| Year | Country | Sailors | Note |
|---|
| 1985 | United States | William Baylis, Robert Billingham, John Kostecki | [1] |
| 1986 | East Germany | Thomas Flach, Bernd Jäkel, Jochen Schümann | [2] |
| 1987 | Soviet Union | Sergey Kanov, Nikolai Poliakov, Georgy Shayduko | [3] |
| 1988 | United States | William Baylis, Robert Billingham, John Kostecki | [4] |
| 1989 | East Germany | Thomas Flach, Bernd Jäkel, Jochen Schümann | [5] |
| 1990 | East Germany | Sven Diedering, Norbert Hellriegel, Helmar Nauck | [6] |
| 1991 | East Germany | Thomas Flach, Bernd Jäkel, Jochen Schümann | [7] |
| 1992 | Denmark | Jesper Bank, Steen Secher, Jesper Seier | [8] |
| 1993 | Germany | Albert Batzill, Peter Lang, Eddy Eich | [9] |
| 1994 | Sweden | Per Ahlby, Stefan Nordstrom, Tony Lundberg | [10] |
| 1995 | Sweden | Björn Alm, Johan Barne, Magnus Holmberg | [11] |
| 1996 | Germany | Thomas Flach, Bernd Jäkel, Jochen Schümann | [12] |
| 1997 | Russia | Georgy Shayduko, Igor Skalin, Sergei Volchkov | [13] |
| 1998 | Ukraine | Serhiy Pichuhin, Volodymyr Korotkov, Sergiy Timokhov | [14] |
| 1999 | Netherlands | Roy Heiner, Peter van Niekerk, Dirk de Ridder | [15] |
| 2000 | Germany | Gunnar Bahr, Ingo Borkowski, Jochen Schümann | [16] |
| 2001 | No ranking system in place |
| 2002 | Austria | Carl Auteried Jr., Thomas Beclin, Martin Kendler | [17] |
Germany | Roman Koch | [17] |
| 2003 | Hungary | Gyenese Balazs, Monus Gyula, Károly Vezér | European winners [18] |
Brazil | George Nehm, Marcos Ribeiro, Lucio Ribeiro | South American winners [18] |
United States | Stuart H. Walker | North American winner [18] |
| 2004 | Hungary | László Kovácsi, Pepe Németh, György Wossala | [20] |
| 2005 | Germany | Maxl Koch | [21] |
| 2006 | Germany | Roman Koch | [22] |
| 2007 | Hungary | Pepe Németh, György Wossala | [23] |
| 2008 | Hungary | Károly Vezér, György Wossala | [24] |
| 2009 | Germany | Maxl Koch, Roman Koch | [25] |
| 2010 | Germany | Maxl Koch, Roman Koch | [26] |
| 2011 | Germany | Karl Haist | [27] |
| 2012 | Hungary | György Wossala | [28] |
| 2013 | Canada | Peter Hall | [29] |
| 2014 | Canada | Peter Hall, Will Hall | [30] |
| 2015 | Hungary | Károly Vezér | [31] |
| 2016 | Canada | Peter Hall | [32] |
| 2017 | Ukraine | Serhiy Pichuhin, Igor Yushko, Igor Severianov | [33] |
| 2018 | Hungary | Sándor Varjas | [34] |
| 2019 | Austria | Martin Zeileis | [35] |
| 2020 | No ranking due to COVID-19 |
| 2021 | Austria | Martin Zeileis | [36] |
| 2022 | Austria | Martin Zeileis | |