Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-30966312-20180814013025/@comment-38952966-20200227062707

In the new continuity of the SBR universe Stands seem to function differently. We see alternative versions of characters, who previously didn't have Stands, now having them (like Gyro). We see people in the new universe that have different Stands than they did in the old universe (like Josuke).

What we never see, though, is someone in the new universe having a Stand that belonged to someone else in the old universe. No one ever has a Stand that was previously someone else's in the OG universe. Additionally, we see people that sometimes have the same Stand as they did in the old universe (like Kira).

I think, therefore, it's safe to use SBR as definitive proof that The World is in fact Dio's Stand, and not Jonathan's, since between both universes only DIO is ever shown to use The World.