# List of sumo record holders

This is a list of records held by wrestlers of professional sumo. Only performances in official tournaments or honbasho are included here. Since 1958, six honbasho have been held every year, giving wrestlers from the modern era more opportunities to accumulate championships and wins. Before this, tournaments were held less frequently; sometimes only once or twice per year.
Names in bold indicate a still active wrestler. The tables are up to date as of the end of the March 2024 tournament.

## Most wins
### Most consecutive wins

| | Name | Wins | Start | End | Duration | Defeated by |
| 1 | Futabayama | 69 | 7 January 1936 | 3 January 1939 | 2 years, 11 months and 27 days | Akinoumi |
| 2 | Tanikaze | 63 | 1 October 1778 | 6 February 1782 | 3 years, 4 months and 5 days | Onogawa |
| 2 | Hakuhō | 63 | 23 January 2010 | 15 November 2010 | 9 months and 19 days | Kisenosato |
| 4 | Umegatani I | 58 | 1 April 1876 | 8 January 1881 | 4 years, 9 months and 7 days | Wakashima |
| 5 | Tachiyama | 56 | 9 January 1912 | 7 May 1916 | 4 years, 3 months and 28 days | Tochigiyama |
| 6 | Chiyonofuji | 53 | 7 May 1988 | 27 November 1988 | 6 months and 20 days | Ōnokuni |
| 7 | Taihō | 45 | 2 September 1968 | 2 March 1969 | 6 months | Toda |

### Most consecutive wins from entry into sumo

| | Name | Wins | Start | End | Duration | Defeated by | Highest rank |
| 1 | Jōkōryū | 27 | 11 July 2011 | 20 January 2012 | 6 months and 9 days | Senshō | Komusubi |
| 2 | Itai | 26 | 12 November 1978 | 16 May 1979 | 6 months and 4 days | Ōnishiki | Komusubi |
| 2 | Tochiazuma II | 26 | 15 January 1995 | 12 September 1995 | 7 months and 28 days | Dewaarashi | Ōzeki |
| 4 | Ōshōryū | 24 | 8 July 2019 | 18 January 2020 | 6 months and 10 days | Kotodaigō | Makushita 7 |
| 5 | Tokitenkū | 22 | 8 September 2002 | 11 March 2003 | 6 months and 3 days | Furuichi | Komusubi |
| 6 | Kototenzan | 21 | 12 January 1986 | 20 July 1986 | 6 months and 8 days | retired | Makushita 43 |
| 6 | Enhō | 21 | 15 May 2017 | 13 November 2017 | 5 months and 29 days | Jōkōryū | Maegashira 4 |
| 6 | Hokuseihō | 21 | 19 July 2020 | 15 March 2021 | 7 months and 24 days | Tokisakae | Maegashira 6 |
| 6 | Fujiseiun | 21 | 10 May 2021 | 15 November 2021 | 6 months and 5 days | Kamito | Juryo 6 |
| 10 | Akiseyama | 20 | 10 March 2008 | 25 July 2008 | 4 months and 15 days | Surugatsukasa | Maegashira 12 |
| 10 | Tsurugishō | 20 | 9 March 2014 | 25 July 2014 | 4 months and 16 days | Hienriki | Maegashira 6 |
| 10 | Aonishiki | 20 | 12 November 2023 | 22 March 2024 | 4 months and 10 days | Nagamura | Maegashira 15 |

## Most bouts

Losses by default are excluded.

## Most tournaments

The March 2011 and May 2020 tournaments were cancelled and are not included in these totals.

## Progress to top division

The table for the fastest progress shows wrestlers with the fewest tournaments from their professional debut to their top division debut since the six tournaments a year system was introduced in 1958. It excludes makushita tsukedashi and sandanme tsukedashi entrants who made their debut in the third makushita division and the fourth sandanme division.

## Most special prizes

Special prizes or sanshō were first awarded in 1947. They can only be given to wrestlers ranked at sekiwake or below. For the current list of active special prize winners, see here.
| | Name | Total | Outstanding Performance | Fighting Spirit | Technique | Years | Highest rank |
| 1 | Akinoshima | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1988–1999 | Sekiwake |
| 2 | Kotonishiki | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 1990–1998 | Sekiwake |
| 3 | Kaiō | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1994–2000 | Ōzeki |
| 4 | Tsurugamine | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1956–1966 | Sekiwake |
| 4 | Asashio | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1979–1983 | Ōzeki |
| 4 | Takatōriki | 14 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1990–2000 | Sekiwake |
| 7 | Musōyama | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1994–2000 | Ōzeki |
| 7 | Tosanoumi | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1995–2003 | Sekiwake |
| 7 | Kotomitsuki | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2000–2007 | Ōzeki |
| 10 | Tochiazuma II | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1996–2001 | Ōzeki |
| 10 | Aminishiki | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2000–2017 | Sekiwake |
| 10 | Takayasu | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2013–2022 | Ōzeki |

## Most gold stars

Gold stars or kinboshi are awarded to maegashira ranked wrestlers who defeat a yokozuna. For a list of current kinboshi earners, see here.
| | Name | Total | Years | Highest rank |
| 1 | Akinoshima | 16 | 1988–1999 | Sekiwake |
| 2 | Takamiyama | 12 | 1968–1978 | Sekiwake |
| 2 | Tochinonada | 12 | 1998–2008 | Sekiwake |
| 4 | Tosanoumi | 11 | 1995–2003 | Sekiwake |
| 5 | Kitanonada | 10 | 1954–1961 | Sekiwake |
| 5 | Annenyama | 10 | 1955–1961 | Sekiwake |
| 5 | Tsurugamine | 10 | 1955–1961 | Sekiwake |
| 5 | Dewanishiki | 10 | 1949–1963 | Sekiwake |
| 5 | Ōzutsu | 10 | 1979–1986 | Sekiwake |
| 10 | Mitsuneyama | 9 | 1944–1957 | Ōzeki |
| 10 | Tamanoumi | 9 | 1953–1958 | Sekiwake |
| 10 | Hasegawa | 9 | 1965–1974 | Sekiwake |
| 10 | Fujizakura | 9 | 1973–1981 | Sekiwake |
| 10 | Takatōriki | 9 | 1990–1998 | Sekiwake |
| 10 | Ichinojō | 9 | 2014–2022 | Sekiwake |

## Youngest Yokozuna at Time of Promotion

Yokozuna by their age at the time of promotion, showing both years and months for added detail.
| Rank | Yokozuna | Date of Promotion | Age at Promotion (Years, Months) |
| 1 | Kitanoumi | July 20, 1974 | 21 years, 2 months |
| 2 | Taihō | September 27, 1961 | 21 years, 4 months |
| 3 | Hakuhō | May 30, 2007 | 22 years, 2 months |
| 4 | Asashōryū | January 30, 2003 | 22 years, 4 months |
| 5 | Takanohana II | December 1994 | 22 years, 4 months |
| 6 | Futahaguro | July 1986 | 22 years, 10 months |
| 7 | Kashiwado | November 1961 | 23 years, 0 months |
| 8 | Terukuni | June 1942 | 23 years, 6 months |
| 9 | Akebono | January 27, 1993 | 23 years, 8 months |
| 10 | Ōnokuni | September 1987 | 24 years, 11 months |