Money in the Bank is one of WWE's most important gimmicks, with a now rich history that has resulted in numerous statistics, records and interesting trivia to break down from over the years.
This page is your one-stop source for all things WWE Money in the Bank related as far as a list of winners, cash-ins, length of time holding the briefcase and more.
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WINNERS | TIME | CASH-INS | APPEARANCES
MONEY IN THE BANK WINNERS
LIST OF MONEY IN THE BANK LADDER MATCH WINNERS (by year):
2005 (WrestleMania 21) = Edge
2006 (WrestleMania 22) = Rob Van Dam 💼
2007 (WrestleMania 23) = Mr. Kennedy (usurped by Edge) 💼
2008 (WrestleMania 24) = CM Punk 💼
2009 (WrestleMania 25) = CM Punk
2010 (WrestleMania XXVI) = Jack Swagger
2010 (World Heavyweight Championship / SmackDown) = Kane
2010 (WWE Championship / Raw) = The Miz
2011 (World Heavyweight Championship / SmackDown) = Daniel Bryan
2011 (WWE Championship / Raw) = Alberto Del Rio
2012 (World Heavyweight Championship) = Dolph Ziggler
2012 (WWE Championship) = John Cena
2013 (World Heavyweight Championship) = Damien Sandow 💼
2013 (WWE Championship) = Randy Orton
2014 = Seth Rollins
2015 = Sheamus
2016 = Dean Ambrose
2017 [Women] = Carmella (x2)
2017 [Men] = Baron Corbin
2018 [Women] = Alexa Bliss
2018 [Men] = Braun Strowman
2019 [Women] = Bayley
2019 [Men] = Brock Lesnar 💼
2020 [Women] = Asuka
2020 [Men] = Otis (usurped by The Miz)
2021 [Women] = Nikki A.S.H.
2021 [Men] = Big E
2022 [Women] = Liv Morgan
2022 [Men] = Austin Theory
2023 [Men] = Damian Priest 💼
2023 [Women] = Iyo Sky
2024 [Men] = TBD
2024 [Women] = TBD
- Entries in grey didn't get a chance to cash in their briefcase
- Entries in red cashed in briefcase, but failed to win the title
- Entries in green successfully cashed in their title shot to win a championship.
- Entries with a 💼 symbol eventually received a custom briefcase (possible photos to be uploaded in the future if requested)
- Outside of the first 6 ladder matches, all others were held at a Money in the Bank pay-per-view, save for Carmella's re-do, which happened on SmackDown.
MULTIPLE TIME MONEY IN THE BANK WINNERS:
- 2 wins = Carmella (technically), CM Punk (also the only to win two years back-to-back)
- 1 win, 2 briefcases = Edge, The Miz (both won a ladder match and then later took a briefcase off its original owner)
MONEY IN THE BANK BRIEFCASE DEFENSES AND LOSSES:
- Edge retained over Matt Hardy on Raw October 3, 2005
- Rob Van Dam retained over Shelton Benjamin at Backlash 2006
- Mr. Kennedy lost to Edge on Raw May 7, 2007
- Dolph Ziggler retained over Chris Jericho on Raw August 20, 2018
- Dolph Ziggler retained over John Cena at TLC 2012
- Braun Strowman retained over Kevin Owens at SummerSlam 2018
- Otis lost to The Miz at Hell in a Cell on October 25, 2020
As such, the briefcase has so far been defended 7 times with 2 instances of someone losing the contract.
MONEY IN THE BANK TIME RECORDS
FULL TIME SPENT HOLDING THE MONEY IN THE BANK BRIEFCASE (ranked by length):
- Carmella [#2] (287 days)
- Damian Priest (281 days)
- Edge (280 days)
- Seth Rollins (273 days)
- Dolph Ziggler (267 days)
- Otis (168 days recognized by WWE, 193 days in reality)
- Sheamus (161 days)
- Daniel Bryan (154 days)
- Austin Theory (128 days)
- The Miz (127 days)
- The Miz [#2, stolen from Otis] (119 days)
- Damien Sandow (106 days)
- CM Punk [#1] (92 days)
- Rob Van Dam (70 days)
- Braun Strowman (70 days)
- CM Punk [#2] (63 days)
- Baron Corbin (58 days)
- Big E (57 days)
- Brock Lesnar (56 days)
- Mr. Kennedy (36 days)
- Randy Orton (35 days)
- Iyo Sky (35 days)
- Alberto Del Rio (28 days)
- John Cena (8 days)
- Jack Swagger (5 days recognized by WWE, 2 days in reality)
- Edge [#2, stolen from Mr. Kennedy] (4 days recognized by WWE, 1 day in reality)
- Carmella [#1] (2 days)
- Asuka (1 day recognized by WWE, 25 days in reality)
- Nikki A.S.H. (1 day)
- Alexa Bliss (2 hours and 52 minutes)
- Liv Morgan (2 hours)
- Bayley (1 hour and 25 minutes)
- Dean Ambrose (57 minutes)
- Kane (49 minutes)
LENGTH OF AVERAGE TIME HELD BY MONEY IN THE BANK WINNERS:
- Women = 40.78 days
- Men = 78.54 days
- Total = 87.42 days
MONEY IN THE BANK CASH-IN RECORDS
SUCCESS RATES:
- Women = 100% (7 holders, 7 successful cash-ins)
- Men = 73% (26 holders, 19 successes, 5 failures, 2 steals)
- Total = 78.78% (26 successes, 5 failures, 2 steals)
CHAMPIONSHIPS CASHED-IN FOR:
- WWE Championship (11 attempts—9 successful, 2 failures)
- World Heavyweight Championship (9 attempts—8 successful, 1 failure)
- WWE Women's Championship / Raw Women's Championship (4 attempts—4 successful)
- WWE Women's World Championship / SmackDown Women's Championship (3 attempts—3 successful)
- WWE Universal Championship (2 attempts—1 successful, 1 failure)
- WWE United States Championship (1 attempts—0 successful, 1 failure)
- As such, the WWE Championship proper has had not only the most overall attempts, but also the most successful cash-ins and the most failed attempts at cashing in.
- The United States Championship is the only title to have an attempt without a successful cash-in. Only 1 failure.
- Both women's titles have a 100% success rate.
SUPERSTARS CASHED-IN ON (BRIEFCASE HOLDER FOUGHT AGAINST):
- 3 times = Charlotte Flair, John Cena, Seth Rollins
- 2 times = CM Punk, Drew McIntyre, Roman Reigns
- 1 time = Alberto Del Rio, Bianca Belair, Big Show, Bobby Lashley, Brock Lesnar, Chris Jericho, Daniel Bryan, Edge, Jeff Hardy, Jinder Mahal, Nia Jax, Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio, Ronda Rousey, The Undertaker
EVENTS & SHOWS FEATURING CASH-INS:
- Raw (8)
- Money in the Bank (5)
- SmackDown (4)
- SummerSlam (3)
- Extreme Rules (2), WrestleMania (2)
- ECW One Night Stand, Elimination Chamber, Hell in a Cell, New Year's Revolution, Survivor Series, TLC,
PAY-PER-VIEW vs TELEVISION CASH-INS:
- PPV (18), TV (12)
PER-SHOW SUCCESS RATE:
Money in the Bank has the highest cash-in success rate with 100% with 5, followed by SummerSlam at 100% with 3, then SmackDown with its 1 failure (75%).
Despite Raw having the most cash-ins, 2 were failures and 1 was a draw, leaving it at a 62.5% success rate.
Hell in a Cell is the only pay-per-view to see an unsuccessful cash-in, as that match was ruled a no-contest.
MONEY IN THE BANK APPEARANCES
MOST APPEARANCES IN MONEY IN THE BANK LADDER MATCHES (MEN):
- 7 appearances = Kane, Kofi Kingston
- 6 appearances = Christian, Dolph Ziggler
- 5 appearances = Chris Jericho, Drew McIntyre, Randy Orton, Shelton Benjamin
- 4 appearances = CM Punk, Cody Rhodes, Jack Swagger, Matt Hardy, The Miz, Sheamus
- 3 appearances = Baron Corbin, Daniel Bryan, Dean Ambrose, Edge, Evan Bourne, Finlay, John Morrison, Kevin Owens, MVP, Ricochet, Rob Van Dam, Sami Zayn, Seth Rollins, Shinsuke Nakamura
- 2 appearances = AJ Styles, Alberto Del Rio, Big Show, Cesaro, Damien Sandow, Finn Balor, Mark Henry, Matt Riddle, Mr. Kennedy, Rey Mysterio, Sin Cara, Wade Barrett
- 1 appearance = Aleister Black, Alex Riley, Ali, Andrade, Austin Theory, Big E, Bobby Lashley, Bobby Roode, Braun Strowman, Brock Lesnar, Butch, Carlito, Chris Benoit, Damian Priest, Fandango, Heath Slater, Jeff Hardy, John Cena, Justin Gabriel, King Booker, LA Knight, Logan Paul, Madcap Moss, Neville, Omos, Otis, Ric Flair, Roman Reigns, R-Truth, Rusev, Samoa Joe, Santino Marella, Santos Escobar, Ted DiBiase, Tensai, Tyson Kidd
MOST APPEARANCES IN MONEY IN THE BANK LADDER MATCHES (WOMEN):
- 5 appearances = Becky Lynch, Natalya
- 4 appearances = Carmella
- 3 appearances = Alexa Bliss, Asuka, Charlotte Flair, Naomi, Tamina
- 2 appearances = Bayley, Dana Brooke, Ember Moon, Lacey Evans, Liv Morgan, Nikki Cross, Zelina Vega
- 1 appearance = Iyo Sky, Lana, Mandy Rose, Nia Jax, Raquel Rodriguez, Sasha Banks, Shayna Baszler, Shotzi, Trish Stratus, Zoey Stark
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