Most falls in one tournament

The most wins by fall by one wrestler at one NCAA tournament. Equal counts are ordered by the least total time.

3,062 wrestlers · 5,279 wins by fall

Most falls in one tournament
RankWrestlerYear · weightFallsTotal time
1Darryl PetersonIowa State1985 · Unlimited55:31
2Chris TaylorIowa State1973 · Unlimited513:52
3Gary AlbrightNebraska1986 · Unlimited515:34
4Howard HarrisOregon State1980 · Unlimited518:34
5Bill KollNorthern Iowa1948 · 147 lb519:17
6Dan GableIowa State1969 · 137 lb520:59
7Dan GableIowa State1970 · 142 lb522:08
8Bruce KinsethIowa1979 · 150 lb522:43
9Verne GagneMinnesota1948 · 191 lb523:13
10Thomas LandrumOklahoma State1980 · 134 lb525:48
11John Fletcher IINavy (MD)1948 · 147 lb534:13
12Sylvester TerkayNorth Carolina State1992 · 275 lb46:31
13Brian ParletAugustana (SD)1979 · 177 lb47:13
14David TaylorPenn State2012 · 165 lb48:46
15David TaylorPenn State2013 · 165 lb49:23
16Jeff SmithMichigan State1969 · Unlimited49:50
17Dave KlemmEastern Illinois1979 · Unlimited410:26
18Dan HodgeOklahoma1956 · 177 lb411:32
19Wade SchallesClarion (PA)1973 · 158 lb411:52
20Aaron 'AJ' SchoppEdinboro (PA)2015 · 133 lb411:53
21John PanningMinnesota1972 · 177 lb412:05
22Gordon 'Oscar' WoodOregon State1998 · 142 lb412:52
23Ted EllisOklahoma State1959 · Unlimited413:26
24Rob RohnLehigh (PA)2002 · 184 lb413:28
25Dan HodgeOklahoma1957 · 177 lb414:39

46 tournaments in this view include a fall with no recorded time, so they have no total time.

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