List of IWGP Tag Team Champions


The IWGP Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling promotion. "IWGP" are the initials of NJPW's governing body, the International Wrestling Grand Prix. The title was introduced on December 12, 1985, at a NJPW live event. The IWGP Tag Team Championship is not the only tag team title contested for in NJPW; the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is also sanctioned by NJPW. According to NJPW's official website, the IWGP Tag Team Championship is considered the "IWGP Heavy Weight Class", while the Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is listed as the "IWGP Jr. Tag Class". Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won via the result of a scripted match. Title changes usually happen at NJPW-promoted events; although the title has only changed hands twice at a non-NJPW event, it has been defended in several other promotions.
Hiroyoshi Tenzan currently holds the record for most reigns by an individual wrestler, with twelve. Tenzan's combined twelve reign lengths add up to 1,988 days, which is the most of any champion. At six reigns, the teams of Tenzan with Satoshi Kojima and Guerrillas of Destiny Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa hold the record for most by a team. Tenzan and Masahiro Chono's combined five reign lengths add up to 1,010 days. At days, Bad Intentions' only reign is the longest in the title's history. Keiji Mutoh and Shiro Koshinaka's only reign is the shortest, at six days. Currently, Bad Intentions' only reign has the most defenses, with ten.Overall, there have been 87 reigns shared between 78 wrestlers. The team of Dangerous Tekkers are the current champions in their first reign. They won the titles by defeating previous champions Golden☆Ace on February 21, 2020 in Osaka at Dominion in Osaka-Jo Dominion in Osaka-jo Hall

Title history

Combined reigns

As of ,.
and Satoshi Kojima ), record-tying six-time champions

By team

By wrestler

RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns		Combined
defenses		Combined days
Kota Ibushi
Taichi †+
Zack Sabre Jr. †+

Footnotes