List of WBA world champions#Middleweight

!1

|align=left | Jack Dempsey
({{small|awarded inaugural title}})

|Jan 1921 – 23 Sep 1926

|3

!2

|align=left | Gene Tunney

|23 Sep 1926 – 31 Jul 1928

|2

! colspan="4" |{{small|Tunney retires.{{cite news|date=2 August 1928|work=The Wetumpka Herald|title=Gene Tunney Retires From Ring

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/552005086/ |location=Wetumpka, Alabama|access-date=22 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!3

|align=left | Max Schmeling
({{small|def. Jack Sharkey}})

|12 Jun 1930 – 21 Jun 1932

|1

!4

|align=left | Jack Sharkey

|21 Jun 1932 – 29 Jun 1933

|0

!5

|align=left | Primo Carnera

|29 Jun 1933 – 14 Jun 1934

|1

!6

|align=left | Max Baer

|14 Jun 1934 – 13 Jun 1935

|0

!7

|align=left | James J. Braddock

|13 Jun 1935 – 22 Jun 1937

|0

!8

|align=left | Joe Louis

|22 Jun 1937 – 1 Mar 1949

|style="background:#ffffbf;"|25

! colspan="4" |{{small|Louis vacated the title and retired, but would come back a year later to fight Ezzard Charles.{{cite news |date=1 March 1949|work=The Central New Jersey Home News|title= Louis Retires; Will Promote Title Fight|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/321473900/ |location=New Brunswick, New Jersey|access-date=22 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!9

|align=left | Ezzard Charles
({{small|def. Jersey Joe Walcott}})

|22 Jun 1949 – 18 Jul 1951

|8

!10

|align=left | Jersey Joe Walcott

|18 Jul 1951 – 23 Sep 1952

|1

!11

|align=left | Rocky Marciano

|23 Sep 1952 – 27 Apr 1956

|6

! colspan="4" |{{small|Marciano retires.{{cite news |date=27 April 1956|work=The Central New Jersey Home News|title=Marciano Retires From Ring As Unbeaten World Champion

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315469629/ |location=New Brunswick, New Jersey|access-date=22 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!12

|align=left | Floyd Patterson
({{small|def. Archie Moore}})

|30 Nov 1956 – 26 Jun 1959

|3

!13

|align=left | Ingemar Johansson

|26 Jun 1959 – 20 Jun 1960

|0

!14

|align=left | Floyd Patterson (2)

|20 Jun 1960 – 25 Sep 1962

|2

! colspan="4" |{{small|The NBA changes its name to WBA on 23 August 1962,[http://www.wbaboxing.com/wba-history/world-boxing-association-history "World Boxing Association History"]. WBA. Retrieved 2 September 2018. making Patterson the first WBA heavyweight champion and last NBA heavyweight champion.}}

!15

|align=left | Sonny Liston

|25 Sep 1962 – 25 Feb 1964

|1

!16

|align=left | Muhammad Ali

|25 Feb – 14 Sep 1964

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Ali was stripped of the title for signing to a rematch with Liston.{{cite news|date=14 September 1964|work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin|title=Cass Clay Stripped By W.B.A.

|url= https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/731781687/|location= Honolulu, Hawaii|access-date=15 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!17

|align=left | Ernie Terrell
({{small|def. Eddie Machen}})

|5 Mar 1965 – 6 Feb 1967

|2

!18

|align=left | Muhammad Ali (2)

|6 Feb – 28 Apr 1967

|1

! colspan="4" |{{small|Ali was stripped of the title due to his refusal to be drafted to Army service.{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=29 April 1967|work=Hartford Courant|title=Heavyweight title stripped from Clay

|url= https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/242611727/ |location= Hartford, Connecticut|access-date=15 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!19

|align=left | Jimmy Ellis
({{small|def. Jerry Quarry}})

|27 Apr 1968 – 16 Feb 1970

|1

!20

|align=left | Joe Frazier

|16 Feb 1970 – 22 Jan 1973

|4

!21

|align=left | George Foreman

|22 Jan 1973 – 30 Oct 1974

|2

!22

|align=left | Muhammad Ali (3)

|30 Oct 1974 – 15 Feb 1978

|10

!23

|align=left | Leon Spinks

|15 Feb – 15 Sep 1978

|0

!24

|align=left | Muhammad Ali (4)

|15 Sep 1978 – 4 Jul 1979

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Ali vacated the title and retired, but would come back a year later to fight Larry Holmes.{{cite news |date=4 July 1979|work=Miami Herald|title=Ali's Plans Confirmed By WBA

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/627813212/ |location=Miami, Florida |access-date=15 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!25

|align=left | John Tate
({{small|def. Gerrie Coetzee}})

|20 Oct 1979 – 31 Mar 1980

|0

!26

|align=left | Mike Weaver

|31 Mar 1980 – 10 Dec 1982

|2

!27

|align=left | Michael Dokes

|10 Dec 1982 – 23 Sep 1983

|1

!28

|align=left | Gerrie Coetzee

|23 Sep 1983 – 1 Dec 1984

|0

!29

|align=left | Greg Page

|1 Dec 1984 – 29 Apr 1985

|0

!30

|align=left | Tony Tubbs

|29 Apr 1985 – 17 Jan 1986

|0

!31

|align=left | Tim Witherspoon

|17 Jan – 12 Dec 1986

|1

!32

|align=left | James Smith

|12 Dec 1986 – 7 Mar 1987

|0

!33

|align=left | Mike Tyson

|7 Mar 1987 – 11 Feb 1990

|8

!34

|align=left | Buster Douglas

|11 Feb – 25 Oct 1990

|0

!35

|align=left | Evander Holyfield

|25 Oct 1990 – 13 Nov 1992

|3

!36

|align=left | Riddick Bowe

|13 Nov 1992 – 6 Nov 1993

|2

!37

|align=left | Evander Holyfield (2)

|6 Nov 1993 – 22 Apr 1994

|0

!38

|align=left | Michael Moorer

|22 Apr – 5 Nov 1994

|0

!39

|align=left | George Foreman (2)

|5 Nov 1994 – 4 Mar 1995

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Foreman was stripped after refusing to fight mandatory challenger Tony Tucker.{{cite news |date=5 March 1995|work=The News and Observer|title=Foreman stripped of title

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/656872726/ |location= Raleigh, North Carolina |access-date=15 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!40

|align=left | Bruce Seldon
({{small|def. Tony Tucker}})

|8 Apr 1995 – 7 Sep 1996

|1

!41

|align=left | Mike Tyson (2)

|7 Sep – 9 Nov 1996

|0

!42

|align=left | Evander Holyfield (3)

|9 Nov 1996 – 13 Nov 1999

|4

!43

|align=left | Lennox Lewis

|13 Nov 1999 – 12 Apr 2000

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Lewis was stripped after agreeing to fight WBC challenger Michael Grant instead of John Ruiz. Ruiz challenged this decision in court on the basis of a clause in the Lewis–Holyfield rematch contract which said Lewis's first bout as undisputed champion would be against the WBA's number one contender.{{Cite news|author=Staff and Wire reports|date=13 April 2000|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-apr-13-sp-19075-story.html|title=Hard-Hitting Federal Judge Strips Lewis of WBA Title|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210717052253/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-apr-13-sp-19075-story.html|archive-date=17 July 2021|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=17 July 2021}}}}

!44

|align=left | Evander Holyfield (4)
({{small|def. John Ruiz}})

|12 Aug 2000 – 3 Mar 2001

|0

!45

|align=left | John Ruiz

|3 Mar 2001 – 1 Mar 2003

|2

!46

|align=left | Roy Jones Jr.

|1 Mar 2003 – 24 Feb 2004

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Jones Jr. vacated the title to stay at light heavyweight.{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=24 February 2004 |title=Jones relinquishes heavyweight belt

|url= https://www.espn.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=1743451 |url-status=live |work=ESPN|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180918140342/https://www.espn.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=1743451 |archive-date=18 September 2018 |access-date=29 September 2021}}}}

!47

|align=left | John Ruiz (2)
({{small|interim champion promoted}})

|24 Feb 2004 – 17 Dec 2005

|2

!48

|align=left | Nikolai Valuev

|17 Dec 2005 – 14 Apr 2007

|3

!49

|align=left | Ruslan Chagaev

|14 Apr 2007 – 3 Jul 2008

|2

! colspan="4" |{{small|Chagaev tore his achilles tendon and was declared champion in recess.{{cite news |last=Schmidt |first=Erik |date=3 July 2008 |title= Ruslan Chagaev Given Until June 2009 to Defend WBA title, Against Ruiz vs. Valuev winner|url= https://www.boxingnews24.com/2008/07/ruslan-chagaev-given-until-june-2009-to-defend-wba-title-against-ruiz-vs-valuev-winner/|url-status=live |work=Boxingnews24 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100219151546/http://www.boxingnews24.com/2008/07/ruslan-chagaev-given-until-june-2009-to-defend-wba-title-against-ruiz-vs-valuev-winner/|archive-date=19 February 2010 |access-date=3 July 2021}}}}

!50

|align=left | Nikolai Valuev (2)
({{small|def. John Ruiz}})

|30 Aug 2008 – 7 Nov 2009

|1

!51

|align=left | David Haye

|7 Nov 2009 – 2 Jul 2011

|2

! colspan="4" |{{small|Haye fought for the inaugural Unified title against Wladimir Klitschko.}}

!rowspan=3|52

|align=left | Wladimir Klitschko – {{small|Unified champion}}
({{small|def. David Haye}})

|2 Jul – Aug 2011

|0

!colspan=4|{{small|Promoted to Super champion on WBA's July 2011 official ratings posted on August.{{cite web

|url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/rankings/2011-july.pdf

|date=August 2011

|title=Official ratings as of July 2011

|publisher=WBA

|access-date=24 April 2022}}}}

|align=left | Wladimir Klitschko – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|Unified champion promoted}})

|Aug 2011 – 28 Nov 2015

|8

!rowspan=3|53

|align=left | Tyson Fury

|28 Nov – 10 Dec 2015

|0

!colspan=4|{{small|Fury was recognized as Unified champion on WBA's November rankings posted on 10 December.{{cite web

|url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/rankings/2015-november.pdf

|title=Official ratings as of November 2015

|publisher=WBA

|access-date=5 August 2021}}}}

| align=left | Tyson Fury – {{small|Unified champion}}

|10 Dec 2015 – 12 Oct 2016

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Fury vacated the title after cancelling a rematch with Wladimir Klitschko for a second time, citing depression after a positive test for cocaine.{{cite news |author= |date=12 October 2016 |title=Tyson Fury vacates world titles

|url= http://www.hennessysports.com/news/tyson-fury-vacates-world-titles/ |url-status=live |work=Hennesy Sports |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201108114314/http://www.hennessysports.com/news/tyson-fury-vacates-world-titles/ |archive-date=8 November 2020 |access-date=3 July 2021}}}}

!54

|align=left | Anthony Joshua – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|def. Wladimir Klitschko}})

|29 Apr 2017 – 1 Jun 2019

|3

!55

|align=left | Andy Ruiz Jr.

|1 Jun – 7 Dec 2019

|0

!56

|align=left | Anthony Joshua (2)

|7 Dec 2019 – 25 Sep 2021

|1

!57

|align=left |Oleksandr Usyk

|style="background:#7CB9E8;"|25 Sep 2021 – present

|4

!1

|align=left |Alexander Povetkin
({{small|def. Ruslan Chagaev}})

|27 Aug 2011 – 5 Oct 2013

|4

! colspan="4" |{{small|Povetkin lost against Super champion Wladimir Klitschko.}}

!2

|align=left | Ruslan Chagaev
({{small|def. Fres Oquendo}})

|6 Jul 2014 – 5 Mar 2016

|1

!3

|align=left |Lucas Browne

|5 Mar – 12 May 2016

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Browne was stripped for failing the post fight drug test but the bout wasn’t overturned to a no contest.{{cite news |last=Ecksel |first=Robert |date=12 May 2016 |title= Lucas Browne Stripped and Suspended for Six MonthsWBA|url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/lucas-browne-stripped-and-suspended-for-six-months|url-status=live |work=ESPN|archive-url= http://web.archive.org/web/20240618174243/https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/lucas-browne-stripped-and-suspended-for-six-months|archive-date=18 June 2024 |access-date=19 January 2024}}}}

!4

|align=left | Ruslan Chagaev (2)
{{small|(reinstated)}}

|12 May – 25 Jul 2016

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Chagaev was stripped of the title for failing to pay the sanctioning fees.{{cite news |last=Rafael |first=Dan |date=26 July 2016 |title= Ruslan Chagaev stripped of heavyweight title by WBA|url=https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/17147189/ruslan-chagaev-stripped-heavyweight-title-wba-failure-pay-sanctioning-fees|url-status=live |work=ESPN|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201108141810/https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/17147189/ruslan-chagaev-stripped-heavyweight-title-wba-failure-pay-sanctioning-fees|archive-date=8 November 2020 |access-date=3 July 2021}}}}

!5

|align=left | Mahmoud Charr
({{small|def. Alexander Ustinov}})

|25 Nov 2017 – 29 Jan 2021

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Charr declared champion in recess.{{cite news |last=Milano |first=Jesús |date=29 January 2021 |title= Charr named "Champion in recess"|url= https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/charr-named-champion-in-recess |url-status=live |work=WBA|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210205050553/https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/charr-named-champion-in-recess|archive-date=5 February 2021|access-date=3 July 2021}}}}

!6

|align=left | Trevor Bryan
({{small|def. Bermane Stiverne}})

|29 Jan 2021 – 11 Jun 2022

|1

!7

|align=left | Daniel Dubois

|11 Jun 2022 – 26 Aug 2023

|1

! colspan="4" |{{small|Dubois lost against Super champion Oleksandr Usyk.}}

!8

|align=left | Mahmoud Charr (2)
{{small|(reinstated by court ruling){{cite news |author=WBA Press|date=31 August 2023|title= Following a court settlement, Mahmoud Charr returns as regular champion|url= https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/following-a-court-settlement-mahmoud-charr-returns-as-regular-champion|url-status=live |work=WBA|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240211004805/https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/following-a-court-settlement-mahmoud-charr-returns-as-regular-champion|archive-date=11 February 2024|access-date=18 July 2024}}}}

|31 Aug 2023 – 7 Dec 2024

|0

!9

|align=left | Kubrat Pulev

|style="background:#7CB9E8;"| 7 Dec 2024 – Present

|0

!1

|align=left |Muslim Gadzhimagomedov
({{small|def. Zhaoxin Zhang}})

|style="background:#7CB9E8;"|12 Jul 2024 – present

|style="background:#ffffbf;"|1

!1

|align=left | Ossie Ocasio
({{small|def. Robbie Williams}})

|13 Feb 1982 – 1 Dec 1984

|3

!2

|align=left | Piet Crous

|1 Dec 1984 – 27 Jul 1985

|1

!3

|align=left | Dwight Muhammad Qawi

|27 Jul 1985 – 12 Jul 1986

|1

!4

|align=left | Evander Holyfield

|12 Jul 1986 – Dec 1988

|style="background:#ffffbf;"|5

! colspan="4" |{{small|Holyfield vacated the title to move up to heavyweight full time.}}

!5

|align=left | Taoufik Belbouli
({{small|def. Michael Greer}})

|25 Mar – 11 Aug 1989

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Belbouli got injured and was expected to get stripped on 11 August.{{cite news |author= |date=28 July 1989|location=Macon, Missouri|title=Title Stripped

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/96626412/ |work=Macon Chronicle-Herald |access-date=21 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription}}}}

!6

|align=left | Robert Daniels
({{small|def. Dwight Muhammad Qawi}})

|27 Nov 1989 – 8 Mar 1991

|2

!7

|align=left | Bobby Czyz

|8 Mar 1991 – Oct 1993

|2

! colspan="4" |{{small|Czyz was involved in a car accident and he had to vacate the title for his inability to defend it.}}

!8

|align=left | Orlin Norris
({{small|def. Marcelo Figueroa}})

|6 Nov 1993 – 22 Jul 1995

|4

!9

|align=left | Nate Miller

|22 Jul 1995 – 8 Nov 1997

|4

!10

|align=left | Fabrice Tiozzo

|8 Nov 1997 – 9 Dec 2000

|4

!11

|align=left | Virgil Hill

|9 Dec 2000 – 23 Feb 2002

|0

!rowspan=3|12

|align=left | Jean-Marc Mormeck

|23 Feb 2002 – 2 Apr 2005

|3

! colspan=3|{{small|Mormeck fought for the Unified title against WBC champion Wayne Braithwaite.}}

|align=left | Jean-Marc Mormeck – {{small|Unified champion}}
({{small|def. Wayne Braithwaite}})

|2 Apr 2005 – 7 Jan 2006

|0
(3)

!13

|align=left | O'Neil Bell

|7 Jan 2006 – 17 Mar 2007

|0

!14

|align=left | Jean-Marc Mormeck (2)

|17 Mar – 10 Nov 2007

|0

!rowspan=5|15

|align=left | David Haye

|10 Nov 2007 – 12 May 2008

|1

! colspan=3|{{small|Status changes to Undisputed champion after winning against WBO champion Enzo Maccarinelli.}}

|align=left | David Haye – {{small|Undisputed champion}}
({{small|def. Enzo Maccarinelli}})

|8 Mar – 14 May 2008

|0
(1)

! colspan=3|{{small|Status changes to Unified champion on WBA's April 2008 ratings posted on 14 May,{{cite web

|url= https://www.wbaboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/rankings/2008-april.pdf

|title=Official ratings as of April 2008

|publisher=WBA

|access-date=5 August 2021}} just days after vacating his WBC title.}}

|align=left | David Haye – {{small|Unified champion}}

|14 May – 19 Jun 2008

|0
(1)

! colspan="4" |{{small|Haye intends to move up to heavyweight. The title is vacated on WBA's May 2008 official ratings posted on 19 June.{{cite web

|url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/rankings/2008-may.pdf

|title=Official ratings as of May 2008

|publisher=WBA

|access-date=27 August 2021}}}}

!16

|align=left | Firat Arslan – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|19 Jun – 27 Sep 2008

|0

!17

|align=left | Guillermo Jones

|27 Sep 2008 – 30 Oct 2012

|2

! colspan="4" |{{small|Jones was declared champion in recess.{{cite news |author= |date=30 October 2012 |title=Guillermo Jones stripped of WBA title, Levedev new champion |url=https://www.eurosport.com/boxing/guillermo-jones-stripped-of-wba-title-lebedev-new-champion_sto3475524/story.shtml |url-status=dead |work=Eurosport |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703154031/https://www.eurosport.com/boxing/guillermo-jones-stripped-of-wba-title-lebedev-new-champion_sto3475524/story.shtml |archive-date=July 3, 2021 |access-date=3 July 2021 }}}}

!rowspan=3|18

|align=left | Denis Lebedev – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|interim champion promoted}})

|30 Oct 2012 – 21 May 2016

|4

! colspan=3|{{small|Lebedev fought for Super title against IBF champion Víctor Ramírez.}}

|align=left | Denis Lebedev – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|def. Víctor Ramírez}})

|21 May 2016 – 1 Feb 2018

|style="background:#ffffbf;"|1
(5)

! colspan=4|{{small|WBA changed Lebedev's status to champion in recess in order to allow Yuniel Dorticos to unify his title with IBF champion Murat Gassiev. Lebedev had lost a bout against Gassiev where only the IBF title was on the line.{{cite news |last=Arias |first=Juan Francisco |date=1 February 2018 |title=The Cruiserweights Situation|url= https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/the-cruiserweights-situation#.YOCHv-TXeEc|url-status=live |work=WBA |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210613172113/https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/the-cruiserweights-situation#.YOCHv-TXeEc|archive-date=13 June 2021 |access-date=3 July 2021}}}}

!19

|align=left | Yuniel Dorticos – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|1 Feb – 3 Feb 2018

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Dorticos fought for Unified title against IBF champion Murat Gassiev.}}

!20

|align=left | Murat Gassiev – {{small|Unified champion}}
({{small|def. Yuniel Dorticos}})

|3 Feb – 21 Jul 2018

|0

!colspan=4|{{small|Gassiev fought WBC and WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk for the Super title.}}

!21

|align=left | Oleksandr Usyk – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|def. Murat Gassiev}})

|21 Jul 2018 – 27 Mar 2019

|1

! colspan="4" |{{small|Usyk vacated the title and moved up to heavyweight.{{Cite news|last=Stumberg|first=Patrick|date=27 March 2019|url= https://www.badlefthook.com/2019/3/27/18284974/usyk-officially-vacates-wba-cruiserweight-belt |title=Usyk officially vacates WBA cruiserweight belt |work=Badlefthook|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210518232148/https://www.badlefthook.com/2019/3/27/18284974/usyk-officially-vacates-wba-cruiserweight-belt |archive-date=18 May 2021|access-date=24 September 2021}}}}

!22

|align=left | Beibut Shumenov – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|27 Mar – 31 May 2019

|0

!colspan=4|{{small|Shumenov stripped of title after failing to meet the terms of the purse bid between him and Arsen Goulamirian.{{Cite news|last=Donovan|first=Jake|date=31 May 2019|url= https://www.boxingscene.com/shumenov-stripped-title-goulamiriam-now-regular-champ--139572|title= Shumenov Stripped Of Title, Goulamiriam Now "Regular" Champ |work=Boxingscene|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210805101750/https://www.boxingscene.com/shumenov-stripped-title-goulamiriam-now-regular-champ--139572 |archive-date=5 August 2021|access-date=3 July 2021}}}}

!rowspan=3|23

|align=left | Arsen Goulamirian – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|interim champion promoted}});
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|31 May – 1 Sep 2019

|0

! colspan=3 |{{small|Goulamirian promoted to Super champion on WBA's August 2019 official ratings posted on 1 September.{{cite web

|url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/rankings/2019-august.pdf

|title=Official ratings as of August 2019

|publisher=WBA

|access-date=5 August 2021}}}}

|align=left | Arsen Goulamirian – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|Regular champion promoted}})

|1 Sep 2019 – 30 Mar 2024

|3

!rowspan=5|24

|align=left |Gilberto Ramirez

|30 Mar – 6 Apr 2024

|0

! colspan=3 |{{small|Ramirez becomes World champion in WBA's March 2024 official ratings posted on 6 April.{{cite web

|url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/wba-ranking-pdf/2024/3

|title=Official ratings as of March 2024

|publisher=WBA

|access-date=6 April 2024}}}}

|align=left | Gilberto Ramirez

|6 Apr – 31 Oct 2024

|0

! colspan=3 |{{small|Ramirez listed as Super champion in WBA's October 2024 official ratings posted on November 4.{{cite web

|url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/wba-ranking-pdf/2024/10

|title=Official ratings as of October 2024

|publisher=WBA

|access-date=18 November 2024}}}}

|align=left | Gilberto Ramirez – {{small|Super champion}}

|style="background:#7CB9E8;"|4 Nov 2024 – present

|1

!1

|align=left | Virgil Hill
({{small|def. Valery Brudov}})

|27 Jan 2006 – 24 Nov 2007

|0

!2

|align=left | Firat Arslan

|24 Nov 2007 – 12 May 2008

|2

!colspan=4|{{small|Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.}}

!3

|align=left | Beibut Shumenov
({{small|def. Junior Anthony Wright}})

|21 May 2016 – 20 Jun 2017

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Shumenov vacated the title after cancelling a defense fight multiple times against Yuniel Dorticos, due to an eye injury.{{cite news|last=Rafael|first=Dan|date=20 June 2017|title= Beibut Shumenov vacates secondary cruiserweight title because of eye injury|url= https://espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/19687531/beibut-shumenov-vacates-secondary-cruiserweight-title-eye-injury|url-status=live|archive-date=27 August 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210827032916/https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/19687531/beibut-shumenov-vacates-secondary-cruiserweight-title-eye-injury|work=ESPN|access-date=27 August 2021}}}}

!4

|align=left | Yuniel Dorticos
({{small|interim champion promoted}})

|20 Jun 2017 – 1 Feb 2018

|1

! colspan="4" |{{small| Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.}}

!5

|align=left | Beibut Shumenov (2)
({{small|def. Hizni Altunkaya}})

|7 Jul 2018 – 27 Mar 2019

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.}}

!6

|align=left | Beibut Shumenov (3)
({{small|reinstated}})

|1 Sep 2019 – 29 Jan 2021

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Shumenov stripped of title due to inactivity.{{cite news |last=Milano |first=Jesús |date=29 January 2021 |title=Shumenov stripped of his WBA cruiserweight title |url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/shumenov-stripped-of-his-wba-cruiserweight-title#.YCoyu-SQGEc |url-status=dead |work=WBA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183500/https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/shumenov-stripped-of-his-wba-cruiserweight-title#.YCoyu-SQGEc |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |access-date=3 July 2021 }}}}

!7

|align=left | Ryad Merhy
{{small|(interim champion promoted)}}

|29 Jan 2021 – 12 Aug 2022

|1

!colspan=4|{{small|Merhy vacated the title.{{Cite tweet |author=WBA |author-link=World Boxing Association|user=WBABoxing |number=1558190129910521856 |date=12 August 2022 |title=Belgian Ryad Merhy formally resigned his world champion position and will not face the bout against Arsen Goulamirian ordered by the WBA championships committee|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220813044049/https://twitter.com/WBABoxing/status/1558190129910521856|archive-date=13 August 2022|access-date= 13 August 2022|link=no}}}}

!1

|align=left | Georges Carpentier
({{small|awarded inaugural title}})

|Jan 1921 – 24 Sep 1922

|1

!2

|align=left | Battling Siki

|24 Sep 1922 – 17 Mar 1923

|0

!3

|align=left | Mike McTigue

|17 Mar 1923 – 30 May 1925

|1

!4

|align=left | Paul Berlenbach

|30 May 1925 – 16 Jul 1926

|3

!5

|align=left | Jack Delaney

|16 July 1926 – 26 July 1927

|1

! colspan="4" |{{small|Delaney vacated the title to move up to the heavyweight division.{{cite news|date=26 July 1927|work=Daily News|title=Delaney to commish to M'tigue

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/411826656/ |location=New York, New York|access-date=22 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!6

|align=left | Jimmy Slattery
({{small|def. Maxie Rosenbloom}})

|30 Aug – 12 Dec 1927

|0

!7

|align=left | Tommy Loughran

|12 Dec 1927 – 3 Sep 1929

|5

! colspan="4" |{{small|Loughran vacated the title to move up to the heavyweight division.{{cite news|date=3 September 1929|work=Chattanooga Daily Times|title= Loughran surrenders boxing crown today

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/604178000/ |location=Chattanooga, Tennessee|access-date=22 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!8

|align=left | Maxie Rosenbloom
({{small|awarded title}})

|Sep 1930 – 6 Jun 1931

|1

! colspan="4" |{{small|Rosenbloom is stripped of the title for failing to defend the title in a timely manner.{{cite news|date=7 June 1931|work=Chicago Tribune|title= N.B.A vacates Rosenbloom's boxing title

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/355010562/ |location=Chicago, Illinois|access-date=22 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!9

|align=left | George Nichols
({{small|def. Dave Maier}})

|18 Mar – 17 Dec 1932

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Nichols stripped for failing to defend the title within the eight month time limit.{{cite news|date=18 December 1932|work=Chicago Tribune|title=George Nichols loses titles by N.B.A Action

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/355010528/ |location=Chicago, Illinois|access-date=22 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!10

|align=left | Joe Knight
({{small|awarded title}})

|Feb – 1 Mar 1933

|0

!11

|align=left | Bob Godwin

|1 Mar – 24 Mar 1933

|0

!12

|align=left | Maxie Rosenbloom (2)

|24 Mar 1933 – 17 Sep 1934

|2

! colspan="4" |{{small|Rosenbloom is stripped of the title because the NBA disliked his "clowning tactics and criticizing opponents in the ring".{{cite news|date=18 September 1934|work=Chicago Tribune|title=Rosenbloom and Wolgast titles vacated by N.B.A

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/355130745/ |location=Chicago, Illinois|access-date=22 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!13

|align=left | Bob Olin
({{small|def. Maxie Rosenbloom}})

|16 Nov 1934 – 31 Oct 1935

|0

!14

|align=left | John Henry Lewis

|31 Oct 1935 – 19 Jun 1939

|5

! colspan="4" |{{small|Lewis is stripped of the title for failing to defend it within the required six month limit and was virtually blind in his left eye.{{cite news|date=20 June 1939|work=Chicago Tribune|title=N.B.A. relieves Lewis of title on two counts

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/372692400/ |location=Chicago, Illinois|access-date=22 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!15

|align=left | Billy Conn
({{small|def. Melio Bettina}})

|13 Jul 1939 – 20 Dec 1940

|3

! colspan="4" |{{small|Conn vacated the title to move up to the heavyweight division.{{cite news|date=20 December 1940|work=The St. Louis Star and Times|title=Billy Conn gives up his title today

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/204813412/ |location=St. Louis, Missouri|access-date=22 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!16

|align=left | Anton Christoforidis
({{small|def. Melio Bettina}})

|13 Jan – 24 May 1941

|0

!17

|align=left | Gus Lesnevich

|24 May 1941 – 26 Jul 1948

|5

!18

|align=left | Freddie Mills

|26 Jul 1948 – 24 Jan 1950

|0

!19

|align=left | Joey Maxim

|24 Jan 1950 – 17 Dec 1952

|2

!20

|align=left | Archie Moore

|17 Dec 1952 – 25 Oct 1960

|8

! colspan="4" |{{small|Moore was stripped of the title for failing to fight Eric Schoeppner.{{cite news|date=26 October 1960|work=Daily News|title=NBA lifts Moore's Light-heavy title

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/393052779/ |location=New York, New York|access-date=22 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!21

|align=left | Harold Johnson
({{small|def. Jesse Bowdry}})

|7 Feb 1961 – 1 Jun 1963

|4

!22

|align=left | Willie Pastrano

|1 Jun 1963 – 30 Mar 1965

|2

!23

|align=left | José Torres

|30 Mar 1965 – 16 Dec 1966

|3

!24

|align=left | Dick Tiger

|16 Dec 1966 – 24 May 1968

|2

!25

|align=left | Bob Foster

|24 May 1968 – 9 Dec 1970

|4

! colspan="4" |{{small|Foster was stripped of the title for failing to post a $5,000 forfeit bond for the fight with Jimmy Dupree within 10 days after losing to Joe Frazier.{{cite news|date=11 December 1970|work=The Troy Record|title=Bob Foster Bugged By WBA 'Cats'

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/58882912/ |location=Troy, New York|access-date=22 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!26

|align=left | Vicente Rondón
({{small|def. Jimmy Dupree}})

|27 Feb 1971 – 7 Apr 1972

|4

!27

|align=left | Bob Foster (2)

|7 Apr 1972 – 16 Sep 1974

|5

! colspan="4" |{{small|Foster retires.{{cite news|date=17 September 1974|work=Daily News|title=Bob Foster quits ring

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/491912551/ |location=New York, New York|access-date=22 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!28

|align=left | Víctor Galíndez
({{small|def. Len Hutchins}})

|7 Dec 1974 – 15 Sep 1978

|10

!29

|align=left | Mike Rossman

|15 Sep 1978 – 14 Apr 1979

|1

!30

|align=left | Víctor Galíndez (2)

|14 April – 30 Nov 1979

|0

!31

|align=left | Marvin Johnson

|30 Nov 1979 – 31 Mar 1980

|0

!32

|align=left | Eddie Mustafa Muhammad

|31 Mar 1980 – 18 Jul 1981

|2

!33

|align=left | Michael Spinks

|18 Jul 1981 – 5 Nov 1985

|10

! colspan="4" |{{small|Spinks vacated the title to stay at heavyweight.{{cite news|date=6 November 1985|work=Daily News|title=Spinks aims to wheel, deal

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/490034071/ |location=New York, New York|access-date=22 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!34

|align=left | Marvin Johnson (2)
({{small|def. Leslie Stewart}})

|9 Feb 1986 – 23 May 1987

|1

!35

|align=left | Leslie Stewart

|23 May – 5 Sep 1987

|0

!36

|align=left | Virgil Hill

|5 Sep 1987 – 3 Jun 1991

|10

!37

|align=left | Thomas Hearns

|3 Jun 1991 – 20 Mar 1992

|0

!38

|align=left | Iran Barkley

|20 Mar – 27 May 1992

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Barkley vacated the title to stay at super middleweight.{{cite news|last=Seltzer|first=Robert|date=27 May 1985|work= Muncie Evening Press|title=Heavyweigh picture starting to get focus

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/251245622/ |location= Muncie, Indiana |access-date=22 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!39

|align=left | Virgil Hill (2)
({{small|def. Frank Tate}})

|29 Sep 1992 – 13 Jun 1997

|10

!40

|align=left | Dariusz Michalczewski

|13 Jun – 1 Jul 1997

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|The WBA stripped Michalczewski of the title 18 days later for displaying its belt along with that of the WBO and subsequently refusing to give up his WBO title.}}

!41

|align=left | Lou Del Valle
({{small|def. Eddy Smulders}})

|20 Sep 1997 – 18 Jul 1998

|0

!rowspan=5|42

|align=left | Roy Jones Jr.

|18 Jul 1998 – Dec 2000

|5

! colspan=3|{{small|Jones Jr. promoted to inaugural Super champion on WBA's December 2000 official ratings.{{cite web

|url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/rankings/2000-december.pdf

|title=Official ratings as of December 2000

|publisher=WBA

|access-date=5 August 2021}}}}

|align=left | Roy Jones Jr. – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|Regular champion promoted}})

|Dec 2000 – 5 Aug 2002

|3
(8)

!colspan=3|{{small|Status changes to Unified champion on WBA's July 2002 official ratings posted on 5 August.{{cite web

|url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/rankings/2002-july.pdf

|title=Official ratings as of July 2002

|publisher=WBA

|access-date=5 August 2021}}}}

|align=left | Roy Jones Jr. – {{small|Unified champion}}

|5 Aug 2002 – 15 Apr 2003

|1
(9)

!colspan=4|{{small|Jones Jr. vacates the title to stay at heavyweight.{{cite news |last=Borges|first=Ron |date=20 April 2003 |title= Jones holds all cards in contest with WBA

|url= http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/110/sports/Jones_holds_all_cards_in_contest_with_WBA+.shtml |url-status=dead |work=The Boston Globe |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20030420231933/http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/110/sports/Jones_holds_all_cards_in_contest_with_WBA+.shtml|archive-date=20 April 2003 |access-date=9 October 2021}}}}

!43

|align=left | Mehdi Sahnoune – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|15 Apr – 10 Oct 2003

|0

!44

|align=left | Silvio Branco

|10 Oct – 8 Nov 2003

|0

!colspan=4|{{small|Branco is relegated since Roy Jones Jr. won the vacant Unified title.}}

!45

|align=left | Roy Jones Jr. (2) – {{small|Unified champion}}
({{small|def. Antonio Tarver}})

|8 Nov 2003 – 15 May 2004

|0

!46

|align=left | Antonio Tarver

|15 May – 3 Jul 2004

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Tarver was stripped of the title and removed from WBA's June 2004 official ratings posted on 3 July 2004.{{cite web

|url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/rankings/2004-june.pdf

|title=Official ratings as of June 2004

|publisher=WBA

|access-date=5 August 2021}}}}

!47

|align=left | Fabrice Tiozzo – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|3 Jul 2004 – 19 Oct 2006

|1

! colspan="4" |{{small|Tiozzo vacated the title and retired from professional boxing after defeating Dariusz Michalczewski.{{cite news |author= |date=20 October 2006 |title= Boxing champion retires

|url= https://www.dawn.com/news/215639/boxing-champion-retires|url-status=live |work=Dawn |archive-url= https://archive.today/20211009000356/https://www.dawn.com/news/215639/boxing-champion-retires|archive-date=9 October 2021|access-date=9 October 2021}}}}

!48

|align=left | Silvio Branco (2) – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|interim champion promoted}});
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|19 Oct 2006 – 28 Apr 2007

|0

!49

|align=left | Stipe Drews

|28 Apr – 16 Dec 2007

|0

!50

|align=left | Danny Green

|16 Dec 2007 – 25 Mar 2008

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Green vacated the title and retired.{{cite news |last1=Pandaram |first1=Jamie|last2=Walter|first2=Brad|date=26 March 2008 |title=Green says there'll be no resurrection after his epiphany|url= https://www.smh.com.au/sport/green-says-therell-be-no-resurrection-after-his-epiphany-20080326-gds6t1.html|url-status=live |work=Sydney Morning Herald|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210705110917/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/green-says-therell-be-no-resurrection-after-his-epiphany-20080326-gds6t1.html|archive-date=5 July 2021|access-date=5 July 2021}}}}

!51

|align=left | Hugo Garay – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|def. Yuriy Barashian}});
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|3 Jul 2008 – 20 Jun 2009

|1

!52

|align=left | Gabriel Campillo

|20 Jun 2009 – 29 Jan 2010

|1

!rowspan=3|53

|align=left | Beibut Shumenov

|29 Jan 2010 – 8 Oct 2013

|5

! colspan=3|{{small|Shumenov promoted to Super champion.{{cite news |author= |date=8 October 2013 |title= Shumenov promoted to super champion

|url= http://www.secondsout.com/news/main-news/shumenov-promoted-to-super-champion|url-status=dead |work=Secondsout |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304192134/http://www.secondsout.com/news/main-news/shumenov-promoted-to-super-champion|archive-date=4 March 2016|access-date=5 July 2021}}}}

|align=left | Beibut Shumenov – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|Regular champion promoted}})

|8 Oct 2013 – 19 Apr 2014

|1
(6)

!54

|align=left | Bernard Hopkins

|19 Apr – 8 Nov 2014

|0

!colspan=4|{{small|Hopkins fought WBO champion Sergey Kovalev for the Undisputed title.}}

!55

|align=left | Sergey Kovalev – {{small|Undisputed champion}}
({{small|def. Bernard Hopkins}})

|8 Nov 2014 – 19 Nov 2016

|4

!56

|align=left | Andre Ward

|19 Nov 2016 – 21 Sep 2017

|1

! colspan="4" |{{small|Ward retires from boxing.{{cite news |author= |date=21 September 2017 |title= With desire to fight gone, Andre Ward retires from boxing

|url= https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/20775014/pound-pound-king-world-titleholder-andre-ward-says-leaving-boxing/ |url-status=live |work=ESPN |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201112030448/https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/20775014/pound-pound-king-world-titleholder-andre-ward-says-leaving-boxing|archive-date=12 November 2020 |access-date=5 July 2021}}}}

!57

|align=left | Badou Jack – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|21 Sep – 23 Sep 2017

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Jack vacated the title to avoid a purse bid with mandatory Dmitry Bivol and seek opportunities with bigger names.{{cite news |first=Juan Francisco|last=Arias|date=23 September 2017 |title=WBA Light Heavyweight Champion Title was vacated|url= https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/wba-light-heavyweight-champion-title-was-vacated|url-status=live |work=WBA|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231202125752/https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/wba-light-heavyweight-champion-title-was-vacated|archive-date=2 December 2023|access-date=25 July 2024}}}}

!rowspan=3|58

|align=left | Dmitry Bivol – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|interim champion promoted}});
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|23 Sep 2017 – 10 Oct 2019

|5

! colspan=3 |{{small|Bivol promoted to Super champion before fighting Lenin Castillo.{{cite news |last=Bland |first=Garrison |date=10 October 2019 |title=Bivol Finally Elevated to Super Champion|url= https://3kingsboxing.com/bivol-finally-elevated-wba-super-champion/|url-status=live |work=The Buzz|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210502070013/https://3kingsboxing.com/bivol-finally-elevated-wba-super-champion/|archive-date=2 May 2021 |access-date=5 July 2021}}}}

|align=left | Dmitry Bivol – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|Regular champion promoted}})

|10 Oct 2019 – 12 Oct 2024

|style="background:#ffffbf;"|7
(12)

!59

|align=left | Artur Beterbiev

|12 Oct 2024 – 22 Feb 2025

|0

!60

|align=left | Dmitry Bivol (2)

|style="background:#7CB9E8;"|22 Feb 2025 – present

|0

!1

|align=left | Bruno Girard
({{small|def. Robert Koon}})

|22 Dec 2001 – 8 Mar 2003

|2

!2

|align=left | Mehdi Sahnoune

|8 Mar – 15 Apr 2003

|0

!colspan=4|{{small|Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.}}

!3

|align=left | Silvio Branco
({{small|relegated from primary champion}})

|8 Nov 2003 – 20 Feb 2004

|0

!4

|align=left | Fabrice Tiozzo

|20 Feb – 3 Jul 2004

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.}}

!5

|align=left | Jürgen Brähmer
({{small|def. Marcus Oliveira}})

|14 Dec 2013 – 1 Oct 2016

|6

!6

|align=left | Nathan Cleverly

|1 Oct 2016 – 26 Aug 2017

|0

!7

|align=left | Badou Jack

|26 Aug – 21 Sep 2017

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.}}

!8

|align=left | Jean Pascal
({{small|interim champion promoted}})

|10 Oct 2019 – 9 Jul 2021

|1

!9

|align=left | David Morrell
({{small|def. Radivoje Kalajdzic}})

|3 Aug 2024 – 1 Feb 2025

|0

!10

|align=left | David Benavidez

|style="background:#7CB9E8;"|1 Feb 2025 – present

|0

!1

|align=left | Park Chong-pal
({{small|def. Jesús Gallardo}})

|6 Dec 1987 – 23 May 1988

|1

!2

|align=left | Fulgencio Obelmejias

|23 May 1988 – 28 May 1989

|0

!3

|align=left | Baek In-chul

|28 May 1989 – 30 Mar 1990

|2

!4

|align=left | Christophe Tiozzo

|30 Mar 1990 – 5 Apr 1991

|2

!5

|align=left | Víctor Córdoba

|5 Apr 1991 – 12 Sep 1992

|1

!6

|align=left | Michael Nunn

|12 Sep 1992 – 26 Feb 1994

|4

!7

|align=left | Steve Little

|26 Feb – 12 Aug 1994

|0

!8

|align=left | Frankie Liles

|12 Aug 1994 – 12 Jun 1999

|7

!9

|align=left | Byron Mitchell

|12 Jun 1999 – 8 Apr 2000

|1

!10

|align=left | Bruno Girard

|8 Apr 2000 – Mar 2001

|1

! colspan="4" |{{small|Girard vacated the title just days before his scheduled bout due to purse bid problems.{{cite news|date=4 March 2001|work=Hartford Courant |title=Austin Stops Perez In 6th To Retain Title

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/256742787/ |location=Hartford, Connecticut|access-date=28 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!11

|align=left | Byron Mitchell (2)
({{small|def. Manny Siaca}})

|3 Mar 2001 – 14 Mar 2003

|2

! colspan="4" |{{small|Mitchell fought for the inaugural Unified title against Sven Ottke.}}

!12

|align=left | Sven Ottke – {{small|Unified champion}}
({{small|def. Byron Mitchell}})

|15 Mar 2003 – 27 Mar 2004

|4

! colspan="4" |{{small|Ottke vacated the title and retired undefeated from professional boxing.{{cite news |author= |date=27 March 2004 |title=Ottke retires from the ring

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/boxing/3575739.stm|url-status=live|work=BBC|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180711092742/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/boxing/3575739.stm|archive-date=11 July 2018|access-date=5 July 2021}}}}

!13

|align=left | Anthony Mundine – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|27 Mar – 5 May 2004

|0

!14

|align=left | Manny Siaca

|5 May – 12 Nov 2004

|0

!rowspan=3|15

|align=left | Mikkel Kessler

|12 Nov 2004 – 14 Oct 2006

|3

! colspan=3 |{{small|Kessler fought for the Unified title against WBC champion Markus Beyer.}}

|align=left | Mikkel Kessler – {{small|Unified champion}}
({{small|def. Markus Beyer}})

|14 Oct 2006 – 4 Nov 2007

|1
(4)

!colspan=4|{{small|Kessler fought for the Undisputed title against WBO and The Ring champion Joe Calzaghe.}}

!16

|align=left | Joe Calzaghe – {{small|Undisputed champion}}
({{small|def. Mikkel Kessler}})

|4 Nov 2007 – 26 Sep 2008

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Calzaghe vacated the title and moved up to light heavyweight.{{cite news |date=26 September 2008 |title=Calzaghe ends division domination |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/boxing/7638453.stm |url-status=live |work=BBC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080927095625/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/boxing/7638453.stm |archive-date=27 September 2008 |access-date=26 September 2021}}}}

!rowspan=3|17

|align=left | Mikkel Kessler (2) – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|3 Oct 2008 – 21 Oct 2009

|2

! colspan="3" |{{small|Kessler promoted to Super champion on WBA's August–September 2009 Official ratings posted on 21 October,{{cite web

|url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/rankings/2009-september.pdf

|title=Official ratings as of August-September 2009

|publisher=WBA

|access-date=5 August 2021}} 1 month before fighting Andre Ward.}}

|align=left | Mikkel Kessler (2) – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|Regular champion promoted}})

|21 Oct – 21 Nov 2009

|0
(2)

!18

|align=left | Andre Ward

|21 Nov 2009 – 12 Nov 2015

|5

! colspan="4" |{{small|Ward vacated the title to move up to light heavyweight.{{cite news |last=Rafael |first=Dan|date=12 November 2015 |title=Andre Ward vacates 168-pound belt, plans to move to light heavyweight|url=http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/14114743/andre-ward-vacates-super-middleweight-title |url-status=live |work=ESPN|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170914124907/http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/14114743/andre-ward-vacates-super-middleweight-title|archive-date=14 September 2017|access-date=5 July 2021}}}}

!rowspan=3|19

|align=left | Fedor Chudinov – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|12 Nov 2015 – 4 Jan 2016

|0

! colspan=3|{{small|Chudinov promoted to Super champion.{{cite news |author=Proboxing-fans|date=5 January 2016 |url= https://www.proboxing-fans.com/feigenbutz-vs-de-carolis-now-somehow-for-wba-title-at-super-middleweight_010516/|url-status=live|title= Feigenbutz vs. De Carolis now somehow for WBA title at super middleweight |work=Proboxing-fans|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180219134913/https://www.proboxing-fans.com/feigenbutz-vs-de-carolis-now-somehow-for-wba-title-at-super-middleweight_010516/|archive-date=19 February 2018|access-date=5 July 2021}}}}

|align=left | Fedor Chudinov – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|Regular champion promoted}})

|4 Jan – 20 Feb 2016

|0

!20

|align=left | Felix Sturm

|20 Feb – 5 Oct 2016

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Sturm vacated the title citing impossibility to defend title after requiring surgery in both elbows.{{cite news |last=Jay |first=Phil|date=5 October 2016 |title= Felix Sturm drops WBA title due to injury, plans 2017 Sarjevo return|url=https://www.worldboxingnews.net/2016/10/05/felix-sturm-drops-wba-title-due-to-injury-plans-2017-sarajevo-return/|url-status=live |work=World Boxing News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920045511/https://www.worldboxingnews.net/2016/10/05/felix-sturm-drops-wba-title-due-to-injury-plans-2017-sarajevo-return/|archive-date=20 September 2020|access-date=5 July 2021}}}}

!21

|align=left | Giovanni De Carolis – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|5 Oct – 5 Nov 2016

|0

!22

|align=left | Tyron Zeuge

|5 Nov 2016 – 27 May 2017

|1

!colspan=4|{{small|Zeuge relegated to secondary champion after George Groves and Fedor Chudinov fought for the vacant Super title.}}

!23

|align=left | George Groves – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|def. Fedor Chudinov}})

|27 May 2017 – 28 Sep 2018

|2

!24

|align=left | Callum Smith

|28 Sep 2018 – 19 Dec 2020

|2

!25

|align=left | Canelo Álvarez

|style="background:#7CB9E8;"|19 Dec 2020 – present

|style="background:#ffffbf;"|8

!1

|align=left | Anthony Mundine
({{small|def. Antwun Echols}})

|3 Sep 2003 – 27 Mar 2004

|1

!colspan=4|{{small|Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.}}

!2

|align=left | Anthony Mundine (2)
({{small|def. Sam Soliman}})

|7 Mar 2007 – 27 May 2008

|4

! colspan="4" |{{small|Title is vacated immediately after his final defense.{{cite news |last=Persson |first=Per Ake|date=28 May 2008 |title= Mikkel Kessler-Dmitri Sartison Sanctioned By The WBA|url= https://www.boxingscene.com/mikkel-kessler-dmitri-sartison-sanctioned-by-wba--14178|url-status=live |work=Boxingscene|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210831160025/https://www.boxingscene.com/mikkel-kessler-dmitri-sartison-sanctioned-by-wba--14178 |archive-date=31 August 2021|access-date=31 August 2021}}}}

!3

|align=left | Mikkel Kessler
({{small|def. Dimitri Sartison}})

|21 Jun – 3 Oct 2008

|0

!colspan=4|{{small|Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.}}

!4

|align=left | Dimitri Sartison
({{small|def. Stjepan Bozic}})

|21 Nov 2009 – 15 Jul 2011

|1

! colspan="4" |{{small|Sartison was stripped of title after failing to fight in defense fights against Brian Magee and later Robert Stieglitz.{{cite news |last=Persson |first=Per Ake|date=14 July 2011|title= Sartison is Stripped of WBA's Regular Title at 168-Pounds|url= https://www.boxingscene.com/mikkel-kessler-dmitri-sartison-sanctioned-by-wba--14178|url-status=live |work=Boxingscene|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210831161009/https://www.boxingscene.com/sartison-stripped-wbas-regular-title-168-pounds--41532 |archive-date=31 August 2021|access-date=31 August 2021}}}}

!5

|align=left | Károly Balzsay
({{small|def. Stanislav Kashtanov}})

|26 Aug 2011 – 3 Aug 2012

|1

! colspan="4" |{{small|Balzsay was declared champion in recess in the July 2012 ratings posted on August 3.{{cite news |author=WBA|date=3 August 2012|title=WBA Official Ratings as of July 2012|url= http://wbanews.com/artman/publish/news/WBA_Official_Ratings_as_of_July_2012.shtml|url-status=dead |work=WBA|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120804224454/http://wbanews.com/artman/publish/news/WBA_Official_Ratings_as_of_July_2012.shtml|archive-date=4 August 2012|access-date=11 June 2022}}{{cite news |author=WBA|date=3 August 2012|title=WBA Official Ratings as of July 2012|work=WBA|url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/rankings/2012-july.pdf|access-date=11 June 2022}}}}

!6

|align=left | Brian Magee
({{small|interim champion promoted}})

|9 Nov – 3 Dec 2012

|0

!7

|align=left | Mikkel Kessler (2)

|8 Dec 2012 – 25 May 2013

|0

!colspan=4|{{small|Kessler lost against IBF champion Carl Froch. Froch is declared as Unified champion.}}

!8

|align=left | Carl Froch – {{small|Unified champion}}
({{small|def. Mikkel Kessler}})

|25 May 2013 – 8 May 2015

|2

! colspan="4" |{{small|Froch was stripped of title for inactivity.{{cite news |author=|date=8 May 2015|title= Carl Froch stripped of WBA belt after failing to defend title |url= https://www.bbc.com/sport/boxing/32650678|url-status=live |work=BBC|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210831160542/https://www.bbc.com/sport/boxing/32650678 |archive-date=31 August 2021|access-date=31 August 2021}}}}

!9

|align=left | Fedor Chudinov
({{small|def. Felix Sturm}})

|9 May – 12 Nov 2015

|1

! colspan="4" |{{small|Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.}}

!10

|align=left | Giovanni De Carolis

({{small|def. Vincent Feigenbutz}})

|9 Jan – 5 Oct 2016

|1

!colspan=4|{{small|Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.}}

!11

|align=left | Tyron Zeuge
({{small|relegated from primary champion}})

|27 May 2017 – 14 Jul 2018

|2
(3)

!12

|align=left | Rocky Fielding

|14 Jul – 15 Dec 2018

|0

!13

|align=left | Canelo Álvarez

|15 Dec 2018 – 19 Dec 2020

|0

!colspan=4|{{small|Álvarez won against Super champion Callum Smith.}}

!14

|align=left | David Morrell
({{small|interim champion promoted}})

|19 Jan 2021 – 30 Aug 2024

|6

! colspan="4" |{{small|Morell was granted a special permission to fight for the vacant WBA (Regular) light heavyweight title given that if he wins, he'll have to keep only one title.{{cite news | last=Milano|first=Jesus|date=10 May 2024 |title=WBA grants special permission for Morrell- Kalajdzic for light heavyweight world title fight |url= https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/wba-grants-special-permission-for-morrell-kalajdzic-for-light-heavyweight-world-title-fight|url-status=live|work=WBA|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240519120829/https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/wba-grants-special-permission-for-morrell-kalajdzic-for-light-heavyweight-world-title-fight|archive-date=19 May 2024|access-date=3 Aug 2024}} Morell then vacated the title and opted to stay at light heavyweight.{{cite news | last=Milano|first=Jesus|date=30 Aug 2024|title=Morrell will remain as WBA light heavyweight champion |url= https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/morrell-will-remain-as-wba-light-heavyweight-champion|url-status=live|work=WBA|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240831040106/https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/morrell-will-remain-as-wba-light-heavyweight-champion|archive-date=31 Aug 2024|access-date=31 Aug 2024}}}}

!1

|align=left | Johnny Wilson
({{small|awarded inaugural title}})

|Jan 1921 – 31 Aug 1923

|3

!2

|align=left | Harry Greb

|31 Aug 1923 – 25 Feb 1926

|4

!3

|align=left | Tiger Flowers

|25 Feb – 3 Dec 1926

|1

!4

|align=left | Mickey Walker

|3 Dec 1926 – 19 Jun 1931

|3

! colspan="4" |{{small|Walker vacated the title to move up to heavyweight.{{cite news |author= |date=19 June 1931|location=Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania|title=Mickey to quit as Middleweight King today; To sign Sharkey bout

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/395964580/ |work=The Evening News |access-date=21 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!5

|align=left | Gorilla Jones
({{small|def. Oddone Piazza}})

|25 Jan – 11 Jun 1932

|1

!6

|align=left | Marcel Thil

|11 Jun 1932 – 19 Sep 1933

|1

! colspan="4" |{{small|Thil was stripped during the annual NBA convention because he would not defend the title in the United States.{{cite news |last=Schlemmer|first=James|date=20 September 1933|location=Akron, Ohio|title=N. B. A. Ranks Brouollard First; Neglects Ben Jeby, Marcel Thil

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/228691472/ |work=The Akron Beacon Journal |access-date=21 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!7

|align=left | Lou Brouillard
({{small|awarded title}})

|19 Sep – 30 Oct 1933

|0

!8

|align=left | Vince Dundee

|30 Oct 1933 – 11 Sep 1934

|2

!9

|align=left | Teddy Yarosz

|11 Sep 1934 – 19 Sep 1935

|0

!10

|align=left | Eddie Babe Risko

|19 Sep 1935 – 11 Jul 1936

|1

!11

|align=left | Freddie Steele

|11 Jul 1936 – 26 Jul 1938

|5

!12

|align=left | Al Hostak

|26 Jul – 1 Nov 1938

|0

!13

|align=left | Solly Krieger

|1 Nov 1938 – 27 Jun 1939

|0

!14

|align=left | Al Hostak (2)

|27 Jun 1939 – 19 Jul 1940

|1

!15

|align=left | Tony Zale

|19 Jul 1940 – 16 Jul 1947

|4

!16

|align=left | Rocky Graziano

|16 Jul 1947 – 10 Jun 1948

|4

!17

|align=left | Tony Zale (2)

|10 Jun – 21 Sep 1948

|0

!18

|align=left | Marcel Cerdan

|21 Sep 1948 – 16 Jun 1949

|0

!19

|align=left | Jake LaMotta

|16 Jun 1949 – 14 Feb 1951

|2

!20

|align=left | Sugar Ray Robinson

|14 Feb – 10 Jul 1951

|0

!21

|align=left | Randolph Turpin

|10 Jul – 12 Sep 1951

|0

!22

|align=left | Sugar Ray Robinson (2)

|12 Sep 1951 – 19 Dec 1952

|2

! colspan="4" |{{small|Robinson vacated the title and retired.{{cite news |last=Ham|first=Jack |date=19 December 1952|location=Hanzleton, Pennsylvania|title=Sugar Ray Robinson Positively Retires From Boxing Through NBA vacates Middleweight title in favor of other pursuits

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/358758836/ |work=Standard-Speaker |access-date=21 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!23

|align=left | Bobo Olson
({{small|def. Randy Turpin}})

|21 Oct 1953 – 9 Dec 1955

|3

!24

|align=left | Sugar Ray Robinson (3)

|9 Dec 1955 – 2 Jan 1957

|1

!25

|align=left | Gene Fullmer

|2 Jan – 1 May 1957

|0

!26

|align=left | Sugar Ray Robinson (4)

|1 May – 23 Sep 1957

|0

!27

|align=left | Carmen Basilio

|23 Sep 1957 – 25 Mar 1958

|0

!28

|align=left | Sugar Ray Robinson (5)

|25 Mar 1958 – 4 May 1959

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Robinson was stripped for failing to fight Carmen Basilio in a trilogy bout.{{cite news |author= |date=5 May 1959|location=Decatur, Illinois|title=Sugar Ray stripped of Middleweight title

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/94649518/ |work=The Decatur Herald|access-date=21 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!29

|align=left | Gene Fullmer (2)
({{small|def. Carmen Basilio}})

|28 Aug 1959 – 23 Oct 1962

|7

!30

|align=left | Dick Tiger

|23 Oct 1962 – 7 Dec 1963

|2

!31

|align=left | Joey Giardello

|7 Dec 1963 – 21 Oct 1965

|1

!32

|align=left | Dick Tiger (2)

|21 Oct 1965 – 25 Apr 1966

|0

!33

|align=left | Emile Griffith

|25 Apr 1966 – 17 Apr 1967

|2

!34

|align=left | Nino Benvenuti

|17 Apr – 29 Sep 1967

|0

!35

|align=left | Emile Griffith (2)

|29 Sep 1967 – 4 Mar 1968

|0

!36

|align=left | Nino Benvenuti (2)

|4 Mar 1968 – 7 Nov 1970

|4

!37

|align=left | Carlos Monzón

|7 Nov 1970 – 29 Aug 1977

|style="background:#ffffbf;"|14

! colspan="4" |{{small|Monzón retires.{{cite news |author= |date=30 August 1977|location=Indianapolis, Indiana|title=Carlos Monzon Formally Quits

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/106922498/ |work=The Indianapolis Star|access-date=19 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!38

|align=left | Rodrigo Valdéz
({{small|def. Bennie Briscoe}})

|5 Nov 1977 – 22 Apr 1978

|0

!39

|align=left | Hugo Corro

|22 Apr 1978 – 30 Jun 1979

|2

!40

|align=left | Vito Antuofermo

|30 Jun 1979 – 16 Mar 1980

|1

!41

|align=left | Alan Minter

|16 Mar – 27 Sep 1980

|1

!42

|align=left | Marvin Hagler

|27 Sep 1980 – 25 Feb 1987

|11

! colspan="4" |{{small|Hagler was stripped of title for signing a fight with Sugar Ray Leonard instead of mandatory challenger, Herol Graham.{{cite news |agency=Associated Press|date=26 February 1987|location=Lafayette, Louisiana |title=Hagler stripped of WBA title

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/538111634/ |work=The Daily Advertiser|access-date=21 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!43

|align=left | Sumbu Kalambay
({{small|def. Iran Barkley}})

|23 Oct 1987 – 2 Mar 1989

|3

! colspan="4" |{{small|Kalambay was stripped of title for failing to defend his title against other top-ranked boxers.{{cite news |agency=Associated Press|date=3 March 1989|location=Hazleton, Pennsylvania |title=Kalambay stripped of WBA title

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/63117682/ |work=Standard-Speaker|access-date=21 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!44

|align=left | Mike McCallum
({{small|def. Herol Graham}})

|10 May 1989 – 4 Dec 1991

|3

! colspan="4" |{{small|The WBA demanded McCallum defend against Steve Collins, whom he decisively outpointed in a title defense the previous year. McCallum chose to fight with IBF champion James Toney and was stripped of title.{{cite news |author= |date=4 December 1991|location=Sacramento, California |title=McCallum stripped of title

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/625535232/ |work=The Sacramento Bee|access-date=21 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!45

|align=left | Reggie Johnson
({{small|def. Steve Collins}})

|22 Apr 1992 – 1 Oct 1993

|3

!46

|align=left | John David Jackson

|1 Oct 1993 – 6 May 1994

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Jackson was stripped of title for participating in a non-title bout without the permission of the WBA.{{cite news |author= |date=2 June 1994|location=Newport News, Virginia |title=Middleweight John David Jackson wants a state judge to restore his WBA title, claiming the sanctioning body is doing what 31 boxers were unable to do in the ring

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/236392852/ |work=Daily News|access-date=21 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!47

|align=left | Jorge Castro
({{small|def. Reggie Johnson}})

|12 Aug 1994 – 19 Dec 1995

|4

!48

|align=left | Shinji Takehara

|19 Dec 1995 – 24 Jun 1996

|0

!49

|align=left | William Joppy

|24 Jun 1996 – 23 Aug 1997

|2

!50

|align=left | Julio César Green

|23 Aug 1997 – 31 Jan 1998

|0

!51

|align=left | William Joppy (2)

|31 Jan 1998 – 12 May 2001

|5

!52

|align=left | Félix Trinidad

|12 May – 29 Sep 2001

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Trinidad fought for the inaugural Super title against Bernard Hopkins.}}

!rowspan=5|53

|align=left | Bernard Hopkins – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|def. Félix Trinidad}})

|29 Sep 2001 – 5 Aug 2002

|1

!colspan=3|{{small|Status changed to Unified champion on WBA's July 2002 official ratings posted on 5 August.}}

|align=left | Bernard Hopkins – {{small|Unified champion}}

|5 Aug 2002 – 26 Sep 2003

|1
(2)

!colspan=3|{{small|Status changed to Undisputed champion on WBA's June–July 2003 official ratings posted in September.{{cite web

|url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/rankings/2003-july.pdf

|date=26 September 2003

|title=Official ratings as of June-July 2003

|publisher=WBA

|access-date=5 August 2021}}}}

|align=left | Bernard Hopkins – {{small|Undisputed champion}}

|26 Sep 2003 – 16 Jul 2005

|4
(6)

!54

|align=left | Jermain Taylor

|16 Jul 2005 – 14 Dec 2006

|1

! colspan="4" |{{small|Taylor was stripped of title after not paying sanctioning fees to the WBA and thus not exposing the title in 2 of his previous fights against Ronald Wright and Kassim Ouma.{{cite news|last=Donelson|first=Tom Ake|date=21 December 2006 |title= Jermain Taylor and the Sanctioning Bodies|url= https://www.boxingscene.com/amp/jermain-taylor-sanctioning-bodies--6689|url-status=live |work=Boxingscene|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210829122415/https://www.boxingscene.com/amp/jermain-taylor-sanctioning-bodies--6689 |archive-date=29 August 2021|access-date=29 August 2021}}}}

!55

|align=left | Javier Castillejo – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|14 Dec 2006 – 28 Apr 2007

|0

!rowspan=3|56

|align=left | Felix Sturm

|28 Apr 2007 – 24 Mar 2010

|7

! colspan=3 |{{small|Sturm is promoted to Super champion on WBA's February 2010 ratings posted on 24 March.{{cite news|last=Persson|first=Per Ake|date=24 March 2010 |title= Felix Sturm Update; Herelius vs Arslan; Dimitrenko|url= https://www.boxingscene.com/felix-sturm-update-herelius-vs-arslan-dimitrenko--26298|url-status=live |work=Boxingscene|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210829114311/https://www.boxingscene.com/felix-sturm-update-herelius-vs-arslan-dimitrenko--26298|archive-date=29 August 2021|access-date=29 August 2021}}{{cite web

|url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/rankings/2010-february.pdf

|title=Official ratings as of February 2010

|publisher=WBA

|access-date=24 August 2021}}}}

|align=left | Felix Sturm – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|Regular champion promoted}})

|24 Mar 2010 – 1 Sep 2012

|5
(12)

!57

|align=left | Daniel Geale

|1 Sep – 2 Nov 2012

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Geale was stripped of title as he chose to fight Anthony Mundine instead of mandatory challenger Gennady Golovkin.{{cite news|last=Lane|first=Daniel Rojas|date=2 November 2012 |title= WBA strips Geale of world title|url= https://www.smh.com.au/sport/boxing/wba-strips-geale-of-world-title-20121102-28obb.html|url-status=live |work=Sydney Morning Herald|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121104152513/http://m.smh.com.au/sport/boxing/wba-strips-geale-of-world-title-20121102-28obb.html|archive-date=4 November 2012|access-date=5 July 2021}}}}

!rowspan=3|58

|align=left | Gennady Golovkin – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|2 Nov 2012 – 3 Jun 2014

|5

!colspan=3|{{small|Golovkin promoted to Super champion.{{cite news|last=Erazo|first=Hilmar Rojas|date=3 June 2014|title=Gennady Golovkin is appointed to super champion|url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/gennady-golovkin-is-appointed-to-super-champion#.YDZ1LeSQGEc|url-status=dead|work=WBA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182851/https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/gennady-golovkin-is-appointed-to-super-champion#.YDZ1LeSQGEc|archive-date=July 9, 2021|access-date=5 July 2021}}}}

|align=left | Gennady Golovkin – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|Regular champion promoted}})

|3 Jun 2014 – 15 Sept 2018

|style="background:#ffffbf;"|9
(14)

!59

|align=left | Canelo Álvarez

|15 Sep 2018 – 1 Jan 2021

|1

! colspan="4" |{{small|Álvarez vacates the title to stay at super middleweight.{{cite news|last=Stumberg|first=Patrick|date=1 January 2021 |title= Canelo Alvarez finally vacates WBA middleweight title|url= https://www.badlefthook.com/2021/1/1/22209600/canelo-alvarez-vacates-wba-middleweight-title-next-fight-boxing-news-2021|url-status=live |work=Badlefthook|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210126150403/https://www.badlefthook.com/2021/1/1/22209600/canelo-alvarez-vacates-wba-middleweight-title-next-fight-boxing-news-2021|archive-date=26 January 2021|access-date=5 July 2021}}}}

!rowspan=3|60

|align=left | Ryōta Murata – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|1 Jan – 6 Jan 2021

|0

!colspan=3|{{small|Murata promoted to Super champion.{{cite news|last=Milano|first=Jesús|date=6 January 2021|title=Ryota Murata named WBA Middleweight Super Champion|url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/ryota-murata-named-wba-middleweight-super-champion|url-status=dead|work=WBA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810114019/https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/ryota-murata-named-wba-middleweight-super-champion|archive-date=August 10, 2021|access-date=10 August 2021}}}}

|align=left | Ryōta Murata – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|Regular champion promoted}})

|6 Jan 2021 – 9 Apr 2022

|0

!61

|align=left | Gennady Golovkin (2)

|9 Apr 2022 – 9 Mar 2023

|0

!colspan=4|{{small|Golovkin vacated the title.{{cite news|last=Coppinger|first=Mike|date=9 March 2023|title=Gennadiy Golovkin vacates second middleweight title in a month|url=https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/35822581/gennadiy-golovkin-vacates-second-middleweight-title-month|url-status=live|work=ESPN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309230642/https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/35822581/gennadiy-golovkin-vacates-second-middleweight-title-month|archive-date=9 March 2023|access-date=9 March 2023}} Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.}}

!62

|align=left |Erislandy Lara
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|style="background:#7CB9E8;"|9 Mar 2023 – present

|2

!1

|align=left | William Joppy
({{small|def. Howard Eastman}})

|17 Nov 2001 – 13 Dec 2003

|1

! colspan="4" |{{small|Joppy lost against Super champion Bernard Hopkins.}}

!2

|align=left | Maselino Masoe
({{small|def. Evans Ashira}})

|1 May 2004 – 11 Mar 2006

|0

!3

|align=left | Felix Sturm

|11 Mar – 15 Jul 2006

|0

!4

|align=left | Javier Castillejo

|15 Jul – 14 Dec 2006

|1

!colspan=4|{{small|Castillejo lost his defense fight against Mariano Carrera but Carrera tested positive for clenbuterol later. Castillejo was reinstated as champion and fight was counted as a mandatory defense. Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.}}

!5

|align=left | Gennady Golovkin
({{small|interim champion promoted}})

|14 Oct 2010 – 2 Nov 2012

|5

!colspan=4|{{small|Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.}}

!6

|align=left | Daniel Jacobs
({{small|def. Jarrod Fletcher}})

|9 Aug 2014 – 18 Mar 2017

|4

! colspan="4" |{{small|Jacobs lost against Super champion Gennady Golovkin.}}

!7

|align=left | Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam
({{small|def. Ryōta Murata}})

|20 May – 22 Oct 2017

|0

!8

|align=left | Ryōta Murata

|22 Oct 2017 – 20 Oct 2018

|1

!9

|align=left | Rob Brant

|20 Oct 2018 – 12 Jul 2019

|1

!10

|align=left | Ryōta Murata (2)

|12 Jul 2019 – 1 Jan 2021

|1

!colspan=4|{{small|Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.}}

!11

|align=left | Erislandy Lara
({{small|def. Thomas LaManna}})

|1 May 2021 – 9 Mar 2023

|1

!colspan=4|{{small|Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.}}

!1

|align=left | Denny Moyer
({{small|def. Joey Giambra}})

|20 Oct 1962 – 29 Apr 1963

|1

!2

|align=left | Ralph Dupas

|29 Apr – 7 Sep 1963

|1

!3

|align=left | Alessandro Mazzinghi

|7 Sep 1963 – 18 Jun 1965

|3

!4

|align=left | Nino Benvenuti

|18 Jun 1965 – 25 Jun 1966

|1

!5

|align=left | Kim Ki-soo

|25 Jun 1966 – 25 May 1968

|2

!6

|align=left | Sandro Mazzinghi (2)

|25 May – 28 Oct 1968

|1

! colspan="4" |{{small|Mazzinghi fought on his second defense against Freddie Little. The bout was stopped with Mazzinghi bleeding from cuts over both eyes, the ringside officials rule a No contest, though under normal circumstances Little would have won by TKO. Mazzinghi was stripped of his world title shortly thereafter, because of the controversial result.{{cite news|date=29 October 1968|work=Tampa Bay Times|title=EBU Takes Title From Mazzinghi

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/317198096/ |location=Saint Petersburg, Florida |access-date=23 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!7

|align=left | Freddie Little
({{small|def. Stanley Hayward}})

|17 Mar 1969 – 9 Jul 1970

|2

!8

|align=left | Carmelo Bossi

|9 Jul 1970 – 31 Oct 1971

|1

!9

|align=left | Koichi Wajima

|31 Oct 1971 – 4 Jun 1974

|6

!10

|align=left | Oscar Albarado

|4 Jun 1974 – 21 Jan 1975

|1

!11

|align=left | Koichi Wajima (2)

|21 Jan – 7 Jun 1975

|0

!12

|align=left | Yuh Jae-doo

|7 Jun 1975 – 17 Feb 1976

|1

!13

|align=left | Koichi Wajima (3)

|17 Feb – 18 May 1976

|0

!14

|align=left | José Duran

|18 May – 8 Oct 1976

|0

!15

|align=left | Miguel Ángel Castellini

|8 Oct 1976 – 5 Mar 1977

|0

!16

|align=left | Eddie Gazo

|5 Mar 1977 – 9 Aug 1978

|3

!17

|align=left | Masashi Kudo

|9 Aug 1978 – 24 Aug 1979

|3

!18

|align=left | Ayub Kalule

|24 Aug 1979 – 25 Jun 1981

|4

!19

|align=left | Sugar Ray Leonard

|25 Jun – 23 Sep 1981

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Leonard vacated the title and moved down to welterweight to fight in a unification bout against Thomas Hearns.{{cite news|date=24 September 1981|work=Palladium-Item |title=Leonard drops WBA middle totle

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/251291526/ |location=Richmond, Indiana|access-date=23 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!20

|align=left | Tadashi Mihara
({{small|def. Rocky Fratto}})

|7 Nov 1981 – 2 Feb 1982

|0

!21

|align=left | Davey Moore

|2 Feb 1982 – 16 Jun 1983

|3

!22

|align=left | Roberto Durán

|16 Jun 1983 – 15 Jun 1984

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Durán intends to vacate the WBA title before fighting Thomas Hearns.{{cite news|date=14 October 1992|work=Greenville News|title=Duran forfeits WBA title to fight Hearns

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/189880980/ |location=Greenville, South Carolina|access-date=23 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }} The title was officially vacated when he stepped on the ring against Hearns.{{cite news|date=21 June 1984|work=Arizona Daily Sun|title=Duran Resigns Boxing Career

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/515912123/ |location=Flagstaff, Arizona|access-date=23 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!23

|align=left | Mike McCallum
({{small|def. Sean Mannion}})

|19 Oct 1984 – Aug 1987

|6

! colspan="4" |{{small|McCallum vacated the title to move up to middleweight.{{cite news|date=7 August 1987|work=Miami Herald|title=Hagler's return sidetracked by WBA rankings

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/632843859/ |location=Boston, Massachusetts|access-date=23 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!24

|align=left | Julian Jackson
({{small|def. Baek In-Chul}})

|21 Nov 1987 – 10 Jan 1991

|3

! colspan="4" |{{small|Jackson's title was vacated the title on WBA's December 1990 ratings posted on 10 January.{{cite news|date=10 January 1991|work=The Record|title=The World Boxing Association official ratings as of December, 1990

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/496504569/ |location=Hackensack, New Jersey |access-date=23 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!25

|align=left | Gilbert Delé
({{small|def. Carlos Elliott}})

|23 Feb – 1 Oct 1991

|1

!26

|align=left | Vinny Paz

|1 Oct 1991 – 14 Oct 1992

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Pazienza vacated the title because of excessive purse demands by no 1. contender Julio César Vásquez.{{cite news|date=14 October 1992|work=Sant Cruz Sentinel|title=Pazienza will give up title

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/66153312/ |location=Santa Cruz, California|access-date=23 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!27

|align=left | Julio César Vásquez
({{small|def. Hitoshi Kamiyama}})

|21 Dec 1992 – 4 Mar 1995

|style="background:#ffffbf;"|10

!28

|align=left | Pernell Whitaker

|4 Mar – 8 Mar 1995

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Whitaker vacated the title and moved back to welterweight.{{cite news|date=9 March 1995|work=Boston Globe|title=Whitaker drops WBA title

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/440852992/ |location=Boston, Massachusetts|access-date=23 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!29

|align=left | Carl Daniels
({{small|def. Julio César Green}})

|16 Jun – 16 Dec 1995

|0

!30

|align=left | Julio César Vásquez (2)

|16 Dec 1995 – 21 Aug 1996

|0

!31

|align=left | Laurent Boudouani

|21 Aug 1996 – 6 Mar 1999

|4

!32

|align=left | David Reid

|6 Mar 1999 – 3 Mar 2000

|2

!33

|align=left | Félix Trinidad

|3 Mar 2000 – 29 May 2001

|2

! colspan="4" |{{small|Trinidad vacated the title to stay at middleweight.{{cite news |author=Fightnews|date=29 May 2001 |title=Felix Trinidad|url=http://www.wbaonline.com/ |url-status=dead|work=WBA|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20010528182119/http://www.wbaonline.com/ |archive-date=28 May 2001|access-date=23 October 2021}} }}

!34

|align=left | Fernando Vargas
({{small|def. José Flores}})

|22 Sep 2001 – 14 Sep 2002

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Vargas fought for the inaugural Unified title against WBC champion Oscar De La Hoya.}}

!35

|align=left | Oscar De La Hoya – {{small|Unified champion}}
({{small|def. Fernando Vargas}})

|14 Sep 2002 – 13 Sep 2003

|1

!36

|align=left | Shane Mosley

|13 Sep 2003 – 13 Mar 2004

|0

!37

|align=left | Winky Wright

|13 Mar 2004 – 20 Mar 2005

|1

! colspan="4" |{{small|Wright Wright challenged Félix Trinidad at middleweight. Title is vacated on WBA's February 2005 ratings posted on 20 March.{{cite web

|url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/rankings/2005-february.pdf

|title=Official ratings as of February 2005

|publisher=WBA

|access-date=26 September 2021}}}}

!38

|align=left | Travis Simms – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|20 Mar – 5 June 2005

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Simms' title was vacated on WBA's May 2005 ratings posted on 5 June.{{cite web

|url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/rankings/2005-may.pdf

|date=5 June 2005

|title=Official ratings as of May 2005

|publisher=WBA

|access-date=10 August 2021}}}}

!39

|align=left | Alejandro García – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|interim champion promoted}});
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|18 Jul 2005 – 6 May 2006

|1

!40

|align=left | José Antonio Rivera

|6 May 2006 – 6 Jan 2007

|0

!41

|align=left | Travis Simms (2)

|6 Jan – 7 Jul 2007

|0

!42

|align=left | Joachim Alcine

|7 Jul 2007 – 11 Jul 2008

|1

!43

|align=left | Daniel Santos

|11 Jul 2008 – 14 Nov 2009

|0

!44

|align=left | Yuri Foreman

|14 Nov 2009 – 5 Jun 2010

|0

!rowspan=3|45

|align=left | Miguel Cotto

|5 Jun – 15 Oct 2010

|0

! colspan=3|{{small|Cotto is promoted to Super champion on WBA's September 2010 official ratings posted on 15 October.{{cite web

|url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/rankings/2010-september.pdf

|date=15 October 2010

|title=Official ratings as of September 2010

|publisher=WBA

|access-date=10 August 2021}}}}

|align=left | Miguel Cotto – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|Regular champion promoted}})

|15 Oct 2010 – 5 May 2012

|2

!46

|align=left | Floyd Mayweather Jr.

|5 May 2012 – 19 Jan 2016

|1

! colspan="4" |{{small|Mayweather retires following his fight with Andre Berto on 14 September 2015. However, he was officially stripped on the December 2015 rankings posted on 19 January 2016. The reason for the delay was because "it's a matter of formality".{{cite news |last=Ecksel|first=Robert |date=8 January 2016 |title=Retiring the retired Floyd Mayweather|url= http://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/retiring-the-retired-floyd-mayweather|url-status=live|work=WBA|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170828230040/http://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/retiring-the-retired-floyd-mayweather |archive-date=28 August 2017|access-date=17 July 2021}}}}

!rowspan=3|47

|align=left| Erislandy Lara – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|19 Jan – 8 Jun 2016

|1

! colspan=3|{{small| Lara is promoted to Super champion on WBA's May 2016 ratings posted on 8 June.{{cite web

|url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/rankings/2016-may.pdf

|title=Official ratings as of May 2016

|publisher=WBA

|access-date=31 August 2021}}}}

|align=left| Erislandy Lara – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|Regular champion promoted}})

|8 Jun 2016 – 7 Apr 2018

|2
(3)

!48

|align=left| Jarrett Hurd

|7 Apr 2018 – 11 May 2019

|1

!49

|align=left| Julian Williams

|11 May 2019 – 18 Jan 2020

|0

!50

|align=left| Jeison Rosario

|18 Jan – 26 Sep 2020

|0

!51

|align=left| Jermell Charlo

|26 Sep 2020 – 5 Mar 2024

|2

!colspan=4|{{small|Charlo was reportedly designated as champion in recess by the WBA.{{cite news|last=Stumberg|first=Patrick|date=2 March 2024|title=Jermell Charlo stripped of WBA title, named champion in recess|url= https://www.badlefthook.com/2024/3/2/24088565/jermell-charlo-stripped-wba-title-named-champion-in-recess-boxing-news-2024|url-status=live|work=Badlefthook|archive-date=3 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303011706/https://www.badlefthook.com/2024/3/2/24088565/jermell-charlo-stripped-wba-title-named-champion-in-recess-boxing-news-2024|access-date=3 March 2024}} WBA then officially announced the designation on March 5th.{{cite news|last=Milano|first=Jesus|date=6 March 2024|title=Charlo Named WBA Recess Champion|url= https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/charlo-named-wba-recess-champion|url-status=live|work=WBA|archive-date=9 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309170330/https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/charlo-named-wba-recess-champion|access-date=9 March 2024}} Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.}}

!52

|align=left| Israil Madrimov
({{small|def. Magomed Kurbanov}})

|8 Mar – 3 Aug 2024

|0

!53

|align=left| Terence Crawford

|style="background:#7CB9E8;"|3 Aug 2024 – present

|0

!1

|align=left | Santiago Samaniego
({{small|interim champion promoted}})

|14 Sep 2002 – 1 Mar 2003

|0

!2

|align=left | Alejandro García

|1 Mar – 13 Dec 2003

|1

!3

|align=left | Travis Simms

|13 Dec 2003 – 20 Mar 2005

|1

! colspan="4" |{{small|Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.}}

!4

|align=left | Austin Trout
({{small|def. Rigoberto Álvarez}})

|5 Feb 2011 – 20 Apr 2013

|4

! colspan="4" |{{small|Trout fought WBC champion Canelo Álvarez for the Unified title.}}

!5

|align=left| Canelo Álvarez – {{small|Unified champion}}
({{small|def. Austin Trout}})

|20 Apr – 14 Sep 2013

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Álvarez lost against Super champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.}}

!6

|align=left| Erislandy Lara
({{small|interim champion promoted}})

|13 Mar 2014 – 19 Jan 2016

|3

!colspan=4|{{small|Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.}}

!7

|align=left| Jack Culcay
({{small|interim champion promoted}})

|8 Jun 2016 – 11 Mar 2017

|0

!8

|align=left| Demetrius Andrade

|11 Mar – 22 Oct 2017

|0

!colspan=4|{{small|Andrade vacates the title to move up to middleweight.{{cite news|author=Boxingscene Staff|date=22 October 2017|url= https://www.boxingscene.com/demetrius-andrade-vacates-wba-belt-focused-on-murata-ggg--121693|title=Demetrius Andrade Vacates WBA Belt - Focused on Murata, GGG|work=Boxingscene|access-date=31 August 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210831153455/https://www.boxingscene.com/demetrius-andrade-vacates-wba-belt-focused-on-murata-ggg--121693|archive-date=31 August 2021}}}}

!9

|align=left | Brian Castaño
({{small|interim champion promoted}})

|22 Oct 2017 – 20 Jun 2019

|2

! colspan="4" |{{small|Castaño vacates the title after not agreeing on terms to fight mandatory fighter Michel Soro.{{cite news|last=Stumber|first=Patrick|title=Brian Castano vacates WBA title over contract dispute|date=20 June 2019|url-status=dead|work=Badlefthook|access-date=5 August 2021|archive-date=July 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720171125/https://www.badlefthook.com/2019/6/20/18693127/brian-castano-vacates-wba-title-over-contract-dispute-michel-soro|url=https://www.badlefthook.com/2019/6/20/18693127/brian-castano-vacates-wba-title-over-contract-dispute-michel-soro}}}}

!10

|align=left | Erislandy Lara (2)
({{small|def. Ramón Álvarez}})

|31 Aug 2019 – 31 Aug 2021

|1

!colspan=4|{{small|Lara vacates the title to stay at middleweight.{{cite news|last=Donovan|first=Jake|title= Erislandy Lara Vacates WBA "World" 154 Title, Calls For Middleweight Clash With Murata|date=31 August 2021|url=https://www.boxingscene.com/amp/erislandy-lara-vacates-wba-world-154-title-calls-middleweight-clash-with-murata--160249 |url-status=live|work=Boxingscene|access-date=26 November 2021|archive-date=26 November 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211126020501/https://www.boxingscene.com/amp/erislandy-lara-vacates-wba-world-154-title-calls-middleweight-clash-with-murata--160249}}}}

!1

|align=left | Jack Britton
({{small|awarded inaugural title}})

|Jan 1921 – 1 Nov 1922

|4

!2

|align=left | Mickey Walker

|1 Nov 1922 – 20 May 1926

|3

!3

|align=left | Pete Latzo

|20 May 1926 – 3 Jun 1927

|2

!4

|align=left | Joe Dundee

|3 Jun 1927 – 22 Mar 1929

|2

! colspan="4" |{{small|Dundee is stripped of the title when he failed to sign for a title bout contender.{{cite news|date=23 March 1929|work=Daily News|title=Joe Dundee ruled out by N. B. A.

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/411894894/ |location=New York, New York|access-date=22 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!5

|align=left | Jackie Fields
({{small|def. Jack Thompson}})

|25 Mar 1929 – 9 May 1930

|1

!6

|align=left | Jack Thompson

|9 May – 5 Sep 1930

|0

!7

|align=left | Tommy Freeman

|5 Sep 1930 – 14 Apr 1931

|0

!8

|align=left | Jack Thompson (2)

|14 Apr – 23 Oct 1931

|0

!9

|align=left | Lou Brouillard

|23 Oct 1931 – 28 Jan 1932

|0

!10

|align=left | Jackie Fields (2)

|28 Jan 1932 – 22 Feb 1933

|0

!11

|align=left | Young Corbett III

|22 Feb – 29 May 1933

|0

!12

|align=left | Jimmy McLarnin

|29 May 1933 – 28 May 1934

|0

!13

|align=left | Barney Ross

|28 May – 17 Sep 1934

|0

!14

|align=left | Jimmy McLarnin (2)

|17 Sep 1934 – 28 May 1935

|0

!15

|align=left | Barney Ross (2)

|28 May 1935 – 31 May 1938

|2

!16

|align=left | Henry Armstrong

|31 May 1938 – 4 Oct 1940

|style="background:#ffffbf;"|19

!17

|align=left | Fritzie Zivic

|4 Oct 1940 – 29 Jul 1941

|1

!18

|align=left | Freddie Cochrane

|29 Jul 1941 – 1 Feb 1946

|0

!19

|align=left | Marty Servo

|1 Feb – 25 Sep 1946

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Servo retires.{{cite news|date=23 March 1929|work=The Windsor Star|title=Marty Servo retires from boxing, Nose injury reason for quitting

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/501262560/ |location=Windsor, Ontario|access-date=22 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!20

|align=left | Sugar Ray Robinson
({{small|def. Tommy Bell}})

|20 Dec 1946 – 15 Feb 1951

|4

! colspan="4" |{{small|Robinson's title is automatically vacated after winning the middleweight title.{{cite news|date=15 February 1951|work=Argus-Leader|title=Sugar Ray trades Welter for Middleweight title in savage go

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/230217577/ |location=Sioux Falls, South Dakota|access-date=22 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!21

|align=left | Johnny Bratton
({{small|def. Charley Fusari}})

|13 Mar – 18 May 1951

|0

!22

|align=left | Kid Gavilán

|18 May 1951 – 20 Oct 1954

|7

!23

|align=left | Johnny Saxton

|20 Oct 1954 – 1 Apr 1955

|0

!24

|align=left | Tony DeMarco

|1 Apr – 10 Jun 1955

|0

!25

|align=left | Carmen Basilio

|10 Jun 1955 – 14 Mar 1956

|0

!26

|align=left | Johnny Saxton (2)

|14 Mar – 12 Sep 1956

|0

!27

|align=left | Carmen Basilio (2)

|12 Sep 1956 – 23 Sep 1957

|1

! colspan="4" |{{small|Basilio vacated the title after winning the middleweight title.{{cite news|date=24 September 1957|work=Democrat and Chronicle|title=Basilio now vacates Welterweight crown under new ruling

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/135632580/ |location=Rochester, New York|access-date=22 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!28

|align=left | Virgil Akins
({{small|def. Vince Martinez}})

|6 Jun – 5 Dec 1958

|0

!29

|align=left | Don Jordan

|5 Dec 1958 – 27 May 1960

|2

!30

|align=left | Benny Paret

|27 May 1960 – 1 Apr 1961

|1

!31

|align=left | Emile Griffith

|1 Apr – 30 Sep 1961

|1

!32

|align=left | Benny Paret (2)

|30 Sep 1961 – 24 Mar 1962

|0

!33

|align=left | Emile Griffith (2)

|24 Mar 1962 – 21 Mar 1963

|2

!34

|align=left | Luis Manuel Rodríguez

|21 Mar – 8 Jun 1963

|0

!35

|align=left | Emile Griffith (3)

|8 Jun 1963 – 10 Jun 1966

|5

! colspan="4" |{{small|Griffith was stripped of the title for failing to defend it within the required 6 months.{{cite news |author= |date=8 June 1966|location=Dayton, Ohio|title=Ladd Signs With Houston But Davis Still Has Say

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/404529584/ |work=Dayton Daily News|access-date=19 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!36

|align=left | Curtis Cokes
({{small|def. Manuel González}})

|24 Aug 1966 – 18 Apr 1969

|5

!37

|align=left | José Nápoles

|18 Apr 1969 – 3 Dec 1970

|3

!38

|align=left | Billy Backus

|3 Dec 1970 – 4 Jun 1971

|0

!39

|align=left | José Nápoles (2)

|4 Jun 1971 – 16 May 1975

|9

! colspan="4" |{{small|Nápoles was stripped of his WBA title for failure to sign for a fight against the WBA's No. 1-rated welterweight contender, Ángel Espada.{{cite news |author= |date=17 May 1975|location=Windsor, Ontario|title=Napoles title stripped

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/501965273/ |work=The Windsor Star|access-date=22 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!40

|align=left | Ángel Espada
({{small|def. Clyde Gray}})

|28 Jun 1975 – 17 Jul 1976

|1

!41

|align=left | José Cuevas

|17 Jul 1976 – 2 Aug 1980

|11

!42

|align=left | Thomas Hearns

|2 Aug 1980 – 16 Sep 1981

|3

!43

|align=left | Sugar Ray Leonard

|16 Sep 1981 – 9 Nov 1982

|1

! colspan="4" |{{small|Leonard vacated the title due to a detached retina and retired.{{cite news |author= |date=10 November 1982|location=Lancaster, Pennsylvania|title="Feeling Is Gone" So Leonard Retires

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/562744710/ |work=Lancaster New Era|access-date=19 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!44

|align=left | Donald Curry
({{small|def. Hwang Jun-Suk}})

|13 Feb 1983 – 27 Sep 1986

|7

!45

|align=left | Lloyd Honeyghan

|27 Sep 1986 – 5 Jan 1987

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Honeyghan vacated the title after the WBA mandated that he defend the title against South African Harold Volbrecht. Honeyghan dropped the WBA title belt into a trash can on a London street to protest the WBA's continued sanctioning of bouts involving citizens of apartheid-governed South Africa.{{cite news |author= |date=6 January 1986|location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|title=Boxing

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/169322327/ |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|access-date=22 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!46

|align=left | Mark Breland
({{small|def. Harold Volbrecht}})

|6 Feb – 22 Aug 1987

|0

!47

|align=left | Marlon Starling

|22 Aug 1987 – 29 Jul 1988

|2

! colspan="4" |{{small|Starling lost the title in his third defense in controversial fashion to Tomas Molinares. Molinares hit Starling with a punch that was clearly thrown after the bell. Starling went down for the only time in his career, and the referee counted him out. Molinares was declared the new champion by knockout however, the decision was later changed to a no contest but Molinares kept the title.}}

!48

|align=left | Tomás Molinares

|29 Jul – 12 Dec 1988

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Molinares withdrew from his defense fight with Mark Breland and vacated the title due to troubles on keeping his weight down.{{cite news |author= |date=13 December 1988|location=Racine, Wisconsin|title=Molinares withdraws

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/342920190/ |work=The Journal Times|access-date=22 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!49

|align=left | Mark Breland (2)
({{small|def. Lee Seung-Soon}})

|4 Feb 1989 – 8 Jul 1990

|4

!50

|align=left | Aaron Davis

|8 Jul 1990 – 19 Jan 1991

|0

!51

|align=left | Meldrick Taylor

|19 Jan 1991 – 31 Oct 1992

|2

!52

|align=left | Crisanto España

|31 Oct 1992 – 4 Jun 1994

|2

!53

|align=left | Ike Quartey

|4 Jun 1994 – 19 Aug 1998

|7

! colspan="4" |{{small|Quartey was stripped of the title for pulling out on his defense against Andrey Pestryayev.{{cite news|date=20 August 1998|work=Daily News|title=To McKinney, Hamed is no Prince to a guy

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/478521457/ |location=New York, New York|access-date=22 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!54

|align=left | James Page
({{small|def. Andrey Pestryayev}})

|10 Oct 1998 – 27 Sep 2000

|3

! colspan="4" |{{small|Page was stripped of title for failing to fight his mandatory challenger Andrew Lewis.{{cite news|date=27 September 2000|work=The Greenville News|title=Golota vows he'll bite back

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/480320048/ |location=New York, New York|access-date=22 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!55

|align=left | Andrew Lewis
({{small|def. James Page}})

|17 Feb 2001 – 30 Mar 2002

|1

!rowspan=3|56

|align=left | Ricardo Mayorga

|30 Mar 2002 – 25 Jan 2003

|0

! colspan=3 |{{small|Mayorga fought for the inaugural Unified title against WBC and The Ring champion Vernon Forrest.}}

|align=left | Ricardo Mayorga – {{small|Unified champion}}
({{small|def. Vernon Forrest}})

|25 Jan – 13 Dec 2003

|2

!colspan=4|{{small|Mayorga fought for the Undisputed title against IBF champion Cory Spinks.}}

!57

|align=left | Cory Spinks – {{small|Undisputed champion}}
({{small|def. Ricardo Mayorga}})

|13 Dec 2003 – 5 Feb 2005

|2

!58

|align=left | Zab Judah

|5 Feb 2005 – 7 Jan 2006

|1

! colspan="4" |{{small|Judah fought with Carlos Baldomir for the WBC belt as the latter did not pay the sanctioning fee for the WBA and IBF belt.{{cite news|date=9 January 2006|work=The Baltimore Sun|title=Baldomir forgoes WBA, IBF titles

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/248524530/ |location=Baltimore, Maryland|access-date=22 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }} Judah lost the bout and the WBA subsequently stripped him of the title.}}

!59

|align=left | Luis Collazo – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|7 Jan – 13 May 2006

|0

!60

|align=left | Ricky Hatton

|13 May – 31 Aug 2006

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Hatton vacated the title to move back to super lightweight.{{cite news |author= |date=31 August 2006 |title=Hatton gives up WBA title

|url= https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/aug/31/boxing.rickyhatton|url-status=live|work=The Guardian|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140925094136/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/aug/31/boxing.rickyhatton|archive-date=25 September 2014|access-date=5 July 2021}}}}

!61

|align=left | Miguel Cotto – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|def. Carlos Quintana}});
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|2 Dec 2006 – 26 Jul 2008

|4

!rowspan=3|62

|align=left | Antonio Margarito

|26 Jul – 3 Oct 2008

|0

! colspan=3|{{small|Margarito promoted to Super champion.{{cite news|last=Slater|first=James|date=3 October 2008|title=Antonio Margarito Promoted To WBA "Super Champion," Nuzhnenko Now "Regular" WBA Champ|url= https://www.boxing247.com/weblog/archives/121452|work=Boxingnews247|url-status=live|archive-date=29 August 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210829005704/https://www.boxing247.com/weblog/archives/121452|access-date=29 August 2021}}}}

|align=left | Antonio Margarito – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|Regular champion promoted}})

|3 Oct 2008 – 24 Jan 2009

|0

!63

|align=left | Shane Mosley

|24 Jan 2009 – 21 May 2010

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Mosley was stripped of the title for disagreeing on the terms for his bout with Floyd Mayweather Jr., who refused to pay the sanctioning fees for the title and Mosley fought without reaching a deal with the WBA.{{Cite news|last=Rojas|first=Hilmer|url= https://www.boxingscene.com/shane-mosley-stripped-senchenko-full-wba-champ--27982|title=Shane Mosley is Stripped, Senchenko Full WBA Champ |date=21 May 2010|access-date=5 July 2021|work=boxingscene|archive-url= https://archive.today/20120723175247/http://www.boxingscene.com/shane-mosley-stripped-senchenko-full-wba-champ--27982|archive-date=23 July 2012|url-status=live}}}}

!64

|align=left | Vyacheslav Senchenko – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|21 May 2010 – 30 Apr 2012

|2

!65

|align=left | Paulie Malignaggi

|30 Apr 2012 – 22 Jun 2013

|1

!66

|align=left | Adrien Broner

|22 Jun – 14 Dec 2013

|0

!67

|align=left | Marcos Maidana

|14 Dec 2013 – 3 May 2014

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Maidana fought for Unified title against WBC and The Ring champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.}}

!68

|align=left | Floyd Mayweather Jr. – {{small|Unified champion}}
({{small|def. Marcos Maidana}})

|3 May 2014 – 19 Jan 2016

|3

! colspan="4" |{{small|Mayweather retires following his fight with Andre Berto on 14 September 2015. However, he was officially stripped on the December 2015 rankings posted on 19 January 2016.{{cite web

|url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/rankings/2015-december.pdf

|title=Official ratings as of December 2015

|publisher=WBA

|access-date=21 August 2021}} The reason for the delay was because "it's a matter of formality".}}

!rowspan=3|69

|align=left | Keith Thurman – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|19 Jan 2016 – 7 Feb 2017

|1

! colspan=3 |{{small|Keith Thurman promoted to Super champion on WBA's January 2017 ratings posted on 7 February, 1 month before fighting WBC champion Danny Garcia.{{cite web

|url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/rankings/2017-january.pdf

|title=Official ratings as of January 2017

|publisher=WBA

|access-date=21 August 2021}} }}

|align=left | Keith Thurman – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|Regular champion promoted}})

|7 Feb 2017 – 20 Jul 2019

|2
(3)

!70

|align=left | Manny Pacquiao

|20 Jul 2019 – 29 Jan 2021

|0

!71

|align=left | Yordenis Ugás – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|Regular champion promoted}})

|29 Jan 2021 – 16 Apr 2022

|1

!72

|align=left | Errol Spence Jr.

|16 Apr 2022 – 29 Jul 2023

|0

!73

|align=left | Terence Crawford

|29 Jul 2023 – 30 Aug 2024

|0

!colspan=4|{{small|Crawford vacated the title to stay at super welterweight.{{cite news|last=Milano|first=Jesús|date=30 August 2024|title=Crawford keeps WBA super welterweight belt titles|url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/crawford-keeps-wba-super-welterweight-belt|url-status=live|work=WBA|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240831034214/https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/crawford-keeps-wba-super-welterweight-belt|archive-date=31 August 2024|access-date=31 August 2024}} Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.}}

!74

|align=left | Eimantas Stanionis
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|30 Aug 2024 – 12 Apr 2025

|0

!75

|align=left | Jaron Ennis

|style="background:#7CB9E8;"|12 Apr 2025 – present

|0

!1

|align=left | José Antonio Rivera
({{small|def. Michel Trabant}})

|13 Sep 2003 – 2 Apr 2005

|0

!2

|align=left | Luis Collazo

|2 Apr 2005 – 7 Jan 2006

|1

!colspan=4|{{small|Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.}}

!3

|align=left | Yuriy Nuzhnenko
({{small|interim champion promoted}})

|3 Oct 2008 – 10 Apr 2009

|0

!4

|align=left | Vyacheslav Senchenko

|10 Apr 2009 – 21 May 2010

|1

!colspan=4|{{small|Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.}}

!5

|align=left | Keith Thurman
({{small|interim champion promoted}})

|28 Jan 2015 – 19 Jan 2016

|2

! colspan="4" |{{small|Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.}}

!6

|align=left | David Avanesyan
({{small|interim champion promoted}})

|7 Feb – 18 Feb 2017

|0

!7

|align=left | Lamont Peterson

|18 Feb – 3 Oct 2017

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Peterson vacated the title to leave space for other contenders in the ranking.{{cite news|last=Milano|first=Jesús|date=3 October 2017|title=WBA Welterweight Title is vacant|url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/wba-welterweight-title-is-vacant#.X6xn9uSQGEc|url-status=live|work=WBA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731005905/https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/wba-welterweight-title-is-vacant#.X6xn9uSQGEc|archive-date=July 31, 2021|access-date=30 July 2021}}}}

!8

|align=left | Lucas Matthysse
({{small|def. Tewa Kiram}})

|27 Jan – 15 Jul 2018

|0

!9

|align=left | Manny Pacquiao

|15 Jul 2018 – 20 Jul 2019

|1

!colspan=4|{{small|Pacquiao won against Super champion Keith Thurman.}}

!10

|align=left | Yordenis Ugás
({{small|def. Abel Ramos}})

|6 Sep 2020 – 29 Jan 2021

|0

!colspan=4|{{small|Ugas promoted to Super champion after Pacquiao was stripped due to inactivity.}}

!11

|align=left | Jamal James
({{small|interim champion promoted}})

|4 Feb – 30 Oct 2021

|0

!12

|align=left | Radzhab Butaev

|30 Oct 2021 – 16 Apr 2022

|0

!13

|align=left | Eimantas Stanionis

|16 Apr 2022 – 30 Aug 2024

|1

! colspan="4" |{{small|Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.}}

!1

|align=left | Pinky Mitchell
({{small|awarded inaugural title}})

|22 Nov 1922 – 21 Sep 1926

|0

!2

|align=left | Mushy Callahan

|21 Sep 1926 – 18 Feb 1930

|3

!3

|align=left | Jack Kid Berg

|18 Feb 1930 – 24 Apr 1931

|6

!4

|align=left | Tony Canzoneri

|24 Apr 1931 – 18 Jan 1932

|3

!5

|align=left | Johnny Jadick

|18 Jan – 20 Sep 1932

|1

! colspan="4" |{{small|On 20 September 1932, the NBA decided not to recognize the division.{{cite news|date=21 September 1932|work=The Pasedena Post|title=Two Ring Classes Dropped After N. B. A. Convention

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/622318390/ |location=Pasedena, California|access-date=25 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!6

|align=left | Carlos Ortiz
({{small|def. Kenny Lane}})

|12 Jun 1959 – 1 Sep 1960

|2

!7

|align=left | Duilio Loi

|1 Sep 1960 – 14 Sep 1962

|2

!8

|align=left | Eddie Perkins

|14 Sep – 15 Dec 1962

|0

!9

|align=left | Duilio Loi (2)

|15 Dec 1962 – 24 Jan 1963

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Loi vacated the title and retired from boxing.{{cite news|date=21 September 1932|work=The Age|title= Duilio Loi has retired

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/122129612/ |location=Melbourne, Victoria|access-date=25 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!10

|align=left | Roberto Cruz
({{small|def. Battling Torres}})

|21 Mar – 15 Jun 1963

|0

!11

|align=left | Eddie Perkins (2)

|15 Jun 1963 – 18 Jan 1965

|2

!12

|align=left | Carlos Hernández

|18 Jan 1965 – 29 Apr 1966

|2

!13

|align=left | Sandro Lopopolo

|29 Apr 1966 – 30 Apr 1967

|1

!14

|align=left | Takeshi Fuji

|30 Apr 1967 – 12 Dec 1968

|1

!15

|align=left | Nicolino Locche

|12 Dec 1968 – 10 Mar 1972

|5

!16

|align=left | Alfonso Frazer

|10 Mar – 28 Oct 1972

|0

!17

|align=left | Antonio Cervantes

|28 Oct 1972 – 6 Mar 1976

|style="background:#ffffbf;"|10

!18

|align=left | Wilfred Benítez

|6 Mar – 28 Nov 1976

|2

! colspan="4" |{{small|Benítez was stripped of the title for cancelling many scheduled title defenses following an automobile accident.{{cite news|date=29 November 1976|work=Tampa Bay Times|title= Benitez forfeits title

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/332193385/ |location=Saint Petersburg, Florida|access-date=25 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!19

|align=left | Antonio Cervantes (2)
({{small|def. Carlos María Giménez}})

|25 Jun 1977 – 2 Aug 1980

|6

!20

|align=left | Aaron Pryor

|2 Aug 1980 – 26 Oct 1983

|8

! colspan="4" |{{small|Pryor vacated the title after retiring.{{cite news|date=27 October 1983|work=The Journal Herald|title=Pryor retires

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/396137391/ |location=Dayton, Ohio|access-date=25 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!21

|align=left | Johnny Bumphus
({{small|def. Lorenzo Luis García}})

|22 Jan – 1 Jun 1984

|0

!22

|align=left | Gene Hatcher

|1 Jun 1984 – 21 Jul 1985

|1

!23

|align=left | Ubaldo Néstor Sacco

|21 Jul 1985 – 15 Mar 1986

|0

!24

|align=left | Patrizio Oliva

|15 Mar 1986 – 4 Jul 1987

|2

!25

|align=left | Juan Martin Coggi

|4 Jul 1987 – 17 Aug 1990

|4

!26

|align=left | Loreto Garza

|17 Aug 1990 – 14 Jun 1991

|1

!27

|align=left | Edwin Rosario

|14 Jun 1991 – 10 Apr 1992

|0

!28

|align=left | Akinobu Hiranaka

|10 Apr – 9 Sep 1992

|0

!29

|align=left | Morris East

|9 Sep 1992 – 12 Jan 1993

|0

!30

|align=left | Juan Martin Coggi (2)

|12 Jan 1993 – 17 Sep 1994

|6

!31

|align=left | Frankie Randall

|17 Sep 1994 – 13 Jan 1996

|2

!32

|align=left | Juan Martin Coggi (3)

|13 Jan – 16 Aug 1996

|0

!33

|align=left | Frankie Randall (2)

|16 Aug 1996 – 11 Jan 1997

|0

!34

|align=left | Khalid Rahilou

|11 Jan 1997 – 10 Oct 1998

|2

!35

|align=left | Sharmba Mitchell

|10 Oct 1998 – 3 Feb 2001

|4

! colspan="4" |{{small|Mitchell fought for inaugural Super title against Kostya Tszyu.}}

!rowspan=5|36

|align=left | Kostya Tszyu – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|def. Sharmba Mitchell}})

|3 Feb 2001 – 5 Aug 2002

|3

! colspan="3" |{{small|Status changes to Unified champion on WBA's July 2002 ratings posted on 5 August.}}

|align=left | Kostya Tszyu – {{small|Unified champion}}

|5 Aug 2002

|1
(4)

! colspan="3" |{{small|Status changed to Undisputed champion on WBA's May–June 2003 ranking.{{cite web

|url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/rankings/2003-may.pdf

|title=Official ratings as of May-June 2003

|publisher=WBA

|access-date=29 September 2021}} }}

|align=left | Kostya Tszyu – {{small|Undisputed champion}}

|Jul 2003 – 16 Jun 2004

|0
(4)

! colspan="4" |{{small|Tszyu was stripped of title due to inactivity.{{cite news |author= |date=16 June 2004 |title=Tszyu stripped of WBA title

|url= https://www.smh.com.au/sport/tszyu-stripped-of-wba-title-20040616-gdj4vo.html |url-status=live |work=Sydney Morning Herald|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210719143308/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/tszyu-stripped-of-wba-title-20040616-gdj4vo.html |archive-date=19 July 2021 |access-date=19 July 2021}}}}

!37

|align=left | Vivian Harris – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|16 Jun 2004 – 25 Jun 2005

|1

!38

|align=left | Carlos Maussa

|25 Jun – 26 Nov 2005

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Fought for Unified title against IBF and The Ring champion Ricky Hatton.}}

!39

|align=left | Ricky Hatton – {{small|Unified champion}}
({{small|def. Carlos Maussa}})

|26 Nov 2005 – 4 May 2006

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Hatton vacated the title to move up to welterweight.{{Cite news|author=Seconds Out|date=5 May 2006|url= https://www.eurosport.com/boxing/british-news/2005/hatton-gives-up-wba-ti._sto879371/story.shtml |title=Hatton gives up WBA Title |work=Eurosport|url-status=live|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210805101311/https://www.eurosport.com/boxing/british-news/2005/hatton-gives-up-wba-ti._sto879371/story.shtml|archive-date=5 August 2021|access-date=19 July 2021}}}}

!40

|align=left | Souleymane M'baye – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|def. Raúl Horacio Balbi}});
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|2 Sep 2006 – 21 Jul 2007

|1

!41

|align=left | Gavin Rees

|21 Jul 2007 – 22 Mar 2008

|0

!42

|align=left | Andreas Kotelnik

|22 Mar 2008 – 18 Jul 2009

|2

!rowspan=3|43

|align=left | Amir Khan

|18 Jul 2009 – 23 Jul 2011

|4

! colspan=3 |{{small|Khan fought for Super title against Zab Judah.}}

|align=left | Amir Khan – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|def. Zab Judah}})

|23 Jul – 10 Dec 2011

|1
(5)

!44

|align=left | Lamont Peterson

|10 Dec 2011 – 11 Jul 2012

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|WBA and IBF champion Peterson tested positive for synthetic testosterone on a random test in May 2012. He was only stripped of his WBA title.{{cite news | last=Rafael|first=Dan|date=11 July 2012 |title=Amir Khan reinstated as WBA champ |url= https://espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/8158391/amir-khan-reinstated-wba-junior-welterweight-champion|url-status=live |work=ESPN|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210610032321/https://espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/8158391/amir-khan-reinstated-wba-junior-welterweight-champion|archive-date=10 June 2021|access-date=5 July 2021}}}}

!45

|align=left | Amir Khan (2) – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|reinstated}})

|11 Jul – 14 Jul 2012

|0

!46

|align=left | Danny Garcia

|14 Jul 2012 – 11 Sep 2015

|4

! colspan="4" |{{small|Garcia moves up to welterweight and the title is vacated on WBA's August 2015 official ratings posted on 11 September.{{cite web

|url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/rankings/2015-august.pdf

|title=Official ratings as of August 2015

|publisher=WBA

|access-date=27 August 2021}}}}

!rowspan=3|47

|align=left | Adrien Broner – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|def. Khabib Allakhverdiev}});
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|3 Oct – 6 Nov 2015

|0

! colspan=3 |{{small|Broner is promoted to Super champion.{{cite news |last=Ecksel |first=Robert |date=5 November 2015 |title= Adrien Broner Declared WBA Super Champion

|url= https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/adrien-broner-declared-wba-super-champion#.X_7jR6TXeEc |url-status=live |work=WBA |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190912233303/http://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/adrien-broner-declared-wba-super-champion |archive-date=12 September 2019 |access-date=21 July 2021}}}}

|align=left | Adrien Broner – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|Regular champion promoted}})

|6 Nov 2015 – 1 Apr 2016

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Broner stripped of title before his defense against Ashley Theophane for being overweight.{{cite news | author= |date=1 April 2016 |title= Adrien Broner: American stripped of WBA title after failing to make weight|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/35940831|url-status=live |work=BBC|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160406110633/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/35940831|archive-date=6 April 2016|access-date=5 July 2021}}}}

!48

|align=left | Ricky Burns – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|def. Michele Di Rocco}});
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|28 May 2016 – 15 Apr 2017

|1

! colspan="4" |{{small|Burns fought for Unified title against IBF champion Julius Indongo.}}

!49

|align=left | Julius Indongo – {{small|Unified champion}}
({{small|def. Ricky Burns}})

|15 Apr – 19 Aug 2017

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Indongo fought for Super title against WBC, WBO, and The Ring champion Terence Crawford.}}

!50

|align=left | Terence Crawford – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|def. Julius Indongo}})

|19 Aug – 28 Oct 2017

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|The title is vacated on WBA's October rankings after Crawford expressed his intentions of moving up to welterweight.{{cite news | author=Random Hits|date=28 October 2017 |title= WBA Makes Numerous Changes in New Rankings |url= https://www.boxingscene.com/wba-makes-numerous-changes-new-rankings--121912|work=Boxingscene|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211002130309/https://www.boxingscene.com/wba-makes-numerous-changes-new-rankings--121912 |archive-date=2 October 2021|access-date=2 October 2021}}{{cite web

|url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/rankings/2017-october.pdf

|title=Official ratings as of October

|publisher=WBA

|access-date=2 October 2021}}}}

!51

|align=left | Kiryl Relikh – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|def. Rances Barthelemy}});
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|10 Mar 2018 – 27 Apr 2019

|1

!52

|align=left | Regis Prograis

|27 Apr – 26 Oct 2019

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Prograis fought for Super title against IBF champion Josh Taylor.}}

!53

|Align=left | Josh Taylor – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|def. Regis Prograis}})

|26 Oct 2019 – 14 May 2022

|3

! colspan="4" |{{small|Taylor was stripped of the title after he failed to sign the contract in an ordered bout against his mandatory challenger, Alberto Puello.{{cite news | last=Milano|first=Jesús |date=14 May 2022 |title= WBA Super Lightweight title is now vacant|url= https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/wba-super-lightweight-title-is-now-vacant|url-status=live |work=WBA|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220514233141/https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/wba-super-lightweight-title-is-now-vacant|archive-date=14 May 2022|access-date=15 May 2022}} Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.}}

!54

|align=left |Alberto Puello
({{small|def. Batyr Akhmedov}})

|20 Aug 2022 – 10 May 2023

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Puello was made champion in recess after testing positive for banned substance before his defense against Rolando Romero.{{cite news | last=Arias|first=Juan Francisco |date=10 May 2023 |title=Romero-Barroso fight for WBA Super Lightweight Title|url= https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/romero-barroso-fight-for-wba-super-lightweight-title|url-status=live|work=WBA|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230511013707/https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/romero-barroso-fight-for-wba-super-lightweight-title#.ZFxGx6TP2Ec|archive-date=11 May 2023|access-date=11 May 2023}}}}

!55

|align=left |Rolando Romero
({{small|def. Ismael Barroso}})

|13 May 2023 – 30 Mar 2024

|0

!56

|align=left |Isaac Cruz

|30 Mar – 3 Aug 2024

|0

!57

|align=left |José Valenzuela

|3 Aug 2024 – 1 Mar 2025

|0

!58

|align=left |Gary Antuanne Russell

|style="background:#7CB9E8;"|1 Mar 2025 – present

|0

!1

|align=left | Diosbelys Hurtado
({{small|def. Randall Bailey}})

|11 May – 19 Oct 2002

|0

!2

|align=left | Vivian Harris

|19 Oct 2002 – 16 Jun 2004

|2

!colspan=4|{{small|Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.}}

!3

|align=left | Marcos Maidana
({{small|interim champion promoted}})

|23 Jul 2011 – 16 Jul 2012

|1

! colspan="4" |{{small|Maidana vacated the title to move up to welterweight and fight Devon Alexander.{{cite news |last=Rafael |first=Dan |date=16 July 2012 |title=Marcos Maidana will relinquish title

|url= https://espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/8171905/marcos-maidana-relinquish-junior-welterweight-title-fight-jesus-soto-karass|url-status=live |work=ESPN |archive-url= https://archive.today/20210827030019/https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/8171905/marcos-maidana-relinquish-junior-welterweight-title-fight-jesus-soto-karass|archive-date=27 August 2021 |access-date=27 August 2021}}}}

!4

|align=left | Khabib Allakhverdiev
({{small|def. Joan Guzmán}})

|30 Nov 2012 – 12 Apr 2014

|1

!5

|align=left | Jessie Vargas

|12 Apr 2014 – 27 Jun 2015

|2

! colspan="4" |{{small|Vargas vacated the title before challenging WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley to avoid paying WBA's sanctioning fees.{{cite news |last=Rafael |first=Dan |date=8 July 2015 |title=Vargas saved $40K by vacating title before Bradley fight

|url= https://www.espn.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/13390/vargas-saved-40k-by-vacating-title-before-bradley-fight|url-status=live |work=ESPN |archive-url= https://archive.today/20210827030658/https://www.espn.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/13390/vargas-saved-40k-by-vacating-title-before-bradley-fight|archive-date=27 August 2021 |access-date=27 August 2021}}}}

!6

|align=left | Mario Barrios
({{small|def. Batyr Akhmedov}})

|28 Sep 2019 – 26 Jun 2021

|1

!7

|align=left | Gervonta Davis

|26 Jun – 7 Dec 2021

|0

!colspan=4|{{small|Davis vacated the title to stay at lightweight.{{Cite tweet |author=WBA |author-link=World Boxing Association|user=WBABoxing |number=1468395115588763648 |date=7 December 2021 |title=Gervonta Davis (@Gervontaa) informed the WBA that he will only keep his Lightweight belt. Gervonta had five days after his fight last Sunday to choose a division and he decided to stay at 135 pounds.|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211208035209/https://twitter.com/WBABoxing/status/1468395115588763648 |archive-date=8 December 2021|access-date= 7 December 2021|link=no}}}}

!1

|align=left | Benny Leonard
({{small|awarded inaugural title}})

|Jan 1921 – 15 Jan 1925

|7

!colspan=4|{{small|Leonard retires.{{cite news|date=16 January 1925|work=The Fresno Bee|title=Benny Leonard Vacates Title

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/700784409/ |location=Fresno, California|access-date=22 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!2

|align=left | Jimmy Goodrich
({{small|def. Stanislaus Loayza}})

|13 Jul – 7 Dec 1925

|0

!3

|align=left | Rocky Kansas

|7 Dec 1925 – 3 Jul 1926

|0

!4

|align=left | Sammy Mandell

|3 Jul 1926 – 17 Jul 1930

|3

!5

|align=left | Al Singer

|17 Jul – 14 Nov 1930

|0

!6

|align=left | Tony Canzoneri

|14 Nov 1930 – 23 Jun 1933

|5

!7

|align=left | Barney Ross

|23 Jun 1933 – 15 Apr 1935

|1

! colspan="4" |{{small|Ross vacated the title to move up to super lightweight.{{cite news|date=15 April 1935|work=The Herald-Press |title=Barney Ross gives up Lightweight title

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/365284945/ |location=Saint Joseph, Michigan|access-date=22 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!8

|align=left | Tony Canzoneri (2)
({{small|def. Lou Ambers}})

|10 May 1935 – 3 Sep 1936

|1

!9

|align=left | Lou Ambers

|3 Sep 1936 – 17 Aug 1938

|2

!10

|align=left | Henry Armstrong

|17 Aug 1938 – 22 Aug 1939

|1

!11

|align=left | Lou Ambers (2)

|22 Aug 1939 – 25 Mar 1940

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Ambers was stripped after failing to defend the title within 6 months and refusing to fight the top contender Davey Day.{{cite news|date=26 March 1940|work=Daily News|title=Lou Ambers title vacated by NBA

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/476412821/ |location=New York, New York|access-date=22 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!12

|align=left | Sammy Angott
({{small|def. Davey Day}})

|3 May 1940 – 14 Nov 1942

|1

! colspan="4" |{{small|Angott temporarily retires.{{cite news|date=14 November 1942|work=Deseret News|title=Angott Quits Boxing Forfeits Title Stolz And Larkin Are Leading Contenders, Says NBA Head

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/595221744/ |location=Salt Lake City, Utah|access-date=22 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!13

|align=left | Sammy Angott (2)
({{small|def. Slugger White}})

|27 Oct 1943 – 8 Mar 1944

|0

!14

|align=left | Juan Zurita

|8 Mar 1944 – 18 Apr 1945

|0

!15

|align=left | Ike Williams

|18 Apr 1945 – 25 May 1951

|8

!16

|align=left | Jimmy Carter

|25 May 1951 – 14 May 1952

|2

!17

|align=left | Lauro Salas

|14 May – 15 Oct 1952

|0

!18

|align=left | Jimmy Carter (2)

|15 Oct 1952 – 5 Mar 1954

|3

!19

|align=left | Paddy DeMarco

|5 Mar – 17 Nov 1954

|0

!20

|align=left | Jimmy Carter (3)

|17 Nov 1954 – 29 Jun 1955

|0

!21

|align=left | Wallace Bud Smith

|29 Jun 1955 – 24 Aug 1956

|1

!22

|align=left | Joe Brown

|24 Aug 1956 – 21 Apr 1962

|11

!23

|align=left | Carlos Ortiz

|21 Apr 1962 – 10 Apr 1965

|4

!24

|align=left | Ismael Laguna

|10 Apr – 13 Nov 1965

|0

!25

|align=left | Carlos Ortiz (2)

|13 Nov 1965 – 29 Jun 1968

|5

!26

|align=left | Carlos Cruz

|29 Jun 1968 – 18 Feb 1969

|1

!27

|align=left | Mando Ramos

|18 Feb 1969 – 3 Mar 1970

|1

!28

|align=left | Ismael Laguna (2)

|3 Mar – 26 Sep 1970

|1

!29

|align=left | Ken Buchanan

|26 Sep 1970 – 26 Jun 1972

|2

!30

|align=left | Roberto Durán

|26 Jun 1972 – 2 Feb 1979

|style="background:#ffffbf;"|12

! colspan="4" |{{small|Durán vacated the title to move up to welterweight.{{cite news |author= |date=2 February 1979|location=Hackensack, New Jersey|title= Roberto Duran has renounced his World Boxing Association lightweight title

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/493788271/ |work=The Record|access-date=18 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!31

|align=left | Ernesto España
({{small|def. Claude Noel}})

|16 Jun 1979 – 2 Mar 1980

|1

!32

|align=left | Hilmer Kenty

|2 Mar 1980 – 12 Apr 1981

|3

!33

|align=left | Sean O'Grady

|12 Apr – 14 Aug 1981

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|O'Grady was stripped of title for not defending it.{{cite news|date=15 August 1981|work=St. Cloud Times|title=O'Grady's WBA crown taken away

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/226001326/ |location=Saint Cloud, Minnesota|access-date=22 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!34

|align=left | Claude Noel
({{small|def. Rodolfo González}})

|12 Sep – 5 Dec 1981

|0

!35

|align=left | Arturo Frias

|5 Dec 1981 – 8 May 1982

|1

!36

|align=left | Ray Mancini

|8 May 1982 – 1 Jun 1984

|4

!37

|align=left | Livingstone Bramble

|1 Jun 1984 – 26 Sep 1986

|2

!38

|align=left | Edwin Rosario

|26 Sep 1986 – 21 Nov 1987

|1

!39

|align=left | Julio César Chávez

|21 Nov 1987 – 1 Jun 1989

|2

! colspan="4" |{{small|Chávez vacated the title to move up to super lightweight. The title was declared vacant when a bout between Edwin Rosario and Anthony Jones was scheduled.{{cite news|date=15 August 1981|work=Newsday|title=Sugar, Hearns looking sharp

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/705506741/ |location=New York, New York|access-date=22 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!40

|align=left | Edwin Rosario (2)
({{small|def. Anthony Jones}})

|9 Jul 1989 – 4 Apr 1990

|0

!41

|align=left | Juan Nazario

|4 Apr – 11 Aug 1990

|0

!42

|align=left | Pernell Whitaker

|11 Aug 1990 – 20 Apr 1992

|3

! colspan="4" |{{small|Whitaker vacated the title to move up to super lightweight.{{cite news|last=Dowd|first=Mike|date=24 April 1992|work=The Bangor Daily News|title=Gamache to seek WBA lightweight title in June

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/664316825/ |location=Bangor, Maine|access-date=23 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!43

|align=left | Joey Gamache
({{small|def. Chil-Sung Jun}})

|13 Jun – 24 Oct 1992

|0

!44

|align=left | Tony Lopez

|24 Oct 1992 – 26 Jun 1993

|1

!45

|align=left | Dingaan Thobela

|26 Jun – 30 Oct 1993

|0

!46

|align=left | Orzubek Nazarov

|30 Oct 1993 – 16 May 1998

|6

!47

|align=left | Jean Baptiste Mendy

|16 May 1998 – 10 Apr 1999

|1

!48

|align=left | Julien Lorcy

|10 Apr – 7 Aug 1999

|0

!49

|align=left | Stefano Zoff

|7 Aug – 13 Nov 1999

|0

!50

|align=left | Gilberto Serrano

|13 Nov 1999 – 11 Jun 2000

|1

!51

|align=left | Takanori Hatakeyama

|11 Jun 2000 – 1 Jul 2001

|2

!52

|align=left | Julien Lorcy (2)

|1 Jul – 18 Oct 2001

|0

!53

|align=left | Raúl Horacio Balbi

|18 Oct 2001 – 5 Jan 2002

|0

!54

|align=left | Leonard Doroftei

|5 Jan 2002 – 24 Oct 2003

|2

! colspan="4" |{{small|Doroftei was stripped of title when he came 4.4 lbs overweight to his bout with Miguel Callist. The fight was cancelled.{{cite news |author=CBC Sports|date=24 October 2003|title=Boxing champ Dorin stripped of title, retires

|url= https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.361848 |url-status=live |work=CBC Sports|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211018150616/https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.361848 |archive-date=18 October 2021 |access-date=18 October 2021}}}}

!55

|align=left | Lakva Sim
({{small|def. Miguel Callist}})

|10 Apr – 17 Jul 2004

|0

!rowspan=5|56

|align=left | Juan Díaz

|17 Jul 2004 – 23 Feb 2007

|5

! colspan=3 |{{small|Diaz became Unified champion after beating WBO champion Acelino Freitas.}}

|align=left | Juan Díaz – {{small|Unified champion}}
({{small|def. Acelino Freitas}})

|23 Feb – 13 Oct 2007

|1
(6)

! colspan=3 |{{small|Diaz became Undisputed champion after beating IBF champion Julio Díaz.}}

|align=left | Juan Díaz – {{small|Undisputed champion}}
({{small|def. Julio Díaz}})

|13 Oct 2007 – 8 Mar 2008

|1
(7)

!57

|align=left | Nate Campbell

|8 Mar 2008 – 10 Jan 2009

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Campbell vacated the title because of concerns regarding sanctioning fees and proposed mandatory defenses.{{cite news |author= |date=10 January 2009|title= Nate Campbell vacates WBA title

|url= http://www.fighthype.com/pages/content4102.html |url-status=live |work=Fight Hype|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160324033304/http://www.fighthype.com/pages/content4102.html|archive-date=24 March 2016 |access-date=5 July 2021}}}}

!58

|align=left | Paulus Moses – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|10 Jan – 28 Feb 2009

|0

!colspan=4|{{small|Moses is relegated to secondary champion due to Juan Manuel Márquez winning the vacant Super title.}}

!59

|align=left | Juan Manuel Márquez – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|def. Juan Diaz}})

|28 Feb 2009 – 4 Jan 2012

|2

! colspan="4" |{{small|Marquez stripped due to inactivity.{{cite news |last=Fox|first=Allen|date=5 January 2012|title=Juan Manuel Marquez stripped of WBA lightweight title

|url= http://www.boxingnews24.com/2012/01/juan-manuel-marquez-stripped-of-wba-lightweight-title/ |url-status=live |work=Boxingnews24|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120112005026/http://www.boxingnews24.com/2012/01/juan-manuel-marquez-stripped-of-wba-lightweight-title/ |archive-date=12 January 2012 |access-date=5 July 2021}}}}

!60

|align=left | Richar Abril – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|interim champion promoted}});
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|28 Feb 2013 – 10 Apr 2015

|2

! colspan="4" |{{small|Abril was declared champion in recess after he cancelled his fight with Derry Matthews.{{cite news |last=Rafael|first=Dan|date=10 April 2015 |title=Richar Abril stripped of lightweight world title

|url= https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/12668327/richar-abril-was-stripped-lightweight-world-title |url-status=live |work=ESPN |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200705002151/https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/12668327/richar-abril-was-stripped-lightweight-world-title|archive-date=5 July 2020 |access-date=5 July 2021}}}}

!61

|align=left | Darleys Pérez – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|interim champion promoted}});
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|10 Apr – 21 Nov 2015

|1

!62

|align=left | Anthony Crolla

|21 Nov 2015 – 24 Sep 2016

|1

!63

|align=left | Jorge Linares

|24 Sep 2016 – 13 May 2018

|3

! colspan="4" |{{small|Linares fought for Super title against Vasyl Lomachenko.}}

!64

|align=left | Vasiliy Lomachenko – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|def. Jorge Linares}})

|13 May 2018 – 17 Oct 2020

|3

!65

|align=left | Teófimo López

|17 Oct 2020 – 27 Nov 2021

|0

!66

|align=left | George Kambosos Jr

|27 Nov 2021 – 5 Jun 2022

|0

!67

|align=left | Devin Haney

|5 Jun 2022 – 29 Nov 2023

|2

!colspan=4|{{small|Haney vacated the title to move up to super lightweight.{{cite news|last=Coppinger|first=Mike|date=29 November 2023|title=Undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney to vacate titles|url=https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/39007596/unified-lightweight-champion-devin-haney-vacate-titles|url-status=live|work=ESPN|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231130074804/https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/39007596/unified-lightweight-champion-devin-haney-vacate-titles|archive-date=30 November 2023|access-date=30 November 2023}} Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.}}

!68

|align=left |Gervonta Davis
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|style="background:#7CB9E8;"|29 Nov 2023 – present

|2

!1

|align=left | José Alfaro
({{small|def. Prawet Singwancha}})

|29 Dec 2007 – 19 May 2008

|0

!2

|align=left | Yusuke Kobori

|19 May 2008 – 3 Jan 2009

|0

!3

|align=left | Paulus Moses

|3 Jan – 10 Jan 2009

|0

!colspan=4|{{small|Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.}}

!4

|align=left | Paulus Moses (2)
({{small|relegated from primary champion}})

|28 Feb 2009 – 29 May 2010

|1

!5

|align=left|Miguel Acosta

|29 May 2010 – 26 Feb 2011

|0

!6

|align=left | Brandon Ríos

|26 Feb – 3 Dec 2011

|1

! colspan="4" |{{small|Rios was stripped of title before his second defense against John Murray for being overweight.{{cite news|last=Rafael|first=Dan|date=3 December 2011|title=Brandon Rios doesn't make weight|url= https://espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/7308575/brandon-rios-fails-make-weight-weight-stripped-lightweight-title-belt|url-status=live|work=ESPN|archive-date=27 August 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210827032600/https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/7308575/brandon-rios-fails-make-weight-weight-stripped-lightweight-title-belt|access-date=27 August 2021}}}}

!7

|align=left | Gervonta Davis
({{small|def. Yuriorkis Gamboa}})

|28 Dec 2019 – 29 Nov 2023

|4

!colspan=4|{{small|Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.}}

!1

|align=left | Tod Morgan
({{small|awarded inaugural title}})

|16 Dec 1927 – 19 Dec 1929

|5

!2

|align=left | Benny Bass

|19 Dec 1929 – 15 Jul 1931

|0

!3

|align=left | Kid Chocolate

|15 Jul 1931 – 20 Sep 1932

|3

!colspan=4|{{small| On 20 September 1932, the NBA decided not to recognize the division.}}

!4

|align=left |Kid Chocolate (2)
({{small|reinstated as champion{{Cite web|url=https://titlehistories.com/boxing/wba/wba-world-sf.html|title = WBA World Super Featherweight Title}}}})

|28 Mar – 25 Dec 1933

|3

!5

|align=left | Frankie Klick

|25 Dec 1933 – 5 Mar 1934

|0

!colspan=4|{{small|Klick vacated the title to move up to the light welterweight division{{Cite web|url=https://titlehistories.com/boxing/wba/wba-world-sf.html|title = WBA World Super Featherweight Title}} }}

!6

|align=left | Sandy Saddler

|6 Dec 1949 – 21 Jan 1957

|2

!colspan=4|{{small|Saddler vacated the title to stay at featherweight{{Cite web|url=https://titlehistories.com/boxing/wba/wba-world-sf.html|title = WBA World Super Featherweight Title}} }}

!7

|align=left | Harold Gomes
({{small|def. Paul Jorgensan}})

|20 Jul 1959 – 16 Mar 1960

|0

!8

|align=left | Gabriel Elorde

|16 Mar 1960 – 15 Jun 1967

|10

!9

|align=left | Yoshiaki Numata

|15 Jun – 14 Dec 1967

|0

!10

|align=left | Hiroshi Kobayashi

|14 Dec 1967 – 29 Jul 1971

|6

!11

|align=left | Alfredo Marcano

|29 Jul 1971 – 25 Apr 1972

|1

!12

|align=left | Ben Villaflor

|25 Apr 1972 – 12 Mar 1973

|1

!13

|align=left | Kuniaki Shibata

|12 Mar – 17 Oct 1973

|1

!14

|align=left | Ben Villaflor (2)

|17 Oct 1973 – 16 Oct 1976

|5

!15

|align=left | Samuel Serrano

|16 Oct 1976 – 2 Aug 1980

|10

!16

|align=left | Yasutsune Uehara

|2 Aug 1980 – 9 Apr 1981

|1

!17

|align=left | Samuel Serrano (2)

|9 Apr 1981 – 19 Jan 1983

|3

!18

|align=left | Roger Mayweather

|19 Jan 1983 – 26 Feb 1984

|2

!19

|align=left | Rocky Lockridge

|26 Feb 1984 – 19 May 1985

|2

!20

|align=left | Wilfredo Gómez

|19 May 1985 – 24 May 1986

|0

!21

|align=left | Alfredo Layne

|24 May – 27 Sep 1986

|0

!22

|align=left | Brian Mitchell

|27 Sep 1986 – 25 Apr 1991

|style="background:#ffffbf;"|12

! colspan="4" |{{small|Mitchell vacated the title to spend time with his family and business.{{cite news|date=25 April 1991|work=El Nuevo Herald |title= Mitchell renuncia al cetro|language=Spanish

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/635238002/ |location=Miami, Florida|access-date=28 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!23

|align=left | Joey Gamache
({{small|def. Jerry Ngobeni}})

|28 Jun – 20 Oct 1991

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Gamache vacates the title to move up to lightweight.{{cite news|date=20 October 1991|work=The Boston Glove|title= Local bleatings

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/439690904/ |location=Boston, Massachusetts |access-date=28 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!24

|align=left | Genaro Hernández
({{small|def. Daniel Londas}})

|22 Nov 1991 – 13 Jul 1995

|8

! colspan="4" |{{small|Hernandez was stripped of the title when he chose to challenge WBO lightweight champion Oscar De La Hoya instead of fighting his mandatory challenger.{{cite news|date=13 July 1995|work=Desert Dispatch |title=Oscar de la Hoya gives up title

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/748781918/ |location=Barstow, California |access-date=28 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!25

|align=left | Choi Yong-soo
({{small|def. Víctor Hugo Paz}})

|21 Oct 1995 – 5 Sep 1998

|7

!26

|align=left | Takanori Hatakeyama

|5 Sep 1998 – 27 Jun 1999

|1

!27

|align=left | Lakva Sim

|27 Jun – 31 Oct 1999

|0

!28

|align=left | Baek Jong-kwon

|31 Oct 1999 – 21 May 2000

|1

!29

|align=left | Joel Casamayor

|21 May 2000 – 12 Jan 2002

|4

! colspan="4" |{{small|Casamayor fought for the inaugural Super title against WBO champion Acelino Freitas.}}

!rowspan=3|30

|align=left | Acelino Freitas – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|def. Joel Casamayor}})

|12 Jan – 5 Aug 2002

|1

! colspan=3 |{{small|Status changes to Unified champion on WBA's July 2002 ratings posted on 5 August.}}

|align=left | Acelino Freitas – {{small|Unified champion}}

|5 Aug 2002 – 10 Feb 2004

|2
(3)

! colspan="4" |{{small|Freitas' title is declared vacant on WBA's January 2004 ratings posted on 10 February.{{cite web

|url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/rankings/2004-january.pdf

|date=10 February 2004

|title=Official ratings as of January 2004

|publisher=WBA

|access-date=5 November 2021}}}}

!31

|align=left | Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|10 Feb 2004 – 30 Apr 2005

|1

!32

|align=left | Vicente Mosquera

|30 Apr 2005 – 5 Aug 2006

|1

!33

|align=left | Edwin Valero

|5 Aug 2006 – 3 Sept 2008

|4

! colspan="4" |{{small|Valero vacated the title and moved up to lightweight.{{cite news|last=Cordero|first=Gabriel|date=3 September 2008|title= Valero gives up WBA title!|url= http://www.fightnews.com/fightnews_2/headlines//EkkpuylpEEUZZVzRtX.html|url-status=dead|work=Fightnews|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080905230109/http://www.fightnews.com/fightnews_2/headlines//EkkpuylpEEUZZVzRtX.html|archive-date=5 September 2008|access-date=29 August 2021}}}}

!34

|align=left | Jorge Linares
({{small|def. Whyber Garcia}})

|28 Nov 2008 – 10 Oct 2009

|1

!35

|align=left | Juan Carlos Salgado

|10 Oct 2009 – 11 Jan 2010

|0

!rowspan=3|36

|align=left | Takashi Uchiyama

|11 Jan 2010 – 21 Feb 2015

|9

! colspan=3 |{{small|Uchiyama promoted to Super champion.{{cite news |author= |date=21 February 2015 |title= Takashi Uchiyama promoted to 130 lbs super champion status

|url= https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/takashi-uchiyama-promoted-to-130-lbs-super-champion-status |url-status=live |work=WBA|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201024090204/https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/takashi-uchiyama-promoted-to-130-lbs-super-champion-status |archive-date=24 October 2020 |access-date=5 July 2021}}}}

|align=left | Takashi Uchiyama – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|Regular champion promoted}})

|21 Feb 2015 – 27 Apr 2016

|2
(11)

!37

|align=left | Jezreel Corrales

|27 Apr 2016 – 20 Oct 2017

|2

! colspan="4" |{{small|Corrales came in overweight and was stripped of his Super title. Machado fought for the vacant Super title.{{cite news |last=Rafael|first=Dan|date=20 October 2017|title= After missing weight, Jezreel Corrales loses junior lightweight world title

|url= https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/21092734/jezreel-corrales-stripped-junior-lightweight-world-title |url-status=live |work=ESPN |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201111212439/https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/21092734/jezreel-corrales-stripped-junior-lightweight-world-title |archive-date=11 November 2020 |access-date=5 July 2021}}}}

!38

|align=left | Alberto Machado – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|def. Jezreel Corrales}}); ({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|21 Oct 2017 – 21 Apr 2018

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Machado is relegated to secondary champion due to Gervonta Davis winning the vacant Super title.}}

!39

|align=left | Gervonta Davis – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|def. Jesús Cuellar}})

|21 Apr 2018 – 2 Sep 2019

|2

! colspan="4" |{{small|Davis vacated the title and moved up to lightweight.{{cite news |last=Benson|first=Michael|date=2 September 2019 |title=Davis vacates title to move up to lightweight

|url= https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/595681/boxing-news-gervonta-davis-vasyl-lomachenko/|url-status=live |work=Talksport|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210706025852/https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/595681/boxing-news-gervonta-davis-vasyl-lomachenko/|archive-date=6 July 2021 |access-date=5 July 2021}}}}

!40

|align=left | Andrew Cancio – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|2 Sep – 23 Nov 2019

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Léo Santa Cruz won the vacant Super title an hour before Cancio finished his fight against René Alvarado.{{cite tweet|date=23 November 2019|title=#AndTheNew Congratulations @leosantacruz2|author-link=World Boxing Association|user=WBABoxing|number= 1198464323024228352|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191124051721/https://twitter.com/WBABoxing/status/1198464323024228352 |archive-date=24 November 2019|access-date=11 January 2022}}{{cite tweet|date=23 November 2019|title=¡Felicitaciones Nicaragua! René Alvarado is the New WBA Super Featherweight Champion|author-link=World Boxing Association|user=WBABoxing|number= 1198479064765534208|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191124060024/https://twitter.com/WBABoxing/status/1198479064765534208 |archive-date=24 November 2019|access-date=11 January 2022}} Cancio is relegated to secondary champion.}}

!41

|align=left | Léo Santa Cruz – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|def. Miguel Flores}})

|23 Nov 2019 – 31 Oct 2020

|0

!42

|align=left | Gervonta Davis (2)

|31 Oct 2020 – 28 Aug 2021

|0

! colspan="4" |{{small|Davis vacates the title to stay at a higher weight class.{{cite news|last=Coppinger|first=Mike|date=28 August 2021|title=Gervonta Davis vacates WBA's 130-pound title, mulling future at 135 or 140|url= https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/32102656/gervonta-davis-vacates-wba-130-pound-title-mulling-future-135-140|url-status=live|work=ESPN|archive-date=29 August 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210829002236/https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/32102656/gervonta-davis-vacates-wba-130-pound-title-mulling-future-135-140|access-date=29 August 2021}} Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.}}

!43

|align=left | Roger Gutiérrez
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|28 Aug 2021 – 20 Aug 2022

|0

!44

|align=left |Héctor García

|20 Aug 2022 – 25 Nov 2023

|0

!45

|align=left |Lamont Roach Jr.

|style="background:#7CB9E8;"|25 Nov 2023 – present

|1

!1

|align=left | Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai
({{small|def. Lakva Sim}})

|13 Apr 2002 – 10 Feb 2004

|2

!colspan=4|{{small|Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.}}

!2

|align=left | Javier Fortuna
({{small|def. Bryan Vásquez}})

|29 May 2015 – 24 Jun 2016

|1

!3

|align=left | Jason Sosa

|24 Jun 2016 – 15 Feb 2017

|1

! colspan="4" |{{small|Sosa vacates title to fight WBO champion Vasyl Lomachenko.{{cite news|author=Boxingscene staff|date=15 February 2017|title= Jason Sosa Vacates WBA Title Ahead of Lomachenko Title Shot |url= https://www.boxingscene.com/jason-sosa-vacates-wba-title-ahead-lomachenko-title-shot--113651|url-status=live|work=Boxingscene|archive-date=29 August 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210829175711/https://www.boxingscene.com/jason-sosa-vacates-wba-title-ahead-lomachenko-title-shot--113651|access-date=29 August 2021}}}}

!4

|align=left | Alberto Machado
({{small|relegated from super champion}})

|21 Apr 2018 – 9 Feb 2019

|2

!5

|align=left | Andrew Cancio

|9 Feb – 2 Sep 2019

|1

!colspan=4|{{small|Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.}}

!6

|align=left | Andrew Cancio (2)
({{small|relegated from primary champion}})

|1 Sep – 23 Nov 2019

|0
(1)

!7

|align=left | René Alvarado

|23 Nov 2019 – 2 Jan 2021

|0

!8

|align=left | Roger Gutiérrez

|2 Jan – 28 Aug 2021

|1

!colspan=4|{{small|Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.}}

!1

|align=left | Benny Bass
({{small|def. Red Chapman}})

|12 Sep 1927 – 10 Feb 1928

|0

!2

|align=left | Tony Canzoneri

|10 Feb – 28 Sep 1928

|0

!3

|align=left | André Routis

|28 Sep 1928 – 23 Sep 1929

|1

!4

|align=left | Christopher Battalino

|23 Sep 1929 – 27 Jan 1932

|5

!colspan=4|{{small|Battalino is stripped of the title for missing weight in a title fight against Freddie Miller which ended in a controversial no contest.{{cite news|date=28 January 1932|work=The Burlington Hawk-Eye|title=Bat Battalino is stripped of crown by N. B. A.

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/8229599/ |location=Burlington, Iowa|access-date=26 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!5

|align=left | Tommy Paul
({{small|def. Johnny Pena}})

|26 May 1932 – 13 Jan 1933

|0

!6

|align=left | Freddie Miller

|13 Jan 1933 – 11 May 1936

|12

!7

|align=left | Petey Sarron

|11 May 1936 – 29 Oct 1937

|2

!8

|align=left | Henry Armstrong

|29 Oct 1937 – 12 Sep 1938

|0

!colspan=4|{{small|Armstrong vacated the title to stay at the higher weight divisions.{{cite news|date=13 September 1938|work=The News-Herald|title=Armstrong abandons featherweight title

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/53473188/ |location=Franklin, Pennsylvania|access-date=26 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!9

|align=left | Joey Archibald
({{small|def. Leo Rodak}})

|29 Oct 1939 – 29 Mar 1940

|1

!colspan=4|{{small|Archibald was stripped of the title for not fighting Petey Scalzo.{{cite news|date=29 March 1940|work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin|title=Not Recognized As Champion

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/258288587/ |location=Honolulu, Hawaii|access-date=26 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }} Scalzo and Frankie Perrin was slated to fight for the vacant title however, Perrin refused to fight in Washington and preferred to fight in his home city of New Orleans. Scalzo was later awarded of the title by the NBA.{{cite news|date=1 May 1940|work=Arizona Republic|title=Featherweight Crown Given Petey Scalzo

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/8276516/ |location=Phoenix, Arizona|access-date=12 January 2022| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!10

|align=left | Petey Scalzo
({{small|awarded title}})

|1 May 1940 – 1 Jul 1941

|3

!11

|align=left | Richie Lemos

|1 Jul – 18 Nov 1941

|0

!12

|align=left | Jackie Wilson

|18 Nov 1941 – 18 Jan 1943

|1

!13

|align=left | Jackie Callura

|18 Jan – 16 Aug 1943

|1

!14

|align=left | Phil Terranova

|16 Aug 1943 – 10 Mar 1944

|0

!15

|align=left | Sal Bartolo

|10 Mar 1944 – 7 Jun 1946

|3

!16

|align=left | Willie Pep

|7 Jun 1946 – 29 Oct 1948

|2

!17

|align=left | Sandy Saddler

|29 Oct 1948 – 11 Feb 1949

|0

!18

|align=left | Willie Pep (2)

|11 Feb 1949 – 8 Sep 1950

|3

!19

|align=left | Sandy Saddler (2)

|8 Sep 1950 – 16 Jan 1957

|2

!colspan=4|{{small|Saddler was stripped of the title for failing to sign for a title defense.{{cite news|date=17 January 1957|work=The Sacramento Bee|title=Saddler Stripped Of Featherweight Crown

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/652054723/ |location=Raleigh, North Carolina|access-date=26 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }} A few days later, he retired.{{cite news|date=22 January 1957|work=Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, The Evening News |title=Sandy Saddler Retired By Manager; Going Blind Due To Auto Accident

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/417802741/ |location=Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania|access-date=26 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!20

|align=left | Hogan Bassey
({{small|def. Cherif Hamia}})

|24 Jun 1957 – 18 Mar 1959

|1

!21

|align=left | Davey Moore

|18 Mar 1959 – 21 Mar 1963

|5

!22

|align=left | Sugar Ramos
({{small|def. Davey Moore}})

|21 Mar 1963 – 26 Sep 1964

|3

!23

|align=left | Vicente Saldívar

|26 Sep 1964 – 14 Oct 1967

|7

!colspan=4|{{small|Saldívar retired after his 7th defense.{{cite news|date=15 October 1967|work=The Arizona Republic |title=Saldivar Wins, Retires

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/117911118/ |location=Phoenix, Arizona|access-date=26 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!24

|align=left | Raul Rojas
({{small|def. Enrique Higgins}})

|28 Mar – 27 Sep 1968

|0

!25

|align=left | Shozo Saijo

|27 Sep 1968 – 2 Sept 1971

|5

!26

|align=left | Antonio Gomez

|2 Sept 1971 – 19 Aug 1972

|1

!27

|align=left | Ernesto Marcel

|19 Aug 1972 – 31 May 1974

|4

!colspan=4|{{small|Marcel retires.{{cite news|date=1 June 1974|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|title=Top Boxer to retire

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/120436785/ |location=Sydney, New South Wales|access-date=26 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!28

|align=left | Rubén Olivares
({{small|def. Zensuke Otagawa}})

|9 July – 23 Nov 1974

|0

!29

|align=left | Alexis Argüello

|23 Nov 1974 – 9 Oct 1976

|4

!colspan=4|{{small|Argüello vacated the title because the WBA wanted to set a fight date that's imposed by the mandatory challenger and not him, the champion.{{cite news|date=12 October 1976|work=El Heraldo de Brownsville|title= A. Arguello Dice Que Se Retira Del Box|language=Spanish

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/13836207/ |location=Brownsville, Texas|access-date=26 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!30

|align=left | Rafael Ortega
({{small|def. Francisco Coronado}})

|15 Jan – 17 Dec 1977

|1

!31

|align=left | Cecilio Lastra

|17 Dec 1977 – 15 Apr 1978

|0

!32

|align=left | Eusebio Pedroza

|15 Apr 1978 – 8 Jun 1985

|style="background:#ffffbf;"|19

!33

|align=left | Barry McGuigan

|8 Jun 1985 – 23 Jun 1986

|2

!34

|align=left | Steve Cruz

|23 Jun 1986 – 6 Mar 1987

|0

!35

|align=left | Antonio Esparragoza

|6 Mar 1987 – 30 Mar 1991

|7

!36

|align=left | Park Yong-kyun

|30 Mar 1991 – 4 Dec 1993

|8

!37

|align=left | Eloy Rojas

|4 Dec 1993 – 18 May 1996

|6

!38

|align=left | Wilfredo Vázquez

|18 May 1996 – 25 Mar 1998

|4

!colspan=4|{{small|Vázquez vacated the title infavor of fighting WBO champion Naseem Hamed.{{cite news|date=12 October 1976|work=Nanaimo Daily News|title= Vazquez gives up featherweight title

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/325578228/ |location=Nanaimo, British Columbia|access-date=26 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!39

|align=left | Freddie Norwood
({{small|def. Antonio Cermeño}})

|3 Apr – 21 Sep 1998

|2

!colspan=4|{{small|Norwood was stripped of his title for coming overweight to his 3rd defense fight against Koji Matsumoto.{{cite news|date=23 September 1988|work=El Nuevo Herald|title=Ganó, pero perdió|language=Spanish

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/641737016/ |location=Miami, Florida|access-date=26 October 2021| via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}}}

!40

|align=left | Antonio Cermeño
({{small|def. Genaro Rios}})

|3 Oct 1998 – 29 May 1999

|1

!41

|align=left | Freddie Norwood (2)

|29 May 1999 – 9 Sep 2000

|3

!42

|align=left | Derrick Gainer

|9 Sep 2000 – 1 Nov 2003

|3

!colspan=4|{{small|Gainer fought for the inaugural Unified title against IBF champion Juan Manuel Márquez.}}

!43

|align=left | Juan Manuel Márquez – {{small|Unified champion}}
({{small|def. Derrick Gainer}})

|1 Nov 2003 – 22 Aug 2005

|3

!colspan=4|{{small|Márquez was stripped of the IBF title because no promoter was willing to bid at least US$50,000 to stage a mandatory defense against Fahprakorb Rakkiatgym.{{cite news |last=Rafael |first=Dan |date=16 August 2005 |title=Failure to stage mandatory bout costs Marquez |url=http://www.espn.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2135889 |url-status=live |work=ESPN |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522143623/http://www.espn.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2135889 |archive-date=22 May 2018 |access-date=22 May 2018}} As a result, he was stripped of his WBA Unified title on WBA's July 2005 official ratings posted on 22 August.{{cite web

|url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/rankings/2005-july.pdf

|title=Official ratings as of July 2005

|publisher=WBA

|access-date=26 October 2021}}}}

!rowspan=3|44

|align=left | Chris John – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|22 Aug 2005 – 27 Jun 2009

|7

!colspan=3|{{small|John is promoted to Super champion.{{cite news|last=Reeno|first=Rick|date=26 June 2009|title= Chris John To Become Super Champ, Gamboa Elevated|url= https://www.boxingscene.com/chris-john-become-super-champ-gamboa-elevated--20689 |url-status=live|work=Boxingscene|archive-date=19 September 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210919032259/https://www.boxingscene.com/chris-john-become-super-champ-gamboa-elevated--20689 |access-date=19 September 2021}}}}

|align=left | Chris John – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|Regular champion promoted}})

|27 Jun 2009 – 14 Jul 2010

|1
(8)

!colspan=4|{{small|John was declared champion in recess after suffering a rib injury.{{cite news|last=Rojas|first=Hilmar|date=14 September 2010|title= John vs Gamboa Has To Take Place Within 120 Days |url= https://www.boxingscene.com/amp/john-vs-gamboa-take-place-within-120-days--30937 |url-status=live|work=Boxingscene|archive-date=19 September 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210919033213/https://www.boxingscene.com/amp/john-vs-gamboa-take-place-within-120-days--30937 |access-date=19 September 2021}}}}

!rowspan=3|45

|align=left | Yuriorkis Gamboa – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|14 Jul – 11 Sep 2010

|0

!colspan=3|{{small|Gamboa was declared the Unified champion after winning the vacant IBF title against Orlando Salido.}}

|align=left | Yuriorkis Gamboa – {{small|Unified champion}}
({{small|def. Orlando Salido}})

|11 Sep – 5 Dec 2010

|1

!colspan=4|{{small|Gamboa is relegated to secondary champion when John was reinstated as Super champion after winning against Fernando Saucedo.}}

!46

|align=left | Chris John (2) – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|reinstated}})

|5 Dec 2010 – 6 Dec 2013

|6

!colspan=4|{{small|John fought for the Undisputed title against Simpiwe Vetyeka.}}

!47

|align=left | Simpiwe Vetyeka – {{small|Undisputed champion}}
({{small|def. Chris John}})

|6 Dec 2013 – 31 May 2014

|0

!48

|align=left | Nonito Donaire

|31 May – 18 Oct 2014

|0

!colspan=4|{{small|Donaire lost to Regular champion Nicholas Walters however, Walters was not given the Undisputed title.}}

!rowspan=3|49

|align=left | Nicholas Walters – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|18 Oct 2014 – 21 Feb 2015

|1

!colspan=3|{{small|Walters promoted to Super champion.{{cite news |author= |date=21 February 2015 |title=Walters is the new 126 lbs. super champion and Cuellar promoted to regular champion titles

|url= https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/walters-is-the-new-126-lbs-super-champion-and-cuellar-promoted-to-regular-champion |url-status=live |work=WBA|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210502144808/https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/walters-is-the-new-126-lbs-super-champion-and-cuellar-promoted-to-regular-champion |archive-date=2 May 2021|access-date=5 July 2021}}}}

|align=left | Nicholas Walters – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|Regular champion promoted}})

|21 Feb – 12 Jun 2015

|0
(1)

!colspan=4|{{small|Walters was stripped of the title for failing to make weight on his first defense fight against Miguel Marriaga. The title was at stake for Marriaga but Walters won by unanimous decision.{{cite news |last=Rafael|first=Dan|date=12 June 2015 |title=Nicholas Walters stripped of world title after failing to make weight

|url= http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/13066678/nicholas-walters-stripped-world-title-failing-make-weight |url-status=live |work=ESPN |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180703163257/http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/13066678/nicholas-walters-stripped-world-title-failing-make-weight |archive-date=3 July 2018|access-date=5 July 2021}}}}

!50

|align=left | Jesús Cuellar – {{small|Regular champion}}
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|12 Jun – 29 Aug 2015

|0

!colspan=4|{{small|Cuéllar was relegated to secondary champion because Léo Santa Cruz won the vacant Super title.}}

!51

|align=left | Léo Santa Cruz – {{small|Super champion}}
({{small|def. Abner Mares}})

|29 Aug 2015 – 30 Jul 2016

|1

!52

|align=left | Carl Frampton

|30 Jul 2016 – 28 Jan 2017

|0

!53

|align=left | Léo Santa Cruz (2)

|28 Jan 2017 – 12 Dec 2022

|3

!colspan=4|{{small|Santa Cruz vacated the title on the day of the scheduled purse bid against Regular champion Leigh Wood.{{cite news|last=Milano|first=Jesús|date=12 December 2022|title= Leigh Wood is the only WBA featherweight champion|url= https://www.wbaboxing.com/events/leigh-wood-is-the-only-wba-featherweight-champion|url-status=live|work=WBA|archive-date=13 December 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221213040530/https://www.wbaboxing.com/events/leigh-wood-is-the-only-wba-featherweight-champion|access-date=13 December 2022}} Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.}}

!54

|align=left | Leigh Wood
({{small|Primary champion vacant}})

|12 Dec 2022 – 18 Feb 2023

|0

!55

|align=left | Mauricio Lara

|18 Feb – 26 May 2023

|0

!colspan=4|{{small|Lara was stripped for missing the weight before his rematch against Leigh Wood.{{cite news|last=Milano|first=Jesús|date=26 May 2023|title=Lara failed to make weight and only Wood will challenge for WBA title|url= https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/lara-failed-to-make-weight-and-only-wood-will-challenge-for-wba-title|url-status=live|work=WBA|archive-date=26 May 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230526161801/https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/lara-failed-to-make-weight-and-only-wood-will-challenge-for-wba-title#.ZHDbvaTP2Ec |access-date=26 May 2023}}}}

!56

|align=left | Leigh Wood (2)
({{small|def. Mauricio Lara}})

|27 May – 17 Oct 2023

|1