The World Championship of Backgammon is held each year at the Loew's Hotel in Monte Carlo (since 1979). Typically between 200 to 250 players participate in the Championship section. Matches begin at 17 points in the early rounds and increase to 25 points in the finals. Before 1979, the World Championship of Backgammon were held in the Bahamas, and before that in Las Vegas.

The following list contains Backgammon World Champions from 1967 to 2006:

1967	Tim Holland
1968	Tim Holland
1969	No championships held.
1970	No championships held.
1971	Tim Holland
1972	Oswald Jacoby
1973	Carol Crawford
	* First female champion
1974	Claude Beer
1975	Billy Eisenberg
1976	Baron Vernon Ball
1977	Ken Goodman
1978	Paul "X-22" Magriel
1979	Luigi Villa
1980	Walter Coratella
1981	Lee Genud
1982	Jacques Michel
1983	Bill Robertie
1984	Mike Svobodny
1985	Charles-Henri Sabet
1986	Clement Palacci
1987	Bill Robertie
1988	Phillip Marmorstein
1989	Joe Russell
1990	Hal Heinrich
1991	Michael Meyburg
1992	Ion Ressu
1993	Peter Jes Thomsen
1994	Frank Frigo
1995	David Ben-Zion
1996	Monaco
1997	Jerry Grandell
1998	Michael Meyburg
1999	Jörgen Granstedt
2000	Katie Scalamandre
2001	Jörgen Granstedt
2002	Mads Andersen
2003	Jon Kristian Røyset
2004	Peter Hallberg
2005	Dennis Carlsten
2006	Philip Vischjager