# List of Cadet, Junior, and Espoir World Champions in men's freestyle wrestling

The age limitations for many of the Cadet and Junior World Championships are no longer easily ascertainable, and in many cases the ages listed below are unverified estimates. There were two Junior World Championships held in 1979 and 1980.
In the lists below, champions whose names are colored in gold, silver, or bronze, represent the highest placing medal they would win later on at the corresponding senior level World Championships or Olympic Games in freestyle wrestling. Champions colored in blue, are those who did not medal but would later represent their country at the senior level in the World Championships or Olympic Games in freestyle wrestling.

## List of 15 and Under World Champions in Men's Freestyle Wrestling
### Cadet Worlds, 1975 (15 and under)

| Year | 23 kg | 26 kg | 29 kg | 32 kg | 35 kg | 38 kg | 42 kg | 46 kg | 50 kg | 55 kg | 60 kg | 65 kg | 65+ kg |
| 1975 | Angel Cespedes | Saul Leslie | John Trujilano | Mark Sprague | Stanley Kline | Dane Tussel | Don St. James | Daniel Barrientos | Sergio Rojas | Jose Ventura | John McNolty | Lance Anzivine | Carlos Rossi |

### Cadet Worlds, 1980 (15 and under)

| Year | 28 kg | 30 kg | 32 kg | 35 kg | 38 kg | 41 kg | 45 kg | 49 kg | 53 kg | 57 kg | 62 kg | 67 kg | 67+ kg |
| 1980 | Rajender Singh | Arturo Martinez | Bobby Malatesta | Virender Singh | Cory Baze | Joe Melchiore | Vinod Kumar | Muhtar Kassim | Raid Aiyal | Johnny Scott | Hatham Challoob | Mohammed Hussain Nadhum | Hussain Kadhum |

### Cadet Worlds, 1983 (15 and under)

| Year | 28 kg | 30 kg | 32 kg | 35 kg | 38 kg | 41 kg | 45 kg | 49 kg | 53 kg | 57 kg | 62 kg | 67 kg | 67+ kg |
| 1983 | Erin Millsap | Scott Bates | David Ogden | Travis West | Giovanni Schillaci | Sambhagi Pail | Jaspal Singh | Jai Prakash | Mahabir Singh | Derek Fix | Luis Fernando Palomino | Todd Elrod | Kelly Lamb |

## List of 16 and Under World Champions in Men's Freestyle Wrestling
### Cadet Worlds, 1987–1996 (16 and under)

| Year | 40 kg | 43 kg | 47 kg | 51 kg | 55 kg | 60 kg | 65 kg | 70 kg | 76 kg | 83 kg | 95 kg |
| 1987 | Fazlı Yeter | Fatih Şengül | Inderji Singh | Darren Wood | Mark Fergeson | Ranbir Singh | Mike Klinglesmith | Mustafa Sarıoğlu | Justin Abdou | Randhir Singh | Erik Wisch |
| 1988 | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held |
| 1989 | Chan-Yul Jeon | İbrahim Üngör | Mükremin Kızılkaya | Sun-Hak Kim | Cary Kolat | Sang-Pil Son | Imre Baranyi | Osman Albayrak | Tamas Gal | Nick Hall | David Rogers |
| 1990 | Satyawan | Harun Doğan | Saeid Yaghmori | Ali Bekler | David Pogoschin | Igor Kupeev | Luis Tonge Laolao | Viliam Danis | Shamsher Singh | Lucka Kochija | Mohammed Reza Kaveh Tabar |
| 1991 | Sadik Ferati | Arif Kama | Harun Doğan | Hayri Yücel | Zaudin Boev | Adem Kaya | Daniel Gonzalez Aguilllera | Osman Dshurtubaev | Günay Köseoğlu | Murad Osmanev | Tolga İpek |
| 1992 | Gheorghe Corduneanu | Rajesh Kumar | Recep Zencirci | Azizi Klarijini | Rafael Kurbanov | Alexander Melnik | Kadir Kurtoğlu | Iosif Mekrishvili | Vedat Kartal | Alexey Kaziev | Alireza Rezaie |
| 1993 | Adam Saitiev | Murad Umakhanov | Rakesh Kumar | Luis Blanco | Eric Guerrero | Buyantogt Tsogtbaatar | Roman Dzhusoev | Dzhambulat Aliev | Recayi Göl | Nikolos Begashvili | Jamal Abolghasem |
| 1994 | Zaur Botaev | Her Jung | Umar Gugaev | Cemil Kaşkaya | Magomedali Magomedaliev | Umar Raurbiev | Ramzan Murtazaliev | Giticha Ibragimov | Gennadiy Laliyev | Andras Balla | Vitali Martushov |
| 1995 | Gampios Ibragimov | Murad Umarov | Souchrab Khiziev | Ernis Bazrkulov | Ilya Stoyanov | Soslan Tomaev | Vadim Gigolayev | Shamil Aliev | Sazhid Sazhidov | Gennadiy Laliyev | Magomedov Garaev |
| 1996 | Reza Chalilov | Abil Abrahimov | Morteza Khoskbahkt | Magomed Nabiev | Symenkul Tabaldiev | Mashallah Hosseini Sarangkeh | Murad Gaidarov | Magomed Magomedov | Ziad Raja | Alan Makiev | David Otiasvili |

## List of 17 and Under World Champions in Men's Freestyle Wrestling
### Cadet Worlds, 1997–1998 (17 and under)

| Year | 42 kg | 45 kg | 48 kg | 52 kg | 57 kg | 63 kg | 69 kg | 76 kg | 83 kg | 95 kg |
| 1997 | Krystian Brzozowski | Ramiz Ramzanov | Ibragim Abil | Ramin Ghorbani | Dmitri Michailov | Ramesh Kumar | Yusuf Gazanov | Rustam Tschuchev | Anil Kumar | Guri Gugev |
| 1998 | Namig Sevdimov | Sushil Kumar | Tudor Verlan | A. Ismailov | Erhan Bakır | Akhmed Yussupov | Khasbulatov | Zia Aliyev | Serhat Balcı | Chutawa |

### Cadet Worlds, 1999 (17 and under)

| Year | 42 kg | 46 kg | 50 kg | 54 kg | 58 kg | 63 kg | 69 kg | 76 kg | 85 kg | 100 kg |
| 1999 | Yogeshwar Dutt | Namig Sevdimov | Sushil Kumar | Justin Lester | Erhan Bakır | Nikoloz Lobsanidze | Kazbek Dagataev | Sergey Vitkovski | Nurzhan Katayev | Yasser Nourzaee |

### Youth Olympic Games, 2010 (17 and Under)

| Year | 46 kg | 54 kg | 63 kg | 76 kg | 100 kg |
| 2010 | Aldar Balzhinimayev | Yuki Takahashi | Azamatbi Pshnatlov | Rasul Kalaycı | Ali Magomedibirov |

### Cadet Worlds, 2011–2013 (17 and under)

| Year | 42 kg | 46 kg | 50 kg | 54 kg | 58 kg | 63 kg | 69 kg | 76 kg | 85 kg | 100 kg |
| 2011 | Zaur Uguev | Vladimir Kudrin | Gadzhimurad Rashidov | Sultan Nasrullaev | Ashih Prahlad Singh | Mehran Babaei | Magomedgadzhi Imanshapiev | Elkhan Assadov | Hatem Aliakbarzadeh | Adam Coon |
| 2012 | Cosgun Mammadov | Zaur Uguev | Ali Mohammadzadehnagharchi | Gadzhimurad Rashidov | Jahid Hasanzade | Zain Retherford | Omari Gurjidze | Abdulrashid Sadulaev | Inal Tasoev | Georgi Gogaev |
| 2013 | Matsui Ryo | Darkhan Kalkenov | Abdulgav Shakhbanov | Andriy Yatsenko | Selim Kozan | Aaron Pico | Abdulmuslim Mukhuddinov | Batyrbek Tsakulov | Abdulrashid Sadulaev | Zaur Kotchiev |

### Youth Olympic Games, 2014 (17 and Under)

| Year | 46 kg | 54 kg | 63 kg | 76 kg | 100 kg |
| 2014 | Ismail Gadzhiev | Mukhamed Kuatbek | Teymur Mammadov | Yamasaki Yajyuro | Hajizada Igbal |

### Cadet Worlds, 2014–2017 (17 and Under)

| Year | 42 kg | 46 kg | 50 kg | 54 kg | 58 kg | 63 kg | 69 kg | 76 kg | 85 kg | 100 kg |
| 2014 | Alireza Goodarzi | Erfan Aeini | Spencer Lee | Andriy Yatsenko | David Baev | Parviz Ahmadov | Mason Manville | Mark Hall | Shamil Abdullaev | Givi Matcharachvili |
| 2015 | Ivan Okonechnikov | Aleksey Kopylov | Anil Anil | Takuto Otoguro | Yianni Diakomihalis | Jarod Verkleeren | Jacob Folsom | Aslanbek Gvaramia | Soslanbek Lavoev | Gable Steveson |
| 2016 | Kurt McHenry | Zagir Shakhiev | Petr Kopylov | Andrey Dzhelep | Amir Hossein Maghsoudi | Yianni Diakomihalis | Abubakr Abakarov | Miriani Maisuradze | Deepak Punia | Gable Steveson |
| 2017 | Alihasan Amirli | Kurt McHenry | Fedor Baltuev | Mehdi Esghivasoukola | Ryuto Sakaki | Inar Ketiia | Will Lewan | Aaron Brooks | Alan Bagaev | Daniel Kerkvliet |

### Youth Olympic Games, 2018 (17 and Under)

| Year | 48 kg | 55 kg | 65 kg | 80 kg | 110 kg |
| 2018 | Umidjon Jalolov | Robert Kelly Howard | Turan Bayramov | Akhmedkhan Tembotov | Sergey Kozyrev |

### Cadet Worlds, 2018– (17 and Under)

| Year | 45 kg | 48 kg | 51 kg | 55 kg | 60 kg | 65 kg | 71 kg | 80 kg | 92 kg | 110 kg |
| 2018 | Rahman Amouzad | Alihasan Amirli | Matthew James Ramos | Jamshidbek Marufov | Hamza Alaca | Turan Bayramov | Bagrati Gagnidze | Dmitrii Elkanov | Ali Reza Abbasali Abdollahi | Amir Hossein Zare |
| 2019 | Marc-Anthony McGowan | Rahman Amouzad | Mukhamed Takhir Khaniev | Umidjon Jalolov | Arip Abdulaev | Dzhabrail Gadzhiev | Soslan Albertovitch Tigiev | Amir Hossein Firouzpour | Soheyl Abdolghader Yousefi Sangani | Arsamag Zasseev |
| 2020 | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held |
| 2021 | Bowen William Bassett | Aman Sehrawat | Ali Mahmoud Khorramdel | Magomed Baitukaev | Kamronbek Kadamov | Meyer Shapiro | Seyed Hassan Esmailnezhad | Sagar Jaglan | Rıfat Gıdak | Amir Reza Masoumi |
| 2022 | Domenic Munaretto | Vasif Baghirov | Luke Lilledahl | Daryn Askerbek | Ebrahim Elahichouran | Ilyas Isayev | Joseph Sealey | Mor Sachin | Kamil Kurugliev | Koy Hopke |
| 2023 | Ahora Khateri | Paul Joseph Kenny | Yamato Ogawa | Marcus Blaze | Akito MAEHARA | Sina Khalili | Ladarion Lockett | Magomed Idrisov | Sandro Kurashvili | Yusif Dursunov |

## List of 18 and Under World Champions in Men's Freestyle Wrestling
### Junior Worlds, 1969 (18 and Under)

| Year | 48 kg | 52 kg | 57 kg | 62 kg | 68 kg | 74 kg | 82 kg | 90 kg | 100 kg | 100+ kg |
| 1969 | Ilarion Fedoseev | Bill Martin | Larry Morgan | Saito Katsuhiko | Karlo Turalija | Luka Hozmec | Kevin Bahurik | Bill Bragg | Mike Brundage | Soslan Andiev |

### Junior Worlds, 1971 (18 and Under)

| Year | 48 kg | 52 kg | 56 kg | 60 kg | 65 kg | 70 kg | 75 kg | 81 kg | 87 kg | 100+ kg |
| 1971 | Matsuhashi Yoshiyuki | Salim Bak | Onishi Toshinobu | V. Sokolov | David Kvalelashvili | S. Jabbar Mehdioun | A. Esamaili | A. Pramadian | Salman Khasimikov | Mark Bittick |

### Junior Worlds, 1978 (18 and Under)

| Year | 48 kg | 52 kg | 56 kg | 60 kg | 65 kg | 70 kg | 75 kg | 81 kg | 87 kg | 87+ kg |
| 1978 | ? Kistler | ? Riley | ? El Yasi | Sesers | ? Ashkenaz | Mahmoud Mamuran | ? Iraklis | ? Tufto | Amir Ghanji | ? Sherlock |

### Junior Worlds, 1980 (18 and Under)

| Year | 38 kg | 40 kg | 42 kg | 45 kg | 48 kg | 51 kg | 55 kg | 59 kg | 63 kg | 68 kg | 73 kg | 78 kg | 78+ kg |
| 1980 | Hans Houser | Majid Torkan | Esmail Agha Haddi | Marco Antonio Martinez | R. Rowshan | Jabbar Parsi | Morteza Hosseinzadeh | Mark Sprague | Mahmoud Kadhkodaee | Nasser Ahmaddi | Anders Eriksson | Mike Davies | Dean Hall |

### Junior Worlds, 1980 (18 and Under)

| Year | 48 kg | 52 kg | 56 kg | 60 kg | 65 kg | 70 kg | 75 kg | 81 kg | 87 kg | 87+ kg |
| 1980 | Bernardo Olvera Gonzalez | Kina Kiyokuni | Kevin Darkus | Mark Timok | Duane Goldman | John Johnson | Bairan Coroli | Dan Chaid | Kahlan O'Hara | Randy Taylor |

### Cadet Worlds, 1982 (18 and under)

| Year | 48 kg | 52 kg | 56 kg | 60 kg | 65 kg | 70 kg | 75 kg | 81 kg | 87 kg | 87+ kg |
| 1982 | Kyung-Sun No | Serik Alnimbaev | Evgeni Kuralenok | Joe Ghezzi | Tony Cook | Magomednebi Badatov | Kazbek Demurov | Makharbek Khadartsev | Leri Khabelov | Alexander Mutoshvili |

### Junior Worlds, 1983–1984 (18 and Under)

| Year | 48 kg | 52 kg | 56 kg | 60 kg | 65 kg | 70 kg | 75 kg | 81 kg | 87 kg | 87+ kg |
| 1983 | Young-Jin | Evgeni Musoyan | Joe Melchiore | Nikolai Garkin | Magomed Magomedov | Aleksander Siniagin | Vakhtang Dolidze | Yuri Ovcharenko | Makharbek Khadartsev | Panagiotis Poikilidis |
| 1984 | Chris Bollin | Kanahama Ryo | Ken Chertow | John Fisher | Len Bernstein | Chang Jae-Myung | Chris Geneser | John Ginther | Stefan Krische | Jeff Ellis |

### Junior Worlds, 1986 (18 and Under)

| Year | 48 kg | 52 kg | 56 kg | 60 kg | 65 kg | 70 kg | 75 kg | 81 kg | 87 kg | 130 kg |
| 1986 | Nikolai Kasabov | Kim Yong-Sik | Danut-Dumitru Prefit | Kim Song-U | Eskender Tonsupov | Saguid Katinovasov | Sizajondin Kamidov | Ranezan Umarov | Wasil Todorov | Oleg Naniev |

### Junior Worlds, 1988–1995 (18 and Under)

| Year | 46 kg | 50 kg | 54 kg | 58 kg | 63 kg | 68 kg | 74 kg | 81 kg | 88 kg | 115 kg |
| 1988 | Jose David Panuela | Kim Jong-Shin | Ramil Ataulin | Vadim Bogiyev | Kim Song-U | Andre Backhaus | Georgi Peyschev | Sergey Gubrinyuk | Oleg Ladik | Andrej Shumilin |
| 1989 | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held |
| 1990 | Armen Mkrtchyan | Gholam Reza Mohammadi | Anuchavan Sahakyan | M. Hassan Duon | Zaza Zazirov | Shabdan Agrimbaev | Roman Grigorian | Kalojan Baev | Igors Samusonoks | Zekeriya Güçlü |
| 1991 | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held |
| 1992 | Roberto Romero Monzon | Chon Chan Yul | Emil Tonev | Jeff McGinness | Jang Jae-Sung | Kim Jang-Soo | Stanislav Albegov | Osman Albayrak | Kerry McCoy | Miho Boev |
| 1993 | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held |
| 1994 | Wilfredo Garcia Quintana | Alireza Dabir | Amiran Kardanov | Ruslan Bodișteanu | Muhammed Nartokov | Alseit Toroguldiev | Ruslan Gadzhinov | Murat Gerotürk | Sean Hage | Oleg Khorpiakov |
| 1995 | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held |

### Junior Worlds, 1996 (18 and Under)

| Year | 49 kg | 52 kg | 56 kg | 60 kg | 65 kg | 70 kg | 76 kg | 83 kg | 90 kg | 115 kg |
| 1996 | Diando Kintana | Babak Nourzad | Mais Ibadov | Yendris Pompa | Soslan Tomaev | Majid Khidan | Ramzan Murtazaliev | Taşkın Özkale | Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov | Alexis Rodríguez |

## List of 20 and Under World Champions in Men's Freestyle Wrestling
### Junior Worlds, 1973–1977 (20 and Under)

| Year | 48 kg | 52 kg | 57 kg | 62 kg | 68 kg | 74 kg | 82 kg | 90 kg | 100 kg | 100+ kg |
| 1973 | Nermedin Selimov | Funatsu Kaoru | Jimmy Carr | Ganiko Kazunori | Musa ? | Magomed ? | ? Mustafov | ? Ortusuev | Salman Khasimikov | ? Strastev |
| 1974 | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held |
| 1975 | Anatoly Beloglazov | Murayama Suekichi | Micho Dukov | Alexander Michurov | ? Hamdiev | Anatoli Markovich | Tiberiu Seregeli | ? Marinov | Aslanbek Bisultanov | Jozsef Balla |
| 1976 | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held |
| 1977 | ? Kasabiev | Magomedgasan Abushev | Randy Lewis | Saipulla Absaidov | ? Kordev | Mark Churella | Hassan ? | Dan Severn | Magomed Magomedov | Petar Ivanov |

### Junior Worlds, 1979 (20 and Under)

| Year | 48 kg | 52 kg | 57 kg | 62 kg | 68 kg | 74 kg | 82 kg | 90 kg | 100 kg | 100+ kg |
| 1979 | Ali Nean Gulakhmedov | Iragi Shugaev | Andrey Jarzev | Magomedgasan Abushev | Boris Budaev | Youri Vorobiev | Aduutsjin Baatarkhu | Sanasar Oganisyan | G. Kurashvili | M. Blagoev |
| 1979 | Dave Flores | Bruce Malinowski | Mark Timok | ? Moser | ? Grasinger | ? Coffing | ? Grisson | ? Kalski | ? Glasder | ? Vavrosky |

### Junior Worlds, 1981 (20 and Under)

| Year | 48 kg | 52 kg | 57 kg | 62 kg | 68 kg | 74 kg | 82 kg | 90 kg | 100 kg | 100+ kg |
| 1981 | Ishikawa Shinichi | ? Effendiev | Arsen Fadzayev | Stepan Sarkisyan | ? Arunov | Taymuraz Dzgoev | Youri Vorobiev | Angel Draganov | Aslan Khadartsev | Victor Zangiev |

### Junior Worlds, 1982 (20 and Under)

| 1982 | Noh Kyung-Sun | Serik Alchimbaev | Evgeni Kuralenok | Joe Ghezzi | Tony Cook | Magomednebi Babator | Kazbek Demurov | Makharbek Khadartsev | Leri Khabelov | Aleksander Motuchvili |

### Espoir Worlds, 1983–1995 (20 and Under)

| Year | 48 kg | 52 kg | 57 kg | 62 kg | 68 kg | 74 kg | 82 kg | 90 kg | 100 kg | 100+ kg (1983–1985), 130 kg (1987–1995) |
| 1983 | Igor Pervochuk | Aman Japparov | Jozef Schwendtner | Sa-Yong Chang | Yueksel Mustafov | Vladimir Dyugutov | Dumitru Chiru | Robert Tibilov | Leri Khabelov | John Tenta |
| 1984 | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held |
| 1985 | Marian Nedkov | Ivan Tzonov | Evgeni Musoyan | Artur Fadzaev | Artur Mutabilov | Rahmat Sukra | Abusamad Gamisov | Stoyan Nentchev | Nikolai Ivanov | Nikolai Latushkin |
| 1986 | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held |
| 1987 | Gnel Medshlumyan | Hideo Sasayama | Lazaro Reinoso Martinez | Pashrutdin Salibekov | Chris Wilson | Joe Pantaleo | Aleksander Savko | Magomed Gatagadshev | Arawat Sabejew | Alexi Medved |
| 1988 | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held |
| 1989 | Nasser Zeinal Nia | Bagavdin Umakhanov | Suren Erdenebayar | Taghi Akbar Nejad | Georgi Khinchegashvili | Alexander Leipold | Sebahattin Öztürk | Alf Wurr | Heiko Balz | Andrei Shumilin |
| 1990 | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held |
| 1991 | Il Kim | Gwang-Chol Li | Gassa Gassanov | Alan Fried | Ramil Ataulin | No champion | Rasul Khadem Azghadi | Vitali Gizoev | Ömer Aslantaş | Shorik Kashinov |
| 1992 | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held |
| 1993 | Armen Mkrtchyan | Mevlana Kulaç | Ramil Islamov | Ismail Boziev | Araik Gevorgyan | Taimuras Urusov | Eldar Assanov | Ahmet Dağlı | Jeffrey Walter | Vyasheslav Pirsky |
| 1994 | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held |
| 1995 | Wilfredo Garcia Quintana | Behnam Tayebi-Kermani | Nikolai Savin | Bahman Shahbazi | Yosmany Sanchez Larrudet | Buvaisar Saitiev | Alireza Heidari | Abdul Reza Karegar | Vadim Tasoyev | Timur Piliev |

### Junior Worlds, 1997–1998 (20 and Under)

| Year | 49 kg | 52 kg | 56 kg | 60 kg | 65 kg | 70 kg | 76 kg | 83 kg | 90 kg | 115 kg |
| 1997 | Mohammad Rezaei | Ramazan Demir | Alireza Dabir | Ruslan Bodișteanu | Dimitri Kirilov | Arsen Gitinov | Majid Khodaei | Fereydoun Ghanbari | Sermest Bulut | Aydın Polatçı |
| 1998 | Alireza Darvishi | Babak Nourzad | Stephen Abas | Mehmet Yozgat | Zaur Botaev | Donny Pritzlaff | Shamil Aliev | Sazhid Sazhidov | Georgi Gogshelidze | Artyom Achigev |

### Junior Worlds, 1999–2001 (20 and Under)

| Year | 50 kg | 54 kg | 58 kg | 63 kg | 69 kg | 76 kg | 85 kg | 97 kg | 130 kg |
| 1999 | Timothy Hill | Rene Montero Rosales | Mehdi Nikmanesh | Nicolai Paslar | Kwon-Sub Choi | Bahram Abedi | Vadim Laliev | Georgi Gogshelidze | Artyom Achigev |
| 2000 | Dilshod Mansurov | Alexander Kontoev | Abil Ibragimov | Iosef Momsedlidze | Murat Umarov | Majid Ramezani | Sazhid Sazhidov | Oleg Kallagov | Ivan Ischenko |
| 2001 | Amiran Elbakidze | Dilshod Mansurov | Ulan Nadyrbek Uulu | Shalva Muziashvili Abajevi | Ramesh Kumar | Sergey Vitkovski | Khadjimourat Gatsalov | Mohammad Hossein Khaleghifar | Palwinder Singh Cheema |

### Junior Worlds, 2002–2017 (20 and Under)

| Year | 50 kg | 55 kg | 60 kg | 66 kg | 74 kg | 84 kg | 96 kg | 120 kg |
| 2002 | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held |
| 2003 | Farzan Bahrami | Ersin Çetin | Makhach Murtazaliev | Geandry Garzon Caballero | Sergey Vitkovski | Georgi Tibilov | Magomed Ibragimov | Hadi Pouralijan |
| 2004 | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held |
| 2005 | Iliaz Ozumbekov | Besik Kudukhov | Vakiv Kaziev | Shamil Batirov | Mihail Ganev | Georgy Ketoyev | Amir Abbas Moradi Ganji | Beylal Makhov |
| 2006 | Ahmet Peker | Djamal Otarsultanov | Mehdi Taghavi | Darsam Dzaparov | Kakhaber Khubezhty | Imants Lagodskis | Alan Lokhov | Beylal Makhov |
| 2007 | Dashpuntsag Tulga | Djamal Otarsultanov | Mehdi Taghavi | Bubba Jenkins | Denis Tsargush | Abdul Ammaev | Valerii Andriitsev | Bakhtiyar Akhmedov |
| 2008 | Ahmet Peker | Nariman Israpilov | Masoud Esmaeilpour | Magomedmurad Gadzhiev | Magomed Zubairov | Abdusalam Gadisov | Alen Zasyeyev | Soslan Gaglojev |
| 2009 | Ahmet Peker | Hassan Rahimi | Timur Tsabolov | Jabrail Hasanov | Saeid Tavakkol | Selim Yasar | Erfan Amiri | Dom Bradley |
| 2010 | Zikrula Dadaev | Vladimer Khinchegashvili | Gadzhi Abdulaev | Alan Gogaev | Davit Khutsishvili | Andrey Valiev | Shamil Akhmedov | Muradin Kushkhov |
| 2011 | Magomed Magomedaliev | Vladimer Khinchegashvili | Toghrul Asgarov | Khetag Tsabolov | Tamerlan Akhmedov | Dato Marsagishvili | Hamed Talebi | Jaber Sadeghzadeh |
| 2012 | Magomed Magomedaliev | Erdenebatyn Bekhbayar | Behnam Ehsanpour | Magomed Kurbanaliev | Zaur Makiev | Mohammad Javad Ebrahimi | Mehran Mirzaei | Magomedgadzhi Nurasulov |
| 2013 | Süleyman Atlı | Younes Sarmasti | Akhmednabi Gvartzatilov | Selahattin Kılıçsallayan | Alan Zaseev | Vladislav Valiev | Kyle Snyder | Geno Petriashvili |
| 2014 | Khasan Hussein Badrudinov | Azamat Tuskaev | Iman Sadeghi | Hassan Yazdani | Zelimkhan Khadjiev | Alireza Karimi | Georgi Gogaev | Amar Dhesi |
| 2015 | Spencer Lee | Mahir Amiraslanov | Iman Sadeghi | Teymur Mammadov | Gadzhi Nabiev | Mojtaba Goleij | Nurmagomed Gadzhiev | Said Gamidov |
| 2016 | Spencer Lee | Afgan Khashalov | Peiman Biabani | Enes Uslu | Mark Hall | Arsenali Musalaliev | Hossein Shahbazigazvar | Kazbek Khubulov |
| 2017 | Shahin Mukhtarov | Daton Fix | Abdula Akhmedov | David Baev | Mark Hall | Artur Naifonov | Shamil Ali Musaev | Gable Steveson |

### Junior Worlds, 2018– (20 and Under)

| Year | 57 kg | 61 kg | 65 kg | 70 kg | 74 kg | 79 kg | 86 kg | 92 kg | 97 kg | 125 kg |
| 2018 | Akhmed Idrisov | Abasgadzhi Magomedov | Saiyn Kazyryk | Khadzhimurad Gadzhiyev | Mekhi Lewis | Hayato Ishiguro | Arif Özen | Abbas Ali Foroutan | Magomedkhan Magomedov | Soslan Khinchagov |
| 2019 | Toshiya Abe | Kaiki Yamaguchi | Amir Hossein Maghsoudi | Erik Arushanian | David Carr | Amkhad Tashukhadhziev | Deepak Punia | Alan Bagaev | Abbas Ali Foroutan | Mason Parris |
| 2020 | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held |
| 2021 | Ramazan Bagavudinov | Rahman Amouzad | Shamil Mamedov | Erfan Elahi | Keegan Daniel Otoole | Mohammad Nokhodi | Amir Hossein Firouzpour | Rocky Joseph Elam | Braxton James Amos | Ali Mohammadebrahim Akbarpour |
| 2022 | Jore Volk | Yuto Nishiuchi | Umidjon Jalolov | Kanan Heybatov | Dzhabrail Gadzhiev | Sobhan Yari | Rakhim Magamadov | Amir Hossein Firouzpour | Ben Kueter | Amir Reza Masoumi |
| 2023 | Yuto Nishiuchi | Kumar Mohit | Reza Shakeri | Meyer Shapiro | Mitchell Mesenbrink | Ibragim Kadiev | Rakhim Magamadov | Mohammadmobin Azimi | Abolfazl Babaloo | Amir Reza Masoumi |

## List of 23 and Under World Champions in Men's Freestyle Wrestling
### U-23 Worlds, 2017 (23 and Under)

| Year | 57 kg | 61 kg | 65 kg | 70 kg | 74 kg | 86 kg | 97 kg | 125 kg |
| 2017 | Reineri Andreu | Rinya Nakamura | Nachyn Kuular | Richard Anthony Lewis | Gadzhi Nabiev | Alikhan Zhabrailov | Mojtaba Goleij | Geno Petriashvili |

### U-23 Worlds, 2018– (23 and Under)

| Year | 57 kg | 61 kg | 65 kg | 70 kg | 74 kg | 79 kg | 86 kg | 92 kg | 97 kg | 125 kg |
| 2018 | Toshihiro Hasegawa | Magomedrasul Idrisov | Rei Higuchi | Tajmuraz Salkazanov | Avtandil Kentchadze | Nika Kentchadze | Kamran Ghasempour | Shamil Zubairov | Givi Matcharashvili | Said Gamidov |
| 2019 | Reineri Andreu | Ulukbek Zholdoshbekov | Turan Bayramov | Mirza Skhulukhia | Razambek Zhamalov | Tariel Gaphrindashvili | Kamran Ghasempour | Bo Nickal | Mojtaba Goleij | Amir Hossein Zare |
| 2020 | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held |
| 2021 | Aliabbas Rzazade | Arsen Harutyunyan | Georgios Pilidis | Ernazar Akmataliev | Chermen Valiev | Magomed Magomaev | Mukhammed Aliiev | Osman Nurmagomedov | Amir Ali Azarpira | Anthony Cassioppi |
| 2022 | Aman Sehrawat | Arsen Harutyunyan | Vazgen Tevanyan | Giorgi Elbakidze | Mohammad Sadegh Firouzpour | Vladimeri Gamkrelidze | Tatsuya Shirai | Amir Hossein Firouzpour | Amir Ali Azarpira | Amir Reza Masoumi |
| 2023 | Nachyn Mongush | Bashir Magomedov | Ibragim Ibragimov | Inalbek Sheriev | Keegan O'Toole | Magomed Magomaev | Aaron Brooks | Muhammed Gimri | Isaac Trumble | Wyatt Hendrickson |