World Wrestling Championships

Updated after the 2023 World Wrestling Championships.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	253	93	69	415
2	Japan	135	74	87	296
3	Russia	111	68	96	275
4	United States	86	105	109	300
5	Iran	70	66	79	215
6	Bulgaria	63	95	103	261
7	Turkey	60	62	83	205
8	Hungary	32	54	53	139
9	Cuba	32	28	49	109
10	Sweden	31	40	48	119
11	China	28	21	39	88
12	France	27	22	24	73
13	Germany	22	28	47	97
14	Finland	22	26	25	73
15	Azerbaijan	19	34	39	92
16	Ukraine	19	21	61	101
17	Georgia	16	20	42	78
18	Poland	15	38	39	92
19	Romania	15	32	37	84
20	South Korea	14	23	25	62
21	Canada	14	18	32	64
22	Armenia	14	10	21	45
23	Norway	12	17	29	58
24	Austria	11	9	8	28
25	North Korea	10	5	10	25
26	West Germany	9	13	19	41
27	East Germany	8	23	23	54
28	Kyrgyzstan	8	5	13	26
29	Serbia	8	1	11	20
30	Mongolia	7	27	43	77
31	Kazakhstan	6	19	35	60
32	Belarus	6	17	27	50
33	Uzbekistan	6	11	22	39
34	Yugoslavia	5	19	17	41
35	Denmark	5	8	10	23
36	Moldova	4	8	4	16
37	Russian Wrestling Federation [lower-alpha 1]	4	5	9	18
38	Italy	3	8	12	23
39	Czechoslovakia	3	6	11	20
40	Venezuela	3	4	5	12
41	Egypt	3	3	6	12
42	Estonia	2	3	5	10
–	Individual Neutral Athletes [lower-alpha 2]	2	2	2	6
43	India	1	5	16	22
44	Chinese Taipei	1	5	6	12
45	Greece	1	3	12	16
46	Israel	1	1	4	6
47	Bahrain	1	1	0	2
48	Albania	1	0	2	3
49	Belgium	1	0	1	2
50	Slovakia	0	4	3	7
51	Czech Republic	0	2	4	6
52	Puerto Rico	0	2	1	3
53	Nigeria	0	1	5	6
54	Lithuania	0	1	4	5
55	Latvia	0	1	3	4
	Netherlands	0	1	3	4
57	Croatia	0	1	2	3
58	Lebanon	0	1	1	2
	North Macedonia	0	1	1	2
60	Brazil	0	1	0	1
	Tajikistan	0	1	0	1
	Tunisia	0	1	0	1
	Turkmenistan	0	1	0	1
64	Spain	0	0	3	3
	Switzerland	0	0	3	3
66	Bohemia	0	0	2	2
	Colombia	0	0	2	2
	Pakistan	0	0	2	2
69	Argentina	0	0	1	1
	Chile	0	0	1	1
	Ecuador	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
	San Marino	0	0	1	1
	Syria	0	0	1	1
	United World Wrestling [lower-alpha 3]	0	0	1	1
Totals (75 entries)		1230	1225	1615	4070

• Names in italic are national entities that no longer exist.

The tables shows those who have won at least 5 gold medals at the World Championships. Boldface denotes active wrestlers and highest medal count among all wrestlers (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

Men's freestyle

Rank	Wrestler	Country	Weights	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Valentin Yordanov	Bulgaria	52 kg	1983	1995	7	2	1	10
2	Aleksandr Medved	Soviet Union	+87 kg / 97 kg / +97 kg / +100 kg	1961	1971	7	1	1	9
3	Sergey Beloglazov	Soviet Union	57 kg / 62 kg	1979	1987	6	1	–	7
	Arsen Fadzaev	Soviet Union	68 kg / 74 kg	1983	1991	6	1	–	7
5	Jordan Burroughs	United States	74 kg / 79 kg	2011	2022	6	–	3	9
6	Buvaisar Saitiev	Russia	74 kg / 76 kg	1995	2005	6	–	–	6
7	Makharbek Khadartsev	Soviet Union  Russia	90 kg	1986	1995	5	2	1	8
8	Khadzhimurat Gatsalov	Russia	96 kg / 120 kg / 125 kg	2005	2014	5	1	1	7
9	Ali Aliyev	Soviet Union	52 kg / 57 kg	1959	1967	5	1	–	6
	Abdulrashid Sadulaev	Russia  Russian Wrestling Federation	86 kg / 97 kg	2014	2021	5	1	–	6
11	Leri Khabelov	Soviet Union  Russia	100 kg / 130 kg	1985	1995	5	–	1	6
12	Abdollah Movahed	Iran	70 kg / 68 kg	1965	1970	5	–	–	5

Men's Greco-Roman

Rank	Wrestler	Country	Weights	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Aleksandr Karelin	Soviet Union  Russia	130 kg	1989	1999	9	–	–	9
2	Hamid Sourian	Iran	55 kg / 59 kg	2005	2014	6	–	–	6
3	Rıza Kayaalp	Turkey	120 kg / 130 kg	2009	2023	5	3	2	10
4	Mijaín López	Cuba	120 kg / 130 kg	2005	2015	5	3	–	8
5	Gogi Koguashvili	Russia	90 kg / 97 kg	1993	1999	5	–	1	6
6	Nikolay Balboshin	Soviet Union	100 kg	1973	1979	5	–	–	5
	Viktor Igumenov	Soviet Union	78 kg / 74 kg	1966	1971	5	–	–	5
	Valery Rezantsev	Soviet Union	90 kg	1970	1975	5	–	–	5
	Aleksandar Tomov	Bulgaria	+100 kg	1971	1979	5	–	–	5

Women's freestyle

Rank	Wrestler	Country	Weights	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Saori Yoshida	Japan	55 kg / 53 kg	2002	2015	13	–	–	13
2	Kaori Ichō	Japan	63 kg / 58 kg	2002	2015	10	–	–	10
3	Hitomi Obara (Sakamoto)	Japan	51 kg / 48 kg	2000	2011	8	–	–	8
4	Christine Nordhagen	Canada	70 kg / 68 kg / 75 kg	1993	2001	6	1	1	8
5	Yayoi Urano	Japan	75 kg / 70 kg / 65 kg	1990	1996	6	1	–	7
6	Adeline Gray	United States	67 kg / 72 kg / 75 kg / 76 kg	2011	2023	6	–	3	9
7	Kyōko Hamaguchi	Japan	75 kg / 72 kg	1997	2010	5	2	3	10
8	Zhong Xiue	China	44 kg / 47 kg / 46 kg	1991	1999	5	2	–	7
9	Shoko Yoshimura	Japan	44 kg	1987	1996	5	1	3	9
10	Liu Dongfeng	China	75 kg	1991	1997	5	–	1	6
	Stanka Zlateva	Bulgaria	72 kg	2006	2011	5	–	1	6
12	Nikola Hartmann	Austria	61 kg / 62 kg	1993	2000	5	–	–	5

• Wrestling World Cup
• World Wrestling Clubs Cup
• List of World Championships medalists in wrestling (freestyle)
• List of World Championships medalists in wrestling (Greco-Roman)
• List of World Championships medalists in wrestling (women)
• List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
• List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling
• List of World and Olympic Champions in women's freestyle wrestling
• World Beach Wrestling Championships

• FILA Database
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