Top WWE Headliners By Year
The rankings are based on number of houses the wrestler headlined with an attendance of 10,000 or more. Wrestlers were given 1 point per 10,000, 2 for 20,000, 3 for 30,000 and so on. However, the data is limited due to not including TV tapings as I couldn't determine what was the advertised main event. Also I didn't give points to wrestlers who substituted for the advertised wrestlers.
1957
1. Antonino Rocca 2. Miguel Perez
1958
1. Antonino Rocca & Miguel Perez 2. Dr. Jerry Graham 3. The Fabulous Kangaroos and Eddie Graham
1959
1. Antonino Rocca 2. Eddie Graham 3. Dr. Jerry Graham and Miguel Perez
1960
1. Buddy Rogers, Bearcat Wright and Sweet Daddy Siki 2. Eddie Graham
1961
1. Antonino Rocca, Buddy Rogers and Johnny Valentine 2. Argentina Apollo 3. Bob Orton 4. The Fabulous Kangaroos 5. Bearcat Wright
1962
1. Buddy Rogers 2. Bobo Brazil 3. Cowboy Bob Ellis 4. Johnny Barend and Johnny Valentine 5. Edouard Carpentier and Killer Kowalski
1963
1. Bruno Sammartino 2. Buddy Rogers 3. Gorilla Monsoon and Killer Kowalski 4. Bobo Brazil, Hans Mortier and Johnny Barend
1964
1. Bruno Sammartino 2. Waldo Von Erich 3. Dr. Jerry Graham, Freddie Blassie, Gene Kiniski and Gorilla Monsoon
1965
1. Bruno Sammartino 2. Cowboy Bill Watts 3. Bill Miller 4. Dan Miller and Waldo Von Erich
1966
1. Bruno Sammartino 2. Baron Mikel Scicluna
1967
1. Bruno Sammartino 2. Gorilla Monsoon 3. Toru Tanaka 4. Spiros Arion
1968
1. Bruno Sammartino 2. The Sheik 3. Bull Ramos
1969
1. Bruno Sammartino 2. Killer Kowalski 3. The Sheik, Toru Tanaka and Waldo Von Erich
1970
1. Bruno Sammartino 2. Bepo Mongol and Crusher Verdu 3. Geeto Mongol 4. Chief Jay Strongbow, Ivan Koloff, Karl Kovacs and Waldo Von Erich
1971
1. Pedro Morales 2. Ivan Koloff and Tarzan Tyler 3. Freddie Blassie 4. Blackjack Mulligan, Bruno Sammartino, Gorilla Monsoon, Luke Graham and Stan Stasiak 5. Bulldog Brower and Jimmy Valiant
1977
1. Superstar Billy Graham 2. Bruno Sammartino 3. Ken Patera 4. Dusty Rhodes
1982
1. Bob Backlund 2. Jimmy Snuka 3. Jesse Ventura 4. Adrian Adonis, Cowboy Bob Orton and Superstar Billy Graham 5. Ray Stevens
1986
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1990
1. Hulk Hogan 2. Ultimate Warrior 3. Mr. Perfect 4. Rick Rude 5. Earthquake 6. Randy Savage 7. Roddy Piper
1991
1. Hulk Hogan 2. Ric Flair 3. Sgt. Slaughter 4. Earthquake and Ultimate Warrior 5. Undertaker
1992
1. Ric Flair 2. Hulk Hogan 3. Bret Hart 4. Randy Savage and Sid Justice 5. British Bulldog 6. Undertaker 7. Ultimate Warrior
1993
1. Bret Hart 2. Yokozuna 3. Lex Luger and Undertaker 4. Hulk Hogan
1994
1. Bret Hart 2. Yokozuna 3. Lex Luger and Owen Hart
1995
1. Diesel 2. Bam Bam Bigelow, Jeff Jarrett, Razor Ramon and Sid
1996
1. Shawn Michaels 2. Bret Hart 3. Diesel and Vader 4. Sycho Sid
1997
1. Shawn Michaels 2. Undertaker 3. Bret Hart 4. Sycho Sid and Steve Austin 5. British Bulldog and Mankind 5. Jim Neidhart, Legion of Doom and Owen Hart
1998
1. Steve Austin 2. Undertaker 3. Kane 4. Mankind AKA Cactus Jack AKA Dude Love 5. The Rock 6. HHH 7. Billy Gunn and Road Dogg 8. Terry Funk AKA Chainsaw Charlie 9. Legion of Doom
1999
1. The Rock 2. Steve Austin 3. HHH 4. Big Show aka Paul Wight and Kane 5. 6. Undertaker 7. Mankind 8. Big Bossman 9. X-Pac 10. New Age Outlaws