Fencing in Fencing World Championships |  | ||||
| 2023 |  | USA | Eli Dershwitz | |
| 2022 |  | HUN | Aron Szilagyi | |
| 2019 |  | KOR | Oh Sang-uk | |
| 2018 | | KOR | Kim Jung-hwan | |
| 2017 | | HUN | Andras Szatmari | |
| 2015 |  | RUS | Alexey Yakimenko | |
| 2014 | | RUS | Nikolay Kovalev | |
| 2013 | | RUS | Veniamin Reshetnikov | |
| 2011 |  | ITA | Aldo Montano | |
| 2010 | | KOR | Won Woo-young | |
| 2009 |  | GER | Nicolas Limbach | |
| 2007 | | RUS | Stanislav Pozdnyakov | |
| 2006 | | RUS | Stanislav Pozdnyakov | |
| 2005 |  | ROU | Mihai Covaliu | |
| 2003 |  | UKR | Volodymyr Lukashenko | |
| 2002 | | RUS | Stanislav Pozdnyakov | |
| 2001 | | RUS | Stanislav Pozdnyakov | |
| 1999 |  | FRA | Damien Touya | |
| 1998 | | ITA | Luigi Tarantino | |
| 1997 | | RUS | Stanislav Pozdnyakov | |
| 1995 | | RUS | Grigory Kiriyenko | |
| 1994 | | GER | Felix Becker | |
| 1993 | | RUS | Grigory Kiriyenko | |
| 1991 |  | URS | Grigory Kiriyenko | |
| 1990 | | HUN | György Nebald | |
| 1989 | | URS | Grigory Kiriyenko | |
| 1987 | | FRA | Jean-Francois Lamour | |
| 1986 | | URS | Sergei Mindyrhasov | |
| 1985 | | HUN | György Nebald | |
| 1983 |  | BUL | Vassil Etropoiski | |
| 1982 | | URS | Viktor Krovopuskov | |
| 1981 |  | POL | Dariusz Wodke | |
| 1979 | | URS | Vladimir Nazlymov | |
| 1978 | | URS | Viktor Krovopuskov | |
| 1977 | | HUN | Pal Gerevich | |
| 1975 | | URS | Vladimir Nazlymov | |
| 1974 | | ITA | Mario Aldo Montano | |
| 1973 | | ITA | Mario Aldo Montano | |
| 1971 | | ITA | Michele Maffei | |
| 1970 | | HUN | Tibor Pezsa | |
| 1969 | | URS | Viktor Sidyak | |
| 1967 | | URS | Mark Rakita | |
| 1966 | | POL | Jerzy Pawlowski | |
| 1965 | | POL | Jerzy Pawlowski | |
| 1963 | | URS | Yakov Rylsky | |
| 1962 | | HUN | Zoltan Horvath | |
| 1961 | | URS | Yakov Rylsky | |
| 1959 | | HUN | Rudolf Karpati | |
| 1958 | | URS | Yakov Rylsky | |
| 1957 | | POL | Jerzy Pawlowski | |
| 1955 | | HUN | Aladar Gerevich | |
| 1954 | | HUN | Rudolf Karpati | |
| 1953 | | HUN | Pal Kovacs | |
| 1951 | | HUN | Aladar Gerevich | |
| 1950 | | FRA | Jean Le Vavasseur | |
| 1949 | | ITA | Gastone Dare | |
| 1947 | | ITA | Aldo Montano | |
| 1938 | | ITA | Aldo Montano | |
| 1937 | | HUN | Pal Kovacs | |
| 1935 | | HUN | Aladar Gerevich | |
| 1934 | | HUN | Endre Kabos | |
| 1933 | | HUN | Endre Kabos | |
| 1931 | | HUN | György Piller | |
| 1930 | | HUN | György Piller | |
| 1929 | | HUN | Gyula Glykais | |
| 1927 | | HUN | Sandor Gombos | |
| 1926 | | HUN | Sandor Gombos | |
| 1925 | | HUN | Janos Garay | |
| 1923 |  | NED | Adrianus de Jong | |
| 1922 | | NED | Adrianus de Jong | |