Who is the greatest wrestler of all time based on Olympic Games performances? We have used a weighted total medal count of each wrestler from all modern Olympic Games to rank their overall performance, using data from all Olympics including the Pais 2024 Games. olympic poster

The best performing wrestler ever at the Olympic Games is Cuban Mijaín López with five gold medals from 2008 until 2024. In the female category, the best is Kaori Icho fromJapan, who won a gold in 2016 to take her tally to four golds in four Olympic Games. See the table below to see how other athletes are ranked.

See also the best athlete from each sport, and the best overall.

Top Olympic Games Wrestlers

Here are the top-ranked athletes from the sport of wrestling (both greco-roman and freestyle) for performances at all Olympiads, using the Topend Sports Weighted Ranking System to order the athletes, awarding points for both gold (6 points) and other medals (silver 2 pts, bronze 1 pt). Only the athletes with at least three gold medals are listed.

Table: The Top Ranked Athletes from Wrestling at the Olympic Games (1896-2024)

rank name country   Gold Silver Bronze total
medals		 rating
1 Mijaín López Cuba M 5 0 0 5 30
2 Kaori Icho Japan F 4 0 0 4 24

notes: initial data from wikipedia of multiple Olympic gold medalists (with at least 4 gold medals, including results from 2024). For the ranking order, we have used the Topend Sports Weighted Ranking System.