Weight class

157 lb

Used at 42 NCAA tournaments, 1951–2026. 42 champions in the record.

Most titles at this weight: Oklahoma State (6), Penn State (4), Illinois (3), Iowa State (3), Northern Iowa (3).

Champions at 157 lb by year, newest first
Year	Champion	School	Bracket
2026	Landon Robideau	Oklahoma State	Bracket
2025	Antrell Taylor	Nebraska	Bracket
2024	Levi Haines	Penn State	Bracket
2023	Austin O'Connor	North Carolina	Bracket
2022	Ryan Deakin	Northwestern (IL)	Bracket
2021	David Carr	Iowa State	Bracket
2019	Jason Nolf	Penn State	Bracket
2018	Jason Nolf	Penn State	Bracket
2017	Jason Nolf	Penn State	Bracket
2016	Isaiah Martinez	Illinois	Bracket
2015	Isaiah Martinez	Illinois	Bracket
2014	Alex Dieringer	Oklahoma State	Bracket
2013	Derek St. John	Iowa	Bracket
2012	Kyle Dake	Cornell (NY)	Bracket
2011	Bubba Jenkins	Arizona State	Bracket
2010	JP O'Connor	Harvard (MA)	Bracket
2009	Jordan Burroughs	Nebraska	Bracket
2008	Jordan Leen	Cornell (NY)	Bracket
2007	Trent Paulson	Iowa State	Bracket
2006	Ben Cherrington	Boise State (ID)	Bracket
2005	Ryan Bertin	Michigan	Bracket
2004	Matt Gentry	Stanford (CA)	Bracket
2003	Ryan Bertin	Michigan	Bracket
2002	Luke Becker	Minnesota	Bracket
2001	Tim 'TJ' Williams	Iowa	Bracket
2000	Brett Matter	Pennsylvania	Bracket
1999	Casey Cunningham	Central Michigan	Bracket
1965	Bob Kopnisky	Maryland	Bracket
1964	Gordon Hassman	Iowa State	Bracket
1963	Kirk Pendleton	Lehigh (PA)	Bracket
1962	Jack Flasche	Northern Colorado	Bracket
1961	Phil Kinyon	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1960	Art Kraft	Northwestern (IL)	Bracket
1959	Dick Beattie	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1958	Dick Beattie	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1957	Doug Blubaugh	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1956	Larry TenPas	Illinois	Bracket
1955	Bill Weick	Northern Iowa	Bracket
1954	Bob Hoke	Michigan State	Bracket
1953	Jim Harmon	Northern Iowa	Results
1952	Bill Weick	Northern Iowa	Bracket
1951	Phil Smith	Oklahoma	Bracket

A year's heaviest class is listed by the pound limit the NCAA used that year; before 1987 it was unlimited. "Results" marks a year whose bracket has not yet been verified line by line against the official sheet; the results list is complete either way.