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Through November 13, 2026
269Reigns
1,064Belt games
61Franchises have held it
31Title changes in the playoffs

Never held the International belt: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Aruba, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Cyprus, DR Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niger, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Tahiti, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States Virgin Islands, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen.

Most days holding the belt (all reigns)
  1. 1. Scotland15,167
  2. 2. England7,517
  3. 3. Argentina2,844
  4. 4. France2,343
  5. 5. Netherlands2,193
  6. 6. Russia2,030
  7. 7. Wales1,820
  8. 8. Uruguay1,746
  9. 9. Brazil1,650
  10. 10. Spain1,591
Most reigns
  1. 1. England25
  2. 2. Scotland19
  3. 3. Argentina16
  4. 4. Germany11
  5. 5. Chile11
  6. 6. Italy10
  7. 7. France10
  8. 8. Brazil10
  9. 9. Uruguay10
  10. 10. Netherlands10
Most defenses in one reign
  1. 1. Italy, 202021
  2. 2. Scotland, 188020
  3. 3. Germany, 199615
  4. 4. England, 189114
  5. 5. Netherlands, 197314
  6. 6. Argentina, 199214
  7. 7. Russia, 199513
  8. 8. Netherlands, 200212
  9. 9. Spain, 202612
  10. 10. Austria, 193111
Most successful defenses (all reigns)
  1. 1. Scotland90
  2. 2. England64
  3. 3. Argentina63
  4. 4. Russia57
  5. 5. Netherlands44
  6. 6. Brazil41
  7. 7. Italy40
  8. 8. Spain39
  9. 9. France38
  10. 10. Germany29
Most defenses in one season
  1. 1. Italy, 202115
  2. 2. Spain, 202612
  3. 3. Brazil, 195610
  4. 4. Brazil, 195910
  5. 5. Russia, 196610
  6. 6. Argentina, 199310
  7. 7. Argentina, 19569
  8. 8. Netherlands, 19749
  9. 9. Czechoslovakia, 19769
  10. 10. Germany, 19979
Most belt games played
  1. 1. Scotland147
  2. 2. England146
  3. 3. Argentina110
  4. 4. Russia82
  5. 5. Brazil79
  6. 6. Italy76
  7. 7. France75
  8. 8. Netherlands72
  9. 9. Uruguay72
  10. 10. Wales71
Busiest seasons (title changes)
  1. 1. 20118
  2. 2. 20007
  3. 3. 20137
  4. 4. 19576
  5. 5. 20086
  6. 6. 19585
  7. 7. 19825
  8. 8. 19865
  9. 9. 19895
  10. 10. 19985
Longest current droughts
  1. 1. Northern Ireland33,998 days
  2. 2. Curaçao23,241 days
  3. 3. Costa Rica23,081 days
  4. 4. Ecuador22,363 days
  5. 5. Scotland21,737 days
  6. 6. Austria21,334 days
  7. 7. Hungary20,029 days
  8. 8. Bulgaria15,045 days
  9. 9. Wales13,939 days
  10. 10. Poland13,704 days
Most title takeovers from one team
  1. 1. Scotland from England16
  2. 2. England from Scotland10
  3. 3. Wales from Scotland5
  4. 4. England from Wales4
  5. 5. Hungary from Switzerland4
  6. 6. Scotland from Wales3
  7. 7. Brazil from Argentina3
  8. 8. Argentina from Uruguay3
  9. 9. England from Germany3
  10. 10. Germany from Netherlands3

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