UPDATED: MAY 2020

Winning a worldwide Crossfit Open workout is not easy to accomplish, but yet there are those who have done it multiple times over the years and even some who have won back to back workouts.

Although a handful of names below are to be expected there are actually a large number of unknown or less popular athletes that found a way to take the top spot.

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Athletes that excel in the worldwide Open are not always great Games’ athletes (if they qualify at all) and Games’ athletes are not always great Open athletes.

EX: Alex Vigneault – 2nd worldwide in the Open, 25th at East Regionals (2018)

EX: Brent Fikowski – 184th worldwide in the Open, 1st at West Regionals, 4th at the Games (2018).

With the introduction of Sanctionals however, the Open now means less than ever to the 99%.

Lets take a look at the most consistent Open champions of the past.

MOST OPEN WORKOUT WINS OF ALL TIME (MEN & WOMEN)

SAM BRIGGS – 12

(13.3, 13.4, 14.1, 14.4, 14.5, 15.3, 16.3, 16.5, 17.2, 17.4, 18.1, 20.5)

RICH FRONING – 7

(11.1, 11.3, 12.2, 12.3, 14.4, 16.4, 19.2)

JOSH BRIDGES – 7

(11.4, 11.6, 13.5, 14.5, 15.2, 16.1, 16.5)

MAT FRASER – 6

(15.5, 17.4, 17.5, 18.5, 19.3, 19.5)

KRISTAN CLEVER – 5

(11.4, 12.1, 12.3, 12.4, 13.1)

BEN SMITH – 4

(13.3, 15.3, 16.2, 17.3)

ANNIE THORISDOTTIR – 4

(11.1, 11.5, 12.2, 20.3)

AUSTIN MALLEOLO – 4

(14.3, 15.1, 18.4, 20.3)

CAMILLE LEBLANC-BAZINET – 3

(12.5, 14.2, 15.2)

KARA SAUNDERS – 3

(16.2, 17.3, 18.5)

NEAL MADDOX – 2

(12.4, 13.1)

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JONNE KOSKI – 2

(17.2, 19.4)

NICOLAI DUUS – 2

(18.1, 18.2)

KARISSA PEARCE – 2

(19.3, 19.4)

ALL OTHER ATHLETES HAVE WON ONLY ONCE

Sam Briggs has won an astonishing 23% of worldwide Open workouts (12/53). She has 5 & 6 more wins than the 2 most dominant Crossfit athletes of all time, Rich Froning and Mat Fraser.

The closest woman to Briggs in terms of wins, Kristan Clever, is now retired and the closest active female athletes Annie Thorisdottir, is 8 wins behind while Camille Leblanc-Bazinet, and Kara Saunders are 9 wins behind.

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