Weight class

Unlimited

Used at 56 NCAA tournaments, 1928–1986. 56 champions in the record.

Most titles at this weight: Oklahoma State (16), Oregon State (4), Iowa (3), Michigan (3), Oklahoma (3).

Champions at Unlimited by year, newest first
Year	Champion	School	Bracket
1986	Kirk Trost	Michigan	Bracket
1985	Bill Hyman	Temple (PA)	Bracket
1984	Tab Thacker	North Carolina State	Bracket
1983	Lou Banach	Iowa	Bracket
1982	Bruce Baumgartner	Indiana State	Bracket
1981	Lou Banach	Iowa	Bracket
1980	Howard Harris	Oregon State	Bracket
1979	Fred Bohna	California-Los Angeles	Bracket
1978	Jimmy Jackson	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1977	Jimmy Jackson	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1976	Jimmy Jackson	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1975	Larry Bielenberg	Oregon State	Bracket
1974	Jim Woods	Western Illinois	Bracket
1973	Chris Taylor	Iowa State	Bracket
1972	Chris Taylor	Iowa State	Bracket
1971	Greg Wojciechowski	Toledo (OH)	Bracket
1970	Jess Lewis	Oregon State	Bracket
1969	Jess Lewis	Oregon State	Bracket
1968	Dave Porter	Michigan	Bracket
1967	Curley Culp	Arizona State	Bracket
1966	Dave Porter	Michigan	Bracket
1965	Jim Nance	Syracuse (NY)	Bracket
1964	Joe James	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1963	Jim Nance	Syracuse (NY)	Bracket
1962	Sherwyn Thorson	Iowa	Bracket
1961	Dale Lewis	Oklahoma	Bracket
1960	Dale Lewis	Oklahoma	Bracket
1959	Ted Ellis	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1958	Bob Norman	Illinois	Bracket
1957	Bob Norman	Illinois	Bracket
1956	Gordon Roesler	Oklahoma	Bracket
1955	Bill Oberly	Penn State	Bracket
1954	Gene Nicks	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1953	Dan McNair	Auburn (AL)	Bracket
1952	Gene Nicks	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1951	Brad Glass	Princeton (NJ)	Bracket
1950	Dick Hutton	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1949	Verne Gagne	Minnesota	Bracket
1948	Dick Hutton	Oklahoma State	Results
1947	Dick Hutton	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1946	George Bollas	Ohio State	Bracket
1942	Loyd Arms	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1941	Leonard 'Butch' Levy	Minnesota	Bracket
1940	George Downes	Ohio State	Bracket
1939	Johnny Harrell	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1938	Charles McDaniel	Indiana (IN)	Bracket
1937	Lloyd Ricks	Oklahoma State	Results
1936	Howell Scobey Jr.	Lehigh (PA)	Results
1935	Charles McDaniel	Indiana (IN)	Bracket
1934	Ralph Teague	Southwestern Oklahoma	Bracket
1933	Ralph Teague	Southwestern Oklahoma	Bracket
1932	John 'Jack' Riley	Northwestern (IL)	Bracket
1931	John 'Jack' Riley	Northwestern (IL)	Bracket
1930	Earl McCready	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1929	Earl McCready	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1928	Earl McCready	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.