Much like the Los Angeles Dodgers, the San Francisco Giants’ history dates all the way back to the late 1800s. Since then, legendary figures like Carl Hubbell, Christy Mathewson, Willie Mays, and Barry Bonds have all suited up for the Giants. But, has the Giants franchise ever won it all in the Majors? Here’s how many World Series titles the Giants have won.

When did the Giants last win a World Series title?

The Giants last won the World Series in 2014.

How many World Series championships have the San Francisco Giants won?

The San Francisco Giants franchise has won eight World Series titles.

Those titles came in the following years:

• 1905
• 1921
• 1922
• 1933
• 1954
• 2010
• 2012
• 2014

The Giants had a great deal of success in the very early parts of the 20th century. Much of thanks in part to legendary manager John McGraw and ace Christy Mathewson. Entrenched in New York, the Giants won its first title in 1905. New York took the 1905 World Series in five games over the Philadelphia Athletics.

That title kicked off a dominant era for the Giants. The New York Giants went to the World Series 12 times between 1905-37. Although, New York lost in the Fall Classic eight times in that stretch.

New York won back-to-back titles in 1921 and 1922. Led by Doug Bancroft and Frankie Frisch, the Giants beat their cross-town AL rivals, the Yankees, in both seasons to capture the franchise’s second and third championships. The Giants added a fourth in 1933, as New York beat the Washington Senators in five games.

However, the Giants had opportunities to win more. The then-Philadelphia Athletics beat the Giants twice, in 1911 and 1913, while Boston took them down in 1912.

Getting back to the 1920s, the Giants won the NL pennant four consecutive seasons, from 1921-1924. The Giants won the first two years of that stretch as mentioned previously. But, the Giants were unsuccessful in 1923 and 1924. The Yankees won in 1923, while the Senators took Game 7 of the 1924 Series.

The Giants remained competitive in the 1930s, thanks to Carl Hubbell and Mel Ott. New York (NL) won the pennant in 1936 and 1937. But yet again, the Yankees got the upper hand in both seasons.

1954 would mark the team’s fifth and final title in New York. It came three years after the Giants won the NL pennant in 1951 but lost to the Yankees in the Fall Classic yet again.

A Giants team led by former Rookie of the Year Al Dark, Hank Thompson, Monte Irvin, and a young Willie Mays reeled off 97 wins to win the NL pennant. In the 1954 World Series, New York swept the Indians in four games.

We should note that the 1954 World Series also featured “The Catch,” a signature play in which Willie Mays tracked down a deep fly ball at the Polo Grounds, before making an iconic over-the-shoulder catch.

After the Giants’ move to San Francisco in 1958, fans in the Bay Area would have to wait a long time before the team won it all again. But, it wasn’t because of a shortage of changes.

San Francisco experienced near-instant success in the Bay Area thanks to Mays. The Giants won the NL pennant in 1962. However, San Francisco lost in the World Series to the Yankees, in seven games. That was their last World Series birth until 1989.

The 1989 Giants took down the Cubs in the NLCS to meet up with the Athletics, now in Oakland. The A’s, though, swept the Giants.

San Francisco nearly ended their title drought in 2022. Led by Barry Bonds, the Giants were up 3-2 in the World Series against the Anaheim Angels and had a lead late in Game 6. Unfortunately for the Giants, Anaheim reeled off six unanswered runs that night to win Game 6. Anaheim won Game 7 by a score of 4-1 to give the Angels their first title in franchise history.

The wait ended in 2010, as the San Francisco Giants’ young core, led by Matt Cain, Tim Lincecum, and Buster Posey, clinched the NL pennant, before beating the Rangers in five games.

San Francisco swept the Tigers in 2012 to win the team’s seventh title and would beat Kansas City two years later to win the franchise’s most recent championship.