For the pups taking part in the world’s biggest dog show there is one prize that’s the Holy Grail of the canine world – Crufts Best in Show.
Introduced in 1928, the first winner was a Greyhound called Primley Sceptre, owned by Herbert Whitley who found further fame after founding Devon’s Paignton Zoo.
Since then the English Cocker Spaniel is the breed with most success in the competition, winning seven rosettes, followed by the Irish Setter, Standard Poodle and Welsh Terrier, with four wins apiece.
Here are the 18 perfect pooches who have been awarded the sought-after trophy since 2005.
![There was no Crufts in 2021 due to the global pandemic. When it returned in 2022 a Flat Coated Retreiver called Baxer, owned by Patrick Oware, won the title.](https://www.scotsman.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjYzM2IzMDE0LWIxMmItNGMxNC05MDcyLWFkYTZkMjJhMjIyMzo4YjRkZTI1NC0xYWYyLTQzYzUtYTViNC1jOGFlOWU0M2U1Y2Y=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
17. 2022: Baxer
There was no Crufts in 2021 due to the global pandemic. When it returned in 2022 a Flat Coated Retreiver called Baxer, owned by Patrick Oware, won the title. Photo: OLI SCARFF
![The last Best in Show winner of Crufts, in 2023, was Orca - a Lagotto Romagnolo who had already won the gundog group. He's pictured with handler Javier Gonzalez Mendikote and is owned by Sabina Zdunić Šinković and Ante Lučin from Croatia.](https://www.scotsman.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjIyMDIxYjY2LTc0NzItNGQyZi1iNTk1LTBmNWRiY2U3YmQzMjoyZDk2ODczNy0xNjVhLTRjODQtYTRjNC0wYTViZDJkZGU1MTU=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
18. 2023: Orca
The last Best in Show winner of Crufts, in 2023, was Orca - a Lagotto Romagnolo who had already won the gundog group. He's pictured with handler Javier Gonzalez Mendikote and is owned by Sabina Zdunić Šinković and Ante Lučin from Croatia. Photo: Christopher Furlong