Slutplaceringer
| Guld | Sølv | Bronze | ||
| 2024 | Bartosz Zmarzlik | Robert Lambert | Fredrik Lindgren | |
| 2023 | Bartosz Zmarzlik | Fredrik Lindgren | Martin Vaculik | |
| 2022 | Bartosz Zmarzlik | Leon Madsen | Maciej Janowski | |
| 2021 | Artem Laguta | Bartosz Zmarzlik | Emil Sayfutdinov | |
| 2020 | Bartosz Zmarzlik | Tai Woffinden | Fredrik Lindgren | |
| 2019 | Bartosz Zmarzlik | Leon Madsen | Emil Sayfutdinov | |
| 2018 | Tai Woffinden | Bartosz Zmarzlik | Fredrik Lindgren | |
| 2017 | Jason Doyle | Patryk Dudek | Tai Woffinden | |
| 2016 | Greg Hancock | Tai Woffinden | Bartosz Zmarzlik | |
| 2015 | Tai Woffinden | Greg Hancock | Nicki Pedersen | |
| 2014 | Greg Hancock | Krzysztof Kasprzak | Nicki Pedersen | |
| 2013 | Tai Woffinden | Jarosław Hampel | Niels-Kristian Iversen | |
| 2012 | Chris Holder | Nicki Pedersen | Greg Hancock | |
| 2011 | Greg Hancock | Andreas Jonsson | Jarek Hampel | |
| 2010 | Tomasz Gollob | Jarek Hampel | Jason Crump | |
| 2009 | Jason Crump | Tomasz Gollob | Emil Sayfutdinov | |
| 2008 | Nicki Pedersen | Jason Crump | Tomasz Gollob | |
| 2007 | Nicki Pedersen | Leigh Adams | Jason Crump | |
| 2006 | Jason Crump | Greg Hancock | Nicki Pedersen | |
| 2005 | Tony Rickardsson | Jason Crump | Leigh Adams | |
| 2004 | Jason Crump | Tony Rickardsson | Greg Hancock | |
| 2003 | Nicki Pedersen | Jason Crump | Tony Rickardsson | |
| 2002 | Tony Rickardsson | Jason Crump | Ryan Sullivan | |
| 2001 | Tony Rickardsson | Jason Crump | Tomasz Gollob | |
| 2000 | Mark Loram | Billy Hamill | Tony Rickardsson | |
| 1999 | Tony Rickardsson | Tomasz Gollob | Hans Nielsen | |
| 1998 | Tony Rickardsson | Jimmy Nilsen | Tomasz Gollob | |
| 1997 | Greg Hancock | Billy Hamill | Tomasz Gollob | |
| 1996 | Billy Hamill | Hans Nielsen | Greg Hancock | |
| 1995 | Hans Nielsen | Tony Rickardsson | Sam Ermolenko | |
| Bane | Individuel | |||
| 1994 | Vojens | Tony Rickardsson | Hans Nielsen | Craig Boyce |
| 1993 | Pocking | Sam Ermolenko | Hans Nielsen | Chris Louis |
| 1992 | Wrocław | Gary Havelock | Per Jonsson | Gert Handberg |
| 1991 | Ullevi | Jan O. Pedersen | Tony Rickardsson | Hans Nielsen |
| 1990 | Bradford | Per Jonsson | Shawn Moran | Todd Wiltshire |
| 1989 | München | Hans Nielsen | Simon Wigg | Jeremy Doncaster |
| 1988 | Vojens | Erik Gundersen | Hans Nielsen | Jan O. Pedersen |
| 1987 | Amsterdam | Hans Nielsen | Erik Gundersen | Sam Ermolenko |
| 1986 | Chorzów | Hans Nielsen | Jan O. Pedersen | Kelvin Tatum |
| 1985 | Bradford | Erik Gundersen | Hans Nielsen | Sam Ermolenko |
| 1984 | Ullevi | Erik Gundersen | Hans Nielsen | Lance King |
| 1983 | Norden | Egon Muller | Billy Sanders | Michael Lee |
| 1982 | Los Angeles | Bruce Penhall | Les Collins | Dennis Sigalos |
| 1981 | Wembley | Bruce Penhall | Ole Olsen | Tommy Knudsen |
| 1980 | Ullevi | Michael Lee | Dave Jessup | Billy Sanders |
| 1979 | Chorzów | Ivan Mauger | Zenon Plech | Michael Lee |
| 1978 | Wembley | Ole Olsen | Gordon Kennett | Scott Autrey |
| 1977 | Ullevi | Ivan Mauger | Peter Collins | Ole Olsen |
| 1976 | Chorzów | Peter Collins | Malcolm Simmons | Phil Crump |
| 1975 | Wembley | Ole Olsen | Anders Michanek | John Louis |
| 1974 | Ullevi | Anders Michanek | Ivan Mauger | Soren Sjosten |
| 1973 | Chorzów | Jerzy Szczakiel | Ivan Mauger | Zenon Plech |
| 1972 | Wembley | Ivan Mauger | Bernt Persson | Ole Olsen |
| 1971 | Ullevi | Ole Olsen | Ivan Mauger | Bengt Jansson |
| 1970 | Chorzów | Ivan Mauger | Paweł Waloszek | Antoni Woryna |
| 1969 | Wembley | Ivan Mauger | Barry Briggs | Soren Sjosten |
| 1968 | Ullevi | Ivan Mauger | Barry Briggs | Edward Jancarz |
| 1967 | Wembley | Ove Fundin | Bengt Jansson | Ivan Mauger |
| 1966 | Ullevi | Barry Briggs | Sverre Harrfeldt | Antoni Woryna |
| 1965 | Wembley | Björn Knutsson | Igor Plechanov | Ove Fundin |
| 1964 | Ullevi | Barry Briggs | Igor Plechanov | Ove Fundin |
| 1963 | Wembley | Ove Fundin | Björn Knutsson | Barry Briggs |
| 1962 | Wembley | Peter Craven | Barry Briggs | Ove Fundin |
| 1961 | Malmö | Ove Fundin | Björn Knutsson | Gote Nordin |
| 1960 | Wembley | Ove Fundin | Ronnie Moore | Peter Craven |
| 1959 | Wembley | Ronnie Moore | Ove Fundin | Barry Briggs |
| 1958 | Wembley | Barry Briggs | Ove Fundin | Aub Lawson |
| 1957 | Wembley | Barry Briggs | Ove Fundin | Peter Craven |
| 1956 | Wembley | Ove Fundin | Ronnie Moore | Arthur Forrest |
| 1955 | Wembley | Peter Craven | Ronnie Moore | Barry Briggs |
| 1954 | Wembley | Ronnie Moore | Brian Crutcher | Olle Nygren |
| 1953 | Wembley | Freddie Williams | Split Waterman | Geoff Mardon |
| 1952 | Wembley | Jack Young | Freddie Williams | Bob Oakley |
| 1951 | Wembley | Jack Young | Split Waterman | Jack Biggs |
| 1950 | Wembley | Freddie Williams | Wally Green | Graham Warren |
| 1949 | Wembley | Tommy Price | Jack Parker | Louis Lawson |
| 1938 | Wembley | Bluey Wilkinson | Jack Milne | Wilbur Lamoreaux |
| 1937 | Wembley | Jack Milne | Wilbur Lamoreaux | Cordy Milne |
| 1936 | Wembley | Lionel Van Praag | Eric Langton | Bluey Wilkinson |
Første dansker i VM-finalen var Morian Hansen, der i 1936 og 1937 endte som nr. 11.