| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Lithuania, various locations |
| Established | 1989 |
| Format | Multi-event competition |
| Current champion | |
 Zydrunas Savickas | |
Lithuania's Strongest Man is an annual strongman contest held in Lithuania and features exclusively Lithuanian strength athletes. [1] This competition has been held for the last 32 years. Zydrunas Savickas has won the title a record 17 times. [1]
| Year | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Raimundas Zenkevicius | Kestutis Cenkus | Arunas Vitkevicius |
| 1990 | Egidijus Karskis | Raimundas Zenkevicius | Edmundas Kvietinskas |
| 1991 | Raimundas Zenkevicus | Aleksandras Zukauskas | Egidijus Zaldokas |
| 1992 | Alvydas Kirkliauskas | Audrius Vosylius | Arvydas Svegzda |
| 1993 | Raimundas Zenkevicius | Audrius Vosylius | Alvydas Kirkliauskas |
| 1994 | Raimundas Zenkevicius | Stasys Mecius | Alvydas Kirkliauskas |
| 1995 | Stasys Mecius | Karolis Rauba | Alvydas Kirkliauskas |
| 1996 | Stasys Mecius | Arvydas Pintinas | Žydrūnas Savickas |
| 1997 | Arvydas Pintinas | Žydrūnas Savickas | Stasys Mecius |
| 1998 | Žydrūnas Savickas | Arvydas Pintinas | Remigijus Kacinskis |
| 1999 | Žydrūnas Savickas | Remigijus Kacinskis | Antanas Abrutis |
| 2000 | Žydrūnas Savickas | Vidas Blekaitis | Antanas Abrutis |
| 2001 | Antanas Abrutis | Žydrūnas Savickas | Vidas Blekaitis |
| 2002 | Žydrūnas Savickas | Vidas Blekaitis | Saulius Brusokas |
| 2003 | Vilius Petrauskas | Saulius Brusokas | Vidas Blekaitis |
| 2004 | Žydrūnas Savickas | Vilius Petrauskas | Vidas Blekaitis |
| 2005 | Žydrūnas Savickas | Vidas Blekaitis | Vilius Petrauskas |
| 2006 | Žydrūnas Savickas | Vidas Blekaitis | Saulius Brusokas |
| 2007 | Žydrūnas Savickas | Vidas Blekaitis | Saulius Brusokas |
| 2008 | Žydrūnas Savickas | Vidas Blekaitis | Alvidas Brazdzius |
| 2009 | Žydrūnas Savickas | Vidas Blekaitis | Vytautas Lalas |
| 2010 | Žydrūnas Savickas | Vytautas Lalas | Vidas Blekaitis |
| 2011 | Žydrūnas Savickas | Vytautas Lalas | Vidas Blekaitis |
| 2012 | Žydrūnas Savickas | Vytautas Lalas | Saulius Brusokas |
| 2013 | Žydrūnas Savickas | Vidas Blekaitis | Saulius Brusokas |
| 2014 | Vidas Blekaitis | Marius Lalas | Marius Beniušis |
| 2015 | Vidas Blekaitis | Dalius Ziminskas | Donaldas Andriulis |
| 2016 | Vytautas Lalas | Vidas Blekaitis | Saulius Brusokas |
| 2017 | Žydrūnas Savickas | Vidas Blekaitis | Karolis Aleksandravičius |
| 2018 | Vytautas Lalas | Dainius Repšys | Martynas Brusokas |
| 2019 | Marius Lalas | Martynas Brusokas | Mantas Lalas |
| 2020 | Žydrūnas Savickas | Dainius Repšys | Karolis Aleksandravičius |
| 2021 | Karolis Aleksandravičius | Dainius Repšys | Audrius Jokūbaitis |
| 2022 | Žydrūnas Savickas | Modestas Struckus | Dainius Repšys |
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