List of top title holders in Go

The lists below comprise the top title-winning professional Go players.

International Majors

As of 18 February 2024

#	Nat.	Player	Total
1		Lee Changho	17
2		Lee Sedol	14
3		Cho Hunhyun	9
4-t		Gu Li	8
4-t		Ke Jie	8
6-t		Yoo Changhyuk	6
6-t		Shin Jinseo	6
8		Park Junghwan	5

Continental

As of 26 August 2013

#	Nat.	Player	Total
1		Gu Li	9
2		Lee Changho	6
3		Chang Hao	5
4		Chen Yaoye	4
5-t		Ma Xiaochun	3
5-t		Cho Chikun	3
5-t		Lee Sedol	3
8-t		Park Yeonghun	2
8-t		Rin Kaiho	2
8-t		Kobayashi Koichi	2
8-t		Cho Sonjin	2

Total by country

• China – 29
• Japan – 13
• South Korea – 11
• Taiwan – 2

China

As of 1 November 2020

#	Player	Domestic	Continental	International	Total
1	Ma Xiaochun	47	5	2	54
2	Gu Li	31	12	8	51
3	Nie Weiping	37	1	0	38
4	Chang Hao	20	7	3	30
5	Ke Jie	14	3	10	27
6	Chen Yaoye	13	5	4	22
7	Kong Jie	11	1	6	18
8	Liu Xiaoguang	13	1	0	14
9-t	Zhou Heyang	10	1	1	12
9-t	Lian Xiao	11	1	0	12
9-t	Mi Yuting	8	0	4	12

Japan

As of 17 April 2021

#	Player	Domestic	Continental	International	Total
1	Cho Chikun Meiyo Meijin, 25th Honinbō	71	3	2	76
2	Yuta Iyama 26th Honinbō Meiyo Kisei, Gosei, Honinbō and Tengen	67	2	1	70
3	Koichi Kobayashi Meiyo Kisei, Meijin and Gosei	59	1	7	67
4	Sakata Eio 23rd Honinbō	61	2	1	64
5	Masao Kato (deceased) Meiyo Oza	47	0	0	47
6	Hideo Otake Meiyo Gosei	41	1	2	44
7	Cho U	37	1	1	39
8	Rin Kaiho Meiyo Tengen	34	2	1	37
9	Norimoto Yoda	30	4	1	35
10	Yoshio Ishida 24th Honinbō	23	0	1	24

South Korea

As of 1 May 2019

#	Player	Domestic	Continental	International	Total
1	Cho Hunhyun	143	0	11	154
2	Lee Changho	117	6	21	144
3	Lee Sedol	30	2	18	50
4	Kim In (deceased)	30	0	0	30
5	Park Junghwan	20	1	8	29
6	Seo Bongsoo	27	0	1	28
7	Yoo Changhyuk	18	1	6	25
8	Cho Namchul (deceased)	23	0	0	23
9	Park Yeonghun	15	2	3	20
10	Choi Cheolhan	14	0	2	16

See also

• List of Go players
• International Go Federation
• List of professional Go tournaments

References

• All information from gogameworld.com