List of WWE Women's Champions

The WWE Women's Championship^[1] is a women's professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE, defended on the SmackDown brand. It was introduced on April 3, 2016, at WrestleMania 32 to replace the WWE Divas Championship and has a unique title history separate from the original WWE Women's Championship. Following the reintroduction of the brand split in July 2016, the title became exclusive to Raw and was renamed as the Raw Women's Championship after SummerSlam in August 2016 when SmackDown created the SmackDown Women's Championship as a counterpart title. As a result of the 2023 WWE Draft, the championships switched brands. In June 2023, the Raw Women's Championship reverted to its original name of WWE Women's Championship while the SmackDown Women's Championship became the Women's World Championship.^[2]

The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition. Rhea Ripley is the current champion in her second reign. She won the title by defeating previous champion Jade Cargill at WrestleMania 42 Night 2 on April 19, 2026, in Paradise, Nevada.

As of May 12, 2026, there have been 32 reigns between 14 champions. The first champion was Charlotte, who won the title at WrestleMania 32. She also has the most reigns with six. Bianca Belair's first reign is the longest at 420 days (419 as recognized by WWE), while her second is the shortest at 1 minute, 35 seconds. Becky Lynch has the longest combined reign across her two reigns at 535 days (559 as recognized by WWE). Asuka is the oldest champion, having won the title at 41 years, 243 days old, while Sasha Banks is the youngest when she won it at 24. Two women in history have held the championship for a continuous reign of one year (365 days) or more: Becky Lynch and Bianca Belair.