| World Champions |
| Rank | Name | Club | Title | Year - Class |
| 1 |  | Hirosaka, Masami | | 14 | 1987 - 4WD; 1988 - 1:12; 1989 - 2WD; 1989 - 4WD, ... |
| 2 |  | Collari, Lamberto | | 9 | 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995 - Sport 1:8th IC Track, ... |
| 3 |  | Spashett, David | Eastbourne | 4 | 1994, 1998 - 1:12; 1998 - Pro 10; 2006 - 1:12 |
|  | Cavalieri, Ryan | Team Associated | 4 | 2003, 2005 - 4WD; 2011 - 2WD; 2011 - 4WD |
|  | Rheinard, Marc | DJK Andernach | 4 | 2004, 2008, 2010 - Elec 1:10; 2014 - 1:12 |
| | Matsukura, Naoto | Team Yokomo | 4 | 2008, 2010, 2012 - 1:12; 2014 - Elec 1:10 |
| 7 | | Neisinger, Tony | | 3 | 1984, 1986, 1992 - 1:12 |
| | Pavidis, Mark | | 3 | 1995 - 4WD; 2002 - 1:10 IC scale; 2006 - 1:8 Offroad |
| 9 | | Carbonell, Arturo | | 2 | 1981 - Sport 1:8th IC Track; 1982 - 1:12 |
| | Johnson, Joel | | 2 | 1987 - 2WD; 1992 - Pro 10 |
| | Monesi, Maurizio | | 2 | 1988, 1994 - 1:8 Offroad |
| | Kinwald, Brian | | 2 | 1993, 1997 - 2WD |
| | Francis, Matt | | 2 | 1995, 2001 - 2WD |
|  | Bertin, Adrien | | 2 | 1999 - Sport 1:8th IC Track; 2004 - 1:10 IC scale |
|  | Steenari, Jukka | | 2 | 1999, 2001 - 4WD |
| | Hara, Atsushi | | 2 | 2000 - Elec 1:10; 2008 - 1:8 Offroad |
| | Tebo, Jared | | 2 | 2007 - 4WD; 2013 - 2WD |
| | Achter, Martin | BC Regensburg | 2 | 2009 - 2WD; 2009 - 4WD |
| 19 | | Kroells, Butch | | 1 | 1977 - Sport 1:8th IC Track |
| | Greeno, Phil | | 1 | 1977 - Formula 1:8th IC Track |
| | Booth, Phil | | 1 | 1979 - Sport 1:8th IC Track |
| | Ghersi, Guilio | | 1 | 1980 - Formula 1:8th IC Track |
| | Clausen, Kent | | 1 | 1982 - 1:12 stock |
| | Lecat, David | | 1 | 1983 - Sport 1:8th IC Track |
| | Bartos, Bud | | 1 | 1984 - 1:12 stock |
| | Losi Jr., Gil | | 1 | 1985 - Off Road Unlimited |
| | Halsey, Jay | | 1 | 1985 - Off Road Stock |
|  | Roem, Rody | | 1 | 1985 - Sport 1:8th IC Track |
| | Veyssere, Frederic | | 1 | 1986 - 1:8 Offroad |
| | Fusco, Repete | | 1 | 1987 - Sport 1:8th IC Track |
| | Sanada, Koji | | 1 | 1990 - 1:8 Offroad |
| | Doseck, Christopher | | 1 | 1990 - 1:12 |
| | Lett, Cliff | | 1 | 1991 - 4WD |
| | Toge, Kunihiro | | 1 | 1992 - 1:8 Offroad |
| | Swauger, Mike | | 1 | 1996 - Pro 10 |
| | Laffranchi, Alex | | 1 | 1996 - 1:8 Offroad |
| | Reckward, Daniel | Stoppelhopser Oberhausen | 1 | 1998 - 1:8 Offroad |
| | Salven, Michael | 2-speed racing team | 1 | 2000 - IC Track 235mm |
| | Kanai, Yuichi | | 1 | 2000 - 1:8 Offroad |
| | Strauch, Marcel | | 1 | 2001 - 1:5 TC |
| | Osaka, Kenji | | 1 | 2001 - Sport 1:8th IC Track |
| | Degani, Greg | | 1 | 2002 - 1:8 Offroad |
|  | Chaidajsuriya, Surikarn | | 1 | 2002 - Elec 1:10 |
| | Berry, Brian | | 1 | 2002 - IC Track 235mm |
| | Roskam, Hessel | AMCA Apeldoorn | 1 | 2003 - 1:5 TC |
| | Easton, Billy | | 1 | 2003 - 2WD |
| | Vray, Guillaume | | 1 | 2004 - 1:8 Offroad |
| | Cragg, Neil | | 1 | 2005 - 2WD |
| | Oddie, Ian | BRCA | 1 | 2005 - 1:5 TC |
| | Moore, Andy | | 1 | 2006 - Elec 1:10 |
| | Fukuda, Keisuke | | 1 | 2006 - 1:10 IC scale |
| | Matsuzaki, Hayato | | 1 | 2007 - 2WD |
|  | Lissau, Martin | HRCR | 1 | 2007 - 1:5 TC |
| | Ielasi, Daniele | AMSCI | 1 | 2008 - 1:10 IC scale |
|  | Myburgh, Barend | | 1 | 2009 - 1:5 TC |
| | Burch, Ralph | | 1 | 2010 - 1:10 IC scale |
| | King, Cody | | 1 | 2010 - 1:8 Offroad |
| | Pietsch, Robert | MRT Rosenheim | 1 | 2011 - Sport 1:8th IC Track |
| | Solon, Guillaume | | 1 | 2011 - 1:5 TC |
| | Groskamp, Jilles | MACH Heemstede | 1 | 2012 - Elec 1:10 |
| | Vejrak, Meen | | 1 | 2012 - 1:10 IC scale |
|  | Batlle Sánchez, Robert | | 1 | 2012 - 1:8 Offroad |
| | Feldmann, Markus | MRC Alst.-Oberhausen | 1 | 2013 - 1:5 TC |
| | Hartson, Steven | | 1 | 2013 - 4WD |
| | Sahashi, Tadahiko | | 1 | 2013 - Sport 1:8th IC Track |
|  | Tessmann, Ty | | 1 | 2014 - 1:8 Offroad |
|  | Hagberg, Alexander | MHF Skarpnäck | 1 | 2014 - 1:10 IC scale |
|  | Grenenger, Russell | | 1 | 2015 - 1:5 TC |
|  | Coelho, Bruno | | 1 | 2015 - 4WD |
| | Rivkin, Spencer | | 1 | 2015 - 2WD |
|  | Kurzbuch, Simon | MRCL Langenthal | 1 | 2015 - Sport 1:8th IC Track |
| | Greiner, Dominic | MCC Türkheim | 1 | 2016 - 1:10 IC scale |
