WWE's all-time top 10 WWE Worldheavyweight champions

John Cena wins the title for a record 15^th time

The WWE World Heavyweight Championship is the WWE’s first world title that was introduced in the year 1963.

There have been 43 eminent wrestlers, who have held the title since its inception. Wrestling legends like Bruno Sammartino, Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, Triple H, Bret Hart and many more have held the coveted title on numerous occasions over the span of their illustrious careers.

And on Sunday, at Money In The Bank pay-per-view, John Cena rewrote the WWE history books after he claimed his 15^th title of the career taking him into second place in the list of all-time greatest champions. Only Ric Flair has more titles than him.

Here we take a look at those top 10 superstars who have held the title for the maximum number of times.

Champions	Number of Titles( both WWE & World)
Ric Flair	16
John Cena	15
Triple H	13
Randy Orton	12
Hulk Hogan	12
Edge	11
The Rock	10
Bret Hart	7
Undertaker	7
Shawn Michaels	7

Honorable mentions include Stone Cold Steve Austin (6), Kurt Angle (6) and Brock Lesnar (4).