| Wins | Player | Tnmts Won | Played | Pct. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Botvinnik | 7, 8, 11, 13, 14, 20= (plw) | 11 | 69.4% |
| 6 | Tal | 24, 25, 35=, 40, 42=, 46= | 21 | 60.3% |
| 4 | Spassky | 23= (pll), 29, 31= (pll), 41 | 11 | 61.9% |
| 4 | Petrosian | 26, 28, 37= (plw), 43 | 16 | 61.6% |
| 4 | Korchnoi | 27, 30, 32, 38 | 16 | 61.2% |
| 4 | Beljavsky | 42=, 48=, 54= (plw), 57= | 14 | 52.6% |
| 3 | Keres | 15, 18, 19 | 13 | 59.5% |
| 3 | Stein | 31= (plw), 33, 34 | 9 | 62.6% |
| 3 | Polugaevsky | 35=, 36= (plw), 37= (pll) | 20 | 60.5% |
| 3 | Karpov | 44, 50, 55= | 6 | 63.4% |
| 2 | Bogoljubov | 3, 4 | 2 | 80.5% |
| 2 | Romanovsky | 2, 5= | 2 | 55.7% |
| 2 | Levenfish | 9=, 10 | 12 | 55.7% |
| 2 | Bronstein | 16=, 17= | 20 | 56.0% |
| 2 | Smyslov | 17=, 22= (pll) | 19 | 57.2% |
| 2 | Taimanov | 20= (pll), 23= (plw) | 23 | 55.8% |
| 2 | Averbach | 21, 23= (pll) | 23 | 54.6% |
| 2 | Geller | 22= (plw), 47 | 23 | 56.3% |
| 2 | Cseshkovsky | 46=, 53 | 10 | 49.7% |
| 2 | Psakhis | 48=, 49= | 6 | 55.9% |
| 2 | Kasparov | 49=, 55= | 4 | 62.5% |
| 1 | Alekhine | 1 | 1 | 80.0% |
| 1 | Bohatirchuk | 5= | 6 | 63.0% |
| 1 | Verlinsky | 6 | 5 | 58.5% |
| 1 | Rabinovich, I. | 9= | 9 | 56.4% |
| 1 | Lilienthal | 12= | 8 | 50.7% |
| 1 | Bondarevsky | 12= | 9 | 53.4% |
| 1 | Kotov | 16= | 9 | 52.8% |
| 1 | Kholmov | 31= (pll) | 16 | 56.5% |
| 1 | Zaitsev, A. | 36= (pll) | 4 | 51.3% |
| 1 | Savon | 39 | 11 | 50.5% |
| 1 | Gulko | 45= (pl=) | 8 | 48.9% |
| 1 | Dorfman | 45= (pl=) | 6 | 48.1% |
| 1 | Sokolov | 51 | 4 | 55.9% |
| 1 | Gavrikov | 52= (pl=) | 6 | 51.6% |
| 1 | Gurevich, M. | 52= (pl=) | 4 | 46.0% |
| 1 | Chernin | 52= (pl=) | 3 | 54.4% |
| 1 | Salov | 54= (pll) | 3 | 52.7% |
| 1 | Vaganian | 56 | 12 | 51.5% |
| 1 | Yudasin | 57= | 5 | 51.3% |
| 1 | Bareev | 57= | 3 | 56.4% |
| 1 | Vyzhmanavin | 57= | 3 | 58.5% |
| 1 | Minasian | 58= (plw) | 1 | 77.3% |
| 1 | Magerramov | 58= (pll) | 1 | 77.3% |
# Wins: Number Tournaments won or tied for first
Player: The player
Tnmts Won: The specific tournaments that were won (= after the number indicates a tie for first, (plw) indicates a tie for first, followed by a playoff victory, (pll) indicates a tie for first, followed by a playoff loss, (pl=) indicates a tied playoff resuliting in co-champions)
Played: Total number of tournaments played in.
Pct.: Scoring percentage
Notes = : Soviet title shared. ”pl” indicates a title won after a playoff (9 playoffs were played out of 21
championships with equal firsts. Two playoffs (45th and 52nd Ch) were drawn and the title shared.
The title of the 58th and last USSR-ch was awarded to Minasian on tiebreak, without a playoff.
(*) Botvinnik also won a so-called “Absolute Soviet Championship” in 1941 (it was organized to select
Alekhine’s challenger for the world title) but it cannot be considered a true soviet championship.