List of rulers of the Northern state of Gonja

List of rulers of Gonja, a kingdom located in the north of Ghana[]

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
c.1600	Invasion by clan, from Songhay in Mali
1675	Establishment of Gonja paramount ruler Yagbongwura
Yagbongwura (Paramount Rulers)

1675 to 1698	Sumaila Ndewura Jakpa, Yagbongwura
1698 to 1698	, Yagbongwura
1698 to 1709		In rebellion
1698 to 1698	Lanyon, Regent
1698 to 1699	Lanyon, Yagbongwura
1699 to February 1709
February 1709 to 25 May 1709	, Yagbongwura
1709 to 1712	, Yagbongwura
1712 to ????	, Regent
???? to ????	, Yagbongwura
???? to ????	, Yagbongwura
???? to ????	, Yagbongwura
???? to 1858	, Yagbongwura
1858 to 1873	, Yagbongwura
1873 to 18??	, Yagbongwura
18?? to 18??	, Yagbongwura
18?? to 1891	, Yagbongwura
1891 to 1896	Interregnum
1896 to 1907	, Yagbongwura
1907 to 1909	Lanyon, Yagbongwura
1909 to 1912	Interregnum
1912 to 1937	, Yagbongwura
1937 to 1942	, Yagbongwura
1942 to 1942	, Yagbongwura
1942 to 1975	, Yagbongwura
1975 to 1982	, Yagbongwura
1983 to 26 January 1987	, Yagbongwura
1987 to 1990	, Yagbongwura
1990 to 1992	, Yagbongwura
1992 to 1993	, Yagbongwura
7 December 1993 to 2000	, Yagbongwura
2000 to 2010	, Yagbongwura
March 2010 to present	, Yagbonwura