Scoring record
Scoring record, 2012 to 2026
Leaders by championship year, and across every year the record covers; the team comparison for any year or span.
14 championships, 8,956 bouts with a scoring sheet, 8,843 reconciled, from the scoring record built October 19, 2026.
The scoring record begins in 2012, the first championship with full bout-level data: every bout's scoring sheet, not only its result. Earlier championships have their brackets and results in the record, but not their scoring sheets.
2026 leaders
Every 2026 category →Takedowns
All 2026 takedowns →| Rank | Wrestler | Team | Weight | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PJ Duke | Penn State | 157 | 24 |
| 2 | Josh Barr | Penn State | 197 | 19 |
| 3 | Aeoden Sinclair | Missouri | 184 | 18 |
| 3 | Drake Ayala | Iowa | 133 | 18 |
| 3 | Nico Provo | Stanford (CA) | 125 | 18 |
Takedowns allowed
All 2026 takedowns allowed →| Rank | Wrestler | Team | Weight | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angelo Ferrari | Iowa | 184 | 0 |
| 1 | Antrell Taylor | Nebraska | 157 | 0 |
| 1 | Bryce Hepner | North Carolina | 165 | 0 |
| 1 | Carter Baer | Binghamton (NY) | 174 | 0 |
| 1 | Christopher Minto | Nebraska | 174 | 0 |
Escapes
All 2026 escapes →| Rank | Wrestler | Team | Weight | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyler Knox | Stanford (CA) | 133 | 22 |
| 2 | Brandon Cannon | Ohio State | 157 | 15 |
| 2 | Lucas Byrd | Illinois | 133 | 15 |
| 4 | Carter Nogle | Air Force (CO) | 141 | 14 |
| 5 | Angelo Posada | Stanford (CA) | 197 | 13 |
Near-fall points
All 2026 near-fall points →| Rank | Wrestler | Team | Weight | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aaron Seidel | Virginia Tech | 133 | 24 |
| 2 | Jax Forrest | Oklahoma State | 133 | 16 |
| 3 | Ryder Downey | Northern Iowa | 165 | 15 |
| 3 | Taye Ghadiali | Michigan | 285 | 15 |
| 5 | Carter Nogle | Air Force (CO) | 141 | 12 |
Stalling drawn
All 2026 stalling drawn →| Rank | Wrestler | Team | Weight | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kannon Webster | Illinois | 157 | 12 |
| 2 | David Szuba | Arizona State | 285 | 9 |
| 3 | Luke Stanich | Lehigh (PA) | 141 | 7 |
| 3 | Mitchell Mesenbrink | Penn State | 165 | 7 |
| 3 | Ryder Block | Iowa | 149 | 7 |
Points scored
All 2026 points scored →| Rank | Wrestler | Team | Weight | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PJ Duke | Penn State | 157 | 76 |
| 2 | Aaron Seidel | Virginia Tech | 133 | 74 |
| 2 | Mitchell Mesenbrink | Penn State | 165 | 74 |
| 2 | Nico Provo | Stanford (CA) | 125 | 74 |
| 5 | Josh Barr | Penn State | 197 | 70 |
All years, 2012 to 2026
Every category, all years →Compare the teams, 2012 to 2026
Takedowns
All-time takedowns →| Rank | Wrestler | Team | Years | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle Snyder | Ohio State | 2015–2018 | 99 |
| 2 | Jason Nolf | Penn State | 2016–2019 | 92 |
| 3 | Gable Steveson | Minnesota | 2019–2025 | 85 |
| 4 | Myles Martin | Ohio State | 2016–2019 | 84 |
| 5 | James Green | Nebraska | 2012–2015 | 80 |
Takedowns allowed
All-time takedowns allowed →| Rank | Wrestler | Team | Years | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angelo Ferrari | Iowa | 2026 | 0 |
| 1 | Anthony Cassar | Penn State | 2019 | 0 |
| 1 | Austin Myers | Missouri | 2017 | 0 |
| 1 | Austin Reese | Ohio | 2016 | 0 |
| 1 | Bryce Hepner | North Carolina | 2026 | 0 |
Escapes
All-time escapes →| Rank | Wrestler | Team | Years | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dustin Plott | Oklahoma State | 2021–2025 | 51 |
| 2 | Lucas Byrd | Illinois | 2021–2026 | 49 |
| 3 | Dylan D'Emilio | Ohio State | 2021–2025 | 45 |
| 4 | Chad Walsh | Rider (NJ) | 2015–2018 | 43 |
| 4 | Max Dean | Penn State, Cornell (NY) | 2018–2023 | 43 |
Near-fall points
All-time near-fall points →| Rank | Wrestler | Team | Years | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spencer Lee | Iowa | 2018–2023 | 114 |
| 2 | Logan Stieber | Ohio State | 2012–2015 | 80 |
| 3 | Ethan Lizak | Minnesota | 2015–2019 | 79 |
| 4 | Zain Retherford | Penn State | 2014–2018 | 78 |
| 5 | Aaron 'AJ' Schopp | Edinboro (PA) | 2012–2015 | 67 |
Stalling drawn
All-time stalling drawn →| Rank | Wrestler | Team | Years | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cohlton Schultz | Arizona State | 2021–2025 | 31 |
| 2 | Daniel 'Greg' Kerkvliet Jr. | Penn State | 2021–2025 | 25 |
| 3 | Kevin Jack | North Carolina State | 2015–2018 | 24 |
| 3 | Logan Massa | Michigan | 2017–2022 | 24 |
| 3 | Mitchell Mesenbrink | Penn State | 2024–2026 | 24 |
Points scored
All-time points scored →| Rank | Wrestler | Team | Years | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Nolf | Penn State | 2016–2019 | 267 |
| 2 | James Green | Nebraska | 2012–2015 | 259 |
| 3 | Keegan O'Toole | Missouri | 2021–2025 | 255 |
| 3 | Logan Massa | Michigan | 2017–2022 | 255 |
| 5 | Parker Keckeisen | Northern Iowa | 2021–2025 | 245 |
What is left out
Of the 8,956 bouts with a scoring sheet, 8,843 reconcile (see How these are counted, below). 113 bouts are left out of every figure on these pages:
- 89 bouts with no wrestling (medical forfeits and the like)
- 24 sheets that do not add up to their printed totals (held for review)
Written from the record
- Who Is James Green? ·
James Green scored more NCAA tournament points than almost anyone since 2012. His four trips never took him to a final.
- The Cunningham Test ·
Casey Cunningham's test for David Taylor, no easy go behinds, is being passed in Stillwater.
Three rule changes fall inside these years. 2019: the brackets grew to 33 seeds. 2022: the first sudden-victory period became 2 minutes. 2024: the 3-point takedown and the 3-count near fall, so a jump from 2023 to 2024 is a change in the rules before it is a change in the wrestling.
How these are counted
Every figure here is counted from the scoring record, bout by bout, from the counts on each scoring sheet.
A bout counts once for each side: a wrestler's for columns are their own counts and the against columns are the opponent's; a team's are the sums over its qualifiers' bouts that year.
- Takedowns
- For: takedowns scored. Against: takedowns allowed.
- Escapes
- For: escapes. Against: escapes allowed.
- Reversals
- For: reversals. Against: reversals allowed.
- Near-fall points
- For: near-fall points. Against: near-fall points allowed.
- Stalling calls
- For: drawn, the stalling calls against the opponent. Against: called, the stalling calls against this side.
- Riding-time points
- For: riding-time points. Against: riding-time points allowed.
- Points
- For: points scored. Against: points allowed.
Points is the sum of every scoring row credited to that side, penalties and riding time included; points allowed is the opponent's sum. Cautions, penalty points and the tiebreak riding-time rows are carried in the data and shown on the bout page, not in these tables.
Statistics include only bouts whose scoring sheet is reconciled: the sheet's rows add up to every printed period total and to the scoreboard. A sheet that does not reconcile, and a bout with no wrestling, are left out, and the scoring record's hub says how many and why.
The scoring record begins in 2012, the first championship with full bout-level data: every bout's scoring sheet, not only its result. Earlier championships have their brackets and results in the record, but not their scoring sheets.
Totals are the sums over the bouts in scope. Per qualifier divides the totals by the record's qualifier count for that program and year, the same count the program page prints (team rows only). Per bout divides the totals by the bouts in scope. Per 7 min is the totals times 420 divided by the sum of the mat time, in seconds, over the bouts in scope: one pooled rate, never a mean of per-bout rates. A bout with no mat time is left out of both the numerator and the denominator of that unit, and the page says how many are left out.
Rates list wrestlers with three or more bouts; a wrestler with fewer is left out of the per-bout and per-7-minute lists.