World Wrestling Championships

Updated after the 2021 World Wrestling Championships.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	253	93	69	415
2	Japan	122	70	79	271
3	Russia	111	68	96	275
4	United States	75	96	100	271
5	Iran	66	58	72	196
6	Bulgaria	63	93	100	256
7	Turkey	54	61	75	190
8	Hungary	31	51	50	132
9	Sweden	31	40	48	119
10	Cuba	30	28	48	106
11	China	27	20	33	80
12	France	26	22	22	70
13	Germany	22	28	46	96
14	Finland	22	26	25	73
15	Ukraine	19	19	52	90
16	Azerbaijan	16	28	34	78
17	Poland	15	38	36	89
18	Romania	15	32	35	82
19	Georgia	15	15	36	66
20	South Korea	14	23	25	62
21	Canada	14	18	30	62
22	Armenia	13	9	15	37
23	Norway	12	16	27	55
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	Mongolia	7	21	41	69
29	Belarus	6	17	27	50
30	Uzbekistan	6	10	19	35
31	Yugoslavia	5	19	17	41
32	Kazakhstan	5	18	31	54
33	Denmark	5	7	10	22
34	Russian Wrestling Federation	4	5	9	18
35	Italy	3	8	12	23
36	Moldova	3	7	1	11
37	Czechoslovakia	3	6	11	20
38	Kyrgyzstan	3	4	9	16
39	Venezuela	3	4	5	12
40	Egypt	3	2	5	10
41	Serbia	3	1	6	10
42	Estonia	2	3	4	9
43	India	1	5	14	20
44	Chinese Taipei	1	5	6	12
45	Greece	1	3	11	15
46	Israel	1	1	4	6
47	Belgium	1	0	1	2
48	Czech Republic	0	2	3	5
49	Slovakia	0	2	2	4
50	Nigeria	0	1	4	5
51	Latvia	0	1	3	4
	Lithuania	0	1	3	4
	Netherlands	0	1	3	4
54	Croatia	0	1	2	3
55	Lebanon	0	1	1	2
	North Macedonia	0	1	1	2
	Puerto Rico	0	1	1	2
58	Bahrain	0	1	0	1
	Brazil	0	1	0	1
	Tajikistan	0	1	0	1
	Tunisia	0	1	0	1
	Turkmenistan	0	1	0	1
63	Spain	0	0	3	3
	Switzerland	0	0	3	3
65	Bohemia	0	0	2	2
	Pakistan	0	0	2	2
67	Albania	0	0	1	1
	Argentina	0	0	1	1
	Chile	0	0	1	1
	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
	Syria	0	0	1	1
Totals (72 nations)		1170	1165	1495	3830

• 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	Buvaisar Saitiev	Russia	74 kg / 76 kg	1995	2005	6	–	–	6
6	Makharbek Khadartsev	Soviet Union  Russia	90 kg	1986	1995	5	2	1	8
7	Khadzhimurat Gatsalov	Russia	96 kg / 120 kg / 125 kg	2005	2014	5	1	1	7
8	Ali Aliyev	Soviet Union	52 kg / 57 kg	1959	1967	5	1	–	6
	Abdulrashid Sadulaev	Russia  RWF	86 kg / 97 kg	2014	2021	5	1	–	6
10	Jordan Burroughs	United States	74 kg / 79 kg	2011	2021	5	–	3	8
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	Mijaín López	Cuba	120 kg / 130 kg	2005	2015	5	3	–	8
4	Gogi Koguashvili	Russia	90 kg / 97 kg	1993	1999	5	–	1	6
5	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 Icho	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	2021	6	–	2	8
7	Kyoko 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
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• 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

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