Who Has Won The Most Premier League Titles? Every Player Ranked

Thousands of players have made an appearance in the Premier League since the English top flight was relaunched for the start of the 1992/93 season. James Milner, who retired in the summer of 2026, made a record 658 of those appearances on his own (see our list of the players with the most Premier League appearances).

But only a small fraction of all those players have got their hands on a Premier League winners' medal: just over 340 by the end of the 2025/26 season.

Even some of the best players to grace the Premier League era, people like Steven Gerrard, Luis Suárez, Gareth Bale and Gianfranco Zola, never managed to win the title.

So when a player wins multiple top-flight titles, it deserves some serious praise. That's what we'll be doing in this article, as we work our way through the players with the most Premier League titles, from the 11 players tied on six medals to Ryan Giggs' record haul of 13.

Before we get to the list, we'll take you through a few relevant facts about Premier League titles and winners' medals.

Premier League Records Only Start In 1992

It's worth remembering that Premier League statistics only date back to 1992/93, which can frustrate older fans. It's widely known that Alan Shearer is the top goalscorer of the Premier League era, but more than a century of English football came before that, when legends like Bobby Moore, Jimmy Greaves, George Best and Dixie Dean shone in the top flight.

The same applies to titles: Liverpool and Manchester United have each been crowned champions of England 20 times, but only Premier League-era titles count towards the list below.

How Many Clubs Have Won The Premier League?

The current 'Big Six' haven't always been at the top of the pile in English football. The formation of the Premier League was originally pushed by a so-called 'Big Five': Arsenal, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur.

In the following years, billionaire investors helped push Chelsea and Manchester City towards the summit, while Everton dropped off. Five of those seven historic big clubs have now won the Premier League, with Spurs and Everton still waiting for the top prize.

There have also been a couple of famous outliers. In 1994/95, Blackburn Rovers owner Jack Walker's heavy investment finally paid off as the Lancashire club beat favourites Manchester United to their first league title since 1914.

Then in 2015/16, Leicester City stunned supporters across the country by winning the title on a shoestring budget, thanks to incredible team spirit and star players like Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez.

The last two seasons have shaken up the standings again. Liverpool won their second Premier League title in 2024/25, and Arsenal ended a 22-year wait in 2025/26, their first title since the 'Invincibles' of 2003/04 (we've looked at the key personnel behind Arsenal's title win in a separate piece). That means seven clubs have won the Premier League:

How Do Players Earn A Premier League Winners' Medal?

Not every member of a title-winning squad automatically gets a medal. From 1992/93 to 2011/12, players needed at least 10 league appearances in the title-winning season to qualify. Since 2012/13 the bar has been five appearances, whether as a starter or from the bench.

The champions receive 40 medals in total. Once every qualifying player has one, the club can hand out the rest at its discretion to other players and staff, which is why a back-up goalkeeper who barely played will sometimes collect one. And for the record, the winners of the very first Premier League season in 1992/93 received a miniature replica of the trophy rather than a medal.

The Players With The Most Premier League Titles

Below, we've ranked every player who has won six or more Premier League titles since the division was formed in 1992. Eleven players are tied on six, so rather than invent a pecking order between them, we've grouped them by club and era.

=6. Nicky Butt & Phil Neville (6 titles)

In total, 11 players have won six Premier League titles. Up until the summer of 2024 there were only five, all from Manchester United, but Manchester City's sixth title in seven seasons under Pep Guardiola added six new names to the list.

We'll start with two products of United's famous 'Class of 92': Nicky Butt and Phil Neville. The two England internationals (who earned 98 caps between them) were stalwarts of Sir Alex Ferguson's side during the 1990s and early 2000s, and the team's dominance meant they each racked up six titles between 1995/96 and 2002/03.

=6. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer & Rio Ferdinand (6 titles)

The scorer of United's stoppage-time winner in the famous 1999 Champions League final against Bayern Munich, Solskjaer is beloved at Old Trafford to this day, despite his underwhelming spell as manager of the club. His six titles came between 1996/97 and 2006/07.

At the turn of the millennium, Rio Ferdinand was emerging as a promising young Premier League centre-back, and after joining United from Leeds for a then-British record £29.1m in 2002, he became one of their most important players in numerous title-winning campaigns, collecting six medals between 2002/03 and 2012/13.

=6. David Beckham (6 titles)

David Beckham's status as an international celebrity and sports and fashion icon means people can sometimes forget just how good a footballer he was. The former England captain was a hugely trusted member of Ferguson's all-conquering 1998/99 Manchester United team, and that was one of six Premier League titles he won before leaving for Real Madrid in 2003.

He went on to win La Liga with Real Madrid, two MLS Cups with LA Galaxy and Ligue 1 with Paris Saint-Germain, making him the only Englishman to have won league titles in four different countries.

=6. Ederson, Bernardo Silva & Kevin De Bruyne (6 titles)

These three players cost Manchester City more than £130m combined, and it's fair to say they were more than worth it. Ederson, Bernardo Silva and Kevin De Bruyne shone within Guardiola's complex tactical set-up, consistently demonstrating extraordinary technical ability and guiding the team to six Premier League titles each, in 2017/18, 2018/19, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24.

No goalkeeper has won more Premier League titles than Ederson. All three have since moved on: De Bruyne joined Napoli and Ederson joined Fenerbahçe in 2025, while Bernardo Silva left at the end of the 2025/26 season after nine years at the club.

=6. Kyle Walker, John Stones & Phil Foden (6 titles)

Guardiola's English contingent also played a key role in City's dominance. Kyle Walker, John Stones and Phil Foden were all part of the England squads that reached successive European Championship finals in 2021 and 2024, but their biggest successes have come at club level: six Premier League titles each, on top of a Champions League triumph and numerous domestic cups.

Foden was just 23 when he won his sixth title, the youngest player to reach that mark. Walker left for Burnley in 2025 after a loan spell at AC Milan, and Stones departed at the end of 2025/26, leaving Foden, who has signed a new contract until 2030, as the last of City's six-time champions still at the club.

=4. Denis Irwin (7 titles)

Discussing his all-time greatest Manchester United team in 2013, Sir Alex Ferguson said: "Denis Irwin would be the one certainty to get in the team". The versatile and reliable Irish full-back, a key contributor to several trophy-winning campaigns, made 296 Premier League appearances after signing from Oldham Athletic for £625,000 in 1990.

By the time he left in 2002, Irwin had won seven league titles and become a defining figure of the early Premier League era, which makes that fee look like an absolute bargain.

=4. Roy Keane (7 titles)

Another legendary Irish footballer who was a commanding presence in the United teams of the 1990s and 2000s, Roy Keane is widely regarded as one of the Premier League's best-ever midfielders. A combative and gifted individual with a true winner's mentality, he won 220 of the 366 Premier League games he played and lifted seven titles with the Red Devils, level with Irwin.

3. Gary Neville (8 titles)

Neville emerged in the United first team a little later than Keane, having graduated as part of the Class of 92 with players like Beckham, Butt and his younger brother Phil. His longevity was astounding: he made 400 Premier League appearances between 1994 and 2011, winning eight titles in that time and consistently acting as a leader on and off the pitch.

2. Paul Scholes (11 titles)

Widely regarded as one of the most technically gifted midfielders England has ever produced, Paul Scholes was another Manchester United academy graduate, who made his first-team debut in 1994 and never looked back.

His passing range, vision, intelligent movement and excellent shooting allowed him to prosper at Old Trafford, scoring 107 goals in 499 Premier League appearances and winning a stunning 11 titles before retiring in 2013, the same year Ferguson stepped down.

1. Ryan Giggs (13 titles)

It's unlikely any player will ever beat Ryan Giggs' extraordinary Premier League record. As well as 109 goals and a record 162 assists, the left winger was a crucial creative force under Ferguson throughout the 1990s, 2000s and early 2010s.

He won his first title in 1992/93 and became a league champion for a record 13th time at the end of the 2012/13 season. Remarkable.

That's not the only all-time Premier League record Giggs is close to, either: his 632 appearances still rank third, behind only James Milner and Gareth Barry. For more of this kind of stat-crunching, read our guide to the players with the most Premier League assists in history.

Every Player With Five Or More Premier League Titles

The ranking above covers the very top of the tree. Here's the fuller picture: all 32 players who have won at least five Premier League titles, correct to the end of the 2025/26 season. Two of them won titles with two different clubs: Riyad Mahrez (one with Leicester, four with Manchester City) and Gabriel Jesus, who added a fifth title with Arsenal in 2025/26 after four with City. John Terry is the only Chelsea player on the list.

Could Anyone Catch Them?

Don't expect Giggs' record to come under threat any time soon. Of the 11 six-time champions, Phil Foden is the only one still at Manchester City, where Enzo Maresca has now taken over from Guardiola, and at 26 Foden would need another seven titles to draw level with Giggs.

Among Arsenal's 2025/26 champions, Gabriel Jesus is the most decorated, with five. With three different clubs winning the last three titles, the era of one squad hoarding medals season after season looks to be on hold for now.

About The Author

Fred Garratt-Stanley is a freelance football writer, Norwich City fan, and amateur footballer for South London side AFC Oldsmiths. For Jobs in Football, he's covered subjects including the rise of set-piece coaching, the role of xG in football, and the growth of tactical ideas like gegenpressing and zonal marking. He's also written about football for publications such as British GQ, VICE, FanSided, Football League World, and more.