| # | Wrestler | Date | Place | Special Note |
| 1 | Don Muraco | July 8, 1985 | Foxboro, Massachusetts | 1 |
| 2 | Harley Race | July 14, 1986 | Foxboro, Massachusetts | 2 |
| 3 | Randy Savage | September 4, 1987 | Providence, Rhode Island | 3 |
| 4 | Ted DiBiase | October 16, 1988 | Providence, Rhode Island | 4 |
| 5 | Tito Sanatana | October 14, 1989 | Providence, Rhode Island | 5 |
| 6 | Bret Hart | September 7, 1991 | Providence, Rhode Island | 6 |
| 7 | Bret Hart[2] | June 11, 1993 | Dayton, Ohio | 7 |
| 8 | Owen Hart | June 19, 1994 | Baltimore, Maryland | 8 |
| 9 | Mable | June 25, 1995 | Phladelphia, Pennsylvania | 9 |
| 10 | Steve Austin | June 23, 1996 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 10 |
| 11 | Hunter Hearst Helmsley | June 8, 1997 | Providence, Rhode Island | 11 |
| 12 | Ken Shamrock | June 28, 1998 | Pittsburg, Pennsylvania | 12 |
| 13 | Billy Gunn | June 27, 1999 | Greensboro, Norht Carolina | 13 |
| 14 | Kurt Angle | June 25, 2000 | Boston, Massachusetts | 14 |
| 15 | Edge | June 24, 2001 | East Rutherford, New Jersey | 15 |
| 16 | Brock Lesnar | June 23, 2002 | Columbus, Ohio | 16 |
| 17 | Booker T | May 21, 2006 | Phoenix, Arizona | 17 |
Notes:
1.Defeated The Iron Sheik in the final
2.Defeated Pedro Morales in the final
3.Defeated King Kong Bundy in the final
4.Defeated Randy Savage in the final
5.Defeated Rick Martel in the final
6.Defeated Irwin R Schyster(Mike Rotundo) in final
7.Defeated Bam Bam Bigelow in final. First PPV King of the Ring so Bret Hart is reconized as first true King of the Ring
8.Defeated Razor Ramon(Scott Hall) in final
9.Defeated Savio Vega in final
10. Defeated Jake "The Snake" Roberts in final
11.Defeated Mankind(Mick Foley) in final
12.Defeated Rocky Mavia(The Rock) in final
13.Defeated X-Pac in final
14.Defeated Rikishi in final
15.Defeated Kurt Angle in final
16.Defeated Rob Van Dam in final
17.Defeated Bobby Lashley in finals.
