Figure Skating: World Champions
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
| Men | |
| 1960 | Alain Giletti, France |
| 1961 | No competition |
| 1962 | Donald Jackson, Canada |
| 1963 | Don McPherson, Canada |
| 1964 | Manfred Schnelldorfer, West Germany |
| 1965 | Alain Calmat, France |
| 1966–68 | Emmerich Danzer, Austria |
| 1969–70 | Tim Wood, United States |
| 1971–73 | Ondrej Nepela, Czechoslovakia |
| 1974 | Jan Hoffman, East Germany |
| 1975 | Sergei Yolkov, USSR |
| 1976 | John Curry, Britain |
| 1977 | Vladimir Kovalev, USSR |
| 1978 | Charles Tickner, United States |
| 1979 | Vladimir Kovalev, USSR |
| 1980 | Jan Hoffman, East Germany |
| 1981–84 | Scott Hamilton, United States |
| 1985 | Alexandr Fadeev, USSR |
| 1986 | Brian Boitano, United States |
| 1987 | Brian Orser, Canada |
| 1988 | Brian Boitano, United States |
| 1989–91 | Kurt Browning, Canada |
| 1992 | Viktor Petrenko, Unified Team |
| 1993 | Kurt Browning, Canada |
| 1994–95 | Elvis Stojko, Canada |
| 1996 | Todd Eldredge, United States |
| 1997 | Elvis Stojko, Canada |
| 1998–2000 | Alexei Yagudin, Russia |
| 2001 | Evgeni Plushenko, Russia |
| 2002 | Alexei Yagudin, Russia |
| 2003–04 | Evgeni Plushenko, Russia |
| 2005–06 | Stephane Lambiel, Switzerland |
| Women | |
| 1956–60 | Carol Heiss, United States |
| 1961 | No competition |
| 1962–64 | Sjoukje Dijkstra, Netherlands |
| 1965 | Petra Burka, Canada |
| 1966–68 | Peggy Fleming, United States |
| 1969–70 | Gabriele Seyfert, East Germany |
| 1971–72 | Beatrix Schuba, Austria |
| 1973 | Karen Magnusson, Canada |
| 1974 | Christine Errath, East Germany |
| 1975 | Dianne de Leeuw, Netherlands |
| 1976 | Dorothy Hamill, United States |
| 1977 | Linda Fratianne, United States |
| 1978 | Anett Poetzsch, East Germany |
| 1979 | Linda Fratianne, United States |
| 1980 | Anett Poetzsch, East Germany |
| 1981 | Denise Beillmann, Switzerland |
| 1982 | Elaine Zayak, United States |
| 1983 | Rosalynn Sumners, United States |
| 1984–85 | Katarina Witt, East Germany |
| 1986 | Debi Thomas, United States |
| 1987–88 | Katarina Witt, East Germany |
| 1989 | Midori Ito, Japan |
| 1990 | Jill Trenary, United States |
| 1991–92 | Kristi Yamaguchi, United States |
| 1993 | Oksana Baiul, Ukraine |
| 1994 | Yuka Sato, Japan |
| 1995 | Chen Lu, China |
| 1996 | Michelle Kwan, United States |
| 1997 | Tara Lipinski, United States |
| 1998 | Michelle Kwan, United States |
| 1999 | Maria Butyrskaya, Russia |
| 2000–01 | Michelle Kwan, United States |
| 2002 | Irina Slutskaya, Russia |
| 2003 | Michelle Kwan, United States |
| 2004 | Shizuka Arakawa, Japan |
| 2005 | Irina Slutskaya, Russia |
| 2006 | Kimmie Meissner, United States |
