Weight class

165 lb

Used at 43 NCAA tournaments, 1929–2026. 43 champions in the record.

Most titles at this weight: Oklahoma State (10), Penn State (7), Illinois (3), Iowa State (3), Northern Iowa (3).

Champions at 165 lb by year, newest first
Year	Champion	School	Bracket
2026	Mitchell Mesenbrink	Penn State	Bracket
2025	Mitchell Mesenbrink	Penn State	Bracket
2024	David Carr	Iowa State	Bracket
2023	Keegan O'Toole	Missouri	Bracket
2022	Keegan O'Toole	Missouri	Bracket
2021	Shane Griffith	Stanford (CA)	Bracket
2019	Mekhi Lewis	Virginia Tech	Bracket
2018	Vincenzo Joseph	Penn State	Bracket
2017	Vincenzo Joseph	Penn State	Bracket
2016	Alex Dieringer	Oklahoma State	Bracket
2015	Alex Dieringer	Oklahoma State	Bracket
2014	David Taylor	Penn State	Bracket
2013	Kyle Dake	Cornell (NY)	Bracket
2012	David Taylor	Penn State	Bracket
2011	Jordan Burroughs	Nebraska	Bracket
2010	Andrew Howe	Wisconsin	Bracket
2009	Jarrod King	Edinboro (PA)	Bracket
2008	Mark Perry	Iowa	Bracket
2007	Mark Perry	Iowa	Bracket
2006	Johnny Hendricks	Oklahoma State	Bracket
2005	Johnny Hendricks	Oklahoma State	Bracket
2004	Troy Letters	Lehigh (PA)	Bracket
2003	Matt Lackey	Illinois	Bracket
2002	Joe Heskett	Iowa State	Bracket
2001	Donny Pritzlaff	Wisconsin	Bracket
2000	Donny Pritzlaff	Wisconsin	Bracket
1999	Kirk White	Boise State (ID)	Bracket
1950	Bill Smith	Northern Iowa	Bracket
1949	Bill Smith	Northern Iowa	Bracket
1947	Bill Nelson	Northern Iowa	Bracket
1946	David Shapiro	Illinois	Bracket
1942	Virgil Smith	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1941	Virgil Smith	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1940	Gene Grenard	Colorado State	Bracket
1939	Henry Matthes	Lehigh (PA)	Bracket
1938	John Ginay	Illinois	Bracket
1937	Harvey Base	Oklahoma State	Results
1935	Howard 'Red' Johnston	Penn State	Bracket
1934	Marion Foreman	Oklahoma	Results
1933	George Martin	Iowa State	Bracket
1931	Jack VanBebber	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1930	Jack VanBebber	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1929	Conrad Caldwell	Oklahoma State	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.