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| Year | Champion | Series | Runner-Up | MVP |
| 1950 | Mainichi Orions (P) | 4-2 | Shochiku Robins (C) | Kaoru Bettou |
| 1951 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | 4-2 | Nankai Hawks (P) | Yukou Minamimura |
| 1952 | Yomiuri Giantss (C) | 4-2 | Nankai Hawks (P) | Takehiko Beesssho |
| 1953 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | 4-2-1 | Nankai Hawks (P) | Tetsuharu Kawakami |
| 1954 | Chunichi Dragons (C) | 4-3 | Nishitesu Lions (P) | Shigeru Sugishita |
| 1955 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | 4-3 | Namkai Hawks (P) | Takehito Beesho |
| 1956 | Nishitetsu Lions (P) | 4-2 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | Yasumitsu Toyoda |
| 1957 | Nishitetsu Lions (P) | 4-0-1 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | Hiroshi Oshita |
| 1958 | Nishitetsu Lions (P) | 4-3 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | Kazuissa Inao |
| 1959 | Namkai Hawks (P) | 4-0 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | Tadashi Sugiura |
| 1960 | Taiyo Whales (C) | 4-0 | Daimai Orions (P) | Akihito Kondo |
| 1961 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | 4-2 | Nankai Hawks (P) | Andy Miyamoto |
| 1962 | Toei Flyers (P) | 4-2-1 | Hanshin Tigers (C) | Masayuki Dobashi & Masayuki Tanemo |
| 1963 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | 4-3 | Nishitetsu Lions (P) | Shigeo Nagashima |
| 1964 | Nankai Hawks (P) | 4-3 | Hanshin Tigers (C) | Joe Stanka |
| 1965 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | 4-1 | Nankai Hawks (P) | Shigeo Nagashima |
| 1966 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | 4-2 | Nankai Hawks (P) | Isao Shibata |
| 1967 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | 4-2 | Hankyu Braves (P) | Masaaki Mori |
| 1968 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | 4-2 | Hankyu Braves (P) | Shigeru Takada |
| 1969 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | 4-2 | Hankyu Braves (P) | Shigeo Nagashima |
| 1970 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | 4-1 | Lotte Orions (P) | Shigeo Nagashima |
| 1971 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | 4-1 | Hankyu Braves (P) | Toshimtsu Suetsugu |
| 1972 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | 4-1 | Hankyu Braves (P) | Tsuneo Horiuchi |
| 1973 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | 4-1 | Nankai Hawks (P) | Tsuneo Horiuchi |
| 1974 | Lotte Orions (P) | 4-2 | Chunichi Dragons (C) | Sumio Hirota |
| 1975 | Hankyu Braves (P) | 4-0-2 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp (C) | Takashi Yamaguchi |
| 1976 | Hankyu Braves (P) | 4-3 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | Yutaka Fukumoto |
| 1977 | Hankyu Braves (P) | 4-1 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | Hissashi Yamada |
| 1978 | Yakult Swallows (C) | 4-3 | Hankyu Braves (P) | Katsuo Osugi |
| 1979 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp (C) | 4-3 | Kintetsu Buffaloes (P) | Yoshihiko Takahashi |
| 1980 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp (C) | 4-3 | Kintetsu Buffaloes (P) | Jim Lyttle |
| 1981 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | 4-2 | Nippon-Ham Fighters (P) | Takashi Nishimoto |
| 1982 | Seibu Lions (P) | 4-2 | Chunichi Dragons (P) | Osamu Higashio |
| 1983 | Seibu Lions (P) | 4-3 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | Katuji Ota |
| 1984 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp (C) | 4-3 | Hankyu Braves (P) | Kiyoyuki Nagasshima |
| 1985 | Hanshin Tigers (C) | 4-2 | Seibu Lions (P) | Randy Bass |
| 1986 | Seibu Lions (P) | 4-3-1 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp (C) | Kimiyasu Kudo |
| 1987 | Seibu Lions (P) | 4-2 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | Kimiyasu Kudo |
| 1988 | Seibu Lions (P) | 4-1 | Chunichi Dragons (C) | Hiromichi Ishige |
| 1989 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | 4-3 | Kintetsu Buffaloes (P) | Norihiro Komada |
| 1990 | Seibu Lions (P) | 4-0 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | Orestes Destrade |
| 1991 | Seibu Lions (P) | 4-3 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp (C) | Kouji Akiyama |
| 1992 | Seibu Lions (P) | 4-3 | Yakult Swallows (C) | Takehiro Ishii |
| 1993 | Yakult Swallows (C) | 4-3 | Seibu Lions (P) | Kenjiro Kawaski |
| 1994 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | 4-2 | Seibu Lions (P) | Hiromi Makihara |
| 1995 | Yakult Swallows (C) | 4-1 | Orix BlueWave (P) | Tom O’Malley |
| 1996 | Orix BlueWave (P) | 4-1 | Yomiuri Swallows (C) | Troy Neel |
| 1997 | Yakult Swallows (C) | 4-1 | Seibu Lions (P) | Atsuya Furuta |
| 1998 | Yokohama BayStars (C) | 4-2 | Seibu Lions (P) | Takanori Suzuki |
| 1999 | Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (P) | 4-1 | Chunichi Dragons (C) | Kouji Akiyama |
| 2000 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | 4-2 | Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (P) | HIdeki Matsui |
| 2001 | Yakult Swallows (C) | 4-1 | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes (P) | Atsuya Furuta |
| 2002 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | 4-0 | Seibu Lions (P) | Tomohiro Nioka |
| 2003 | Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (P) | 4-3 | Hanshin Tigers (C) | Toshiya Sugiuchi |
| 2004 | Seibu Lions (P) | 4-3 | Chunichi Dragons (C) | Takashi Ishii |
| 2005 | Chiba Lotte Marines (P) | 4-0 | Hanshin Tigers (C) | Toshiaki Imae |
| 2006 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (P) | 4-1 | Chunichi Dragons (C) | Atsunori Inaba |
| 2007 | Chunichi Dragons (C) | 4-1 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (P) | Norihiro Nakamura |
| 2008 | Saitama Seibu Lions (P) | 4-3 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | Takayuki Kishi |
| 2009 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | 4-2 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (P) | Shinnosuke Abe |
| 2010 | Chiba Lotte Marines (P) | 4-2-1 | Chunichi Dragons (C) | Toshiaki Imae |
| 2011 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (P) | 4-3 | Chunichi Dragons (C) | Hiroki Kokubo |
| 2012 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | 4-2 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (P) | Tetsuya Utsumi |
| 2013 | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (P) | 4-3 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | Manabu Mima |
| 2014 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (P) | 4-1 | Hanshin Tigers (C) | Seiichi Uchikawa |
| 2015 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (P) | 4-1 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows (C) | Lee Dae-ho |
| 2016 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (P) | 4-2 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp (C) | Brandon Laird |
| 2017 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (P) | 4-2 | Yokohama DeNA BayStars (C) | Dennis Sarfate |
| 2018 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (P) | 4-1-1 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp (C) | Takuya Kai |
| 2019 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (P) | 4-0 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | Yurisbel Gracial |
| 2020 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawk (P) | 4-0 | Yomiuri Giants (C) | Ryoya Kurihara |
| 2021 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows (C) | 4-2 | Orix Buffaloes (P) | Yuhei Nakamura |
| 2022 | Orix Buffaloes (P) | 4-2-1 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows (C) | Yutaro Sugimoto |