The Milwaukee Brewers captured the 2026 World Series title, finishing the regular season with 103 wins and posting an 11-2 playoff record without ever facing elimination or trailing in a series.
The Brewers swept the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS and defeated the Tampa Bay Rays in five games in the World Series, with their only postseason loss coming in a 12-inning game.
A CBS Sports analysis compares the 2026 Brewers to other recent 100-win World Series champions since the expanded wild-card era began in 2012, including the 2016 Chicago Cubs, 2017 Houston Astros, 2018 Boston Red Sox, and 2022 Houston Astros.
The article ranks the Brewers second on a "Mount Rushmore" of recent champions behind the 2018 Red Sox, ahead of the 2022 Astros and 2016 Cubs, noting the Brewers' dominant postseason run and 26-5 record after September 6.
The 2025 Los Angeles Dodgers, who won 93 regular-season games but went 13-4 in the playoffs behind stars like Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, and Mookie Betts, were also considered but omitted from the top four due to a lower regular-season win total.
