List of Brazilian football champions
Brazilian football champions are the winners of the highest league in Brazilian football, which since 1971 is the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. In 2010, the Brazilian Football Confederation additionally recognized the winners of the Taça Brasil and the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa as Brazilian football champions.
Taça Brasil (1959–1968)
Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa (1967–1970)
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (1971–present)
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Third place | Top scorer | Goals |
| 1971 |  Atlético Mineiro |  São Paulo |  de Janeiro.png" /> Botafogo |  Dadá Maravilha | 15 |
| 1972 | Palmeiras |  Botafogo | Grande do Sul.png" /> Internacional | Dadá Maravilha  Pedro Rocha | 17 |
| 1973 | Palmeiras | São Paulo | Cruzeiro | Ramón | 21 |
| 1974 | Vasco | Cruzeiro | Santos | Roberto Dinamite | 16 |
| 1975 |  Internacional | Cruzeiro | Fluminense | Flávio | 16 |
| 1976 | Internacional | Corinthians | Atlético Mineiro | Dario | 16 |
| 1977 | São Paulo | Atlético Mineiro |  Operário | Reinaldo | 28 |
| 1978 | Guarani | Palmeiras | Internacional | Paulinho | 19 |
| 1979 | Internacional | Vasco |  Coritiba | César | 13 |
| 1980 | Flamengo | Atlético Mineiro | Internacional | Zico | 21 |
| 1981 | Grêmio | São Paulo | Ponte Preta | Nunes | 16 |
| 1982 | Flamengo | Grêmio | Guarani | Zico | 21 |
| 1983 | Flamengo | Santos | Atlético Mineiro | Serginho Chulapa | 22 |
| 1984 | Fluminense | Vasco | Grêmio | Roberto Dinamite | 16 |
| 1985 | Coritiba | Bangu | Brasil de Pelotas | Edmar | 20 |
| 1986 | São Paulo | Guarani | Atlético Mineiro | Careca | 25 |
| 1987 |  Sport | Guarani | Atlético Mineiro | Müller | 10 |
| 1988 |  Bahia | Internacional | Fluminense | Nílson | 15 |
| 1989 | Vasco | São Paulo | Cruzeiro | Túlio | 11 |
| 1990 | Corinthians | São Paulo | Grêmio | Charles | 11 |
| 1991 | São Paulo | Bragantino | Atlético Mineiro | Paulinho McLaren | 15 |
| 1992 | Flamengo | Botafogo | Vasco | Bebeto | 18 |
| 1993 | Palmeiras | Vitória | Corinthians | Guga | 15 |
| 1994 | Palmeiras | Corinthians | Guarani | Amoroso Túlio | 19 |
| 1995 | Botafogo | Santos | Cruzeiro | Túlio | 23 |
| 1996 | Grêmio | Portuguesa | Atlético Mineiro | Paulo Nunes Renaldo | 16 |
| 1997 | Vasco | Palmeiras | Internacional | Edmundo | 29 |
| 1998 | Corinthians | Cruzeiro | Santos | Viola | 21 |
| 1999 | Corinthians | Atlético Mineiro | Vitória | Guilherme | 28 |
| 2000 | Vasco | São Caetano | Cruzeiro | Adhemar | 22 |
| 2001 | Atlético Paranaense | São Caetano | Fluminense | Romário | 21 |
| 2002 | Santos | Corinthians | Grêmio | Luís Fabiano Rodrigo Fabri | 19 |
| 2003 | Cruzeiro | Santos | São Paulo | Dimba | 31 |
| 2004 | Santos | Atlético Paranaense | São Paulo | Washington | 34 |
| 2005 | Corinthians | Internacional |  Goiás | Romário | 22 |
| 2006 | São Paulo | Internacional | Grêmio | Souza | 17 |
| 2007 | São Paulo | Santos | Flamengo | Josiel | 20 |
| 2008 | São Paulo | Grêmio | Cruzeiro | Keirrison Kléber Pereira Washington | 21 |
| 2009 | Flamengo | Internacional | São Paulo | Adriano Diego Tardelli | 19 |
| 2010 | Fluminense | Cruzeiro | Corinthians | Jonas | 23 |
| 2011 | Corinthians | Vasco | Fluminense | Borges | 23 |
| 2012 | Fluminense | Atlético Mineiro | Grêmio | Fred | 20 |
| 2013 | Cruzeiro | Grêmio | Atlético Paranaense | Éderson | 21 |
| 2014 | Cruzeiro | São Paulo | Internacional | Fred | 18 |
| 2015 | Corinthians | Atlético Mineiro | Grêmio | Ricardo Oliveira | 20 |
| 2016 | Palmeiras | Santos | Flamengo | William Pottker Diego Souza Fred | 14 |
| 2017 | Corinthians | Palmeiras | Santos | Henrique Dourado Jô | 18 |
| 2018 | Palmeiras | Flamengo | Internacional | Gabriel Barbosa | 18 |
| 2019 | Flamengo | Santos | Palmeiras | Gabriel Barbosa | 25 |
Winners
Performance by club
Seventeen clubs are officially recognized to have been the Brazilian football champions.- Taça Brasil and Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa championships.
| Club | Won | Runner-up | Years won | Years Runner-up |
| Palmeiras | 10 | 4 | 1960*, 1967*, 1967^, 1969^, 1972, 1973, 1993, 1994, 2016, 2018 | 1970^, 1978, 1997, 2017 |
| Santos | 8 | 8 | 1961*, 1962*, 1963*, 1964*, 1965*, 1968^, 2002, 2004 | 1959*, 1966*, 1983, 1995, 2003, 2007, 2016, 2019 |
| Corinthians | 7 | 3 | 1990, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2011, 2015, 2017 | 1976, 1994, 2002 |
| São Paulo | 6 | 6 | 1977, 1986, 1991, 2006, 2007, 2008 | 1971, 1973, 1981, 1989, 1990, 2014 |
| Flamengo | 6 | 2 | 1980, 1982, 1983, 1992, 2009, 2019 | 1964*, 2018 |
| Cruzeiro | 4 | 5 | 1966*, 2003, 2013, 2014 | 1969^, 1974, 1975, 1998, 2010 |
| Vasco da Gama | 4 | 4 | 1974, 1989, 1997, 2000 | 1965*, 1979, 1984, 2011 |
| Fluminense | 4 | 0 | 1970^, 1984, 2010, 2012 | — |
| Internacional | 3 | 6 | 1975, 1976, 1979 | 1967^, 1968^, 1988, 2005, 2006, 2009 |
| Botafogo | 2 | 3 | 1968*, 1995 | 1962*, 1972, 1992 |
| Grêmio | 2 | 3 | 1981, 1996 | 1982, 2008, 2013 |
| Bahia | 2 | 2 | 1959*, 1988 | 1961*, 1963* |
| Atlético Mineiro | 1 | 5 | 1971 | 1977, 1980, 1999, 2012, 2015 |
| Guarani | 1 | 2 | 1978 | 1986, 1987 |
| Atlético Paranaense | 1 | 1 | 2001 | 2004 |
| Coritiba | 1 | 0 | 1985 | — |
| Sport | 1 | 0 | 1987 | — |
 Fortaleza | 0 | 2 | — | 1960*, 1968* |
| São Caetano | 0 | 2 | — | 2000, 2001 |
| Náutico | 0 | 1 | — | 1967* |
| Bangu | 0 | 1 | — | 1985 |
| Bragantino | 0 | 1 | — | 1991 |
| Vitória | 0 | 1 | — | 1993 |
| Portuguesa | 0 | 1 | — | 1996 |