AWA World Heavyweight Championship

Statistics
First champion(s)	Pat O'Connor
Final champion(s)	Larry Zbyszko
Most reigns	Verne Gagne (10 reigns)
Longest reign	Verne Gagne (2625 days)
Shortest reign	Verne Gagne, Mighty Igor Vodic and Dick the Bruiser (7 days)

AWA World Heavyweight Championship
AWA World Heavyweight Championship
Details
Promotion	AWA
Date established	May 18, 1960
Date retired	December 12, 1990
First champion(s)
Statistics
First champion(s)	Pat O'Connor
Final champion(s)	Larry Zbyszko
Most reigns	Verne Gagne (10 reigns)
Longest reign	Verne Gagne (2625 days)
Shortest reign	Verne Gagne, Mighty Igor Vodic and Dick the Bruiser (7 days)

The AWA World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship and the highest ranked championship in the defunct American Wrestling Association (AWA). All AWA trademarks, including the AWA World Heavyweight Championship, are now owned by WWE. The championship was generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants execute worked finishes rather than contend in direct competition.