The highest achievement in the CFA show ring is accomplished when a cat successfully earns the title of National Winner (NW). CFA established the title of Grand Champion in 1930 and the title of National Winner first appeared in 1971. In CFA, each year the top 25 cats in Championship, 25 Kittens and 25 cats in Premiership are awarded the NW title.
The Russian Blues were one of the first few breeds accepted by CFA, and the first Russian Blues to appear in CFA stud books were in 1949.
In 1970-71, the first National Winning Russian Blue was a male named GC, NW Velva's Blue Viking, who was 7th Best Cat. He followed that up by earning 2nd Best Cat the next year.To date, however, no Russian Blue has yet earned a "Best" in any of the competition categories.
Below is a table with the national winning Russian Blues including their name, color, sex, year of their win, and the award they earned.
If the cat's name is in blue text, you can click on it to see a photo of the cat. Championship cats names are on an orange background, kittens are on pink and alters are on a blue background.
Russian Blue National Winners in CFA
| Year | Position | Cat's Name | Sex |
| 1970-71 | 7th Best Cat | GC, NW Velva's Blue Viking | M |
| 1971-72 | 2nd Best Cat | GC, NW Velva's Blue Viking | M |
| 1972-73 | No Russian Blue National Winners | ||
| 1973-74 | 18th Best Cat | GC, NW Miribu's Silver Lining | M |
| 1974-75 | 8th Best Cat | GC, NW Velva's Cobalt Baron of Tsar Blu | M |
| 4th Best Kitten | GC, NW Velva's Cobalt Baron of Tsar Blu | M | |
| 1975-76 | 5th Best Cat | GC, NW Miribu's Promises Promises | M |
| 1976-77 | 7th Best Cat | GC, NW Tsar Blu's Fitzwilliam | M |
| 1977-78 | 14th Best Cat | GC, NW Miribu's Rhapsody In Blue | M |
| 1978-79 | 16th Best Cat | GC, NW Sereshka Alakazam of Kittay | M |
| 1979-80 | 3rd Best Cat | GC, NW Tsar Blu's Zane Grey, DM | M |
| 1980-81 | 18th Best Cat | GC, NW Silver Acres Quicksilver | M |
| 10th Best Kitten | GC, NW Jontue's Rhythm And Blues of Casein, DM | M | |
| 1981-82 | 10th Best Cat | GC, NW Jontue's Rhythm And Blues of Casein, DM | M |
| 1982-83 | No Russian Blue National Winners | ||
| 1983-84 | No Russian Blue National Winners | ||
| 1984-85 | 15th Best Cat | GC, NW Tsar Blu's Zach | M |
| 1985-86 | 16th Best Cat | GC, NW Jontue's Harmony of Silver Acres | M |
| 1986-87 | No Russian Blue National Winners | ||
| 1987-88 | No Russian Blue National Winners | ||
| 1988-89 | 3rd Best Cat | GC, NW Tsar Blu's Zarin | M |
| 1989-90 | 5th Best Cat | GC, NW Friday's Electra Glide In Blue, DM | M |
| 15th Best Alter | GP, NW Dabru Blue Thunder of Blue Pride | N | |
| 1990-91 | 9th Best Kitten | GC, NW Wynterwynd Finders, Keepers | F |
| 1991-92 | 5th Best Alter | GP, NW Friday's Steelyard Blues | N |
| 13th Best Alter | GP, NW Chaskara Tsar Nicholas I of Pavlova | N | |
| 1992-93 | No Russian Blue National Winners | ||
| 1993-94 | 14th Best Cat | GC, NW Tylona's Leonardo, DM | M |
| 19th Best Cat | GC, NW Roxanastasia's Bela Karolyi, DM | M | |
| 1994-95 | 15th Best Cat | GC, NW Pavlova Chet Baker | M |
| 1995-96 | 24th Best Cat | GC, NW Roxanastasia's Aleksander Balandin, DM | M |
| 5th Best Kitten | GC, NW Tylona's Wild Thing | F | |
| 13th Best Alter | GP, NW Roxanastasia's Mikhail of Seaflower | N | |
| 1996-97 | 4th Best Cat | GC, NW Tsar Blu's Ziggy Tsardust | M |
| 13th Best Cat | GC, NW Heartbeeps Margarita, DM | F | |
| 13th Best Kitten | GC, NW Tylona's Wild Flower | F | |
| 14th Best Alter | GP, NW Pavlova Star Trekker | S | |
| 1997-98 | 3rd Best Cat | GC, NW Winterfest Marco Polo | M |
| 24th Best Cat | GC, NW Roxanastasia's Galina Gorchakova | F | |
| 2nd Best Alter | GP, NW Heartbeeps Sea Rover | N | |
| 1998-99 | 24th Best Cat | GC, NW Platina Luna's Time Bandit | M |
| 1999-00 | 9th Best Cat | GC, NW Tylona's A Little Piece O'My Heart | M |
| 20th Best Cat | GC, NW Heartbeeps Malibu | F | |
| 16th Best Kitten | GC, NW Platina Luna's Time Out-Of-Mind | F | |
| 18th Best Kitten | GC, NW Winterfest Just In Time | M | |
| 5th Best Alter | GP, NW Roxanastasia's Bogaturh | N | |
| 2000-01 | 6th Best Cat | GC, NW Tsar Blu's Zinatra | M |
| 3rd Best Kitten | GC, NW Tsar Blu's Zinatra | M | |
| 16th Best Kitten | GC, NW Velva's Bullet Proof of Heartbeeps | M | |
| 2001-02 | 8th Best Kitten | GC, NW Tsar Blu's Zella By Tsarlight | F |
| 2002-03 | 12th Best Kitten | GC, NW Tsar Blu's Tsardust Rhapsody | F |
| 15th Best Kitten | GC, NW Tsar Blu's Zophia | F | |
| 17th Best Kitten | GC, NW Czarcatz Aim High | F | |
| 11th Best Alter | GP, NW Naboo Blue Spruce | N | |
| 2003-04 | 21st Best Cat | GC, BW, NW Czarcatz Ekaterina of Grisaille | F |
| 7th Best Kitten | GC, NW Kaybrook Sumthinborrowed Sumthinblu | F | |
| 2004-05 | 16th Best Cat | GC, BW, NW Tsar Blu's Zelebrity | M |
| 2nd Best Alter | GC, GP, NW Heartbeeps Pistol Pete of Casein | N | |
| 2005-06 | 24th Best Cat | GC, BW, NW Samovar Nickleandime | M |
| 2nd Best Kitten | GC, NW Heartbeeps Stardust | F | |
| 2006-07 | 23rd Best Cat | GC, BW, NW Roxanastasia's Evgeni Plushenko | M |
| 3rd Best Alter | GP, NW Tsar Blu's Tsar Trekker | N | |
| 2007-08 | 12th Best Cat | GC, BW, NW Tsar Blu's Zhivago | M |
| 2008-09 | 2nd Best Cat | GC, BW, NW Platina Luna's Blade Runner | M |
| 13th Best Alter | GP, NW Tsar Blu's Tsunami of Chloeadores | N | |
| 2009-10 | BEST CAT | GC, BW, NW Velva's Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot | F |
| 2010-11 | 3rd Best Kitten | GC, NW Velva's Stepping Out | F |
| 8th Best Alter | GP, NW Trekuorii Maurinho | N | |
| 12th Best Alter | GP, NW Tsar Blu's Zarmani | N | |
| 2011-12 | 3rd Best Kitten | NW Velva's Alyona | F |
| 2012-13 | 8th Best Kitten | NW Trekuorii Bowie of Casein | M |
| 23rd Best Kitten | GC, NW Tsar Blu's Znowman | M | |
| 2013-14 | 20th Best Kitten | GC, NW Wynterwynd Clair De Lune | F |
| 2014-15 | 12th Best Cat | GC, BW, NW Wynterwynd Clair De Lune | F |
| 23rd Best Cat | GC, NW Valnika's Nova of Grisaille | F | |
| 2015-16 | No Russian Blue National Winners | ||
| 2016-17 | 20th Best Cat, Regions 1-9 | GC, BWR, NW Tsar Blu's Ziggy Znow | M |
| 7th Best Kitten, Regions 1-9 | GC, NW Tylona's Light Show | F | |
| 2017-18 | 11th Best Cat, Regions 1-9 | GC, BWR, NW Snow-Island Rune of Wynterwynd | F |
| 10th Best Kitten, Regions 1-9 | GC, NW Tylona's Casmira of Winteridol | F | |
| 2018-19 | No Russian Blue National Winners | ||
| 2019-20 | 27th Best Cat, Regions 1-9 | GC, BWR, NW Tylona's Diamond Lil | F |
| 2020-21 | No National Winners Awarded by CFA this season | ||
| 2021-22 | 9th Best Kitten, Regions 1-9 | GC, NW Wynterwynd Myth | F |
| 2022-23 | 9th Best Alter, Regions 1-9 | GP, NW Fei Wu Blue | S |