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The G1 (Grade One) Climax (G1（グレードワン）クライマックス, Gurēdo Wan Kuraimakkusu) is a professional wrestling tournament held each August by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. Though it has sometimes been held as a single-elimination tournament, it is usually – and currently – held as a round-robin, with the most victorious wrestlers in each pool wrestling in a short tournament to decide that year's winner. Since 2012, the winner of the tournament earns the right to challenge for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at the following January's Wrestle Kingdom show.

In its current format, the tournament lasts four weeks. The winner of each pool is determined by a points system; two points for a victory, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss or no contest. Under the current format, double decisions (such as double count-outs or double disqualifications) are treated as draws.

NJPW had an annual tournament since 1974 under various names: the World League (ワールドリーグ戦, Wārudorīgu-sen) (1974–1977, based on the World (Big) League tournament from the old Japanese Wrestling Association held between 1959 and 1972);^{[1][2][3][4][5]} the MSG League (MSGシリーズ, MSG shirīzu) (1978–1982);^{[6][7][8][9][10]} the IWGP League (IWGPリーグ戦, IWGP rīgu-sen) (1983–1988), "IWGP" is the acronym of NJPW's governing body, the International Wrestling Grand Prix (インターナショナル・レスリング・グラン・プリ, intānashonaru resuringu guran puri). Most of these tournaments were dominated by NJPW's founding top star Antonio Inoki.

Although the 1983 winner, Hulk Hogan, was awarded a championship belt, this is not the beginning of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, but its early version that was defended annually against the winner of the IWGP League of the year. The current IWGP Heavyweight Championship arrived only in 1987, replacing the old version.^[11]

In 1989, there was a World Cup Tournament (ワールドカップ争奪リーグ戦, Wārudokappu sōdatsu rīgu-sen), which included wrestlers from the then-Soviet Union.^[5][12] No tournament was held in 1990.

With Inoki's dominance over NJPW gone, the promotion established the G1 Climax tournament in 1991 as a platform to showcase the company's top heavyweights and have them compete in round-robin matches where the winners of the two divisions would then square off in the tournament final. NJPW's then president Seiji Sakaguchi named the tournament after the G1 horse race.^[13] Though considered a continuation of the previous tournaments,^[5] officially NJPW does not recognize the earlier tournaments as part of the G1 Climax lineage.^[14] The first G1 was held from August 7 to August 11, 1991, at Tokyo's Ryōgoku Kokugikan. The winner of the tournament, assuming they are not already the champion, has traditionally earned a shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. Since 2012, the winner has earned the "Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate", a contract for a title shot at NJPW's largest event, Wrestle Kingdom in Tokyo Dome, held annually on January 4. Much like WWE's Money in the Bank contract, the certificate is kept in a briefcase that the wrestler then has to defend until the end of the year.^[15][16] Since its inception, the contract has only changed hands one time, on November 7, 2020, at Power Struggle when Jay White defeated Kota Ibushi. In 2021, the now retired IWGP Heavyweight Championship belt was given to G1 winner Kazuchika Okada instead of a briefcase. In 2015, the tournament format was changed with NJPW reducing the number of G1 Climax matches per show, giving the participating wrestlers more time to rest between matches. This increased the tournament's length to four weeks.^[17] In 2016, Kenny Omega became the first non-Japanese wrestler to win the tournament.

The G1 Climax tournament has often been used as a platform for NJPW to push their rising stars. Wins by young up-and-comers over Japanese legends would usually take their respective careers to new heights. The first tournament was specifically created to make stars out of Keiji Mutoh, Masahiro Chono and Shinya Hashimoto, three NJPW wrestlers who had just returned to the promotion from their overseas learning excursions.^[13] Past winners include Mutoh, Chono, Hashimoto, Yuji Nagata, Hiroshi Tanahashi, and others who have gone on to become wrestling superstars.

Unlike the New Japan Cup, the G1 Climax features the then-reigning IWGP Heavyweight Champion as one of the participants, except in 1992, 2001, 2004 and 2008, when then-champions Riki Choshu (in 1992), Kazuyuki Fujita (in 2001 and 2004), and Keiji Mutoh (in 2008), respectively, did not compete in the tournament. Often being labeled as a favorite to win the tournament, the IWGP Heavyweight Champion has reached the final five times, the first one being in 1995 when Keiji Mutoh won the tournament. Mutoh would repeat this feat again in 1999, but would lose the final to Manabu Nakanishi. Other then-reigning champions to reach the final include Kensuke Sasaki in 2000, Kazuyuki Fujita in 2005 and Yuji Nagata in 2007. Mutoh and Sasaki are the only two wrestlers to have won the G1 Climax while holding the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.^[18] Overall, Antonio Inoki holds the record for most tournament wins with ten, while Masahiro Chono with his five wins holds the record for most tournament wins under its G1 Climax name. Hiroyoshi Tenzan has taken part in the G1 Climax tournament a record 21 times.

The opening night of the 2019 G1 Climax took place in Dallas, Texas, marking the first time the opening night took place outside Japan.^[19]

The finals for the 2020 G1 Climax took place in October due to the Summer Olympics originally intended to be held in Tokyo when the tournament is usually held, making this the first time the tournament took place in the Autumn.^[20]

The longest match in tournament history is Kota Ibushi vs. Sanada in the 2020 finals at 35 minutes and 12 seconds. The longest match with a decisive winner in the block stages of the tournament is Sanada vs. Kazuchika Okada in the 2019 tournament at 29 minutes and 47 seconds, 13 seconds shy of the 30-minute time limit. Conversely, the shortest match is Hirooki Goto vs. Toru Yano in the 2020 tournament at just 18 seconds.

Tournament	Year	Winner	Total won	Refs.
World League	1974	Antonio Inoki	1	[1]
	1975	Antonio Inoki	2	[2]
	1976	Seiji Sakaguchi	1	[3]
	1977	Seiji Sakaguchi	2	[4]
MSG League	1978	Antonio Inoki	3	[6]
	1979	Antonio Inoki	4	[7]
	1980	Antonio Inoki	5	[8]
	1981	Antonio Inoki	6	[9]
	1982	André the Giant	1	[10]
IWGP League	1983	Hulk Hogan	1	[21]
	1984	Antonio Inoki	7	[22]
	1985	André the Giant	2	[23]
	1986	Antonio Inoki	8	[24]
	1987	Antonio Inoki	9	[25]
	1988	Antonio Inoki	10	[26]
World Cup Tournament	1989	Riki Choshu	1	[12]
G1 Climax	1991	Masahiro Chono	1	[27][28][29]
	1992	Masahiro Chono	2	[27][30]
	1993	Tatsumi Fujinami	1	[27][31]
	1994	Masahiro Chono	3	[27][32]
	1995	Keiji Mutoh	1	[27][33]
	1996	Riki Choshu	2	[27][34]
	1997	Kensuke Sasaki	1	[27][35]
	1998	Shinya Hashimoto	1	[27][36]
	1999	Manabu Nakanishi	1	[27][37]
	2000	Kensuke Sasaki	2	[38]
	2001	Yuji Nagata	1	[39]
	2002	Masahiro Chono	4	[40]
	2003	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	1	[41]
	2004	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	2	[42]
	2005	Masahiro Chono	5	[43]
	2006	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	3	[44]
	2007	Hiroshi Tanahashi	1	[45]
	2008	Hirooki Goto	1	[46]
	2009	Togi Makabe	1	[47]
	2010	Satoshi Kojima	1	[48]
	2011	Shinsuke Nakamura	1	[49]
	2012	Kazuchika Okada	1	[50]
	2013	Tetsuya Naito	1	[51]
	2014	Kazuchika Okada	2	[52]
	2015	Hiroshi Tanahashi	2	[53]
	2016	Kenny Omega	1	[54]
	2017	Tetsuya Naito	2	[55]
	2018	Hiroshi Tanahashi	3	[56]
	2019	Kota Ibushi	1	[57]
	2020	Kota Ibushi	2	[58]
	2021	Kazuchika Okada	3	[59]
	2022	Kazuchika Okada	4	[60]
	2023	Tetsuya Naito	3
	2024	Zack Sabre Jr.	1

Year	Certificate history
2012	Holder: Kazuchika Okada Matches: Successfully defended the certificate against Karl Anderson on October 8, 2012, at King of Pro-Wrestling[61] Successfully defended the certificate against Hirooki Goto on November 11, 2012, at Power Struggle[62] Lost to Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship on January 4, 2013, at Wrestle Kingdom 7 in Tokyo Dome[63]
2013	Holder: Tetsuya Naito Matches: Successfully defended the certificate against Masato Tanaka on September 29, 2013, at Destruction[64] Successfully defended the certificate against Yujiro Takahashi on October 14, 2013, at King of Pro-Wrestling[65] Successfully defended the certificate against Masato Tanaka on November 9, 2013, at Power Struggle[66] Lost to Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship on January 4, 2014, at Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome[67]
2014	Holder: Kazuchika Okada Matches: Successfully defended the certificate against Karl Anderson on September 23, 2014, at Destruction in Okayama[68] Successfully defended the certificate against Tetsuya Naito on October 13, 2014, at King of Pro-Wrestling[69] Lost to Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship on January 4, 2015, at Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome[70]
2015	Holder: Hiroshi Tanahashi Matches: Successfully defended the certificate against Bad Luck Fale on September 27, 2015, at Destruction in Kobe[71] Successfully defended the certificate against Tetsuya Naito on October 12, 2015, at King of Pro-Wrestling[72] Lost to Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship on January 4, 2016, at Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome[73]
2016	Holder: Kenny Omega Matches: Successfully defended the certificate against Yoshi-Hashi on September 22, 2016, at Destruction in Hiroshima[74] Successfully defended the certificate against Hirooki Goto on October 10, 2016, at King of Pro-Wrestling[75] Lost to Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship on January 4, 2017, at Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome[76]
2017	Holder: Tetsuya Naito Matches: Successfully defended the certificate against Tomohiro Ishii on October 9, 2017, at King of Pro-Wrestling[77] Lost to Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship on January 4, 2018, at Wrestle Kingdom 12 in Tokyo Dome[78]
2018	Holder: Hiroshi Tanahashi Matches: Successfully defended the certificate against Kazuchika Okada on September 23, 2018, at Destruction in Kobe Successfully defended the certificate against Jay White on October 8, 2018, at King of Pro-Wrestling Defeated Kenny Omega for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship on January 4, 2019, at Wrestle Kingdom 13 in Tokyo Dome
2019	Holder: Kota Ibushi Matches: Successfully defended the certificate against Kenta on September 16, 2019, at Destruction in Kagoshima Successfully defended the certificate against Evil on October 14, 2019, at King of Pro-Wrestling Lost to Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship on January 4, 2020, at Wrestle Kingdom 14 in Tokyo Dome[79]
2020	Holder: Kota Ibushi Matches: Lost the certificate against Jay White on November 7, 2020, at Power Struggle
	Holder: Jay White Matches: Lost to Kota Ibushi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship on January 5, 2021, at Wrestle Kingdom 15 in Tokyo Dome
2021	Holder: Kazuchika Okada Matches: Successfully defended the certificate against Tama Tonga on November 6, 2021, at Power Struggle Defeated Shingo Takagi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship on January 4, 2022 at Wrestle Kingdom 16
2022	Holder: Kazuchika Okada Matches: Defeated Jay White for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship on January 4, 2023 at Wrestle Kingdom 17
2023	Holder: Tetsuya Naito Successfully defended the certificate against Jeff Cobb on September 24, 2023 at Destruction in Kobe Defeated Sanada for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship on January 4, 2024 at Wrestle Kingdom 18
2024	Holder: Zack Sabre Jr. Defeated Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship on October 14, 2024 at King of Pro-Wrestling 2024 It's the only time the title match didn't take place at WrestleKingdom

The 1974 World League ran from April 5 to May 8, 1974 and has no relation to the G1 Climax which began in 1991. The tournament began with 16 wrestlers, eight Japanese and eight Internationals, placed into groups accordingly. All first round matches featured the Japanese against the Internationals. The top four finishers from both groups advanced to a second round of round-robin competition.^[1][27]

Round one

Japanese		International
Seiji Sakaguchi	7.5	Killer Karl Krupp	7
Antonio Inoki	7	Invader I	6
Masa Saito	5.5	Stan Stasiak	5
Kantaro Hoshino	4	Geto Mongol	3.5
Kotetsu Yamamoto	3.5	Khosrow Vaziri	3
Haruka Eigen	2	Bolo Mongol	3
Osamu Kido	2	Walter Johnson	1
Katsuhisa Shibata	1	Argentina Zuma	0

Round two

Antonio Inoki	5.5
Seiji Sakaguchi	5.5
Killer Karl Krupp	5.5
Masa Saito	5
Stan Stasiak	2.5
Invader I	2
Kantaro Hoshino	1.5
Geto Mongol	0

Tie-breaker

Antonio Inoki (J)	2-0
Seiji Sakaguchi (J)	1-1
Killer Karl Krupp (I)	0-2

	Inoki (J)	Krupp (I)	Sakaguchi (J)
Inoki (J)	—	Inoki (7:17)	Inoki (16:52)
Krupp (I)	Inoki (7:17)	—	Sakaguchi (12:46)
Sakaguchi (J)	Inoki (16:52)	Sakaguchi (12:46)	—

The 1975 World League ran from April 4 to May 16, 1975. The tournament featured 16 wrestlers, but the Locals versus Internationals format was abolished. The top five finishers advanced to a knockout round, with the top finisher receiving a bye to the final.^[2][27]

Final standings

Killer Karl Krupp	13.5
Antonio Inoki	12.5
Seiji Sakaguchi	12.5
Kintarō Ōki	12.5
Strong Kobayashi	12.5
Super Destroyer	10.5
Masa Saito	9
Kotetsu Yamamoto	8
Kantaro Hoshino	7
Man Mountain Mike	7
Haruka Eigen	5
Katsuhisa Shibata	3
John Gagne	2
Sangre Fría	2
Father Singh	2
Osamu Kido	1

The 1976 World League ran from April 2 to May 11, 1976. The tournament featured 14 wrestlers. The top finisher advanced to the final match of the tournament, to face the winner of a three-wrestler round-robin semifinal round.^[3][27]

First round

Pedro Morales	13
Killer Karl Krupp	10
Victor Rivera	10
Seiji Sakaguchi	10
Strong Kobayashi	9
Masa Saito	9
Kantaro Hoshino	7
Osamu Kido	6
Towering Inferno	5
Butcher Vachon	4
Haruka Eigen	3
Ken Mantell	3
Raul Mata	2
Kotetsu Yamamoto	0

Semifinals

Seiji Sakaguchi	2-0
Killer Karl Krupp	1-1
Victor Rivera	0-2

	Krupp	Rivera	Sakaguchi
Krupp	—	Krupp (12:06)	Sakaguchi (6:12)
Rivera	Krupp (12:06)	—	Sakaguchi (8:57)
Sakaguchi	Sakaguchi (6:12)	Sakaguchi (8:57)	—

	Final
	1	Pedro Morales	CO
	2	Seiji Sakaguchi	25:38

The 1977 World League ran from April 21 to May 30, 1977. The tournament featured 11 wrestlers.^[4][27]

Final standings

The Masked Superstar	10
Seiji Sakaguchi	8
Mitsuo Yoshida	7.5
Nikolai Volkoff	7.5
Kantaro Hoshino	5
Johnny Powers	4
Manuel Soto	4
Haruka Eigen	3
Osamu Kido	3
Tony Charles	2
Enrique Vera	1

	Final
	1	The Masked Superstar	Sub
	2	Seiji Sakaguchi	20:05

The 1978 MSG League ran from April 21 to May 30, 1978. The tournament featured nine wrestlers.^[6][27]

Final standings

André the Giant	37
Antonio Inoki	29
Seiji Sakaguchi	28
Tatsumi Fujinami	25
Bugsy McGraw	15
Nikolai Volkoff	14
Riki Choshu	9
Umanosuke Ueda	5
Chief Jay Strongbow	0

	Final
	1	André the Giant	CO
	2	Antonio Inoki	16:41

The 1979 MSG League ran from April 27 to June 7, 1979. The tournament featured 10 wrestlers.^[7][27]

Final standings

Antonio Inoki	41
Stan Hansen	37
André the Giant	36
Seiji Sakaguchi	31
Tatsumi Fujinami	22
Riki Choshu	18
Canek	16
Masa Saito	10
Larry Zbyszko	5
Tony Garea	0

	Final
	1	Antonio Inoki	Pin
	2	Stan Hansen	9:03

The 1980 MSG League ran from April 25 to June 5, 1980. The tournament featured 10 wrestlers.^[8][27]

Final standings

Antonio Inoki	35
Stan Hansen	32
André the Giant	32
Dusty Rhodes	29
Seiji Sakaguchi	29
Tatsumi Fujinami	20
Riki Choshu	14
Strong Kobayashi	12
Chavo Guerrero	7
Ryuma Go	0

	Final
	1	Antonio Inoki	DQ
	2	Stan Hansen	7:49

The 1981 MSG League ran from May 8 to June 4, 1981. The tournament featured 11 wrestlers.^[9][27]

Final standings

Stan Hansen	39
Antonio Inoki	38
Tiger Jeet Singh	38
Hulk Hogan	36
Seiji Sakaguchi	33
Tatsumi Fujinami	29
Riki Choshu	16
Bobby Duncum	14
Sgt. Slaughter	12
Chris Adams	5
Mike Masters	0

	Final
	1	Stan Hansen	CO
	2	Antonio Inoki	7:45

The 1982 MSG League ran from March 4 to April 1, 1982. The tournament featured 14 wrestlers.^[10][27]

Final standings

André the Giant	56
Antonio Inoki †	51
Killer Khan	48
Dick Murdoch	41
The Masked Superstar	35
Tatsumi Fujinami	35
Rusher Kimura	33
Seiji Sakaguchi	32
Tony Atlas	30
Tiger Toguchi	17
Yoshiaki Yatsu	13
Don Muraco	9
Riki Choshu	4
The Iron Sheik	4

	Final
	1	André the Giant	Pin
	3	Killer Khan	16:42

The 1983 International Wrestling Grand Prix Championship League ran from May 6 to June 2, 1983. The tournament featured 10 wrestlers.^[21][27] The winner was awarded a championship belt (the original IWGP Heavyweight Championship) defended annually against the winner of the IWGP League of the year).^[11]

Final standings

Hulk Hogan	37
Antonio Inoki	36
André the Giant	35
Big John Studd	25
Killer Khan	24
Rusher Kimura	21
Akira Maeda	14
Canek	5
Otto Wanz	5
Enrique Vera	4

	André	Canek	Hogan	Inoki	Khan	Kimura	Maeda	Studd	Vera	Wanz
André	—	André	DCO	André	DCO	André	André	André	André	André
Canek	André	—	Hogan	Inoki	Khan	Kimura	Maeda	Studd	Canek	Wanz
Hogan	DCO	Hogan	—	DCO	Hogan	Hogan	Hogan	Hogan	Hogan	Hogan
Inoki	André	Inoki	DCO	—	Inoki	Inoki	Inoki	Inoki	Inoki	Inoki
Khan	DCO	Khan	Hogan	Inoki	—	Khan	DCO	Studd	Khan	Khan
Kimura	André	Kimura	Hogan	Inoki	Khan	—	Kimura	DCO	Kimura	Kimura
Maeda	André	Maeda	Hogan	Inoki	DCO	Kimura	—	Studd	Maeda	Maeda
Studd	André	Studd	Hogan	Inoki	Studd	DCO	Studd	—	Studd	Studd
Vera	André	Canek	Hogan	Inoki	Khan	Kimura	Maeda	Studd	—	Vera
Wanz	André	Wanz	Hogan	Inoki	Khan	Kimura	Maeda	Studd	Vera	—

	Final
	1	Hulk Hogan	KO
	2	Antonio Inoki	21:27

The 1984 International Wrestling Grand Prix Champion League ran from May 11 to June 14, 1984. The tournament featured 12 wrestlers, and was the first time that the tournament featured no sort of final round.^[22][27]

Final standings

Antonio Inoki	53
André the Giant	49
Tatsumi Fujinami	34
Riki Choshu	32
Dick Murdoch	30
Masa Saito	26
Adrian Adonis	25
The Masked Superstar	18
Ken Patera	17
John Quinn	10
Otto Wanz	6
Big John Studd	2

The IWGP Champion Series ran from May 10 to June 15, 1985. The tournament featured 13 wrestlers, and was single-elimination. This was the first time the tournament did not feature a points system.^[23][27]

First round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Seiji Sakaguchi

André the Giant

5

Ron Miller

12

Strong Machine

Strong Machine

André the Giant

4

André the Giant

13

Canek

Tatsumi Fujinami

André the Giant

6

Tatsumi Fujinami

11

Mike Sharpe

Tatsumi Fujinami

Adrian Adonis

3

Adrian Adonis

14

King Kong Bundy

Tatsumi Fujinami

Dick Murdoch

7

The Masked Superstar

10

Seiji Sakaguchi

Seiji Sakaguchi

Dick Murdoch

2

Kengo Kimura

15

Dick Murdoch

The 1986 International Wrestling Grand Prix ran from May 16 to June 19, 1986. The tournament featured the return of the points system, with 14 wrestlers in two blocks of seven each. The top two from each block advanced to a knockout stage.^[24][27] The winner won the vacated IWGP Heavyweight Championship (original version).^[11]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Antonio Inoki	25	Akira Maeda	27
André the Giant	17	Dick Murdoch	21
Seiji Sakaguchi	15	Tatsumi Fujinami	17
Kengo Kimura	15	Jimmy Snuka	16
The Masked Superstar	14	Umanosuke Ueda	13
Yoshiaki Fujiwara	11	The Wild Samoan	9
Klaus Wallace	0	The Cuban Assassin	0

	Semifinals					Final
	A1	Antonio Inoki	Sub
	A2	André the Giant	9:30
						A1	Antonio Inoki	Pin
						B2	Dick Murdoch	30:07
	B1	Akira Maeda	CO
	B2	Dick Murdoch	16:22

The 1987 International Wrestling Grand Prix ran from May 11 to June 12, 1987. The tournament featured 14 wrestlers in two blocks of seven each. The top finishers from each block advanced to the final, with the winner becoming the first IWGP Heavyweight Champion. Tatsumi Fujinami missed the tournament due to an injury he suffered on the IWGP Champion Series tour, but acted as a commentator for the final match.^[25][27]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Antonio Inoki	29	Masa Saito	28
Yoshiaki Fujiwara	19	Kengo Kimura	21
Konga the Barbarian	18	Hacksaw Higgins	16
Scott Hall	13	George Takano	13
Seiji Sakaguchi	11	Akira Maeda	10
Killer Tim Brooks	4	Umanosuke Ueda	4
Tatsumi Fujinami	0	Alexis Smirnoff	4

	Final
	A1	Antonio Inoki	Pin
	B1	Masa Saito	14:53

The 1988 International Wrestling Grand Prix ran from July 15 to July 29, 1988. The tournament featured five wrestlers in a single block, with the winner becoming the number one contender to IWGP Heavyweight Champion Tatsumi Fujinami for August 8.^[26]

Final standings

Antonio Inoki	6
Riki Choshu	6
Big Van Vader	4
Masa Saito	4
Kengo Kimura	0

The 1989 World Cup Tournament was held from November 24 to December 7, 1989. The tournament featured 20 wrestlers in four blocks of five each.^[5][12]

Final standings

Block A		Block B		Block C		Block D
Riki Choshu	8	Masahiro Chono	8	Salman Hashimikov	8	Steve Williams	8
Victor Zangiev	6	Shinya Hashimoto	6	Brad Rheingans	6	Osamu Kido	6
Kengo Kimura	4	Manny Fernandez	4	Hiroshi Hase	0	Shiro Koshinaka	2
Wayne Bloom	2	Timur Zalasov	2	George Takano	4	Super Strong Machine	2
Buzz Sawyer	0	Andrei Sulsaev	0	Tatsutoshi Goto	2	Vladimir Berkovich	2

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Shinya Hashimoto
	Salman Hashimikov	[12]
					Shinya Hashimoto
					Steve Williams	[12]
	Steve Williams
	Victor Zangiev	[12]
									Shinya Hashimoto
									Riki Choshu	[12]
	Riki Choshu
	Osamu Kido	[12]
					Riki Choshu
					Masahiro Chono	[12]
	Masahiro Chono
	Brad Rheingans	[12]

The inaugural G1 Climax was a round-robin tournament consisting of two four-man blocks, and running from August 7 to August 11, 1991.^[27][28]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Keiji Mutoh	4	Masahiro Chono	5
Tatsumi Fujinami	3	Shinya Hashimoto	5
Scott Norton	3	Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow	2
Big Van Vader	2	Riki Choshu	0

Block A	Fujinami	Mutoh	Norton	Vader
Fujinami	—	Mutoh (13:56)	Draw (7:56)	Fujinami (12:13)
Mutoh	Mutoh (13:56)	—	Norton (9:56)	Mutoh (13:54)
Norton	Draw (7:56)	Norton (9:56)	—	Vader (10:49)
Vader	Fujinami (12:13)	Mutoh (13:54)	Vader (10:49)	—
Block B	Bigelow	Chono	Choshu	Hashimoto
Bigelow	—	Chono (12:38)	Bigelow (10:10)	Hashimoto (9:59)
Chono	Chono (12:38)	—	Chono (14:17)	Draw (30:00)
Choshu	Bigelow (10:10)	Chono (14:17)	—	Hashimoto (7:50)
Hashimoto	Hashimoto (9:59)	Draw (30:00)	Hashimoto (7:50)	—

	Block B Decision					Final
						A1	Keiji Mutoh	Pin
	B1	Masahiro Chono	Sub			B1	Masahiro Chono	29:31
	B2	Shinya Hashimoto	15:50

The 1992 G1 Climax was a 16-man single-elimination tournament, and was also for the vacant NWA World Heavyweight Championship. It ran from August 6 to August 12, 1992.^[27][30] Terry Taylor advanced to the quarterfinals, due to a shoulder injury suffered by his scheduled opponent Hiroshi Hase on August 3.^[80]

Round 1 August 6, 7

Quarterfinals August 10

Semifinals August 11

Final August 12

Arn Anderson

Pin

Steve Austin

8:58

Steve Austin

13:52

Keiji Mutoh

Pin

Keiji Mutoh

Pin

Barry Windham

10:17

Keiji Mutoh

26:07

Masahiro Chono

Sub

Masahiro Chono

Sub

Tony Halme

12:20

Masahiro Chono

Sub

Scott Norton

10:48

Scott Norton

Pin

Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow

8:16

Masahiro Chono

Pin

Rick Rude

29:44

Kensuke Sasaki

Pin

Jim Neidhart

8:20

Kensuke Sasaki

Pin

Terry Taylor

9:35

Hiroshi Hase

Terry Taylor

Forfeit

Kensuke Sasaki

19:24

Rick Rude

Pin

Shinya Hashimoto

Pin

The Barbarian

11:29

Shinya Hashimoto

13:52

Rick Rude

Pin

Super Strong Machine

11:54

Rick Rude

Pin

The 1993 G1 Climax was once again a 16-man single-elimination tournament, held from August 3 to August 7, 1993. NJPW invited several non-NJPW wrestlers to participate in the 1993 tournament, including Hiromichi Fuyuki, Ashura Hara, Takashi Ishikawa and The Great Kabuki from WAR, and Yoshiaki Fujiwara from Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi.^[27][31][81]

Round 1 August 3, 4

Quarterfinals August 5

Semifinals August 6

Final August 7

Hiroshi Hase

Pin

Shinya Hashimoto

20:42

Hiroshi Hase

Pin

Kengo Kimura

15:55

Michiyoshi Ohara

Pin

Kengo Kimura

26:44

Hiroshi Hase

Sub

Masahiro Chono

26:46

Takayuki Iizuka

Pin

Hiromichi Fuyuki

12:10

Hiromichi Fuyuki

Sub

Masahiro Chono

19:04

Ashura Hara

Sub

Masahiro Chono

12:28

Hiroshi Hase

Sub

Tatsumi Fujinami

21:49

Tatsumi Fujinami

Pin

Yoshiaki Fujiwara

14:32

Tatsumi Fujinami

Sub

Osamu Kido

11:58

Osamu Kido

Pin

Takashi Ishikawa

11:33

Tatsumi Fujinami

Sub

Keiji Mutoh

24:26

Shiro Koshinaka

Pin

Super Strong Machine

17:33

Super Strong Machine

Pin

Keiji Mutoh

17:22

Keiji Mutoh

Pin

The Great Kabuki

16:17

The 1994 G1 Climax returned to the round-robin format, this time with two blocks of six. It was held from August 3 to August 7, 1994. Guest natives included Yoshiaki Fujiwara from Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi and Yoshiaki Yatsu from Social Progress Wrestling Federation (SPWF).^[27][32]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Masahiro Chono	8	Power Warrior	7
Keiji Mutoh	6	Hiroshi Hase	6
Riki Choshu	6	Shinya Hashimoto	6
Yoshiaki Yatsu	4	Tatsumi Fujinami	6
Yoshiaki Fujiwara	4	Shiro Koshinaka	5
Osamu Kido	2	Takayuki Iizuka	0

Block A	Chono	Choshu	Fujiwara	Kido	Mutoh	Yatsu
Chono	—	Choshu (3:47)	Chono (9:31)	Chono (6:55)	Chono (27:28)	Chono (15:01)
Choshu	Choshu (3:47)	—	Fujiwara (9:14)	Choshu (5:13)	Mutoh (15:32)	Choshu (10:11)
Fujiwara	Chono (9:31)	Fujiwara (8:26)	—	Kido (9:45)	Fujiwara (12:12)	Yatsu (9:14)
Kido	Chono (6:55)	Choshu (5:13)	Kido (9:45)	—	Mutoh (7:53)	Yatsu (8:25)
Mutoh	Chono (27:28)	Mutoh (15:32)	Fujiwara (12:12)	Mutoh (7:53)	—	Mutoh (15:12)
Yatsu	Chono (15:01)	Choshu (10:11)	Yatsu (9:14)	Yatsu (8:25)	Mutoh (15:12)	—
Block B	Fujinami	Hase	Hashimoto	Iizuka	Koshinaka	Warrior
Fujinami	—	Hase (11:53)	Hashimoto (10:31)	Fujinami (7:09)	Fujinami (12:59)	Fujinami (5:25)
Hase	Hase (11:53)	—	Hase (9:10)	Hase (17:32)	Koshinaka (20:44)	Warrior (16:50)
Hashimoto	Hashimoto (10:31)	Hase (9:10)	—	Hashimoto (13:04)	Draw (30:00)	Draw (30:00)
Iizuka	Fujinami (7:09)	Hase (17:32)	Hashimoto (13:04)	—	Koshinaka (14:02)	Warrior (17:33)
Koshinaka	Fujinami (12:59)	Koshinaka (20:44)	Draw (30:00)	Koshinaka (14:02)	—	Warrior (14:10)
Warrior	Fujinami (5:25)	Warrior (16:50)	Draw (30:00)	Warrior (17:33)	Warrior (14:10)	—

	Final
	A1	Masahiro Chono	Sub
	B1	Power Warrior	21:51

The 1995 G1 Climax was another eight-man round-robin tournament held August 11 to August 15, with the addition that the top two scorers from each block would advance to a four-man mini-tournament to decide the winner. Masahiro Chono advanced out of his block despite being tied with Ric Flair because of his faster match winning time over Shiro Koshinaka.^[27][33]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Keiji Mutoh	4	Shinya Hashimoto	4
Masahiro Chono	3	Scott Norton	4
Ric Flair	3	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	2
Shiro Koshinaka	2	Kensuke Sasaki	2

Block A	Chono	Flair	Koshinaka	Mutoh
Chono	—	Draw (30:00)	Chono (11:10)	Mutoh (11:36)
Flair	Draw (30:00)	—	Flair (17:17)	Mutoh (23:33)
Koshinaka	Chono (11:10)	Flair (17:17)	—	Koshinaka (15:47)
Mutoh	Mutoh (11:36)	Mutoh (23:33)	Koshinaka (15:47)	—
Block B	Hashimoto	Norton	Tenzan	Sasaki
Hashimoto	—	Hashimoto (13:35)	Hashimoto (11:44)	Sasaki (21:46)
Norton	Hashimoto (13:35)	—	Norton (15:08)	Norton (16:21)
Tenzan	Hashimoto (11:44)	Norton (15:08)	—	Tenzan (12:51)
Sasaki	Sasaki (21:46)	Norton (16:21)	Tenzan (12:51)	—

	Semifinals					Final
	A1	Keiji Mutoh	Pin
	B2	Scott Norton	17:07
						A1	Keiji Mutoh	Pin
						B1	Shinya Hashimoto	24:08
	A2	Masahiro Chono	Pin
	B1	Shinya Hashimoto	10:05

The 1996 G1 Climax was held from August 2 to August 6, 1996, and was a round-robin tournament featuring two blocks of five.^[27][34] Junji Hirata suffered an injury during his match with Kensuke Sasaki, which caused him to forfeit his remaining matches.

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Riki Choshu	8	Masahiro Chono	6
Kensuke Sasaki	6	Shiro Koshinaka	4
Hiroyoshi Tenzan	4	Keiji Mutoh	4
Shinya Hashimoto	2	Kazuo Yamazaki	4
Junji Hirata	0	Satoshi Kojima	2

Block A	Choshu	Hashimoto	Hirata	Sasaki	Tenzan
Choshu	—	Choshu (17:14)	Choshu (Forfeit)	Choshu (15:13)	Choshu (5:12)
Hashimoto	Choshu (17:14)	—	Hashimoto (Forfeit)	Sasaki (9:13)	Tenzan (11:27)
Hirata	Choshu (Forfeit)	Hashimoto (Forfeit)	—	Sasaki (5:08)	Tenzan (Forfeit)
Sasaki	Choshu (15:13)	Sasaki (9:13)	Sasaki (5:08)	—	Sasaki (15:03)
Tenzan	Choshu (5:12)	Tenzan (11:27)	Tenzan (Forfeit)	Sasaki (15:03)	—
Block B	Chono	Kojima	Koshinaka	Mutoh	Yamazaki
Chono	—	Chono (13:46)	Koshinaka (22:10)	Chono (24:43)	Chono (12:25)
Kojima	Chono (13:46)	—	Kojima (10:33)	Mutoh (15:21)	Yamazaki (9:56)
Koshinaka	Koshinaka (22:10)	Kojima (10:33)	—	Mutoh (11:59)	Koshinaka (13:50)
Mutoh	Chono (24:43)	Mutoh (15:21)	Mutoh (11:59)	—	Yamazaki (13:50)
Yamazaki	Chono (12:25)	Yamazaki (9:56)	Koshinaka (13:50)	Yamazaki (13:50)	—

	Final
	A1	Riki Choshu	Sub
	B1	Masahiro Chono	13:45

The 1997 G1 Climax was a 14-man single-elimination tournament, with Kensuke Sasaki and Buff Bagwell receiving byes to the quarterfinals. The tournament was held from August 1 to August 3.^[27][35]

Round 1 August 1

Quarterfinals August 2

Semifinals August 3

Final August 3

Satoshi Kojima

Pin

Steven Regal

9:45

Satoshi Kojima

Pin

Hiroyoshi Tenzan

11:43

Hiroyoshi Tenzan

Pin

Tadao Yasuda

10:39

Hiroyoshi Tenzan

Pin

Shinya Hashimoto

14:01

Masahiro Chono

Sub

Michiyoshi Ohara

18:39

Masahiro Chono

Sub

Shinya Hashimoto

5:45

Shinya Hashimoto

Stop

Kazuo Yamazaki

11:35

Hiroyoshi Tenzan

Pin

Kensuke Sasaki

8:09

Junji Hirata

Pin

Scott Norton

6:31

Scott Norton

Pin

The Great Muta

6:31

The Great Muta

Pin

Manabu Nakanishi

10:25

Scott Norton

Pin

Kensuke Sasaki

5:16

Buff Bagwell

Pin

Kensuke Sasaki

8:04

The 1998 G1 Climax was another 16-man single-elimination tournament, held between July 31 and August 2. Genichiro Tenryu, who had separated from his own WAR promotion to become a freelancer since early in the year, was invited.^[27][36]

Round 1 July 31

Quarterfinals August 1

Semifinals August 2

Final August 2

Big Titan

Pin

Tadao Yasuda

10:35

Tadao Yasuda

Pin

Satoshi Kojima

13:38

Satoshi Kojima

Pin

Hiroyoshi Tenzan

11:08

Satoshi Kojima

Sub

Shinya Hashimoto

13:51

Tatsutoshi Goto

Stop

Shinya Hashimoto

4:00

Shinya Hashimoto

Pin

Genichiro Tenryu

13:13

Keiji Mutoh

Pin

Genichiro Tenryu

21:37

Shinya Hashimoto

Pin

Kazuo Yamazaki

15:34

Shiro Koshinaka

Pin

Osamu Nishimura

10:25

Shiro Koshinaka

Sub

Masahiro Chono

16:03

Masahiro Chono

Sub

Manabu Nakanishi

18:52

Masahiro Chono

Sub

Kazuo Yamazaki

9:43

Michiyoshi Ohara

Pin

Kensuke Sasaki

10:59

Kensuke Sasaki

Sub

Kazuo Yamazaki

6:42

Tatsumi Fujinami

Sub

Kazuo Yamazaki

7:51

The 1999 G1 Climax was a 12-man round-robin tournament, held from August 10 to August 15. This was the first of two years (with 2000) where head-to-head tiebreakers did not decide numerical ties; the winner of Block A was decided by tiebreaker matches, even when there was a clear winner in the two participants' league match.^[27][37]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Keiji Mutoh	8	Manabu Nakanishi	8
Yuji Nagata	8	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	6
Kensuke Sasaki	6	Shiro Koshinaka	6
Tatsumi Fujinami	6	Masahiro Chono	6
Satoshi Kojima	2	Shinya Hashimoto	4
Tadao Yasuda	0	Kazuo Yamazaki	0

Block A	Fujinami	Kojima	Mutoh	Nagata	Sasaki	Yasuda
Fujinami	—	Fujinami (13:10)	Fujinami (17:36)	Nagata (12:03)	Sasaki (10:23)	Fujinami (3:29)
Kojima	Fujinami (13:10)	—	Mutoh (11:40)	Nagata (19:51)	Sasaki (13:50)	Kojima (13:51)
Mutoh	Fujinami (17:36)	Mutoh (11:40)	—	Mutoh (21:11)	Mutoh (20:56)	Mutoh (6:25)
Nagata	Nagata (12:03)	Nagata (19:51)	Mutoh (21:11)	—	Nagata (14:43)	Nagata (10:26)
Sasaki	Sasaki (10:23)	Sasaki (13:50)	Mutoh (20:56)	Nagata (14:43)	—	Sasaki (7:28)
Yasuda	Fujinami (3:29)	Kojima (13:51)	Mutoh (6:25)	Nagata (10:26)	Sasaki (7:28)	—
Block B	Chono	Hashimoto	Koshinaka	Nakanishi	Tenzan	Yamazaki
Chono	—	Chono (21:36)	Koshinaka (13:05)	Chono (10:21)	Tenzan (17:25)	Chono (10:18)
Hashimoto	Chono (21:36)	—	Koshinaka (13:47)	Nakanishi (15:22)	Hashimoto (13:24)	Hashimoto (4:55)
Koshinaka	Koshinaka (13:05)	Koshinaka (13:47)	—	Nakanishi (14:15)	Tenzan (15:14)	Koshinaka (Forfeit)
Nakanishi	Chono (10:21)	Nakanishi (15:22)	Nakanishi (14:15)	—	Nakanishi (15:40)	Nakanishi (6:43)
Tenzan	Tenzan (17:25)	Hashimoto (13:24)	Tenzan (15:14)	Nakanishi (15:40)	—	Tenzan (12:30)
Yamazaki	Chono (10:18)	Hashimoto (4:55)	Koshinaka (Forfeit)	Nakanishi (6:43)	Tenzan (12:30)	—

	Block A Decision					Final
						A1	Keiji Mutoh	Sub
	A1	Keiji Mutoh	Sub			B1	Manabu Nakanishi	14:43
	A2	Yuji Nagata	10:28

The 2000 G1 Climax was a round-robin tournament, featuring four blocks of five, with each block champion advancing to a four-man tournament to decide that year's winner; it was held from August 7 to August 13. Also note that the points system was modified from the original: 1 point for a victory, and zero points for a draw or loss. Additionally, head-to-head tiebreakers did not decide numerical ties; the winners of Block A and Block C were decided by tiebreaker matches, even though there was a clear winner in the two participants' league match. This was the first time that two recognized junior heavyweights; IWGP titleholder Tatsuhito Takaiwa and previous champion Jyushin Thunder Liger, were invited to compete in the heavyweight tournament.^[38]

Final standings

Block A		Block B		Block C		Block D
Yuji Nagata	3	Kensuke Sasaki	3	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	3	Masahiro Chono	3
Takashi Iizuka	3	Satoshi Kojima	2	Manabu Nakanishi	3	Junji Hirata	2
Tatsumi Fujinami	2	Brian Johnston	2	Tadao Yasuda	2	Shiro Koshinaka	2
Jyushin Thunder Liger	1	Osamu Kido	0	Osamu Nishimura	2	Yutaka Yoshie	2
Tatsutoshi Goto	1	Hiro Saito	0	Kenzo Suzuki	0	Tatsuhito Takaiwa	1

Block A	Fujinami	Goto	Iizuka	Liger	Nagata
Fujinami	—	Fujinami (6:42)	Iizuka (11:46)	Fujinami (10:33)	Nagata (12:25)
Goto	Fujinami (6:42)	—	Iizuka (9:42)	Liger (7:17)	Goto (11:41)
Iizuka	Iizuka (11:46)	Iizuka (9:42)	—	Iizuka (15:13)	Nagata (16:38)
Liger	Fujinami (10:33)	Liger (7:17)	Iizuka (15:13)	—	Nagata (12:06)
Nagata	Nagata (12:25)	Goto (11:41)	Nagata (16:38)	Nagata (12:06)	—
Block B	Johnston	Kido	Kojima	Saito	Sasaki
Johnston	—	Johnston (5:38)	Kojima (10:08)	Johnston (5:18)	Sasaki (6:48)
Kido	Johnston (5:38)	—	Kojima (9:55)	Draw (6:29)	Sasaki (4:21)
Kojima	Kojima (10:08)	Kojima (9:55)	—	Draw (5:54)	Sasaki (19:39)
Saito	Johnston (5:18)	Draw (6:29)	Draw (5:54)	—	Draw (5:37)
Sasaki	Sasaki (6:48)	Sasaki (4:21)	Sasaki (19:39)	Draw (5:37)	—
Block C	Nakanishi	Nishimura	Suzuki	Tenzan	Yasuda
Nakanishi	—	Nakanishi (13:04)	Nakanishi (8:43)	Tenzan (18:21)	Nakanishi (9:23)
Nishimura	Nakanishi (13:04)	—	Nishimura (7:37)	Nishimura (14:22)	Yasuda (11:47)
Suzuki	Nakanishi (8:43)	Nishimura (7:37)	—	Tenzan (13:24)	Yasuda (10:43)
Tenzan	Tenzan (18:21)	Nishimura (14:22)	Tenzan (13:24)	—	Tenzan (11:40)
Yasuda	Nakanishi (9:23)	Yasuda (11:47)	Yasuda (10:43)	Tenzan (11:40)	—
Block D	Chono	Hirata	Koshinaka	Takaiwa	Yoshie
Chono	—	Chono (11:42)	Koshinaka (12:40)	Chono (14:22)	Chono (20:16)
Hirata	Chono (11:42)	—	Hirata (8:24)	Hirata (11:08)	Yoshie (11:19)
Koshinaka	Koshinaka (12:40)	Hirata (8:24)	—	Takaiwa (9:04)	Koshinaka (10:38)
Takaiwa	Chono (14:22)	Hirata (11:08)	Takaiwa (9:04)	—	Yoshie (13:48)
Yoshie	Chono (20:16)	Yoshie (11:19)	Koshinaka (10:38)	Yoshie (13:48)	—

Tiebreakers

Semifinals

Final

A1

Yuji Nagata

Pin

A1

Yuji Nagata

Sub

B1

Kensuke Sasaki

15:12

A2

Takashi Iizuka

10:48

B1

Kensuke Sasaki

Sub

C2

Manabu Nakanishi

19:42

C2

Manabu Nakanishi

Sub

C1

Hiroyoshi Tenzan

Sub

D1

Masahiro Chono

9:33

C2

Manabu Nakanishi

11:26

The 2001 G1 Climax was a two-block, twelve-man round-robin tournament held from August 4 to August 12. It returned to the original method of scoring, and also reintroduced the 1995 G1's format of each block's top two scorers advancing to the final four. Jyushin Thunder Liger and Minoru Tanaka were the junior heavyweight invitees.^[39]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Yuji Nagata	7	Keiji Mutoh	8
Tadao Yasuda	6	Masahiro Chono	6
Manabu Nakanishi	6	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	6
Kazunari Murakami	5	Satoshi Kojima	4
Tatsumi Fujinami	4	Jyushin Thunder Liger	3
Minoru Tanaka	2	Osamu Nishimura	3

Block A	Fujinami	Murakami	Nagata	Nakanishi	Tanaka	Yasuda
Fujinami	—	Fujinami (0:36)	Nagata (11:30)	Nakanishi (5:18)	Fujinami (8:38)	Yasuda (5:14)
Murakami	Fujinami (0:36)	—	Draw (8:01)	Murakami (2:02)	Tanaka (5:10)	Murakami (3:48)
Nagata	Nagata (11:30)	Draw (8:01)	—	Nakanishi (14:15)	Nagata (12:39)	Nagata (8:11)
Nakanishi	Nakanishi (5:18)	Murakami (2:02)	Nakanishi (14:15)	—	Nakanishi (9:47)	Yasuda (7:11)
Tanaka	Fujinami (8:38)	Tanaka (5:10)	Nagata (12:39)	Nakanishi (9:47)	—	Yasuda (7:35)
Yasuda	Yasuda (5:14)	Murakami (3:48)	Nagata (8:11)	Yasuda (7:11)	Yasuda (7:35)	—
Block B	Chono	Kojima	Liger	Mutoh	Nishimura	Tenzan
Chono	—	Kojima (17:18)	Chono (14:16)	Mutoh (8:14)	Chono (26:16)	Chono (17:53)
Kojima	Kojima (17:18)	—	Liger (16:01)	Kojima (17:30)	Nishimura (19:23)	Tenzan (20:53)
Liger	Chono (14:16)	Liger (16:01)	—	Mutoh (14:24)	Draw (30:00)	Tenzan (15:44)
Mutoh	Mutoh (8:14)	Kojima (17:30)	Mutoh (14:24)	—	Mutoh (16:08)	Mutoh (18:35)
Nishimura	Chono (26:16)	Nishimura (19:23)	Draw (30:00)	Mutoh (16:08)	—	Tenzan (24:06)
Tenzan	Chono (17:53)	Tenzan (20:53)	Tenzan (15:44)	Mutoh (18:35)	Tenzan (24:06)	—

	Semifinals					Final
	B1	Keiji Mutoh	Sub
	A2	Tadao Yasuda	11:22
						B1	Keiji Mutoh	Sub
						A1	Yuji Nagata	22:03
	B2	Masahiro Chono	Sub
	A1	Yuji Nagata	13:44

The 2002 G1 Climax was identical in structure to the previous year's, and was held from August 3 to August 11.^[38]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Yoshihiro Takayama	8	Masahiro Chono	7
Hiroyoshi Tenzan	6	Osamu Nishimura	5
Kensuke Sasaki	6	Manabu Nakanishi	5
Hiroshi Tanahashi	4	Yuji Nagata	5
Shiro Koshinaka	4	Kenzo Suzuki	4
Yutaka Yoshie	2	Tadao Yasuda	4

Block A	Koshinaka	Sasaki	Takayama	Tanahashi	Tenzan	Yoshie
Koshinaka	—	Sasaki (8:33)	Takayama (12:00)	Tanahashi (8:52)	Koshinaka (11:02)	Koshinaka (10:54)
Sasaki	Sasaki (8:33)	—	Sasaki (12:11)	Tanahashi (1:40)	Tenzan (15:52)	Sasaki (0:41)
Takayama	Takayama (12:00)	Sasaki (12:11)	—	Takayama (9:24)	Takayama (13:18)	Takayama (11:28)
Tanahashi	Tanahashi (8:52)	Tanahashi (1:40)	Takayama (9:24)	—	Tenzan (14:49)	Yoshie (10:38)
Tenzan	Koshinaka (11:02)	Tenzan (15:52)	Takayama (13:18)	Tenzan (14:49)	—	Tenzan (15:53)
Yoshie	Koshinaka (10:54)	Sasaki (0:41)	Takayama (11:28)	Yoshie (10:38)	Tenzan (15:53)	—
Block B	Chono	Nagata	Nakanishi	Nishimura	Suzuki	Yasuda
Chono	—	Nagata (16:00)	Chono (16:17)	Draw (30:00)	Chono (17:33)	Chono (Forfeit)
Nagata	Nagata (16:00)	—	Nakanishi (17:21)	Draw (30:00)	Nagata (14:51)	Yasuda (11:10)
Nakanishi	Chono (16:17)	Nakanishi (17:21)	—	Draw (30:00)	Nakanishi (11:17)	Yasuda (2:15)
Nishimura	Draw (30:00)	Draw (30:00)	Draw (30:00)	—	Suzuki (18:10)	Nishimura (1:36)
Suzuki	Chono (17:33)	Nagata (14:51)	Nakanishi (11:17)	Suzuki (18:10)	—	Suzuki (0:37)
Yasuda	Chono (Forfeit)	Yasuda (11:10)	Yasuda (2:15)	Nishimura (1:36)	Suzuki (0:37)	—

Tiebreaker

Semifinals

Final

A1

Yoshihiro Takayama

Pin

B2

Osamu Nishimura

22:38

B3

Manabu Nakanishi

Sub

B2

Osamu Nishimura

5:49

A1

Yoshihiro Takayama

Pin

B1

Masahiro Chono

20:23

B1

Masahiro Chono

Sub

A2

Hiroyoshi Tenzan

22:03

The 2003 G1 Climax was another 12-man round-robin tournament, held from August 10 to August 17. Jun Akiyama from Pro Wrestling Noah, along with freelancer Yoshihiro Takayama were invitees.^[41]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Jun Akiyama	7	Yoshihiro Takayama	8
Hiroyoshi Tenzan	6	Yuji Nagata	5
Masahiro Chono	5	Katsuyori Shibata	5
Manabu Nakanishi	4	Yutaka Yoshie	4
Osamu Nishimura	4	Shinsuke Nakamura	4
Hiroshi Tanahashi	4	Tadao Yasuda	4

Block A	Akiyama	Chono	Nakanishi	Nishimura	Tanahashi	Tenzan
Akiyama	—	Draw (30:00)	Akiyama (16:35)	Nishimura (27:17)	Akiyama (16:08)	Akiyama (19:43)
Chono	Draw (30:00)	—	Nakanishi (11:39)	Chono (24:08)	Chono (13:11)	Tenzan (21:21)
Nakanishi	Akiyama (16:35)	Nakanishi (11:39)	—	Nishimura (13:45)	Nakanishi (14:04)	Tenzan (14:50)
Nishimura	Nishimura (27:17)	Chono (24:08)	Nishimura (13:45)	—	Tanahashi (14:03)	Tenzan (25:56)
Tanahashi	Akiyama (16:08)	Chono (13:11)	Nakanishi (14:04)	Tanahashi (14:03)	—	Tanahashi (15:14)
Tenzan	Akiyama (19:43)	Tenzan (21:21)	Tenzan (14:50)	Tenzan (25:56)	Tanahashi (15:14)	—
Block B	Nagata	Nakamura	Shibata	Takayama	Yasuda	Yoshie
Nagata	—	Nagata (11:32)	Draw (13:17)	Takayama (14:05)	Yasuda (12:21)	Nagata (12:51)
Nakamura	Nagata (11:32)	—	Nakamura (10:14)	Takayama (7:08)	Nakamura (7:38)	Yoshie (12:31)
Shibata	Draw (13:17)	Nakamura (10:14)	—	Takayama (6:38)	Shibata (1:14)	Shibata (9:17)
Takayama	Takayama (14:05)	Takayama (7:08)	Takayama (6:38)	—	Yasuda (11:16)	Takayama (12:31)
Yasuda	Yasuda (12:21)	Nakamura (7:38)	Shibata (1:14)	Yasuda (11:16)	—	Yoshie (13:01)
Yoshie	Nagata (12:51)	Yoshie (12:31)	Shibata (9:17)	Takayama (12:31)	Yoshie (13:01)	—

Block B Decision

Semifinals

Final

A1

Jun Akiyama

Pin

B2

Yuji Nagata

16:11

B2

Yuji Nagata

KO

B3

Katsuyori Shibata

4:11

A1

Jun Akiyama

Sub

A2

Hiroyoshi Tenzan

31:43

B1

Yoshihiro Takayama

KO

A2

Hiroyoshi Tenzan

21:13

The 2004 G1 Climax was a two-block, sixteen-man tournament held from August 7 to August 15. As well as the increased number of participants, it introduced a format in which the second and third runners-up from each block would advance to a four-man tournament, the two finalists of which would advance to a second four-man tournament also featuring each block winner; the eventual winner of this tournament would win the G1 Climax. Also, it would seem that, for this particular year, matches which ended in a double countout or double disqualification would result in zero points for both competitors.^[42]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Katsuyori Shibata	8	Hiroshi Tanahashi	12
Genichiro Tenryu	8	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	11
Shinsuke Nakamura	8	Kensuke Sasaki	9
Masahiro Chono	8	Koji Kanemoto	6
Minoru Suzuki	8	Manabu Nakanishi	6
Yuji Nagata	8	Osamu Nishimura	6
Blue Wolf	4	Togi Makabe	4
Yutaka Yoshie	2	Yoshihiro Takayama	2

Block A	Wolf	Chono	Nagata	Nakamura	Shibata	Suzuki	Tenryu	Yoshie
Wolf	—	Chono (14:29)	Nagata (13:35)	Nakamura (8:15)	Wolf (11:46)	Suzuki (13:34)	Tenryu (6:09)	Wolf (14:04)
Chono	Chono (14:29)	—	Chono (16:26)	Draw (14:36)1	Shibata (15:05)	Chono (17:32)	Tenryu (0:38)	Chono (12:57)
Nagata	Nagata (13:35)	Chono (16:26)	—	Nakamura (13:08)	Nagata (12:44)	Suzuki (17:39)	Nagata (11:28)	Nagata (13:50)
Nakamura	Nakamura (8:15)	Draw (14:36)1	Nakamura (13:08)	—	Shibata (12:00)	Nakamura (11:58)	Tenryu (14:43)	Nakamura (11:33)
Shibata	Wolf (11:46)	Shibata (15:05)	Nagata (12:44)	Shibata (12:00)	—	Suzuki (7:20)	Shibata (7:15)	Shibata (10:22)
Suzuki	Suzuki (13:34)	Chono (17:32)	Suzuki (17:39)	Nakamura (11:58)	Suzuki (7:20)	—	Tenryu (13:01)	Suzuki (9:12)
Tenryu	Tenryu (6:09)	Tenryu (0:38)	Nagata (11:28)	Tenryu (14:43)	Shibata (7:15)	Tenryu (13:01)	—	Yoshie (4:07)
Yoshie	Wolf (14:04)	Chono (12:57)	Nagata (13:50)	Nakamura (11:33)	Shibata (10:22)	Suzuki (9:12)	Yoshie (4:07)	—
Block B	Kanemoto	Makabe	Nakanishi	Nishimura	Sasaki	Takayama	Tanahashi	Tenzan
Kanemoto	—	Kanemoto (13:50)	Kanemoto (9:54)	Nishimura (14:03)	Sasaki (16:55)	Kanemoto (Forfeit)	Tanahashi (15:45)	Tenzan (16:55)
Makabe	Kanemoto (13:50)	—	Nakanishi (7:40)	Makabe (12:51)	Sasaki (6:34)	Makabe (Forfeit)	Tanahashi (11:35)	Tenzan (11:33)
Nakanishi	Kanemoto (9:54)	Nakanishi (7:40)	—	Nakanishi (14:36)	Sasaki (17:57)	Nakanishi (15:48)	Tanahashi (9:12)	Tenzan (12:47)
Nishimura	Nishimura (14:03)	Makabe (12:51)	Nakanishi (14:36)	—	Sasaki (14:00)	Nishimura (Forfeit)	Tanahashi (16:23)	Nishimura (20:02)
Sasaki	Sasaki (16:55)	Sasaki (6:34)	Sasaki (17:57)	Sasaki (14:00)	—	Takayama (14:40)	Tanahashi (12:00)	Draw (30:00)
Takayama	Kanemoto (Forfeit)	Makabe (Forfeit)	Nakanishi (15:48)	Nishimura (Forfeit)	Takayama (14:40)	—	Tanahashi (Forfeit)	Tenzan (Forfeit)
Tanahashi	Tanahashi (15:45)	Tanahashi (11:35)	Tanahashi (9:12)	Tanahashi (16:23)	Tanahashi (12:00)	Tanahashi (Forfeit)	—	Tenzan (15:15)
Tenzan	Tenzan (16:55)	Tenzan (11:33)	Tenzan (12:47)	Nishimura (20:02)	Draw (30:00)	Tenzan (Forfeit)	Tenzan (15:15)	—

¹ This was a double countout, and so neither Chono nor Nakamura received any points.

The 2005 G1 Climax was another 16-man round-robin tournament, held from August 4 to August 14. It returned to the format of 2003, eliminating the "quarterfinals" seen in 2004, and simply bringing each block's top two scorers into the final four.^[43]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Masahiro Chono	10	Kazuyuki Fujita	14
Toshiaki Kawada	10	Shinsuke Nakamura	11
Yuji Nagata	8	Manabu Nakanishi	10
Hiroyoshi Tenzan	8	Hiroshi Tanahashi	7
Minoru Suzuki	6	Yutaka Yoshie	6
Kendo Kashin	5	Tatsutoshi Goto	4
Osamu Nishimura	5	Toru Yano	4
Tatsumi Fujinami	4	Togi Makabe	0

Block A	Chono	Fujinami	Kashin	Kawada	Nagata	Nishimura	Suzuki	Tenzan
Chono	—	Chono (11:08)	Chono (1:45)	Chono (12:14)	Chono (17:02)	Nishimura (20:55)	Chono (17:50)	Tenzan (18:33)
Fujinami	Chono (11:08)	—	Fujinami (4:50)	Kawada (12:03)	Nagata (9:37)	Nishimura (11:29)	Fujinami (10:17)	Tenzan (12:49)
Kashin	Chono (1:45)	Fujinami (4:50)	—	Kashin (11:16)	Nagata (13:08)	Kashin (15:07)	Draw (12:17)	Tenzan (12:19)
Kawada	Chono (12:14)	Kawada (12:03)	Kashin (11:16)	—	Kawada (26:55)	Kawada (17:00)	Kawada (17:11)	Kawada (19:08)
Nagata	Chono (17:02)	Nagata (9:37)	Nagata (13:08)	Kawada (26:55)	—	Nagata (19:34)	Suzuki (12:06)	Nagata (16:55)
Nishimura	Nishimura (20:55)	Nishimura (11:29)	Kashin (15:07)	Kawada (17:00)	Nagata (19:34)	—	Draw (30:00)	Tenzan (18:46)
Suzuki	Chono (17:50)	Fujinami (10:17)	Draw (12:17)	Kawada (17:11)	Suzuki (12:06)	Draw (30:00)	—	Suzuki (13:50)
Tenzan	Tenzan (18:33)	Tenzan (12:49)	Tenzan (12:19)	Kawada (19:08)	Nagata (16:55)	Tenzan (18:46)	Suzuki (13:50)	—
Block B	Fujita	Goto	Makabe	Nakamura	Nakanishi	Tanahashi	Yano	Yoshie
Fujita	—	Fujita (3:19)	Fujita (Forfeit)	Fujita (6:25)	Fujita (8:02)	Fujita (9:14)	Fujita (3:41)	Fujita (8:45)
Goto	Fujita (3:19)	—	Goto (Forfeit)	Nakamura (6:11)	Nakanishi (7:26)	Tanahashi (9:09)	Goto (4:16)	Yoshie (8:22)
Makabe	Fujita (Forfeit)	Goto (Forfeit)	—	Nakamura (2:30)	Nakanishi (Forfeit)	Tanahashi (Forfeit)	Yano (Forfeit)	Yoshie (12:23)
Nakamura	Fujita (6:25)	Nakamura (6:11)	Nakamura (2:30)	—	Nakamura (14:38)	Nakamura (13:35)	Draw (5:15)	Nakamura (10:49)
Nakanishi	Fujita (8:02)	Nakanishi (7:26)	Nakanishi (Forfeit)	Nakamura (14:38)	—	Nakanishi (13:50)	Nakanishi (5:17)	Nakanishi (12:40)
Tanahashi	Fujita (9:14)	Tanahashi (9:09)	Tanahashi (Forfeit)	Nakamura (13:35)	Nakanishi (13:50)	—	Draw (30:00)	Tanahashi (15:01)
Yano	Fujita (3:41)	Goto (4:16)	Yano (Forfeit)	Draw (5:15)	Nakanishi (5:17)	Draw (30:00)	—	Yoshie (12:39)
Yoshie	Fujita (8:45)	Yoshie (8:22)	Yoshie (12:23)	Nakamura (10:49)	Nakanishi (12:40)	Tanahashi (15:01)	Yoshie (12:39)	—

	Semifinals					Final
	A1	Masahiro Chono	Sub
	B2	Shinsuke Nakamura	11:35
						A1	Masahiro Chono	Pin
						B1	Kazuyuki Fujita	8:52
	B1	Kazuyuki Fujita	Pin
	A2	Toshiaki Kawada	6:23

The 2006 G1 Climax was a 10-man round-robin tournament held from August 6 to August 13.^[44]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Satoshi Kojima	7	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	8
Giant Bernard	5	Koji Kanemoto	5
Hiroshi Tanahashi	4	Yuji Nagata	4
Jyushin Thunder Liger	2	Togi Makabe	3
Manabu Nakanishi	2	Naofumi Yamamoto	0

Block A	Bernard	Kojima	Liger	Nakanishi	Tanahashi
Bernard	—	Draw (25:54)	Bernard (6:53)	Nakanishi (11:41)	Bernard (17:54)
Kojima	Draw (25:54)	—	Kojima (14:09)	Kojima (18:17)	Kojima (21:55)
Liger	Bernard (6:53)	Kojima (14:09)	—	Liger (8:32)	Tanahashi (14:18)
Nakanishi	Nakanishi (11:41)	Kojima (18:17)	Liger (8:32)	—	Tanahashi (14:51)
Tanahashi	Bernard (17:54)	Kojima (21:55)	Tanahashi (14:18)	Tanahashi (14:51)	—
Block B	Kanemoto	Makabe	Nagata	Tenzan	Yamamoto
Kanemoto	—	Kanemoto (11:25)	Draw (30:00)	Tenzan (13:07)	Kanemoto (13:14)
Makabe	Kanemoto (11:25)	—	Draw (15:44)	Tenzan (12:23)	Makabe (11:18)
Nagata	Draw (30:00)	Draw (15:44)	—	Tenzan (15:41)	Nagata (10:28)
Tenzan	Tenzan (13:07)	Tenzan (12:23)	Tenzan (15:41)	—	Tenzan (12:28)
Yamamoto	Kanemoto (13:14)	Makabe (11:18)	Nagata (10:28)	Tenzan (12:28)	—

	Semifinals					Final
	A1	Satoshi Kojima	Pin
	B2	Koji Kanemoto	15:41
						A1	Satoshi Kojima	Pin
						B1	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	27:36
	B1	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	Sub
	A2	Giant Bernard	11:13

The 2007 G1 Climax, featuring twelve men in two blocks, was held from August 5 to August 12.^[45]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Togi Makabe	6	Shinsuke Nakamura	7
Yuji Nagata	6	Hiroshi Tanahashi	6
Akebono	5	Toru Yano	5
Giant Bernard	5	Shiro Koshinaka	4
Hiroyoshi Tenzan	4	Milano Collection A.T.	4
Masahiro Chono	4	Manabu Nakanishi	4

Block A	Bernard	Chono	Makabe	Nagata	Tenzan	Akebono
Bernard	—	Bernard (3:40)	Makabe (8:34)	Nagata (13:58)	Bernard (13:24)	Draw (9:57)
Chono	Bernard (3:40)	—	Makabe (11:17)	Chono (16:15)	Tenzan (17:20)	Chono (7:45)
Makabe	Makabe (8:34)	Makabe (11:17)	—	Makabe (15:44)	Tenzan (15:45)	Akebono (7:48)
Nagata	Nagata (13:58)	Chono (16:15)	Makabe (15:44)	—	Nagata (10:41)	Nagata (6:32)
Tenzan	Bernard (13:24)	Tenzan (17:20)	Tenzan (15:45)	Nagata (10:41)	—	Akebono (9:18)
Akebono	Draw (9:57)	Chono (7:45)	Akebono (7:48)	Nagata (6:32)	Akebono (9:18)	—
Block B	Koshinaka	Milano	Nakamura	Nakanishi	Tanahashi	Yano
Koshinaka	—	Milano (10:29)	Koshinaka (10:34)	Koshinaka (10:30)	Tanahashi (17:04)	Yano (9:52)
Milano	Milano (10:29)	—	Nakamura (12:30)	Nakanishi (5:29)	Tanahashi (9:59)	Milano (6:00)
Nakamura	Koshinaka (10:34)	Nakamura (12:30)	—	Nakamura (12:38)	Draw (30:00)	Nakamura (12:13)
Nakanishi	Koshinaka (10:30)	Nakanishi (5:29)	Nakamura (12:38)	—	Nakanishi (12:13)	Yano (10:41)
Tanahashi	Tanahashi (17:04)	Tanahashi (9:59)	Draw (30:00)	Nakanishi (12:13)	—	Draw (12:27)
Yano	Yano (9:52)	Milano (6:00)	Nakamura (12:13)	Yano (10:41)	Draw (12:27)	—

	Semifinals					Final
	A1	Togi Makabe	Pin
	B2	Hiroshi Tanahashi	15:24
						B2	Hiroshi Tanahashi	Pin
						A2	Yuji Nagata	19:02
	B1	Shinsuke Nakamura	Stop
	A2	Yuji Nagata	18:22

The 2008 G1 Climax, featuring fourteen men in two blocks, was held from August 9 to August 17 over seven shows.^[46]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Togi Makabe	8	Hirooki Goto	8
Satoshi Kojima	7	Shinsuke Nakamura	8
Shinjiro Otani	7	Toshiaki Kawada	7
Manabu Nakanishi	6	Yutaka Yoshie	7
Giant Bernard	6	Yuji Nagata	6
Hiroshi Tanahashi	4	Toru Yano	4
Wataru Inoue	4	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	2

Block A	Bernard	Inoue	Kojima	Makabe	Nakanishi	Otani	Tanahashi
Bernard	—	Inoue (7:32)	Bernard (13:27)	Makabe (10:56)	Nakanishi (13:17)	Bernard (14:12)	Bernard (13:51)
Inoue	Inoue (7:32)	—	Kojima (12:39)	Makabe (12:59)	Inoue (8:38)	Otani (9:56)	Tanahashi (14:07)
Kojima	Bernard (13:27)	Kojima (12:39)	—	Makabe (12:26)	Kojima (15:15)	Draw (30:00)	Kojima (16:57)
Makabe	Makabe (10:56)	Makabe (12:59)	Makabe (12:26)	—	Nakanishi (9:31)	Otani (12:11)	Makabe (20:14)
Nakanishi	Nakanishi (13:17)	Inoue (8:38)	Kojima (15:15)	Nakanishi (9:31)	—	Otani (12:21)	Nakanishi (17:33)
Otani	Bernard (14:12)	Otani (9:56)	Draw (30:00)	Otani (12:11)	Otani (12:21)	—	Tanahashi (12:44)
Tanahashi	Bernard (13:51)	Tanahashi (14:07)	Kojima (16:57)	Makabe (20:14)	Nakanishi (17:33)	Tanahashi (12:44)	—
Block B	Goto	Kawada	Nagata	Nakamura	Tenzan	Yano	Yoshie
Goto	—	Kawada (13:24)	Goto (12:12)	Goto (14:22)	Goto (12:43)	Goto (9:11)	Yoshie (14:28)
Kawada	Kawada (13:24)	—	Kawada (16:38)	Nakamura (14:36)	Tenzan (19:24)	Kawada (8:38)	Draw (30:00)
Nagata	Goto (12:12)	Kawada (16:38)	—	Nakamura (15:52)	Nagata (11:34)	Nagata (13:10)	Nagata (15:38)
Nakamura	Goto (14:22)	Nakamura (14:36)	Nakamura (15:52)	—	Nakamura (12:16)	Yano (12:53)	Nakamura (15:20)
Tenzan	Goto (12:43)	Tenzan (19:24)	Nagata (11:34)	Nakamura (12:16)	—	Yano (11:50)	Yoshie (15:09)
Yano	Goto (9:11)	Kawada (8:38)	Nagata (13:10)	Yano (12:53)	Yano (11:50)	—	Yoshie (11:38)
Yoshie	Yoshie (14:28)	Draw (30:00)	Nagata (15:38)	Nakamura (15:20)	Yoshie (15:09)	Yoshie (11:38)	—

	Final
	A1	Togi Makabe	Pin
	B1	Hirooki Goto	22:25

The 2009 G1 Climax, featuring fourteen men in two blocks, was held from August 7 to August 16 over eight shows. In a tournament first, the exact tie for first place in Block A between Togi Makabe and Hiroshi Tanahashi was decided by a coin toss.^[47]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Togi Makabe	7	Shinsuke Nakamura	12
Hiroshi Tanahashi	7	Takashi Sugiura	7
Masato Tanaka	7	Hirooki Goto	6
Toru Yano	6	Manabu Nakanishi	6
Takao Omori	6	Yuji Nagata	5
Giant Bernard	5	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	4
Tajiri	4	Takashi Iizuka	2

Block A	Bernard	Makabe	Omori	Tajiri	Tanahashi	Tanaka	Yano
Bernard	—	Bernard (12:15)	Bernard (10:11)	Tajiri (10:33)	Tanahashi (19:57)	Draw (13:07)	Yano (9:50)
Makabe	Bernard (12:15)	—	Omori (14:40)	Makabe (12:17)	Draw (30:00)	Makabe (12:29)	Makabe (13:18)
Omori	Bernard (10:11)	Omori (14:40)	—	Omori (1:05)	Omori (18:20)	Tanaka (13:08)	Yano (9:11)
Tajiri	Tajiri (10:33)	Makabe (12:17)	Omori (1:05)	—	Tajiri (18:03)	Tanaka (11:24)	Yano (11:34)
Tanahashi	Tanahashi (19:57)	Draw (30:00)	Omori (18:20)	Tajiri (18:03)	—	Tanahashi (22:28)	Tanahashi (18:39)
Tanaka	Draw (13:07)	Makabe (12:29)	Tanaka (13:08)	Tanaka (11:24)	Tanahashi (22:28)	—	Tanaka (10:44)
Yano	Yano (9:50)	Makabe (13:18)	Yano (9:11)	Yano (11:34)	Tanahashi (18:39)	Tanaka (10:44)	—
Block B	Goto	Iizuka	Nagata	Nakamura	Nakanishi	Sugiura	Tenzan
Goto	—	Goto (12:24)	Nagata (17:48)	Nakamura (16:42)	Goto (14:55)	Sugiura (13:32)	Goto (6:57)
Iizuka	Goto (12:24)	—	Iizuka (7:53)	Nakamura (5:11)	Nakanishi (11:58)	Sugiura (9:05)	Tenzan (10:59)
Nagata	Nagata (17:48)	Iizuka (7:53)	—	Nakamura (17:41)	Nakanishi (21:58)	Draw (30:00)	Nagata (11:01)
Nakamura	Nakamura (16:42)	Nakamura (5:11)	Nakamura (17:41)	—	Nakamura (7:10)	Nakamura (13:51)	Nakamura (8:41)
Nakanishi	Goto (14:55)	Nakanishi (11:58)	Nakanishi (21:58)	Nakamura (7:10)	—	Sugiura (14:22)	Nakanishi (10:30)
Sugiura	Sugiura (13:32)	Sugiura (9:05)	Draw (30:00)	Nakamura (13:51)	Sugiura (14:22)	—	Tenzan (12:42)
Tenzan	Goto (6:57)	Tenzan (10:59)	Nagata (11:01)	Nakamura (8:41)	Nakanishi (10:30)	Tenzan (12:42)	—

	Semifinals					Final
	A1	Togi Makabe	Pin
	B2	Takashi Sugiura	11:57
						A1	Togi Makabe	Pin
						B1	Shinsuke Nakamura	18:29
	B1	Shinsuke Nakamura	Pin
	A2	Hiroshi Tanahashi	13:31

The 2010 version of the G1 Climax tournament was announced in late May 2010 and was the 20th anniversary of the G1 Climax tournament. The tournament took place over eight shows between August 6 and August 15, 2010.^[82][83][84] Naomichi Marufuji was scheduled to participate in the tournament, but was forced to pull out after suffering an arm injury on July 25.^[85] On August 5, NJPW announced that Prince Devitt would replace Marufuji in the tournament.^[86] With his victory, freelancer Satoshi Kojima became the third man to have won both the G1 Climax and All Japan Pro Wrestling's Champion Carnival.

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Hiroshi Tanahashi	9	Satoshi Kojima	10
Togi Makabe	8	Shinsuke Nakamura	9
Manabu Nakanishi	8	Go Shiozaki	9
Toru Yano	8	Hirooki Goto	8
Prince Devitt	8	Yuji Nagata	8
Tetsuya Naito	7	Giant Bernard	6
Strong Man	4	Yujiro Takahashi	4
Karl Anderson	4	Wataru Inoue	2

Block A	Anderson	Devitt	Makabe	Naito	Nakanishi	Strong Man	Tanahashi	Yano
Anderson	—	Devitt (10:44)[87]	Makabe (11:07)[88]	Naito (11:52)[89]	Nakanishi (7:29)[90]	Strong Man (6:30)[91]	Anderson (11:42)[92]	Anderson (9:16)[93]
Devitt	Devitt (10:44)[87]	—	Makabe (13:36)[90]	Devitt (11:42)[88]	Nakanishi (9:23)[91]	Devitt (7:36)[92]	Devitt (11:35)[93]	Yano (7:26)[48]
Makabe	Makabe (11:07)[88]	Makabe (13:36)[90]	—	Naito (14:34)[92]	Makabe (10:52)[93]	Makabe (5:57)[89]	Tanahashi (11:58)[48]	Yano (7:18)[87]
Naito	Naito (11:52)[89]	Devitt (11:42)[88]	Naito (14:34)[92]	—	Naito (10:52)[48]	Strong Man (7:55)[93]	Draw (30:00)[90]	Yano (10:59)[91]
Nakanishi	Nakanishi (7:29)[90]	Nakanishi (9:23)[91]	Makabe (10:52)[93]	Naito (10:52)[48]	—	Nakanishi (8:41)[88]	Tanahashi (15:01)[89]	Nakanishi (7:30)[92]
Strong Man	Strong Man (6:30)[91]	Devitt (7:36)[92]	Makabe (5:57)[89]	Strong Man (7:55)[93]	Nakanishi (8:41)[88]	—	Tanahashi (6:50)[87]	Yano (5:16)[90]
Tanahashi	Anderson (11:42)[92]	Devitt (11:35)[93]	Tanahashi (11:58)[48]	Draw (30:00)[90]	Tanahashi (15:01)[89]	Tanahashi (6:50)[87]	—	Tanahashi (14:49)[88]
Yano	Anderson (9:16)[93]	Yano (7:26)[48]	Yano (7:18)[87]	Yano (10:59)[91]	Nakanishi (7:30)[92]	Yano (5:16)[90]	Tanahashi (14:49)[88]	—
Block B	Bernard	Goto	Inoue	Kojima	Nagata	Nakamura	Shiozaki	Takahashi
Bernard	—	Bernard (11:25)[89]	Bernard (9:19)[92]	Kojima (11:44)[88]	Bernard (13:05)[87]	Nakamura (10:39)[90]	Shiozaki (11:07)[91]	Takahashi (8:03)[93]
Goto	Bernard (11:25)[89]	—	Goto (10:14)[90]	Kojima (12:09)[48]	Goto (15:22)[88]	Goto (16:51)[87]	Shiozaki (17:52)[93]	Goto (13:03)[91]
Inoue	Bernard (9:19)[92]	Goto (10:14)[90]	—	Kojima (13:56)[89]	Nagata (10:18)[93]	Nakamura (11:18)[91]	Shiozaki (16:03)[87]	Inoue (8:19)[88]
Kojima	Kojima (11:44)[88]	Kojima (12:09)[48]	Kojima (13:56)[89]	—	Nagata (16:18)[91]	Nakamura (16:45)[93]	Kojima (15:13)[90]	Kojima (8:20)[92]
Nagata	Bernard (13:05)[87]	Goto (15:22)[88]	Nagata (10:18)[93]	Nagata (16:18)[91]	—	Nagata (17:43)[92]	Nagata (16:25)[89]	Takahashi (5:28)[48]
Nakamura	Nakamura (10:39)[90]	Goto (16:51)[87]	Nakamura (11:18)[91]	Nakamura (16:45)[93]	Nagata (17:43)[92]	—	Draw (30:00)[48]	Nakamura (11:47)[89]
Shiozaki	Shiozaki (11:07)[91]	Shiozaki (17:52)[93]	Shiozaki (16:03)[87]	Kojima (15:13)[90]	Nagata (16:25)[89]	Draw (30:00)[48]	—	Shiozaki (10:36)[92]
Takahashi	Takahashi (8:03)[93]	Goto (13:03)[91]	Inoue (8:19)[88]	Kojima (8:20)[92]	Takahashi (5:28)[48]	Nakamura (11:47)[89]	Shiozaki (10:36)[92]	—

	Final
	A1	Hiroshi Tanahashi	Pin
	B1	Satoshi Kojima	21:25[48]

The 2011 version of the G1 Climax tournament was announced on May 3, 2011. It took place over ten shows between August 1 and August 14 and included 20 participants, making it at the time the largest G1 Climax in history.^[94][95]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Tetsuya Naito	12	Shinsuke Nakamura	14
Hiroshi Tanahashi	12	Satoshi Kojima	12
Yoshihiro Takayama	10	Minoru Suzuki	12
Togi Makabe	10	MVP	12
Giant Bernard	10	Hirooki Goto	12
Toru Yano	10	Karl Anderson	8
Yuji Nagata	10	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	8
Lance Archer	8	La Sombra	4
Yujiro Takahashi	6	Wataru Inoue	4
Hideo Saito	2	Strong Man	4

Block A	Archer	Bernard	Makabe	Nagata	Naito	Saito	Takahashi	Takayama	Tanahashi	Yano
Archer	—	Bernard (11:23)[96]	Archer (8:18)[97]	Nagata (8:42)[98]	Naito (12:38)[99]	Archer (6:42)[100]	Archer (7:14)[101]	Archer (7:19)[49]	Tanahashi (11:33)[102]	Yano (8:51)[103]
Bernard	Bernard (11:23)[96]	—	Makabe (12:35)[103]	Bernard (10:00)[104]	Naito (10:44)[98]	Bernard (9:47)[97]	Bernard (8:58)[100]	Takayama (9:36)[102]	Tanahashi (13:05)[101]	Bernard (7:29)[49]
Makabe	Archer (8:18)[97]	Makabe (12:35)[103]	—	Makabe (13:13)[99]	Makabe (14:27)[96]	Makabe (5:23)[102]	Takahashi (8:37)[49]	Takayama (12:14)[98]	Tanahashi (18:46)[104]	Makabe (10:54)[100]
Nagata	Nagata (8:42)[98]	Bernard (10:00)[104]	Makabe (13:13)[99]	—	Nagata (13:11)[100]	Saito (4:29)[49]	Nagata (9:49)[102]	Nagata (13:51)[103]	Nagata (18:19)[97]	Yano (11:24)[96]
Naito	Naito (12:38)[99]	Naito (10:44)[98]	Makabe (14:27)[96]	Nagata (13:11)[100]	—	Naito (7:25)[103]	Takahashi (10:52)[97]	Naito (10:32)[101]	Naito (5:11)[49]	Naito (14:05)[102]
Saito	Archer (6:42)[100]	Bernard (9:47)[97]	Makabe (5:23)[102]	Saito (4:29)[49]	Naito (7:25)[103]	—	Takahashi (9:25)[96]	Takayama (3:29)[104]	Tanahashi (8:01)[99]	Yano (6:09)[101]
Takahashi	Archer (7:14)[101]	Bernard (8:58)[100]	Takahashi (8:37)[49]	Nagata (9:49)[102]	Takahashi (10:52)[97]	Takahashi (9:25)[96]	—	Takayama (9:25)[99]	Tanahashi (12:43)[103]	Yano (8:30)[104]
Takayama	Archer (7:19)[49]	Takayama (9:36)[102]	Takayama (12:14)[98]	Nagata (13:51)[103]	Naito (10:32)[101]	Takayama (3:29)[104]	Takayama (9:25)[99]	—	Tanahashi (11:57)[100]	Takayama (6:29)[97]
Tanahashi	Tanahashi (11:33)[102]	Tanahashi (13:05)[101]	Tanahashi (18:46)[104]	Nagata (18:19)[97]	Naito (5:11)[49]	Tanahashi (8:01)[99]	Tanahashi (12:43)[103]	Tanahashi (11:57)[100]	—	Yano (16:57)[98]
Yano	Yano (8:51)[103]	Bernard (7:29)[49]	Makabe (10:54)[100]	Yano (11:24)[96]	Naito (14:05)[102]	Yano (6:09)[101]	Yano (8:30)[104]	Takayama (6:29)[97]	Yano (16:57)[98]	—
Block B	Anderson	Goto	Inoue	Kojima	MVP	Nakamura	Sombra	Strong Man	Suzuki	Tenzan
Anderson	—	Goto (10:56)[104]	Inoue (9:07)[99]	Kojima (12:55)[103]	Anderson (8:30)[49]	Nakamura (12:11)[101]	Anderson (7:49)[100]	Anderson (7:55)[102]	Suzuki (10:59)[96]	Anderson (9:39)[98]
Goto	Goto (10:56)[104]	—	Goto (11:09)[103]	Goto (16:15)[96]	MVP (10:39)[101]	Goto (13:13)[98]	Goto (9:06)[102]	Strong Man (7:27)[49]	Suzuki (12:38)[99]	Goto (10:37)[97]
Inoue	Inoue (9:07)[99]	Goto (11:09)[103]	—	Kojima (9:51)[98]	MVP (9:34)[96]	Nakamura (12:29)[102]	Sombra (8:41)[97]	Inoue (7:00)[100]	Suzuki (14:19)[101]	Tenzan (9:50)[104]
Kojima	Kojima (12:55)[103]	Goto (16:15)[96]	Kojima (9:51)[98]	—	Kojima (11:26)[104]	Nakamura (15:05)[100]	Kojima (9:25)[101]	Kojima (8:15)[99]	Kojima (12:40)[97]	Tenzan (14:10)[49]
MVP	Anderson (8:30)[49]	MVP (10:39)[101]	MVP (9:34)[96]	Kojima (11:26)[104]	—	MVP (12:02)[97]	MVP (4:59)[98]	MVP (8:18)[103]	Suzuki (12:03)[100]	MVP (11:17)[99]
Nakamura	Nakamura (12:11)[101]	Goto (13:13)[98]	Nakamura (12:29)[102]	Nakamura (15:05)[100]	MVP (12:02)[97]	—	Nakamura (10:49)[99]	Nakamura (6:56)[104]	Nakamura (12:13)[49]	Nakamura (13:43)[96]
Sombra	Anderson (7:49)[100]	Goto (9:06)[102]	Sombra (8:41)[97]	Kojima (9:25)[101]	MVP (4:59)[98]	Nakamura (10:49)[99]	—	Sombra (6:48)[96]	Suzuki (9:32)[104]	Tenzan (9:16)[103]
Strong Man	Anderson (7:55)[102]	Strong Man (7:27)[49]	Inoue (7:00)[100]	Kojima (8:15)[99]	MVP (8:18)[103]	Nakamura (6:56)[104]	Sombra (6:48)[96]	—	Strong Man (9:31)[98]	Tenzan (7:18)[101]
Suzuki	Suzuki (10:59)[96]	Suzuki (12:38)[99]	Suzuki (14:19)[101]	Kojima (12:40)[97]	Suzuki (12:03)[100]	Nakamura (12:13)[49]	Suzuki (9:32)[104]	Strong Man (9:31)[98]	—	Suzuki (14:26)[102]
Tenzan	Anderson (9:39)[98]	Goto (10:37)[97]	Tenzan (9:50)[104]	Tenzan (14:10)[49]	MVP (11:17)[99]	Nakamura (13:43)[96]	Tenzan (9:16)[103]	Tenzan (7:18)[101]	Suzuki (14:26)[102]	—

	Final
	A1	Tetsuya Naito	Pin
	B1	Shinsuke Nakamura	20:19[49]

The 2012 version of the G1 Climax tournament took place over nine shows between August 1 and August 12 and included 18 participants.^[105][106] The 24-year-old Kazuchika Okada went on to become the youngest G1 Climax winner in history, breaking the previous record held by the then 27-year-old Masahiro Chono.^[50] Okada also became the first winner since Hirooki Goto to win the tournament in his first attempt.^[50] Karl Anderson became the first foreigner to make it to the final of the tournament since Rick Rude in 1992.^[107]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Karl Anderson	10	Kazuchika Okada	10
Hiroshi Tanahashi	10	Lance Archer	8
Yuji Nagata	8	Hirooki Goto	8
Shelton Benjamin	8	Togi Makabe	8
Satoshi Kojima	8	MVP	8
Minoru Suzuki	8	Tetsuya Naito	8
Naomichi Marufuji	8	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	8
Toru Yano	6	Shinsuke Nakamura	8
Yujiro Takahashi	6	Rush	6

Block A	Anderson	Benjamin	Kojima	Marufuji	Nagata	Suzuki	Takahashi	Tanahashi	Yano
Anderson	—	Anderson (9:15)[108]	Kojima (12:47)[109]	Marufuji (9:14)[110]	Anderson (11:28)[111]	Anderson (12:22)[112]	Takahashi (10:16)[113]	Anderson (11:15)[50]	Anderson (9:14)[114]
Benjamin	Anderson (9:15)[108]	—	Benjamin (9:04)[50]	Benjamin (7:54)[112]	Nagata (9:52)[114]	Suzuki (10:45)[115]	Benjamin (7:40)[109]	Tanahashi (13:54)[111]	Benjamin (8:11)[113]
Kojima	Kojima (12:47)[109]	Benjamin (9:04)[50]	—	Marufuji (11:37)[111]	Kojima (13:52)[110]	Kojima (13:33)[114]	Takahashi (8:34)[112]	Tanahashi (17:41)[113]	Kojima (9:03)[115]
Marufuji	Marufuji (9:14)[110]	Benjamin (7:54)[112]	Marufuji (11:37)[111]	—	Nagata (13:04)[113]	Suzuki (14:49)[109]	Marufuji (8:34)[115]	Marufuji (21:29)[108]	Yano (9:55)[50]
Nagata	Anderson (11:28)[111]	Nagata (9:52)[114]	Kojima (13:52)[110]	Nagata (13:04)[113]	—	Nagata (9:03)[50]	Takahashi (9:31)[108]	Tanahashi (17:24)[115]	Nagata (10:01)[112]
Suzuki	Anderson (12:22)[112]	Suzuki (10:45)[115]	Kojima (13:33)[114]	Suzuki (14:49)[109]	Nagata (9:03)[50]	—	Suzuki (8:05)[111]	Suzuki (20:53)[110]	Yano (8:05)[108]
Takahashi	Takahashi (10:16)[113]	Benjamin (7:40)[109]	Takahashi (8:34)[112]	Marufuji (8:34)[115]	Takahashi (9:31)[108]	Suzuki (8:05)[111]	—	Tanahashi (14:23)[114]	Yano (7:34)[110]
Tanahashi	Anderson (11:15)[50]	Tanahashi (13:54)[111]	Tanahashi (17:41)[113]	Marufuji (21:29)[108]	Tanahashi (17:24)[115]	Suzuki (20:53)[110]	Tanahashi (14:23)[114]	—	Tanahashi (14:18)[109]
Yano	Anderson (9:14)[114]	Benjamin (8:11)[113]	Kojima (9:03)[115]	Yano (9:55)[50]	Nagata (10:01)[112]	Yano (8:05)[108]	Yano (7:34)[110]	Tanahashi (14:18)[109]	—
Block B	Archer	Goto	Makabe	MVP	Naito	Nakamura	Okada	Rush	Tenzan
Archer	—	Archer (9:41)[110]	Archer (9:55)[111]	MVP (10:50)[50]	Archer (10:41)[114]	Nakamura (12:11)[113]	Okada (10:46)[109]	Rush (7:30)[112]	Archer (10:57)[108]
Goto	Archer (9:41)[110]	—	Makabe (13:31)[115]	Goto (9:19)[113]	Goto (11:05)[50]	Goto (13:31)[112]	Goto (18:36)[114]	Rush (8:02)[111]	Tenzan (13:39)[109]
Makabe	Archer (9:55)[111]	Makabe (13:31)[115]	—	MVP (9:30)[112]	Makabe (14:10)[108]	Makabe (14:12)[110]	Okada (9:33)[50]	Makabe (7:17)[114]	Tenzan (11:58)[113]
MVP	MVP (10:50)[50]	Goto (9:19)[113]	MVP (9:30)[112]	—	Naito (9:33)[110]	Nakamura (12:14)[109]	Okada (10:44)[115]	MVP (7:53)[108]	MVP (9:35)[114]
Naito	Archer (10:41)[114]	Goto (11:05)[50]	Makabe (14:10)[108]	Naito (9:33)[110]	—	Naito (13:39)[111]	Naito (21:59)[112]	Rush (9:39)[109]	Naito (13:27)[115]
Nakamura	Nakamura (12:11)[113]	Goto (13:31)[112]	Makabe (14:12)[110]	Nakamura (12:14)[109]	Naito (13:39)[111]	—	Nakamura (16:16)[108]	Nakamura (10:07)[115]	Tenzan (12:48)[50]
Okada	Okada (10:46)[109]	Goto (18:36)[114]	Okada (9:33)[50]	Okada (10:44)[115]	Naito (21:59)[112]	Nakamura (16:16)[108]	—	Okada (9:20)[113]	Okada (11:20)[111]
Rush	Rush (7:30)[112]	Rush (8:02)[111]	Makabe (7:17)[114]	MVP (7:53)[108]	Rush (9:39)[109]	Nakamura (10:07)[115]	Okada (9:20)[113]	—	Tenzan (9:30)[110]
Tenzan	Archer (10:57)[108]	Tenzan (13:39)[109]	Tenzan (11:58)[113]	MVP (9:35)[114]	Naito (13:27)[115]	Tenzan (12:48)[50]	Okada (11:20)[111]	Tenzan (9:30)[110]	—

	Final
	A1	Karl Anderson	Pin
	B1	Kazuchika Okada	23:19[50]

The 2013 version of the G1 Climax tournament took place over nine shows between August 1 and August 11 and included 20 participants.^[116][117] In an unprecedented move, NJPW broadcast all nine events live on internet pay-per-view (iPPV) through Niconico and Ustream.^[118] On August 8, NJPW announced that Hirooki Goto and Hiroyoshi Tenzan had suffered jaw and rib fractures respectively and would both miss the rest of the tournament.^[119]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Hiroshi Tanahashi	11	Tetsuya Naito	10
Katsuyori Shibata	10	Minoru Suzuki	10
Davey Boy Smith, Jr.	10	Karl Anderson	10
Prince Devitt	10	Shelton X Benjamin	10
Togi Makabe	10	Shinsuke Nakamura	10
Kazuchika Okada	9	Yuji Nagata	10
Hirooki Goto	8	Kota Ibushi	8
Lance Archer	8	Toru Yano	8
Satoshi Kojima	8	Yujiro Takahashi	8
Tomohiro Ishii	6	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	6

Block A	Archer	Devitt	Goto	Ishii	Kojima	Makabe	Okada	Shibata	Smith	Tanahashi
Archer	—	Archer (8:14)[120]	Goto (8:35)[121]	Archer (10:43)[122]	Archer (12:38)[123]	Makabe (9:07)[124]	Okada (11:26)[125]	Shibata (6:41)[126]	Archer (14:37)[51]	Tanahashi (10:56)[127]
Devitt	Archer (8:14)[120]	—	Goto (8:04)[126]	Devitt (10:28)[125]	Devitt (9:02)[124]	Devitt (8:43)[51]	Devitt (12:56)[122]	Shibata (6:56)[127]	Smith (7:26)[123]	Devitt (11:07)[121]
Goto	Goto (8:35)[121]	Goto (8:04)[126]	—	Ishii (Forfeit)	Goto (13:07)[125]	Makabe (11:20)[122]	Goto (12:43)[120]	Shibata (Forfeit)	Smith (Forfeit)	Tanahashi (15:30)[124]
Ishii	Archer (10:43)[122]	Devitt (10:28)[125]	Ishii (Forfeit)	—	Kojima (11:20)[126]	Makabe (14:00)[123]	Okada (11:21)[127]	Ishii (12:17)[121]	Smith (11:17)[124]	Ishii (17:42)[120]
Kojima	Archer (12:38)[123]	Devitt (9:02)[124]	Goto (13:07)[125]	Kojima (11:20)[126]	—	Makabe (15:40)[127]	Kojima (11:56)[51]	Kojima (9:40)[120]	Smith (11:43)[121]	Kojima (16:07)[122]
Makabe	Makabe (9:07)[124]	Devitt (8:43)[51]	Makabe (11:20)[122]	Makabe (14:00)[123]	Makabe (15:40)[127]	—	Makabe (13:55)[121]	Shibata (7:23)[125]	Smith (10:13)[120]	Tanahashi (13:37)[126]
Okada	Okada (11:26)[125]	Devitt (12:56)[122]	Goto (12:43)[120]	Okada (11:21)[127]	Kojima (11:56)[51]	Makabe (13:55)[121]	—	Okada (9:13)[124]	Okada (13:33)[126]	Draw (30:00)[123]
Shibata	Shibata (6:41)[126]	Shibata (6:56)[127]	Shibata (Forfeit)	Ishii (12:17)[121]	Kojima (9:40)[120]	Shibata (7:23)[125]	Okada (9:13)[124]	—	Shibata (9:06)[122]	Tanahashi (10:56)[51]
Smith	Archer (14:37)[51]	Smith (7:26)[123]	Smith (Forfeit)	Smith (11:17)[124]	Smith (11:43)[121]	Smith (10:13)[120]	Okada (13:33)[126]	Shibata (9:06)[122]	—	Tanahashi (14:35)[125]
Tanahashi	Tanahashi (10:56)[127]	Devitt (11:07)[121]	Tanahashi (15:30)[124]	Ishii (17:42)[120]	Kojima (16:07)[122]	Tanahashi (13:37)[126]	Draw (30:00)[123]	Tanahashi (10:56)[51]	Tanahashi (14:35)[125]	—
Block B	Anderson	Benjamin	Ibushi	Nagata	Naito	Nakamura	Suzuki	Takahashi	Tenzan	Yano
Anderson	—	Anderson (6:28)[120]	Ibushi (9:52)[125]	Anderson (10:09)[127]	Naito (13:11)[51]	Anderson (12:54)[122]	Suzuki (10:40)[126]	Anderson (7:00)[123]	Anderson (9:55)[121]	Yano (7:24)[124]
Benjamin	Anderson (6:28)[120]	—	Benjamin (10:20)[124]	Benjamin (8:17)[121]	Naito (8:36)[126]	Benjamin (10:34)[51]	Suzuki (8:42)[127]	Takahashi (7:58)[125]	Benjamin (8:20)[122]	Benjamin (7:35)[123]
Ibushi	Ibushi (9:52)[125]	Benjamin (10:20)[124]	—	Nagata (13:49)[126]	Ibushi (13:16)[120]	Nakamura (19:18)[121]	Suzuki (13:37)[123]	Takahashi (8:45)[127]	Ibushi (Forfeit)	Ibushi (7:32)[122]
Nagata	Anderson (10:09)[127]	Benjamin (8:17)[121]	Nagata (13:49)[126]	—	Naito (11:40)[125]	Nakamura (13:55)[124]	Nagata (14:34)[122]	Nagata (9:06)[51]	Nagata (Forfeit)	Nagata (6:46)[120]
Naito	Naito (13:11)[51]	Naito (8:36)[126]	Ibushi (13:16)[120]	Naito (11:40)[125]	—	Naito (14:50)[123]	Naito (16:19)[121]	Takahashi (9:30)[122]	Tenzan (12:20)[124]	Yano (9:26)[127]
Nakamura	Anderson (12:54)[122]	Benjamin (10:34)[51]	Nakamura (19:18)[121]	Nakamura (13:55)[124]	Naito (14:50)[123]	—	Suzuki (13:44)[120]	Nakamura (10:47)[126]	Nakamura (Forfeit)	Nakamura (11:36)[125]
Suzuki	Suzuki (10:40)[126]	Suzuki (8:42)[127]	Suzuki (13:37)[123]	Nagata (14:34)[122]	Naito (16:19)[121]	Suzuki (13:44)[120]	—	Suzuki (10:31)[124]	Tenzan (11:46)[125]	Yano (9:23)[51]
Takahashi	Anderson (7:00)[123]	Takahashi (7:58)[125]	Takahashi (8:45)[127]	Nagata (9:06)[51]	Takahashi (9:30)[122]	Nakamura (10:47)[126]	Suzuki (10:31)[124]	—	Takahashi (9:07)[120]	Yano (7:04)[121]
Tenzan	Anderson (9:55)[121]	Benjamin (8:20)[122]	Ibushi (Forfeit)	Nagata (Forfeit)	Tenzan (12:20)[124]	Nakamura (Forfeit)	Tenzan (11:46)[125]	Takahashi (9:07)[120]	—	Tenzan (8:39)[126]
Yano	Yano (7:24)[124]	Benjamin (7:35)[123]	Ibushi (7:32)[122]	Nagata (6:46)[120]	Yano (9:26)[127]	Nakamura (11:36)[125]	Yano (9:23)[51]	Yano (7:04)[121]	Tenzan (8:39)[126]	—

	Final
	A1	Hiroshi Tanahashi	Pin
	B1	Tetsuya Naito	26:44[51]

The 2014 version of the G1 Climax tournament took place between July 21 and August 10 with the final taking place in Tokorozawa, Saitama at the Seibu Dome for the first time departing Ryōgoku Kokugikan, which housed the final from every year since the tournament began.^[128] With 22 participants, the tournament marked the largest G1 Climax in history. Like the previous year, all events in the tournament were made available on iPPV through Niconico and Ustream.^[129] Kota Ibushi was scheduled to take part in the tournament, but on July 18 NJPW announced that he would have to pull out due to a concussion suffered at the beginning of the month.^[130] The following day, Tomoaki Honma was named Ibushi's replacement in the tournament.^[131]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Shinsuke Nakamura	16	Kazuchika Okada	16
Hiroshi Tanahashi	14	A.J. Styles	16
Bad Luck Fale	12	Karl Anderson	10
Katsuyori Shibata	12	Minoru Suzuki	10
Shelton X Benjamin	10	Tetsuya Naito	10
Tomohiro Ishii	10	Lance Archer	8
Davey Boy Smith, Jr.	10	Yujiro Takahashi	8
Satoshi Kojima	10	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	8
Doc Gallows	8	Toru Yano	8
Yuji Nagata	8	Hirooki Goto	8
Tomoaki Honma	0	Togi Makabe	8

Block A	Fale	Benjamin	Gallows	Honma	Ishii	Kojima	Nagata	Nakamura	Shibata	Smith	Tanahashi
Fale	—	Benjamin (5:55)[132]	Gallows (8:04)[133]	Fale (6:40)[134]	Fale (9:39)[135]	Kojima (8:25)[136]	Fale (10:57)[137]	Nakamura (11:08)[138]	Fale (7:14)[139]	Fale (7:10)[140]	Fale (12:27)[141]
Benjamin	Benjamin (5:55)[132]	—	Benjamin (8:54)[135]	Benjamin (8:08)[138]	Benjamin (8:11)[137]	Kojima (10:11)[134]	Nagata (10:52)[142]	Nakamura (9:01)[133]	Shibata (14:01)[141]	Benjamin (8:44)[136]	Tanahashi (12:32)[139]
Gallows	Gallows (8:04)[133]	Benjamin (8:54)[135]	—	Gallows (7:37)[137]	Ishii (8:11)[141]	Kojima (7:11)[142]	Gallows (7:53)[139]	Nakamura (11:35)[140]	Gallows (6:30)[138]	Smith (10:08)[134]	Tanahashi (11:14)[132]
Honma	Fale (6:40)[134]	Benjamin (8:08)[138]	Gallows (7:37)[137]	—	Ishii (12:06)[136]	Kojima (6:55)[140]	Nagata (11:15)[132]	Nakamura (10:19)[141]	Shibata (10:47)[142]	Smith (8:53)[139]	Tanahashi (11:01)[135]
Ishii	Fale (9:39)[135]	Benjamin (8:11)[137]	Ishii (8:11)[141]	Ishii (12:06)[136]	—	Ishii (12:27)[132]	Ishii (11:46)[138]	Nakamura (15:14)[134]	Shibata (12:24)[140]	Ishii (10:24)[142]	Tanahashi (15:02)[133]
Kojima	Kojima (8:25)[136]	Kojima (10:11)[134]	Kojima (7:11)[142]	Kojima (6:55)[140]	Ishii (12:27)[132]	—	Kojima (11:27)[135]	Nakamura (12:51)[139]	Shibata (10:11)[133]	Smith (11:30)[141]	Tanahashi (13:01)[137]
Nagata	Fale (10:57)[137]	Nagata (10:52)[142]	Gallows (7:53)[139]	Nagata (11:15)[132]	Ishii (11:46)[138]	Kojima (11:27)[135]	—	Nakamura (16:11)[136]	Nagata (13:31)[134]	Nagata (9:39)[133]	Tanahashi (12:34)[140]
Nakamura	Nakamura (11:08)[138]	Nakamura (9:01)[133]	Nakamura (11:35)[140]	Nakamura (10:19)[141]	Nakamura (15:14)[134]	Nakamura (12:51)[139]	Nakamura (16:11)[136]	—	Shibata (15:27)[135]	Nakamura (13:37)[132]	Tanahashi (17:00)[142]
Shibata	Fale (7:14)[139]	Shibata (14:01)[141]	Gallows (6:30)[138]	Shibata (10:47)[142]	Shibata (12:24)[140]	Shibata (10:11)[133]	Nagata (13:31)[134]	Shibata (15:27)[135]	—	Smith (9:42)[137]	Shibata (16:16)[136]
Smith	Fale (7:10)[140]	Benjamin (8:44)[136]	Smith (10:08)[134]	Smith (8:53)[139]	Ishii (10:24)[142]	Smith (11:30)[141]	Nagata (9:39)[133]	Nakamura (13:37)[132]	Smith (9:42)[137]	—	Smith (12:57)[138]
Tanahashi	Fale (12:27)[141]	Tanahashi (12:32)[139]	Tanahashi (11:14)[132]	Tanahashi (11:01)[135]	Tanahashi (15:02)[133]	Tanahashi (13:01)[137]	Tanahashi (12:34)[140]	Tanahashi (17:00)[142]	Shibata (16:16)[136]	Smith (12:57)[138]	—
Block B	Anderson	Archer	Goto	Makabe	Naito	Okada	Styles	Suzuki	Takahashi	Tenzan	Yano
Anderson	—	Archer (7:35)[137]	Anderson (11:36)[133]	Makabe (8:44)[132]	Anderson (7:51)[138]	Anderson (12:34)[136]	Styles (14:33)[139]	Anderson (8:35)[140]	Anderson (7:45)[134]	Tenzan (10:11)[135]	Yano (5:46)[141]
Archer	Archer (7:35)[137]	—	Archer (8:52)[138]	Makabe (10:35)[136]	Naito (8:39)[132]	Okada (11:05)[140]	Styles (12:52)[142]	Suzuki (9:17)[133]	Takahashi (9:00)[139]	Archer (10:44)[141]	Archer (4:38)[134]
Goto	Anderson (11:36)[133]	Archer (8:52)[138]	—	Goto (11:37)[135]	Goto (12:21)[142]	Okada (15:34)[139]	Styles (14:58)[141]	Goto (7:03)[137]	Goto (10:31)[132]	Tenzan (11:46)[134]	Yano (1:21)[136]
Makabe	Makabe (8:44)[132]	Makabe (10:35)[136]	Goto (11:37)[135]	—	Makabe (12:02)[134]	Okada (14:49)[137]	Styles (11:33)[138]	Suzuki (12:21)[142]	Takahashi (8:16)[133]	Makabe (8:22)[139]	Yano (2:48)[140]
Naito	Anderson (7:51)[138]	Naito (8:39)[132]	Goto (12:21)[142]	Makabe (12:02)[134]	—	Naito (13:54)[141]	Naito (15:55)[136]	Suzuki (12:16)[139]	Takahashi (13:54)[135]	Naito (10:23)[140]	Naito (9:11)[137]
Okada	Anderson (12:34)[136]	Okada (11:05)[140]	Okada (15:34)[139]	Okada (14:49)[137]	Naito (13:54)[141]	—	Okada (18:03)[135]	Okada (17:14)[138]	Okada (12:49)[142]	Okada (12:51)[132]	Okada (9:01)[133]
Styles	Styles (14:33)[139]	Styles (12:52)[142]	Styles (14:58)[141]	Styles (11:33)[138]	Naito (15:55)[136]	Okada (18:03)[135]	—	Styles (16:20)[134]	Styles (8:36)[140]	Styles (14:22)[133]	Styles (9:53)[132]
Suzuki	Anderson (8:35)[140]	Suzuki (9:17)[133]	Goto (7:03)[137]	Suzuki (12:21)[142]	Suzuki (12:16)[139]	Okada (17:14)[138]	Styles (16:20)[134]	—	Suzuki (8:39)[141]	Suzuki (11:04)[136]	Yano (2:15)[135]
Takahashi	Anderson (7:45)[134]	Takahashi (9:00)[139]	Goto (10:31)[132]	Takahashi (8:16)[133]	Takahashi (13:54)[135]	Okada (12:49)[142]	Styles (8:36)[140]	Suzuki (8:39)[141]	—	Tenzan (11:16)[137]	Takahashi (2:56)[138]
Tenzan	Tenzan (10:11)[135]	Archer (10:44)[141]	Tenzan (11:46)[134]	Makabe (8:22)[139]	Naito (10:23)[140]	Okada (12:51)[132]	Styles (14:22)[133]	Suzuki (11:04)[136]	Tenzan (11:16)[137]	—	Tenzan (4:33)[142]
Yano	Yano (5:46)[141]	Archer (4:38)[134]	Yano (1:21)[136]	Yano (2:48)[140]	Naito (9:11)[137]	Okada (9:01)[133]	Styles (9:53)[132]	Yano (2:15)[135]	Takahashi (2:56)[138]	Tenzan (4:33)[142]	—

	Final
	A1	Shinsuke Nakamura	Pin
	B1	Kazuchika Okada	23:18[52]

The 2015 version of the G1 Climax tournament took place between July 20 and August 16. Taking place over 19 shows, it was the longest G1 Climax in history.^[143] The final three days took place back at Ryōgoku Kokugikan.^[144] Participants in the tournament were announced on June 7.^[145] For the tournament, NJPW introduced a new format, where each show would only include five tournament matches all from the same block, giving the other participants more time to rest.^[17] Shinsuke Nakamura injured his left elbow in his second match, forcing him to forfeit his third match against Michael Elgin.^[146]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Hiroshi Tanahashi	14	Shinsuke Nakamura	14
A.J. Styles	12	Kazuchika Okada	14
Tetsuya Naito	10	Karl Anderson	12
Bad Luck Fale	10	Hirooki Goto	12
Toru Yano	8	Tomohiro Ishii	10
Katsuyori Shibata	8	Michael Elgin	8
Kota Ibushi	8	Yujiro Takahashi	6
Togi Makabe	8	Yuji Nagata	6
Hiroyoshi Tenzan	6	Satoshi Kojima	6
Doc Gallows	6	Tomoaki Honma	2

Block A	Fale	Gallows	Ibushi	Makabe	Naito	Shibata	Styles	Tanahashi	Tenzan	Yano
Fale	—	Fale (8:43)[147]	Fale (8:30)[148]	Fale (8:06)[149]	Naito (10:41)[150]	Shibata (7:51)[151]	Styles (9:53)[152]	Fale (13:07)[153]	Fale (9:51)[154]	Yano (3:44)[155]
Gallows	Fale (8:43)[147]	—	Ibushi (8:35)[149]	Makabe (8:55)[148]	Gallows (8:22)[152]	Gallows (7:52)[155]	Styles (10:14)[151]	Tanahashi (11:37)[154]	Tenzan (9:17)[150]	Gallows (6:58)[153]
Ibushi	Fale (8:30)[148]	Ibushi (8:35)[149]	—	Ibushi (9:07)[155]	Naito (17:18)[154]	Shibata (13:25)[153]	Ibushi (19:10)[147]	Tanahashi (20:53)[150]	Ibushi (11:14)[151]	Yano (0:50)[152]
Makabe	Fale (8:06)[149]	Makabe (8:55)[148]	Ibushi (9:07)[155]	—	Makabe (15:45)[151]	Shibata (9:35)[147]	Styles (11:17)[154]	Tanahashi (16:15)[152]	Makabe (8:41)[153]	Makabe (6:26)[150]
Naito	Naito (10:41)[150]	Gallows (8:22)[152]	Naito (17:18)[154]	Makabe (15:45)[151]	—	Shibata (12:11)[149]	Naito (17:13)[153]	Naito (24:14)[147]	Tenzan (14:14)[155]	Naito (8:01)[148]
Shibata	Shibata (7:51)[151]	Gallows (7:52)[155]	Shibata (13:25)[153]	Shibata (9:35)[147]	Shibata (12:11)[149]	—	Styles (13:36)[150]	Tanahashi (21:20)[148]	Tenzan (9:49)[152]	Yano (4:01)[154]
Styles	Styles (9:53)[152]	Styles (10:14)[151]	Ibushi (19:10)[147]	Styles (11:17)[154]	Naito (17:13)[153]	Styles (13:36)[150]	—	Tanahashi (27:56)[155]	Styles (13:29)[148]	Styles (10:13)[149]
Tanahashi	Fale (13:07)[153]	Tanahashi (11:37)[154]	Tanahashi (20:53)[150]	Tanahashi (16:15)[152]	Naito (24:14)[147]	Tanahashi (21:20)[148]	Tanahashi (27:56)[155]	—	Tanahashi (15:11)[149]	Tanahashi (14:59)[151]
Tenzan	Fale (9:51)[154]	Tenzan (9:17)[150]	Ibushi (11:14)[151]	Makabe (8:41)[153]	Tenzan (14:14)[155]	Tenzan (9:49)[152]	Styles (13:29)[148]	Tanahashi (15:11)[149]	—	Yano (6:38)[147]
Yano	Yano (3:44)[155]	Gallows (6:58)[153]	Yano (0:50)[152]	Makabe (6:26)[150]	Naito (8:01)[148]	Yano (4:01)[154]	Styles (10:13)[149]	Tanahashi (14:59)[151]	Yano (6:38)[147]	—
Block B	Anderson	Elgin	Goto	Honma	Ishii	Kojima	Nagata	Nakamura	Okada	Takahashi
Anderson	—	Anderson (12:56)[156]	Anderson (11:34)[157]	Anderson (11:37)[158]	Ishii (16:31)[159]	Kojima (10:53)[160]	Anderson (11:15)[161]	Anderson (17:41)[162]	Okada (14:34)[163]	Anderson (10:04)[164]
Elgin	Anderson (12:56)[156]	—	Goto (11:41)[164]	Elgin (9:55)[161]	Ishii (14:30)[160]	Kojima (12:49)[157]	Elgin (11:02)[158]	Elgin (forfeit)[146]	Okada (11:48)[162]	Elgin (11:58)[163]
Goto	Anderson (11:34)[157]	Goto (11:41)[164]	—	Goto (12:20)[159]	Goto (17:11)[156]	Goto (12:39)[158]	Nagata (13:00)[160]	Nakamura (16:32)[163]	Goto (16:45)[161]	Goto (11:48)[162]
Honma	Anderson (11:37)[158]	Elgin (9:55)[161]	Goto (12:20)[159]	—	Honma (16:13)[164]	Kojima (10:15)[163]	Nagata (12:49)[162]	Nakamura (11:50)[156]	Okada (17:51)[157]	Takahashi (10:33)[160]
Ishii	Ishii (16:31)[159]	Ishii (14:30)[160]	Goto (17:11)[156]	Honma (16:13)[164]	—	Ishii (12:20)[162]	Ishii (16:19)[163]	Nakamura (14:47)[161]	Okada (17:07)[158]	Ishii (12:17)[157]
Kojima	Kojima (10:53)[160]	Kojima (12:49)[157]	Goto (12:39)[158]	Kojima (10:15)[163]	Ishii (12:20)[162]	—	Nagata (10:50)[156]	Nakamura (11:24)[164]	Okada (18:22)[159]	Takahashi (13:01)[161]
Nagata	Anderson (11:15)[161]	Elgin (11:02)[158]	Nagata (13:00)[160]	Nagata (12:49)[162]	Ishii (16:19)[163]	Nagata (10:50)[156]	—	Nakamura (16:26)[157]	Okada (18:14)[164]	Takahashi (12:03)[159]
Nakamura	Anderson (17:41)[162]	Elgin (forfeit)[146]	Nakamura (16:32)[163]	Nakamura (11:50)[156]	Nakamura (14:47)[161]	Nakamura (11:24)[164]	Nakamura (16:26)[157]	—	Nakamura (23:31)[160]	Nakamura (10:36)[158]
Okada	Okada (14:34)[163]	Okada (11:48)[162]	Goto (16:45)[161]	Okada (17:51)[157]	Okada (17:07)[158]	Okada (18:22)[159]	Okada (18:14)[164]	Nakamura (23:31)[160]	—	Okada (14:21)[156]
Takahashi	Anderson (10:04)[164]	Elgin (11:58)[163]	Goto (11:48)[162]	Takahashi (10:33)[160]	Ishii (12:17)[157]	Takahashi (13:01)[161]	Takahashi (12:03)[159]	Nakamura (10:36)[158]	Okada (14:21)[156]	—

	Final
	A1	Hiroshi Tanahashi	Pin
	B1	Shinsuke Nakamura	32:15[53]

The 2016 version of the G1 Climax tournament took place between July 18 and August 14.^[165] On June 27, NJPW announced the participants, which included two outsiders; Pro Wrestling Noah's Katsuhiko Nakajima and Naomichi Marufuji.^[166] Originally, former three-time G1 Climax winner and the wrestler with the most G1 Climax appearances, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, was left out of the tournament. However, on July 3, Tenzan's longtime tag team partner Satoshi Kojima gave him his spot in the tournament.^[167] Afterwards, Tenzan confirmed this would be his last G1 Climax.^[168] In the final, Canadian Kenny Omega made history, becoming the first non-Japanese winner of the tournament under its G1 Climax name as well as the first man in four years to win the tournament in his first attempt.^[54]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Hirooki Goto	12	Kenny Omega	12
Kazuchika Okada	11	Tetsuya Naito	12
Hiroshi Tanahashi	11	Katsuhiko Nakajima	10
Bad Luck Fale	10	Toru Yano	10
Naomichi Marufuji	10	Michael Elgin	10
Togi Makabe	8	Katsuyori Shibata	10
Tama Tonga	8	Evil	8
Sanada	8	Tomoaki Honma	6
Tomohiro Ishii	8	Yuji Nagata	6
Hiroyoshi Tenzan	4	Yoshi-Hashi	6

Block A	Fale	Goto	Ishii	Makabe	Marufuji	Okada	Sanada	Tanahashi	Tenzan	Tonga
Fale	—	Goto (9:18)[169]	Ishii (9:35)[170]	Fale (8:38)[171]	Fale (9:36)[172]	Fale (11:16)[173]	Fale (9:06)[174]	Tanahashi (15:05)[175]	Fale (8:22)[176]	Tonga (8:39)[177]
Goto	Goto (9:18)[169]	—	Goto (11:49)[172]	Goto (14:12)[173]	Goto (13:17)[177]	Okada (16:11)[170]	Sanada (12:05)[175]	Tanahashi (17:47)[174]	Goto (10:02)[171]	Goto (12:29)[176]
Ishii	Ishii (9:35)[170]	Goto (11:49)[172]	—	Ishii (12:33)[177]	Ishii (12:14)[175]	Ishii (18:43)[171]	Sanada (12:18)[173]	Tanahashi (16:10)[176]	Tenzan (14:08)[169]	Tonga (11:00)[174]
Makabe	Fale (8:38)[171]	Goto (14:12)[173]	Ishii (12:33)[177]	—	Marufuji (10:39)[174]	Okada (15:04)[176]	Makabe (12:25)[170]	Makabe (14:04)[172]	Makabe (10:08)[175]	Makabe (10:37)[169]
Marufuji	Fale (9:36)[172]	Goto (13:17)[177]	Ishii (12:14)[175]	Marufuji (10:39)[174]	—	Marufuji (19:07)[169]	Marufuji (10:39)[176]	Tanahashi (19:00)[171]	Marufuji (12:29)[170]	Marufuji (10:54)[173]
Okada	Fale (11:16)[173]	Okada (16:11)[170]	Ishii (18:43)[171]	Okada (15:04)[176]	Marufuji (19:07)[169]	—	Okada (13:20)[172]	Draw (30:00)[177]	Okada (12:30)[174]	Okada (11:45)[175]
Sanada	Fale (9:06)[174]	Sanada (12:05)[175]	Sanada (12:18)[173]	Makabe (12:25)[170]	Marufuji (10:39)[176]	Okada (13:20)[172]	—	Sanada (19:30)[169]	Sanada (12:12)[177]	Tonga (10:40)[171]
Tanahashi	Tanahashi (15:05)[175]	Tanahashi (17:47)[174]	Tanahashi (16:10)[176]	Makabe (14:04)[172]	Tanahashi (19:00)[171]	Draw (30:00)[177]	Sanada (19:30)[169]	—	Tanahashi (11:17)[173]	Tonga (11:10)[170]
Tenzan	Fale (8:22)[176]	Goto (10:02)[171]	Tenzan (14:08)[169]	Makabe (10:08)[175]	Marufuji (12:29)[170]	Okada (12:30)[174]	Sanada (12:12)[177]	Tanahashi (11:17)[173]	—	Tenzan (10:31)[172]
Tonga	Tonga (8:39)[177]	Goto (12:29)[176]	Tonga (11:00)[174]	Makabe (10:37)[169]	Marufuji (10:54)[173]	Okada (11:45)[175]	Tonga (10:40)[171]	Tonga (11:10)[170]	Tenzan (10:31)[172]	—
Block B	Elgin	Evil	Honma	Nagata	Naito	Nakajima	Omega	Shibata	Yano	Yoshi-Hashi
Elgin	—	Evil (10:54)[178]	Elgin (18:43)[179]	Elgin (10:35)[180]	Naito (22:12)[181]	Nakajima (16:50)[182]	Elgin (16:44)[183]	Elgin (15:53)[184]	Yano (4:59)[185]	Elgin (9:49)[186]
Evil	Evil (10:54)[178]	—	Evil (9:49)[186]	Nagata (10:54)[181]	Naito (21:28)[185]	Nakajima (10:31)[184]	Omega (10:15)[180]	Evil (9:42)[182]	Evil (2:57)[179]	Yoshi-Hashi (12:48)[183]
Honma	Elgin (18:43)[179]	Evil (9:49)[186]	—	Honma (10:29)[182]	Naito (20:38)[180]	Nakajima (12:32)[185]	Omega (13:59)[184]	Honma (11:11)[178]	Yano (4:21)[183]	Honma (13:07)[181]
Nagata	Elgin (10:35)[180]	Nagata (10:54)[181]	Honma (10:29)[182]	—	Nagata (15:32)[178]	Nakajima (12:32)[183]	Omega (14:17)[185]	Shibata (12:16)[179]	Yano (4:22)[186]	Nagata (11:56)[184]
Naito	Naito (22:12)[181]	Naito (21:28)[185]	Naito (20:38)[180]	Nagata (15:32)[178]	—	Naito (19:08)[186]	Omega (28:12)[182]	Shibata (19:24)[183]	Naito (4:54)[184]	Naito (15:01)[179]
Nakajima	Nakajima (16:50)[182]	Nakajima (10:31)[184]	Nakajima (12:32)[185]	Nakajima (12:32)[183]	Naito (19:08)[186]	—	Omega (10:29)[179]	Shibata (14:08)[181]	Nakajima (3:51)[178]	Yoshi-Hashi (12:02)[180]
Omega	Elgin (16:44)[183]	Omega (10:15)[180]	Omega (13:59)[184]	Omega (14:17)[185]	Omega (28:12)[182]	Omega (10:29)[179]	—	Shibata (12:28)[186]	Omega (9:05)[181]	Yoshi-Hashi (12:16)[178]
Shibata	Elgin (15:53)[184]	Evil (9:42)[182]	Honma (11:11)[178]	Shibata (12:16)[179]	Shibata (19:24)[183]	Shibata (14:08)[181]	Shibata (12:28)[186]	—	Yano (1:05)[180]	Shibata (11:08)[185]
Yano	Yano (4:59)[185]	Evil (2:57)[179]	Yano (4:21)[183]	Yano (4:22)[186]	Naito (4:54)[184]	Nakajima (3:51)[178]	Omega (9:05)[181]	Yano (1:05)[180]	—	Yano (3:31)[182]
Yoshi-Hashi	Elgin (9:49)[186]	Yoshi-Hashi (12:48)[183]	Honma (13:07)[181]	Nagata (11:56)[184]	Naito (15:01)[179]	Yoshi-Hashi (12:02)[180]	Yoshi-Hashi (12:16)[178]	Shibata (11:08)[185]	Yano (3:31)[182]	—

	Final
	A1	Hirooki Goto	Pin
	B1	Kenny Omega	26:49[54]

The 2017 version of the G1 Climax tournament took place between July 17 and August 13. Prior to the tournament, NJPW held two "G1 Special" shows in Long Beach, California on July 1 and 2.^[187] On June 20, NJPW announced the participants in the tournament, which included one outsider: freelancer Kota Ibushi, competing in his third G1. Juice Robinson and Zack Sabre Jr. took part in their first G1 Climax tournament, while Yuji Nagata took part in his 19th and final tournament.^[188] The final match between Kenny Omega and Tetsuya Naito became the longest match in G1 Climax history,^[189] breaking the previous record from 2015.^[190] Following its conclusion, Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter called the 2017 G1 Climax "the best in history".^[191]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Tetsuya Naito	14	Kenny Omega	14
Hiroshi Tanahashi	12	Kazuchika Okada	13
Bad Luck Fale	12	Evil	12
Hirooki Goto	10	Minoru Suzuki	9
Kota Ibushi	10	Tama Tonga	8
Zack Sabre Jr.	10	Sanada	8
Tomohiro Ishii	8	Juice Robinson	8
Togi Makabe	8	Toru Yano	8
Yoshi-Hashi	4	Michael Elgin	8
Yuji Nagata	2	Satoshi Kojima	2

Block A	Fale	Goto	Ibushi	Ishii	Makabe	Nagata	Naito	Sabre	Tanahashi	Yoshi-Hashi
Fale	—	Fale (9:34)[192]	Fale (11:37)[193]	Fale (11:58)[194]	Fale (9:25)[195]	Fale (11:56)[196]	Fale (11:55)[197]	Sabre (9:02)[198]	Tanahashi (11:05)[199]	Yoshi-Hashi (10:21)[200]
Goto	Fale (9:34)[192]	—	Goto (11:03)[196]	Goto (13:43)[195]	Makabe (16:55)[197]	Goto (15:02)[199]	Naito (13:30)[200]	Goto (10:10)[193]	Tanahashi (17:22)[198]	Goto (11:26)[194]
Ibushi	Fale (11:37)[193]	Goto (11:03)[196]	—	Ibushi (17:14)[197]	Makabe (13:20)[198]	Ibushi (15:54)[194]	Naito (24:41)[195]	Ibushi (15:51)[199]	Ibushi (20:40)[200]	Ibushi (14:28)[192]
Ishii	Fale (11:58)[194]	Goto (13:43)[195]	Ibushi (17:14)[197]	—	Ishii (15:51)[199]	Ishii (13:51)[200]	Ishii (20:58)[193]	Sabre (15:22)[196]	Tanahashi (23:30)[192]	Ishii (15:43)[198]
Makabe	Fale (9:25)[195]	Makabe (16:55)[197]	Makabe (13:20)[198]	Ishii (15:51)[199]	—	Makabe (10:45)[193]	Naito (11:31)[192]	Sabre (9:30)[200]	Tanahashi (13:34)[194]	Makabe (11:28)[196]
Nagata	Fale (11:56)[196]	Goto (15:02)[199]	Ibushi (15:54)[194]	Ishii (13:51)[200]	Makabe (10:45)[193]	—	Naito (15:16)[198]	Nagata (15:08)[192]	Tanahashi (14:47)[197]	Yoshi-Hashi (16:29)[195]
Naito	Fale (11:55)[197]	Naito (13:30)[200]	Naito (24:41)[195]	Ishii (20:58)[193]	Naito (11:31)[192]	Naito (15:16)[198]	—	Naito (14:20)[194]	Naito (26:41)[196]	Naito (22:19)[199]
Sabre	Sabre (9:02)[198]	Goto (10:10)[193]	Ibushi (15:51)[199]	Sabre (15:22)[196]	Sabre (9:30)[200]	Nagata (15:08)[192]	Naito (14:20)[194]	—	Sabre (17:18)[195]	Sabre (11:48)[197]
Tanahashi	Tanahashi (11:05)[199]	Tanahashi (17:22)[198]	Ibushi (20:40)[200]	Tanahashi (23:30)[192]	Tanahashi (13:34)[194]	Tanahashi (14:47)[197]	Naito (26:41)[196]	Sabre (17:18)[195]	—	Tanahashi (13:34)[193]
Yoshi-Hashi	Yoshi-Hashi (10:21)[200]	Goto (11:26)[194]	Ibushi (14:28)[192]	Ishii (15:43)[198]	Makabe (11:28)[196]	Yoshi-Hashi (16:29)[195]	Naito (22:19)[199]	Sabre (11:48)[197]	Tanahashi (13:34)[193]	—
Block B	Elgin	Evil	Kojima	Okada	Omega	Robinson	Sanada	Suzuki	Tonga	Yano
Elgin	—	Elgin (11:07)[201]	Elgin (13:09)[202]	Okada (25:49)[203]	Elgin (24:39)[204]	Robinson (11:48)[205]	Sanada (15:06)[206]	Elgin (11:13)[207]	Tonga (13:46)[208]	Yano (2:58)[209]
Evil	Elgin (11:07)[201]	—	Evil (14:23)[205]	Evil (22:47)[207]	Omega (23:33)[209]	Evil (11:46)[203]	Sanada (15:48)[208]	Evil (8:38)[204]	Evil (10:27)[202]	Evil (1:33)[206]
Kojima	Elgin (13:09)[202]	Evil (14:23)[205]	—	Okada (15:26)[204]	Omega (12:42)[206]	Robinson (11:48)[208]	Kojima (12:09)[207]	Suzuki (10:13)[209]	Tonga (10:43)[201]	Yano (9:12)[203]
Okada	Okada (25:49)[203]	Evil (22:47)[207]	Okada (15:26)[204]	—	Omega (24:40)[205]	Okada (20:29)[206]	Okada (20:49)[202]	Draw (30:00)[201]	Okada (11:22)[209]	Okada (10:31)[208]
Omega	Elgin (24:39)[204]	Omega (23:33)[209]	Omega (12:42)[206]	Omega (24:40)[205]	—	Robinson (15:36)[207]	Omega (15:03)[201]	Omega (21:24)[208]	Omega (11:41)[203]	Omega (11:31)[202]
Robinson	Robinson (11:48)[205]	Evil (11:46)[203]	Robinson (11:48)[208]	Okada (20:29)[206]	Robinson (15:36)[207]	—	Sanada (13:48)	Suzuki (11:23)[202]	Tonga (10:36)[204]	Robinson (4:25)[201]
Sanada	Sanada (15:06)[206]	Sanada (15:48)[208]	Kojima (12:09)[207]	Okada (20:49)[202]	Omega (15:03)[201]	Sanada (13:48)[209]	—	Suzuki (11:22)[203]	Tonga (11:59)[205]	Sanada (4:33)[204]
Suzuki	Elgin (11:13)[207]	Evil (8:38)[204]	Suzuki (10:13)[209]	Draw (30:00)[201]	Omega (21:24)[208]	Suzuki (11:23)[202]	Suzuki (11:22)[203]	—	Suzuki (10:22)[206]	Yano (6:56)[205]
Tonga	Tonga (13:46)[208]	Evil (10:27)[202]	Tonga (10:43)[201]	Okada (11:22)[209]	Omega (11:41)[203]	Tonga (10:36)[204]	Tonga (11:59)[205]	Suzuki (10:22)[206]	—	Yano (3:15)[207]
Yano	Yano (2:58)[209]	Evil (1:33)[206]	Yano (9:12)[203]	Okada (10:31)[208]	Omega (11:31)[202]	Robinson (4:25)[201]	Sanada (4:33)[204]	Yano (6:56)[205]	Yano (3:15)[207]	—

	Final
	A1	Tetsuya Naito	Pin
	B1	Kenny Omega	34:35[55]

The 2018 version of the G1 Climax took place from July 14 until August 12.^[210] Due to renovations at Ryōgoku Kokugikan, the final three shows for the tournament took place at Nippon Budokan, representing New Japan's first shows at that arena since 2003. The announcement of the participants, blocks and schedule took place during the 2018 Kizuna Road shows.^[211] Hiroshi Tanahashi set a then record for most points set by a wrestler in a 20-man G1 Climax with 15 points. The final match was the longest match in G1 history until it was beaten in 2020.

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Hiroshi Tanahashi	15	Kota Ibushi	12
Kazuchika Okada	13	Kenny Omega	12
Jay White	12	Zack Sabre Jr.	12
Minoru Suzuki	10	Tetsuya Naito	12
Evil	10	Tomohiro Ishii	10
Yoshi-Hashi	6	Sanada	8
Michael Elgin	6	Juice Robinson	6
Togi Makabe	6	Hirooki Goto	6
Hangman Page	6	Toru Yano	6
Bad Luck Fale	6	Tama Tonga	6

Block A	Elgin	Evil	Fale	Makabe	Okada	Page	Suzuki	Tanahashi	White	Yoshi-Hashi
Elgin	—	Elgin (16:08)[212]	Elgin (11:13)[213]	Makabe (8:46)[214]	Okada (20:56)[215]	Elgin (17:17)[216]	Suzuki (14:10)[217]	Tanahashi (16:03)[218]	White (17:44)[219]	Yoshi-Hashi (14:22)[220]
Evil	Elgin (16:08)[212]	—	Evil (12:13)[220]	Evil (10:16)[219]	Okada (18:27)[218]	Evil (15:40)[217]	Suzuki (12:13)[215]	Tanahashi (12:57)[213]	Evil (11:36)[214]	Evil (12:37)[216]
Fale	Elgin (11:13)[213]	Evil (12:13)[220]	—	Fale (7:51)[215]	Fale (13:38)[216]	Page (8:04)[212]	Suzuki (8:51)[214]	Tanahashi (16:27)[219]	Fale (11:42)[217]	Yoshi-Hashi (8:31)[218]
Makabe	Makabe (8:46)[214]	Evil (10:16)[219]	Fale (7:51)[215]	—	Okada (15:11)[220]	Page (9:10)[213]	Makabe (14:58)[216]	Tanahashi (12:00)[217]	White (10:22)[218]	Makabe (11:05)[212]
Okada	Okada (20:56)[215]	Okada (18:27)[218]	Fale (13:38)[216]	Okada (15:11)[220]	—	Okada (17:31)[219]	Okada (18:20)[213]	Draw (30:00)[214]	White (25:36)[212]	Okada (19:40)[217]
Page	Elgin (17:17)[216]	Evil (15:40)[217]	Page (8:04)[212]	Page (9:10)[213]	Okada (17:31)[219]	—	Page (12:05)[218]	Tanahashi (12:08)[220]	White (17:10)[215]	Yoshi-Hashi (10:22)[214]
Suzuki	Suzuki (14:10)[217]	Suzuki (12:13)[215]	Suzuki (8:51)[214]	Makabe (14:58)[216]	Okada (18:20)[213]	Page (12:05)[218]	—	Tanahashi (13:59)[212]	Suzuki (10:35)[220]	Suzuki (13:44)[219]
Tanahashi	Tanahashi (16:03)[218]	Tanahashi (12:57)[213]	Tanahashi (16:27)[219]	Tanahashi (12:00)[217]	Draw (30:00)[214]	Tanahashi (12:08)[220]	Tanahashi (13:59)[212]	—	White (24:02)[216]	Tanahashi (12:36)[215]
White	White (17:44)[219]	Evil (11:36)[214]	Fale (11:42)[217]	White (10:22)[218]	White (25:36)[212]	White (17:10)[215]	Suzuki (10:35)[220]	White (24:02)[216]	—	White (9:48)[213]
Yoshi-Hashi	Yoshi-Hashi (14:22)[220]	Evil (12:37)[216]	Yoshi-Hashi (8:31)[218]	Makabe (11:05)[212]	Okada (19:40)[217]	Yoshi-Hashi (10:22)[214]	Suzuki (13:44)[219]	Tanahashi (12:36)[215]	White (9:48)[213]	—
Block B	Goto	Ibushi	Ishii	Naito	Omega	Robinson	Sabre	Sanada	Tonga	Yano
Goto	—	Ibushi (18:09)[221]	Ishii (18:15)[222]	Naito (13:26)[223]	Omega (19:29)[224]	Robinson (10:36)[225]	Sabre (10:43)[226]	Goto (13:38)[227]	Goto (11:15)[228]	Goto (2:17)[229]
Ibushi	Ibushi (18:09)[221]	—	Ibushi (16:13)[223]	Ibushi (25:09)[228]	Ibushi (23:13)[225]	Ibushi (13:03)[224]	Ibushi (22:58)[227]	Sanada (22:23)[229]	Tonga (14:17)[226]	Yano (8:23)[222]
Ishii	Ishii (18:15)[222]	Ibushi (16:13)[223]	—	Naito (19:13)[224]	Ishii (22:42)[228]	Ishii (12:24)[226]	Sabre (14:35)[229]	Ishii (17:00)[225]	Tonga (10:32)[221]	Ishii (8:52)[227]
Naito	Naito (13:26)[223]	Ibushi (25:09)[228]	Naito (19:13)[224]	—	Omega (23:19)[227]	Naito (16:43)[222]	Sabre (18:17)[225]	Naito (19:52)[226]	Naito (10:06)[229]	Naito (8:28)[221]
Omega	Omega (19:29)[224]	Ibushi (23:13)[225]	Ishii (22:42)[228]	Omega (23:19)[227]	—	Omega (15:31)[229]	Omega (15:14)[221]	Omega (20:12)[223]	Omega (9:55)[222]	Yano (9:04)[226]
Robinson	Robinson (10:36)[225]	Ibushi (13:03)[224]	Ishii (12:24)[226]	Naito (16:43)[222]	Omega (15:31)[229]	—	Sabre (13:39)[228]	Robinson (12:36)[221]	Tonga (14:05)[227]	Robinson (8:28)[223]
Sabre	Sabre (10:43)[226]	Ibushi (22:58)[227]	Sabre (14:35)[229]	Sabre (18:17)[225]	Omega (15:14)[221]	Sabre (13:39)[228]	—	Sanada (10:45)[222]	Sabre (10:59)[223]	Sabre (10:34)[224]
Sanada	Goto (13:38)[227]	Sanada (22:23)[229]	Ishii (17:00)[225]	Naito (19:52)[226]	Omega (20:12)[223]	Robinson (12:36)[221]	Sanada (10:45)[222]	—	Sanada (10:46)[224]	Sanada (5:22)[228]
Tonga	Goto (11:15)[228]	Tonga (14:17)[226]	Tonga (10:32)[221]	Naito (10:06)[229]	Omega (9:55)[222]	Tonga (14:05)[227]	Sabre (10:59)[223]	Sanada (10:46)[224]	—	Yano (5:08)[225]
Yano	Goto (2:17)[229]	Yano (8:23)[222]	Ishii (8:52)[227]	Naito (8:28)[221]	Yano (9:04)[226]	Robinson (8:28)[223]	Sabre (10:34)[224]	Sanada (5:22)[228]	Yano (5:08)[225]	—

	Final
	A1	Hiroshi Tanahashi	Pin
	B1	Kota Ibushi	35:00[56]

The 2019 edition of the G1 Climax took place from July 6 to August 12 with the finals taking place at Nippon Budokan. For the first time in NJPW history, the opening night of the tournament took place outside Japan, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.^[19] Kota Ibushi won the G1, defeating Jay White in the final.

The 2020 edition of the G1 Climax took place from September 19 until October 18 with the final three days being held at Ryōgoku Kokugikan. This was the first time that the tournament was not held in the summer but in the autumn. This was due to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo originally being scheduled to be held when the tournament is usually held. Later, the Olympics were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[20][230] The final match became the longest match in G1 Climax history, surpassing the previous record in 2018. Kota Ibushi became the third wrestler along with Masahiro Chono and Hiroyoshi Tenzan to win two consecutive G1 Climax tournaments and the first wrestler to reach the finals for the third time in a row.

The 2021 edition of the G1 Climax was announced on July 8 and took place from September 18 until October 21 with the finals taking place at Nippon Budokan.^[231] Kazuchika Okada and Jeff Cobb set the record for the most points in a 20-man G1 with 16 points each; Cobb also set the record for most consecutive wins in a single G1 Climax with 8 wins in a row. Kota Ibushi also made his fourth consecutive appearance in a G1 final.^[232][233] Okada would win the G1, defeating Ibushi in the tournament final by referee stoppage.^[234]

The 2022 edition of the G1 Climax was announced on April 9 at Hyper Battle and took place from July 16 until August 18, returning the G1 to the summer. This edition consisted of 28 participants across 4 blocks.^[235] The Final match was between Kazuchika Okada and Will Ospreay, which Okada won by pinfall, marking Okada's 4th G1 Climax victory and becoming the 4th wrestler to win two consecutive G1 Climax tournaments, alongside Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Kota Ibushi.^[236]

^[237] The 2023 edition of the G1 Climax was announced on April 8 at Sakura Genesis and took place from July 15 until August 13.^[238] The tournament featured 32 participants, making it the largest G1 to date.^[239] The 2023 G1 Climax also featured the tournament debuts of Shota Umino, Hikuleo, Eddie Kingston, Ren Narita, Gabriel Kidd, Alex Coughlin, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls, Yota Tsuji and Kaito Kiyomiya with Kingston and Kiyomiya being outsiders from All Elite Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Noah respectively. In the finals, Tetsuya Naito defeated Kazuchika Okada to win his third G1 Climax.

The 2024 edition of the G1 Climax was announced on June 9 at Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall and will take place from July 20 until August 18.^[240] The tournament will see a return to 20 participants split into two 10-man blocks for the first time since 2021. Only the top 3 wrestlers in each block will advance, with the block winners earning a bye into the semifinals. The tournament will mark the tournament debuts of Callum Newman, Boltin Oleg, Jake Lee, Yuya Uemura, and AEW–DDT representative Konosuke Takeshita.

• Continental Classic
• Champion Carnival
• N-1 Victory
• Fire Festival
• Ikkitousen Strong Climb
• D-Oh Grand Prix
• King of Gate
• 5Star Grand Prix

• G1 Climax at NJPW.co.jp (in Japanese)