List of sumo record holders

Since 1958, six honbasho have been held every year, giving wrestlers from the modern era more opportunities to accumulate championships and wins.

Before that date there were a number of different lengths, including ten, eleven, twelve, and thirteen days.

+ Four of these titles were in perfect tournaments (zenshō-yūshō) and were part of Hakuhō's second-place streak of 63 consecutive wins.

The list includes yokozuna and ōzeki (the highest rank before the yokozuna rank was introduced), but excludes so-called kanban or "guest ōzeki" (usually big men drawn from local crowds to promote a tournament who would never appear on the banzuke again) and wrestlers for which insufficient data is available.

Gold stars or kinboshi are awarded to maegashira ranked wrestlers who defeat a yokozuna.

Yokozuna by their age at the time of promotion, showing both years and months for added detail.