Cycling in Track Cycling World Championships | _pictogram.svg) | ||||
| 2024 |  | ITA | Jonathan Milan | |
| 2023 | | ITA | Filippo Ganna | |
| 2022 | | ITA | Filippo Ganna | |
| 2021 |  | USA | Ashton Lambie | |
| 2020 | | ITA | Filippo Ganna | |
| 2019 | | ITA | Filippo Ganna | |
| 2018 | | ITA | Filippo Ganna | |
| 2017 |  | AUS | Jordan Kerby | |
| 2016 | | ITA | Filippo Ganna | |
| 2015 |  | SUI | Stefan Küng | |
| 2014 | | AUS | Alexander Edmondson | |
| 2013 | | AUS | Michael Hepburn | |
| 2012 | | AUS | Michael Hepburn | |
| 2011 | | AUS | Jack Bobridge | |
| 2010 | | USA | Taylor Phinney | |
| 2009 | | USA | Taylor Phinney | |
| 2008 |  | GBR | Bradley Wiggins | |
| 2007 | | GBR | Bradley Wiggins | |
| 2006 |  | GER | Robert Bartko | |
| 2005 | | GER | Robert Bartko | |
| 2004 |  | ESP | Sergi Escobar | |
| 2003 | | GBR | Bradley Wiggins | |
| 2002 | | AUS | Bradley McGee | |
| 2001 |  | UKR | Oleksandr Symonenko | |
| 2000 | | GER | Jens Lehmann | |
| 1999 | | GER | Robert Bartko | |
| 1998 |  | FRA | Philippe Ermenault | |
| 1997 | | FRA | Philippe Ermenault | |
| 1996 | | GBR | Chris Boardman | |
| 1995 | | GBR | Graeme Obree | |
| 1994 | | GBR | Chris Boardman | |
| 1993 | | GBR | Graeme Obree | |
| 1992 | | USA | Michael McCarthy | |
| 1991 | | FRA | Francis Moreau | |
| 1990 |  | URS | Vyacheslav Ekimov | |
| 1989 | | GBR | Colin Sturgess | |
| 1988 |  | POL | Lech Piasecki | |
| 1987 |  | DEN | Hans-Henrik Ørsted | |
| 1986 | | GBR | Tony Doyle | |
| 1985 | | DEN | Hans-Henrik Ørsted | |
| 1984 | | DEN | Hans-Henrik Ørsted | |
| 1983 | | AUS | Steele Bishop | |
| 1982 | | FRA | Alain Bondue | |
| 1981 | | FRA | Alain Bondue | |
| 1980 | | GBR | Tony Doyle | |
| 1979 |  | NED | Bert Oosterbosch | |
| 1978 |  | FRG | Gregor Braun | |
| 1977 | | FRG | Gregor Braun | |
| 1976 | | ITA | Francesco Moser | |
| 1975 | | NED | Roy Schuiten | |
| 1974 | | NED | Roy Schuiten | |
| 1973 | | GBR | Hugh Porter | |
| 1972 | | GBR | Hugh Porter | |
| 1971 |  | BEL | Dirk Baert | |
| 1970 | | GBR | Hugh Porter | |
| 1969 | | BEL | Ferdinand Bracke | |
| 1968 | | GBR | Hugh Porter | |
| 1967 | | NED | Tiemen Groen | |
| 1966 | | ITA | Leandro Faggin | |
| 1965 | | ITA | Leandro Faggin | |
| 1964 | | BEL | Ferdinand Bracke | |
| 1963 | | ITA | Leandro Faggin | |
| 1962 | | NED | Hendrik Nijdam | |
| 1961 | | FRG | Rudi Altig | |
| 1960 | | FRG | Rudi Altig | |
| 1959 | | FRA | Roger Riviere | |
| 1958 | | FRA | Roger Riviere | |
| 1957 | | FRA | Roger Riviere | |
| 1956 | | ITA | Guido Messina | |
| 1955 | | ITA | Guido Messina | |
| 1954 | | ITA | Guido Messina | |
| 1953 | | AUS | Sidney Patterson | |
| 1952 | | AUS | Sidney Patterson | |
| 1951 | | ITA | Antonio Bevilacqua | |
| 1950 | | ITA | Antonio Bevilacqua | |
| 1949 | | ITA | Fausto Coppi | |
| 1948 | | NED | Gerrit Schulte | |
| 1947 | | ITA | Fausto Coppi | |
| 1946 | | NED | Gerard Peters | |