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The Winners of Drag Race are the finalists crowned at the finale after surviving elimination throughout the competition. Typically, they are granted a crown and scepter alongside the prize from winning the show. Since BeBe Zahara Benet's crowning on the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race, 74 different drag performers in total have been crowned winners with the most recent being Onya Nurve on the seventeenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race crowned on April 18, 2025.
Since the first season of the original American series, the format in which winners are crowned has varied greatly across the show's lifespan. The first three seasons featured the finalists competing in a Music Video Challenge where a finalist would get eliminated, leaving a top two to Lip Sync for the Crown. Starting from the fourth season onwards, a live finale would take place with no Maxi Challenge would take place until the seventh season where the contestants had to choreograph individual live performances. Seasons 9 to 13 (save Season 12), would continue introduce the Lip Sync for the Crown tournament where the top four would compete in a lip sync bracket to determine the winner. Eventually, individual live performances returned starting from the fourteenth season where finalists would get eliminated, leaving once again a top two to Lip Sync for the Crown.
Across the franchise, several of the finale formats from throughout the history of the American series have been adapted to determine their nation's Next Drag Superstar. Notably, The Switch Drag Race, Drag Race Thailand (From Season 1 to Season 2), Drag Race France (From Season 2) and Drag Race España (From Season 4) have adapted their own live finales.
Title Holders[]
Current Reigning Winners[]
Timeline[]
| Year | Order | Season | Winner | Coronation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series | # | |||||
| 2009 | 1st | USA | 1 | Bebe Zahara Benet | March 23, 2009 | |
| 2010 | 2nd | USA | 2 | Tyra Sanchez | April 26, 2010 | |
| 2011 | 3rd | USA | 3 | Raja | April 25, 2011 | |
| 2012 | 4th | USA | 4 | Sharon Needles | April 30, 2012 | |
| 5th | USA All Stars | 1 | Chad Michaels | November 26, 2012 | ||
| 2013 | 6th | USA | 5 | Jinkx Monsoon | May 6, 2013 | |
| 2014 | 7th | USA | 6 | Bianca Del Rio | May 19, 2014 | |
| 2015 | 8th | USA | 7 | Violet Chachki | June 1, 2015 | |
| 2016 | 9th | The Switch | 1 | Luz Violeta | January 17, 2016 | |
| 10th | USA | 8 | Bob The Drag Queen | May 16, 2016 | ||
| 11th | USA All Stars | 2 | Alaska | October 13, 2016 | ||
| 2017 | 12th | USA | 9 | Sasha Velour | June 23, 2017 | |
| 2018 | 13th | USA All Stars | 3 | Trixie Mattel | March 15, 2018 | |
| 14th | Thailand | 1 | Natalia Pliacam | April 5, 2018 | ||
| 15th | USA | 10 | Aquaria | June 28, 2018 | ||
| 16th | The Switch | 2 | Leona Winter | July 15, 2018 | ||
| 2019 | 17th | USA All Stars | 4 | Monét X Change | February 15, 2019 | |
| Trinity The Tuck | ||||||
| 19th | Thailand | 2 | Angele Anang | April 5, 2019 | ||
| 20th | USA | 11 | Yvie Oddly | May 30, 2019 | ||
| 21st | UK | 1 | The Vivienne | November 21, 2019 | ||
| 2020 | 22nd | USA | 12 | Jaida Essence Hall | May 29, 2020 | |
| 23rd | USA All Stars | 5 | Shea Couleé | July 24, 2020 | ||
| 24th | Canada | 1 | Priyanka | September 3, 2020 | ||
| 25th | Holland | 1 | Envy Peru | November 5, 2020 | ||
| 2021 | 26th | UK | 2 | Lawrence Chaney | March 18, 2021 | |
| 27th | USA | 13 | Symone | April 23, 2021 | ||
| 28th | Down Under | 1 | Kita Mean | June 19, 2021 | ||
| 29th | España | 1 | Carmen Farala | July 25, 2021 | ||
| 30th | USA All Stars | 6 | Kylie Sonique Love | September 2, 2021 | ||
| 31st | Holland | 2 | Vanessa van Cartier | September 24, 2021 | ||
| 32nd | UK | 3 | Krystal Versace | November 25, 2021 | ||
| 33rd | Canada | 2 | Icesis Couture | December 16, 2021 | ||
| 34th | Italia | 1 | Elecktra Bionic | December 23, 2021 | ||
| 2022 | 35th | UK vs The World | 1 | Blu Hydrangea | March 8, 2022 | |
| 36th | USA | 14 | Willow Pill | April 22, 2022 | ||
| 37th | España | 2 | Sharonne | June 5, 2022 | ||
| – | USA All Stars | 7 | Jinkx Monsoon | July 29, 2022 | ||
| 38th | France | 1 | Paloma | August 11, 2022 | ||
| 39th | Canada | 3 | Gisèle Lullaby | September 8, 2022 | ||
| 40th | Down Under | 2 | Spankie Jackzon | September 17, 2022 | ||
| 41st | Philippines | 1 | Precious Paula Nicole | October 12, 2022 | ||
| 42nd | UK | 4 | Danny Beard | November 24, 2022 | ||
| 43rd | Italia | 2 | La Diamond | December 8, 2022 | ||
| 44th | Canada vs The World | 1 | Ra'Jah O'Hara | December 23, 2022 | ||
| 2023 | 45th | Belgique | 1 | Drag Couenne | April 6, 2023 | |
| 46th | USA | 15 | Sasha Colby | April 14, 2023 | ||
| 47th | Sverige | 1 | Admira Thunderpussy | April 23, 2023 | ||
| 48th | España | 3 | Pitita | June 25, 2023 | ||
| 49th | USA All Stars | 8 | Jimbo | July 21, 2023 | ||
| 50th | France | 2 | Keiona | August 25, 2023 | ||
| 51st | México | 1 | Cristian Peralta | September 7, 2023 | ||
| 52nd | Down Under | 3 | Isis Avis Loren | September 15, 2023 | ||
| 53rd | Philippines | 2 | Captivating Katkat | October 4, 2023 | ||
| 54th | Brasil | 1 | Organzza | November 15, 2023 | ||
| 55th | Germany | 1 | Pandora Nox | November 21, 2023 | ||
| 56th | UK | 5 | Ginger Johnson | November 30, 2023 | ||
| 57th | Italia | 3 | Lina Galore | December 29, 2023 | ||
| 2024 | 58th | Canada | 4 | Venus | January 11, 2024 | |
| 59th | España All Stars | 1 | Drag Sethlas | March 17, 2024 | ||
| 60th | Belgique | 2 | Alvilda | March 21, 2024 | ||
| 61st | UK vs The World | 2 | Tia Kofi | March 29, 2024 | ||
| 62nd | USA | 16 | Nymphia Wind | April 19, 2024 | ||
| 63rd | France | 3 | Le Filip | July 19, 2024 | ||
| 64th | USA All Stars | 9 | Angeria Paris VanMicheals | July 26, 2024 | ||
| 65th | Canada vs The World | 2 | Lemon | August 23, 2024 | ||
| 66th | México | 2 | Leexa Fox | September 5, 2024 | ||
| 67th | Philippines | 3 | Maxie | October 9, 2024 | ||
| 68th | Global All Stars | 1 | Alyssa Edwards | October 25, 2024 | ||
| 69th | UK | 6 | Kyran Thrax | November 28, 2024 | ||
| 70th | España | 4 | Le Cocó | December 15, 2024 | ||
| 71st | Thailand | 3 | Frankie Wonga | December 18, 2024 | ||
| 72nd | Down Under | 4 | Lazy Susan | December 20, 2024 | ||
| 2025 | 73rd | Canada | 5 | The Virgo Queen | January 16, 2025 | |
| 74th | USA | 17 | Onya Nurve | April 18, 2025 | ||
- █ The winner is currently reigning.
Other Series[]
The World's Next Drag Supermonster
La Más Draga
Queen of Camp
The Brightest Star
Queen of Drags
Make Up Your Mind Franchise
The First Child of Drag
Queen of the Universe
The New Queens
The Next Pinoy Drag Supreme
Regia del Drag Española
Queen Mudra
Drag Latina
Soberana da Caravana
Trivia[]
- Season 7 of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars is the only season whose cast is made up entirely of winners, making it the season with the most winners competing against another/other winners.
- Without considering All Stars 7's lip-syncs, the following lip-syncs featured two or more previous and/or future winners (in bold):
| Season | Episode | Type of lip-sync | Contestants | Winner of the lip-sync | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA Season 4 | 13 | Lip-sync for the Finale | Chad Michaels vs Phi Phi O'Hara vs Sharon Needles | - | |
| USA Season 5 | 12 | Lip-sync for the Finale | Alaska vs Jinkx Monsoon vs Roxxxy Andrews | - | |
| USA Season 9 | 12 | Lip-sync for the Finale | Peppermint vs Sasha Velour vs Shea Couleé vs Trinity The Tuck | - | |
| 14 | Lip-sync for the Crown (2nd round) | Sasha Velour vs Shea Couleé | Sasha Velour | ||
| USA All Stars Season 3 | 5 | Lip-sync for your Legacy | BeBe Zahara Benet vs Trixie Mattel | BeBe Zahara Benet | |
| USA All Stars Season 4 | 10 | Lip-sync for the Crown | Monét X Change vs Trinity The Tuck | Tie | |
| USA All Stars Season 5 | 2 | Lip-sync for your Legacy | Alyssa Edwards vs Shea Couleé | Shea Couleé | |
| UK Season 2 | 6 | Lip-sync for your Life | Lawrence Chaney vs Tia Kofi | Lawrence Chaney | |
| USA All Stars Season 6 | 12 | Lip-sync for the Crown | Eureka! vs Ginger Minj vs Kylie Sonique Love vs Ra'Jah O'Hara | Kylie Sonique Love | |
| USA Season 14 | 14 | Lip-sync for your Life | Angeria Paris VanMicheals vs Willow Pill | Tie | |
| Canada vs The World Season 1 | 2 | Lip-sync for the World | Icesis Couture vs Ra'Jah O'Hara | Icesis Couture | |
| France Season 3 | 4 | Lip-sync for the Win | Le Filip vs Leona Winter | Leona Winter | |
- Keiona, Drag Sethlas and Lemon are the only Drag Race winners and overall contestants to have placed in the top and received generally positive critiques on all competitive episodes of a season.
- Jinkx Monsoon is the winner (and overall contestant) who won the most money in a single season ($232,500 in Season 7 of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars) and the winner who won the most money across multiple seasons ($332,500).
- Season 9 and Season 5 of RuPaul's Drag Race and Season 1 of Canada's Drag Race are the seasons in which the most destined winners originally competed, with three:
- Sasha Velour, Shea Couleé and Trinity The Tuck
- Coincidentally, they were all finalists in that season.
- Priyanka, Jimbo and Lemon.
- Jinkx Monsoon, Alaska and Alyssa Edwards.
- Sasha Velour, Shea Couleé and Trinity The Tuck
- Monét X Change is the only winner to have once been crowned Miss Congeniality.
- Interestingly, a contestant has never been crowned winner and Miss Congeniality on the same season.
- Pandora Nox is the only cisgender woman to have been crowned a winner.
- Sharonne is the winner who won oldest, at 45 years old, while Krystal Versace won youngest, at 20 years old.
- Ra'Jah O'Hara, Jimbo, Lemon and Alyssa Edwards are the only winners to have won the crown on their third season competing.
- Ra'Jah O'Hara and Jimbo are the only winners to have won a season from a series based outside of their home country.
- Angele Anang, Jinkx Monsoon and Cristian Peralta are the Drag Race winners who won the most Main Challenges in one season, with five.
- BenDeLaCreme also accomplished this on Season 3 of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.
- Elecktra Bionic and Le Filip are the only Drag Race winners who have never won a Main Challenge.
- Lawrence Chaney, Krystal Versace, Blu Hydrangea, Danny Beard, and Ginger Johnson are the only winners to not have won any money in any way on the show.
- All of these winners came from UK-based seasons.
- Chad Michaels, Monét X Change and Spankie Jackzon are the only winners to have received negative critiques on their winning season's first competitive episode. All other winners were either safe or received positive critiques.
- Lemon is the only winner to have once been eliminated first.
- Jujubee is statistically the Drag Race contestant that came closest to join the winner circle, making it as a finalist in four separate seasons.
- She placed 3rd in Season 2 of RuPaul's Drag Race, 3rd/4th in Season 1 of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, 2nd/3rd in Season 5 of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars and 3rd/4th on Season 1 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World.
- Spankie Jackzon is the only Drag Race winner to have won another televised drag competition, House of Drag.
- Coincidentally, she won the second season of both competitions.
- Jimbo is the only winner to have a single fellow finalist (Kandy Muse), due to All Stars 8's format which required every other contestant to be eliminated in order to participate in the Fame Games.
- BeBe Zahara Benet is the sole queen in the Drag Race Franchise to be crowned in the 2000s, having been crowned in 2009.
- The RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-Slay Spectacular spin-off had eight queens crowned as "Drag Race Christmas Queens": Eureka!, Jasmine Masters, Kim Chi, Latrice Royale, Mayhem Miller, Shangela, Kylie Sonique Love and Trixie Mattel.
- This makes Trixie Mattel and Kylie Sonique Love, along with Season 5 and All Stars 7 winner Jinkx Monsoon, the only Drag Race contestants to hold two Drag Race winner titles.
- Coincidentally, Trixie and Kylie are both winners of All Stars and were both eliminated fourth in their original seasons.
- This makes Trixie Mattel and Kylie Sonique Love, along with Season 5 and All Stars 7 winner Jinkx Monsoon, the only Drag Race contestants to hold two Drag Race winner titles.
