# List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling

Listed are wrestlers who were World or Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling. Greco-Roman wrestling competition was held at the first modern Olympics in 1896. The Greco-Roman World Championships was first held in 1904. The World Championships takes place during non Olympic years. At the World Championships team scoring is kept, while no official team statistics are kept for the Olympics.

## World Level Champions in Greco-Roman Wrestling by Year and Weight

Olympic Champions and Olympic competition years in Greco-Roman wrestling are highlighted in gold.

### 1896

| Year | Team | Unlimited Weight |
| 1896 | | Schuhmann, Carl (1/1) |

### 1898

| Year | |
| 1898 | Pons, Paul |

### 1904

| Year | Team | 75 kg | Unlimited Weight |
| 1904 | | Ahlqvist, Severin (1/1) | Arnold, Rudolf (1/1) |

### 1905

| Year | Team | 68 kg | 80 kg | Unlimited Weight |
| 1905 | | Schibilski, Theodor (1/1) | Hein, Albert (1/1) | Jensen, Søren Marinus (1/2) |

### 1906–1907

| Year | Team | 75 kg | 85 kg | Unlimited Weight |
| 1906 | | Watzl, Rudolf (1/1) | Weckman, Verner (1/2) | Jensen, Søren Marinus (2/2) |
| 1907 | | Übler, Christoph (1/1) | Christensen, Harald (1/1) | Egeberg, Hans (1/2) |

### 1908–1909

| Year | Team | 66 kg | 73 kg | 93 kg | Unlimited Weight |
| 1908 | | Porro, Enrico (1/1) | Martensson, Frithiof (1/1) | Weckman, Verner (2/2) | Weisz, Richárd (1/1) |
| Year | Team | 75 kg | Unlimited Weight |
| 1908 | | Diry, Robert (1/1) | Egeberg, Hans (2/2) |
| 1909 | | Toduschek, Alois (1/1) | Schmitz, Anton (1/1) |

### 1910

| Year | Team | 60 kg | 70 kg | 85 kg | Unlimited Weight |
| 1910 | | Wernicke, Karl (1/1) | Altroggen, Fritz (1/1) | Buchholz, Hermann (1/1) | Sperling, Gustav (1/1) |

### 1911

| Year | Team | 60 kg | 67 kg | 73 kg | 83 kg | Unlimited Weight |
| 1911 | | Hyvönen, Antti (1/1) | Tuominen, Nestori (1/1) | Väre, Emil (1/3) | Asikainen, Alfred (1/1) | Saarela, Yrjö (1/2) |

### 1912

| Year | Team | 60 kg | 67.5 kg | 75 kg | 82.5 kg | Unlimited Weight |
| 1912 | | Koskelo, Kaarlo (1/1) | Väre, Emil (2/3) | Johansson, Claes (1/2) | None awarded | Saarela, Yrjö (2/2) |

### 1913

| Year | Team | 67.5 kg | 75 kg | 82.5 kg | Unlimited Weight |
| 1913 | | Hegewald, Ewald (1/1) | Baumann, Georg (1/1) | Nilsson, Ernst (1/2) | Ahlgren, Anders (1/1) |

### 1920

| Year | Team | 60 kg | 67.5 kg | 75 kg | 82.5 kg | Unlimited Weight |
| 1920 | | Friman, Oskari (1/3) | Väre, Emil (3/3) | Westergren, Carl (1/4) | Johansson, Claes (2/2) | Lindfors, Adolf (1/1) |
| Year | Team | 60 kg | 67.5 kg | 75 kg | 82.5 kg | Unlimited Weight |
| 1920 | | Reitmeier, Franz (1/1) | Radvány, Ödön (1/1) | Fischer, Viktor (1/1) | Heinl, Michael (1/1) | Bock, Heinrich (1/1) |

### 1921–1928

| Year | 58 kg | 62 kg | 67.5 kg | 75 kg | 82.5 kg | Unlimited Weight |
| 1921 | Ikonen, Väinö (1/1) | Anttila, Kalle (1/3) | Friman, Oskari (2/3) | Tamminen, Taavi (1/1) | Rosenqvist, Edil (1/2) | Salila, Johan (1/1) |
| 1922 | Svensson, Fritiof (1/1) | Anttila, Kalle (2/3) | Westerlund, Edvard (1/2) | Westergren, Carl (2/4) | Rosenqvist, Edil (2/2) | Nilsson, Ernst (2/2) |
| 1924 | Pütsep, Eduard (1/1) | Anttila, Kalle (3/3) | Friman, Oskari (3/3) | Westerlund, Edvard (2/2) | Westergren, Carl (3/4) | Deglane, Henri (1/1) |
| 1928 | Leucht, Kurt (1/1) | Väli, Voldemar (1/1) | Keresztes, Lajos (1/1) | Kokkinen, Väinö (1/2) | Moustafa, Ibrahim (1/1) | Svensson, Rudolf (1/2) |

### 1932–1936

| Year | Team | 56 kg | 61 kg | 66 kg | 72 kg | 79 kg | 87 kg | Unlimited Weight |
| 1932 | | Brendel, Jakob (1/1) | Gozzi, Giovanni (1/1) | Malmberg, Eric (1/1) | Johansson, Ivar (1/2) | Kokkinen, Väinö (2/2) | Svensson, Rudolf (2/2) | Westergren, Carl (4/4) |
| 1936 | | Lõrincz, Márton (1/1) | Erkan, Yaşar (2/2) | Koskela, Lauri (1/1) | Svedberg, Rudolf (1/1) | Johansson, Ivar (2/2) | Cadier, Axel (1/1) | Palusalu, Kristjan (1/1) |

### 1948–1968

| Year | Team | 52 kg | 57 kg | 62 kg (−1961), 63 kg (1962–1968) | 67 kg (−1961), 70 kg (1962–1968) | 73 kg (−1961), 78 kg (1962–1968) | 79 kg (−1961), 87 kg (1962–1968) | 87 kg (−1961), 97 kg (1962–1968) | Unlimited Weight |
| 1948 | | Lombardi, Pietro (1/1) | Pettersen, Kurt (1/1) | Oktav, Mehmet (1/1) | Freij, Gustav (1/2) | Andersson, Gösta (1/1) | Grönberg, Axel (1/3) | Nilsson, Karl-Erik (1/1) | Kireççi, Ahmet (1/1) |
| 1949 | N/A | No Championships Held | | | | | | | |
| 1950 | | Johansson, Bengt (1/1) | Hassan, Ali Mahmoud (1/1) | Anderberg, Olle (1/2) | Gal, Jozsef (1/1) | Siimanainen, Matti (1/1) | Grönberg, Axel (2/3) | Candas, Muharrem (1/1) | Antonsson, Bertil (1/2) |
| 1951 | N/A | No Championships Held | | | | | | | |
| 1952 | | Gurevich, Boris Maksovich (1/3) | Hódos, Imre (1/1) | Punkin, Yakov (1/1) | Safin, Shazam (1/1) | Szilvásy, Miklós (1/1) | Grönberg, Axel (3/3) | Gröndahl, Kelpo (1/1) | Kotkas, Johannes (1/1) |
| 1953 | | Gurevich, Boris Maksovich (2/3) | Teryan, Artem (1/1) | Anderberg, Olle (2/2) | Freij, Gustav (2/2) | Shatvoryan, Gurgen (1/1) | Kartozia, Givi (1/4) | Englas, August (1/1) | Antonsson, Bertil (2/2) |
| 1954 | N/A | No Championships Held | | | | | | | |
| 1955 | | Fabra, Ignazio (1/1) | Stashkevich, Vladimir (1/1) | Polyák, Imre (1/4) | Garmanik, Grigori (1/1) | Maneyev, Vladimir (1/1) | Kartozia, Givi (2/4) | Nikolayev, Valentin (1/2) | Masur, Aleksandr (1/1) |
| 1956 | | Solovyov, Nikolai (1/1) | Vyrupayev, Konstantin (1/1) | Mäkinen, Rauno (1/1) | Lehtonen, Kyösti (1/1) | Bayrak, Mithat (1/2) | Kartozia, Givi (3/4) | Nikolayev, Valentin (2/2) | Parfenov, Anatoli (1/1) |
| 1957 | N/A | No Championships Held | | | | | | | |
| 1958 | | Gurevich, Boris Maksovich (3/3) | Karavayev, Oleg (1/3) | Polyák, Imre (2/4) | Doğan, Rıza (1/1) | Ayvaz, Kazim (1/3) | Kartozia, Givi (4/4) | Abashidze, Rostom (1/3) | Bogdan, Ivan (1/3) |
| 1959 | N/A | No Championships Held | | | | | | | |
| 1960 | | Pârvulescu, Dumitru (1/1) | Karavayev, Oleg (2/3) | Sille, Müzahir (1/1) | Koridze, Avtandil (1/2) | Bayrak, Mithat (2/2) | Dobrev, Dimitar (1/1) | Kis, Tevfik (1/3) | Bogdan, Ivan (2/3) |
| 1961 | | Sayadov, Armais (1/1) | Karavayev, Oleg (3/3) | Mansour, Moustafa Hamid (1/1) | Koridze, Avtandil (2/2) | Bularca, Valeriu (1/1) | Zenin, Vasili (1/1) | Gurics, György (1/1) | Bogdan, Ivan (3/3) |
| 1962 | | Rybalko, Sergey (1/2) | Ichiguchi, Masamitsu (1/2) | Polyák, Imre (3/4) | Ayvaz, Kazim (2/3) | Kolesov, Anatoly (1/4) | Kis, Tevfik (2/3) | Abashidze, Rostom (2/3) | Kozma, István (1/5) |
| 1963 | | Vukov, Borivoje (1/1) | Varga, Janos (1/3) | Sapunov, Gennady (1/2) | Horvat, Stevan (1/2) | Kolesov, Anatoly (2/4) | Kis, Tevfik (3/3) | Abashidze, Rostom (3/3) | Roshchin, Anatoly (1/4) |
| 1964 | | Hanahara, Tsotumu (1/1) | Ichiguchi, Masamitsu (2/2) | Polyák, Imre (4/4) | Ayvaz, Kazim (3/3) | Kolesov, Anatoly (3/4) | Simić, Branislav (1/1) | Radev, Boyan (1/3) | Kozma, István (2/5) |
| 1965 | | Rybalko, Sergey (2/2) | Cernea, Ion (1/1) | Grigoriev, Yury (1/1) | Sapunov, Gennady (2/2) | Kolesov, Anatoly (4/4) | Bagdonas, Rimantes (1/1) | Anisimov, Valery (1/1) | Shumakov, Nikolay (1/1) |
| 1966 | | Kerezov, Angel (1/1) | Stange, Fritz (1/1) | Rurua, Roman (1/5) | Horvat, Stevan (2/2) | Igumenov, Viktor (1/5) | Oleynik, Valentin (1/1) | Radev, Boyan (2/3) | Kozma, István (3/5) |
| 1967 | | Bakulin, Vladimir (1/1) | Baciu, Ion (1/1) | Rurua, Roman (2/5) | Tapio, Eero (1/1) | Igumenov, Viktor (2/5) | Sillai, Laszlo (1/1) | Yakovenko, Nikolai (1/2) | Kozma, István (4/5) |
| 1968 | | Kirov, Petar (1/5) | Varga, János (2/3) | Rurua, Roman (3/5) | Munemura, Muneji (1/1) | Vesper, Rudolf (1/1) | Metz, Lothar (1/1) | Radev, Boyan (3/3) | Kozma, István (5/5) |

### 1969–1996

| Year | 48 kg | 52 kg | 57 kg | 62 kg | 68 kg | 74 kg | 82 kg | 90 kg | 100 kg | 100+ kg (−1984), 130 kg (1985–1996) |
| 1969 | Berceanu, Gheorghe (1/3) | Alizadeh, Firouz (1/1) | Kazakov, Rustam (1/3) | Rurua, Roman (4/5) | Popescu, Simion (1/1) | Igumenov, Viktor (3/5) | Krumov, Petar (1/1) | Yurkevich, Aleksandr (1/1) | Yakovenko, Nikolai (2/2) | Roshchin, Anatoly (2/4) |
| 1970 | Berceanu, Gheorghe (2/3) | Kirov, Petar (2/5) | Varga, János (3/3) | Fujimoto, Hideo (1/1) | Rurua, Roman (5/5) | Igumenov, Viktor (4/5) | Nazarenko, Anatoly (1/3) | Rezantsev, Valery (1/7) | Svensson, Pelle (1/2) | Roshchin, Anatoly (3/4) |
| 1971 | Zubkov, Vladimir (1/4) | Kirov, Petar (3/5) | Kazakov, Rustam (2/3) | Markov, Georgi (1/2) | Damjanovic, Sreten (1/1) | Igumenov, Viktor (5/5) | Hegedűs, Csaba (1/2) | Rezantsev, Valery (2/7) | Svensson, Pelle (2/2) | Tomov, Aleksandar (1/5) |
| 1972 | Berceanu, Gheorghe (3/3) | Kirov, Petar (4/5) | Kazakov, Rustam (3/3) | Markov, Georgi (2/2) | Khisamutdinov, Shamil (1/3) | Mácha, Vítězslav (1/3) | Hegedűs, Csaba (2/2) | Rezantsev, Valery (3/7) | Martinescu, Nicolae (1/1) | Roshchin, Anatoly (4/4) |
| 1973 | Zubkov, Vladimir (2/4) | Ginga, Nicu (1/2) | Lipień, Józef (1/1) | Lipień, Kazimierz (1/3) | Khisamutdinov, Shamil (2/3) | Kolev, Ivan (1/1) | Liberman, Leonid (1/1) | Rezantsev, Valery (4/7) | Balboshin, Nikolai (1/6) | Tomov, Aleksandar (2/5) |
| 1974 | Zubkov, Vladimir (3/4) | Kirov, Petar (5/5) | Mustafin, Farhat (1/2) | Lipień, Kazimierz (1/3) | Davydyan, Nelson (1/2) | Mácha, Vítězslav (2/3) | Nazarenko, Anatoly (2/3) | Rezantsev, Valery (5/7) | Balboshin, Nikolai (2/6) | Tomov, Aleksandar (3/5) |
| 1975 | Zubkov, Vladimir (4/4) | Konstantinov, Vitali (1/2) | Mustafin, Farhat (2/2) | Davydyan, Nelson (2/2) | Khisamutdinov, Shamil (3/3) | Bykov, Anatoly (1/2) | Nazarenko, Anatoly (3/3) | Rezantsev, Valery (6/7) | Goranov, Kamen (1/1) | Tomov, Aleksandar (4/5) |
| 1976 | Shumakov, Alexei (1/2) | Konstantinov, Vitali (2/2) | Ukkola, Pertti (2/2) | Lipień, Kazimierz (3/3) | Nalbandyan, Suren (2/2) | Bykov, Anatoly (2/2) | Petković, Momir (1/1) | Rezantsev, Valery (7/7) | Balboshin, Nikolai (3/6) | Kolchinsky, Alexander (1/3) |
| 1977 | Shumakov, Alexei (2/2) | Ginga, Nicu (2/2) | Ukkola, Pertti (2/2) | Reczi, Laszlo (1/1) | Wehling, Heinz-Helmut (1/1) | Mácha, Vítězslav (3/3) | Cheboksarov, Vladimir (1/1) | Andersson, Frank (1/3) | Balboshin, Nikolai (4/6) | Dinev, Nikola (1/2) |
| 1978 | Alexandru, Constantin (1/2) | Blagidze, Vakhtang (1/3) | Serikov, Shamil (1/3) | Kramorenko, Boris (1/1) | Rusu, Ștefan (1/3) | Niftullayev, Arif (1/1) | Draica, Ion (1/2) | Ivanov, Stoyan (1/1) | Balboshin, Nikolai (5/6) | Kolchinsky, Alexander (2/3) |
| 1979 | Alexandru, Constantin (2/2) | Racz, Lajos (1/1) | Serikov, Shamil (2/3) | Tóth, István (1/2) | Supron, Andrzej (1/1) | Kocsis, Ferenc (1/2) & Shopov, Yanko (1/1) | Korban, Gennadi (1/3) | Andersson, Frank (2/3) | Balboshin, Nikolai (6/6) | Tomov, Aleksandar (5/5) |
| 1980 | Ushkempirov, Zhaksylyk (1/2) | Blagidze, Vakhtang (2/3) | Serikov, Shamil (3/3) | Mygiakis, Stelios (1/1) | Rusu, Ștefan (2/3) | Kocsis, Ferenc (2/2) | Korban, Gennadi (2/3) | Növényi, Norbert (1/1) | Raikov, Georgi (1/1) | Kolchinsky, Alexander (3/3) |
| 1981 | Ushkempirov, Zhaksylyk (2/2) | Blagidze, Vakhtang (3/3) | Passarelli, Pasquale (1/2) | Tóth, István (2/2) | Ermilov, Gennady (1/2) | Kudryavtsev, Aleksandr (1/1) | Korban, Gennady (3/3) | Kanygin, Igor (1/2) | Saladze, Mikhail (1/1) | Memišević, Refik (1/1) |
| 1982 | Kasarashvili, Temo (1/1) | Pashayan, Benur (1/2) | Michalik, Piotr (1/1) | Świerad, Ryszard (1/1) | Ermilov, Gennady (2/2) | Rusu, Ștefan (3/3) | Apkhazava, Taymuraz (1/2) | Andersson, Frank (3/3) | Wrocławski, Roman (1/1) | Dinev, Nikola (2/2) |
| 1983 | Tsenov, Bratan (1/1) | Pashayan, Benur (2/2) | Eto, Masaki (1/1) | Lahtinen, Hannu (1/1) | Sipilä, Tapio (1/1) | Mamiashvili, Mikhail (1/4) | Apkhazava, Taymuraz (2/2) | Kanygin, Igor (2/2) | Dimitrov, Andrey (1/2) | Artyukhin, Evgeny (1/1) |
| 1984 | Maenza, Vincenzo (1/2) | Miyahara, Atsuji (1/1) | Passarelli, Pasquale (2/2) | Kim, Weon-kee (1/1) | Lisjak, Vlado (1/1) | Salomäki, Jouko (1/2) | Draica, Ion (2/2) | Fraser, Steve (1/1) | Andrei, Vasile (1/1) | Blatnick Jeff (1/1) |
| 1985 | Allahverdiyev, Mahaddin (1/3) | Rønningen, Jon (1/3) | Balov, Stoyan (1/1) | Vangelov, Zhivko (1/1) | Negrisan, Stefan (1/1) | Mamiashvili, Mikhail (2/4) | Daras, Bogdan (1/2) | Houck, Michael (1/1) | Dimitrov, Andrey (2/2) | Rostorotsky, Igor (1/2) |
| 1986 | Allahverdiyev, Mahaddin (2/3) | Dydyaev, Sergey (1/1) | Ivanov, Emil (1/2) | Madzhidov, Kamandar (1/3) | Julfalakyan, Levon (1/2) | Mamiashvili, Mikhail (3/4) | Daras, Bogdan (2/2) & Komaromi, Tibor (1/3) | Malina, Andrzej (1/1) | Gáspár, Tamás (1/1) | Johansson, Tomas (1/1) |
| 1987 | Allahverdiyev, Mahaddin (3/3) | Roque, Pedro (1/1) | Mourier, Patrice (1/1) | Vangelov, Zhivko (2/2) | Abaeev, Aslaudin (1/1) | Salomäki, Jouko (2/2) | Komaromi, Tibor (2/3) | Popov, Vladimir (1/1) | Gedekhauri, Guram (1/1) | Rostorotsky, Igor (2/2) |
| 1988 | Maenza, Vincenzo (2/2) | Rønningen, Jon (2/3) | Sike, András (1/1) | Madzhidov, Kamandar (2/3) | Julfalakyan, Levon (2/2) | Kim, Young-nam (1/1) | Mamiashvili, Mikhail (4/4) | Komchev, Atanas (1/1) | Wroński, Andrzej (1/3) | Karelin, Aleksandr (1/12) |
| 1989 | Kucherenko, Oleg (1/3) | Ignatenko, Alexander (1/2) | Ivanov, Emil (2/2) | Madzhidov, Kamandar (3/3) | Passarelli, Claudio (1/1) | Turlykhanov, Daulet (1/1) | Komaromi, Tibor (3/3) | Bullmann, Maik (1/4) | Himmel, Gerhard (1/1) | Karelin, Aleksandr (2/12) |
| 1990 | Kucherenko, Oleg (2/3) | Ignatenko, Alexander (2/2) | Yildiz, Rifat (1/2) | Olivera, Mario (1/1) | Dugushiev, Islam (1/4) | Iskandaryan, Mnatsakan (1/4) | Farkas, Péter (1/3) | Bullmann, Maik (2/4) | Demyashkevich, Sergey (1/1) | Karelin, Aleksandr (3/12) |
| 1991 | Goun, Duk-yong (1/1) | Martínez, Raúl (1/2) | Yildiz, Rifat (2/2) | Martynov, Sergey (1/4) | Dugushiev, Islam (2/4) | Iskandaryan, Mnatsakan (2/4) | Farkas, Péter (2/3) | Bullmann, Maik (3/4) | Milián, Héctor (1/2) | Karelin, Aleksandr (4/12) |
| 1992 | Kucherenko, Oleg (3/3) | Rønningen, Jon (3/3) | An, Han-bong (1/1) | Akif Pirim, Mehmet (1/1) | Repka, Attila (1/1) | Iskandaryan, Mnatsakan (3/4) | Farkas, Péter (3/3) | Bullmann, Maik (4/4) | Milián, Héctor (2/2) | Karelin, Aleksandr (5/12) |
| 1993 | Sánchez, Wilber (1/2) | Martínez, Raúl (2/2) | Manukyan, Aghasi (1/2) | Martynov, Sergey (2/4) | Dugushiev, Islam (3/4) | Almanza, Néstor (1/1) | Yerlikaya, Hamza (1/5) | Koguashvili, Gogi (1/5) | Ljungberg, Mikael (1/3) | Karelin, Aleksandr (6/12) |
| 1994 | Sánchez, Wilber (2/2) | Ter-Mkrtchyan, Alfred (1/1) | Melnichenko, Yuriy (1/3) | Martynov, Sergey (3/4) | Dugushiev, Islam (4/4) | Iskandaryan, Mnatsakan (4/4) | Zander, Thomas (1/1) | Koguashvili, Gogi (2/5) | Wroński, Andrzej (2/3) | Karelin, Aleksandr (7/12) |
| 1995 | Sim, Kwon-ho (1/4) | Danielyan, Samvel (1/1) | Hall, Dennis (1/1) | Martynov, Sergey (4/4) | Adzhi, Rustam (1/1) | Riemer, Yvon (1/1) | Yerlikaya, Hamza (2/5) | Hakkı, Hakkı (1/1) | Ljungberg, Mikael (2/3) | Karelin, Aleksandr (8/12) |
| 1996 | Sim, Kwon-ho (2/4) | Nazaryan, Armen (1/5) | Melnichenko, Yuriy (2/3) | Zawadzki, Włodzimierz (1/1) | Wolny, Ryszard (1/1) | Azcuy, Filiberto (1/3) | Yerlikaya, Hamza (3/5) | Oleynyk, Vyacheslav (1/1) | Wroński, Andrzej (3/3) | Karelin, Aleksandr (9/12) |

### 1997–2001

| Year | 54 kg | 58 kg | 63 kg | 69 kg | 76 kg | 85 kg | 97 kg | 130 kg |
| 1997 | Yıldız, Ercan (1/1) | Melnichenko, Yuriy (3/3) | Eroğlu, Şeref (1/1) | Son, Sang-pil (1/2) | Yli-Hannuksela, Marko (1/1) | Tsvir, Sergey (1/1) | Koguashvili, Gogi (3/5) | Karelin, Aleksandr (10/12) |
| 1998 | Sim, Kwon-ho (3/4) | Kim, In-sub (1/2) | Manukyan, Mkhitar (1/2) | Tretyakov, Aleksandr (1/1) | Baiseitov, Bakhtiyar (1/1) | Menshchikov, Aleksandr (1/1) | Koguashvili, Gogi (4/5) | Karelin, Aleksandr (11/12) |
| 1999 | Rivas, Lázaro (1/1) | Kim, In-sub (2/2) | Manukyan, Mkhitar (2/2) | Son, Sang-pil (2/2) | Avluca, Nazmi (1/2) | Méndez, Luis Enrique (1/1) | Koguashvili, Gogi (5/5) | Karelin, Aleksandr (12/12) |
| 2000 | Sim, Kwon-ho (4/4) | Nazaryan, Armen (2/5) | Samourgachev, Varteres (1/3) | Azcuy, Filiberto (2/3) | Kardanov, Murat (1/1) | Yerlikaya, Hamza (4/5) | Ljungberg, Mikael (3/3) | Gardner, Rulon (1/2) |
| 2001 | Rangraz, Hassan (1/1) | Aripov, Dilshod (1/1) | Galstyan, Vaghinak (1/1) | Azcuy, Filiberto (3/3) | Abrahamian, Ara (1/2) | Vakhtangadze, Mukhran (1/1) | Bezruchkin, Alexander (1/1) | Gardner, Rulon (2/2) |

### 2002–2013

| Year | 55 kg | 60 kg | 66 kg | 74 kg | 84 kg | 96 kg | 120 kg |
| 2002 | Mamedaliyev, Geidar (1/1) | Nazaryan, Armen (3/5) | Samuelsson, Jimmy (1/1) | Samourgachev, Varteres (2/3) | Abrahamian, Ara (2/2) | Özal, Mehmet (1/1) | Byers, Dremiel (1/1) |
| 2003 | Jabłoński, Dariusz (1/1) | Nazaryan, Armen (4/5) | Kvirkelia, Manuchar (2/2) | Glushkov, Aleksei (1/1) | Tsitsiashvili, Gocha (1/1) | Lidberg, Martin (1/1) | Baroev, Khasan (1/3) |
| 2004 | Majoros, István (1/1) | Jung, Ji-hyun (1/1) | Mansurov, Farid (1/3) | Dokturishvili, Aleksandr (1/1) | Mishin, Aleksei (1/2) | Gaber, Karam (1/1) | Baroev, Khasan (2/3) |
| 2005 | Sourian, Hamid (1/7) | Nazaryan, Armen (5/5) | Gergov, Nikolay (1/1) | Samourgachev, Varteres (3/3) | Selimau, Alim (1/2) | Yerlikaya, Hamza (5/5) | López, Mijaín (1/10) |
| 2006 | Sourian, Hamid (2/7) | Warren, Joe (1/1) | Li, Yanyan (1/1) | Shatskykh, Volodimir (1/1) | Abdelfatah, Mohamed (1/1) | Nabi, Heiki (1/2) | Baroev, Khasan (3/3) |
| 2007 | Sourian, Hamid (3/7) | Bedinadze, David (1/1) | Mansurov, Farid (2/3) | Yanakiev, Yavor (1/1) | Mishin, Aleksei (2/2) | Nozadze, Ramaz (1/1) | López, Mijaín (2/10) |
| 2008 | Mankiev, Nazyr (1/1) | Albiev, Islambek (2/2) | Guenot, Steeve (1/1) | Kvirkelia, Manuchar (2/2) | Minguzzi, Andrea (1/1) | Khushtov, Aslanbek (1/1) | López, Mijaín (3/10) |
| 2009 | Sourian, Hamid (4/7) | Albiev, Islambek (2/2) | Mansurov, Farid (3/3) | Çebi, Selçuk (1/3) | Avluca, Nazmi (2/2) | Kiss, Balázs (1/1) | López, Mijaín (4/10) |
| 2010 | Sourian, Hamid (5/7) | Aliyev, Hasan (1/1) | Vachadze, Ambako (1/1) | Çebi, Selçuk (2/3) | Marinov, Hristo (1/1) | Ali-Akbari, Amir (1/1) | López, Mijaín (5/10) |
| 2011 | Bayramov, Rovshan (1/1) | Norouzi, Omid (1/2) | Abdevali, Saeid (1/1) | Vlasov, Roman (1/5) | Selimau, Alim (2/2) | Guri, Elis (1/1) | Kayaalp, Rıza (1/5) |
| 2012 | Sourian, Hamid (6/7) | Norouzi, Omid (2/2) | Kim, Hyeon-woo (1/2) | Vlasov, Roman (2/5) | Khugaev, Alan (1/1) | Rezaei, Ghasem (1/1) | López, Mijaín (6/10) |
| 2013 | Yun, Won-chol (1/1) | Angelov, Ivo (1/1) | Ryu, Han-su (1/2) | Kim, Hyeon-woo (2/2) | Nematpour, Taleb (1/1) | Melnikov, Nikita (1/1) | Nabi, Heiki (2/2) |

### 2014–2017

| Year | 59 kg | 66 kg | 71 kg | 75 kg | 80 kg | 85 kg | 98 kg | 130 kg |
| 2014 | Sourian, Hamid (7/7) | Štefanek, Davor (1/2) | Labazanov, Chingiz (1/1) | Julfalakyan, Arsen (1/1) | Bácsi, Péter (1/2) | Noumonvi, Mélonin (1/1) | Aleksanyan, Artur (1/5) | López, Mijaín (7/10) |
| 2015 | Borrero, Ismael (1/3) | Stäbler, Frank (1/3) | Chunayev, Rasul (1/1) | Vlasov, Roman (3/5) | Çebi, Selçuk (3/3) | Beleniuk, Zhan (1/3) | Aleksanyan, Artur (2/5) | Kayaalp, Rıza (2/5) |
| 2016 | Borrero, Ismael (2/3) | Štefanek, Davor (2/2) | Korpasi, Balint (1/1) | Vlasov, Roman (4/5) | Abacharaev, Ramazan (1/1) | Chakvetadze, Davit (1/1) | Aleksanyan, Artur (3/5) | López, Mijaín (8/10) |
| 2017 | Fumita, Kenichiro (1/3) | Ryu, Han-su (2/2) | Stäbler, Frank (2/3) | Nemeš, Viktor (1/1) | Manukyan, Maksim (1/1) | Başar, Metehan (1/2) | Aleksanyan, Artur (4/5) | Kayaalp, Rıza (3/5) |

### 2018–2019

| Year | Team | 55 kg | 60 kg | 63 kg | 67 kg | 72 kg | 77 kg | 82 kg | 87 kg | 97 kg | 130 kg |
| 2018 | | Azizli, Eldaniz (1/4) | Emelin, Sergey (1/1) | Maryanyan, Stepan (1/1) | Surkov, Artem (1/1) | Stäbler, Frank (3/3) | Chekhirkin, Aleksandr (1/1) | Bácsi, Péter (2/2) | Başar, Metehan (2/2) | Evloev, Musa (1/3) | Semenov, Sergey (1/1) |
| 2019 | | Tsurtsumia, Nugzari (1/1) | Fumita, Kenichiro (2/3) | Ota, Shinobu (1/1) | Borrero, Ismael (3/3) | Mantsigov, Abuyazid (1/1) | Lőrincz, Tamás (1/2) | Gobadze, Lasha (1/1) | Beleniuk, Zhan (2/3) | Evloev, Musa (2/3) | Kayaalp, Rıza (4/5) |

### 2021

| Year | Team | 60 kg | 67 kg | 77 kg | 87 kg | 97 kg | 130 kg |
| 2021 | | Orta, Luis (1/2) | Geraei, Mohammad Reza (1/2) | Lőrincz, Tamás (2/2) | Beleniuk, Zhan (3/3) | Evloev, Musa (3/3) | López, Mijaín (9/10) |

### 2021–2024

| Year | 55 kg | 60 kg | 63 kg | 67 kg | 72 kg | 77 kg | 82 kg | 87 kg | 97 kg | 130 kg |
| 2021 | Matsui, Ken (1/1) | Ciobanu, Victor (1/1) | Dalkhani, Meisam (1/1) | Geraei, Mohammad Reza (2/2) | Amoyan, Malkhas (1/1) | Vlasov, Roman (5/5) | Huseynov, Rafig (1/2) | Datunashvili, Zurabi (1/2) | Saravi, Mohammad Hadi (1/2) | Yousefi, Ali Akbar (1/1) |
| 2022 | Azizli, Eldaniz (2/4) | Sharshenbekov, Zholaman (1/2) | Nađ, Sebastian (1/1) | Nemeš, Mate (1/1) | Arsalan, Ali (1/1) | Makhmudov, Akzhol (1/2) | Akbudak, Burhan (1/1) | Datunashvili, Zurabi (2/2) | Aleksanyan, Artur (5/5) | Kayaalp, Rıza (5/5) |
| 2023 | Azizli, Eldaniz (3/4) | Sharshenbekov, Zholaman (2/2) | Abuladze, Leri (1/1) | Orta, Luis (2/2) | Ghanem, Ibrahim (1/1) | Makhmudov, Akzhol (2/2) | Huseynov, Rafig (2/2) | Cengiz, Ali (1/1) & Losonczi, Dávid (1/1) | Rosillo, Gabriel (1/1) | Mirzazadeh, Amin (1/1) |
| 2024 | Azizli, Eldaniz (4/4) | Fumita, Kenichiro (3/3) | Mammadli, Nihat (1/1) | Esmaeili, Saeid (1/1) | Ganizade, Ulvu (1/1) | Kusaka, Nao (1/1) | Geraei, Mohammad Ali (1/1) | Novikov, Semen (1/1) | Saravi, Mohammad Hadi (2/2) | López, Mijaín (10/10) |

## Individual Multiple-Time World Level Champions
### 12 World Level Championships

Aleksandr Karelin, 1988–1999

### 10 World Level Championships

Mijaín López, 2005–2024

### 7 World Level Championships

Valery Rezantsev, 1970–1976
Hamid Sourian, 2005–2014

### 6 World Level Championships

Nikolai Balboshin, 1973–1979

### 5 World Level Championships

István Kozma, 1962–1968
Roman Rurua, 1966–1970
Viktor Igumenov, 1966–1971
Petar Kirov, 1968–1974
Aleksandar Tomov, 1971–1979
Gogi Koguashvili, 1993–1999
Hamza Yerlikaya, 1993–2005
Armen Nazaryan, 1996–2005
Roman Vlasov, 2011–2021
Rıza Kayaalp, 2011–2022
Artur Aleksanyan, 2014–2022

## Team Championships

The list below includes unofficial championships won during the Olympic Games, although no official team statistics are kept during Olympic years.

### 54 World Level Championships

/ / / / 1952–2021

### 7 World Level Championships

1908–1950

### 5 World Level Championships

/ 1904–1920
/ 1911–1924

### 4 World Level Championships

/ 1896–1928

### 3 World Level Championships

2001–2021
2006–2022
2012–2024

### 2 World Level Championships

1984–2007
2023–2024

### 1 World Level Championship

1907
1971
1996
2003
2005