| Edition | City | Country | Year | Type | Winner | City | Country | Club | Points (Events) | Nr of Participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seoul |  KOR | 1988 | OG | Gert Damkat | Groningen |  NED | ARGO'77 | () | 14 |
| 2 | Tokyo |  JPN | 1991 | WC | Dave Elderenbosch | Arnhem/Amsterdam | NED | AAC | () | 16 |
| 3 | Barcelona |  ESP | 1992 | OG | Steven Ulrich | Eindhoven | NED | PSV | () | 53 |
| 4 | Stuttgart |  GER | 1993 | WC | Neals Strik | Baarn | NED | BAV | () | 66 |
| 5 | Helsinki |  FIN | 1994 | EC | Ronald van Weele | Utrecht | NED | Hellas/ARGO'77 | () | 42 |
| 6 | Gothenburg |  SWE | 1995 | WC | Christian Bakker | Eindhoven | NED | De Delvers/PSV | 179 () | 55 |
| 7 | Atlanta |  USA | 1996 | OG | Harm Zijlstra | Lemmer | NED | AV NOP | 179 (44) | 759 |
| 8 | Athens |  GRE | 1997 | WC | Erik Jonkers | Enschede | NED | Kronos | 174 (44) | 250 |
| 9 | Budapest |  HUN | 1998 | EC | Erik van Leeuwen | Wassenaar | NED | Leiden Atletiek | 181 (46) | 22 |
| 10 | Seville | ESP | 1999 | WC | Eva Janssen | Soest | NED | GAC Hilversum | 159 (46) | 39 |
| 11 | Sydney |  AUS | 2000 | OG | Kees Kortleever | Voorschoten | NED | Leiden Atletiek | 169 (46) | 88 |
| 12 | Edmonton |  CAN | 2001 | WC | Ivan Sonck | Asse |  BEL | - | 175 (46) | 86 |
| 13 | Munich | GER | 2002 | EC | Ferdinando Fanin | Mignanego |  ITA | - | 220 (46) | 158 |
| 14 | Paris |  FRA | 2003 | WC | Jon Mulkeen | Birmingham |  GBR | Birchfield Harriers | 189 (46) | 138 |
| 15 | Athens | GRE | 2004 | OG | Per Crona | Göteborg | SWE | - | 167 (44) | 168 |
| 16 | Helsinki | FIN | 2005 | WC | David Donley | Fort Worth | USA | - | 209 (47) | 143 |
| 17 | Gothenburg | SWE | 2006 | EC | Christoph Thurner | Munich | GER | - | 203 (47) | 208 |
| 18 | Osaka | JPN | 2007 | WC | Ferdinando Fanin | Mignanego | ITA | - | 207 (47) | 174 |
| 19 | Beijing |  CHN | 2008 | OG | Elisa Schena | Albino | ITA | - | 188 (47) | 215 |
| 20 | Berlin | GER | 2009 | WC | Christoph Thurner | Munich | GER | - | 183 (47) | 220 |
| 21 | Barcelona | ESP | 2010 | EC | Erik Niemeijer | Breda | NED | - | 179 (47) | 224 |
| 22 | Daegu | KOR | 2011 | WC | Bruno Santos | Lisboa |  POR | - | 206 (47) | 333 |
| 23 | London | GBR | 2012 | OG | Ferdinando Fanin | Mignanego | ITA | - | 226 (47) | 384 |
| 24 | Moscow |  RUS | 2013 | WC | Frank Meier | Dortmund | GER | - | 241 (47) | 378 |
| 25 | Zurich |  SUI | 2014 | EC | Jacobo Fernandez | Vigo | ESP | - | 209 (47) | 282 |
| 26 | Beijing | CHN | 2015 | WC | Gustavo Candelas | Madrid | ESP | - | 270* (47) | 440 |
| 27 | Rio de Janeiro |  BRA | 2016 | OG | Sampsa Lahtonen | Rusko | FIN | - | 308* (47) | 396 |
| 28 | London | GBR | 2017 | WC | Jonathan Phillips | Newtownmountkennedy |  IRL | - | 271* (47) | 411 |
| 29 | Berlin | GER | 2018 | EC | Gustavo Candelas | Madrid | ESP | - | 301* (48) | 224 |
| 30 | Doha |  QAT | 2019 | WC | Alvaro Marin | San Fernando | ESP | - | 310* (49) | 252 |
| 31 | Tokyo | JPN | 2021 | OG | Santi Velasco | El Astillero | ESP | - | 270* (48) | 274 |
| 32 | Eugene | USA | 2022 | WC | Palmiro Candreva | Pavia | ITA | - | 313* (49) | 210 |
| 33 | Budapest | HUN | 2023 | WC | Tobias Steige | Wertingen | GER | - | 284* (49) | 307 |
| 34 | Paris | FRA | 2024 | OG | Keith Odoyo | Nairobi |  KEN | - | 292* (48) | 305 |
| * New scoring model | ||||||||||
| Edition | City | Country | Year | Type | Winner | City | Country | Club | Points | Nr of Participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daegu | KOR | 2011 | WC | Philip Wyckoff | Cape Coral | USA | - | 141 | 190 |
| 2 | London | GBR | 2012 | OG | Bastiaan Kors | Alphen aan den Rijn | NED | - | 189 | 273 |
| 3 | Moscow | RUS | 2013 | WC | Simon Rio | Burela | ESP | - | 199 | 321 |
| 4 | Zurich | SUI | 2014 | EC | Joeri van Egmond | Alphen aan den Rijn | NED | - | 194 | 217 |
| 5 | Beijing | CHN | 2015 | WC | Marc Masip | Castelldefels | ESP | - | 186 | 343 |
| 6 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | 2016 | OG | Ruben van den Berghe | Grembergen | BEL | - | 183 | 323 |
| 7 | London | GBR | 2017 | WC | Frans Häggblom | Lepplax | FIN | - | 192 | 335 |
| 8 | Berlin | GER | 2018 | EC | Daniel Grooms | Spalding | GBR | - | 181 | 189 |
| 9 | Doha | QAT | 2019 | WC | Johan Timby | Solna | SWE | - | 181 | 219 |
| 10 | Tokyo | JPN | 2021 | OG | Martin Limo | Leeds | GBR | - | 169 | 243 |
| 11 | Eugene | USA | 2022 | WC | Michael Stebbins | Cheverly | USA | - | 187 | 188 |
| 12 | Budapest | HUN | 2023 | WC | Jon Mulkeen | Bearley | GBR | - | 178 | 264 |
| 13 | Paris | FRA | 2024 | OG | James McCartney | Bury | GBR | - | 187 | 262 |