The WWE United States Championship is a championship promoted by WWE, currently defended on the Raw brand division.
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| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | |||
| 1 | Eddie Guerrero | July 27, 2003 | Vengeance | Denver, CO | 1 | 84 | Title began as an exclusive title of the SmackDown brand. Guerrero defeated Chris Benoit in a tournament final for the title. |
| 2 | Big Show | October 19, 2003 | No Mercy | Baltimore, MD | 1 | 147 | |
| 3 | John Cena | March 14, 2004 | WrestleMania XX | New York, NY | 1 | 114 | |
| - | Vacated | July 8, 2004 | SmackDown! | Winnipeg, MB, Canada | - | - | Cena was stripped of the title after attacking SmackDown! General Manager Kurt Angle. |
| 4 | Booker T | July 29, 2004 | SmackDown! | Cincinnati, OH | 1 | 66 | Won in an eight-way elimination match. |
| 5 | John Cena | October 3, 2004 | No Mercy | East Rutherford, NJ | 2 | 4 | |
| 6 | Carlito Caribbean Cool | October 7, 2004 | SmackDown! | Boston, MA | 1 | 42 | |
| 7 | John Cena | November 18, 2004 | SmackDown! | Dayton, OH | 3 | 105 | |
| 8 | Orlando Jordan | March 3, 2005 | SmackDown! | Albany, NY | 1 | 171 | |
| 9 | Chris Benoit | August 21, 2005 | SummerSlam | Washington, D.C. | 1 | 61 | |
| 10 | Booker T | October 21, 2005 | SmackDown! | Reno, NV | 2 | 35 | |
| - | Vacated | November 25, 2005 | SmackDown! | Sheffield, England | - | - | Vacated when Booker T's title defense against Chris Benoit ended in a double pinfall. |
| 11 | Booker T | January 13, 2006 | SmackDown! | Philadelphia, PA | 3 | 37 | Booker T faced Chris Benoit in a Best of Seven series, winning the first three matches; Randy Orton substituted for Booker T after that due to injury, losing the next three matches, but winning the final for the vacant title. |
| 12 | Chris Benoit | February 19, 2006 | No Way Out | Baltimore, MD | 2 | 42 | |
| 13 | John "Bradshaw" Layfield | April 2, 2006 | WrestleMania 22 | Rosemont, IL | 1 | 54 | |
| 14 | Bobby Lashley | May 26, 2006 | SmackDown! | Bakersfield, CA | 1 | 48 | |
| 15 | Finlay | July 14, 2006 | SmackDown! | Minneapolis, MN | 1 | 48 | |
| 16 | Mr. Kennedy | September 1, 2006 | SmackDown! | Reading, PA | 1 | 42 | |
| 17 | Chris Benoit | October 13, 2006 | SmackDown! | Jacksonville, FL | 3 | 219 | |
| 18 | Montel Vontavious Porter | May 20, 2007 | Judgment Day | St. Louis, MO | 1 | 343 | |
| 19 | Matt Hardy | April 27, 2008 | Backlash | Baltimore, MD | 1 | 84 | The title became exclusive to the ECW brand following the 2008 WWE Draft. |
| 20 | Shelton Benjamin | July 20, 2008 | The Great American Bash | Uniondale, NY | 1 | 243 | The title was returned to SmackDown due to Benjamin's status as a SmackDown superstar. |
| 21 | Montel Vontavious Porter | March 17, 2009 | SmackDown! | Corpus Christi, TX | 2 | 73 | The title became exclusive to the Raw brand following the 2009 WWE Draft. |
| 22 | Kofi Kingston | June 1, 2009 | Raw | Birmingham, AL | 1 | 126 | |
| 23 | The Miz | October 5, 2009 | Raw | Wilkes-Barre, PA | 1 | 224 | |
| 24 | Bret Hart | May 17, 2010 | Raw | Toronto, ON, Canada | 1 | 7 | |
| - | Vacated | May 24, 2010 | Raw | Toledo, OH | - | - | Vacated when Bret Hart became the Raw General Manager. |
| 25 | R-Truth | May 24, 2010 | Raw | Toledo, OH | 1 | 20 | Defeated The Miz to win the vacant title. |
| 26 | The Miz | June 14, 2010 | Raw | Charlotte, NC | 2 | 97 | |
| 27 | Daniel Bryan | September 19, 2010 | Night of Champions | Rosemont, IL | 1 | 177 | |
| 28 | Sheamus | March 14, 2011 | Raw | St. Louis, MO | 1 | 47 | Title became exclusive to the SmackDown brand following the 2011 WWE Draft. |
| 29 | Kofi Kingston | May 1, 2011 | Extreme Rules | Tampa, FL | 2 | 49 | The title became exclusive to Raw due to Kingston's status as a Raw superstar. |
| 30 | Dolph Ziggler | June 19, 2011 | Capitol Punishment | Washington, D.C. | 1 | 182 | On August 29, 2011, the brand extension ended, allowing the United States Champion to appear on both Raw and SmackDown. |
| 31 | Zack Ryder | December 18, 2011 | TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs | Baltimore, MD | 1 | 29 | |
| 32 | Jack Swagger | January 16, 2012 | Raw | Anaheim, CA | 1 | 50 | |
| 33 | Santino Marella | March 5, 2012 | Raw | Boston, MA | 1 | 167 | |
| 34 | Antonio Cesaro | August 19, 2012 | SummerSlam Pre-Show | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 240 | |
| 35 | Kofi Kingston | April 15, 2013 | Raw | Greenville, SC | 3 | 34 | |
| 36 | Dean Ambrose | May 19, 2013 | Extreme Rules | St. Louis, MO | 1 | 351 | |
| 37 | Sheamus | May 5, 2014 | Raw | Albany, NY | 2 | 182 | |
| 38 | Rusev | November 3, 2014 | Raw Backstage Pass | Buffalo, NY | 1 | 145 | |
| 39 | John Cena | March 29, 2015 | WrestleMania 31 | Santa Clara, CA | 4 | 147 | |
| 40 | Seth Rollins | August 23, 2015 | SummerSlam | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | 29 | |
| 41 | John Cena | September 20, 2015 | Night of Champions | Houston, TX | 5 | 35 | |
| 42 | Alberto Del Rio | October 25, 2015 | Hell in a Cell | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 79 | |
| 43 | Kalisto | January 11, 2016 | Raw | New Orleans, LA | 1 | 3 | |
| 44 | Alberto Del Rio | January 14, 2016 | SmackDown | Lafayette, LA | 2 | 10 | |
| 45 | Kalisto | January 24, 2016 | Royal Rumble | Orlando, FL | 2 | 119 | |
| 46 | Rusev | May 22, 2016 | Extreme Rules | Newark, NJ | 2 | 126 | The brand extension returned and the title became exclusive to the Raw brand following the 2016 WWE Draft. |
| 47 | Roman Reigns | September 25, 2016 | Clash of Champions | Indianapolis, IN | 1 | 107 | |
| 48 | Chris Jericho | January 9, 2017 | Raw | New Orleans, LA | 1 | 83 | |
| 49 | Kevin Owens | April 2, 2017 | WrestleMania 33 | Orlando, FL | 1 | 28 | The title became exclusive to the SmackDown brand following the 2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up. |
| 50 | Chris Jericho | April 30, 2017 | Payback | San Jose, CA | 2 | 2 | |
| 51 | Kevin Owens | May 2, 2017 | SmackDown | Fresno, CA | 2 | 66 | |
| 52 | AJ Styles | July 7, 2017 | WWE Live | New York, NY | 1 | 16 | |
| 53 | Kevin Owens | July 23, 2017 | Battleground | Philadelphia, PA | 3 | 2 | |
| 54 | AJ Styles | July 25, 2017 | SmackDown | Richmond, VA | 2 | 75 | |
| 55 | Baron Corbin | October 8, 2017 | Hell in a Cell | Detroit, MI | 1 | 70 | |
| 56 | Dolph Ziggler | December 17, 2017 | Clash of Champions | Boston, MA | 2 | 9 | |
| - | Vacated | December 26, 2017 | SmackDown | Rosemont, IL | - | - | SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan ruled that Dolph Ziggler vacated the title after he left the belt in the ring on the December 19 episode of SmackDown. |
| 57 | Bobby Roode | January 16, 2018 | SmackDown | Laredo, TX | 1 | 54 | Defeated Jinder Mahal in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. |
| 58 | Randy Orton | March 11, 2018 | Fastlane | Columbus, OH | 1 | 28 | |
| 59 | Jinder Mahal | April 8, 2018 | WrestleMania 34 | New Orleans, LA | 1 | 8 | The title became exclusive to the Raw brand following the first night of the 2018 WWE Superstar Shake-up. |
| 60 | Jeff Hardy | April 16, 2018 | Raw | Hartford, CT | 1 | 90 | Title transferred back to the SmackDown brand on the second night of the 2018 WWE Superstar Shake-up. |
| 61 | Shinsuke Nakamura | July 15, 2018 | Extreme Rules | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | 163 | |
| 62 | Rusev | December 25, 2018 | SmackDown | Fresno, CA | 3 | 32 | |
| 63 | Shinsuke Nakamura | January 27, 2019 | Royal Rumble Kickoff | Phoenix, AZ | 2 | 2 | |
| 64 | R-Truth | January 29, 2019 | SmackDown | Phoenix, AZ | 2 | 35 | |
| 65 | Samoa Joe | March 5, 2019 | SmackDown | Wilkes-Barre, PA | 1 | 74 | The title became exclusive to the Raw brand following the 2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up. |
| 66 | Rey Mysterio | May 19, 2019 | Money in the Bank | Hartford, CT | 1 | 15 | |
| 67 | Samoa Joe | June 3, 2019 | Raw | Austin, TX | 2 | 19 | Mysterio voluntarily relinquished the title back to Joe due to Mysterio suffering a legitimate shoulder injury. |
| 68 | Ricochet | June 24, 2019 | Stomping Grounds | Tacoma, WA | 1 | 21 | |
| 69 | AJ Styles | July 14, 2019 | Extreme Rules | Philadelphia, PA | 3 | 134 | |
| 70 | Rey Mysterio | November 25, 2019 | Raw | Rosemont, IL | 2 | 30 | |
| 71 | Andrade | December 26, 2019 | WWE Live | New York, NY | 1 | 150 | |
| 72 | Apollo Crews | May 25, 2020 | Raw | Orlando, FL | 1 | 96 | |
| 73 | Bobby Lashley | August 30, 2020 | Payback | Orlando, FL | 2 | 175 | |
| 74 | Riddle | February 21, 2021 | Elimination Chamber | St. Petersburg, FL | 1 | 49 | |
| 75 | Sheamus | April 11, 2021 | WrestleMania 37 Night Two | Tampa, FL | 3 | 131 | |
| 76 | Damian Priest | August 21, 2021 | SummerSlam | Paradise, NV | 1 | 191 | |
| 77 | Finn Bálor | February 28, 2022 | Raw | Columbus, OH | 1 | 48 | |
| 78 | Theory | April 18, 2022 | Raw | Buffalo, NY | 1 | 75 | |
| 79 | Bobby Lashley | July 2, 2022 | Money in the Bank | Paradise, NV | 3 | 100 | |
| 80 | Seth Rollins | October 10, 2022 | Raw | Brooklyn, NY | 2 | 47 | |
| 81 | Austin Theory | November 26, 2022 | Survivor Series WarGames | Boston, MA | 2 | 258 | This was a triple threat match, also involving Bobby Lashley.
Austin Theory was formerly known as Theory. The title became exclusive to the SmackDown brand following the 2023 WWE Draft. |
| 82 | Rey Mysterio | August 11, 2023 | SmackDown | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | 3 | 85 | |
| 83 | Logan Paul | November 4, 2023 | Crown Jewel | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 1 | 67+ | |