State championship totals: Who’s got the most?

The simplest measure of the success of an overall athletics program is the number of state championships it has won.

By that simple measure alone, Campbell County stands alone at the top of Wyoming’s athletics echelon.

The Camels have won 212 state championships, dating back to the school’s first title, a boys basketball championship in 1958. Since then, the Camel boys have won 103 state championships in each of the 10 sports the school offers, while the Camel girls have won 109 titles in 10 sports, nine of which the school currently has.

Campbell County is one of just six schools in Wyoming to have at least 100 state championships to its name, through championships won in the winter season of 2021-22. The others are Jackson (192), Cheyenne Central (191), Natrona (181), Laramie (141) and Lander (101).

The only school now open that doesn’t have a state championship is Cheyenne South, which opened about a decade ago. Arvada-Clearmont, Hulett and Rock River have just one championship apiece in their histories.

The first state championship was awarded at the 1918 boys basketball state tournament. In all, 2,935 championships have been earned, with 1,792 going to boys teams and 1,143 to girls teams.

Obviously, it’s easier for bigger schools to win more championships, as they offer more sports. The Class 1A school with the most championships, unsurprisingly, is Cokeville, with 87. The Panthers far outdistance second-place Snake River and its 35 championships. The Class 2A school that ranks highest is Pine Bluffs, with 46 championships, followed closely by Wyoming Indian with 40.

The single best year for championships belongs to Campbell County, as well. The Camels won 10 championships in both the 2000-01 and 2008-09 school years. Jackson and Campbell County have also won nine titles in a single school year before, while Star Valley, Jackson and Campbell County have won eight in a year.

The most championships for boys in a single year is six, most recently by Laramie in 2017-18 but also by Campbell County three times, in 2008-09, 2007-08 and 1998-99. The girls record is seven titles, set by Campbell County in 2000-01.

Championships have been awarded across 13 boys sports in 31 different classifications, while girls titles have been awarded in 13 sports in 28 classifications. Dig deeper into each sport on Champlists.

Championship winners are not fully available for all sports. Sports with holes in their championship records include boys and girls alpine and Nordic skiing, as well as potential missing titles in girls golf.

Total championship tallies are below. Click the headers to sort by that column.

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Schools	Total	Boys	Girls
Albin	13	11	2
Arvada-Clearmont	1	0	1
Basin	4	3	1
Big Horn	35	14	21
Big Piney	16	14	2
Buffalo	43	28	15
Burlington	36	22	14
Burns	25	6	19
Byron	22	20	2
Campbell County	212	103	109
Carpenter	1	1	0
Cheyenne Central	191	130	61
Cheyenne East	69	39	30
Cheyenne South	0	0	0
Chugwater	2	2	0
Cody	66	31	35
Cokeville	87	41	46
Cowley	9	9	0
Dayton	2	2	0
Deaver-Frannie	6	6	0
Douglas	72	34	38
Dubois	9	6	3
Encampment	16	7	9
Evanston	26	18	8
Farson	8	8	0
Fort Laramie	1	1	0
Glendo	2	1	1
Glenrock	22	19	3
Goshen Hole	4	4	0
Green River	50	40	10
Greybull	20	15	5
Guernsey-Sunrise	12	10	2
Hanna	6	5	1
Hulett	1	0	1
Huntley	2	2	0
Jackson	192	94	98
Kaycee	11	6	5
Kelly Walsh	79	43	36
Kemmerer	18	12	6
LaGrange	18	18	0
Lander	101	61	40
Laramie	141	93	48
Lingle	24	11	13
Lovell	36	23	13
Lusk	35	19	16
Lyman	22	13	9
Manderson	6	0	6
Medicine Bow	2	2	0
Meeteetse	8	4	4
Midwest	4	4	0
Moorcroft	17	11	6
Mountain View	27	14	13
Natrona	181	110	71
Newcastle	18	13	5
Pine Bluffs	46	13	33
Pinedale	21	14	7
Powell	57	41	16
Rawlins	19	10	9
Riverside	5	3	2
Riverton	22	11	11
Rock River	1	1	0
Rock Springs	64	48	16
Rocky Mountain	15	10	5
Saratoga	23	15	8
Sheridan	89	60	29
Shoshoni	16	13	3
Snake River	35	23	12
Southeast	23	17	6
St. Mary’s/Seton	4	2	2
St. Stephens	10	9	1
Star Valley	93	64	29
Sundance	21	10	11
Ten Sleep	19	10	9
Thermopolis	37	31	6
Thunder Basin	5	1	4
Tongue River	30	10	20
Torrington	44	34	10
University Prep	5	5	0
Upton	23	18	5
Veteran	5	5	0
Wheatland	28	11	17
Wind River	9	9	0
Worland	65	43	22
Wright	29	13	16
Wyoming Indian	40	34	6
Yoder	2	2	0