September 2026 U.S. Men's Freestyle Wrestling Rankings

57 KG

#2 Luke Lilledahl won the Ziolkowski Open over Darian Cruz (PUR). #9 Isaiah Cortez took silver at the Junior World Championships to Magomed Magomedov (RUS).

61 KG

#1 Marcus Blaze won the Ziolkowski Open over Kyle Burwick with Akito Mukaida (JPN) taking bronze over Joshua Rodriguez and #5 Austin DeSanto taking bronze. #4 Aaron Seidel won the Junior World Championships over Bekassyl Assambek (KAZ).

65 KG

CJ Composto won the Ziolkowski Open over Andrey Dzhelep (UKR) with #6 Beau Bartlett taking bronze. Composto debuts in the rankings at #6 for beating #6 (now #7) Beau Bartlett at the Ziolkowski Open. #2 Bo Bassett won the Junior World Championships over Takuto Osedo (JPN). 2023 61 KG Senior World Champion Vito Arujau beat 2016 65 KG Olympic Champion Soslan Ramonov (RUS) at RAF Moscow.

70 KG

#1 Zain Retherford won the Ziolkowski Open over #8 (INT) Arman Andreasyan (ARM). #5 Landon Robideau took bronze at the Junior World Championships.

74 KG

#6 Keegan O’Toole announced his retirement from competitive wrestling. #1 James Green won the Ziolkowski Open over Michael Caliendo with #7 Cam Amine taking bronze. Ziolkowski Open runner-up Michael Caliendo takes the number ten spot with #7 Keegan O’Toole being removed from the rankings. #3 Jayden James took silver at the Junior World Championships to Ariya Yoshida (JPN).

79 KG

Jordan Burroughs beat Magomed Kurbanaliev (RUS) at RAF Moscow. Jason Nolf beat #2 (INT) Ismail Khaniev (RUS) at RAF Moscow; when Nolf has confirmed his return to international and domestic competition outside of RAF, he will be eligible for ranking. #1 Levi Haines won the Ziolkowski over Lukas Ckhitunidze (GEO) with #6 Patrick Kennedy taking bronze over 2022 70 KG U23 World Champion Giorgi Elbakidze (GEO). Ryan Burton took bronze at the Junior World Championships.

86 KG

#2 Zahid Valencia beat #1 (INT) Ibragim Kadiev (RUS) at RAF Moscow. #3 Parker Keckeisen won the Ziolkowski Open over Lars Schaefle (GER) with Izaak Olejnik taking fifth after losses to Schaefle (GER) and Lucas Khant (GER). #1 Kyle Dake beat #12 (79) Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov (BLR) at RAF Moscow. #4 Nate Jackson has been removed from the rankings due to solely competing in RAF and no other domestic or international events. Everyone below #4 gets a bump up. #5 Aeoden Sinclair won the Junior World Championships over Akhmad Mukutov (RUS). U23 National champion Bennett Berge is able to get in the rankings at #10 with Jackson’s removal.

92 KG

#4 Dustin Plott won the Ziolkowski Open over #12 (INT) Mukhammed Aliiev (UKR). Jimmy Mastny got bronze at the Junior World Championships.

97 KG

#1 Kyle Snyder beat #11 (INT) Akhmed Tazhudinov (BRN) at RAF Moscow. Zac Braunagal lost to #1 (INT) Abdulrashid Sadulaev at RAF Moscow. Massoma Endene took silver at the Ziolkowski Open to #13 (INT) Zbigniew Baranowski (POL). #6 Stephen Buchanan failed to place at the Ziolkowski after losses to #13 (INT) Zbigniew Baranowski (POL) and Uri Kalashnikov (ISR). Bo Nickal beat 2008 Olympic Champion Shirvani Muradov at RAF Moscow. Michael Boyle won the Junior World Championships.

125 KG

Jordan Wood took bronze at the Ziolkowski over #10 Connor Mirasola to take the #10 spot in the rankings. #5 Dreshaun Ross took silver at the Junior World Championships to #14 (INT) Abolfazl Mohammad Nezhad (IRI).

Pound for Pound

No changes to the pound for pound rankings..