Heavyweight_Championship) (5 times)
World Heavyweight Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heavyweight_Championship_(WWE)) (1 time)
</td> <td>
</td></tr> <tr> <td>Chris Jericho (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Jericho) </td> <td>
WCW Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Heavyweight_Championship) (2 times)
World Heavyweight Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heavyweight_Championship_(WWE)) (3 times)
WWE Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Championship) (1 time)
</td> <td>During his first reign as WCW World Champion, the title was known as the WCW Championship. During his second reign, it was known simply as the World Championship. Jericho was also the final holder of the WCW title as he unified it with the then-WWF Championship to become the Undisputed WWF Champion (his only reign of what is now the WWE Championship). Jericho is a 8-time world champion and is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling) and has since won two further world championships, the AEW World Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AEW_World_Championship) and ROH World Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROH_World_Championship), but these are not recognized by WWE. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Batista (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Bautista) </td> <td>
World Heavyweight Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heavyweight_Championship_(WWE)) (4 times)
WWE Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Championship) (2 times)
</td> <td>
</td></tr> <tr> <td>CM Punk (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CM_Punk) </td> <td>
ECW Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_World_Heavyweight_Championship) (1 time)
World Heavyweight Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heavyweight_Championship_(WWE)) (3 times)
WWE Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Championship) (2 times)
</td> <td>During his reign as ECW World Heavyweight Champion, the title was known as the ECW Championship. CM Punk is a 9-time world champion, but WWE does not recognize his one ROH World Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROH_World_Championship) reign and two AEW World Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AEW_World_Championship) reigns. </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">27 </td> <td>Daniel Bryan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Danielson) </td> <td>
World Heavyweight Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heavyweight_Championship_(WWE)) (1 time)
WWE Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Championship) (4 times)
</td> <td rowspan="2">5 </td> <td>During his third reign as WWE Champion, the title was known as the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Bryan is a 6-time world champion, but WWE does not recognize his one ROH World Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROH_World_Championship) reign. </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Sandman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandman_(wrestler)) </td> <td>
ECW World Heavyweight Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_World_Heavyweight_Championship) (5 times)
</td> <td>Despite WWE not recognizing any ECW Championship reigns before 1994, Sandman is described as a 5-time ECW Champion.</td></tr></tbody></table>