Mariusz Pudzianowski - Number of titles - 5

Mariusz Pudzianowski is most successful athlete in the history of The World's Strongest Man, winning the title an unprecedented 5 times which he di in 2008, despite a serious calf injury. Apart from WSM, Pudzianowski is also known for practicing martial arts (he is a fourth kyu green belt in Kyokushin kaikan) and trained in the art of boxing for 7 years before he started to compete in strongman competitions. He is respected by his fellow competitors for his determination to just keep going, no matter what.

Jón Páll Sigmarsson won the WSM Title four times in 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990 beating fellow WSM Legends Bill Kazmaier, and Geoff Capes in the process. He is quoted as saying "there is no point in being alive if you cannot do the Deadlift". He was aware that heart problems ran in his family, but continued to compete at the top level until his sudden death whilst training in 1992, aged just 32. He will always be remembered as one of the greatest strength athletes, and remains a major inspiration to the current generation of WSM competitors.

Magnús Ver Magnússon of Iceland won the title of The World's Strongest Man four times. He competed in his first strongman contest in 1985, finishing third in the competition (won by Jón Páll Sigmarsson). After winning the 1991 World's Strongest Man contest he decided to focus solely on strongman competition, winning again in 1994, 1995, and 1996. He is considered to be one of the first modern professional strongman competitors. Magnús currently judges international powerlifting and strongest man competitions and owns a powerlifting and strongman gym in Reykjavik called Jakaból (giant's nest).

Bill Kazmaier won the World's Strongest Man title three times, in 1980, 1981, and 1982. He won each of these events by a huge margin and cemented his reputation as the sports most dominant athlete. After these victories, Kazmaier chose not to compete in the 1983 WSM due to it being held outside the USA, and was not invited back to compete in the WSM contest again until 1988, where he finished second to Jón Páll Sigmarsson. He finished fourth in his final WSM appearance in 1989. but remains the father of the modern strongman and is regarded by many as one of the greatest of all time.

Geoff Capes represented Great Britain as a shot-puter, winning 17 National titles, Two Commonwealth Championships, won two Gold, two Silver and one Bronze medals at European Championships, was three times European Champion and competed in the 1972, 1976 an 1980 Olympic Games. Capes won the 1983 and 1985 World's Strongest man events, beating fellow WSM Legend Jón Páll Sigmarsson both times and was well known for his incredible hand and arm strength. He is a much admired British sportsman and now devotes his time to training the next generation of Strongmen as well as being chairman of his own security firm, a Justice of the Peace and a devoted champion breeder of budgerigars.

Starting his athletic development at Stanford University Bruce competed in shot, discus and wrestling before moving into weightlifting. He was the first winner of the World's Strongest Man competition in 1977, winning it for a second time in 1978. He spent several years after this helping to organise the event as is grew into a world wide phenomenon.

He was a member of the executive board of the United States Olympic Committee and was on the Athletes Advisory Council for 8 years as well as the Substance and Drug Abuse Committee.