• Championship Wrestling from Florida
  • NWA Florida Global Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ron Bass[10]
  • NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (6 times)[11]
  • NWA Florida Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Mike Graham (1) and Scott McGhee (1)[12]
  • NWA Florida Television Championship (3 times)[13]
  • NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Florida version) (1 time) – with Mike Graham[14]
  • NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Florida version) (2 times)[15]
  • NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Florida version) (3 times) – with Mike Rotunda[16]
• Jim Crockett Promotions / World Championship Wrestling
  • NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[4]
  • NWA United States Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ron Garvin[8]
  • NWA Western States Heritage Championship (1 time)[6]
  • NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[3]
  • NWA World (Mid-Atlantic)/WCW World Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Lex Luger (1), Dustin Rhodes[17] (1), Curt Hennig (1), and Kendall Windham (1)[7]
  • WCW World Television Championship (1 time)[5]
• NWA All-Star Wrestling (North Carolina)
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Tully Blanchard1[17]
• NWA New England
  • NWA New England Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[18]
• NWA Southern Championship Wrestling
  • NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Tennessee version) (2 times)[19]
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year (1982)
  • PWI ranked him #11 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1993[20]
  • PWI ranked him #35 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003[21]
  • PWI ranked him #48 of the top 100 tag teams of the "PWI Years" with Mike Rotunda in 2003[21]
  • PWI ranked him #87 of the top 100 tag teams of the "PWI Years" with Dustin Rhodes in 2003[21]
  • PWI ranked him #90 of the top 100 tag teams of the "PWI Years" with Lex Luger in 2003[21]
• Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling
  • TCW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[22]
• World Wrestling Council
  • WWC World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Kendall Windham[23]
• World Wrestling Federation/WWE
  • NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[24]
  • WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2012)[25]
  • WWF Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Mike Rotunda[9]
• Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
  • Rookie of the Year (1980)
  • Match of the Year (1986) vs. Ric Flair on February 14
  • 5 Star Match (1987) vs. Ric Flair at the Crockett Cup Tournament on April 11
  • 5 Star Match (1991) with Ric Flair, Larry Zbyszko, & Sid Vicious vs. Brian Pillman, Sting, Rick Steiner, & Scott Steiner (February 24, WarGames match, WrestleWar)
  • 5 Star Match (1992) with Nikita Koloff, Ricky Steamboat, Sting & Dustin Rhodes vs. Rick Rude, Steve Austin, Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton, & Larry Zbyszko (May 17, WarGames Match, WrestleWar)

1The title was won by Windham and Blanchard in a small North Carolina NWA affiliated promotion. However, it should not be confused with the more prominent NWA All-Star Wrestling promotion that operated out of Vancouver, British Columbia from the early '60s to the late '80s.