Most World Series Wins by a Team

The New York Yankees have won the most World Series titles of any team, with 27 championships between 1923 and 2009. That total is more than double the next-best franchise, the St. Louis Cardinals, who have 11.

In a sport as long and unpredictable as baseball, a World Series title is hard-won: a team must survive a marathon regular season and then win multiple rounds of postseason series. Doing it 27 times, as the Yankees have, represents a scale of dominance no other franchise has come close to. Here is the full leaderboard of MLB’s most decorated teams, the dynasties behind the numbers, and why the gap at the top is so wide. All figures are through the 2024 season.

The record holder: the New York Yankees and 27 titles

The Yankees built their total across several dynasties. The Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig era delivered the first titles in the 1920s and 1930s, the Joe DiMaggio and later Mickey Mantle teams dominated the 1940s and 1950s, and the late-1990s clubs led by Derek Jeter added a modern run of four titles in five years.

Their 27 championships come from a record 40 World Series appearances, a figure that captures how often the Yankees have simply been the last team standing in the American League. The most recent title came in 2009, but the historical lead they hold is enormous.

The full leaderboard of World Series champions

The table below ranks MLB franchises by total World Series titles won.

Rank	Titles	Franchise	Most recent
1	27	New York Yankees	2009
2	11	St. Louis Cardinals	2011
3	9	Athletics (Phi./K.C./Oak.)	1989
3	9	Boston Red Sox	2018
5	8	Giants (N.Y./San Fran.)	2014
5	8	Dodgers (Bkn./L.A.)	2024
7	5	Cincinnati Reds	1990
7	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	1979
9	4	Detroit Tigers	1984
9	4	Boston Braves / Atlanta Braves	2021

Several franchises are grouped across the cities they have called home, such as the Athletics (Philadelphia, Kansas City and Oakland) and the Giants and Dodgers, who both moved west from New York in the 1950s.

The Cardinals and the National League

The St. Louis Cardinals lead the National League with 11 titles, the closest anyone gets to the Yankees. Their success is spread remarkably evenly across the decades, from the “Gashouse Gang” of the 1930s to championships in 1982, 2006 and 2011. That durability is why they are often described as the model NL franchise.

The eight-time winners: Giants and Dodgers

The Giants and Dodgers, longtime rivals who both relocated from New York to California, each have eight titles. The Dodgers reached that mark with their 2024 win, one of the most recent championships on this list, while the Giants collected three titles in five years during the early 2010s. Their sustained contention is often built on strong regular seasons, the kind detailed in our look at the best regular-season record in MLB history.

Why the record matters

A World Series title is the ultimate team achievement in baseball, and stacking up 27 of them makes the Yankees the standard against which every other franchise is measured. The players who fuel these champions often leave their own marks in the record books, from postseason heroics to career milestones like the most home runs of all time.

The short version: the New York Yankees have won the most World Series titles with 27, far ahead of the Cardinals’ 11 and the nine each held by the Athletics and Red Sox. The Giants and Dodgers follow on eight, with the Yankees’ record 40 appearances underlining a dominance unmatched through the 2024 season.