Three-peat

In sports (especially in North America), a three-peat is winning three consecutive championships or tournaments. The term, a portmanteau of the words three and repeat, originated with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association, during their unsuccessful campaign for a third consecutive championship during the 1988–89 season, having won the previous 2 NBA finals.

The term is a registered trademark owned by Pat Riley, the Lakers' head coach from 1981 to 1990. The original owner and assignor of the underlying THREE-PEAT "mark" was Bijan Khezri, former president of P.d.P. Paperon De Paperoni, a Delaware corporation. Khezri submitted in November 1988 a trademark application for the use of three-peat on shirts, jackets and hats. Around that time, the phrase was being used by members and fans of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team, of whom Pat Riley was the head coach, regarding the Lakers' quest that season to obtain what would have been a third successive NBA championship. According to Riley, it was Laker player Byron Scott who cited the term in reference to the team's goal for that season.

After Khezri assigned the trademark to Riley, it remained an entity of Riles & Co., the corporate entity of National Basketball Association (NBA) coach Pat Riley. In 1989, Riles & Co. successfully registered the trademark under U.S. Registration Number 1552980. The Lakers did not win a third consecutive NBA championship in 1989, but the Chicago Bulls did in 1993, and Riles & Co. collected royalties from sports apparel makers who licensed the phrase for use on merchandise commemorating that accomplishment.

Riles & Co. subsequently obtained additional registrations expanding the trademark to cover many other kinds of merchandise in addition to apparel. The company then went on to reap additional profits by again licensing the phrase to merchandisers when the Bulls again won three consecutive NBA championships from 1996 through 1998, as well as when the New York Yankees won three straight World Series championships from 1998 through 2000 and when the Lakers won three straight NBA championships from 2000 through 2002. For the Lakers, it was their second in franchise history, and only the first since moving from Minneapolis. As of 2024, the Lakers are the last team of the 4 major American professional sports (NHL, MLB, NFL, & NBA) to accomplish the three-peat.

While originating in the United States, the three-peat has been replicated all over the world across different sports. In recent times, Spanish association football club Real Madrid notably became the first club of the modern era to win three consecutive UEFA Champions League titles (2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18).

The trademark registration for three-peat has been challenged over the years by those who argue that the term has become too generic in its usage for the trademark to continue to be applicable. However, such arguments have yet to succeed, with the registration continuing to be upheld by the United States Patent and Trademark Office as recently as 2001, in the case of Christopher Wade v. Riles & Co. This challenge documented the transfer of assignment from Khezri to Riles & Co., and upheld the validity of the trademark as originally conceived.

In 2005, a group of individuals attempted to trademark the phrase Three-Pete in anticipation of the (ultimately unsuccessful) attempt that year by the 2005 USC Trojans football team to win a third consecutive national championship. The change in spelling was a reference to the team's head coach, Pete Carroll. However, the Patent Office ruled that the change in spelling was not dissimilar enough from Riles & Co.'s three-peat, and denied the registration. Later that year, U.S.C. fan Kyle Bunch began selling his own "Three-Pete" T-shirts. He discontinued sales once he was notified that he was infringing upon the Riles & Co. trademark.

As of late 2007, the trademark "Three Peat" is still active for shirts, jackets, caps, etc., and for commemorative mugs, plates, etc., and also for posters, bumper sticker, etc. The similar "3 Peat" became a registered trademark of Riles & Co. for blankets and other bedding, as of June 2015. Some of the Riles & Co. trademarks are no longer in effect, e.g. keychains.

Origin and trademark
In a comedic context, the same play on words, additionally incorporating the name "Pete", is known to have been used as early as 1930 on the radio program Empire Builders. The episode of that program broadcast on December 29, 1930, featured a trio of singers dubbed "The Three Visiting Firemen: Pete, Re-Pete, and Three-Pete".

The Oxford English Dictionary credits an Illinois high school senior, Sharif Ford, with the earliest published use of the word in the March 8, 1989, edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Ford's quote uses the term in a sporting context and serves to provide a clear etymology as well: The Lincoln High Tigers say they want to "three-peat". "You know, kind of like repeat, except doing it for the third time", senior Sharif Ford said.

Three-peats in North American leagues/championships
There have been numerous instances of teams winning three or more consecutive championships in the National Basketball Association, National Hockey League, Major League Baseball, National Football League, and Australian Football League, most of which occurred prior to the advent of the term three-peat.

All-America Football Conference

 * 1946–1949  Cleveland Browns (4-peat)   (also won 1950 NFL title)

American Hockey League

 * 1960–1962  Springfield Indians

Champ Car World Series

 * 2004–2007  Sébastien Bourdais (4-peat)

Continental Basketball Association

 * 1985–1987  Tampa Bay/Rapid City Thrillers

ECHL

 * 2022–2024  Florida Everblades

Formula Drift

 * 2017–2019  James Deane

IZOD IndyCar Series

 * 2009–2011  Dario Franchitti

Major Indoor Soccer League

 * 1979–1982  New York Arrows  (4-peat)
 * 1988–1992  San Diego Sockers  (5-peat)

Major League Baseball (World Series)

 * 1936–1939  New York Yankees  (4-peat)
 * 1949–1953  New York Yankees  (5-peat)
 * 1972–1974  Oakland Athletics
 * 1998–2000  New York Yankees

NASCAR Cup Series

 * 1976–1978  Cale Yarborough
 * 2006–2010  Jimmie Johnson (5-peat)

National Basketball Association (NBA Finals)

 * 1952–1954  Minneapolis Lakers
 * 1959–1966  Boston Celtics (8-peat)
 * 1991–1993  Chicago Bulls
 * 1996–1998  Chicago Bulls
 * 2000–2002  Los Angeles Lakers

National Football League (NFL champions)

 * 1929–1931  Green Bay Packers (no post-season, title game began in 1933)

National Hockey League (Stanley Cup Finals)

 * 1947–1949  Toronto Maple Leafs
 * 1956–1960  Montreal Canadiens (5-peat)
 * 1962–1964  Toronto Maple Leafs
 * 1976–1979  Montreal Canadiens  (4-peat)
 * 1980–1983  New York Islanders  (4-peat)

Premier Hockey Federation (Isobel Cup)

 * 2020–2022  Boston Pride (2020 co-champions with Minnesota Whitecaps)

Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA Finals)
 * 1997–2000  Houston Comets  (4-peat)

U.S. Open Cup

 * 1965–1967 Greek American Atlas
 * 2009–2011 Seattle Sounders FC

United Football League

 * 2022–2024 Birmingham Stallions

North America: collegiate sports
NACDA Director's Cup (overall collegiate athletics)
 * 1995–2013 Stanford (NCAA Division I) (19-peat)
 * 1997–2001 Simon Fraser (NAIA) (5-peat)
 * 1999–2011 Williams (NCAA Division III) (12-peat)
 * 2000–2003 UC Davis (NCAA Division II) (4-peat)
 * 2004–2011 Grand Valley State (NCAA Division II) (8-peat)
 * 2005–2011 Azusa Pacific (NAIA) (7-peat)

NAIA National Football Championship
 * 2002–2005 Carroll College Fighting Saints (4-peat)

NAIA National Basketball Championship
 * 1957–1959 Tennessee State Tigers basketball
 * 1970–1972 Kentucky State Thorobreds

NCAA Division I Baseball
 * 1970–1974 USC (5-peat)

NCAA Division I Softball
 * 1988–1990 UCLA
 * 2021–2024 Oklahoma (4-peat)

NCAA Division I Football


 * Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS)
 * 1934–1936 Minnesota (Toledo Cup)
 * 1944–1946 Army West Point


 * Football Championship Subdivision (FCS)
 * 2005–2007 Appalachian State University
 * 2011–2015 North Dakota State University (5-peat)
 * 2017–2019 North Dakota State University

NCAA Division I Men's Basketball
 * 1967–1973 UCLA (7-peat)

NCAA Division I Men's Water Polo
 * 2008–2013 USC (6-peat)

NCAA Division I Women's Basketball
 * 1996–1998 Tennessee
 * 2002–2004 Connecticut
 * 2013–2016 Connecticut (4-peat)

NCAA Division I Men's Cross Country
 * 1944–1946 Drake
 * 1966–1968 Villanova
 * 1978–1981 UTEP (4-peat)
 * 1990–1993 Arkansas (4-peat)
 * 1998–2000 Arkansas
 * 2016–2018 Northern Arizona
 * 2020–2022 Northern Arizona

NCAA Division II Women's Basketball
 * 1993–1996 North Dakota State Bison (4-peat)
 * 1997–1999 North Dakota Fighting Sioux

NCAA Division III Women's Basketball
 * 1998–2001 Washington (4-peat)

NCAA Division I Women's Soccer
 * 1982–1984 North Carolina
 * 1986–1994 North Carolina (9-peat)

NCAA Division II Football Championship
 * 1993–1995 North Alabama

NCAA Division III Football
 * 1983–1986 Augustana College (Illinois) (4-peat)
 * 1996–1998 Mount Union
 * 2000–2002 Mount Union
 * 2009–2011 Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks

U.S. National Collegiate Club Rugby championships
 * 1980–1983 California (4-peat)
 * 1999–2002 California (4-peat)
 * 2004–2008 California (5-peat)
 * 2012–2014 BYU

United States: tabletop games
Warhammer 40k American Team Championships
 * Team Happy 2015–2017

United States: marching arts

 * The Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps won the Drum Corps International World Championship in 1983–1985.
 * The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps three-peated 2000–2002 (2000 was a tie with the Cadets).
 * The Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps won the Drum Corps International World Championships in 2019–2023 (2020 and 2021 were not scored due to the COVID-19 pandemic).

Australia
West Australian Football League
 * 1908–1911 East Fremantle
 * 1919–1923 East Perth
 * 1928–1931 East Fremantle
 * 1938–1940 Claremont
 * 1952–1954 South Fremantle
 * 1961–1963 Swan Districts
 * 1966–1968 Perth
 * 1982–1984 Swan Districts
 * 2000–2002 East Perth
 * 2006–2008 Subiaco

Germany
Australian Football League Germany
 * 2007–2009 Rheinland Lions
 * 2021–2023 Berlin Crocodiles

Argentina
First Division (association football)
 * 1949–1951 Racing Club
 * 1955–1957 River Plate
 * Metro 1979–Metro 1980 River Plate
 * Apertura 1996–Apertura 1997 River Plate

Belgium
Belgian Pro League
 * 1900–1903 Racing de Bruxelles
 * 1904–1907 R Union Saint-Gilloise
 * 1924–1926 Beerschot
 * 1933–1935 R Union Saint-Gilloise SR
 * 1949–1951 RSC Anderlechtois
 * 1954–1956 RSC Anderlechtois
 * 1964–1968 RSC Anderlechtois
 * 1969–1971 R Standard Liège
 * 1976–1978 Club Brugge
 * 1985–1987 Anderlecht
 * 1993–1995 Anderlecht
 * 2012–2014 Anderlecht
 * 2020–2022 Club Brugge

Brazil
Brazilian Championship
 * 2006–2008 São Paulo FC

Bulgaria
Bulgarian A PFG
 * 1993–1995 Levski Sofia
 * 2000–2002 Levski Sofia

Chile
First Division (Association football):
 * 1933–1935 Magallanes
 * 1989–1991 Colo-Colo
 * Apertura 2006–Apertura 2007 Colo-Colo (4-peat)
 * Apertura 2011–Apertura 2012 Universidad de Chile
 * 2018–2021 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica (4-peat)

Costa Rica
Costa Rica, American Football 1st Division:
 * 2010–2012 Santa Ana Bulldogs

Croatia
Croatian Football League
 * 1996–1999 Croatia Zagreb (4-peat)
 * 2006–2016 Dinamo Zagreb (11-peat)
 * 2018–2024 Dinamo Zagreb (7-peat)

Czech Republic
Czech National Basketball League:
 * 2004–2022 ERA Nymburk (19-peat)

Denmark
Danish Superliga
 * 2009–2011 Copenhagen

England
English football First Tier


 * 1924–1926 Huddersfield Town
 * 1933–1935 Arsenal
 * 1982–1984 Liverpool
 * 1999–2001 Manchester United
 * 2007–2009 Manchester United
 * 2021–2024 Manchester City (4-peat)

FA Cup Football League/EFL Cup
 * 1876–1878 Wanderers
 * 1884–1886 Blackburn Rovers
 * 1981–1984 Liverpool (4-peat)
 * 2017–2021 Manchester City (4-peat)

FA Charity/Community Shield
 * 1964–1966 Liverpool
 * 1984–1987 Everton (4-peat)
 * 1988–1990 Liverpool

Finland
Veikkausliiga
 * 1998–2000 Haka
 * 2009–2014 HJK (6-peat)
 * 2020–2023 HJK (4-peat)

France
Ligue 1
 * 1902–1904 Roubaix
 * 1967–1970 Saint-Étienne
 * 1974–1976 Saint-Étienne
 * 1989–1992 Marseille (4-peat)
 * 2002–2008 Lyon (7-peat)
 * 2013–2016 Paris Saint-Germain (4-peat)
 * 2018–2020 Paris Saint-Germain
 * 2022–2024 Paris Saint-Germain

Germany
Bundesliga
 * 1972–1974 Bayern Munich
 * 1975–1977 Borussia Mönchengladbach
 * 1985–1987 Bayern Munich
 * 1999–2001 Bayern Munich
 * 2013–2023 Bayern Munich (11-peat)

DDR-Oberliga
 * 1976–1978 SG Dynamo Dresden
 * 1979–1988 Berliner FC Dynamo

Iraq
Iraq Stars League
 * 1987–1989 Al-Rasheed
 * 1994–1996 Al-Zawraa
 * 1999–2001 Al-Zawraa
 * 2007–2009 Erbil
 * 2022–2024 Al-Shorta

Iraq FA Cup
 * 1989–1991 Al-Zawraa
 * 1993–1996 Al-Zawraa (4-peat)
 * 1998–2000 Al-Zawraa

Umm al-Ma'arik Championship
 * 2000–2002 Al-Shorta

Iraqi Super Cup
 * 1998–2000 Al-Zawraa

Iraq Central FA Premier League
 * 1950–1956 Al-Haras Al-Malaki (7-peat)
 * 1968–1970 Aliyat Al-Shorta

Iraqi Futsal Premier League
 * 2012–2018 Naft Al-Wasat (7-peat)

Israel
Liga Leumit
 * 1959–1963 Hapoel Petah Tikva (5-peat)

Israeli Premier League
 * 2004–2006 Maccabi Haifa
 * 2013–2015 Maccabi Tel Aviv
 * 2016–2018 Hapoel Be'er Sheva
 * 2021–2023 Maccabi Haifa

Italy
Italian Football Championship
 * 1898–1900 Genoa
 * 1902–1904 Genoa
 * 1911–1913 Pro Vercelli

Serie A
 * 1931–1935 Juventus (5-peat)
 * 1943, 1946–1949 Torino (5-peat)
 * 1992–1994 Milan
 * 2006–2010 Internazionale (5-peat)
 * 2012–2020 Juventus (9-peat)

Coppa Italia
 * 2015–2018 Juventus (4-peat)

Japan
J1 League
 * 2007–2009 Kashima Antlers

Netherlands
Eredivisie
 * 1897–1899 RAP Amsterdam
 * 1900–1903 HVV (4-peat)
 * 1911–1913 Sparta
 * 1966–1968 Ajax
 * 1986–1989 PSV (4-peat)
 * 1994–1996 Ajax
 * 2005–2008 PSV (4-peat)
 * 2011–2014 Ajax (4-peat)

Norway
Tippeligaen
 * 1972–1975 Viking (4-peat)
 * 1992–2004 Rosenborg (13-peat)

Portugal
Primeira Liga
 * 1936–1938 Benfica
 * 1947–1949 Sporting CP
 * 1951–1954 Sporting CP (4-peat)
 * 1963–1965 Benfica
 * 1967–1969 Benfica
 * 1971–1973 Benfica
 * 1975–1977 Benfica
 * 1995–1999 Porto (5-peat)
 * 2006–2009 Porto (4-peat)
 * 2011–2013 Porto
 * 2014–2017 Benfica (4-peat)

Russia
Russian Football Premier League
 * 1992–1994 Spartak Moscow
 * 1996–2001 Spartak Moscow (6-peat)
 * 2019–2024 Zenit Saint Petersburg (6-peat)

Russian Futsal Super League
 * 1992–2000 Dina (futsal club) (9-peat)
 * 2003–2008 MFK Dinamo Moskva (6-peat; before 2007/08 season renamed into Dinamo-Yamal)
 * 2011–2013 MFK Dinamo Moskva (before 2012/13 season renamed into Dinamo Moscow Oblast)

Scotland
Scottish football league system first tier
 * 1965–1974 Celtic (9-peat)
 * 1989–1997 Rangers (9-peat)
 * 2012–2020 Celtic (9-peat)
 * 2022–2024 Celtic

Scottish Cup
 * 1874–1876 Queen's Park
 * 1877–1879 Vale of Leven
 * 1880–1882 Queen's Park
 * 1934–1936 Rangers
 * 1948–1950 Rangers
 * 1962–1964 Rangers
 * 1982–1984 Aberdeen
 * 2017–2020 Celtic (4-peat)

Serbia
Serbian SuperLiga
 * 2008–2013 Partizan (6-peat)
 * 2018–2024 Red Star Belgrade (7-peat)

Slovenia
Slovenian PrvaLiga
 * 1991–1995 Olimpija (4-peat)
 * 1996–2003 Maribor (7-peat)
 * 2003–2006 Gorica
 * 2010–2015 Maribor (5-peat)

Spain
La Liga
 * 1961–1965 Real Madrid (5-peat)
 * 1967–1969 Real Madrid
 * 1978–1980 Real Madrid
 * 1986–1990 Real Madrid (5-peat)
 * 1991–1994 Barcelona (4-peat)
 * 2009–2011 Barcelona

Copa del Rey South Africa
 * 1905–1908 Real Madrid (4-peat)
 * 1914–1916 Athletic Bilbao
 * 1930–1933 Athletic Bilbao (4-peat)
 * 1943–1945 Athletic Bilbao
 * 1951–1953 Barcelona
 * 2015–2018 Barcelona (4-peat)

South African Premier Division
 * 1998–2000 Mamelodi Sundowns
 * 2008–2010 Supersport United
 * 2018–2023 Mamelodi Sundowns (6-peat)

South Korea
K League 1
 * 1993–1995 Ilhwa Chunma (changed to Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)
 * 2001–2003 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (changed to Seongnam FC)
 * 2017–2021 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (5-peat)

Sweden
Allsvenskan
 * 1945–1948 IFK Norrköping
 * 1949–1951 Malmö FF
 * 1985–1989 Malmö FF
 * 1993–1996 IFK Göteborg

Turkey
Süper Lig
 * 1971–1973 Galatasaray
 * 1979–1981 Trabzonspor
 * 1990–1992 Beşiktaş
 * 1997–2000 Galatasaray (4-peat)

USSR
Soviet Top League
 * 1946–1948 CSKA Moscow
 * 1966–1968 Dynamo Kyiv

United Arab Emirates
UAE Pro League
 * 2001–2004 Al Ain

Yugoslavia
Yugoslav First League
 * 1933, 1935–36 BSK Beograd
 * 1961–1963 Partizan
 * 1968–1970 Red Star Belgrade
 * 1990–1992 Red Star Belgrade

Puerto Rico
Baseball
 * 1941/42–1944/45 Ponce (4-peat)
 * 1996/97–1998/99 Indios de Mayaguez

Japan
Nippon Professional Baseball
 * 1951–1953 Yomiuri Giants
 * 1956–1958 Nishitetsu Lions (changed to Seibu Lions)
 * 1965–1973 Yomiuri Giants (9-peat)
 * 1975–1977 Hankyu Braves (changed to Orix Buffaloes)
 * 1986–1988 Seibu Lions (changed to Saitama Seibu Lions)
 * 1990–1992 Seibu Lions (changed to Saitama Seibu Lions)
 * 2017–2020 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4-peat)

South Korea
KBO League
 * 1986–1989 Haitai Tigers (changed to Kia Tigers) (4-peat)
 * 2011–2014 Samsung Lions (4-peat)

Argentina
Liga Nacional de Básquet
 * 2010–2012 Club Atlético Peñarol (Mar del Plata)
 * 2015–2018 San Lorenzo de Almagro (basketball) (4-peat)

France
LNB Pro A
 * 1983–1985 Limoges CSP
 * 1988–1990 Limoges CSP
 * 2019–2022 LDLC Asvel

Germany
Basketball Bundesliga
 * 1970–1972 TuS 04 Leverkusen
 * 1990–1996 TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen
 * 1997–2003 ALBA Berlin (7-peat)
 * 2010–2013 Brose Baskets (4-peat, also won the German Cup in 2010, 2011 and 2012)
 * 2020–2022 ALBA Berlin

Iraq
Iraqi Basketball Premier League
 * 1981–1983 Al-Karkh
 * 1986–1990 Al-Rasheed (5-peat)
 * 2000–2002 Al-Karkh
 * 2009–2012 Duhok (4-peat)
 * 2017–2023 Al-Naft (6-peat)

Iraqi Basketball Perseverance Cup
 * 2017–2021 Al-Naft

Israel
Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * 1957–1959 Maccabi Tel Aviv
 * 1962–1964 Maccabi Tel Aviv
 * 1970–1992 Maccabi Tel Aviv (23-peat)
 * 1994–2007 Maccabi Tel Aviv (14-peat)
 * 2018–2021 Maccabi Tel Aviv (4-peat)

Italy
Lega Basket Serie A
 * 1946–1949 Virtus Bologna (4-peat)
 * 1950–1954 Olimpia Milano (5-peat)
 * 1957–1960 Olimpia Milano (4-peat)
 * 1965–1967 Olimpia Milano
 * 1969–1971 Varese
 * 1985–1987 Olimpia Milano
 * 2007–2011 Mens Sana Siena

Philippines
PBA
 * 1976–1977 Crispa Redmanizers (six straight championships: 1975 All-Philippine Championship, 1976 Grand Slam, 1977 All-Filipino Conference and 1977 Open Conference)
 * 1983–1984 Crispa Redmanizers (four straight championships: 1983 Grand Slam, 1984 First All-Filipino Conference)
 * 1984–1985 Great Taste Coffee Makers (four straight championships: 1984 Second All-Filipino Conference, 1984 Invitational Championship, 1985 Open Conference, 1985 All-Filipino Conference)
 * 1988–1989 San Miguel Beermen (four straight championships: 1988 PBA Reinforced Conference, 1989 Grand Slam)
 * 1995–1996 Alaska Milkmen (four straight championship: 1995 Governors' Cup and 1996 Grand Slam)
 * 1997–1998 Alaska Milkmen (three straight championships: 1997 Governors' Cup, 1998 All-Filipino Cup and 1998 PBA Commissioner's Cup)
 * 2000–2001 San Miguel Beermen (three straight championships: 2000 Commissioner's Cup, 2000 Governors' Cup, 2001 All-Filipino Cup)
 * 2013–2014 San Mig Super Coffee Mixers (four straight championships: 2013 Governors' Cup, 2013–14 Grand Slam)

Puerto Rico
BSN basketball
 * 1941–1943 Atléticos de San Germán
 * 1947–1950 Atléticos de San Germán (4-peat)
 * 1955–1957 Cardenales de Rio Piedras
 * 1964–1966 Leones de Ponce
 * 1971–1975 Vaqueros de Bayamon (5-peat)
 * 1977–1979 Piratas de Quebradillas
 * 1998–2001 Cangrejeros de Santurce (4-peat)

Russia
Russian Basketball Super League 1 (1992-2010) Russian Professional Basketball League VTB United League
 * 1992-2000 PBC CSKA Moscow (9-peat)
 * 2003-2010 PBC CSKA Moscow (8-peat)
 * 2011-2013 PBC CSKA Moscow (2011-2013)
 * 2012-2019, 2021 PBC CSKA Moscow (9-peat; the 2019-2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic)

Slovenia
Premier A Slovenian Basketball League
 * 1991–1999 Olimpija (8-peat)
 * 2003–2006 Olimpija
 * 2009–2014 Krka (5-peat)
 * 2020–2023 Cedevita Olimpija

Spain
Liga ACB
 * 1960–1966 Real Madrid Baloncesto (7-peat)
 * 1968–1977 Real Madrid Baloncesto (10-peat)
 * 1984–1986 Real Madrid Baloncesto
 * 1987–1990 Barcelona (4-peat)
 * 1995–1997 Barcelona

Spanish Cup
 * 1945–1947 Barcelona
 * 1978–1983 Barcelona (6-peat)

Spanish Super Cup
 * 2019–2022 Barcelona (4-peat)

Switzerland
Swiss Basketball League
 * 1997–1999 Fribourg
 * 2000–2002 Lugano Tigers
 * 2010–2012 Lugano Tigers
 * 2018–2022 Fribourg (4-peat)

Turkey
Basketball Super League
 * 1970–1973 İTÜ BK
 * 1976–1978 Eczacıbaşı
 * 1980–1982 Eczacıbaşı
 * 1992–1994 Efes Pilsen
 * 2001–2004 Efes Pilsen (4-peat)
 * 2016–2018 Fenerbahçe

Vietnam
VBA
 * 2019–2022 Saigon Heat (three-peat: 2019, 2020, 2022)

Canada
Canadian Rugby Union (pre 1958) / Canadian Football League (post 1958) (Grey Cup): Collegiate women's basketball
 * 1909–1911 Toronto Varsity Blues
 * 1922–1924 Queen's University
 * 1945–1947 Toronto Argonauts
 * 1954–1956 Edmonton Eskimos
 * 1978–1982 Edmonton Eskimos (5-peat)
 * 2011–2015 Windsor Lancers (5-peat)

Australia
Queensland Premier Cricket T20
 * 2016–2018 Sandgate-Redcliffe Gators (T20 QLD)

India
Indian cricket's Ranji Trophy
 * 1958–1972 Bombay
 * 1974–1976 Bombay

New Zealand
New Zealand cricket's Plunket Shield
 * 1936/47-1939/40 Auckland

Iraq
Iraqi Handball Premier League
 * 2016–2020 Al-Shorta (5-peat)

Slovenia
Slovenian First League of Handball
 * 1991–2001 Celje (10-peat)
 * 2002–2008 Celje (6-peat)
 * 2013–2020 Celje (7-peat)

Spain
Liga ASOBAL
 * 1956–1961 BM Granollers (6-peat)
 * 1962–1965 Atlético Madrid BM (4-peat)
 * 1966–1968 BM Granollers
 * 1970–1972 BM Granollers
 * 1975–1978 CB Alicante (4-peat)
 * 1983–1985 Atlético Madrid BM
 * 1988–1992 FC Barcelona Handbol (5-peat)
 * 1995–2000 FC Barcelona Handbol (5-peat)
 * 2007–2010 BM Ciudad Real (4-peat)
 * 2011–2023 FC Barcelona Handbol (13-peat)

Copa del Rey
 * 1982–1985 FC Barcelona Handbol
 * 2013–2023 FC Barcelona Handbol (10-peat)

Australia
Australian Ice Hockey League
 * 2010–2012 Melbourne Ice

Australia
New South Wales Rugby Football League/Australian Rugby League/National Rugby League
 * 1911–1913 Eastern Suburbs
 * 1915–1917 Balmain
 * 1925–1929 South Sydney
 * 1935–1937 Eastern Suburbs
 * 1953–1955 South Sydney
 * 1956–1966 (11-peat) St. George
 * 1981–1983 Parramatta Eels
 * 2021–2023 Penrith Panthers

United Kingdom
Super League Super League Grand Final
 * 2007–2009 Leeds Rhinos

English rugby union
 * 1991–1994 Bath
 * 1999–2001 Leicester Tigers
 * 2003–2005 London Wasps

South Korea
V-League
 * 2008–2014 Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs (7-peat)

Summer Olympics
Athletics
 * 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968 🇺🇸 Al Oerter, Men's Discus throw (4-peat)
 * 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 🇺🇸 Carl Lewis, Men's Long jump (4-peat)
 * 2012, 2016, 2020 🇵🇱 Anita Włodarczyk, Women's Hammer Throw

Basketball
 * 1936–1968 🇺🇸 USA, Men's Basketball tournament (7-peat)
 * 1992–2000 🇺🇸 USA, Men's Basketball tournament
 * 1996–2020 🇺🇸 USA, Women's Basketball tournament (7-peat)
 * 2008–2020 🇺🇸 USA, Men's Basketball tournament (4-peat)

Fencing
 * 2012, 2016, 2020 🇭🇺 Áron Szilágyi, individual men's sabre

Field Hockey
 * 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956 🇮🇳/🇮🇳 India, Men's Field Hockey tournament (6-peat)

Football
 * 2004, 2008, 2012 🇺🇸 USA, Women's Football tournament

Handball
 * 1996, 2000, 2004 DEN, Women's Handball tournament

Swimming
 * 1956, 1960, 1964 🇦🇺 Dawn Fraser, Women's 100 metres freestyle
 * 1988, 1992, 1996 🇭🇺 Krisztina Egerszegi, Women's 200 metres backstroke
 * 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 🇺🇸 Michael Phelps, Men's 200-metre individual medley (4-peat)
 * 2012, 2016, 2020 🇺🇸 Katie Ledecky, Women's 800 metres freestyle

Volleyball
 * 1992, 1996, 2000 🇨🇺 Cuba, Women's Volleyball tournament

Water polo
 * 1908, 1912, 1920 🇬🇧 GBR, Men's Water polo tournament
 * 2000, 2004, 2008 🇭🇺 HUN, Men's Water polo tournament
 * 2012, 2016, 2020 🇺🇸 USA, Women's Water polo tournament

Winter Olympics
Curling
 * 2006, 2010, 2014 🇨🇦 Canada, Men's Curling tournament

Ice Hockey
 * 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932 🇨🇦 Canada, Men's Ice Hockey tournament (4-peat)
 * 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976 Soviet Union, Men's Ice Hockey tournament (4-peat)
 * 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 🇨🇦 Canada, Women's Ice Hockey tournament (4-peat)

World Chess Championships
Unofficial Championships (before 1886)
 * 1866–1876 Wilhelm Steinitz

Pre-FIDE World Championships (1886–1946)
 * 1886–1892 /🇺🇸 Wilhelm Steinitz (4-peat)
 * 1894–1910 Emanuel Lasker (6-peat)
 * 1927–1934 🇫🇷Alexander Alekhine
 * 1948–1954 Mikhail Botvinnik
 * 1975–1981 Anatoly Karpov
 * 1985–1995 /🇷🇺 Garry Kasparov (6-peat)
 * 1993–1998 🇷🇺 Anatoly Karpov

FIDE World Championships (2006–present)
 * 2007–2012 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand (4-peat)
 * 2013–2021 🇳🇴 Magnus Carlsen (5-peat)

Athletics
World Athletics Championships
 * 1983, 1987, 1991 🇺🇸 Carl Lewis, Men's 100m
 * 1997, 1999, 2001 🇺🇸 Maurice Greene, Men's 100m
 * 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 🇯🇲 Usain Bolt, Men's 200m (4-peat)
 * 2019, 2022, 2023 🇺🇸 Noah Lyles, Men's 200m
 * 2005, 2007, 2009 🇺🇸 Allyson Felix, Women's 200m
 * 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999 🇺🇸 Michael Johnson, Men's 400m (4-peat)
 * 1995, 1997, 1999 Wilson Kipketer, Men's 800m
 * 1991, 1993, 1995 Noureddine Morceli, Men's 1500m
 * 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003 🇲🇦 Hicham El Guerrouj, Men's 1500m (4-peat)
 * 2011, 2013, 2015 🇰🇪 Asbel Kiprop, Men's 1500m
 * 2011, 2013, 2015 🇬🇧 Mo Farah, Men's 5000m
 * 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999 🇪🇹 Haile Gebrselassie, Men's 10000m (4-peat)
 * 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 🇪🇹 Kenenisa Bekele, Men's 10000m (4-peat)
 * 2013, 2015, 2017 🇬🇧 Mo Farah, Men's 10000m
 * 2019, 2022, 2023 🇺🇬 Joshua Cheptegei, Men's 10000m
 * 1983, 1987, 1991 🇺🇸 Greg Foster, Men's 110m hurdles
 * 2019, 2022, 2023 🇺🇸 Grant Holloway, Men's 110m hurdles
 * 1991, 1993, 1995 🇰🇪 Moses Kiptanui, Men's 3000m steeplechase
 * 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 🇰🇪 Ezekiel Kemboi, Men's 3000m steeplechase (4-peat)
 * 1983, 1987, 1991, 1993 🇺🇸 United States of America, Men's 4 × 100 m relay (4-peat)
 * 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 🇯🇲 Jamaica, Men's 4 × 100 m relay (4-peat)
 * 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 🇺🇸 United States of America, Men's 4 × 400 m relay (6-peat)
 * 2019, 2022, 2023 🇺🇸 United States of America, Men's 4 × 400 m relay
 * 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 🇺🇸 United States of America, Women's 4 × 400 m relay (4-peat)
 * 2017, 2019, 2022 🇺🇸 United States of America, Women's 4 × 400 m relay
 * 2017, 2019, 2022 🇶🇦 Mutaz Essa Barshim, Men's High jump
 * 2015, 2017, 2019 🇷🇺 Mariya Lasitskene, Women's High jump
 * 1983, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997 / 🇺🇦 Sergey Bubka, Men's Pole vault (6-peat)
 * 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001 🇨🇺 Ivan Pedroso, Men's Long jump (4-peat)
 * 2015, 2017, 2019 🇺🇸 Brittney Reese, Women's Long jump
 * 2015, 2017, 1999 🇺🇸 Christian Taylor, Men's Triple jump
 * 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023 🇻🇪 Yulimar Rojas, Women's Triple jump (4-peat)
 * 1987, 1991, 1993 Werner Gunthor, Men's Shot put
 * 1995, 1997, 1999 🇩🇪 Astrid Kumbernuss, Women's Shot put
 * 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 🇳🇿 Valerie Adams, Women's Shot put (4-peat)
 * 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997 🇩🇪 Lars Riedel, Men's Discus throw (4-peat)
 * 2009, 2011, 2013 🇩🇪 Robert Harting, Men's Discus throw
 * 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022 🇵🇱 Pawel Fajdek, Men's Hammer throw (5-peat)
 * 2001, 2003, 2005 🇨🇺 Yipsi Moreno, Women's Hammer throw
 * 2013, 2015, 2017 🇵🇱 Anita Wlodarczyk, Women's Hammer throw
 * 1991, 1993, 1995 🇺🇸 Dan O'Brien, Men's Decathlon
 * 1997, 1999, 2001 🇨🇿 Tomas Dvorak, Men's Decathlon
 * 2003, 2005, 2007 🇸🇪 Carolina Kluft, Men's Heptathlon

Cricket
Cricket World Cup
 * 1999–2007 🇦🇺 Australia (ICC ODI World Cup every 4 years)

ICC Women's T20 World Cup
 * 2010–2014 🇦🇺 Australia
 * 2018–2023 🇦🇺 Australia

Darts
BDO World Darts Championship
 * 1984–1986 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Eric Bristow
 * 2017–2019 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Glen Durrant

PDC World Darts Championship
 * 1995–2002 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Phil Taylor (8-peat)
 * 2004–2006 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Phil Taylor

Gary Anderson could have made a three-peat in 2015–2017 but lost 7-3 to Michael van Gerwen in the final of the 2017 World darts championship.

Esports
Counter Strike
 * 2010–2011 🇺🇦 Natus Vincere (4-peat: Intel Extreme Masters 2010, ESWC 2010, WCG 2010, and Intel Extreme Masters 2011)

Counter Strike: Global Offensive
 * 2018–2019 Astralis (FACEIT Major: London 2018, IEM Katowice Major 2019, StarLadder Major: Berlin 2019)

Men

 * 1988-1990 🇺🇸 Jay Green (1990 tied with 🇺🇸 Mike DeVito)
 * 1993-1994 🇺🇸 Mike DeVito (1993 Independence Day, 1993 One-on-one Challenge with Japan, 1994 Independence Day)
 * 1996-1998 🇯🇵 Hirofumi Nakajima (1996 One-on-one Challenge with Japan, 1997 and 1998 Independence Day)
 * 2001-2006 🇯🇵 Takeru Kobayashi (6-peat)
 * 2007-2014 🇺🇸 Joey Chestnut (8-peat)
 * 2016-2023 🇺🇸 Joey Chestnut (8-peat)

Women

 * 2011-2013 🇺🇸 Sonya Thomas
 * 2014-2020 🇺🇸 Miki Sudo (7-peat)

US Open

 * 1903–1905 Willie Anderson

The Open Championship

 * 1868–1872 Young Tom Morris (4-peat)
 * 1877–1879 Jamie Anderson
 * 1880–1882 Bob Ferguson
 * 1954–1956 🇦🇺 Peter Thomson

PGA Championship

 * 1924–1927 🇺🇸 Walter Hagen

International rules football
International Rules Series
 * 1990–1999 (1990, 1998, 1999) Ireland


 * International rules football games are held sporadically, hence the eight-year gap between 1990 and 1998.

Motorsports
Formula One World Drivers' Champion
 * 1954–1957 🇦🇷 Juan Manuel Fangio (4-peat)
 * 2000–2004 🇩🇪 Michael Schumacher (5-peat)
 * 2010–2013 🇩🇪 Sebastian Vettel (4-peat)
 * 2017–2020 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton (4-peat)
 * 2021–2023 Max Verstappen

Champ Car World Series auto racing
 * 2004–2007 🇫🇷 Sébastien Bourdais (4-peat)

Motorcycling
MotoGP
 * 1953-1955 🇬🇧 Geoff Duke
 * 1958-1960 🇬🇧 John Surtees
 * 1962-1965 🇬🇧 Mike Hailwood (4-peat)
 * 1966-1972 🇮🇹 Giacomo Agostini (7-peat)
 * 1990-1992 🇺🇸 Wayne Rainey
 * 1994-1998 🇦🇺 Mick Doohan (5-peat)
 * 2001-2005 🇮🇹 Valentino Rossi (5-peat)
 * 2016-2018 Marc Márquez

Motorboat racing
Formula 1 Powerboat World Championship
 * 1993-1996 🇮🇹 Guido Cappellini (4-peat)
 * 2001-2003 🇮🇹 Guido Cappellini
 * 2011-2013 🇮🇹 Alex Carella
 * 2014-2016 🇫🇷 Philippe Chiappe

Rugby Union
Women's Rugby World Cup
 * 1998–2010 🇳🇿 New Zealand (4-peat)

Rugby League
Rugby League World Cup Women's Rugby League World Cup
 * 1975–2000 🇦🇺 Australia (6-peat)
 * 2013–2021 🇦🇺 Australia
 * 2000–2008 🇳🇿 New Zealand
 * 2013–2021 🇦🇺 Australia

Surfing
IPS World Circuit World Champion ASP World Tour World Champion ASP World Tour World Champion
 * 1979–1982 🇦🇺 Mark Richards
 * 1994–1998 🇺🇸 Kelly Slater
 * 2000–2002 Andy Irons

Winter X Games
Winter X Games SuperPipe
 * 2008–2013 🇺🇸 Shaun White

Davis Cup

 * 1903–1906 British Isles
 * 1907–1911
 * 1920–1926 🇺🇸 United States
 * 1927–1932
 * 1933–1936 🇬🇧 Great Britain
 * 1946–1949 🇺🇸 United States
 * 1950–1953 🇦🇺 Australia
 * 1955–1957 🇦🇺 Australia
 * 1959–1962 🇦🇺 Australia
 * 1964–1967 🇦🇺 Australia
 * 1968–1972

Fed Cup

 * 1976–1982
 * 1983–1985 Czechoslovakia
 * 1993–1995 🇪🇸 Spain

Men's singles

 * 1931–1933 🇦🇺 Jack Crawford
 * 1963–1967 🇦🇺 Roy Emerson
 * 2011–2013 🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic
 * 2019–2021 🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic

Women's singles

 * 1928–1930 🇦🇺 Daphne Akhurst Cozens
 * 1946–1948 🇦🇺 Nancye Wynne Bolton
 * 1960–1966 🇦🇺 Margaret Court (6-peat)
 * 1969–1971 🇦🇺 Margaret Court
 * 1974–1976 🇦🇺 Evonne Goolagong Cawley
 * 1988–1990 Steffi Graf
 * 1991–1993  Monica Seles
 * 1997–1999 Martina Hingis

Men's doubles

 * 1936–1940 🇦🇺 Adrian Quist (5-peat; his partners were 🇦🇺 Don Turnbull in 1936–37 tournaments, and 🇦🇺 John Bromwich until 1940)
 * 1938–1940 🇦🇺 John Bromwich (his partner was 🇦🇺 Adrian Quist, see above)
 * 1946–1950 🇦🇺 John Bromwich and 🇦🇺 Adrian Quist (5-peat)
 * 1959–1961 🇦🇺 Rod Laver and 🇦🇺 Bob Mark
 * 2009–2011 🇺🇸 Mike Bryan and 🇺🇸 Bob Bryan

Women's doubles

 * 1923–1925 🇦🇺 Sylvia Lance Harper (her partners were 🇦🇺 Esna Boyd Robertson in the 1923 tournament, and 🇦🇺 Daphne Akhurst Cozens in 1924–25)
 * 1936–1940 🇦🇺 Thelma Coyne Long and 🇦🇺 Nancye Wynne Bolton
 * 1947–1949 🇦🇺 Thelma Coyne Long and 🇦🇺 Nancye Wynne Bolton
 * 1954–1956 🇦🇺 Mary Bevis Hawton (her partners were 🇦🇺 Beryl Penrose in 1954–55, and Thelma Coyne Long in the 1956 tournament)
 * 1961–1963 🇦🇺 Margaret Court (her partners were 🇦🇺 Mary Carter Reitano in the 1961 tournament, and 🇦🇺 Robyn Ebbern in 1962–63)
 * 1969–1971 🇦🇺 Margaret Court (her partners were 🇦🇺 Judy Tegart Dalton in 1969–70, and 🇦🇺 Evonne Goolagong Cawley in the 1971 tournament)
 * 1974–1976 🇦🇺 Evonne Goolagong Cawley (her partners were 🇺🇸 Peggy Michel in 1974–75, and 🇦🇺 Helen Gourlay in the 1976 tournament)
 * 1976–12/1977 🇦🇺 Helen Gourlay (her partners were 🇦🇺 Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1976 and December 1977 (see above), and 🇦🇺 Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat in January 1977)
 * 1982–1989 🇺🇸 Martina Navratilova and 🇺🇸 Pam Shriver (7-peat )
 * 1997–1999 Martina Hingis (her partners were 🇧🇾 Natasha Zvereva in the 1997 tournament,  Mirjana Lučić in 1998, and 🇷🇺 Anna Kournikova in 1999)

Men's singles

 * 1894–1896 🇫🇷 André Vacherot
 * 1897–1900 🇫🇷 Paul Aymé
 * 1907–1909 🇫🇷 Max Decugis
 * 1912–1914 🇫🇷 Max Decugis
 * 1978–1981 🇸🇪 Björn Borg (4-peat)
 * 2005–2008 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal (4-peat)
 * 2010–2014 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal (5-peat)
 * 2017–2020 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal (4-peat)

Women's singles

 * 1897–1899 🇫🇷 Adine Masson
 * 1904–1906 🇫🇷 Kate Gillou
 * 1909–1912 🇫🇷 Jeanne Matthey
 * 1920–1923 🇫🇷 Suzanne Lenglen
 * 1928–1930 🇺🇸 Helen Wills
 * 1935–1937 🇩🇪 Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling
 * 1990–1992  Monica Seles
 * 2005–2007 🇧🇪 Justine Henin
 * 2022–2024 🇵🇱 Iga Świątek

Men's doubles

 * 1961–1965 🇦🇺 Roy Emerson (6-peat: his partners were 🇦🇺 Neal Fraser in 1960 and 1962, 🇦🇺 Rod Laver in the 1961 tournament, 🇪🇸 Manuel Santana in 1963, 🇦🇺 Ken Fletcher in 1964, and 🇦🇺 Fred Stolle in 1965)

Women's doubles

 * 1909–1912 🇫🇷 Jeanne Matthey and 🇫🇷 Daisy Speranza
 * 1920–1923 🇫🇷 Suzanne Lenglen (4-peat: her partners were 🇫🇷 Elisabeth d'Aryen in the 1920 tournament, 🇫🇷 Geramine Pigueron in 1921–22, and 🇫🇷 Didi Vasto in 1923)
 * 1932–1934 🇺🇸 Elizabeth Ryan (her partners were 🇺🇸 Helen Wills in the 1932 tournament, and 🇫🇷 Simonne Mathieu in 1933–34)
 * 1936–1939 🇫🇷 Simonne Mathieu (4-peat: her partners were Billie Yorke in 1936–38, and 🇵🇱 Jadwiga Jędrzejowska in the 1939 tournament)
 * 1936–1938 Billie Yorke (her partner was 🇫🇷 Simonne Mathieu, see above)
 * 1950–1953 🇺🇸 Doris Hart and 🇺🇸 Shirley Fry Irvin
 * 1961–1963 Renée Schuurman (her partners were  Sandra Reynolds in 1961–62, and 🇬🇧 Ann Jones in the 1963 tournament)
 * 1964–1966 🇦🇺 Margaret Court (her partners were 🇦🇺 Lesley Turner Bowrey in 1964–65, and 🇦🇺 Judy Tegart in the 1966 tournament)
 * 1967–1971 🇫🇷 Françoise Dürr (5-peat: her partners were 🇫🇷 Gail Chanfreau in 1967 and 1970–71, and 🇬🇧 Ann Jones in 1967–68)
 * 1984–1988 🇺🇸 Martina Navratilova (5-peat: her partners were 🇺🇸 Pam Shriver in 1984–85 and 1987–88, and 🇭🇺 Andrea Temesvári in the 1986 tournament)
 * 1991–1995 🇺🇸 Gigi Fernández (5-peat: her partners were Jana Novotná in the 1991 tournament, and 🇧🇾 🇧🇾 Natasha Zvereva in 1992–95)
 * 1992–1995 🇧🇾 🇧🇾 Natasha Zvereva (4-peat: her partner was 🇺🇸 Gigi Fernández, see above)

Gentlemen's singles

 * 1881–1886 William Renshaw
 * 1897–1900 Reginald Doherty
 * 1902–1906 Laurence Doherty
 * 1910–1913 🇳🇿 Anthony Wilding
 * 1934–1936 🇬🇧 Fred Perry
 * 1976–1980 🇸🇪 Björn Borg (5-peat)
 * 1993–1995 🇺🇸 Pete Sampras
 * 1997–2000 🇺🇸 Pete Sampras (4-peat)
 * 2003–2007 Roger Federer (5-peat)
 * 2018–2022 Novak Djokovic (4-peat, as 2020 Wimbledon was cancelled due to COVID-19)

Ladies' singles

 * 1891–1893 Lottie Dod
 * 1919–1923 🇫🇷 Suzanne Lenglen
 * 1927–1930 🇺🇸 Helen Wills
 * 1948–1950 🇺🇸 Louise Brough
 * 1952–1954 🇺🇸 Maureen Connolly
 * 1966–1968 🇺🇸 Billie Jean King
 * 1982–1987 🇺🇸 Martina Navratilova (6-peat)
 * 1991–1993 🇩🇪 Steffi Graf

Gentlemen's doubles

 * 1884–1886 William Renshaw and  Ernest Renshaw
 * 1894–1896 Wilfred Baddeley and  Herbert Baddeley
 * 1897–1901 Laurence Doherty and  Reginald Doherty
 * 1903–1905 Laurence Doherty and  Reginald Doherty
 * 1921–22 🇬🇧 Randolph Lycett (his partners were 🇬🇧 Max Woosnam in the 1921 tournament, 🇦🇺 James Anderson in 1922, and Leslie Godfree)
 * 1929–1931 🇺🇸 John Van Ryn (his partners were 🇺🇸 Wilmer Allison in 1929–30, and 🇺🇸 George Lott in the 1931 tournament)
 * 1968–1970 🇦🇺 John Newcombe and 🇦🇺 Tony Roche
 * 1993–1997 🇦🇺 Todd Woodbridge and 🇦🇺 Mark Woodforde
 * 2002–2004 🇦🇺 Todd Woodbridge and 🇸🇪 Jonas Björkman

Ladies' doubles

 * 1919–1923 🇫🇷 Suzanne Lenglen and 🇺🇸 Elizabeth Ryan (5-peat)
 * 1925–1927 🇺🇸 Elizabeth Ryan (her partners were 🇫🇷 Suzanne Lenglen in the 1925 tournament, 🇺🇸 Mary Browne in 1926, and 🇺🇸 Helen Wills in 1927)
 * 1948–1950 🇺🇸 Louise Brough and 🇺🇸 Margaret Osborne duPont
 * 1951–1953 🇺🇸 Shirley Fry Irvin and 🇺🇸 Doris Hart
 * 1956–1958 🇺🇸 Althea Gibson (her partners were 🇬🇧 Angela Buxton in the 1956 tournament, 🇺🇸 Darlene Hard in 1957, and 🇧🇷 Maria Bueno in 1958)
 * 1970–1973 🇺🇸 Billie Jean King (4-peat: her partners were 🇺🇸 Rosemary Casals in 1970–71 and 1973, and Betty Stöve in the 1972 tournament)
 * 1981–1984 🇺🇸 Martina Navratilova and 🇺🇸 Pam Shriver (4-peat)
 * 1991–1994 🇧🇾 Natasha Zvereva (4-peat: her partners were  Larisa Neiland in the 1991 tournament, and 🇺🇸 Gigi Fernández in 1992–94)
 * 1992–1994 🇺🇸 Gigi Fernández (her partner was 🇧🇾 Natasha Zvereva, see above)

Men's singles

 * 1881–1887 🇺🇸 Richard Sears
 * 1890–1892 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 Oliver Campbell
 * 1898–1900 🇺🇸 Malcolm Whitman
 * 1907–1911 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 William Larned
 * 1920–1925 🇺🇸 Bill Tilden
 * 1979–1981 🇺🇸 John McEnroe
 * 1985–1987 Ivan Lendl
 * 2004–2008 Roger Federer (5-peat)

Women's singles

 * 1909–1911 🇺🇸 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
 * 1912–1914 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 Mary Browne
 * 1915–1918 🇳🇴 Molla Mallory
 * 1920–1922 🇺🇸 Molla Mallory
 * 1923–1925 🇺🇸 Helen Wills
 * 1927–1929 🇺🇸 Helen Wills
 * 1932–1935 🇺🇸 Helen Jacobs
 * 1938–1940 🇺🇸 Alice Marble
 * 1943–1944 🇺🇸 Pauline Betz
 * 1948–1950 🇺🇸 Margaret Osborne duPont
 * 1951–1953 🇺🇸 Maureen Connolly
 * 1975–1978 🇺🇸 Chris Evert (4-peat)
 * 2012–2014 🇺🇸 Serena Williams

Men's doubles

 * 1882–1887 🇺🇸 Richard Sears (6-peat: his partners were 🇺🇸 James Dwight in 1882–84 and 1886–87, and 🇺🇸 Joseph Clark in the 1885 tournament)
 * 1882–1884 🇺🇸 James Dwight (his partner was 🇺🇸 Richard Sears, see above)
 * 1899–1901 🇺🇸 Holcombe Ward and 🇺🇸 Dwight F. Davis
 * 1904–1906 🇺🇸 Holcombe Ward and 🇺🇸 Beals Wright
 * 1907–1910 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 Fred Alexander and 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 Harold Hackett (4-peat)
 * 1912–1914 🇺🇸 Maurice McLoughlin and 🇺🇸 Tom Bundy
 * 1921–1923 🇺🇸 Bill Tilden (his partners were 🇺🇸 Vincent Richards in 1921–22, and Brian Norton in the 1923 tournament)
 * 1928–1930 🇺🇸 George Lott (his partners were 🇺🇸 John F. Hennessey in the 1928 tournament, and 🇺🇸 John Doeg in 1929–30)

Women's doubles

 * 1894–1898 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 Juliette Atkinson (5-peat: her partners were 🇺🇸 Helen Hellwig in 1894–95, 🇺🇸 Elisabeth Moore in the 1896 tournament, and Kathleen Atkinson in 1897-98)
 * 1909–1911 🇺🇸 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (her partners were 🇺🇸 Edith Rotch in 1909–10, and Eleonora Sears in the 1911 tournament)
 * 1912–1914 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 Mary K. Browne (her partners were 🇺🇸 Dorothy Green in the 1912 tournament, and 🇺🇸 Louise Riddell Williams in 1913–14)
 * 1915–1917 🇺🇸 Eleonora Sears (her partners were 🇺🇸 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman in the 1915 tournament, and 🇳🇴 Molla Mallory in 1916–17)
 * 1918–1920 🇺🇸 Marion Jessup and 🇺🇸 Eleanor Goss
 * 1937–1941 🇺🇸 Sarah Palfrey Cooke (5-peat: her partners were 🇺🇸 Alice Marble in 1937–40, and 🇺🇸 Margaret Osborne duPont in the 1941 tournament)
 * 1937–1940 🇺🇸 Alice Marble (4-peat: her partner was 🇺🇸 Sarah Palfrey Cooke, see above)
 * 1941–1950 🇺🇸 Margaret Osborne duPont (10-peat: her partners were 🇺🇸 Sarah Palfrey Cooke in the 1941 tournament (see above), and 🇺🇸 Louise Brough in 1942–50)
 * 1942–1950 🇺🇸 Louise Brough (9-peat: her partner was Margaret Osborne duPont, see above)
 * 1951–1954 🇺🇸 Shirley Fry Irvin and 🇺🇸 Doris Hart
 * 1955–1957 🇺🇸 Louise Brough and 🇺🇸 Margaret Osborne duPont
 * 1958–1962 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 Darlene Hard (5-peat: her partners were 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 Jeanne Arth in 1958–59, 🇧🇷 Maria Bueno in 1960 and 1962, and 🇦🇺 Lesley Turner Bowrey in the 1961 tournament)
 * 2002–2004 🇪🇸 Virginia Ruano Pascual and 🇦🇷 Paola Suárez

Singles

 * 1971–1973 🇷🇴 Ilie Năstase
 * 1985–1987 Ivan Lendl
 * 2012–2015 🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic (4-peat)

Doubles

 * 1978–1984 🇺🇸 Peter Fleming and John McEnroe (7-peat)

Singles

 * 1983–1986 🇺🇸 Martina Navratilova (4-peat)
 * 1990–1992  Monica Seles
 * 2012–2014 🇺🇸 Serena Williams

Men's singles

 * 2004–2006 Roger Federer
 * 2014–2016 🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic

Men's doubles

 * 1986–1988 🇫🇷 Guy Forget (his partners were 🇺🇸 Peter Fleming in the 1986 tournament, 🇫🇷 Yannick Noah in 1987, and Boris Becker in 1988)
 * 1988–1990 Boris Becker (his partners were 🇫🇷 Guy Forget in 1988 and 1990, and  Jakob Hlasek in the 1989 tournament)

Men's singles

 * 2001–2003 🇺🇸 Andre Agassi
 * 2014–2016 🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic

Women's singles

 * 1994–1996 🇩🇪 Steffi Graf
 * 2002–2004 🇺🇸 Serena Williams
 * 2013–2015 🇺🇸 Serena Williams

Men's doubles

 * 1996–1998 🇦🇺 Todd Woodbridge and 🇦🇺 Mark Woodforde
 * 2010–2012 🇮🇳 Leander Paes (his partners were 🇨🇿 Lukáš Dlouhý in the 2010 tournament, 🇮🇳 Mahesh Bhupathi in 2011, and 🇨🇿 Radek Štěpánek in 2012)

Women's doubles

 * 1995–1997 🇪🇸 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (her partners were 🇨🇿 Jana Novotná in 1995 and 1996, and 🇧🇾 Natasha Zvereva in the 1997 tournament)

Men's singles

 * 2005–2012 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal (8-peat)
 * 2016–2018 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal

Men's singles

 * 2005–2007 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal

Men's singles

 * 2013–2015 🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic

Men's singles

 * 2003-2005 Roger Federer
 * 2009–2011 🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic

Men's singles

 * 2005–2009 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal (5-peat)
 * 2011–2013 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal
 * 2016–2018 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal

Men's singles

 * 2003-2006 Roger Federer (4-peat)
 * 2013-2015 Roger Federer

Men's singles

 * 2012–2015 🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic (4-peat)

Men's singles

 * 2006-2008 Roger Federer
 * 2017-2019 Roger Federer

The National Football League
In the National Football League (NFL), a Super Bowl championship three-peat has not been accomplished. Two-time defending Super Bowl champions who failed to three-peat include the Green Bay Packers (1968), Miami Dolphins (1974), Pittsburgh Steelers (twice: 1976, 1980), San Francisco 49ers (1990), Dallas Cowboys (1994), Denver Broncos (1999), and New England Patriots (2005). All of these teams failed to return to the title game in the third season (indicated in parentheses).

The Kansas City Chiefs are currently two-time defending Super Bowl champions following their wins in Super Bowl LVII in 2023 and Super Bowl LVIII in 2024.

The Buffalo Bills went to 4 consecutive Super Bowls as the AFC champions from 1990 to 1993, which is a feat unmatched in NFL history; however, they lost in every appearance.

The New England Patriots are the most recent team to play in three consecutive Super Bowls, winning Super Bowl LI in 2016 and Super Bowl LIII in 2018, but losing Super Bowl LII in 2017.

In the early years of the NFL, decades before the introduction of either the term three-peat or the Super Bowl, the Packers won three consecutive NFL titles from 1929–31. This was achieved without playing any postseason playoff games, as the league title was determined at that time from the season standings. In addition, the Packers won the NFL championship in 1965, at a time when the rival NFL and AFL played separate exclusive championships. They then followed that 1965 championship with their first two Super Bowl victories in 1966 and 1967 (their Super Bowl berths were earned by winning both the 1966 NFL Championship Game and 1967 NFL Championship Game), thereby winning championships three years in a row.

Related terms
There have been efforts to come up with a similarly clever name for the potential fourth consecutive championship in the year following a three-peat. But attempts such as quat-row have thus far failed to catch on, and most fans simply use the term four-peat. Since the term three-peat came into usage, however, only one team in major American sports has been able to achieve it – Hendrick Racing/Jimmie Johnson NASCAR team, who won 5 championships in a row.

The wordplay of three-peat is clearer if repeat is stressed on the first syllable; this pronunciation is uncommon outside North America. Other English-speaking people may instead talk of a hat trick of championships, or simply a three-in-a-row.

There are also terms for winning three trophies in the same season:
 * Triple Crown – various sports
 * Treble (association football)
 * Grand slam – Philippine Basketball Association