| Temporada | Rei | Rainha |
| 2001–02 | Ed Moses (USA) | Martina Moravcová (SVK) |
| 2002–03 | Thomas Rupprath (GER) | Alison Sheppard (GBR) |
| 2003–04 | Ed Moses (USA) | Martina Moravcová (SVK) |
| 2004–05 | Ryk Neethling (RSA) | Anna-Karin Kammerling (SWE) |
| 2005–06 | Ryk Neethling (RSA) | Therese Alshammar (SWE) |
| 2007 | Randall Bal (USA) | Therese Alshammar (SWE) |
| 2008 | Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) | Marieke Guehrer (AUS) |
| 2009 | Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) | Jessica Hardy (USA) |
| 2010 | Thiago Pereira (BRA) | Therese Alshammar (SWE) |
| 2011 | Chad le Clos (RSA) | Therese Alshammar (SWE) |
| 2012 | Kenneth To (AUS) | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) |
| 2013 | Chad le Clos (RSA) | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) |
| 2014 | Chad le Clos (RSA) | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) |
| 2015 | Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) |
| 2016 | Vladimir Morozov (RUS) | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) |
| 2017 | Chad le Clos (RSA) | Sarah Sjöström (SWE) |
| 2018 | Vladimir Morozov (RUS) | Sarah Sjöström (SWE) |
| 2019 | Vladimir Morozov (RUS) | Cate Campbell (AUS) |
| 2021 | Matthew Sates (RSA) | Emma McKeon (AUS) |
| 2022 | Dylan Carter (TTO) | Beata Nelson (USA) |
| 2023 | Qin Haiyang (CHN) | Kaylee McKeown (AUS) |
| 2024 | Léon Marchand (FRA) | Kate Douglass (USA) |
| 2025 | Hubert Kós (HUN) | Kate Douglass (USA) |
| 2026 | Pieter Coetze (RSA) | Marrit Steenbergen (NED) |
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