Best In Show Records

01 Jul 2021

Best In Show Awards By Breed (1907-2023)

116 total awards. (AKC rules did not allow for a BIS award in 1923.)

TOTAL	BREEDS & VARIETIES
15	Wire Fox Terrier
8	Scottish Terrier
6	English Springer Spaniel
5	Poodle (Standard) Pekingese
4	Airedale Terrier Boxer Doberman Pinscher	Smooth Fox Terrier Sealyham Terrier
3	German Shorthaired Pointer Pointer Poodle (Miniature)
2	Afghan Hound Beagle (15 Inch) Bichon Frise Bulldog Cocker Spaniel (Black) German Shepherd Dog Lakeland Terrier Newfoundland	Norwich Terrier Old English Sheepdog Poodle (Toy) West Highland White Terrier
1	Affenpinscher Bedlington Terrier Bloodhound Bull Terrier (Colored) Bull Terrier (White) Clumber Spaniel Cocker Spaniel (A.S.C.O.B.) Cocker Spaniel (Parti-Color) Collie (Rough) English Setter Irish Water Spaniel Kerry Blue Terrier Papillon	Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Pomeranian Pug Scottish Deerhound Siberian Husky Skye Terrier Standard Schnauzer Sussex Spaniel Welsh Terrier Whippet Yorkshire Terrier

Best In Show Awards By Group (1907-2023)

Note: Best In Show awards for Old English Sheepdog (2) and for Rough Collie (1) were won from the Working Group before these breeds were moved to the newly-created Herding Group in 1983.

20	SPORTING
6	English Springer Spaniel
3	German Shorthaired Pointer Pointer
2	Cocker Spaniel (Black)
1	Clumber Spaniel Cocker Spaniel (A.S.C.O.B.) Cocker Spaniel (Parti-Color)	English Setter Irish Water Spaniel Sussex Spaniel

Most recent: German Shorthaired Pointer in 2016

7	HOUND
2	Afghan Hound, Beagle (15 Inch)
1	Bloodhound Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Scottish Deerhound Whippet

Most recent: Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen in 2023

15	WORKING
4	Boxer Doberman Pinscher
2	Newfoundland Old English Sheepdog
1	Collie (Rough) Siberian Husky Standard Schnauzer

Most recent: Newfoundland in 2004

47	TERRIER
15	Wire Fox Terrier
8	Scottish Terrier
4	Airedale Terrier Sealyham Terrier Smooth Fox Terrier
2	Lakeland Terrier Norwich Terrier West Highland White Terrier
1	Bedlington Terrier Bull Terrier (Colored) Bull Terrier (White)	Kerry Blue Terrier Skye Terrier Welsh Terrier

Most recent: Wire Fox Terrier in 2021

11	TOY
5	Pekingese
2	Poodle (Toy)
1	Affenpinscher Papillon Pomeranian Pug Yorkshire Terrier

Most recent: Affenpinscher in 2013

11	NON-SPORTING
5	Poodle (Standard)
3	Poodle (Miniature)
2	Bichon Frise
2	Bulldog

Most recent: Standard Poodle in 2020

2	HERDING
2	German Shepherd Dog

Most recent: German Shepherd Dog in 2017

Best In Show Awards By Sex Of The Dog

Dog: 76 (most recent: 2023)
Bitch: 40 (most recent: 2020)

Oldest Dogs To Win Best In Show:

YEAR	BREED	AGE
2009	Sussex Spaniel	10 years, 2 months, 10 days
1999	Papillon	8 years, 1 month, 10 days
1987	German Shepherd Dog	7 years, 9 months, 6 days
2003	Kerry Blue Terrier	6 years, 8 months, 13 days
2007	English Springer Spaniel	6 years, 8 months, 4 days
1946	Wire Fox Terrier	6 years, 5 months, 27 days
1985	Scottish Terrier	6 years, 3 months, 21 days
2006	Bull Terrier (Colored)	5 years, 10 months, 6 days
1997	Standard Schnauzer	5 years, 9 months, 28 days
1941	Cocker Spaniel (Black)	5 years, 9 months, 8 days
1920	Wire Fox Terrier	5 years, 8 months, 30 days

Youngest Dogs To Win Best In Show:

YEAR	BREED	AGE
1929	Collie (Rough)	9 months exactly
1938	English Setter	10 months, 25 days
1918	Bull Terrier (White)	1 year, 6 months, 1 day
1922	Airedale Terrier	1 year, 7 months, 4 days
1907	Smooth Fox Terrier	1 year, 8 months, 5 days
1933	Airedale Terrier	1 year, 9 months
1930	Wire Fox Terrier	1 year, 9 months, 10 days
1948	Bedlington Terrier	1 year, 11 months, 6 days
1951	Boxer	1 year, 11 months, 26 days
1973	Poodle (Standard)	2 years, 0 months, 10 days

Best In Show Winners By Country Of Breeding:

COUNTRY	COUNT	YEAR OF WIN(S)
United States	64	1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1921, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022
United Kingdom	37	1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1950, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1973, 1977, 1996, 2003, 2012, 2023
Canada	6	1918, 1975, 1979, 1982, 1998, 2015
Belgium	1	2019
Italy	1	1997
Germany	1	1939
Netherlands	1	2013
Switzerland	1	1935

Multiple Best In Show Wins:

DOGS:
1907 1908 1909	Smooth Fox Terrier	Ch. Warren Remedy
1915 1916	Wire Fox Terrier	Ch. Matford Vic
1917 1920	Wire Fox Terrier	Ch. Conejo Wycollar Boy
1930 1931	Wire Fox Terrier	Ch. Pendley Calling of Blarney
1940 1941	Cocker Spaniel (Black)	Ch. My Own Brucie
1952 1953	Doberman Pinscher	Ch. Rancho Dobe’s Storm
1971 1972	English Springer Spaniel	Ch. Chinoe’s Adamant James
SAME OWNER, DIFFERENT DOG:
1926 1934 1937	Halleston Kennels (Stanley Halle)
1932 1939	Giralda Farms (Mrs. Geraldine Dodge)
1942 1950	Mrs. J. G. Winant
1973 1990	Mr. Ed Jenner
1979 1982	Ms. Anne E. Snelling
1993 2000	Mrs. Julia Gasow
2001 2009	Ms. Cecelia Ruggles
2005 2016	Ms. Valerie Nunes-Atkinson
2008 2015	Mr. Eddie Dziuk
2014 2019	Mr. Victor Malzoni Jr.
2012 2021	Mr. David Fitzpatrick
2012 2021	Ms. Iris Love
2012 2021	Ms. Sandra Middlebrooks
SAME BREEDER, DIFFERENT DOGS, SAME BREED:
1947 1949	Mr. & Mrs. John P. Wagner
1992 2000	Mrs. Julia Gasow
SAME BREEDER, DIFFERENT DOGS, DIFFERENT BREEDS:
1996 2009	Mr. Douglas Johnson

Best In Show Handlers:

Note: The handlers for the Best In Show winning dogs are unknown for 1910, 1911, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1922

MOST BEST IN SHOW WINS AS A HANDLER:
4	*Percy Roberts	1926, 1927, 1934, 1937
4	*Peter Green	1968, 1977, 1994, 1998
3	Donald Munro	1907, 1908, 1909 (same dog)
3	*Anne Hone Rogers	1956, 1959, 1961
3	*Gabriel Rangel	2010, 2014, 2019
2	John G. Bates	1930, 1931 (same dog)
2	*McClure Halley	1932, 1939
2	*Robert Gorman	1942, 1958
2	H.E. Mellenthin	1940, 1941 (same dog)
2	*Nate Levine	1947, 1951
2	*Peter Knoop	1952, 1953 (same dog)
2	*George Ward	1962, 1985
2	*Clint Harris	1971, 1972 (same dog)
2	*William Trainor	1979, 1982
2	*Michelle Ostermiller	2004, 2005
2	*Kellie Fitzgerald	2000, 2007
2	*Scott Sommer	2001, 2009
2	*Bill McFadden	2003, 2018
2	David Fitzpatrick	2012, 2021

*indicates professional handler

BEST IN SHOW WINS BY FEMALE HANDLERS:
1935	Mrs. Sherman Hoyt
1956	*Anne Hone Rogers
1957	Sunny Shay
1959	*Anne Hone Rogers
1960	*Clara Alford
1961	*Anne Hone Rogers
1970	*Jane Kamp Forsyth
1974	*Jo Shellenbarger
1978	Maureen Lutovsky
1980	Trish Kanzler
1984	*Gerlinde Hockla
1995	*Maripi Wooldridge
1996	*Jane Alston Myers
2000	*Kellie Fitzgerald
2004	*Michelle Ostermiller
2005	*Michelle Ostermiller
2006	*Kathryn Kirk
2007	*Kellie Fitzgerald
2011	*Angela Lloyd
2016	*Valerie Nunes-Atkinson
2020	*Chrystal Murray Clas
2022	*Heather Buehner (fka Helmer)
2023	*Janice Hayes

*indicates professional handler

HUSBAND AND WIFE HANDLERS TO EACH WIN BEST IN SHOW:
1964	Bob Forsyth
1970	Jane Kamp Forsyth

BREEDER-OWNER-HANDLER WINNING BEST IN SHOW:
1918	R. H. Elliott
1921	William T. Payne
1940 1941	H. E. Mellenthin
1945	T. H. Snethen
1957	Sunny Shay
1969	Walter Goodman
1983	Chris Terrell
2016	Valerie Nunes-Atkinson
2017	Kent Boyles
2021	David Fitzpatrick
2022	Heather Buehner (fka Helmer)

Breeder-Owners also won Best In Show in 1910*, 1922*, 1924, 1938, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1963, 1975, 1979, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2013 and 2015. (*handler unknown)

BEST IN SHOW JUDGES:

JUDGES WHO HAVE JUDGED MORE THAN ONE BEST IN SHOW: (since 1929, when using one judge for Best In Show became standard)
1958 1972 1976	William W. Brainard Jr.
1937 1945	George S. West
1940 1948	Dr. Samuel Milbank
1941 1952	Joseph Patterson Sims
1949 1959	Thomas H. Carruthers III
1950 1960	George H. Hartman
1953 1966	James Farrell
1954 1963	Virgil D. Johnson
1964 1974	Len Carey

HUSBANDS AND WIVES WHO HAVE JUDGED BEST IN SHOW:
Beatrice Godsol (1958) and Major Godsol (1968)
Dorothy Collier (1997) and Chester Collier (2000)
Edd Bivin (1999) and Irene Bivin (2003)

BEST IN SHOW WINNERS WHO HAVE JUDGED BEST IN SHOW:
BREEDER-OWNER HANDLERS	HANDLED BIS	JUDGED BIS
H.E. Mellenthin	1940, 1941	1942
Walter Goodman	1969	1994
OWNER-HANDLERS (did not breed BIS winner)	HANDLED BIS	JUDGED BIS
William P. Wolcott	1912	1946
John G. Bates	1930, 1931	1938
BREEDER-OWNER (did not handle BIS winner)
none
BREEDER-HANDLER (did not own BIS winner)
none
BREEDER OF BIS DOG WHO ALSO JUDGED BIS	BREEDER OF BIS	JUDGED BIS
Anne Rogers Clark	2002	1978
HANDLERS (did not own or breed BIS winner)	HANDLED BIS	JUDGED BIS
Percy Roberts	1926, 1927, 1934, 1937	1967
Anne Rogers Clark	1956, 1959, 1961	1978
Frank Sabella	1973	1990
Peter Green	1968, 1977, 1994, 1998	2019
OWNED BEST IN SHOW WINNER (did not handle or breed BIS winner)	OWNED BIS	JUDGED BIS
Mrs. Geraldine Dodge (Giralda Farms)	1932, 1939	1933
Thomas H. Carruthers, III	1946	1949
Len Carey	1952, 1953	1964, 1974
James Farrell	1968	1953, 1966

BEST BRACE IN SHOW:

BEST BRACE IN SHOW 1933-1971
1933	Newfoundlands
1934	Sealyham Terriers
1935	Cocker Spaniels (Black)
1936	Sealyham Terriers
1937	Pointers
1938	Greyhounds
1939	Poodles (Std)
1940	Poodles (Std)
1941	Welsh Terriers
1942	Pointers
1943	Poodles (Std)
1944	Wire Fox Terriers
1945	Poodles (Std)
1946	Wire Fox Terriers
1947	Manchester Terriers (Std)
1948	Sealyham Terriers
1949	Schipperkes
1950	Shetland Sheepdogs
1951	Greyhounds
1952	Maltese
1953	Beagles (15)
1954	Collies (Rough)
1955	Dachshunds (Smooth)
1956	Keeshonden
1957	English Setters
1958	Norwich Terriers
1959	Beagles (13)
1960	Beagles (13)
1961	Keeshonden
1962	Keeshonden
1963	St. Bernards
1964	Poodles (Min)
1965	Poodles (Toy)
1966	Keeshonden
1967	Dandie Dinmont Terriers
1968	Whippets
1969	Poodles (Min)
1970	Boston Terriers
1971	Alaskan Malamutes

BEST TEAM IN SHOW:

BEST TEAM IN SHOW 1933-1960
1933	English Setters
1934	Scottish Terriers
1935	Sealyham Terriers
1936	Wire Fox Terriers
1937	Sealyham Terriers
1938	English Setters
1939	Sealyham Terriers
1940	Shetland Sheepdogs
1941	Shetland Sheepdogs
1942	Shetland Sheepdogs
1943	Shetland Sheepdogs
1944	Dachshunds (Longhaired)
1945	Sealyham Terriers
1946	Sealyham Terriers
1947	Shetland Sheepdogs
1948	Welsh Terriers
1949	Greyhounds
1950	Poodles (Min)
1951	Maltese
1952	Irish Setters
1953	Shetland Sheepdogs
1954	Miniature Schnauzers
1955	Golden Retrievers
1956	Maltese
1957	Maltese
1958	Dachshunds (Smooth)
1959	Maltese
1960	Yorkshire Terriers