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.

12 World Level Championships
🇷🇺 Aleksandr Karelin, 1988–1999

9 World Level Championships
🇨🇺 Mijaín López, 2005–2021

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

2 World Level Championships
🇺🇸 1984–2007

🇮🇷 2012–2014

1 World Level Championship
🇩🇰 1907

🇧🇬 1971

🇵🇱 1996

2003

🇭🇺 2005

🇦🇿 2023

Links

 * FILA Wrestling Database