Records

Every two-time NCAA wrestling champion

151 wrestlers have won exactly two NCAA Division I titles, from Joe Sapora of Illinois (1929–1930) and Laurance Mantooth of Oklahoma (1929–1930) to Levi Haines of Penn State (2024 and 2026) and Mitchell Mesenbrink of Penn State (2025–2026).

Two-time NCAA wrestling champions, most titles first, then in the order each reached the count
Wrestler	School	Titles	Title years and weights	NCAA record
Joe Sapora	Illinois	2	1929 115 lb · 1930 115 lb	5–0
Laurance Mantooth	Oklahoma	2	1929 125 lb · 1930 125 lb	7–1
Hardie Lewis	Oklahoma	2	1930 145 lb · 1932 145 lb	8–0
John 'Jack' Riley	Northwestern (IL)	2	1931 Unlimited · 1932 Unlimited	6–0
Robert Hess	Iowa State	2	1932 174 lb · 1933 175 lb	11–1
Alan Kelley	Oklahoma State	2	1933 145 lb · 1934 145 lb	6–1
Ralph Teague	Southwestern Oklahoma	2	1933 Unlimited · 1934 Unlimited	11–1
Charles McDaniel	Indiana (IN)	2	1935 Unlimited · 1938 Unlimited	11–1
Al Whitehurst	Oklahoma State	2	1940 136 lb · 1941 136 lb	8–0
Vernon Logan	Oklahoma State	2	1940 155 lb · 1942 155 lb	8–2
Burl 'Bo' Jennings	Michigan State	2	1941 128 lb · 1942 128 lb	7–0
Dick DiBatista	Pennsylvania	2	1941 175 lb · 1942 175 lb	7–0
Merle Jennings	Michigan State	2	1941 121 lb · 1942 121 lb	7–0
Virgil Smith	Oklahoma State	2	1941 165 lb · 1942 165 lb	7–0
Arnold Plaza	Purdue (IN)	2	1948 114 lb · 1949 121 lb	14–3
Verne Gagne	Minnesota	2	1948 191 lb · 1949 Unlimited	13–1
Joe Scarpello	Iowa	2	1947 175 lb · 1950 175 lb	14–3
Bill Smith	Northern Iowa	2	1949 165 lb · 1950 165 lb	8–0
Tony Gizoni	Waynesburg (PA)	2	1950 121 lb · 1951 123 lb	8–0
George Layman	Oklahoma State	2	1951 137 lb · 1952 137 lb	8–0
Gene Nicks	Oklahoma State	2	1952 Unlimited · 1954 Unlimited	8–1
Jay 'Tommy' Evans	Oklahoma	2	1952 147 lb · 1954 147 lb	12–1
Ned Blass	Oklahoma State	2	1953 177 lb · 1954 177 lb	8–1
Norvard 'Snip' Nalan	Michigan	2	1953 130 lb · 1954 130 lb	10–1
Bill Weick	Northern Iowa	2	1952 157 lb · 1955 157 lb	10–2
Peter Blair	Navy (MD)	2	1954 191 lb · 1955 191 lb	9–1
Eddie Eichelberger	Lehigh (PA)	2	1955 147 lb · 1956 147 lb	13–1
Terry McCann	Iowa	2	1955 115 lb · 1956 115 lb	11–1
Bob Norman	Illinois	2	1957 Unlimited · 1958 Unlimited	8–0
Dick Delgado	Oklahoma	2	1957 115 lb · 1958 115 lb	12–1
Dick Beattie	Oklahoma State	2	1958 157 lb · 1959 157 lb	11–2
Ron Gray	Iowa State	2	1958 147 lb · 1959 147 lb	13–1
Leslie Anderson	Iowa State	2	1958 130 lb · 1960 137 lb	12–1
Dave Auble	Cornell (NY)	2	1959 123 lb · 1960 123 lb	8–1
Stan Abel	Oklahoma	2	1959 130 lb · 1960 130 lb	13–1
Dale Lewis	Oklahoma	2	1960 Unlimited · 1961 Unlimited	8–1
Bob Johnson	Oklahoma State	2	1961 177 lb · 1962 177 lb	8–1
Clifford 'Mike' Natvig Jr.	Army (NY)	2	1962 147 lb · 1963 147 lb	10–1
Mickey Martin	Oklahoma	2	1962 130 lb · 1963 130 lb	13–1
Dean Lahr	Colorado	2	1963 177 lb · 1964 177 lb	11–1
Jim Nance	Syracuse (NY)	2	1963 Unlimited · 1965 Unlimited	9–2
Greg Ruth	Oklahoma	2	1965 167 lb · 1966 160 lb	12–2
Tom Peckham	Iowa State	2	1965 177 lb · 1966 177 lb	12–2
Rick Sanders	Portland State (OR)	2	1966 115 lb · 1967 115 lb	13–1
Dave Porter	Michigan	2	1966 Unlimited · 1968 Unlimited	13–1
Dale Anderson	Michigan State	2	1967 137 lb · 1968 137 lb	16–2
David McGuire	Oklahoma	2	1967 130 lb · 1969 130 lb	14–1
Dan Gable	Iowa State	2	1968 130 lb · 1969 137 lb	16–1
Dwayne Keller	Oklahoma State	2	1968 123 lb · 1970 126 lb	15–1
Chuck Jean	Iowa State	2	1969 177 lb · 1970 177 lb	10–0
Jason Smith	Iowa State	2	1969 167 lb · 1970 167 lb	17–1
Jess Lewis	Oregon State	2	1969 Unlimited · 1970 Unlimited	14–1
Mike Grant	Oklahoma	2	1969 145 lb · 1970 150 lb	15–1
Darrell Keller	Oklahoma State	2	1970 134 lb · 1971 142 lb	9–0
Geoff Baum	Oklahoma State	2	1970 190 lb · 1971 177 lb	13–3
Andy Matter	Penn State	2	1971 167 lb · 1972 167 lb	11–1
Ben Peterson	Iowa State	2	1971 190 lb · 1972 190 lb	14–2
Carl Adams	Iowa State	2	1971 158 lb · 1972 158 lb	17–3
Chris Taylor	Iowa State	2	1972 Unlimited · 1973 Unlimited	10–0
Wade Schalles	Clarion (PA)	2	1972 150 lb · 1973 158 lb	12–1
Pat Milkovich	Michigan State	2	1972 126 lb · 1974 126 lb	18–2
Greg Strobel	Oregon State	2	1973 190 lb · 1974 190 lb	14–3
Jarrett Hubbard	Michigan	2	1973 150 lb · 1974 150 lb	18–3
Chuck Yagla	Iowa	2	1975 150 lb · 1976 150 lb	14–2
Mike Frick	Lehigh (PA)	2	1975 134 lb · 1976 134 lb	17–3
Rod Kilgore	Oklahoma	2	1974 158 lb · 1977 167 lb	19–3
Chris Campbell	Iowa	2	1976 177 lb · 1977 177 lb	14–2
Dan Hicks	Oregon State	2	1978 142 lb · 1979 142 lb	13–2
Mark Lieberman	Lehigh (PA)	2	1978 177 lb · 1979 177 lb	15–2
Randy Lewis	Iowa	2	1979 126 lb · 1980 134 lb	17–3
Gene Mills	Syracuse (NY)	2	1979 118 lb · 1981 118 lb	21–3
Ricky Stewart	Oklahoma State	2	1980 158 lb · 1981 158 lb	20–3
Andre Metzger	Oklahoma	2	1981 142 lb · 1982 142 lb	18–3
Dan Cuestas	California-Bakersfield	2	1981 126 lb · 1982 126 lb	11–2
Darryl Burley	Lehigh (PA)	2	1979 134 lb · 1983 142 lb	20–2
Ed Banach	Iowa	2	1981 177 lb · 1983 190 lb	18–2
Lou Banach	Iowa	2	1981 Unlimited · 1983 Unlimited	15–1
Mike Sheets	Oklahoma State	2	1983 167 lb · 1984 167 lb	18–3
Jim Jordan	Wisconsin	2	1985 134 lb · 1986 134 lb	14–3
Marty Kistler	Iowa	2	1985 158 lb · 1986 167 lb	14–2
Melvin Douglas III	Oklahoma	2	1985 177 lb · 1986 177 lb	16–4
John Smith	Oklahoma State	2	1987 134 lb · 1988 134 lb	15–2
Royce Alger	Iowa	2	1987 167 lb · 1988 177 lb	15–2
Eric Voelker	Iowa State	2	1987 190 lb · 1989 190 lb	19–3
Tim Krieger	Iowa State	2	1987 150 lb · 1989 150 lb	19–3
Jack Cuvo	East Stroudsburg (PA)	2	1988 118 lb · 1989 118 lb	17–4
Pat Santoro	Pittsburgh (PA)	2	1988 142 lb · 1989 142 lb	20–4
Chris Barnes	Oklahoma State	2	1989 177 lb · 1990 177 lb	15–4
Dan St. John	Arizona State	2	1989 158 lb · 1990 167 lb	17–2
Kurt Angle	Clarion (PA)	2	1990 275 lb · 1992 275 lb	14–2
Terry Brands	Iowa	2	1990 126 lb · 1992 126 lb	14–1
Jeff Prescott	Penn State	2	1991 118 lb · 1992 118 lb	15–2
Matt Demaray	Wisconsin	2	1991 150 lb · 1992 150 lb	14–2
Kevin Randleman	Ohio State	2	1992 177 lb · 1993 177 lb	14–1
Sammie Henson	Clemson (SC)	2	1993 118 lb · 1994 118 lb	15–2
Markus Mollica	Arizona State	2	1993 158 lb · 1995 167 lb	18–4
Les Gutches	Oregon State	2	1995 177 lb · 1996 177 lb	15–4
Kerry McCoy	Penn State	2	1994 275 lb · 1997 275 lb	16–3
Mark Branch	Oklahoma State	2	1994 167 lb · 1997 167 lb	18–2
Cary Kolat	Lock Haven (PA)	2	1996 134 lb · 1997 142 lb	20–2
Jeff McGinness	Iowa	2	1995 126 lb · 1998 142 lb	20–4
Mark Ironside	Iowa	2	1997 134 lb · 1998 134 lb	19–4
Stephen Neal	California-Bakersfield	2	1998 275 lb · 1999 285 lb	20–3
Tim Hartung	Minnesota	2	1998 190 lb · 1999 197 lb	17–3
Tim 'TJ' Williams	Iowa	2	1999 149 lb · 2001 157 lb	15–1
Donny Pritzlaff	Wisconsin	2	2000 165 lb · 2001 165 lb	18–5
Eric Juergens	Iowa	2	2000 133 lb · 2001 133 lb	21–2
Johnny Thompson	Oklahoma State	2	2002 133 lb · 2003 133 lb	20–2
Tommy Rowlands	Ohio State	2	2002 285 lb · 2004 285 lb	17–4
Damion Hahn	Minnesota	2	2003 197 lb · 2004 197 lb	20–4
Ryan Bertin	Michigan	2	2003 157 lb · 2005 157 lb	19–4
Steve Mocco	Iowa / Oklahoma State	2	2003 285 lb · 2005 285 lb	17–2
Teyon Ware	Oklahoma	2	2003 141 lb · 2005 141 lb	17–4
Travis Lee	Cornell (NY)	2	2003 125 lb · 2005 133 lb	18–4
Chris Pendleton	Oklahoma State	2	2004 174 lb · 2005 174 lb	16–3
Joe Dubuque	Indiana (IN)	2	2005 125 lb · 2006 125 lb	15–3
Johnny Hendricks	Oklahoma State	2	2005 165 lb · 2006 165 lb	19–3
Ben Askren	Missouri	2	2006 174 lb · 2007 174 lb	18–2
Cole Konrad	Minnesota	2	2006 285 lb · 2007 285 lb	19–3
Matt Valenti	Pennsylvania	2	2006 133 lb · 2007 133 lb	19–4
Mark Perry	Iowa	2	2007 165 lb · 2008 165 lb	19–2
Jake Herbert	Northwestern (IL)	2	2007 184 lb · 2009 184 lb	21–2
Jeff 'J' Jaggers	Ohio State	2	2008 141 lb · 2009 141 lb	15–2
Brent Metcalf	Iowa	2	2008 149 lb · 2010 149 lb	14–1
Jake Varner	Iowa State	2	2009 197 lb · 2010 197 lb	18–2
Jordan Burroughs	Nebraska	2	2009 157 lb · 2011 165 lb	16–3
Matt McDonough	Iowa	2	2010 125 lb · 2012 125 lb	16–3
Kellen Russell	Michigan	2	2011 141 lb · 2012 141 lb	17–4
Jordan Oliver	Oklahoma State	2	2011 133 lb · 2013 149 lb	18–3
Quentin Wright	Penn State	2	2011 184 lb · 2013 197 lb	18–4
Tony Nelson	Minnesota	2	2012 285 lb · 2013 285 lb	19–3
David Taylor	Penn State	2	2012 165 lb · 2014 165 lb	18–2
Chris Perry	Oklahoma State	2	2013 174 lb · 2014 174 lb	17–3
Jesse Delgado	Illinois	2	2013 125 lb · 2014 125 lb	15–4
Nick Gwiazdowski	North Carolina State	2	2014 285 lb · 2015 285 lb	19–4
Gabe Dean	Cornell (NY)	2	2015 184 lb · 2016 184 lb	19–2
Isaiah Martinez	Illinois	2	2015 157 lb · 2016 157 lb	18–2
Dean Heil	Oklahoma State	2	2016 141 lb · 2017 141 lb	17–4
Vincenzo Joseph	Penn State	2	2017 165 lb · 2018 165 lb	14–1
Zahid Valencia	Arizona State	2	2018 174 lb · 2019 174 lb	15–1
Nick Suriano	Rutgers (NJ) / Michigan	2	2019 133 lb · 2022 125 lb	14–3
Gable Steveson	Minnesota	2	2021 285 lb · 2022 285 lb	19–2
Nick Lee	Penn State	2	2021 141 lb · 2022 141 lb	20–4
Roman Bravo-Young	Penn State	2	2021 133 lb · 2022 133 lb	18–4
Austin O'Connor	North Carolina	2	2021 149 lb · 2023 157 lb	19–4
Keegan O'Toole	Missouri	2	2022 165 lb · 2023 165 lb	25–3
David Carr	Iowa State	2	2021 157 lb · 2024 165 lb	21–2
Vitali 'Vito' Arujau	Cornell (NY)	2	2023 133 lb · 2024 133 lb	20–3
Jesse Mendez	Ohio State	2	2024 141 lb · 2025 141 lb	19–4
Levi Haines	Penn State	2	2024 157 lb · 2026 174 lb	19–2
Mitchell Mesenbrink	Penn State	2	2025 165 lb · 2026 165 lb	14–1

A title is a weight-class championship at the NCAA Division I championships, 1928–2026; no tournament was held in 1943–1945 (World War II) or 2020 (COVID-19). The NCAA record counts every bout at the championships, as each wrestler page does. Wrestlers with more titles are on the three-time list and the four-time list.

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