Crowns, Chaos & Champions: Every Little League World Series Winner

Every summer, a fresh crew of 10-to-12-year-old ballers guns for glory at the Little League World Series. Baseball's big stage? Williamsport, Pennsylvania, baby — the place where legends like Gary Sheffield, Bryce Harper and Mo'ne Davis got their first taste of the spotlight. Softball? That's Greenville, North Carolina territory now, after years of Portland, Oregon repping the sport since 1974.

The numbers don't lie: California leads the baseball title race with 8 rings. Texas runs softball with a monster 14. And the paths to the top? 20 baseball teams split between U.S. and international squads, plus 12 softball teams chasing down the crown.

Here's the complete champion roll call — no arguments, just respect.

2020s

2026: Softball — Clayton, North Carolina

2025: Baseball — Chinese Taipei; Softball — Johnstown, Pennsylvania

2024: Baseball — Lake Mary, Florida; Softball — Pitt County, North Carolina

2023: Baseball — El Segundo, California; Softball — Massapequa, New York

2022: Baseball — Honolulu, Hawai'i; Softball — Hewitt, Texas

2021: Baseball — Taylor, Michigan; Softball — Muskogee, Oklahoma

2020: Canceled due to COVID-19

2010s

2019: Baseball — River Ridge, Louisiana; Softball — Salisbury, North Carolina

2018: Baseball — Honolulu, Hawai'i; Softball — Wheelersburg, Ohio

2017: Baseball — Tokyo, Japan; Softball — Waco, Texas

2016: Baseball — Endwell, New York; Softball — Helotes, Texas

2015: Baseball — Tokyo, Japan; Softball — Salisbury, North Carolina

2014: Baseball — Seoul, South Korea; Softball — Robbinsville, New Jersey

2013: Baseball — Tokyo, Japan; Softball — Tucson, Arizona

2012: Baseball — Tokyo, Japan; Softball — Albuquerque, New Mexico

2011: Baseball — Huntington Beach, California; Softball — Sterling, Illinois

2010: Baseball — Tokyo, Japan; Softball — Warner Robins, Georgia

2000s

2009: Baseball — Chula Vista, California; Softball — Warner Robins, Georgia

2008: Baseball — Waipahu, Hawai'i; Softball — Simpsonville, South Carolina

2007: Baseball — Warner Robins, Georgia; Softball — Morristown, Tennessee

2006: Baseball — Columbus, Georgia; Softball — Mattawan, Michigan

2005: Baseball — 'Ewa Beach, Hawai'i; Softball — McLean, Virginia

2004: Baseball — Willemstad, Curaçao; Softball — Hewitt, Texas

2003: Baseball — Tokyo, Japan; Softball — Hewitt, Texas

2002: Baseball — Louisville, Kentucky; Softball — Hewitt, Texas

2001: Baseball — Tokyo, Japan; Softball — Maunabo, Puerto Rico

2000: Baseball — Maracaibo, Venezuela; Softball — Hewitt, Texas

1990s

1999: Baseball — Hirikata, Japan; Softball — Hewitt, Texas

1998: Baseball — Toms River, New Jersey; Softball — Hewitt, Texas

1997: Baseball — Guadalupe, Mexico; Softball — Hewitt, Texas

1996: Baseball — Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Softball — Clearwater, Florida

1995: Baseball — Tainan, Taiwan; Softball — Hewitt, Texas

1994: Baseball — Maracaibo, Venezuela; Softball — Hewitt, Texas

1993: Baseball — Long Beach, California; Softball — Hewitt, Texas

1992: Baseball — Long Beach, California; Softball — Hewitt, Texas

1991: Baseball — Taichung, Taiwan; Softball — Naples, Florida

1990: Baseball — Tainan County, Taiwan; Softball — Glendale, California

1980s

1989: Baseball — Trumbull, Connecticut; Softball — Naples, Florida

1988: Baseball — Taichung, Taiwan; Softball — Naples, Florida

1987: Baseball — Hualien, Taiwan; Softball — Tampa Bay, Florida

1986: Baseball — Tainan Park, Taiwan; Softball — Tampa Bay, Florida

1985: Baseball — Seoul, South Korea; Softball — Brookfield, Illinois

1984: Baseball — Seoul, South Korea; Softball — Albuquerque, New Mexico

1983: Baseball — Marietta, Georgia; Softball — Naples, Florida

1982: Baseball — Kirkland, Washington; Softball — Glendale, California

1981: Baseball — Taichung, Taiwan; Softball — Gresham, Oregon

1980: Baseball — Hualien, Taiwan; Softball — Glendale, California

1970s

1979: Baseball — Chiayi, Taiwan; Softball — Providence, Rhode Island

1978: Baseball — Pingtung, Taiwan; Softball — Shippensburg, Pennsylvania

1977: Baseball — Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Softball — Salinas, California

1976: Baseball — Tokyo, Japan; Softball — Salinas, California

1975: Baseball — Lakewood, New Jersey; Softball — Medford, Oregon

1974: Baseball — Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Softball — Tampa, Florida

1973: Baseball — Tainan City, Taiwan

1972: Baseball — Taipei, Taiwan

1971: Baseball — Tainan, Taiwan

1970: Baseball — Wayne, New Jersey

1960s

1969: Baseball — Taipei, Taiwan

1968: Baseball — Wakayama, Japan

1967: Baseball — West Tokyo, Japan

1966: Baseball — Houston, Texas

1965: Baseball — Windsor Locks, Connecticut

1964: Baseball — Staten Island, New York

1963: Baseball — Granada Hills, California

1962: Baseball — San Jose, California

1961: Baseball — El Cajon, California

1960: Baseball — Levittown, Pennsylvania

1950s

1959: Baseball — Hamtramck, Michigan

1958: Baseball — Monterrey, Mexico

1957: Baseball — Monterrey, Mexico

1956: Baseball — Roswell, New Mexico

1955: Baseball — Morrisville, Pennsylvania

1954: Baseball — Schenectady, New York

1953: Baseball — Birmingham, Alabama

1952: Baseball — Norwalk, Connecticut

1951: Baseball — Stamford, Connecticut

1950: Baseball — Houston, Texas

1940s

1949: Baseball — Hammonton, New Jersey

1948: Baseball — Lock Haven, Pennsylvania

1947: Baseball — Williamsport, Pennsylvania