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G1 Climax

New Japan Pro-Wrestling event series

The G1 (Grade One) Climax is a professional wrestling tournament held each August by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. Though it has sometimes been held as a single-elimination tournament, it is usually – and currently – held as a round-robin, with the most victorious wrestlers in each pool wrestling in a short tournament to decide that year's winner. Since 2012, the winner of the tournament earns the right to challenge for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at the following January's Wrestle Kingdom show.

In its current format, the tournament lasts four weeks. The winner of each pool is determined by a points system; two points for a victory, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss or no contest. Under the current format, double decisions (such as double count-outs or double disqualifications) are treated as draws.

Tournament history

NJPW had an annual tournament since 1974 under various names: the World League (1974–1977, based on the World (Big) League tournament from the old Japanese Wrestling Association held between 1959 and 1972); the MSG League (1978–1982); the IWGP League (1983–1988), "IWGP" is the acronym of NJPW's governing body, the International Wrestling Grand Prix (インターナショナル・レスリング・グラン・プリ, intānashonaru resuringu guran puri). Most of these tournaments were dominated by NJPW's founding top star Antonio Inoki.

Although the 1983 winner, Hulk Hogan, was awarded a championship belt, this is not the beginning of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, but its early version that was defended annually against the winner of the IWGP League of the year. The current IWGP Heavyweight Championship arrived only in 1987, replacing the old version.

In 1989, there was a World Cup Tournament, which included wrestlers from the then-Soviet Union. No tournament was held in 1990.

With Inoki's dominance over NJPW gone, the promotion established the G1 Climax tournament in 1991 as a platform to showcase the company's top heavyweights and have them compete in round-robin matches where the winners of the two divisions would then square off in the tournament final. NJPW's then president Seiji Sakaguchi named the tournament after the G1 horse race. Though considered a continuation of the previous tournaments, The first G1 was held from August 7 to August 11, 1991, at Tokyo's Ryōgoku Kokugikan. The winner of the tournament, assuming they are not already the champion, has traditionally earned a shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. Since 2012, the winner has earned the "Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate", a contract for a title shot at NJPW's largest event, Wrestle Kingdom in Tokyo Dome, held annually on January 4. Much like WWE's Money in the Bank contract, the certificate is kept in a briefcase that the wrestler then has to defend until the end of the year. Since its inception, the contract has only changed hands one time, on November 7, 2020, at Power Struggle when Jay White defeated Kota Ibushi. In 2021, the now retired IWGP Heavyweight Championship belt was given to G1 winner Kazuchika Okada instead of a briefcase. In 2015, the tournament format was changed with NJPW reducing the number of G1 Climax matches per show, giving the participating wrestlers more time to rest between matches. This increased the tournament's length to four weeks. In 2016, Kenny Omega became the first non-Japanese wrestler to win the tournament.

The G1 Climax tournament has often been used as a platform for NJPW to push their rising stars. Wins by young up-and-comers over Japanese legends would usually take their respective careers to new heights. The first tournament was specifically created to make stars out of Keiji Muto, Masahiro Chono and Shinya Hashimoto, three NJPW wrestlers who had just returned to the promotion from their overseas learning excursions. Past winners include Muto, Chono, Hashimoto, Yuji Nagata, Hiroshi Tanahashi, and others who have gone on to become wrestling superstars.

Unlike the New Japan Cup, the G1 Climax features the then-reigning IWGP Heavyweight Champion as one of the participants, except in 1992, 2001, 2004 and 2008, when then-champions Riki Choshu (in 1992), Kazuyuki Fujita (in 2001 and 2004), and Keiji Muto (in 2008), respectively, did not compete in the tournament. Often being labeled as a favorite to win the tournament, the IWGP Heavyweight Champion has reached the final five times, the first one being in 1995 when Keiji Muto won the tournament. Muto would repeat this feat again in 1999, but would lose the final to Manabu Nakanishi. Other then-reigning champions to reach the final include Kensuke Sasaki in 2000, Kazuyuki Fujita in 2005 and Yuji Nagata in 2007. Muto and Sasaki are the only two wrestlers to have won the G1 Climax while holding the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. As of 2026, every G1 Climax winner has held either the IWGP Heavyweight Championship or IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, with Konosuke Takeshita being the last to accomplish this by defeating Zack Sabre Jr. for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at King of Pro-Wrestling on October 13, 2025. Overall, Antonio Inoki holds the record for most tournament wins with ten, while Masahiro Chono with his five wins holds the record for most tournament wins under its G1 Climax name. Hiroyoshi Tenzan has taken part in the G1 Climax tournament a record 21 times.

The opening night of the 2019 G1 Climax took place in Dallas, Texas, marking the first time the opening night took place outside Japan.

The finals for the 2020 G1 Climax took place in October due to the Summer Olympics originally intended to be held in Tokyo when the tournament is usually held, making this the first time the tournament took place in the Autumn.

The longest match in tournament history is Kota Ibushi vs. Sanada in the 2020 finals at 35 minutes and 12 seconds. The longest match with a decisive winner in the block stages of the tournament is Sanada vs. Kazuchika Okada in the 2019 tournament at 29 minutes and 47 seconds, 13 seconds shy of the 30-minute time limit. Conversely, the shortest match is Hirooki Goto vs. Toru Yano in the 2020 tournament at just 18 seconds.

List of winners

Tournament	Year	Winner	Total won	Refs.
	1974	Antonio Inoki	1	url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/world-lg.html#74	title=1stAnnual World League	date=April 5 – May 8, 1974	access-date=May 12, 2010	publisher= ProWrestlingHistory.com}}
1975	2	url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/world-lg.html#75	title=2ndAnnual World League	date=April 5 – May 8, 1974	access-date=May 12, 2010	publisher=ProWrestlingHistory.com}}
1976	Seiji Sakaguchi	1	url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/world-lg.html#76	title=3rdAnnual World League	date=April 2 – May 11, 1976	access-date=May 12, 2010	publisher=ProWrestlingHistory.com}}
1977	2	url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/world-lg.html#77	title= 4thAnnual World League	date=March 4–31, 1977	access-date=May 12, 2010	publisher=ProWrestlingHistory.com}}
	1978	Antonio Inoki	3	url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/world-lg.html#78	title=1stAnnual MSG League	date=April 21 – May 30, 1978	access-date=May 12, 2010	publisher=ProWrestlingHistory.com}}
1979	4	url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/msg-lg.html#79	title=2ndAnnual MSG League	date=April 27 – June 7, 1979	access-date= May 12, 2010	publisher=ProWrestlingHistory.com}}
1980	5	url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/msg-lg.html#80	title= 3rdAnnual MSG League	date=April 25 – June 5, 1980	access-date= May 12, 2010	publisher=ProWrestlingHistory.com}}
1981	6	url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/msg-lg.html#81	title= 4thAnnual MSG League	date=May 8 – June 4, 1981	access-date=May 12, 2010	publisher= ProWrestlingHistory.com}}
1982	André the Giant	1	url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/msg-lg.html#82	title=5thAnnual MSG League	date=March 4 – April 1, 1982	access-date=May 12, 2010	publisher=ProWrestlingHistory.com}}
	1983	Hulk Hogan	1	url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/iwgp.html#83	title=IWGP League1983	date=May 6 – June 2, 1983	access-date=May 12, 2010	publisher=ProWrestlingHistory.com}}
1984	Antonio Inoki	7	url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/iwgp.html#84	title=IWGP League1984	date=May 11 – June 14, 1984	access-date= May 12, 2010	publisher=ProWrestlingHistory.com}}
1985	André the Giant	2	url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/iwgp.html#85	title=IWGP League1985	date=May 10 – June 11, 1985	access-date=May 12, 2010	publisher=ProWrestlingHistory.com}}
1986	Antonio Inoki	8	url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/iwgp.html#86	title=IWGP League1986	date=May 16 – June 19, 1986	access-date=May 12, 2010	publisher=ProWrestlingHistory.com}}
1987	9	url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/iwgp.html#87	title=IWGP League1987	date=May 11 – June 14, 1987	access-date=May 12, 2010	publisher=ProWrestlingHistory.com}}
1988	10	url=http://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=2346	title=IWGP League 1988	access-date=January 7, 2013	publisher=Cagematch.net}}
	1989	Riki Choshu	1	url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/misctny.html#worldcup	title=World Cup Tournament 1989	date=December 7, 1989	access-date=July 10, 2015	publisher=ProWrestlingHistory.com}}
	1991	Masahiro Chono	1	author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will	title=Wrestling Title Histories	publisher=Archeus Communications	chapter=Japan: New Japan G-1 (Grade-1) Climax Tournament Champions	page=375	year=2000	isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}
1992	2	url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/climax.html#92	title= G1 Climax 1992	date=August 6–12, 1992	access-date=May 12, 2010	publisher=ProWrestlingHistory.com}}
1993	Tatsumi Fujinami	1	url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/climax.html#93	title=G1 Climax 1993	date=August 2–8, 1993	access-date=May 12, 2010	publisher=ProWrestlingHistory.com}}
1994	Masahiro Chono	3	url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/climax.html#94	title= G1 Climax 1994	date=August 3–7, 1994	access-date=May 12, 2010	publisher=ProWrestlingHistory.com}}
1995	Keiji Muto	1	url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/climax.html#95	title= G1 Climax 1995	date=August 11–15, 1995	access-date=May 12, 2010	publisher=ProWrestlingHistory.com}}
1996	Riki Choshu	2	url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/climax.html#96	title=G1 Climax 1996	date=August 2–6, 1996	access-date=May 12, 2010	publisher=ProWrestlingHistory.com}}
1997	Kensuke Sasaki	1	url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/climax.html#97	title=G1 Climax 1997	date=August 1–3, 1997	access-date=May 12, 2010	publisher=ProWrestlingHistory.com}}
1998	Shinya Hashimoto	1	url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/climax.html#98	title=G1 Climax 1998	date=July 31 – August 2, 1998	access-date=May 12, 2010	publisher=ProWrestlingHistory.com}}
1999	Manabu Nakanishi	1	url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/climax.html#99	title=G1 Climax 1999	date=August 10–15, 1999	access-date=May 12, 2010	publisher=ProWrestlingHistory.com}}
2000	Kensuke Sasaki	2	url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/climax.html#2000	title=G1 Climax 2000	date=August 7–13, 2000	access-date=May 12, 2010	publisher=ProWrestlingHistory.com}}
2001	Yuji Nagata	1	url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/climax.html#2001	title=G1 Climax 2001	date=August 4–12, 2001	access-date=May 12, 2010	publisher=ProWrestlingHistory.com}}
2002	Masahiro Chono	4	url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/climax.html#2002	title=G1 Climax 2002	date=August 4–12, 2002	access-date=May 12, 2010	publisher=ProWrestlingHistory.com}}
2003	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	1	url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/climax.html#2003	title=G1 Climax 2003	date=August 10–17, 2003	access-date=May 12, 2010	publisher=ProWrestlingHistory.com}}
2004	2	url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/climax.html#2004	title=G1 Climax 2004	date=August 7–15, 2004	access-date=May 12, 2010	publisher=ProWrestlingHistory.com}}
2005	Masahiro Chono	5	url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/climax.html#2005	title=G1 Climax 2005	date= August 4–14, 2005	access-date= May 12, 2010	publisher=ProWrestlingHistory.com}}
2006	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	3	url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/climax.html#2006	title=G1 Climax 2006	date=August 6–13, 2006	access-date=May 12, 2010	publisher=ProWrestlingHistory.com}}
2007	Hiroshi Tanahashi	1	url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/climax.html#2007	title=G1 Climax 2007	date=August 5–12, 2007	access-date=May 12, 2010	publisher=ProWrestlingHistory.com}}
2008	Hirooki Goto	1	url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/climax.html#2008	title=G1 Climax 2008	date=August 9–17, 2008	access-date=May 12, 2010	publisher= ProWrestlingHistory.com}}
2009	Togi Makabe	1	url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/climax.html#2009	title=G1 Climax 2009	date=August 7–16, 2009	access-date=May 12, 2010	publisher=ProWrestlingHistory.com}}
2010	Satoshi Kojima	1
2011	Shinsuke Nakamura	1
2012	Kazuchika Okada	1
2013	Tetsuya Naito	1
2014	Kazuchika Okada	2
2015	Hiroshi Tanahashi	2
2016	Kenny Omega	1
2017	Tetsuya Naito	2
2018	Hiroshi Tanahashi	3
2019	Kota Ibushi	1
2020	2
2021	Kazuchika Okada	3
2022	4
2023	Tetsuya Naito	3
2024	Zack Sabre Jr.	1
2025	Konosuke Takeshita	1

IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate

The tradition of G1 Climax winners getting an IWGP Heavyweight Championship title shot has been in place since the beginning of the tournament, with exceptions in 1992 (when Masahiro Chono was awarded the NWA World Heavyweight Championship as prize for winning the tournament), 1993 and 2001 (when Yuji Nagata challenged for the GHC Heavyweight title due to the IWGP being vacant at the time) as well as 1995 and 2000, when the champion won the tournament. This tradition can be traced back to the days of the IWGP League, with the championship itself being awarded the title per stipulation from 1983 to 1986 and the 1987 tournament being used to crown the first proper, full-time IWGP Heavyweight champion. 1988 would be the first time a title shot was awarded to the winner.

After winning the 2012 G1 Climax, Kazuchika Okada made a shocking statement to challenge Hiroshi Tanahashi at Wrestle Kingdom 7. This would start a tradition that lasted every year until 2024, when Zack Sabre Jr choose to face Tetsuya Naito at King or Pro-Wrestling, and would be repeated in 2025 with Konosuke Takeshita challenging Sabre Jr at the same event.

Year	Certificate history	1991	Holder: Masahiro Chono	1992	Holder: Masahiro Chono	1993	Holder: Tatsumi Fujinami	1994	Holder: Masahiro Chono	1995	Holder: Keiji Muto	1996	Holder: Riki Choshu	1997	Holder: Kensuke Sasaki	1998	Holder: Shinya Hashimoto	1999	Holder: Manabu Nakanishi	2000	Holder: Kensuke Sasaki	2001	Holder: Yuji Nagata	2002	Holder: Masahiro Chono	2003	Holder: Hiroyoshi Tenzan	2004	Holder: Hiroyoshi Tenzan	2005	Holder: Masahiro Chono	2006	Holder: Hiroyoshi Tenzan	2007	Holder: Hiroshi Tanahashi	2008	Holder: Hirooki Goto	2009	Holder: Togi Makabe	2010	Holder: Satoshi Kojima	2011	Holder: Shinsuke Nakamura	2012	Holder: Kazuchika Okada	2013	Holder: Tetsuya Naito	2014	Holder: Kazuchika Okada	2015	Holder: Hiroshi Tanahashi	2016	Holder: Kenny Omega	2017	Holder: Tetsuya Naito	2018	Holder: Hiroshi Tanahashi	2019	Holder: Kota Ibushi	2020	Holder: Kota Ibushi	Holder: Jay White	2021	Holder: Kazuchika Okada	2022	Holder: Kazuchika Okada	2023	Holder: Tetsuya Naito	2024	Holder: Zack Sabre Jr.	2025	Holder: Konosuke Takeshita

World League

1974

The 1974 World League ran from April 5 to May 8, 1974. The tournament began with 16 wrestlers, eight Japanese and eight Internationals, placed into groups accordingly. All first round matches featured the Japanese against the Internationals. The top four finishers from both groups advanced to a second round of round-robin competition.

Japanese	International	Seiji Sakaguchi	Killer Karl Krupp	Antonio Inoki	Invader I	Masa Saito	Stan Stasiak	Kantaro Hoshino	Geto Mongol	Kotetsu Yamamoto	Khosrow Vaziri	Haruka Eigen	Bolo Mongol	Osamu Kido	Walter Johnson	Katsuhisa Shibata	Argentina Zuma
7.5	7
7	6
5.5	5
4	3.5
3.5	3
2	3
2	1
1	0

Antonio Inoki	Seiji Sakaguchi	Killer Karl Krupp	Masa Saito	Stan Stasiak	Invader I	Kantaro Hoshino	Geto Mongol
5.5
5.5
5.5
5
2.5
2
1.5
0

Antonio Inoki (J)	Seiji Sakaguchi (J)	Killer Karl Krupp (I)
2-0
1-1
0-2

	Inoki (J)	Krupp (I)
	Inoki
(7:17)	Inoki
(16:52)
Inoki
(7:17)		Sakaguchi
(12:46)
Inoki
(16:52)	Sakaguchi
(12:46)

1975

The 1975 World League ran from April 4 to May 16, 1975. The tournament featured 16 wrestlers, but the Locals versus Internationals format was abolished. The top five finishers advanced to a knockout round, with the top finisher receiving a bye to the final.

Killer Karl Krupp	Antonio Inoki	Seiji Sakaguchi	Kintarō Ōki	Strong Kobayashi	Super Destroyer	Masa Saito	Kotetsu Yamamoto	Kantaro Hoshino	Man Mountain Mike	Haruka Eigen	Katsuhisa Shibata	John Gagne	Sangre Fría	Father Singh	Osamu Kido
13.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
10.5
9
8
7
7
5
3
2
2
2
1

1976

The 1976 World League ran from April 2 to May 11, 1976. The tournament featured 14 wrestlers. The top finisher advanced to the final match of the tournament, to face the winner of a three-wrestler round-robin semifinal round.

Pedro Morales	Killer Karl Krupp	Victor Rivera	Seiji Sakaguchi	Strong Kobayashi	Masa Saito	Kantaro Hoshino	Osamu Kido	Towering Inferno	Butcher Vachon	Haruka Eigen	Ken Mantell	Raul Mata	Kotetsu Yamamoto
13
10
10
10
9
9
7
6
5
4
3
3
2
0

Seiji Sakaguchi	Killer Karl Krupp	Victor Rivera
2-0
1-1
0-2

	Krupp	Rivera
	Krupp
(12:06)	Sakaguchi
(6:12)
Krupp
(12:06)		Sakaguchi
(8:57)
Sakaguchi
(6:12)	Sakaguchi
(8:57)

1977

The 1977 World League ran from April 21 to May 30, 1977. The tournament featured 11 wrestlers.

The Masked Superstar	Seiji Sakaguchi	Mitsuo Yoshida	Nikolai Volkoff	Kantaro Hoshino	Johnny Powers	Manuel Soto	Haruka Eigen	Osamu Kido	Tony Charles	Enrique Vera
10
8
7.5
7.5
5
4
4
3
3
2
1

MSG Series

1978

The 1978 MSG Series ran from April 21 to May 30, 1978. The tournament featured nine wrestlers in a round robin format, with a different scoring system than today's tournaments. A win by pinfall or submission was worth five points, a win by dq or countout was worth four points, a time limit, double dq, or double countout draw was worth two points, and a loss or forfeit was worth 0 points. André the Giant received an extra five points, although the reason why is unclear.

André the Giant	Antonio Inoki	Seiji Sakaguchi	Tatsumi Fujinami	Bugsy McGraw	Nikolai Volkoff	Umanosuke Ueda	Riki Choshu	Chief Jay Strongbow
37
29
28
25
15
14
10
9
0

1979

The 1979 MSG Series ran from April 27 to June 7, 1979. The tournament featured 10 wrestlers.

Antonio Inoki	Stan Hansen	André the Giant	Seiji Sakaguchi	Tatsumi Fujinami	Riki Choshu	Canek	Masa Saito	Larry Zbyszko	Tony Garea
41
37
36
31
22
18
16
10
5
0

1980

The 1980 MSG Series ran from April 25 to June 5, 1980. The tournament featured 10 wrestlers.

Antonio Inoki	Stan Hansen	André the Giant	Seiji Sakaguchi	Dusty Rhodes	Tatsumi Fujinami	Strong Kobayashi	Riki Choshu	Chavo Guerrero	Ryuma Go
35
32
32
32
29
20
12
11
7
0

1981

The 1981 MSG Series ran from May 8 to June 4, 1981. The tournament featured 11 wrestlers.

Stan Hansen	Antonio Inoki	Tiger Jeet Singh	Hulk Hogan	Seiji Sakaguchi	Tatsumi Fujinami	Riki Choshu	Bobby Duncum	Sgt. Slaughter	Chris Adams	Mike Masters
39
38
38
36
33
29
16
14
12
5
0

1982

The 1982 MSG Series ran from March 4 to April 1, 1982. The tournament featured 14 wrestlers.

André the Giant	Antonio Inoki †	Killer Khan	Dick Murdoch	The Masked Superstar	Tatsumi Fujinami	Rusher Kimura	Seiji Sakaguchi	Tony Atlas	Tiger Toguchi	Yoshiaki Yatsu	Don Muraco	The Iron Sheik	Riki Choshu
57
53
50
42
36
35
33
33
31
17
13
9
5
4

† Antonio Inoki was injured and unable to compete in the final. Killer Khan, as the next highest finisher, took his place.

IWGP League

1983

The 1983 International Wrestling Grand Prix Championship League ran from May 6 to June 2, 1983. The tournament featured 10 wrestlers. The winner was awarded a championship belt (the original IWGP Heavyweight Championship) defended annually against the winner of the IWGP League of the year).

Hulk Hogan	Antonio Inoki	André the Giant	Big John Studd	Killer Khan	Rusher Kimura	Akira Maeda	Canek	Otto Wanz	Enrique Vera
37
36
35
25
24
21
14
5
5
4

André	Canek	Hogan	Inoki	Khan	Kimura	Maeda	Studd	Vera	Wanz
	André	DCO	André	DCO	André	André	André	André	André
André		Hogan	Inoki	Khan	Kimura	Maeda	Studd	Canek	Wanz
DCO	Hogan		DCO	Hogan	Hogan	Hogan	Hogan	Hogan	Hogan
André	Inoki	DCO		Inoki	Inoki	Inoki	Inoki	Inoki	Inoki
DCO	Khan	Hogan	Inoki		Khan	DCO	Studd	Khan	Khan
André	Kimura	Hogan	Inoki	Khan		Kimura	DCO	Kimura	Kimura
André	Maeda	Hogan	Inoki	DCO	Kimura		Studd	Maeda	Maeda
André	Studd	Hogan	Inoki	Studd	DCO	Studd		Studd	Studd
André	Canek	Hogan	Inoki	Khan	Kimura	Maeda	Studd		Vera
André	Wanz	Hogan	Inoki	Khan	Kimura	Maeda	Studd	Vera

1984

The 1984 International Wrestling Grand Prix Champion League ran from May 11 to June 14, 1984. The tournament featured 12 wrestlers, and was the first time that the tournament featured no sort of final round.

Antonio Inoki	André the Giant	Tatsumi Fujinami	Riki Choshu	Dick Murdoch	Masa Saito	Adrian Adonis	The Masked Superstar	Ken Patera	John Quinn	Otto Wanz	Big John Studd
53
49
34
32
30
26
25
18
17
10
6
2

1985

The IWGP Champion Series ran from May 10 to June 15, 1985. The tournament featured 13 wrestlers, and was single-elimination. This was the first time the tournament did not feature a points system.

| RD1-team05=Ron Miller | RD1-team06=Strong Machine

| RD1-team07=André the Giant | RD1-team08=Canek

| RD1-team09=Tatsumi Fujinami | RD1-team10=Mike Sharpe

| RD1-team11=Adrian Adonis | RD1-team12=King Kong Bundy

| RD1-team13= | RD1-team14=Seiji Sakaguchi

| RD1-team15=Kengo Kimura | RD1-team16=Dick Murdoch

| RD2-team03=Strong Machine | RD2-team04=André the Giant

| RD2-team05=Tatsumi Fujinami | RD2-team06=Adrian Adonis

| RD2-team07=Seiji Sakaguchi | RD2-team08=Dick Murdoch

| RD3-team01=Seiji Sakaguchi | RD3-team02=André the Giant

| RD3-team03=Tatsumi Fujinami | RD3-team04=Dick Murdoch

| RD4-team01=Tatsumi Fujinami | RD4-team02=André the Giant

1986

The 1986 International Wrestling Grand Prix ran from May 16 to June 19, 1986. The tournament featured the return of the points system, with 14 wrestlers in two blocks of seven each. The top two from each block advanced to a knockout stage. The winner won the vacated IWGP Heavyweight Championship (original version).

Block A	Block B	Antonio Inoki	Akira Maeda	André the Giant	Dick Murdoch	Seiji Sakaguchi	Tatsumi Fujinami	Kengo Kimura	Jimmy Snuka	The Masked Superstar	Umanosuke Ueda	Yoshiaki Fujiwara	The Wild Samoan	Klaus Wallace	The Cuban Assassin
25	27
17	21
15	17
15	16
14	13
11	9
0	0

1987

The 1987 International Wrestling Grand Prix ran from May 11 to June 12, 1987. The tournament featured 14 wrestlers in two blocks of seven each. The top finishers from each block advanced to the final, with the winner becoming the first IWGP Heavyweight Champion. Tatsumi Fujinami missed the tournament due to an injury he suffered on the IWGP Champion Series tour, but acted as a commentator for the final match.

Block A	Block B	Antonio Inoki	Masa Saito	Yoshiaki Fujiwara	Kengo Kimura	Konga the Barbarian	Hacksaw Higgins	Scott Hall	George Takano	Seiji Sakaguchi	Akira Maeda	Killer Tim Brooks	Umanosuke Ueda	Tatsumi Fujinami	Alexis Smirnoff
29	28
19	21
18	16
13	13
11	10
4	4
0	4

1988

The 1988 International Wrestling Grand Prix ran from July 15 to July 29, 1988. The tournament featured five wrestlers in a single block, with the winner becoming the number one contender to IWGP Heavyweight Champion Tatsumi Fujinami for August 8.

Antonio Inoki	Riki Choshu	Big Van Vader	Masa Saito	Kengo Kimura
6
6
4
4
0

World Cup Tournament

1989

The 1989 World Cup Tournament was held from November 24 to December 7, 1989. The tournament featured 20 wrestlers in four blocks of five each.

Block A	Block B	Block C	Block D
8	8	8	8
6	6	6	6
4	4	0	2
2	2	4	2
0	0	2	2

| RD1-team1=Shinya Hashimoto | RD1-team2=Salman Hashimikov | RD1-score1= | RD1-score2=

| RD1-team3=Steve Williams | RD1-team4=Victor Zangiev | RD1-score3= | RD1-score4=

| RD1-team5=Riki Choshu | RD1-team6=Osamu Kido | RD1-score5= | RD1-score6=

| RD1-team7=Masahiro Chono | RD1-team8=Brad Rheingans | RD1-score7= | RD1-score8=

| RD2-team1=Shinya Hashimoto | RD2-team2=Steve Williams | RD2-score1= | RD2-score2=

| RD2-team3=Riki Choshu | RD2-team4=Masahiro Chono | RD2-score3= | RD2-score4=

| RD3-team1=Shinya Hashimoto | RD3-team2=Riki Choshu | RD3-score1= | RD3-score2=

G1 Climax

1991

The inaugural G1 Climax was a round-robin tournament consisting of two four-man blocks, and running from August 7 to August 11, 1991.

Block A	Block B	Keiji Muto	Masahiro Chono	Tatsumi Fujinami	Shinya Hashimoto	Scott Norton	Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow	Big Van Vader	Riki Choshu
4	5
3	5
3	2
2	0

Block A	Fujinami	Muto
	Muto
(13:56)	Draw
(7:56)	Fujinami
(12:13)
Muto
(13:56)		Norton
(9:56)	Muto
(13:54)
Draw
(7:56)	Norton
(9:56)		Vader
(10:49)
Fujinami
(12:13)	Muto
(13:54)	Vader
(10:49)
	Chono
(12:38)	Bigelow
(10:10)	Hashimoto
(9:59)
Chono
(12:38)		Chono
(14:17)	Draw
(30:00)
Bigelow
(10:10)	Chono
(14:17)		Hashimoto
(7:50)
Hashimoto
(9:59)	Draw
(30:00)	Hashimoto
(7:50)

1992

The 1992 G1 Climax was a 16-man single-elimination tournament, and was also for the vacant NWA World Heavyweight Championship. It ran from August 6 to August 12, 1992.

August 6, 7 August 10 August 11 August 12

|RD1-team01=Arn Anderson |RD1-score01=8:58 |RD1-team02=Steve Austin |RD1-score02=Pin

|RD1-team03=Keiji Muto |RD1-score03=Pin |RD1-team04=Barry Windham |RD1-score04=10:17

|RD1-team05=Masahiro Chono |RD1-score05=Sub |RD1-team06=Tony Halme |RD1-score06=12:20

|RD1-team07=Scott Norton |RD1-score07=Pin |RD1-team08=Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow |RD1-score08=8:16

|RD1-team09=Kensuke Sasaki |RD1-score09=Pin |RD1-team10=Jim Neidhart |RD1-score10=8:20

|RD1-team11=Hiroshi Hase |RD1-score11= |RD1-team12=Terry Taylor |RD1-score12=Forfeit

|RD1-team13=Shinya Hashimoto |RD1-score13=Pin |RD1-team14=The Barbarian |RD1-score14=11:29

|RD1-team15=Super Strong Machine |RD1-score15=11:54 |RD1-team16=Rick Rude |RD1-score16=Pin

|RD2-team01=Steve Austin |RD2-score01=13:52 |RD2-team02=Keiji Muto |RD2-score02=Pin

|RD2-team03=Masahiro Chono |RD2-score03=Sub |RD2-team04=Scott Norton |RD2-score04=10:48

|RD2-team05=Kensuke Sasaki |RD2-score05=Pin |RD2-team06=Terry Taylor |RD2-score06=9:35

|RD2-team07=Shinya Hashimoto |RD2-score07=13:52 |RD2-team08=Rick Rude |RD2-score08=Pin

|RD3-team01=Keiji Muto |RD3-score01=26:07 |RD3-team02=Masahiro Chono |RD3-score02=Sub

|RD3-team03=Kensuke Sasaki |RD3-score03=19:24 |RD3-team04=Rick Rude |RD3-score04=Pin

|RD4-team01=Masahiro Chono |RD4-score01=Pin |RD4-team02=Rick Rude |RD4-score02=29:44

1993

The 1993 G1 Climax was once again a 16-man single-elimination tournament, held from August 3 to August 7, 1993. NJPW invited several non-NJPW wrestlers to participate in the 1993 tournament, including Hiromichi Fuyuki, Ashura Hara, Takashi Ishikawa and The Great Kabuki from WAR, and Yoshiaki Fujiwara from Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi.

August 3, 4 August 5 August 6 August 7

|RD1-team01=Hiroshi Hase |RD1-score01=Pin |RD1-team02=Shinya Hashimoto |RD1-score02=20:42

|RD1-team03=Michiyoshi Ohara |RD1-score03=Pin |RD1-team04=Kengo Kimura |RD1-score04=26:44

|RD1-team05=Takayuki Iizuka |RD1-score05=Pin |RD1-team06=Hiromichi Fuyuki |RD1-score06=12:10

|RD1-team07=Ashura Hara |RD1-score07=Sub |RD1-team08=Masahiro Chono |RD1-score08=12:28

|RD1-team09=Tatsumi Fujinami |RD1-score09=Pin |RD1-team10=Yoshiaki Fujiwara |RD1-score10=14:32

|RD1-team11=Osamu Kido |RD1-score11=Pin |RD1-team12=Takashi Ishikawa |RD1-score12=11:33

|RD1-team13=Shiro Koshinaka |RD1-score13=Pin |RD1-team14=Super Strong Machine |RD1-score14=17:33

|RD1-team15=Keiji Muto |RD1-score15=Pin |RD1-team16=The Great Kabuki |RD1-score16=16:17

|RD2-team01=Hiroshi Hase |RD2-score01=Pin |RD2-team02=Kengo Kimura |RD2-score02=15:55

|RD2-team03=Hiromichi Fuyuki |RD2-score03=Sub |RD2-team04=Masahiro Chono |RD2-score04=19:04

|RD2-team05=Tatsumi Fujinami |RD2-score05=Sub |RD2-team06=Osamu Kido |RD2-score06=11:58

|RD2-team07=Super Strong Machine |RD2-score07=Pin |RD2-team08=Keiji Muto |RD2-score08=17:22

|RD3-team01=Hiroshi Hase |RD3-score01=Sub |RD3-team02=Masahiro Chono |RD3-score02=26:46

|RD3-team03=Tatsumi Fujinami |RD3-score03=Sub |RD3-team04=Keiji Muto |RD3-score04=24:26

|RD4-team01=Hiroshi Hase |RD4-score01=Sub |RD4-team02=Tatsumi Fujinami |RD4-score02=21:49

1994

The 1994 G1 Climax returned to the round-robin format, this time with two blocks of six. It was held from August 3 to August 7, 1994. Guest natives included Yoshiaki Fujiwara from Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi and Yoshiaki Yatsu from Social Progress Wrestling Federation (SPWF).

Block A	Block B	Masahiro Chono	Power Warrior	Keiji Muto	Hiroshi Hase	Riki Choshu	Shinya Hashimoto	Yoshiaki Yatsu	Tatsumi Fujinami	Yoshiaki Fujiwara	Shiro Koshinaka	Osamu Kido	Takayuki Iizuka
8	7
6	6
6	6
4	6
4	5
2	0

Block A	Chono	Choshu
	Choshu
(3:47)	Chono
(9:31)	Chono
(6:55)	Chono
(27:28)	Chono
(15:01)
Choshu
(3:47)		Fujiwara
(9:14)	Choshu
(5:13)	Muto
(15:32)	Choshu
(10:11)
Chono
(9:31)	Fujiwara
(8:26)		Kido
(9:45)	Fujiwara
(12:12)	Yatsu
(9:14)
Chono
(6:55)	Choshu
(5:13)	Kido
(9:45)		Muto
(7:53)	Yatsu
(8:25)
Chono
(27:28)	Muto
(15:32)	Fujiwara
(12:12)	Muto
(7:53)		Muto
(15:12)
Chono
(15:01)	Choshu
(10:11)	Yatsu
(9:14)	Yatsu
(8:25)	Muto
(15:12)
	Hase
(11:53)	Hashimoto
(10:31)	Fujinami
(7:09)	Fujinami
(12:59)	Fujinami
(5:25)
Hase
(11:53)		Hase
(9:10)	Hase
(17:32)	Koshinaka
(20:44)	Warrior
(16:50)
Hashimoto
(10:31)	Hase
(9:10)		Hashimoto
(13:04)	Draw
(30:00)	Draw
(30:00)
Fujinami
(7:09)	Hase
(17:32)	Hashimoto
(13:04)		Koshinaka
(14:02)	Warrior
(17:33)
Fujinami
(12:59)	Koshinaka
(20:44)	Draw
(30:00)	Koshinaka
(14:02)		Warrior
(14:10)
Fujinami
(5:25)	Warrior
(16:50)	Draw
(30:00)	Warrior
(17:33)	Warrior
(14:10)

1995

The 1995 G1 Climax was another eight-man round-robin tournament held August 11 to August 15, with the addition that the top two scorers from each block would advance to a four-man mini-tournament to decide the winner. Masahiro Chono advanced out of his block despite being tied with Ric Flair because of his faster match winning time over Shiro Koshinaka.

Block A	Block B	Keiji Muto	Shinya Hashimoto	Masahiro Chono	Scott Norton	Ric Flair	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	Shiro Koshinaka	Kensuke Sasaki
4	4
3	4
3	2
2	2

Block A	Chono	Flair
	Draw
(30:00)	Chono
(11:10)	Muto
(11:36)
Draw
(30:00)		Flair
(17:17)	Muto
(23:33)
Chono
(11:10)	Flair
(17:17)		Koshinaka
(15:47)
Muto
(11:36)	Muto
(23:33)	Koshinaka
(15:47)
	Hashimoto
(13:35)	Hashimoto
(11:44)	Sasaki
(21:46)
Hashimoto
(13:35)		Norton
(15:08)	Norton
(16:21)
Hashimoto
(11:44)	Norton
(15:08)		Tenzan
(12:51)
Sasaki
(21:46)	Norton
(16:21)	Tenzan
(12:51)

1996

The 1996 G1 Climax was held from August 2 to August 6, 1996, and was a round-robin tournament featuring two blocks of five. Junji Hirata suffered an injury during his match with Kensuke Sasaki, which caused him to forfeit his remaining matches.

Block A	Block B	Riki Choshu	Masahiro Chono	Kensuke Sasaki	Shiro Koshinaka	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	Keiji Muto	Shinya Hashimoto	Kazuo Yamazaki	Junji Hirata	Satoshi Kojima
8	6
6	4
4	4
2	4
0	2

Block A	Choshu	Hashimoto
	Choshu
(17:14)	Choshu
(Forfeit)	Choshu
(15:13)	Choshu
(5:12)
Choshu
(17:14)		Hashimoto
(Forfeit)	Sasaki
(9:13)	Tenzan
(11:27)
Choshu
(Forfeit)	Hashimoto
(Forfeit)		Sasaki
(5:08)	Tenzan
(Forfeit)
Choshu
(15:13)	Sasaki
(9:13)	Sasaki
(5:08)		Sasaki
(15:03)
Choshu
(5:12)	Tenzan
(11:27)	Tenzan
(Forfeit)	Sasaki
(15:03)
	Chono
(13:46)	Koshinaka
(22:10)	Chono
(24:43)	Chono
(12:25)
Chono
(13:46)		Kojima
(10:33)	Muto
(15:21)	Yamazaki
(9:56)
Koshinaka
(22:10)	Kojima
(10:33)		Muto
(11:59)	Koshinaka
(13:50)
Chono
(24:43)	Muto
(15:21)	Muto
(11:59)		Yamazaki
(13:50)
Chono
(12:25)	Yamazaki
(9:56)	Koshinaka
(13:50)	Yamazaki
(13:50)

1997

The 1997 G1 Climax was a 14-man single-elimination tournament, with Kensuke Sasaki and Buff Bagwell receiving byes to the quarterfinals. The tournament was held from August 1 to August 3.

1998

The 1998 G1 Climax was another 16-man single-elimination tournament, held between July 31 and August 2. Genichiro Tenryu, who had separated from his own WAR promotion to become a freelancer since early in the year, was invited.

1999

The 1999 G1 Climax was a 12-man round-robin tournament, held from August 10 to August 15. This was the first of two years (with 2000) where head-to-head tiebreakers did not decide numerical ties; the winner of Block A was decided by a tiebreaker match, even though there was a clear winner in the two participants' league match.

Block A	Block B	Keiji Muto	Manabu Nakanishi	Yuji Nagata	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	Kensuke Sasaki	Shiro Koshinaka	Tatsumi Fujinami	Masahiro Chono	Satoshi Kojima	Shinya Hashimoto	Tadao Yasuda	Kazuo Yamazaki
8	8
8	6
6	6
6	6
2	4
0	0

Block A	Fujinami	Kojima
	Fujinami
(13:10)	Fujinami
(17:36)	Nagata
(12:03)	Sasaki
(10:23)	Fujinami
(3:29)
Fujinami
(13:10)		Muto
(11:40)	Nagata
(19:51)	Sasaki
(13:50)	Kojima
(13:51)
Fujinami
(17:36)	Muto
(11:40)		Muto
(21:11)	Muto
(20:56)	Muto
(6:25)
Nagata
(12:03)	Nagata
(19:51)	Muto
(21:11)		Nagata
(14:43)	Nagata
(10:26)
Sasaki
(10:23)	Sasaki
(13:50)	Muto
(20:56)	Nagata
(14:43)		Sasaki
(7:28)
Fujinami
(3:29)	Kojima
(13:51)	Muto
(6:25)	Nagata
(10:26)	Sasaki
(7:28)
	Chono
(21:36)	Koshinaka
(13:05)	Chono
(10:21)	Tenzan
(17:25)	Chono
(10:18)
Chono
(21:36)		Koshinaka
(13:47)	Nakanishi
(15:22)	Hashimoto
(13:24)	Hashimoto
(4:55)
Koshinaka
(13:05)	Koshinaka
(13:47)		Nakanishi
(14:15)	Tenzan
(15:14)	Koshinaka
(Forfeit)
Chono
(10:21)	Nakanishi
(15:22)	Nakanishi
(14:15)		Nakanishi
(15:40)	Nakanishi
(6:43)
Tenzan
(17:25)	Hashimoto
(13:24)	Tenzan
(15:14)	Nakanishi
(15:40)		Tenzan
(12:30)
Chono
(10:18)	Hashimoto
(4:55)	Koshinaka
(Forfeit)	Nakanishi
(6:43)	Tenzan
(12:30)

2000

The 2000 G1 Climax was a round-robin tournament, featuring four blocks of five, with each block champion advancing to a four-man tournament to decide that year's winner; it was held from August 7 to August 13. Also note that the points system was modified from the original: 1 point for a victory, and zero points for a draw or loss. Additionally, head-to-head tiebreakers did not decide numerical ties; the winners of Block A and Block C were decided by tiebreaker matches, even though there was a clear winner in the two participants' league match. This was the first time that two recognized junior heavyweights; IWGP titleholder Tatsuhito Takaiwa and previous champion Jyushin Thunder Liger, were invited to compete in the heavyweight tournament.

Block A	Block B	Block C	Block D
3	3	3	3
3	2	3	2
2	2	2	2
1	0	2	2
1	0	0	1

Block A	Fujinami	Goto
	Fujinami
(6:42)	Iizuka
(11:46)	Fujinami
(10:33)	Nagata
(12:25)
Fujinami
(6:42)		Iizuka
(9:42)	Liger
(7:17)	Goto
(11:41)
Iizuka
(11:46)	Iizuka
(9:42)		Iizuka
(15:13)	Nagata
(16:38)
Fujinami
(10:33)	Liger
(7:17)	Iizuka
(15:13)		Nagata
(12:06)
Nagata
(12:25)	Goto
(11:41)	Nagata
(16:38)	Nagata
(12:06)
	Johnston
(5:38)	Kojima
(10:08)	Johnston
(5:18)	Sasaki
(6:48)
Johnston
(5:38)		Kojima
(9:55)	Draw
(6:29)	Sasaki
(4:21)
Kojima
(10:08)	Kojima
(9:55)		Draw
(5:54)	Sasaki
(19:39)
Johnston
(5:18)	Draw
(6:29)	Draw
(5:54)		Draw
(5:37)
Sasaki
(6:48)	Sasaki
(4:21)	Sasaki
(19:39)	Draw
(5:37)
	Nakanishi
(13:04)	Nakanishi
(8:43)	Tenzan
(18:21)	Nakanishi
(9:23)
Nakanishi
(13:04)		Nishimura
(7:37)	Nishimura
(14:22)	Yasuda
(11:47)
Nakanishi
(8:43)	Nishimura
(7:37)		Tenzan
(13:24)	Yasuda
(10:43)
Tenzan
(18:21)	Nishimura
(14:22)	Tenzan
(13:24)		Tenzan
(11:40)
Nakanishi
(9:23)	Yasuda
(11:47)	Yasuda
(10:43)	Tenzan
(11:40)
	Chono
(11:42)	Koshinaka
(12:40)	Chono
(14:22)	Chono
(20:16)
Chono
(11:42)		Hirata
(8:24)	Hirata
(11:08)	Yoshie
(11:19)
Koshinaka
(12:40)	Hirata
(8:24)		Takaiwa
(9:04)	Koshinaka
(10:38)
Chono
(14:22)	Hirata
(11:08)	Takaiwa
(9:04)		Yoshie
(13:48)
Chono
(20:16)	Yoshie
(11:19)	Koshinaka
(10:38)	Yoshie
(13:48)

2001

The 2001 G1 Climax was a two-block, twelve-man round-robin tournament held from August 4 to August 12. It returned to the original method of scoring, and also reintroduced the 1995 G1's format of each block's top two scorers advancing to the final four. Jyushin Thunder Liger and Minoru Tanaka were the junior heavyweight invitees.

Block A	Block B	Yuji Nagata	Keiji Muto	Tadao Yasuda	Masahiro Chono	Manabu Nakanishi	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	Kazunari Murakami	Satoshi Kojima	Tatsumi Fujinami	Jyushin Thunder Liger	Minoru Tanaka	Osamu Nishimura
7	8
6	6
6	6
5	4
4	3
2	3

Block A	Fujinami	Murakami
	Fujinami
(0:36)	Nagata
(11:30)	Nakanishi
(5:18)	Fujinami
(8:38)	Yasuda
(5:14)
Fujinami
(0:36)		Draw
(8:01)	Murakami
(2:02)	Tanaka
(5:10)	Murakami
(3:48)
Nagata
(11:30)	Draw
(8:01)		Nakanishi
(14:15)	Nagata
(12:39)	Nagata
(8:11)
Nakanishi
(5:18)	Murakami
(2:02)	Nakanishi
(14:15)		Nakanishi
(9:47)	Yasuda
(7:11)
Fujinami
(8:38)	Tanaka
(5:10)	Nagata
(12:39)	Nakanishi
(9:47)		Yasuda
(7:35)
Yasuda
(5:14)	Murakami
(3:48)	Nagata
(8:11)	Yasuda
(7:11)	Yasuda
(7:35)
	Kojima
(17:18)	Chono
(14:16)	Muto
(8:14)	Chono
(26:16)	Chono
(17:53)
Kojima
(17:18)		Liger
(16:01)	Kojima
(17:30)	Nishimura
(19:23)	Tenzan
(20:53)
Chono
(14:16)	Liger
(16:01)		Muto
(14:24)	Draw
(30:00)	Tenzan
(15:44)
Muto
(8:14)	Kojima
(17:30)	Muto
(14:24)		Muto
(16:08)	Muto
(18:35)
Chono
(26:16)	Nishimura
(19:23)	Draw
(30:00)	Muto
(16:08)		Tenzan
(24:06)
Chono
(17:53)	Tenzan
(20:53)	Tenzan
(15:44)	Muto
(18:35)	Tenzan
(24:06)

2002

The 2002 G1 Climax was identical in structure to the previous year's, and was held from August 3 to August 11.

Block A	Block B	Yoshihiro Takayama	Masahiro Chono	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	Osamu Nishimura	Kensuke Sasaki	Manabu Nakanishi	Hiroshi Tanahashi	Yuji Nagata	Shiro Koshinaka	Kenzo Suzuki	Yutaka Yoshie	Tadao Yasuda
8	7
6	5
6	5
4	5
4	4
2	4

Block A	Koshinaka	Sasaki
	Sasaki
(8:33)	Takayama
(12:00)	Tanahashi
(8:52)	Koshinaka
(11:02)	Koshinaka
(10:54)
Sasaki
(8:33)		Sasaki
(12:11)	Tanahashi
(1:40)	Tenzan
(15:52)	Sasaki
(0:41)
Takayama
(12:00)	Sasaki
(12:11)		Takayama
(9:24)	Takayama
(13:18)	Takayama
(11:28)
Tanahashi
(8:52)	Tanahashi
(1:40)	Takayama
(9:24)		Tenzan
(14:49)	Yoshie
(10:38)
Koshinaka
(11:02)	Tenzan
(15:52)	Takayama
(13:18)	Tenzan
(14:49)		Tenzan
(15:53)
Koshinaka
(10:54)	Sasaki
(0:41)	Takayama
(11:28)	Yoshie
(10:38)	Tenzan
(15:53)
	Nagata
(16:00)	Chono
(16:17)	Draw
(30:00)	Chono
(17:33)	Chono
(Forfeit)
Nagata
(16:00)		Nakanishi
(17:21)	Draw
(30:00)	Nagata
(14:51)	Yasuda
(11:10)
Chono
(16:17)	Nakanishi
(17:21)		Draw
(30:00)	Nakanishi
(11:17)	Yasuda
(2:15)
Draw
(30:00)	Draw
(30:00)	Draw
(30:00)		Suzuki
(18:10)	Nishimura
(1:36)
Chono
(17:33)	Nagata
(14:51)	Nakanishi
(11:17)	Suzuki
(18:10)		Suzuki
(0:37)
Chono
(Forfeit)	Yasuda
(11:10)	Yasuda
(2:15)	Nishimura
(1:36)	Suzuki
(0:37)

2003

The 2003 G1 Climax was another 12-man round-robin tournament, held from August 10 to August 17. Jun Akiyama from Pro Wrestling Noah, along with freelancer Yoshihiro Takayama were invitees.

Block A	Block B	Jun Akiyama	Yoshihiro Takayama	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	Yuji Nagata	Masahiro Chono	Katsuyori Shibata	Manabu Nakanishi	Yutaka Yoshie	Osamu Nishimura	Shinsuke Nakamura	Hiroshi Tanahashi	Tadao Yasuda
7	8
6	5
5	5
4	4
4	4
4	4

Block A	Akiyama	Chono
	Draw
(30:00)	Akiyama
(16:35)	Nishimura
(27:17)	Akiyama
(16:08)	Akiyama
(19:43)
Draw
(30:00)		Nakanishi
(11:39)	Chono
(24:08)	Chono
(13:11)	Tenzan
(21:21)
Akiyama
(16:35)	Nakanishi
(11:39)		Nishimura
(13:45)	Nakanishi
(14:04)	Tenzan
(14:50)
Nishimura
(27:17)	Chono
(24:08)	Nishimura
(13:45)		Tanahashi
(14:03)	Tenzan
(25:56)
Akiyama
(16:08)	Chono
(13:11)	Nakanishi
(14:04)	Tanahashi
(14:03)		Tanahashi
(15:14)
Akiyama
(19:43)	Tenzan
(21:21)	Tenzan
(14:50)	Tenzan
(25:56)	Tanahashi
(15:14)
	Nagata
(11:32)	Draw
(13:17)	Takayama
(14:05)	Yasuda
(12:21)	Nagata
(12:51)
Nagata
(11:32)		Nakamura
(10:14)	Takayama
(7:08)	Nakamura
(7:38)	Yoshie
(12:31)
Draw
(13:17)	Nakamura
(10:14)		Takayama
(6:38)	Shibata
(1:14)	Shibata
(9:17)
Takayama
(14:05)	Takayama
(7:08)	Takayama
(6:38)		Yasuda
(11:16)	Takayama
(12:31)
Yasuda
(12:21)	Nakamura
(7:38)	Shibata
(1:14)	Yasuda
(11:16)		Yoshie
(13:01)
Nagata
(12:51)	Yoshie
(12:31)	Shibata
(9:17)	Takayama
(12:31)	Yoshie
(13:01)

2004

The 2004 G1 Climax was a two-block, sixteen-man tournament held from August 7 to August 15. As well as the increased number of participants, it introduced a format in which the second and third runners-up from each block would advance to a four-man tournament, the two finalists of which would advance to a second four-man tournament also featuring each block winner; the eventual winner of this tournament would win the G1 Climax. Also, it would seem that, for this particular year, matches which ended in a double countout or double disqualification would result in zero points for both competitors.

Block A	Block B	Katsuyori Shibata	Hiroshi Tanahashi	Genichiro Tenryu	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	Shinsuke Nakamura	Kensuke Sasaki	Masahiro Chono	Koji Kanemoto	Minoru Suzuki	Manabu Nakanishi	Yuji Nagata	Osamu Nishimura	Blue Wolf	Togi Makabe	Yutaka Yoshie	Yoshihiro Takayama
8	12
8	11
8	9
8	6
8	6
8	6
4	4
2	2

Block A	Wolf	Chono
	Chono
(14:29)	Nagata
(13:35)	Nakamura
(8:15)	Wolf
(11:46)	Suzuki
(13:34)	Tenryu
(6:09)	Wolf
(14:04)
Chono
(14:29)		Chono
(16:26)	Draw
(14:36)1	Shibata
(15:05)	Chono
(17:32)	Tenryu
(0:38)	Chono
(12:57)
Nagata
(13:35)	Chono
(16:26)		Nakamura
(13:08)	Nagata
(12:44)	Suzuki
(17:39)	Nagata
(11:28)	Nagata
(13:50)
Nakamura
(8:15)	Draw
(14:36)1	Nakamura
(13:08)		Shibata
(12:00)	Nakamura
(11:58)	Tenryu
(14:43)	Nakamura
(11:33)
Wolf
(11:46)	Shibata
(15:05)	Nagata
(12:44)	Shibata
(12:00)		Suzuki
(7:20)	Shibata
(7:15)	Shibata
(10:22)
Suzuki
(13:34)	Chono
(17:32)	Suzuki
(17:39)	Nakamura
(11:58)	Suzuki
(7:20)		Tenryu
(13:01)	Suzuki
(9:12)
Tenryu
(6:09)	Tenryu
(0:38)	Nagata
(11:28)	Tenryu
(14:43)	Shibata
(7:15)	Tenryu
(13:01)		Yoshie
(4:07)
Wolf
(14:04)	Chono
(12:57)	Nagata
(13:50)	Nakamura
(11:33)	Shibata
(10:22)	Suzuki
(9:12)	Yoshie
(4:07)
	Kanemoto
(13:50)	Kanemoto
(9:54)	Nishimura
(14:03)	Sasaki
(16:55)	Kanemoto
(Forfeit)	Tanahashi
(15:45)	Tenzan
(16:55)
Kanemoto
(13:50)		Nakanishi
(7:40)	Makabe
(12:51)	Sasaki
(6:34)	Makabe
(Forfeit)	Tanahashi
(11:35)	Tenzan
(11:33)
Kanemoto
(9:54)	Nakanishi
(7:40)		Nakanishi
(14:36)	Sasaki
(17:57)	Nakanishi
(15:48)	Tanahashi
(9:12)	Tenzan
(12:47)
Nishimura
(14:03)	Makabe
(12:51)	Nakanishi
(14:36)		Sasaki
(14:00)	Nishimura
(Forfeit)	Tanahashi
(16:23)	Nishimura
(20:02)
Sasaki
(16:55)	Sasaki
(6:34)	Sasaki
(17:57)	Sasaki
(14:00)		Takayama
(14:40)	Tanahashi
(12:00)	Draw
(30:00)
Kanemoto
(Forfeit)	Makabe
(Forfeit)	Nakanishi
(15:48)	Nishimura
(Forfeit)	Takayama
(14:40)		Tanahashi
(Forfeit)	Tenzan
(Forfeit)
Tanahashi
(15:45)	Tanahashi
(11:35)	Tanahashi
(9:12)	Tanahashi
(16:23)	Tanahashi
(12:00)	Tanahashi
(Forfeit)		Tenzan
(15:15)
Tenzan
(16:55)	Tenzan
(11:33)	Tenzan
(12:47)	Nishimura
(20:02)	Draw
(30:00)	Tenzan
(Forfeit)	Tenzan
(15:15)

1 This was a double countout, and so neither Chono nor Nakamura received any points.

2005

The 2005 G1 Climax was another 16-man round-robin tournament, held from August 4 to August 14. It returned to the format of 2003, eliminating the "quarterfinals" seen in 2004, and simply bringing each block's top two scorers into the final four.

Block A	Block B	Masahiro Chono	Kazuyuki Fujita	Toshiaki Kawada	Shinsuke Nakamura	Yuji Nagata	Manabu Nakanishi	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	Hiroshi Tanahashi	Minoru Suzuki	Yutaka Yoshie	Kendo Kashin	Tatsutoshi Goto	Osamu Nishimura	Toru Yano	Tatsumi Fujinami	Togi Makabe
10	14
10	11
8	10
8	7
6	6
5	4
5	4
4	0

Block A	Chono	Fujinami
	Chono
(11:08)	Chono
(1:45)	Chono
(12:14)	Chono
(17:02)	Nishimura
(20:55)	Chono
(17:50)	Tenzan
(18:33)
Chono
(11:08)		Fujinami
(4:50)	Kawada
(12:03)	Nagata
(9:37)	Nishimura
(11:29)	Fujinami
(10:17)	Tenzan
(12:49)
Chono
(1:45)	Fujinami
(4:50)		Kashin
(11:16)	Nagata
(13:08)	Kashin
(15:07)	Draw
(12:17)	Tenzan
(12:19)
Chono
(12:14)	Kawada
(12:03)	Kashin
(11:16)		Kawada
(26:55)	Kawada
(17:00)	Kawada
(17:11)	Kawada
(19:08)
Chono
(17:02)	Nagata
(9:37)	Nagata
(13:08)	Kawada
(26:55)		Nagata
(19:34)	Suzuki
(12:06)	Nagata
(16:55)
Nishimura
(20:55)	Nishimura
(11:29)	Kashin
(15:07)	Kawada
(17:00)	Nagata
(19:34)		Draw
(30:00)	Tenzan
(18:46)
Chono
(17:50)	Fujinami
(10:17)	Draw
(12:17)	Kawada
(17:11)	Suzuki
(12:06)	Draw
(30:00)		Suzuki
(13:50)
Tenzan
(18:33)	Tenzan
(12:49)	Tenzan
(12:19)	Kawada
(19:08)	Nagata
(16:55)	Tenzan
(18:46)	Suzuki
(13:50)
	Fujita
(3:19)	Fujita
(Forfeit)	Fujita
(6:25)	Fujita
(8:02)	Fujita
(9:14)	Fujita
(3:41)	Fujita
(8:45)
Fujita
(3:19)		Goto
(Forfeit)	Nakamura
(6:11)	Nakanishi
(7:26)	Tanahashi
(9:09)	Goto
(4:16)	Yoshie
(8:22)
Fujita
(Forfeit)	Goto
(Forfeit)		Nakamura
(2:30)	Nakanishi
(Forfeit)	Tanahashi
(Forfeit)	Yano
(Forfeit)	Yoshie
(12:23)
Fujita
(6:25)	Nakamura
(6:11)	Nakamura
(2:30)		Nakamura
(14:38)	Nakamura
(13:35)	Draw
(5:15)	Nakamura
(10:49)
Fujita
(8:02)	Nakanishi
(7:26)	Nakanishi
(Forfeit)	Nakamura
(14:38)		Nakanishi
(13:50)	Nakanishi
(5:17)	Nakanishi
(12:40)
Fujita
(9:14)	Tanahashi
(9:09)	Tanahashi
(Forfeit)	Nakamura
(13:35)	Nakanishi
(13:50)		Draw
(30:00)	Tanahashi
(15:01)
Fujita
(3:41)	Goto
(4:16)	Yano
(Forfeit)	Draw
(5:15)	Nakanishi
(5:17)	Draw
(30:00)		Yoshie
(12:39)
Fujita
(8:45)	Yoshie
(8:22)	Yoshie
(12:23)	Nakamura
(10:49)	Nakanishi
(12:40)	Tanahashi
(15:01)	Yoshie
(12:39)

2006

The 2006 G1 Climax was a 10-man round-robin tournament held from August 6 to August 13.

Block A	Block B	Satoshi Kojima	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	Giant Bernard	Koji Kanemoto	Hiroshi Tanahashi	Yuji Nagata	Jyushin Thunder Liger	Togi Makabe	Manabu Nakanishi	Naofumi Yamamoto
7	8
5	5
4	4
2	3
2	0

Block A	Bernard	Kojima
	Draw
(25:54)	Bernard
(6:53)	Nakanishi
(11:41)	Bernard
(17:54)
Draw
(25:54)		Kojima
(14:09)	Kojima
(18:17)	Kojima
(21:55)
Bernard
(6:53)	Kojima
(14:09)		Liger
(8:32)	Tanahashi
(14:18)
Nakanishi
(11:41)	Kojima
(18:17)	Liger
(8:32)		Tanahashi
(14:51)
Bernard
(17:54)	Kojima
(21:55)	Tanahashi
(14:18)	Tanahashi
(14:51)
	Kanemoto
(11:25)	Draw
(30:00)	Tenzan
(13:07)	Kanemoto
(13:14)
Kanemoto
(11:25)		Draw
(15:44)	Tenzan
(12:23)	Makabe
(11:18)
Draw
(30:00)	Draw
(15:44)		Tenzan
(15:41)	Nagata
(10:28)
Tenzan
(13:07)	Tenzan
(12:23)	Tenzan
(15:41)		Tenzan
(12:28)
Kanemoto
(13:14)	Makabe
(11:18)	Nagata
(10:28)	Tenzan
(12:28)

2007

The 2007 G1 Climax, featuring twelve men in two blocks, was held from August 5 to August 12.

Block A	Block B	Togi Makabe	Shinsuke Nakamura	Yuji Nagata	Hiroshi Tanahashi	Akebono	Toru Yano	Giant Bernard	Shiro Koshinaka	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	Milano Collection A.T.	Masahiro Chono	Manabu Nakanishi
6	7
6	6
5	5
5	4
4	4
4	4

Block A	Bernard	Chono
	Bernard
(3:40)	Makabe
(8:34)	Nagata
(13:58)	Bernard
(13:24)	Draw
(9:57)
Bernard
(3:40)		Makabe
(11:17)	Chono
(16:15)	Tenzan
(17:20)	Chono
(7:45)
Makabe
(8:34)	Makabe
(11:17)		Makabe
(15:44)	Tenzan
(15:45)	Akebono
(7:48)
Nagata
(13:58)	Chono
(16:15)	Makabe
(15:44)		Nagata
(10:41)	Nagata
(6:32)
Bernard
(13:24)	Tenzan
(17:20)	Tenzan
(15:45)	Nagata
(10:41)		Akebono
(9:18)
Draw
(9:57)	Chono
(7:45)	Akebono
(7:48)	Nagata
(6:32)	Akebono
(9:18)
	Milano
(10:29)	Koshinaka
(10:34)	Koshinaka
(10:30)	Tanahashi
(17:04)	Yano
(9:52)
Milano
(10:29)		Nakamura
(12:30)	Nakanishi
(5:29)	Tanahashi
(9:59)	Milano
(6:00)
Koshinaka
(10:34)	Nakamura
(12:30)		Nakamura
(12:38)	Draw
(30:00)	Nakamura
(12:13)
Koshinaka
(10:30)	Nakanishi
(5:29)	Nakamura
(12:38)		Nakanishi
(12:13)	Yano
(10:41)
Tanahashi
(17:04)	Tanahashi
(9:59)	Draw
(30:00)	Nakanishi
(12:13)		Draw
(12:27)
Yano
(9:52)	Milano
(6:00)	Nakamura
(12:13)	Yano
(10:41)	Draw
(12:27)

2008

The 2008 G1 Climax, featuring fourteen men in two blocks, was held from August 9 to August 17 over seven shows.

Block A	Block B	Togi Makabe	Hirooki Goto	Satoshi Kojima	Shinsuke Nakamura	Shinjiro Otani	Toshiaki Kawada	Manabu Nakanishi	Yutaka Yoshie	Giant Bernard	Yuji Nagata	Hiroshi Tanahashi	Toru Yano	Wataru Inoue	Hiroyoshi Tenzan
8	8
7	8
7	7
6	7
6	6
4	4
4	2

Block A	Bernard	Inoue
	Inoue
(7:32)	Bernard
(13:27)	Makabe
(10:56)	Nakanishi
(13:17)	Bernard
(14:12)	Bernard
(13:51)
Inoue
(7:32)		Kojima
(12:39)	Makabe
(12:59)	Inoue
(8:38)	Otani
(9:56)	Tanahashi
(14:07)
Bernard
(13:27)	Kojima
(12:39)		Makabe
(12:26)	Kojima
(15:15)	Draw
(30:00)	Kojima
(16:57)
Makabe
(10:56)	Makabe
(12:59)	Makabe
(12:26)		Nakanishi
(9:31)	Otani
(12:11)	Makabe
(20:14)
Nakanishi
(13:17)	Inoue
(8:38)	Kojima
(15:15)	Nakanishi
(9:31)		Otani
(12:21)	Nakanishi
(17:33)
Bernard
(14:12)	Otani
(9:56)	Draw
(30:00)	Otani
(12:11)	Otani
(12:21)		Tanahashi
(12:44)
Bernard
(13:51)	Tanahashi
(14:07)	Kojima
(16:57)	Makabe
(20:14)	Nakanishi
(17:33)	Tanahashi
(12:44)
	Kawada
(13:24)	Goto
(12:12)	Goto
(14:22)	Goto
(12:43)	Goto
(9:11)	Yoshie
(14:28)
Kawada
(13:24)		Kawada
(16:38)	Nakamura
(14:36)	Tenzan
(19:24)	Kawada
(8:38)	Draw
(30:00)
Goto
(12:12)	Kawada
(16:38)		Nakamura
(15:52)	Nagata
(11:34)	Nagata
(13:10)	Nagata
(15:38)
Goto
(14:22)	Nakamura
(14:36)	Nakamura
(15:52)		Nakamura
(12:16)	Yano
(12:53)	Nakamura
(15:20)
Goto
(12:43)	Tenzan
(19:24)	Nagata
(11:34)	Nakamura
(12:16)		Yano
(11:50)	Yoshie
(15:09)
Goto
(9:11)	Kawada
(8:38)	Nagata
(13:10)	Yano
(12:53)	Yano
(11:50)		Yoshie
(11:38)
Yoshie
(14:28)	Draw
(30:00)	Nagata
(15:38)	Nakamura
(15:20)	Yoshie
(15:09)	Yoshie
(11:38)

2009

The 2009 G1 Climax, featuring fourteen men in two blocks, was held from August 7 to August 16 over eight shows. In a tournament first, the exact tie for first place in Block A between Togi Makabe and Hiroshi Tanahashi was decided by a coin toss.

Block A	Block B	Togi Makabe	Shinsuke Nakamura	Hiroshi Tanahashi	Takashi Sugiura	Masato Tanaka	Hirooki Goto	Toru Yano	Manabu Nakanishi	Takao Omori	Yuji Nagata	Giant Bernard	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	Tajiri	Takashi Iizuka
7	12
7	7
7	6
6	6
6	5
5	4
4	2

Block A	Bernard	Makabe
	Bernard
(12:15)	Bernard
(10:11)	Tajiri
(10:33)	Tanahashi
(19:57)	Draw
(13:07)	Yano
(9:50)
Bernard
(12:15)		Omori
(14:40)	Makabe
(12:17)	Draw
(30:00)	Makabe
(12:29)	Makabe
(13:18)
Bernard
(10:11)	Omori
(14:40)		Omori
(1:05)	Omori
(18:20)	Tanaka
(13:08)	Yano
(9:11)
Tajiri
(10:33)	Makabe
(12:17)	Omori
(1:05)		Tajiri
(18:03)	Tanaka
(11:24)	Yano
(11:34)
Tanahashi
(19:57)	Draw
(30:00)	Omori
(18:20)	Tajiri
(18:03)		Tanahashi
(22:28)	Tanahashi
(18:39)
Draw
(13:07)	Makabe
(12:29)	Tanaka
(13:08)	Tanaka
(11:24)	Tanahashi
(22:28)		Tanaka
(10:44)
Yano
(9:50)	Makabe
(13:18)	Yano
(9:11)	Yano
(11:34)	Tanahashi
(18:39)	Tanaka
(10:44)
	Goto
(12:24)	Nagata
(17:48)	Nakamura
(16:42)	Goto
(14:55)	Sugiura
(13:32)	Goto
(6:57)
Goto
(12:24)		Iizuka
(7:53)	Nakamura
(5:11)	Nakanishi
(11:58)	Sugiura
(9:05)	Tenzan
(10:59)
Nagata
(17:48)	Iizuka
(7:53)		Nakamura
(17:41)	Nakanishi
(21:58)	Draw
(30:00)	Nagata
(11:01)
Nakamura
(16:42)	Nakamura
(5:11)	Nakamura
(17:41)		Nakamura
(7:10)	Nakamura
(13:51)	Nakamura
(8:41)
Goto
(14:55)	Nakanishi
(11:58)	Nakanishi
(21:58)	Nakamura
(7:10)		Sugiura
(14:22)	Nakanishi
(10:30)
Sugiura
(13:32)	Sugiura
(9:05)	Draw
(30:00)	Nakamura
(13:51)	Sugiura
(14:22)		Tenzan
(12:42)
Goto
(6:57)	Tenzan
(10:59)	Nagata
(11:01)	Nakamura
(8:41)	Nakanishi
(10:30)	Tenzan
(12:42)

2010

The 2010 version of the G1 Climax tournament was announced in late May 2010 and was the 20th anniversary of the G1 Climax tournament. The tournament took place over eight shows between August 6 and August 15, 2010. Naomichi Marufuji was scheduled to participate in the tournament, but was forced to pull out after suffering an arm injury on July 25. On August 5, NJPW announced that Prince Devitt would replace Marufuji in the tournament. With his victory, freelancer Satoshi Kojima became the third man to have won both the G1 Climax and All Japan Pro Wrestling's Champion Carnival.

Block A	Block B	Hiroshi Tanahashi	Satoshi Kojima	Togi Makabe	Shinsuke Nakamura	Manabu Nakanishi	Go Shiozaki	Toru Yano	Hirooki Goto	Prince Devitt	Yuji Nagata	Tetsuya Naito	Giant Bernard	Strong Man	Yujiro Takahashi	Karl Anderson	Wataru Inoue
9	10
8	9
8	9
8	8
8	8
7	6
4	4
4	2

Block A	Anderson	Devitt	Makabe	Naito	Nakanishi	Strong Man	Tanahashi	Yano	Anderson	Devitt	Makabe	Naito	Nakanishi	Strong Man	Tanahashi	Yano	Block B	Bernard	Goto	Inoue	Kojima	Nagata	Nakamura	Shiozaki	Takahashi	Bernard	Goto	Inoue	Kojima	Nagata	Nakamura	Shiozaki	Takahashi
	url=http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=1848	title=(Results) New Japan, 8/7/10	work=Strong Style Spirit	date=August 7, 2010	access-date=August 7, 2010}}	url=http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=1848	title=(Results) New Japan, 8/13/10	work=Strong Style Spirit	date=August 13, 2010	access-date=August 13, 2010}}	url=http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=1885	title=(Results) New Japan, 8/10/10	work=Strong Style Spirit	date=August 10, 2010	access-date=August 10, 2010}}	url=http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=1869	title=(Results) New Japan, 8/8/10	work=Strong Style Spirit	date=August 8, 2010	access-date=August 8, 2010}}	url=http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=1909	title=(Results) New Japan, 8/12/10	work=Strong Style Spirit	date=August 12, 2010	access-date=August 12, 2010}}	url=http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=1836	title=(Results) New Japan, 8/6/10	work=Strong Style Spirit	date=August 6, 2010	access-date=August 6, 2010}}	url=http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=1950	title=(Results) New Japan, 8/14/10	work=Strong Style Spirit	date=August 14, 2010	access-date=August 14, 2010}}
Devitt
(10:44)		Makabe
(13:36)	Devitt
(11:42)	Nakanishi
(9:23)	Devitt
(7:36)	Devitt
(11:35)	url=http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=1973	title=(Results) New Japan, 8/15/10	work=Strong Style Spirit	date=August 15, 2010	access-date=August 15, 2010}}
Makabe
(11:07)	Makabe
(13:36)		Naito
(14:34)	Makabe
(10:52)	Makabe
(5:57)	Tanahashi
(11:58)	Yano
(7:18)
Naito
(11:52)	Devitt
(11:42)	Naito
(14:34)		Naito
(10:52)	Strong Man
(7:55)	Draw
(30:00)	Yano
(10:59)
Nakanishi
(7:29)	Nakanishi
(9:23)	Makabe
(10:52)	Naito
(10:52)		Nakanishi
(8:41)	Tanahashi
(15:01)	Nakanishi
(7:30)
Strong Man
(6:30)	Devitt
(7:36)	Makabe
(5:57)	Strong Man
(7:55)	Nakanishi
(8:41)		Tanahashi
(6:50)	Yano
(5:16)
Anderson
(11:42)	Devitt
(11:35)	Tanahashi
(11:58)	Draw
(30:00)	Tanahashi
(15:01)	Tanahashi
(6:50)		Tanahashi
(14:49)
Anderson
(9:16)	Yano
(7:26)	Yano
(7:18)	Yano
(10:59)	Nakanishi
(7:30)	Yano
(5:16)	Tanahashi
(14:49)
	Bernard
(11:25)	Bernard
(9:19)	Kojima
(11:44)	Bernard
(13:05)	Nakamura
(10:39)	Shiozaki
(11:07)	Takahashi
(8:03)
Bernard
(11:25)		Goto
(10:14)	Kojima
(12:09)	Goto
(15:22)	Goto
(16:51)	Shiozaki
(17:52)	Goto
(13:03)
Bernard
(9:19)	Goto
(10:14)		Kojima
(13:56)	Nagata
(10:18)	Nakamura
(11:18)	Shiozaki
(16:03)	Inoue
(8:19)
Kojima
(11:44)	Kojima
(12:09)	Kojima
(13:56)		Nagata
(16:18)	Nakamura
(16:45)	Kojima
(15:13)	Kojima
(8:20)
Bernard
(13:05)	Goto
(15:22)	Nagata
(10:18)	Nagata
(16:18)		Nagata
(17:43)	Nagata
(16:25)	Takahashi
(5:28)
Nakamura
(10:39)	Goto
(16:51)	Nakamura
(11:18)	Nakamura
(16:45)	Nagata
(17:43)		Draw
(30:00)	Nakamura
(11:47)
Shiozaki
(11:07)	Shiozaki
(17:52)	Shiozaki
(16:03)	Kojima
(15:13)	Nagata
(16:25)	Draw
(30:00)		Shiozaki
(10:36)
Takahashi
(8:03)	Goto
(13:03)	Inoue
(8:19)	Kojima
(8:20)	Takahashi
(5:28)	Nakamura
(11:47)	Shiozaki
(10:36)

2011

The 2011 version of the G1 Climax tournament was announced on May 3, 2011. It took place over ten shows between August 1 and August 14 and included 20 participants, making it at the time the largest G1 Climax in history.

Block A	Block B	Tetsuya Naito	Shinsuke Nakamura	Hiroshi Tanahashi	Satoshi Kojima	Yoshihiro Takayama	Minoru Suzuki	Togi Makabe	MVP	Giant Bernard	Hirooki Goto	Toru Yano	Karl Anderson	Yuji Nagata	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	Lance Archer	La Sombra	Yujiro Takahashi	Wataru Inoue	Hideo Saito	Strong Man
12	14
12	12
10	12
10	12
10	12
10	8
10	8
8	4
6	4
2	4

Block A	Archer	Bernard	Makabe	Nagata	Naito	Saito	Takahashi	Takayama	Tanahashi	Yano	Archer	Bernard	Makabe	Nagata	Naito	Saito	Takahashi	Takayama	Tanahashi	Yano	Block B	Anderson	Goto	Inoue	Kojima	MVP	Nakamura	Sombra	Strong Man	Suzuki	Tenzan	Anderson	Goto	Inoue	Kojima	MVP	Nakamura	Sombra	Strong Man	Suzuki	Tenzan
	url=http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=3055	title=(Results) New Japan, 8/5/11	work=Strong Style Spirit	date=August 5, 2011	access-date=August 5, 2011}}	url=http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=3037	title=(Results) New Japan, 8/1/11	work=Strong Style Spirit	date=August 1, 2011	access-date=August 1, 2011}}	url=http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=3100	title=(Results) New Japan, 8/13/11	work=Strong Style Spirit	date=August 13, 2011	access-date=August 13, 2011}}	url=http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=3080	title=(Results) New Japan, 8/8/11	work=Strong Style Spirit	date=August 8, 2011	access-date=August 8, 2011}}	url=http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=3047	title=(Results) New Japan, 8/2/11	work=Strong Style Spirit	date=August 2, 2011	access-date=August 2, 2011}}	url=http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=3088	title=(Results) New Japan, 8/10/11	work=Strong Style Spirit	date=August 10, 2011	access-date=August 10, 2011}}	url=http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=3103	title=(Results) New Japan, 8/14/11	work=Strong Style Spirit	date=August 14, 2011	access-date=August 14, 2011}}	url=http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=3064	title=(Results) New Japan, 8/6/11	work=Strong Style Spirit	date=August 6, 2011	access-date=August 6, 2011}}	url=http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=3097	title=(Results) New Japan, 8/11/11	work=Strong Style Spirit	date=August 11, 2011	access-date=August 11, 2011}}
Bernard
(11:23)		Makabe
(12:35)	url=http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=3074	title=(Results) New Japan, 8/7/11	work=Strong Style Spirit	date=August 7, 2011	access-date=August 7, 2011}}	Naito
(10:44)	Bernard
(9:47)	Bernard
(8:58)	Takayama
(9:36)	Tanahashi
(13:05)	Bernard
(7:29)
Archer
(8:18)	Makabe
(12:35)		Makabe
(13:13)	Makabe
(14:27)	Makabe
(5:23)	Takahashi
(8:37)	Takayama
(12:14)	Tanahashi
(18:46)	Makabe
(10:54)
Nagata
(8:42)	Bernard
(10:00)	Makabe
(13:13)		Nagata
(13:11)	Saito
(4:29)	Nagata
(9:49)	Nagata
(13:51)	Nagata
(18:19)	Yano
(11:24)
Naito
(12:38)	Naito
(10:44)	Makabe
(14:27)	Nagata
(13:11)		Naito
(7:25)	Takahashi
(10:52)	Naito
(10:32)	Naito
(5:11)	Naito
(14:05)
Archer
(6:42)	Bernard
(9:47)	Makabe
(5:23)	Saito
(4:29)	Naito
(7:25)		Takahashi
(9:25)	Takayama
(3:29)	Tanahashi
(8:01)	Yano
(6:09)
Archer
(7:14)	Bernard
(8:58)	Takahashi
(8:37)	Nagata
(9:49)	Takahashi
(10:52)	Takahashi
(9:25)		Takayama
(9:25)	Tanahashi
(12:43)	Yano
(8:30)
Archer
(7:19)	Takayama
(9:36)	Takayama
(12:14)	Nagata
(13:51)	Naito
(10:32)	Takayama
(3:29)	Takayama
(9:25)		Tanahashi
(11:57)	Takayama
(6:29)
Tanahashi
(11:33)	Tanahashi
(13:05)	Tanahashi
(18:46)	Nagata
(18:19)	Naito
(5:11)	Tanahashi
(8:01)	Tanahashi
(12:43)	Tanahashi
(11:57)		Yano
(16:57)
Yano
(8:51)	Bernard
(7:29)	Makabe
(10:54)	Yano
(11:24)	Naito
(14:05)	Yano
(6:09)	Yano
(8:30)	Takayama
(6:29)	Yano
(16:57)
	Goto
(10:56)	Inoue
(9:07)	Kojima
(12:55)	Anderson
(8:30)	Nakamura
(12:11)	Anderson
(7:49)	Anderson
(7:55)	Suzuki
(10:59)	Anderson
(9:39)
Goto
(10:56)		Goto
(11:09)	Goto
(16:15)	MVP
(10:39)	Goto
(13:13)	Goto
(9:06)	Strong Man
(7:27)	Suzuki
(12:38)	Goto
(10:37)
Inoue
(9:07)	Goto
(11:09)		Kojima
(9:51)	MVP
(9:34)	Nakamura
(12:29)	Sombra
(8:41)	Inoue
(7:00)	Suzuki
(14:19)	Tenzan
(9:50)
Kojima
(12:55)	Goto
(16:15)	Kojima
(9:51)		Kojima
(11:26)	Nakamura
(15:05)	Kojima
(9:25)	Kojima
(8:15)	Kojima
(12:40)	Tenzan
(14:10)
Anderson
(8:30)	MVP
(10:39)	MVP
(9:34)	Kojima
(11:26)		MVP
(12:02)	MVP
(4:59)	MVP
(8:18)	Suzuki
(12:03)	MVP
(11:17)
Nakamura
(12:11)	Goto
(13:13)	Nakamura
(12:29)	Nakamura
(15:05)	MVP
(12:02)		Nakamura
(10:49)	Nakamura
(6:56)	Nakamura
(12:13)	Nakamura
(13:43)
Anderson
(7:49)	Goto
(9:06)	Sombra
(8:41)	Kojima
(9:25)	MVP
(4:59)	Nakamura
(10:49)		Sombra
(6:48)	Suzuki
(9:32)	Tenzan
(9:16)
Anderson
(7:55)	Strong Man
(7:27)	Inoue
(7:00)	Kojima
(8:15)	MVP
(8:18)	Nakamura
(6:56)	Sombra
(6:48)		Strong Man
(9:31)	Tenzan
(7:18)
Suzuki
(10:59)	Suzuki
(12:38)	Suzuki
(14:19)	Kojima
(12:40)	Suzuki
(12:03)	Nakamura
(12:13)	Suzuki
(9:32)	Strong Man
(9:31)		Suzuki
(14:26)
Anderson
(9:39)	Goto
(10:37)	Tenzan
(9:50)	Tenzan
(14:10)	MVP
(11:17)	Nakamura
(13:43)	Tenzan
(9:16)	Tenzan
(7:18)	Suzuki
(14:26)

2012

The 2012 version of the G1 Climax tournament took place over nine shows between August 1 and August 12 and included 18 participants. The 24-year-old Kazuchika Okada went on to become the youngest G1 Climax winner in history, breaking the previous record held by the then 27-year-old Masahiro Chono.

Block A	Block B	Karl Anderson	Kazuchika Okada	Hiroshi Tanahashi	Lance Archer	Yuji Nagata	Hirooki Goto	Shelton Benjamin	Togi Makabe	Satoshi Kojima	MVP	Minoru Suzuki	Tetsuya Naito	Naomichi Marufuji	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	Toru Yano	Shinsuke Nakamura	Yujiro Takahashi	Rush
10	10
10	8
8	8
8	8
8	8
8	8
8	8
6	8
6	6

Block A	Anderson	Benjamin	Kojima	Marufuji	Nagata	Suzuki	Takahashi	Tanahashi	Yano	Anderson	Benjamin	Kojima	Marufuji	Nagata	Suzuki	Takahashi	Tanahashi	Yano	Block B	Archer	Goto	Makabe	MVP	Naito	Nakamura	Okada	Rush	Tenzan	Archer	Goto	Makabe	MVP	Naito	Nakamura	Okada	Rush	Tenzan
	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=600	title=2012/08/05(日)17：00 大阪・大阪府立体育会館～Body Maker コロシアム～	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	date=August 5, 2012	access-date=August 5, 2012	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=601	script-title=ja:2012/08/07(火)18：30 宮城・仙台サンプラザホール	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	date=August 7, 2012	access-date=August 7, 2012	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=602	script-title=ja:2012/08/08(水)18：30 神奈川・横浜文化体育館	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	date=August 8, 2012	access-date=August 8, 2012	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=597	script-title=ja:2012/08/01(水)18：30 東京・後楽園ホール＜開幕戦＞	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	date=August 1, 2012	access-date=August 1, 2012	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=597	script-title=ja:2012/08/03(金)18：30 東京・後楽園ホール	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	date=August 3, 2012	access-date=August 3, 2012	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=599	script-title=ja:2012/08/04(土)18：00 愛知・愛知県体育館	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	date=August 4, 2012	access-date=August 4, 2012	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=605	script-title=ja:2012/08/12(日)15：00 東京・両国国技館＜優勝決定戦＞	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	date=August 12, 2012	access-date=August 12, 2012	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=603	script-title=ja:2012/08/10(金)18：30 新潟・新潟市体育館	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	date=August 10, 2012	access-date=August 10, 2012	language=ja}}
Anderson
(9:15)		Benjamin
(9:04)	Benjamin
(7:54)	Nagata
(9:52)	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=604	script-title=ja:2012/08/11(土)18：30 東京・後楽園ホール	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	date=August 11, 2012	access-date=August 11, 2012	language=ja}}	Benjamin
(7:40)	Tanahashi
(13:54)	Benjamin
(8:11)
Kojima
(12:47)	Benjamin
(9:04)		Marufuji
(11:37)	Kojima
(13:52)	Kojima
(13:33)	Takahashi
(8:34)	Tanahashi
(17:41)	Kojima
(9:03)
Marufuji
(9:14)	Benjamin
(7:54)	Marufuji
(11:37)		Nagata
(13:04)	Suzuki
(14:49)	Marufuji
(8:34)	Marufuji
(21:29)	Yano
(9:55)
Anderson
(11:28)	Nagata
(9:52)	Kojima
(13:52)	Nagata
(13:04)		Nagata
(9:03)	Takahashi
(9:31)	Tanahashi
(17:24)	Nagata
(10:01)
Anderson
(12:22)	Suzuki
(10:45)	Kojima
(13:33)	Suzuki
(14:49)	Nagata
(9:03)		Suzuki
(8:05)	Suzuki
(20:53)	Yano
(8:05)
Takahashi
(10:16)	Benjamin
(7:40)	Takahashi
(8:34)	Marufuji
(8:34)	Takahashi
(9:31)	Suzuki
(8:05)		Tanahashi
(14:23)	Yano
(7:34)
Anderson
(11:15)	Tanahashi
(13:54)	Tanahashi
(17:41)	Marufuji
(21:29)	Tanahashi
(17:24)	Suzuki
(20:53)	Tanahashi
(14:23)		Tanahashi
(14:18)
Anderson
(9:14)	Benjamin
(8:11)	Kojima
(9:03)	Yano
(9:55)	Nagata
(10:01)	Yano
(8:05)	Yano
(7:34)	Tanahashi
(14:18)
	Archer
(9:41)	Archer
(9:55)	MVP
(10:50)	Archer
(10:41)	Nakamura
(12:11)	Okada
(10:46)	Rush
(7:30)	Archer
(10:57)
Archer
(9:41)		Makabe
(13:31)	Goto
(9:19)	Goto
(11:05)	Goto
(13:31)	Goto
(18:36)	Rush
(8:02)	Tenzan
(13:39)
Archer
(9:55)	Makabe
(13:31)		MVP
(9:30)	Makabe
(14:10)	Makabe
(14:12)	Okada
(9:33)	Makabe
(7:17)	Tenzan
(11:58)
MVP
(10:50)	Goto
(9:19)	MVP
(9:30)		Naito
(9:33)	Nakamura
(12:14)	Okada
(10:44)	MVP
(7:53)	MVP
(9:35)
Archer
(10:41)	Goto
(11:05)	Makabe
(14:10)	Naito
(9:33)		Naito
(13:39)	Naito
(21:59)	Rush
(9:39)	Naito
(13:27)
Nakamura
(12:11)	Goto
(13:31)	Makabe
(14:12)	Nakamura
(12:14)	Naito
(13:39)		Nakamura
(16:16)	Nakamura
(10:07)	Tenzan
(12:48)
Okada
(10:46)	Goto
(18:36)	Okada
(9:33)	Okada
(10:44)	Naito
(21:59)	Nakamura
(16:16)		Okada
(9:20)	Okada
(11:20)
Rush
(7:30)	Rush
(8:02)	Makabe
(7:17)	MVP
(7:53)	Rush
(9:39)	Nakamura
(10:07)	Okada
(9:20)		Tenzan
(9:30)
Archer
(10:57)	Tenzan
(13:39)	Tenzan
(11:58)	MVP
(9:35)	Naito
(13:27)	Tenzan
(12:48)	Okada
(11:20)	Tenzan
(9:30)

2013

The 2013 version of the G1 Climax tournament took place over nine shows between August 1 and August 11 and included 20 participants. In an unprecedented move, NJPW broadcast all nine events live on internet pay-per-view (iPPV) through Niconico and Ustream. On August 8, NJPW announced that Hirooki Goto and Hiroyoshi Tenzan had suffered jaw and rib fractures respectively and would both miss the rest of the tournament.

Block A	Block B	Hiroshi Tanahashi	Tetsuya Naito	Katsuyori Shibata	Minoru Suzuki	Davey Boy Smith, Jr.	Karl Anderson	Prince Devitt	Shelton X Benjamin	Togi Makabe	Shinsuke Nakamura	Kazuchika Okada	Yuji Nagata	Hirooki Goto	Kota Ibushi	Lance Archer	Toru Yano	Satoshi Kojima	Yujiro Takahashi	Tomohiro Ishii	Hiroyoshi Tenzan
11	10
10	10
10	10
10	10
10	10
9	10
8	8
8	8
8	8
6	6

Block A	Archer	Devitt	Goto	Ishii	Kojima	Makabe	Okada	Shibata	Smith	Tanahashi	Archer	Devitt	Goto	Ishii	Kojima	Makabe	Okada	Shibata	Smith	Tanahashi	Block B	Anderson	Benjamin	Ibushi	Nagata	Naito	Nakamura	Suzuki	Takahashi	Tenzan	Yano	Anderson	Benjamin	Ibushi	Nagata	Naito
	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=740	title=ブシモ Presents G1 Climax 23	access-date=August 2, 2013	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=742	title=ブシモ Presents G1 Climax 23	access-date=August 4, 2013	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=739	title=ブシモ Presents G1 Climax 23	access-date=August 1, 2013	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=746	title=ブシモ Presents G1 Climax 23	access-date=August 10, 2013	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=744	title=ブシモ Presents G1 Climax 23	access-date=August 7, 2013	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=741	title=ブシモ Presents G1 Climax 23	access-date=August 3, 2013	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=743	title=ブシモ Presents G1 Climax 23	access-date=August 6, 2013	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	Archer
(14:37)	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=745	title=ブシモ Presents G1 Climax 23	access-date=August 8, 2013	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}
Archer
(8:14)		Goto
(8:04)	Devitt
(10:28)	Devitt
(9:02)	Devitt
(8:43)	Devitt
(12:56)	Shibata
(6:56)	Smith
(7:26)	Devitt
(11:07)
Goto
(8:35)	Goto
(8:04)		Ishii
(Forfeit)	Goto
(13:07)	Makabe
(11:20)	Goto
(12:43)	Shibata
(Forfeit)	Smith
(Forfeit)	Tanahashi
(15:30)
Archer
(10:43)	Devitt
(10:28)	Ishii
(Forfeit)		Kojima
(11:20)	Makabe
(14:00)	Okada
(11:21)	Ishii
(12:17)	Smith
(11:17)	Ishii
(17:42)
Archer
(12:38)	Devitt
(9:02)	Goto
(13:07)	Kojima
(11:20)		Makabe
(15:40)	Kojima
(11:56)	Kojima
(9:40)	Smith
(11:43)	Kojima
(16:07)
Makabe
(9:07)	Devitt
(8:43)	Makabe
(11:20)	Makabe
(14:00)	Makabe
(15:40)		Makabe
(13:55)	Shibata
(7:23)	Smith
(10:13)	Tanahashi
(13:37)
Okada
(11:26)	Devitt
(12:56)	Goto
(12:43)	Okada
(11:21)	Kojima
(11:56)	Makabe
(13:55)		Okada
(9:13)	Okada
(13:33)	Draw
(30:00)
Shibata
(6:41)	Shibata
(6:56)	Shibata
(Forfeit)	Ishii
(12:17)	Kojima
(9:40)	Shibata
(7:23)	Okada
(9:13)		Shibata
(9:06)	Tanahashi
(10:56)
Archer
(14:37)	Smith
(7:26)	Smith
(Forfeit)	Smith
(11:17)	Smith
(11:43)	Smith
(10:13)	Okada
(13:33)	Shibata
(9:06)		Tanahashi
(14:35)
Tanahashi
(10:56)	Devitt
(11:07)	Tanahashi
(15:30)	Ishii
(17:42)	Kojima
(16:07)	Tanahashi
(13:37)	Draw
(30:00)	Tanahashi
(10:56)	Tanahashi
(14:35)
	Anderson
(6:28)	Ibushi
(9:52)	Anderson
(10:09)	Naito
(13:11)	Anderson
(12:54)	Suzuki
(10:40)	Anderson
(7:00)	Anderson
(9:55)	Yano
(7:24)
Anderson
(6:28)		Benjamin
(10:20)	Benjamin
(8:17)	Naito
(8:36)	Benjamin
(10:34)	Suzuki
(8:42)	Takahashi
(7:58)	Benjamin
(8:20)	Benjamin
(7:35)
Ibushi
(9:52)	Benjamin
(10:20)		Nagata
(13:49)	Ibushi
(13:16)	Nakamura
(19:18)	Suzuki
(13:37)	Takahashi
(8:45)	Ibushi
(Forfeit)	Ibushi
(7:32)
Anderson
(10:09)	Benjamin
(8:17)	Nagata
(13:49)		Naito
(11:40)	Nakamura
(13:55)	Nagata
(14:34)	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=747	title=ブシモ Presents G1 Climax 23	access-date=August 11, 2013	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816170459/http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=747	archive-date=August 16, 2013 }}	Nagata
(Forfeit)	Nagata
(6:46)
Naito
(13:11)	Naito
(8:36)	Ibushi
(13:16)	Naito
(11:40)		Naito
(14:50)	Naito
(16:19)	Takahashi
(9:30)	Tenzan
(12:20)	Yano
(9:26)
Anderson
(12:54)	Benjamin
(10:34)	Nakamura
(19:18)	Nakamura
(13:55)	Naito
(14:50)		Suzuki
(13:44)	Nakamura
(10:47)	Nakamura
(Forfeit)	Nakamura
(11:36)
Suzuki
(10:40)	Suzuki
(8:42)	Suzuki
(13:37)	Nagata
(14:34)	Naito
(16:19)	Suzuki
(13:44)		Suzuki
(10:31)	Tenzan
(11:46)	Yano
(9:23)
Anderson
(7:00)	Takahashi
(7:58)	Takahashi
(8:45)	Nagata
(9:06)	Takahashi
(9:30)	Nakamura
(10:47)	Suzuki
(10:31)		Takahashi
(9:07)	Yano
(7:04)
Anderson
(9:55)	Benjamin
(8:20)	Ibushi
(Forfeit)	Nagata
(Forfeit)	Tenzan
(12:20)	Nakamura
(Forfeit)	Tenzan
(11:46)	Takahashi
(9:07)		Tenzan
(8:39)
Yano
(7:24)	Benjamin
(7:35)	Ibushi
(7:32)	Nagata
(6:46)	Yano
(9:26)	Nakamura
(11:36)	Yano
(9:23)	Yano
(7:04)	Tenzan
(8:39)

2014

The 2014 version of the G1 Climax tournament took place between July 21 and August 10 with the final taking place in Tokorozawa, Saitama at the Seibu Dome for the first time departing Ryōgoku Kokugikan, which housed the final from every year since the tournament began. With 22 participants, the tournament marked the largest G1 Climax in history. Like the previous year, all events in the tournament were made available on iPPV through Niconico and Ustream. Kota Ibushi was scheduled to take part in the tournament, but on July 18 NJPW announced that he would have to pull out due to a concussion suffered at the beginning of the month. The following day, Tomoaki Honma was named Ibushi's replacement in the tournament.

Block A	Block B	Shinsuke Nakamura	Kazuchika Okada	Hiroshi Tanahashi	A.J. Styles	Bad Luck Fale	Karl Anderson	Katsuyori Shibata	Minoru Suzuki	Shelton X Benjamin	Tetsuya Naito	Tomohiro Ishii	Lance Archer	Davey Boy Smith, Jr.	Yujiro Takahashi	Satoshi Kojima	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	Doc Gallows	Toru Yano	Yuji Nagata	Hirooki Goto	Tomoaki Honma	Togi Makabe
16	16
14	16
12	10
12	10
10	10
10	8
10	8
10	8
8	8
8	8
0	8

Block A	Fale	Benjamin	Gallows	Honma	Ishii	Kojima	Nagata	Nakamura	Shibata	Smith	Tanahashi	Fale	Benjamin	Gallows	Honma	Ishii	Kojima	Nagata	Nakamura	Shibata	Smith	Tanahashi	Block B	Anderson	Archer	Goto	Makabe	Naito	Okada	Styles	Suzuki	Takahashi	Tenzan	Yano	Anderson	Archer	Goto	Makabe	Naito	Okada	Styles	Suzuki	Takahashi	Tenzan	Yano
	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=862	title=バディファイトPresents G1 Climax 24	access-date=July 23, 2014	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=866	title=バディファイトPresents G1 Climax 24	access-date=July 31, 2014	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=867	title=バディファイトPresents G1 Climax 24	access-date=August 1, 2014	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=861	title=バディファイトPresents G1 Climax 24	access-date=July 21, 2014	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=864	title=バディファイトPresents G1 Climax 24	access-date=July 26, 2014	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=863	title=バディファイトPresents G1 Climax 24	access-date=July 25, 2014	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=871	title=バディファイトPresents G1 Climax 24	access-date=August 8, 2014	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808093933/http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=871	archive-date=August 8, 2014 }}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=869	title=バディファイトPresents G1 Climax 24	access-date=August 4, 2014	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=870	title=バディファイトPresents G1 Climax 24	access-date=August 6, 2014	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=865	title=バディファイトPresents G1 Climax 24	access-date=July 28, 2014	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}
Benjamin
(5:55)		Benjamin
(8:54)	Benjamin
(8:08)	Benjamin
(8:11)	Kojima
(10:11)	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=868	title=バディファイトPresents G1 Climax 24	access-date=August 3, 2014	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	Nakamura
(9:01)	Shibata
(14:01)	Benjamin
(8:44)	Tanahashi
(12:32)
Gallows
(8:04)	Benjamin
(8:54)		Gallows
(7:37)	Ishii
(8:11)	Kojima
(7:11)	Gallows
(7:53)	Nakamura
(11:35)	Gallows
(6:30)	Smith
(10:08)	Tanahashi
(11:14)
Fale
(6:40)	Benjamin
(8:08)	Gallows
(7:37)		Ishii
(12:06)	Kojima
(6:55)	Nagata
(11:15)	Nakamura
(10:19)	Shibata
(10:47)	Smith
(8:53)	Tanahashi
(11:01)
Fale
(9:39)	Benjamin
(8:11)	Ishii
(8:11)	Ishii
(12:06)		Ishii
(12:27)	Ishii
(11:46)	Nakamura
(15:14)	Shibata
(12:24)	Ishii
(10:24)	Tanahashi
(15:02)
Kojima
(8:25)	Kojima
(10:11)	Kojima
(7:11)	Kojima
(6:55)	Ishii
(12:27)		Kojima
(11:27)	Nakamura
(12:51)	Shibata
(10:11)	Smith
(11:30)	Tanahashi
(13:01)
Fale
(10:57)	Nagata
(10:52)	Gallows
(7:53)	Nagata
(11:15)	Ishii
(11:46)	Kojima
(11:27)		Nakamura
(16:11)	Nagata
(13:31)	Nagata
(9:39)	Tanahashi
(12:34)
Nakamura
(11:08)	Nakamura
(9:01)	Nakamura
(11:35)	Nakamura
(10:19)	Nakamura
(15:14)	Nakamura
(12:51)	Nakamura
(16:11)		Shibata
(15:27)	Nakamura
(13:37)	Tanahashi
(17:00)
Fale
(7:14)	Shibata
(14:01)	Gallows
(6:30)	Shibata
(10:47)	Shibata
(12:24)	Shibata
(10:11)	Nagata
(13:31)	Shibata
(15:27)		Smith
(9:42)	Shibata
(16:16)
Fale
(7:10)	Benjamin
(8:44)	Smith
(10:08)	Smith
(8:53)	Ishii
(10:24)	Smith
(11:30)	Nagata
(9:39)	Nakamura
(13:37)	Smith
(9:42)		Smith
(12:57)
Fale
(12:27)	Tanahashi
(12:32)	Tanahashi
(11:14)	Tanahashi
(11:01)	Tanahashi
(15:02)	Tanahashi
(13:01)	Tanahashi
(12:34)	Tanahashi
(17:00)	Shibata
(16:16)	Smith
(12:57)
	Archer
(7:35)	Anderson
(11:36)	Makabe
(8:44)	Anderson
(7:51)	Anderson
(12:34)	Styles
(14:33)	Anderson
(8:35)	Anderson
(7:45)	Tenzan
(10:11)	Yano
(5:46)
Archer
(7:35)		Archer
(8:52)	Makabe
(10:35)	Naito
(8:39)	Okada
(11:05)	Styles
(12:52)	Suzuki
(9:17)	Takahashi
(9:00)	Archer
(10:44)	Archer
(4:38)
Anderson
(11:36)	Archer
(8:52)		Goto
(11:37)	Goto
(12:21)	Okada
(15:34)	Styles
(14:58)	Goto
(7:03)	Goto
(10:31)	Tenzan
(11:46)	Yano
(1:21)
Makabe
(8:44)	Makabe
(10:35)	Goto
(11:37)		Makabe
(12:02)	Okada
(14:49)	Styles
(11:33)	Suzuki
(12:21)	Takahashi
(8:16)	Makabe
(8:22)	Yano
(2:48)
Anderson
(7:51)	Naito
(8:39)	Goto
(12:21)	Makabe
(12:02)		Naito
(13:54)	Naito
(15:55)	Suzuki
(12:16)	Takahashi
(13:54)	Naito
(10:23)	Naito
(9:11)
Anderson
(12:34)	Okada
(11:05)	Okada
(15:34)	Okada
(14:49)	Naito
(13:54)		Okada
(18:03)	Okada
(17:14)	Okada
(12:49)	Okada
(12:51)	Okada
(9:01)
Styles
(14:33)	Styles
(12:52)	Styles
(14:58)	Styles
(11:33)	Naito
(15:55)	Okada
(18:03)		Styles
(16:20)	Styles
(8:36)	Styles
(14:22)	Styles
(9:53)
Anderson
(8:35)	Suzuki
(9:17)	Goto
(7:03)	Suzuki
(12:21)	Suzuki
(12:16)	Okada
(17:14)	Styles
(16:20)		Suzuki
(8:39)	Suzuki
(11:04)	Yano
(2:15)
Anderson
(7:45)	Takahashi
(9:00)	Goto
(10:31)	Takahashi
(8:16)	Takahashi
(13:54)	Okada
(12:49)	Styles
(8:36)	Suzuki
(8:39)		Tenzan
(11:16)	Takahashi
(2:56)
Tenzan
(10:11)	Archer
(10:44)	Tenzan
(11:46)	Makabe
(8:22)	Naito
(10:23)	Okada
(12:51)	Styles
(14:22)	Suzuki
(11:04)	Tenzan
(11:16)		Tenzan
(4:33)
Yano
(5:46)	Archer
(4:38)	Yano
(1:21)	Yano
(2:48)	Naito
(9:11)	Okada
(9:01)	Styles
(9:53)	Yano
(2:15)	Takahashi
(2:56)	Tenzan
(4:33)

2015

The 2015 version of the G1 Climax tournament took place between July 20 and August 16. Taking place over 19 shows, it was the longest G1 Climax in history. The final three days took place back at Ryōgoku Kokugikan. Participants in the tournament were announced on June 7. For the tournament, NJPW introduced a new format, where each show would only include five tournament matches all from the same block, giving the other participants more time to rest. Shinsuke Nakamura injured his left elbow in his second match, forcing him to forfeit his third match against Michael Elgin.

Block A	Block B	Hiroshi Tanahashi	Shinsuke Nakamura	A.J. Styles	Kazuchika Okada	Tetsuya Naito	Karl Anderson	Bad Luck Fale	Hirooki Goto	Toru Yano	Tomohiro Ishii	Katsuyori Shibata	Michael Elgin	Kota Ibushi	Yujiro Takahashi	Togi Makabe	Yuji Nagata	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	Satoshi Kojima	Doc Gallows	Tomoaki Honma
14	14
12	14
10	12
10	12
8	10
8	8
8	6
8	6
6	6
6	2

Block A	Fale	Gallows	Ibushi	Makabe	Naito	Shibata	Styles	Tanahashi	Tenzan	Yano	Fale	Gallows	Ibushi	Makabe	Naito	Shibata	Styles	Tanahashi	Tenzan	Yano	Block B	Anderson	Elgin	Goto	Honma	Ishii	Kojima	Nagata	Nakamura	Okada	Takahashi	Anderson	Elgin	Goto	Honma	Ishii	Kojima	Nagata	Nakamura	Okada	Takahashi
	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=998	title=バディファイトPresents G1 Climax 25	access-date=July 24, 2015	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=1006	title=バディファイトPresents G1 Climax 25	access-date=August 8, 2015	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=996	title=バディファイトPresents G1 Climax 25	access-date=July 24, 2015	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=994	title=バディファイトPresents G1 Climax 25	access-date=July 20, 2015	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=1002	title=バディファイトPresents G1 Climax 25	access-date=August 2, 2015	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=1008	title=バディファイトPresents G1 Climax 25	access-date=August 11, 2015	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=1000	title=バディファイトPresents G1 Climax 25	access-date=July 29, 2015	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=1004	title=バディファイトPresents G1 Climax 25	access-date=August 5, 2015	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=1010	title=バディファイトPresents G1 Climax 25	access-date=August 14, 2015	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}
Fale
(8:43)		Ibushi
(8:35)	Makabe
(8:55)	Gallows
(8:22)	Gallows
(7:52)	Styles
(10:14)	Tanahashi
(11:37)	Tenzan
(9:17)	Gallows
(6:58)
Fale
(8:30)	Ibushi
(8:35)		Ibushi
(9:07)	Naito
(17:18)	Shibata
(13:25)	Ibushi
(19:10)	Tanahashi
(20:53)	Ibushi
(11:14)	Yano
(0:50)
Fale
(8:06)	Makabe
(8:55)	Ibushi
(9:07)		Makabe
(15:45)	Shibata
(9:35)	Styles
(11:17)	Tanahashi
(16:15)	Makabe
(8:41)	Makabe
(6:26)
Naito
(10:41)	Gallows
(8:22)	Naito
(17:18)	Makabe
(15:45)		Shibata
(12:11)	Naito
(17:13)	Naito
(24:14)	Tenzan
(14:14)	Naito
(8:01)
Shibata
(7:51)	Gallows
(7:52)	Shibata
(13:25)	Shibata
(9:35)	Shibata
(12:11)		Styles
(13:36)	Tanahashi
(21:20)	Tenzan
(9:49)	Yano
(4:01)
Styles
(9:53)	Styles
(10:14)	Ibushi
(19:10)	Styles
(11:17)	Naito
(17:13)	Styles
(13:36)		Tanahashi
(27:56)	Styles
(13:29)	Styles
(10:13)
Fale
(13:07)	Tanahashi
(11:37)	Tanahashi
(20:53)	Tanahashi
(16:15)	Naito
(24:14)	Tanahashi
(21:20)	Tanahashi
(27:56)		Tanahashi
(15:11)	Tanahashi
(14:59)
Fale
(9:51)	Tenzan
(9:17)	Ibushi
(11:14)	Makabe
(8:41)	Tenzan
(14:14)	Tenzan
(9:49)	Styles
(13:29)	Tanahashi
(15:11)		Yano
(6:38)
Yano
(3:44)	Gallows
(6:58)	Yano
(0:50)	Makabe
(6:26)	Naito
(8:01)	Yano
(4:01)	Styles
(10:13)	Tanahashi
(14:59)	Yano
(6:38)
	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=1007	title=バディファイトPresents G1 Climax 25	access-date=August 9, 2015	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=997	title=バディファイトPresents G1 Climax 25	access-date=July 25, 2015	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=1005	title=バディファイトPresents G1 Climax 25	access-date=August 7, 2015	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=999	title=バディファイトPresents G1 Climax 25	access-date=July 28, 2015	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	Kojima
(10:53)	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=1001	title=バディファイトPresents G1 Climax 25	access-date=August 1, 2015	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=995	title=バディファイトPresents G1 Climax 25	access-date=July 23, 2015	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=1003	title=バディファイトPresents G1 Climax 25	access-date=August 4, 2015	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=1009	title=バディファイトPresents G1 Climax 25	access-date=August 12, 2015	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}
Anderson
(12:56)		Goto
(11:41)	Elgin
(9:55)	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=1011	title=バディファイトPresents G1 Climax 25	access-date=August 15, 2015	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	Kojima
(12:49)	Elgin
(11:02)	Elgin
(forfeit)	Okada
(11:48)	Elgin
(11:58)
Anderson
(11:34)	Goto
(11:41)		Goto
(12:20)	Goto
(17:11)	Goto
(12:39)	Nagata
(13:00)	Nakamura
(16:32)	Goto
(16:45)	Goto
(11:48)
Anderson
(11:37)	Elgin
(9:55)	Goto
(12:20)		Honma
(16:13)	Kojima
(10:15)	Nagata
(12:49)	Nakamura
(11:50)	Okada
(17:51)	Takahashi
(10:33)
Ishii
(16:31)	Ishii
(14:30)	Goto
(17:11)	Honma
(16:13)		Ishii
(12:20)	Ishii
(16:19)	Nakamura
(14:47)	Okada
(17:07)	Ishii
(12:17)
Kojima
(10:53)	Kojima
(12:49)	Goto
(12:39)	Kojima
(10:15)	Ishii
(12:20)		Nagata
(10:50)	Nakamura
(11:24)	Okada
(18:22)	Takahashi
(13:01)
Anderson
(11:15)	Elgin
(11:02)	Nagata
(13:00)	Nagata
(12:49)	Ishii
(16:19)	Nagata
(10:50)		Nakamura
(16:26)	Okada
(18:14)	Takahashi
(12:03)
Anderson
(17:41)	Elgin
(forfeit)	Nakamura
(16:32)	Nakamura
(11:50)	Nakamura
(14:47)	Nakamura
(11:24)	Nakamura
(16:26)		Nakamura
(23:31)	Nakamura
(10:36)
Okada
(14:34)	Okada
(11:48)	Goto
(16:45)	Okada
(17:51)	Okada
(17:07)	Okada
(18:22)	Okada
(18:14)	Nakamura
(23:31)		Okada
(14:21)
Anderson
(10:04)	Elgin
(11:58)	Goto
(11:48)	Takahashi
(10:33)	Ishii
(12:17)	Takahashi
(13:01)	Takahashi
(12:03)	Nakamura
(10:36)	Okada
(14:21)

2016

The 2016 version of the G1 Climax tournament took place between July 18 and August 14. On June 27, NJPW announced the participants, which included two outsiders; Pro Wrestling Noah's Katsuhiko Nakajima and Naomichi Marufuji. Originally, former three-time G1 Climax winner and the wrestler with the most G1 Climax appearances, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, was left out of the tournament. However, on July 3, Tenzan's longtime tag team partner Satoshi Kojima gave him his spot in the tournament. Afterwards, Tenzan confirmed this would be his last G1 Climax. In the final, Canadian Kenny Omega made history, becoming the first non-Japanese winner of the tournament under its G1 Climax name as well as the first man in four years to win the tournament in his first attempt.

Block A	Block B	Hirooki Goto	Kenny Omega	Kazuchika Okada	Tetsuya Naito	Hiroshi Tanahashi	Katsuhiko Nakajima	Bad Luck Fale	Toru Yano	Naomichi Marufuji	Michael Elgin	Togi Makabe	Katsuyori Shibata	Tama Tonga	Evil	Sanada	Tomoaki Honma	Tomohiro Ishii	Yuji Nagata	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	Yoshi-Hashi
12	12
11	12
11	10
10	10
10	10
8	10
8	8
8	6
8	6
4	6

Block A	Fale	Goto	Ishii	Makabe	Marufuji	Okada	Sanada	Tanahashi	Tenzan	Tonga	Fale	Goto	Ishii	Makabe	Marufuji	Okada	Sanada	Tanahashi	Tenzan	Tonga	Block B	Elgin	Evil	Honma	Nagata	Naito	Nakajima	Omega	Shibata	Yano	Yoshi-Hashi	Elgin	Evil	Honma	Nagata	Naito	Nakajima	Omega	Shibata	Yano	Yoshi-Hashi
	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=1144	title=バディファイト Presents G1 Climax 26	access-date=July 18, 2016	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=1149	title=バディファイト Presents G1 Climax 26	access-date=July 25, 2016	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=1157	title=バディファイト Presents G1 Climax 26	access-date=August 6, 2016	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=1147	title=バディファイト Presents G1 Climax 26	access-date=July 23, 2016	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=1159	title=バディファイト Presents G1 Climax 26	access-date=August 8, 2016	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=1153	title=バディファイト Presents G1 Climax 26	access-date=July 31, 2016	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=1151	title=バディファイト Presents G1 Climax 26	access-date=July 28, 2016	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=1155	title=バディファイト Presents G1 Climax 26	access-date=August 3, 2016	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	Tonga
(8:39)
Goto
(9:18)		Goto
(11:49)	Goto
(14:12)	Goto
(13:17)	Okada
(16:11)	Sanada
(12:05)	Tanahashi
(17:47)	Goto
(10:02)	Goto
(12:29)
Ishii
(9:35)	Goto
(11:49)		Ishii
(12:33)	Ishii
(12:14)	Ishii
(18:43)	Sanada
(12:18)	Tanahashi
(16:10)	Tenzan
(14:08)	Tonga
(11:00)
Fale
(8:38)	Goto
(14:12)	Ishii
(12:33)		Marufuji
(10:39)	Okada
(15:04)	Makabe
(12:25)	Makabe
(14:04)	Makabe
(10:08)	Makabe
(10:37)
Fale
(9:36)	Goto
(13:17)	Ishii
(12:14)	Marufuji
(10:39)		Marufuji
(19:07)	Marufuji
(10:39)	Tanahashi
(19:00)	Marufuji
(12:29)	Marufuji
(10:54)
Fale
(11:16)	Okada
(16:11)	Ishii
(18:43)	Okada
(15:04)	Marufuji
(19:07)		Okada
(13:20)	Draw
(30:00)	Okada
(12:30)	Okada
(11:45)
Fale
(9:06)	Sanada
(12:05)	Sanada
(12:18)	Makabe
(12:25)	Marufuji
(10:39)	Okada
(13:20)		Sanada
(19:30)	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=1161	title=バディファイト Presents G1 Climax 26	access-date=August 12, 2016	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	Tonga
(10:40)
Tanahashi
(15:05)	Tanahashi
(17:47)	Tanahashi
(16:10)	Makabe
(14:04)	Tanahashi
(19:00)	Draw
(30:00)	Sanada
(19:30)		Tanahashi
(11:17)	Tonga
(11:10)
Fale
(8:22)	Goto
(10:02)	Tenzan
(14:08)	Makabe
(10:08)	Marufuji
(12:29)	Okada
(12:30)	Sanada
(12:12)	Tanahashi
(11:17)		Tenzan
(10:31)
Tonga
(8:39)	Goto
(12:29)	Tonga
(11:00)	Makabe
(10:37)	Marufuji
(10:54)	Okada
(11:45)	Tonga
(10:40)	Tonga
(11:10)	Tenzan
(10:31)
	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=1146	title=バディファイト Presents G1 Climax 26	access-date=July 22, 2016	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=1160	title=バディファイト Presents G1 Climax 26	access-date=August 10, 2016	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=1154	title=バディファイト Presents G1 Climax 26	access-date=August 1, 2016	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=1148	title=バディファイト Presents G1 Climax 26	access-date=July 24, 2016	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	Nakajima
(16:50)	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=1152	title=バディファイト Presents G1 Climax 26	access-date=July 30, 2016	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=1150	title=バディファイト Presents G1 Climax 26	access-date=July 27, 2016	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=1158	title=バディファイト Presents G1 Climax 26	access-date=August 7, 2016	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=1156	title=バディファイト Presents G1 Climax 26	access-date=August 4, 2016	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}
Evil
(10:54)		Evil
(9:49)	Nagata
(10:54)	Naito
(21:28)	Nakajima
(10:31)	Omega
(10:15)	Evil
(9:42)	Evil
(2:57)	Yoshi-Hashi
(12:48)
Elgin
(18:43)	Evil
(9:49)		url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=1162	title=バディファイト Presents G1 Climax 26	access-date=August 13, 2016	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	Naito
(20:38)	Nakajima
(12:32)	Omega
(13:59)	Honma
(11:11)	Yano
(4:21)	Honma
(13:07)
Elgin
(10:35)	Nagata
(10:54)	Honma
(10:29)		Nagata
(15:32)	Nakajima
(12:32)	Omega
(14:17)	Shibata
(12:16)	Yano
(4:22)	Nagata
(11:56)
Naito
(22:12)	Naito
(21:28)	Naito
(20:38)	Nagata
(15:32)		Naito
(19:08)	Omega
(28:12)	Shibata
(19:24)	Naito
(4:54)	Naito
(15:01)
Nakajima
(16:50)	Nakajima
(10:31)	Nakajima
(12:32)	Nakajima
(12:32)	Naito
(19:08)		Omega
(10:29)	Shibata
(14:08)	Nakajima
(3:51)	Yoshi-Hashi
(12:02)
Elgin
(16:44)	Omega
(10:15)	Omega
(13:59)	Omega
(14:17)	Omega
(28:12)	Omega
(10:29)		Shibata
(12:28)	Omega
(9:05)	Yoshi-Hashi
(12:16)
Elgin
(15:53)	Evil
(9:42)	Honma
(11:11)	Shibata
(12:16)	Shibata
(19:24)	Shibata
(14:08)	Shibata
(12:28)		Yano
(1:05)	Shibata
(11:08)
Yano
(4:59)	Evil
(2:57)	Yano
(4:21)	Yano
(4:22)	Naito
(4:54)	Nakajima
(3:51)	Omega
(9:05)	Yano
(1:05)		Yano
(3:31)
Elgin
(9:49)	Yoshi-Hashi
(12:48)	Honma
(13:07)	Nagata
(11:56)	Naito
(15:01)	Yoshi-Hashi
(12:02)	Yoshi-Hashi
(12:16)	Shibata
(11:08)	Yano
(3:31)

2017

The 2017 version of the G1 Climax tournament took place between July 17 and August 13. Prior to the tournament, NJPW held two "G1 Special" shows in Long Beach, California on July 1 and 2. On June 20, NJPW announced the participants in the tournament, which included one outsider: freelancer Kota Ibushi, competing in his third G1. Juice Robinson and Zack Sabre Jr. took part in their first G1 Climax tournament, while Yuji Nagata took part in his 19th and final tournament. The final match between Kenny Omega and Tetsuya Naito became the longest match in G1 Climax history, breaking the previous record from 2015.

Block A	Block B	Tetsuya Naito	Kenny Omega	Hiroshi Tanahashi	Kazuchika Okada	Bad Luck Fale	Evil	Hirooki Goto	Minoru Suzuki	Kota Ibushi	Tama Tonga	Zack Sabre Jr.	Sanada	Tomohiro Ishii	Juice Robinson	Togi Makabe	Toru Yano	Yoshi-Hashi	Michael Elgin	Yuji Nagata	Satoshi Kojima
14	14
12	13
12	12
10	9
10	8
10	8
8	8
8	8
4	8
2	2

Block A	Fale	Goto	Ibushi	Ishii	Makabe	Nagata	Naito	Sabre	Tanahashi	Yoshi-Hashi	Fale	Goto	Ibushi	Ishii	Makabe	Nagata	Naito	Sabre	Tanahashi	Yoshi-Hashi	Block B	Elgin	Evil	Kojima	Okada	Omega	Robinson	Sanada	Suzuki	Tonga	Yano	Elgin	Evil	Kojima	Okada	Omega	Robinson	Sanada	Suzuki	Tonga	Yano
	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/tornament/92164?showResult=1	script-title=ja:ローソンチケット Presents G1 Climax 27	access-date=2017-08-06	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/tornament/92075?showResult=1	script-title=ja:ローソンチケット Presents G1 Climax 27	access-date=2017-07-29	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/tornament/92079?showResult=1	script-title=ja:ローソンチケット Presents G1 Climax 27	access-date=2017-08-04	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/tornament/92067?showResult=1	script-title=ja:ローソンチケット Presents G1 Climax 27	access-date=2017-07-17	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/tornament/92083?showResult=1	script-title=ja:ローソンチケット Presents G1 Climax 27	access-date=2017-08-11	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/tornament/92071?showResult=1	script-title=ja:ローソンチケット Presents G1 Climax 27	access-date=2017-07-23	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/tornament/92073?showResult=1	script-title=ja:ローソンチケット Presents G1 Climax 27	access-date=2017-07-26	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/tornament/92069?showResult=1	script-title=ja:ローソンチケット Presents G1 Climax 27	access-date=2017-07-21	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/tornament/92077?showResult=1	script-title=ja:ローソンチケット Presents G1 Climax 27	access-date=2017-08-01	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}
Fale
(9:34)		Goto
(11:03)	Goto
(13:43)	Makabe
(16:55)	Goto
(15:02)	Naito
(13:30)	Goto
(10:10)	Tanahashi
(17:22)	Goto
(11:26)
Fale
(11:37)	Goto
(11:03)		Ibushi
(17:14)	Makabe
(13:20)	Ibushi
(15:54)	Naito
(24:41)	Ibushi
(15:51)	Ibushi
(20:40)	Ibushi
(14:28)
Fale
(11:58)	Goto
(13:43)	Ibushi
(17:14)		Ishii
(15:51)	Ishii
(13:51)	Ishii
(20:58)	Sabre
(15:22)	Tanahashi
(23:30)	Ishii
(15:43)
Fale
(9:25)	Makabe
(16:55)	Makabe
(13:20)	Ishii
(15:51)		Makabe
(10:45)	Naito
(11:31)	Sabre
(9:30)	Tanahashi
(13:34)	Makabe
(11:28)
Fale
(11:56)	Goto
(15:02)	Ibushi
(15:54)	Ishii
(13:51)	Makabe
(10:45)		Naito
(15:16)	Nagata
(15:08)	Tanahashi
(14:47)	Yoshi-Hashi
(16:29)
Fale
(11:55)	Naito
(13:30)	Naito
(24:41)	Ishii
(20:58)	Naito
(11:31)	Naito
(15:16)		Naito
(14:20)	Naito
(26:41)	Naito
(22:19)
Sabre
(9:02)	Goto
(10:10)	Ibushi
(15:51)	Sabre
(15:22)	Sabre
(9:30)	Nagata
(15:08)	Naito
(14:20)		Sabre
(17:18)	Sabre
(11:48)
Tanahashi
(11:05)	Tanahashi
(17:22)	Ibushi
(20:40)	Tanahashi
(23:30)	Tanahashi
(13:34)	Tanahashi
(14:47)	Naito
(26:41)	Sabre
(17:18)		Tanahashi
(13:34)
Yoshi-Hashi
(10:21)	Goto
(11:26)	Ibushi
(14:28)	Ishii
(15:43)	Makabe
(11:28)	Yoshi-Hashi
(16:29)	Naito
(22:19)	Sabre
(11:48)	Tanahashi
(13:34)
	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/tornament/92082?showResult=1	script-title=ja:ローソンチケット Presents G1 Climax 27	access-date=2017-08-08	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/tornament/92072?showResult=1	script-title=ja:ローソンチケット Presents G1 Climax 27	access-date=2017-07-25	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/tornament/92070?showResult=1	script-title=ja:ローソンチケット Presents G1 Climax 27	access-date=2017-07-22	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/tornament/92074?showResult=1	script-title=ja:ローソンチケット Presents G1 Climax 27	access-date=2017-07-27	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/tornament/92084?showResult=1	script-title=ja:ローソンチケット Presents G1 Climax 27	access-date=2017-08-12	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/tornament/92076?showResult=1	script-title=ja:ローソンチケット Presents G1 Climax 27	access-date=2017-07-30	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/tornament/92081?showResult=1	script-title=ja:ローソンチケット Presents G1 Climax 27	access-date=2017-08-05	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/tornament/92068?showResult=1	script-title=ja:ローソンチケット Presents G1 Climax 27	access-date=2017-07-20	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}	url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/tornament/92078?showResult=1	script-title=ja:ローソンチケット Presents G1 Climax 27	access-date=2017-08-02	work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling	language=ja}}
Elgin
(11:07)		Evil
(14:23)	Evil
(22:47)	Omega
(23:33)	Evil
(11:46)	Sanada
(15:48)	Evil
(8:38)	Evil
(10:27)	Evil
(1:33)
Elgin
(13:09)	Evil
(14:23)		Okada
(15:26)	Omega
(12:42)	Robinson
(11:48)	Kojima
(12:09)	Suzuki
(10:13)	Tonga
(10:43)	Yano
(9:12)
Okada
(25:49)	Evil
(22:47)	Okada
(15:26)		Omega
(24:40)	Okada
(20:29)	Okada
(20:49)	Draw
(30:00)	Okada
(11:22)	Okada
(10:31)
Elgin
(24:39)	Omega
(23:33)	Omega
(12:42)	Omega
(24:40)		Robinson
(15:36)	Omega
(15:03)	Omega
(21:24)	Omega
(11:41)	Omega
(11:31)
Robinson
(11:48)	Evil
(11:46)	Robinson
(11:48)	Okada
(20:29)	Robinson
(15:36)		Sanada
(13:48)	Suzuki
(11:23)	Tonga
(10:36)	Robinson
(4:25)
Sanada
(15:06)	Sanada
(15:48)	Kojima
(12:09)	Okada
(20:49)	Omega
(15:03)	Sanada
(13:48)		Suzuki
(11:22)	Tonga
(11:59)	Sanada
(4:33)
Elgin
(11:13)	Evil
(8:38)	Suzuki
(10:13)	Draw
(30:00)	Omega
(21:24)	Suzuki
(11:23)	Suzuki
(11:22)		Suzuki
(10:22)	Yano
(6:56)
Tonga
(13:46)	Evil
(10:27)	Tonga
(10:43)	Okada
(11:22)	Omega
(11:41)	Tonga
(10:36)	Tonga
(11:59)	Suzuki
(10:22)		Yano
(3:15)
Yano
(2:58)	Evil
(1:33)	Yano
(9:12)	Okada
(10:31)	Omega
(11:31)	Robinson
(4:25)	Sanada
(4:33)	Yano
(6:56)	Yano
(3:15)

2018

The 2018 version of the G1 Climax took place from July 14 until August 12. Due to renovations at Ryōgoku Kokugikan, the final three shows for the tournament took place at Nippon Budokan, representing New Japan's first shows at that arena since 2003. The announcement of the participants, blocks and schedule took place during the 2018 Kizuna Road shows. Hiroshi Tanahashi set a then record for most points set by a wrestler in a 20-man G1 Climax with 15 points. The final match was the longest match in G1 history until it was beaten in 2020.

Block A	Block B	Hiroshi Tanahashi	Kota Ibushi	Kazuchika Okada	Kenny Omega	Jay White	Zack Sabre Jr.	Minoru Suzuki	Tetsuya Naito	Evil	Tomohiro Ishii	Yoshi-Hashi	Sanada	Michael Elgin	Juice Robinson	Togi Makabe	Hirooki Goto	Hangman Page	Toru Yano	Bad Luck Fale	Tama Tonga
15	12
13	12
12	12
10	12
10	10
6	8
6	6
6	6
6	6
6	6

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Elgin
(16:08)		Evil
(12:13)	Evil
(10:16)	Okada
(18:27)	Evil
(15:40)	Suzuki
(12:13)	Tanahashi
(12:57)	Evil
(11:36)	Evil
(12:37)
Elgin
(11:13)	Evil
(12:13)		Fale
(7:51)	Fale
(13:38)	Page
(8:04)	Suzuki
(8:51)	Tanahashi
(16:27)	Fale
(11:42)	Yoshi-Hashi
(8:31)
Makabe
(8:46)	Evil
(10:16)	Fale
(7:51)		Okada
(15:11)	Page
(9:10)	Makabe
(14:58)	Tanahashi
(12:00)	White
(10:22)	Makabe
(11:05)
Okada
(20:56)	Okada
(18:27)	Fale
(13:38)	Okada
(15:11)		Okada
(17:31)	Okada
(18:20)	Draw
(30:00)	White
(25:36)	Okada
(19:40)
Elgin
(17:17)	Evil
(15:40)	Page
(8:04)	Page
(9:10)	Okada
(17:31)		Page
(12:05)	Tanahashi
(12:08)	White
(17:10)	Yoshi-Hashi
(10:22)
Suzuki
(14:10)	Suzuki
(12:13)	Suzuki
(8:51)	Makabe
(14:58)	Okada
(18:20)	Page
(12:05)		Tanahashi
(13:59)	Suzuki
(10:35)	Suzuki
(13:44)
Tanahashi
(16:03)	Tanahashi
(12:57)	Tanahashi
(16:27)	Tanahashi
(12:00)	Draw
(30:00)	Tanahashi
(12:08)	Tanahashi
(13:59)		White
(24:02)	Tanahashi
(12:36)
White
(17:44)	Evil
(11:36)	Fale
(11:42)	White
(10:22)	White
(25:36)	White
(17:10)	Suzuki
(10:35)	White
(24:02)		White
(9:48)
Yoshi-Hashi
(14:22)	Evil
(12:37)	Yoshi-Hashi
(8:31)	Makabe
(11:05)	Okada
(19:40)	Yoshi-Hashi
(10:22)	Suzuki
(13:44)	Tanahashi
(12:36)	White
(9:48)
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Ibushi
(18:09)		Ibushi
(16:13)	Ibushi
(25:09)	Ibushi
(23:13)	Ibushi
(13:03)	Ibushi
(22:58)	Sanada
(22:23)	Tonga
(14:17)	Yano
(8:23)
Ishii
(18:15)	Ibushi
(16:13)		Naito
(19:13)	Ishii
(22:42)	Ishii
(12:24)	Sabre
(14:35)	Ishii
(17:00)	Tonga
(10:32)	Ishii
(8:52)
Naito
(13:26)	Ibushi
(25:09)	Naito
(19:13)		Omega
(23:19)	Naito
(16:43)	Sabre
(18:17)	Naito
(19:52)	Naito
(10:06)	Naito
(8:28)
Omega
(19:29)	Ibushi
(23:13)	Ishii
(22:42)	Omega
(23:19)		Omega
(15:31)	Omega
(15:14)	Omega
(20:12)	Omega
(9:55)	Yano
(9:04)
Robinson
(10:36)	Ibushi
(13:03)	Ishii
(12:24)	Naito
(16:43)	Omega
(15:31)		Sabre
(13:39)	Robinson
(12:36)	Tonga
(14:05)	Robinson
(8:28)
Sabre
(10:43)	Ibushi
(22:58)	Sabre
(14:35)	Sabre
(18:17)	Omega
(15:14)	Sabre
(13:39)		Sanada
(10:45)	Sabre
(10:59)	Sabre
(10:34)
Goto
(13:38)	Sanada
(22:23)	Ishii
(17:00)	Naito
(19:52)	Omega
(20:12)	Robinson
(12:36)	Sanada
(10:45)		Sanada
(10:46)	Sanada
(5:22)
Goto
(11:15)	Tonga
(14:17)	Tonga
(10:32)	Naito
(10:06)	Omega
(9:55)	Tonga
(14:05)	Sabre
(10:59)	Sanada
(10:46)		Yano
(5:08)
Goto
(2:17)	Yano
(8:23)	Ishii
(8:52)	Naito
(8:28)	Yano
(9:04)	Robinson
(8:28)	Sabre
(10:34)	Sanada
(5:22)	Yano
(5:08)

2019

Main article: G1 Climax 29

2020

Main article: G1 Climax 30

The 2020 edition of the G1 Climax took place from September 19 until October 18 with the final three days being held at Ryōgoku Kokugikan. This was the first time that the tournament was not held in the summer but in the autumn. This was due to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo originally being scheduled to be held when the tournament is usually held. Later, the Olympics were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The final match became the longest match in G1 Climax history, surpassing the previous record in 2018. Kota Ibushi became the third wrestler along with Masahiro Chono and Hiroyoshi Tenzan to win two consecutive G1 Climax tournaments and the first wrestler to reach the finals for the third time in a row.

2021

Main article: G1 Climax 31

The 2021 edition of the G1 Climax was announced on July 8 and took place from September 18 until October 21 with the finals taking place at Nippon Budokan. Kazuchika Okada and Jeff Cobb set the record for the most points in a 20-man G1 with 16 points each; Cobb also set the record for most consecutive wins in a single G1 Climax with 8 wins in a row. Kota Ibushi also made his fourth consecutive appearance in a G1 final. Okada would win the G1, defeating Ibushi in the tournament final by referee stoppage.

2022

Main article: G1 Climax 32

The 2022 edition of the G1 Climax was announced on April 9 at Hyper Battle and took place from July 16 until August 18, returning the G1 to the summer. This edition consisted of 28 participants across 4 blocks. The Final match was between Kazuchika Okada and Will Ospreay, which Okada won by pinfall, marking Okada's 4th G1 Climax victory and becoming the 4th wrestler to win two consecutive G1 Climax tournaments, alongside Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Kota Ibushi.

2023

Main article: G1 Climax 33

The 2023 edition of the G1 Climax was announced on April 8 at Sakura Genesis and took place from July 15 until August 13. The tournament featured 32 participants, making it the largest G1 to date. The 2023 G1 Climax also featured the tournament debuts of Shota Umino, Hikuleo, Eddie Kingston, Ren Narita, Gabriel Kidd, Alex Coughlin, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls, Yota Tsuji and Kaito Kiyomiya with Kingston and Kiyomiya being outsiders from All Elite Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Noah respectively. In the finals, Tetsuya Naito defeated Kazuchika Okada to win his third G1 Climax.

2024

Main article: G1 Climax 34

The 2024 edition of the G1 Climax was announced on June 9 at Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall and took place from July 20 until August 18. The tournament saw a return to 20 participants split into two 10-man blocks for the first time since 2021. Only the top 3 wrestlers in each block advanced, with the block winners earning a bye into the semifinals. The tournament marked the tournament debuts of Callum Newman, Boltin Oleg, Jake Lee, Yuya Uemura, and AEW–DDT representative Konosuke Takeshita.

2025

Main article: G1 Climax 35

The 2025 edition of the G1 Climax was announced on April 7 and will take place from July 19 until August 17. Only the top 3 wrestlers in each block advanced, with the block winners earning a bye into the semifinals.

2026

The 2026 edition of the G1 Climax was announced on January 4 at Wrestle Kingdom 20 and will take place from July 11 until August 16. For the second time in NJPW history (and first time in 7 years), the opening night of the tournament will take place outside Japan, at the NOW Arena in Chicago.

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