A champion is a first-place winner in a competition, along with other definitions discussed in the article.

Champion, Champions, or The Champion may also refer to:

Brands and enterprises

  • Champion (sportswear), a clothing manufacturer
  • Champion (spark plug), a brand of ignition system components
  • Champion (supermarket), a defunct French supermarket chain
  • Champion (automobile), a German producer of small cars
  • Champion Air, defunct American charter airline
  • Champion Aircraft, a former light aircraft manufacturer
  • Champion Bridge Co., an Ohio-based bridge manufacturer
  • Champion Energy, a Houston-based retail electric provider (REP)
  • Champion Homes, a modular homes manufacturing company
  • Studebaker Champion, an automobile

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

  • Champion of the Universe, a Marvel Comics character
  • Champion the Wonder Horse, Gene Autry's horse as portrayed in movies and television shows
  • Champions (1975 team), a Marvel Comics superhero team that debuted in 1975
  • Champions (2016 team), a Marvel Comics superhero team that debuted in 2016
  • Champions (Raid: Shadow Legends), a category of characters in Raid: Shadow Legends
  • The Champion, a transcendent class in the MMORPG Ragnarok Online
  • Champions, a group of characters in The Legend of Zelda franchise

Films

  • The Champion (1915 film), a Charlie Chaplin film
  • The Champion (1943 film), an Italian film directed by Carlo Borghesio
  • Champion (1949 film), an American boxing drama starring Kirk Douglas
  • The Champion (1973 film), a Hong Kong film
  • The Champions (1983 film), a Hong Kong film
  • Champions (1984 film), a UK film by John Irvin, starring John Hurt, based on the life of Bob Champion
  • The Mighty Ducks, 1992 film released as Champions in the UK and Australia
  • Champions (1997 film), an American film by Peter Gathings Bunche
  • Champion (2000 film), a Hindi film directed by Padam Kumar
  • Champion (2002 film), a South Korean film about boxer Duk Koo Kim
  • Champion (2003 film), an Indian Bengali film about sports
  • Champion (2017 film), an American film starring Gary Graham
  • Champion (2018 film), a South Korean film starring Ma Dong-seok
  • Champions (2018 film), a Spanish film natively titled Campeones
  • Champions (2021 film), a Saudi Arabian-Spanish film directed by Manuel Calvo, a remake of the above
  • Champions (2023 film), an American film starring Woody Harrelson, a remake of the above
  • Champion (2019 film), an Indian Tamil-language film
  • The Champion (2020 film), a Polish-language film
  • Champion (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film starring Sunny Leone

Television

Episodes

  • "Champion", Apple & Onion season 1, episode 40 (2020)
  • "Champion", Baki the Grappler season 1, episode 17 (2001)
  • "Champion", Beast Tamer episode 12 (2022)
  • "Champion", Dr. Christian season 1, episode 36 (1957)
  • "Champion", Heartstrings (South Korean) episode 3 (2011)
  • "Champion", Lassie (1954) season 3, episode 20 (1957)
  • "Champion", On the Rocks (American) episode 6 (1975)
  • "Champion", Transformers: Cybertron episode 19 (2005)
  • "Champions", American Chronicles episode 13 (1990)
  • "Champions", Kengan Ashura season 1 part 1, episode 20 (2019)
  • "Champions", Legion of Super Heroes season 1, episode 5 (2006)
  • "Champions", Skate-Leading Stars episode 8 (2021)
  • "Champions", The Dumping Ground series 7, episode 20 (2019)
  • "Chapter 3: Champion", The OA season 1, episode 3 (2016)
  • "The Champion", Climax! season 1, episode 20 (1955)
  • "The Champion", Dick Turpin series 1, episode 3 (1979)
  • "The Champion", Dr. Finlay's Casebook series 4, episode 2 (1965)
  • "The Champion", Dynasty (Australian) series 1, episode 8 (1970)
  • "The Champion", Fatty and George episode 4 (1981)
  • "The Champion", Mo Dao Zu Shi season 1, episode 7 (2018)
  • "The Champion", The Adventures of Robin Hood series 4, episode 23 (1959)
  • "The Champion", V: The Series episode 14 (1985)
  • "Williams: The Champions", Extraordinary People series 2, episode 1 (1993)

Shows

  • Champion (Canadian TV series), a Canadian sports biography television series
  • Champion (British TV series), a musical British television series
  • Champions (Indian TV series), a 2013–2014 Tamil-language talent show
  • Champions (American TV series), a 2018 sitcom that aired on NBC
  • The Adventures of Champion (TV series) (1955–1956), a children's TV series (known as Champion the Wonder Horse on British TV)
  • The Champions (miniseries), a 1986 Canadian documentary about Pierre Trudeau and René Lévesque
  • The Champion (TV series), a 2004 Singaporean Chinese MediaCorp idol drama
  • The Champions (1968–1969), a British espionage/science fiction adventure series
  • America's Got Talent: The Champions (2019–2020), a spin-off to the American talent series, America's Got Talent
  • Britain's Got Talent: The Champions (2019), a spin-off to the British talent series, Britain's Got Talent

Games and toys

  • Champions (role-playing game), a game to simulate a superhero comic book world
  • Champions Online, a 2009 MMORPG loosely based on the above
  • Champion, a Beanie Baby bear made by Ty, Inc.
  • Champion, a jumping piece in the game of Omega Chess

Music

Groups and labels

  • Champion (band), an American hardcore band
  • Champion Records (1925), and its successor label
  • Champion Records (1950s), a Nashville, Tennessee-based label
  • Champion Records (1980), a British record label

Albums

  • Champion (Beckah Shae album), 2014
  • Champion (Bishop Briggs album), 2019
  • Champion (RuPaul album), 2009
  • Champion (The Audition album), 2008
  • Champion (EP), by Brother Ali, 2004
  • Champion, by Peter Cornell, 2014
  • The Champion, by Carman, 1985
  • The Champion: The Hits, by Nigerian rapper ELDee, 2009

Songs

  • "Champion" (Ace Hood song), 2009
  • "Champion" (Agnes song), 2006
  • "Champion" (Bethel Music and Dante Bowe song), 2020
  • "Champion" (Chipmunk song), 2011
  • "Champion" (Clemens song), 2010
  • "Champion" (Clement Marfo & The Frontline song), 2012
  • "Champion" (Fall Out Boy song), 2017
  • "Champion" (Kanye West song), 2007
  • "Champion" (Nicki Minaj song), 2012
  • "Champions" (GOOD Music song), 2016
  • "Champions" (Paid in Full song), 2002
  • "Champions" (Usher and Rubén Blades song), 2016
  • "The Champion" (song), by Carrie Underwood featuring Ludacris, 2018
  • "Champion", by Alice, 1978
  • "Champion", by Blackpink from the 2026 EP Deadline
  • "Champion", by Buju Banton from the 2001 album Ultimate Collection
  • "Champion", by The Chevin from the 2012 album Borderland
  • "Champion", coronation song selection for 2015 American Idol XIV runner-up Clark Beckham
  • "Champion, by Corbin Bleu from Speed of Light
  • "Champion", by Dwayne "DJ" Bravo
  • "Champion", by Flipsyde
  • "Champion", by Grinspoon from the 1998 album Guide to Better Living
  • "Champion", by Sia from the 2024 album Reasonable Woman
  • "Champion", by Three Days Grace from the 2022 album Explosions
  • "Champions", by James Blunt from the 2019 album Once Upon a Mind
  • "Champions", by O.A.R. featuring B.o.B
  • "Champions", by Sumi Jo
  • "The Champion", by The Score, 2020
  • "The Champions", by DJ Kay Slay from the 2003 album The Streetsweeper, Vol. 1

Periodicals

  • The Champion, the magazine of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • The Champion Magazine, 1916–1917 magazine founded by Fenton Johnson (poet)
  • The Daily Champion, English language newspaper in Nigeria
  • The Moree Champion, previously The North West Champion, in Moree, New South Wales
  • The Sligo Champion, weekly regional newspaper published in Sligo, Ireland
  • The Western Champion (Parkes), weekly newspaper published in Parkes, New South Wales
  • The Western Champion (Queensland), weekly newspaper published in Queensland, Australia

Other uses in art and entertainment

  • The Champion (painting), an 1824 painting by Charles Lock Eastlake
  • Champion (novel), a 2013 novel by Marie Lu
  • Champion (opera), a 2013 biographical/philosophical work on Emile Griffith's fatal boxing match
  • The Champion (story paper), a British comic book which ran from 1922 until 1955

Sports

  • Champion (sportswear), a manufacturer of various classes of clothing
  • Champion Stadium, a baseball stadium at Walt Disney World
  • Champion Stakes, a thoroughbred horse race in Great Britain
  • PGA Champions Tour, a golf circuit for seniors
  • The Champions Classic, a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1983 to 1985
  • Champion (horse) (1797–?), British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire

Titles or roles

  • Champion of/for, one who supports or advocates for a cause or constituency, as in patient advocacy
  • Queen's Champion, a British office and its incumbent
  • King's Champion, a British office and its incumbent

People with the name

  • Champion (surname)
  • Champion Jack Dupree (died 1992), American blues pianist
  • DJ Champion, stage name of Maxime Morin, a Quebec electronic musician

Places

United States

  • Champion (VTA), a light rail station in San Jose, California
  • Champion, Michigan
  • Champion, Nebraska
  • Champion, New York
  • Champion, Wisconsin
  • Champion Township, Michigan
  • Champion Township, Minnesota
  • Champion Township, Trumbull County, Ohio

Elsewhere

  • Champion, Namur, Belgium
  • Champion, Alberta, Canada

Transportation

  • Champion (train), a defunct train service between New York and Florida
  • Aeronca Champion, a light aircraft
  • Avid Champion, an ultralight aircraft
  • HMS Champion, the name of five Royal Navy ships
  • USS Champion, the name of several US Navy ships

Other uses

  • Champion (apple), a hybrid cultivar crossed in Czech republic
  • Champion (role variant), a personality type of the Keirsey Temperament Sorter
  • "Champion land", another term for the open field system used in medieval and early modern Europe
  • Champion (horse) (1797–?), British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire
  • Champion warfare

See also

  • Champ (disambiguation)
  • Championship
  • Champions League (disambiguation)
  • Champs (disambiguation)
  • Champignon – similar spelling