In 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a mandate that cardiovascular outcome trials (CVOTs) should be performed for all novel antidiabetic drugs to confirm their cardiovascular safety. Since that, more than 200,000 patients have been enrolled in more than 20 CVOTs. Unexpectedly, two classes of these novel antidiabetic drugs, that is, glucagon-1like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA) and sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i), not only had cardiovascular safety, but also were proven to be effective in reducing major adverse cardiovascular events (including non-fatal stroke) or hospitalization for heart failure. In this review, we aimed to update the cardiovascular evidences regarding GLP-1 RA and SGLT2i for physicians taking care of stroke patients with diabetes in their daily practice.