FIGURE SKATING
ISU Figure Skating World Champions: Complete List by Year : 2001–2025
25 Mar 2026
From Women, Men, Pairs and Ice Dance, the ISU World Figure Skating Championships have crowned generations of champions who shaped the sport as we know it today. Spanning from 2001 to 2025, this selection looks back at the athletes and teams who defined each era, capturing the evolution of figure skating across all four disciplines.
Explore the full list below and revisit the champions who have defined modern figure skating!
Kaori Sakamoto poses in the Women's medal ceremony during the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Montreal, Canada 2024 © ISU
Women
- 2025 – Alysa Liu (USA)
- 2024 – Kaori Sakamoto (JPN)
- 2023 – Kaori Sakamoto (JPN)
- 2022 – Kaori Sakamoto (JPN)
- 2021 – Anna Shcherbakova (FSR)
- 2020 – Cancelled
- 2019 – Alina Zagitova (RUS)
- 2018 – Kaetlyn Osmond (CAN)
- 2017 – Evgenia Medvedeva (RUS)
- 2016 – Evgenia Medvedeva (RUS)
- 2015 – Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (RUS)
- 2014 – Mao Asada (JPN)
- 2013 – Yuna Kim (KOR)
- 2012 – Carolina Kostner (ITA)
- 2011 – Miki Ando (JPN)
- 2010 – Mao Asada (JPN)
- 2009 – Yuna Kim (KOR)
- 2008 – Mao Asada (JPN)
- 2007 – Miki Ando (JPN)
- 2006 – Kimmie Meissner (USA)
- 2005 – Irina Slutskaya (RUS)
- 2004 – Shizuka Arakawa (JPN)
- 2003 – Michelle Kwan (USA)
- 2002 – Irina Slutskaya (RUS)
- 2001 – Michelle Kwan (USA)
Pairs
- 2025 – Riku Miura & Ryuichi Kihara (JPN)
- 2024 – Deanna Stellato-Dudek & Maxime Deschamps (CAN)
- 2023 – Riku Miura & Ryuichi Kihara (JPN)
- 2022 – Alexa Knierim & Brandon Frazier (USA)
- 2021 – Anastasia Mishina & Aleksandr Galliamov (FSR)
- 2020 – Cancelled
Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara react at the kiss and cry in the Pairs Free Skating during the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama, Japan, 2023 © ISU
- 2019 – Wenjing Sui & Cong Han (CHN)
- 2018 – Aljona Savchenko & Bruno Massot (GER)
- 2017 – Wenjing Sui & Cong Han (CHN)
- 2016 – Meagan Duhamel & Eric Radford (CAN)
- 2015 – Meagan Duhamel & Eric Radford (CAN)
- 2014 – Aljona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy (GER)
- 2013 – Tatiana Volosozhar & Maxim Trankov (RUS)
- 2012 – Aljona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy (GER)
- 2011 – Aljona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy (GER)
- 2010 – Qing Pang & Jian Tong (CHN)
- 2009 – Aljona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy (GER)
- 2008 – Aljona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy (GER)
- 2007 – Xue Shen & Hongbo Zhao (CHN)
- 2006 – Qing Pang & Jian Tong (CHN)
- 2005 – Tatiana Totmianina & Maxim Marinin (RUS)
- 2004 – Tatiana Totmianina & Maxim Marinin (RUS)
- 2003 – Xue Shen & Hongbo Zhao (CHN)
- 2002 – Xue Shen & Hongbo Zhao (CHN)
- 2001 – Jamie Sale & David Pelletier (CAN)
Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy compete in the Pairs Free Program during ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama, Japan, 2014 © Getty Images
Men
- 2025 – Ilia Malinin (USA)
- 2024 – Ilia Malinin (USA)
- 2023 – Shoma Uno (JPN)
- 2022 – Shoma Uno (JPN)
- 2021 – Nathan Chen (USA)
- 2020 – Cancelled
Ilia Malinin competes in the Men's Short Program during the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Boston, USA, 2025 © ISU
- 2019 – Nathan Chen (USA)
- 2018 – Nathan Chen (USA)
- 2017 – Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN)
- 2016 – Javier Fernandez (ESP)
- 2015 – Javier Fernandez (ESP)
- 2014 – Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN)
- 2013 – Patrick Chan (CAN)
- 2012 – Patrick Chan (CAN)
- 2011 – Patrick Chan (CAN)
- 2010 – Daisuke Takahashi (JPN)
- 2009 – Evan Lysacek (USA)
- 2008 – Jeffrey Buttle (CAN)
- 2007 – Brian Joubert (FRA)
- 2006 – Stephane Lambiel (SUI)
- 2005 – Stephane Lambiel (SUI)
- 2004 – Evgeni Plushenko (RUS)
- 2003 – Evgeni Plushenko (RUS)
- 2002 – Alexei Yagudin (RUS)
- 2001 – Evgeni Plushenko (RUS)
Patrick Chan competes in the Men's Short Program during the 2013 ISU World Figure Skating Championships at Budweiser Gardens in London, Canada. © Getty Images
Ice Dance
- 2025 – Madison Chock & Evan Bates (USA)
- 2024 – Madison Chock & Evan Bates (USA)
- 2023 – Madison Chock & Evan Bates (USA)
- 2022 – Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron (FRA)
- 2021 – Victoria Sinitsina & Nikita Katsalapov (FSR)
- 2020 – Cancelled
Madison Chock and Evan Bates compete in the Ice Dance Rhythm Dance during the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Boston, USA, 2025 © Getty Images
- 2019 – Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron (FRA)
- 2018 – Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron (FRA)
- 2017 – Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir (CAN)
- 2016 – Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron (FRA)
- 2015 – Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron (FRA)
- 2014 – Anna Cappellini & Luca Lanotte (ITA)
- 2013 – Meryl Davis & Charlie White (USA)
- 2012 – Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir (CAN)
- 2011 – Meryl Davis & Charlie White (USA)
- 2010 – Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir (CAN)
- 2009 – Oksana Domnina & Maxim Shabalin (RUS)
- 2008 – Isabelle Delobel & Olivier Schoenfelder (FRA)
- 2007 – Albena Denkova & Maxim Staviski (BUL)
- 2006 – Albena Denkova & Maxim Staviski (BUL)
- 2005 – Tatiana Navka & Roman Kostomarov (RUS)
- 2004 – Tatiana Navka & Roman Kostomarov (RUS)
- 2003 – Shae-Lynn Bourne & Victor Kraatz (CAN)
- 2002 – Irina Lobacheva & Ilia Averbukh (RUS)
- 2001 – Barbara Fusar-Poli & Maurizio Margaglio (ITA)
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir compete in the Ice Dance Free Dance during the 2010 ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Turin, Italy. © Getty Images
