Every Champions Trophy Winner, Format and Major Record
See every ICC Champions Trophy winner through 2025, the eight-team format, India’s latest title, and the leading batting and bowling records.
India are the current ICC Champions Trophy holders after beating New Zealand by four wickets in the 2025 final. India have three title credits when the shared 2002 trophy is included, while Australia are the only other multiple winners, with two.
The Champions Trophy is a men’s One Day International tournament, not a Test competition. Its matches count toward ODI records. Each side normally has one innings of up to 50 overs, so Champions Trophy runs, wickets, averages and strike rates should not be combined with Test statistics.
Choose a champion to isolate its title count and winning years.
Champions By Team Through 2025
| Team | Titles | Winning Years |
|---|---|---|
| India | 3 (1 shared) | 2002, 2013, 2025 |
| Australia | 2 | 2006, 2009 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1998 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 2000 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 (shared) | 2002 |
| West Indies | 1 | 2004 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 2017 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo ICC Champions Trophy team series results, through 2025. Shared titles are identified explicitly.
Every ICC Champions Trophy Winner
The competition began as a knockout event in 1998 and was renamed the ICC Champions Trophy in 2002. There have been nine editions through 2025. The winners listed in the tournament record are as follows (ESPNcricinfo):
| Year | Winner or winners | Final opponent | Host country or countries |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | South Africa | West Indies | Bangladesh |
| 2000 | New Zealand | India | Kenya |
| 2002 | India and Sri Lanka (shared) | — | Sri Lanka |
| 2004 | West Indies | England | England |
| 2006 | Australia | West Indies | India |
| 2009 | Australia | New Zealand | South Africa |
| 2013 | India | England | England and Wales |
| 2017 | Pakistan | India | England and Wales |
| 2025 | India | New Zealand | Pakistan and UAE |
Seven countries have won at least a share of the trophy: India, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Pakistan. India’s total consists of the shared championship in 2002 and outright victories in 2013 and 2025. Australia’s two titles, in 2006 and 2009, were both outright wins.
Australia are also the only team to have successfully defended the Champions Trophy. Their consecutive wins are distinct from India’s three title credits because India’s championships are separated by other winners and one of the three was shared.
The 2002 Trophy Counts For Both Finalists
The 2002 edition requires care when counting championships. India and Sri Lanka are both recorded as champions, rather than one being listed as the winner and the other as runner-up.
The ICC’s tournament history records that rain interrupted both the scheduled final and the reserve-day replay. The trophy was therefore shared. That is why India can correctly be described as a three-time champion through 2025 while Sri Lanka also receives a title credit for 2002.
The shared result also explains the dash in the final-opponent column. Neither India nor Sri Lanka can be treated simply as the losing finalist when both were declared joint champions.
When comparing teams, the counting convention should be stated. “Three titles including one shared” conveys more information than a bare total of three. On an outright-only count, India have two outright victories; on the official title-credit count used here, they have three.
The Eight-Team Format Produces 15 Matches
The first two editions were straight knockout competitions. The structure later changed, and the format used in 2025 had eight teams divided into two groups of four.
Each team played the other three teams in its group once. The top two teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals, and the semi-final winners met in the final. That structure produced 12 group matches, two semi-finals and one final, for 15 matches in total (ICC 2025 guide).
A team eliminated in the group stage therefore played three matches. A finalist played five: three group games, a semi-final and the final. That small match ceiling matters when interpreting career records. Even a player who reaches the final cannot add more than five appearances in one edition under this format.
Qualification rules can change between tournament cycles. For the 2025 competition, the places went to the eight highest finishers in the 2023 World Cup table. Host Pakistan were among those eight qualifiers. Afghanistan qualified for the Champions Trophy for the first time.
The next men’s Champions Trophy is scheduled for 2029. The ICC’s current event plan lists another eight-team, 15-match tournament, again using two groups of four followed by semi-finals and a final (ICC event schedule). That confirms the planned structure, but qualification details for one cycle should not automatically be assumed to apply to another.
India Won The 2025 Final By Four Wickets
New Zealand made 251/7 in the 2025 final in Dubai. India replied with 254/6 in 49 overs, winning by four wickets. Rohit Sharma led the chase with 76 before KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja completed it. India finished the tournament unbeaten (ICC final report).
The victory gave India their first Champions Trophy since 2013 and their second outright win. Adding the shared 2002 trophy takes their official title credit to three. New Zealand, the 2025 runner-up, remain champions from the 2000 edition.
Rachin Ravindra was named Player of the Tournament after scoring 263 runs, including two centuries, and taking three wickets (ICC tournament statistics). Matt Henry led the 2025 wicket list with 10, although injury kept him out of the final.
Those tournament-specific performances should be separated from the all-edition career records. Ravindra’s 263 runs describe his 2025 campaign; the career leaderboard aggregates performances across every Champions Trophy appearance by a player.
Chris Gayle Leads The Career Run List
Chris Gayle holds the Champions Trophy career record with 791 runs. He scored them in 17 innings between 2002 and 2013, including three centuries. His batting average was 52.73 and his strike rate was 88.77 (ESPNcricinfo batting records).
Virat Kohli is second with 747 runs from 17 innings. Although Gayle has more runs, Kohli has the higher stated average at 74.70. The distinction comes from the denominator used for batting average.
Kohli was not out seven times in those 17 innings, so he was dismissed 10 times. His average is therefore calculated as 747 runs ÷ 10 dismissals = 74.70.
Batting average is runs per dismissal, not runs per innings. Treating all 17 innings as dismissals would produce the wrong figure because it would ignore the seven not-outs. The same runs-per-dismissal method is set out in how to calculate a batting average.
Strike rate answers a different question. Kohli’s strike rate of 89.35 means that he scored 89.35 runs per 100 balls faced. Career runs measure accumulated output, average measures runs per dismissal, and strike rate measures scoring speed. A player can lead one of those measures without leading the others.
Gayle’s 791 is therefore the aggregate record, while the accompanying average and strike rate describe how he accumulated those runs. Comparing only the career total would omit both dismissal frequency and scoring pace.
Kyle Mills Leads The Career Wicket List
Kyle Mills holds the Champions Trophy career bowling record with 28 wickets. The New Zealand seamer took them in 15 matches between 2002 and 2013. He conceded 483 runs and bowled 675 balls (ESPNcricinfo bowling records).
His bowling average is calculated as 483 runs ÷ 28 wickets = 17.25 runs per wicket.
His bowling strike rate is calculated as 675 balls ÷ 28 wickets = 24.1 balls per wicket after rounding.
These are separate measures. Bowling average tracks the cost of each wicket in runs, while bowling strike rate tracks how frequently wickets arrived in terms of balls bowled. The wicket total measures career accumulation. Mills leads that aggregate with 28, but the average and strike rate explain the efficiency behind the total.
The units prevent the measures from being confused. A bowling average of 17.25 is expressed in runs per wicket. A bowling strike rate of 24.1 is expressed in balls per wicket. Neither figure represents wickets per match, and neither should be compared directly with a batter’s strike rate.
The Highest Innings And Team Total Were Set In 2025
Ibrahim Zadran holds the record for the highest individual Champions Trophy innings. The Afghanistan opener scored 177 from 146 balls against England at Lahore in 2025. His innings passed Ben Duckett’s 165, which had been made earlier in the same tournament (ICC).
New Zealand hold the record for the highest team total with 362/6 against South Africa in the 2025 semi-final at Lahore. That total displaced Australia’s 356/5 against England, also recorded at Lahore during the 2025 edition (ESPNcricinfo team records).
The leading records through 2025 can therefore be separated into four different categories:
| Record | Holder | Figure | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Career runs | Chris Gayle | 791 | All editions |
| Career wickets | Kyle Mills | 28 | All editions |
| Individual innings | Ibrahim Zadran | 177 | One innings |
| Team innings | New Zealand | 362/6 | One innings |
The scope column matters. Gayle’s and Mills’s records are career aggregates accumulated over multiple editions. Zadran’s 177 and New Zealand’s 362/6 are single-innings peaks. They describe different kinds of achievement and should not be ranked as though they used the same opportunity base.
Career Totals Depend Heavily On Tournament Opportunity
Champions Trophy career aggregates are unusually sensitive to opportunity. There have been only nine editions through 2025, and the first two used a different knockout structure. Under the eight-team format, even a finalist plays only five matches in an edition.
A player needs several things to build a leading career total: national qualification, selection in the playing side, repeated appearances across editions and enough team success to reach knockout matches. Missing one tournament can remove a large share of the available career schedule.
That does not make the records less valid. It changes what they measure. Gayle’s 791 runs and Mills’s 28 wickets reflect performance plus sustained access to a short, qualification-based event. Average and strike rate can add context, but they also need enough innings, dismissals, balls or wickets to be interpreted responsibly.
The tournament’s ODI status supplies the final boundary. A Champions Trophy performance can be included in a player’s ODI record because the matches are One Day Internationals. It does not belong in a Test batting average, Test bowling average or any other Test-only aggregate. Cross-era or cross-format comparisons should keep those statistical populations separate.