List of top title holders in Go
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The lists below comprise the top title-winning professional Go players. Bold names indicate active players.
International[]
- As of 1 November 2020
# | Nat. | Player | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Lee Changho | 21 | |
2 | Lee Sedol | 18 | |
3 | Cho Hunhyun | 11 | |
4 | Ke Jie | 10 | |
5-t | Gu Li | 8 | |
5-t | Park Junghwan | 8 | |
7-t | Takemiya Masaki | 6 | |
7-t | Yoo Changhyuk | 6 | |
7-t | Kong Jie | 6 | |
10 | Yoda Norimoto | 4 |
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[]
References[]
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