The NXT Championship was introduced on the January 23, 2013, episode of NXT where it was announced by special guest Shawn Michaels that there would be a tournament to crown the inaugural champions. On the January 31, 2013 taping of NXT (episode aired on February 13), the British Ambition (Adrian Neville and Oliver Grey) defeated The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Eric Rowan) to become the inaugural champions.
However, in the first title defense, Neville and Bo Dallas (the latter not being recognized as champion) lost the NXT Tag Team Championship against The Wyatt Family due to Grey being injured. On the June 20 taping (episode aired July 17), Neville and Corey Graves defeated The Wyatt Family for the titles, making Neville the first person to hold the title on more than one occasion.
On June 8, 2016, The Revival (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson) became the first tag team to hold the championship on more than one occasion when they defeated The American Alpha (Jason Jordan and Chad Gable).
| Champion | Date | Reign |
| British Ambition (Oliver Grey and Adrian Neville) | JAN 31, 2013 - MAY 2, 2013 | 91 |
| The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Eric Rowan) | MAY 2, 2013 - JUN 20, 2013 | 49 |
| Adrian Neville and Corey Graves | JUN 20, 2013 - SEP 12, 2013 | 84 |
| The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) | SEP 12, 2013 - SEP 11, 2014 | 364 |
| The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto and Sin Cara) | SEP 11, 2014 - JAN 15, 2015 | 126 |
| Blake and Murphy | JAN 15, 2015 - AUG 22, 2015 | 219 |
| The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) | AUG 22, 2015 - OCT 22, 2015 | 61 |
| The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) | OCT 22, 2015 - APR 1, 2016 | 162 |
| American Alpha (Jason Jordan and Chad Gable) | APR 1, 2016 - JUN 8, 2016 | 68 |
| The Revival | JUN 8, 2016 - NOV 19, 2016 | 164 |
| #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) | NOV 19, 2016 - JAN 28, 2017 | 70 |
| The Authors of Pain (Rezar and Akam) | JAN 28, 2017 - AUG 19, 2017 | 203 |
| Sanity (Eric Young and Alexander Wolfe) | AUG 19, 2017 - NOV 29, 2017 | 102 |
| The Undisputed Era (Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly, Adam Cole, and Roderick Strong) | NOV 29, 2017 - JUN 19, 2018 | 202 |
| Moustache Mountain (Tyler Bate and Trent Seven) | JUN 19, 2018 - JUN 21, 2018 | 2 |
| Undisputed Era (Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong) | JUN 21, 2018 - JAN 26, 2019 | 219 |
| The War Raiders/The Viking Raiders (Ivar and Erik) | JAN 26, 2019 - MAY 1, 2019 | 95 |
| Vacant | MAY 1, 2019 - JUN 1, 2019 | |
| Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) | JUN 1, 2019 - PRESENT | 61 |
| Rank | Team | No. of Reigns | Combined Days Recognized by WWE |
| 1 | The Undisputed Era (1st Reign: Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly, Adam Cole, and Roderick Strong) (2nd Reign: Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong) | 2 | 378 |
| 2 | The Ascension | 1 | 344 |
| 3 | The Revival | 2 | 306 |
| 4 | Blake and Murphy | 1 | 205 |
| 5 | The Authors of Pain | 1 | 202 |
| 6 | The Lucha Dragons | 1 | 139 |
| 7 | Sanity | 1 | 123 |
| 8 | War Raiders/Viking Raiders | 1 | 109 |
| 9 | British Ambition | 1 | 83 |
| 10 | Adrian Neville and Corey Graves | 1 | 76 |
| 11 | #DIY | 1 | 69 |
| 12 | American Alpha | 1 | 67 |
| 13 | Street Profits (current champions) | 1 | 61+ |
| 14 | The Vaudevillains | 1 | 81 |
| 15 | The Wyatt Family | 1 | 69 |
| 16 | Moustache Mountain | 1 | 22 |
