Most falls in a career

Every NCAA tournament a wrestler entered, added together.

3,062 wrestlers · 5,279 wins by fall

Most falls in a career
Rank	Wrestler	School	Years	Falls
T1	Dan Gable	Iowa State	1968–1970	13
T1	Gary Albright	Nebraska	1982–1986	13
T3	Dan Hodge	Oklahoma	1955–1957	11
T3	David Taylor	Penn State	2012–2014	11
T5	Ed Banach	Iowa	1980–1983	10
T5	Gene Mills	Syracuse (NY)	1977–1981	10
T5	Larry Owings	Washington (WA)	1969–1972	10
T5	Mark Churella	Michigan	1976–1979	10
T9	Howard Harris	Oregon State	1977–1980	9
T9	Wade Schalles	Clarion (PA)	1971–1973	9
T9	Wyatt Hendrickson	Air Force (CO), Oklahoma State	2021–2025	9
T12	Brad Hansen	Brigham Young (UT)	1976–1979	8
T12	Bruce Kinseth	Iowa	1977–1979	8
T12	Corey Olson	Nebraska	1990–1993	8
T12	Dallas Herbst	Wisconsin	2006–2009	8
T12	Eddie Eichelberger	Lehigh (PA)	1954–1956	8
T12	Harold Smith	Kentucky	1977–1980	8
T12	Jess Lewis	Oregon State	1968–1970	8
T12	Kenny Monday	Oklahoma State	1981–1984	8
T12	Larry Bielenberg	Oregon State	1974–1977	8
T12	Mark Perry	Iowa	2005–2008	8
T12	Mike Rodriguez	Michigan	1955–1957	8
T12	Randy Lewis	Iowa	1978–1981	8
T12	Sylvester Terkay	North Carolina State	1990–1993	8
T12	Tab Thacker	North Carolina State	1982–1984	8
T12	Wayne Martin	Oklahoma	1934–1936	8

Each win by fall is credited to the winner and to the school the winner wrestled for that year. Career totals span eras: falls were more common in some decades, and the number of rounds and wrestlers in a bracket changed over time. Technical falls are not counted. What counts as a fall