September 2026 Russian Men's Freestyle Wrestling Rankings

57 KG

#6 Tundzhai Verdiev won the Khadartsev Brothers Cup over #10 Yunus Yavbatirov with #7 Lev Pavlov winning bronze over Murat Pkin and Shakhban Abdurakhmanov taking bronze over Akhmed Naybaro. #10 Yunus Yavbatirov moves up three spots to #7 for beating #8 Lev Pavlov in the semifinals. Murat Pkin debuts in the rankings at #9 for beating #8 (now #10) 2025 Russian Nationals runner-up Amir Chamzyn in the qualification round. Magomed Magomedov won the Junior World Championships over Isaiah Cortez (USA).

61 KG

Artem Gobaev won the Khadartsev Brothers Cup over #2 Ramiz Gamzatov by forfeit. Magomed Buriev won bronze by a forfeit over Islam Bazarganov (AZE) and Imam Umarov won bronze over Deepak Deepak (IND). Zelimkhan Chaniev took bronze at the Junior World Championships.

65 KG

2023 61 KG Senior World Champion Vito Arujau tech falled 2016 65 KG Olympic Champion Soslan Ramonov at RAF Moscow. #3 (INT) Sujeet Kalkal (IND) won the Khadartsev Brothers Cup over #4 Alik Khadartsev with Vishal Kaliramana (IND) winning bronze over Ali Kazimov and Viktor Yakovlev winning bronze by forfeit over #5 Dzhambulat Kizinov. Zelimkhan Umarov took bronze at the Junior World Championships.

70 KG

Ziraddin Bayramov (AZE) won the Khadartsev Brothers Cup over Zavurbek Bugulov with Marat Fadzaev taking bronze over Aslanbek Abukov and Sergey Klimenko winning bronze over Gadzimagomed Hadjiyev. Mairbek Merov lost in the quarterfinals of the Junior World Championships to eventual bronze medalist Landon Robideau (USA) and failed to place.

74 KG

#6 (70) Kurban Shiraev won the Khadartsev Brothers Cup over #4 Anzor Zakuev with Khabib Zavurbekov and Inal Cheldiev taking bronze. #6 (70) Kurban Shiraev takes the number four spot in the rankings for beating #5 Anzor Zakuev in the finals. Khabib Zavurbekov notched two impressive wins over 70 KG standouts on his way to bronze, beating 2025 Senior World runner-up #12 (70) Tulga Tumur Ochir (MGL) and 2025 U23 World Champion #16 (70) Kanan Heybatov (AZE) against a loss to #5 Anzor Zakuev in the semifinals. Islam Kazharov took fifth at the Junior World Championships after losses to Ariya Yoshia (JPN) and Ivan Zalisko (UKR).

79 KG

#1 Ismail Khaniev lost to Jason Nolf (USA) at RAF Moscow. Magomed Kurbanaliev lost to Jordan Burroughs (USA) at RAF Moscow. #6 Said Saidulov won the Khadartsev Brothers Cup over #7 Kasum Kasumov with Magomedzakir Husyenov winning bronze over Magomed Dibirgadzhiev and Jabrail Gadzhiev (AZE) winning bronze over Suleyman Aliyev. #1 Ismail Khaniev won the Junior World Championships over #5 (INT) Keyvan Gharehdaghi (JPN).

86 KG

#1 Ibragim Kadiev lost to #7 (INT) Zahid Valencia (USA) at RAF Moscow. #2 Artur Naifonov took silver at the Khadartsev Brothers Cup to #3 (INT) Arsenii Dzhioev (AZE). Magomed Yusupov took bronze at the Khadartsev Brothers Cup over Abdulhamid Nurmagomedov and 92 KG Russian Nationals runner-up #2 (92) Azamat Khadzaragov took bronze over Magomed Idrisov to slot in the rankings at #4 ahead of Russian Nationals bronze medalist #5 Ruslan Chertkoev. Akhmed Mukutov took silver at the Junior World Championships to Aeoden Sinclair.

92 KG

#9 (97) Alan Bagaev won the Khadartsev Brothers Cup over 2025 Senior World bronze medalist #7 (INT) Osman Nurmagomedov (AZE). #8 (97) Azamat Zakuev won bronze over 2018 U23 World Champion #11 (INT) Shamil Zubairov (AZE) and Shamkhan Jabrailov (MDA) won bronze over Abdula Gamzatov. #9 (97) Alan Bagaev returns to the 92 KG rankings at #2 behind #1 Amanulla Gadzhimagomedov, who beat him at the 2025 Russian National Championships.

Shamkhan Jabrailov won by technical superiority over Ulanbaatar Open champion #4 Ashkab Saadulaev in the quarterfinals and lost to Bagaev and Zubairov in the semifinals and bronze medal match respectively. #11 (INT) Shamil Zubairov beat #5 (86) Arslan Bagaev in the quarterfinals before falling to #7 (INT) Osman Nurmagomedov (AZE) in the semifinals. Three-time U23 National champion #5 (86) Arslan Bagaev is back in the rankings at #4 after making the quarterfinals of the Khadartsev Brothers Cup where he lost to #11 (INT) Shamil Zubairov (AZE). Artur Togoev failed to place at the Junior World Championships after losses to Sandro Kurtashvili (GEO) and Jimmy Mastny (USA) in the quarterfinals and repechage bracket.

97 KG

#1 Abdulrashid Sadulaev beat Zac Braunagal (USA) at RAF Moscow. 2008 Olympic champion Shirvani Muradov lost to Bo Nickal (USA) at RAF Moscow. Russian Nationals fifth place finisher #7 Mustafagadzhi Malachdibirov won the Khadartsev Brothers Cup over #5 Alikhan Ktsoev with 2024 Olympic bronze medalist #16 (INT) Magomedkhan Magomedov (AZE) won bronze over Akhmed Timirsultanov and Magomedsharif Biyakaev won bronze over Sergey Kozyrev.

#7 Mustafagadzhi Malachdibirov moves up two spots to #5 for beating #5 Alikhan Ktsoev and 2024 Olympic bronze medalist #16 Magomedkhan Magomedov (AZE). With #8 Azamat Zakuev and #9 Alan Bagaev moving back down to 92 KG and #10 Soslan Dzhagaev moving up to heavyweights, the three new entries in the rankings to replace them are #8 Konstantine Pshenichnikov, #9 Magomedsharif Biyakaev, and #10 Sergey Kozyrev. Rodion Sanakoev took silver at the Junior World Championships to Michael Boyle (USA).

125 KG

Soslan Dzhagaev took fifth at the Khadartsev Brothers Cup after losses to #8 (INT) Giorgi Meshvildishvili (AZE) and Muhammed Gantemirov (AZE). #5 (97) Mustafagadzhi Malachdibirov lost in the semifinals of the Absolute Tournament of the Khadartsev Brothers Cup to Khetag Karsanov (AZE) and #6 (97) Alikhan Ktsoev made the finals of the Khadartsev Brothers Cup after a semifinal forfeit over #8 (INT) Giorgi Meshvildishvili (AZE) where he beat Khetag Karsanov (AZE) in the finals. Soslan Gabuev took bronze at the Junior World Championships.

Pound for Pound

Kurban Shiraev returns to the pound for pound rankings at #21 for beating #17 Anzor Zakuev in the 74 kilogram finals of the Khadartsev Brothers Cup. #17 Anzor Zakuev drops five spots to #22 for his loss to #21 Kurban Shiraev.