The samba schools that have won the Rio de Janeiro Carnival (1932–2025)
The top 3 according to 96 votes from people: Portela · Beija-Flor de Nilópolis · Estação Primeira de Mangueira. (Updated Dec 13, 2025.)
Portela is the most successful school in the Rio Carnival with 22 titles, followed by Mangueira with 20 and Beija-Flor, which won its 15th championship in 2025. Every samba school that has won Rio's main parade, by number of titles, with the year of each win (some years had shared titles).
Automatically translated (original in Português). See the original
Top 16
-
1
Portela
22 titles: 1935, 1939, 1941–1947, 1951, 1953, 1957–1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1980, 1984 and 2017. The most successful school, with seven titles in a row from 1941 to 1947.
-
2
Beija-Flor de Nilópolis
15 titles: 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2018 and 2025. The most successful school of the Sambadrome era.
-
3
Estação Primeira de Mangueira
20 titles: 1932, 1933, 1934, 1940, 1949, 1950, 1954, 1960, 1961, 1967, 1968, 1973, 1984 (campeã and supercampeã), 1986, 1987, 1998, 2002, 2016 and 2019. Won the first contest, in 1932.
-
4
Imperatriz Leopoldinense
9 titles: 1980, 1981, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2023.
-
5
Império Serrano
9 titles: 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1972 and 1982.
-
6
Vizinha Faladeira
1 title: 1937.
-
7
Acadêmicos do Grande Rio
1 title: 2022.
-
8
Acadêmicos do Salgueiro
9 titles: 1960, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1993 and 2009.
-
9
Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel
6 titles: 1979, 1985, 1990, 1991, 1996 and 2017.
-
10
Unidos da Capela
2 titles: 1950 and 1960. A school that no longer exists.
-
11
Unidos do Viradouro
3 titles: 1997, 2020 and 2024.
-
12
Unidos de Vila Isabel
3 titles: 1988, 2006 and 2013.
-
13
Estácio de Sá
1 title: 1992.
-
14
Unidos da Tijuca
4 titles: 1936, 2010, 2012 and 2014.
-
15
Prazer da Serrinha
1 title: 1950. A school that no longer exists.
-
16
Recreio de Ramos
1 title: 1934. A school that no longer exists.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
Is something missing?
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first!