The Top NCAA Wrestling Point Scorers Of The Past Decade

Dive into the data and check out which wrestlers have accrued the most team points for their programs at the NCAA Championships in the last decade.

Jul 2, 2024 by Andy Hamilton

The Top NCAA Wrestling Point Scorers Of The Past Decade

It’s been a star-studded decade for college wrestling.

The college game has produced nine World and Olympic champions during the past 10 years and nine others who have captured medals on international wrestling’s biggest stage.

Additionally, the four-time NCAA champion club has grown from three members to seven during that time frame.

One of the ways to compare the greats of that time frame: Stack them up based on the team points they accrued for their programs at the NCAA Championships. It’s not a perfect comparison, of course. Some of the greats of that time frame — like David Taylor and Logan Stieber, for example — only wrestled in one or two NCAA tournaments during that stretch, while several others competed in five.

Nonetheless, here’s a comprehensive breakdown of the top point scorers from the past decade.

Top 100

Rank	Name	School	Points	Tournaments	Average
1	Jason Nolf	Penn State	98	4	24.5
2	Bo Nickal	Penn State	95.5	4	23.9
3	Aaron Brooks	Penn State	94.5	4	23.6
4	Zain Retherford	Penn State	93.5	4	23.4
5	Daton Fix	Oklahoma State	90	5	18
6	Spencer Lee	Iowa	89.5	4	22.4
7	Kyle Snyder	Ohio State	89	4	22.3
8	Carter Starocci	Penn State	87	4	21.8
9	Yianni Diakomihalis	Cornell	84	4	21
10	Keegan O'Toole	Missouri	83.5	4	20.9
11	Isaiah Martinez	Illinois	82.5	4	20.6
12	J'den Cox	Missouri	80	4	20
13	David Carr	Iowa State	79.5	4	19.9
14	Gabe Dean	Cornell	77.5	4	19.4
14	Nathan Tomasello	Ohio State	77.5	4	19.4
16	Vito Arujau	Cornell	77	4	19.3
16	Myles Amine	Michigan	77	5	15.4
18	Alex Dieringer	Oklahoma State	74.5	3	24.8
19	Nick Lee	Penn State	74	4	18.5
20	Parker Keckeisen	Northern Iowa	72	4	18
21	Myles Martin	Ohio State	70.5	4	17.6
22	Greg Kerkvliet	Penn State	69	4	17.3
23	Roman Bravo-Young	Penn State	68	4	17
23	Michael Kemerer	Iowa	68	4	17
23	Jaydin Eierman	Missouri/Iowa	68	5	13.6
26	Zahid Valencia	Arizona State	67.5	3	22.5
27	Bo Jordan	Ohio State	67	4	16.8
27	Mekhi Lewis	Virginia Tech	67	5	13.4
29	Hayden Hidlay	North Carolina State	66.5	4	16.3
29	Nick Suriano	Penn State/Rutgers/Michigan	66.5	4	16.3
31	Cory Clark	Iowa	65.5	4	16.4
32	Trent Hidlay	North Carolina State	65	4	16.3
33	Gable Steveson	Minnesota	64.5	3	21.5
33	Mason Parris	Michigan	64.5	4	16.1
33	Daniel Lewis	Missouri	64.5	4	16.1
36	Shane Griffith	Stanford/Michigan	63.5	4	15.9
37	Vincenzo Joseph	Penn State	62	3	20.7
38	Nick Gwiazdowski	North Carolina State	61.5	3	20.5
39	Brandon Sorensen	Iowa	61	4	15.3
40	Austin O'Connor	North Carolina	60.5	4	15.2
41	Mark Hall	Penn State	60	3	20
42	Cohlton Schultz	Arizona State	58	4	14.5
43	Sebastian Rivera	Northwestern/Rutgers	57.5	4	14.4
43	Adam Coon	Michigan	57.5	4	14.4
45	Nahshon Garrett	Cornell	55	3	18.3
45	Logan Massa	Michigan	55	5	11
47	Thomas Gilman	Iowa	54.5	3	18.2
47	Pat Glory	Princeton	54.5	3	18.2
47	Dean Heil	Oklahoma State	54.5	4	13.6
50	Stevan Micic	Michigan	53.5	4	13.4
50	Micah Jordan	Ohio State	53.5	4	13.4
50	Austin DeSanto	Drexel/Iowa	53.5	4	13.4
53	Logan Stieber	Ohio State	52.5	2	26.3
53	Joey McKenna	Stanford/Ohio State	52.5	4	13.1
53	Bernie Truax	Cal Poly/Penn State	52.5	4	13.1
56	Kollin Moore	Ohio State	51.5	3	17.2
56	Anthony Ashnault	Rutgers	51.5	4	12.9
56	Max Dean	Cornell/Penn State	51.5	4	12.9
59	Cody Brewer	Oklahoma	50.5	3	16.8
59	Ryan Deakin	Northwestern	50.5	4	12.6
61	Bryce Meredith	Wyoming	49.5	3	16.5
61	Real Woods	Stanford/Iowa	49.5	4	12.4
63	Jacob Warner	Iowa	49	4	12.3
64	Evan Wick	Wisconsin/Cal Poly	48.5	3	16.2
64	Wyatt Hendrickson	Air Force	48.5	4	12.1
66	Sammy Sasso	Ohio State	48	3	16
67	Rocky Elam	Missouri	47.5	4	11.9
67	Isaac Jordan	Wisconsin	47.5	4	11.9
67	Brian Realbuto	Cornell	47.5	4	11.9
70	Mike Labriola	Nebraska	47	4	11.8
71	TJ Dudley	Nebraska	45.5	4	11.4
71	Seth Gross	South Dakota State/Wisconsin	45.5	3	15.2
71	Tariq Wilson	North Carolina State	45.5	4	11.4
74	Tyler Berger	Nebraska	45	3	15
74	Ethan Lizak	Minnesota	45	4	11.3
76	Michael McGee	Old Dominion/Arizona State	44.5	5	8.9
77	Levi Haines	Penn State	44	2	22
77	Nino Bonaccorsi	Pittsburgh	44	4	11
77	Lavion Mayes	Missouri	44	4	11
80	Brandon Courtney	Arizona State	43.5	3	14.5
80	Jacori Teemer	Arizona State	43.5	3	14.5
82	Kyven Gadson	Iowa State	43	2	21.5
82	Morgan McIntosh	Penn State	43	3	14.3
82	Darian Cruz	Lehigh	43	4	10.8
85	Kevin Jack	North Carolina State	42	4	10.5
86	Jason Tsirtsis	Northwestern/Arizona State	41.5	4	10.4
87	Mitchell Port	Edinboro	40.5	2	20.3
87	Jared Haught	Virginia Tech	40.5	3	13.5
87	Austin Gomez	Iowa State/Wisconsin/Michigan	40.5	4	10.1
87	Dustin Plott	Oklahoma State	40.5	4	10.1
91	Stephen Buchanan	Wyoming/Oklahoma	40	3	13.3
91	Kyle Parco	Fresno State/Arizona State	40	4	10
93	Cameron Amine	Michigan	39.5	3	12.5
93	Lucas Davison	Northwestern/Michigan	39.5	4	9.9
95	James Green	Nebraska	39	2	19.5
95	Ian Miller	Kent State	39	3	13
97	Tony Cassioppi	Iowa	38.5	3	12.8
97	Alec Pantaleo	Michigan	38.5	4	9.6
97	Peyton Robb	Nebraska	38.5	4	9.6
100	Bryce Andonian	Virginia Tech	38	4	9.5

Highest Average (Number of NCAA tournaments since 2014)

1. David Taylor — 27 (1)

2. Logan Stieber — 26.3 (2)

3. Alex Dieringer — 24.8 (3)

4. Jason Nolf — 24.5 (4)

4. Ed Ruth — 24.5 (1)

6. Anthony Cassar — 24 (1)

7. Bo Nickal — 23.9 (4)

8. Aaron Brooks — 23.6 (4)

9. Zain Retherford — 23.4 (4)

10. Zahid Valencia — 22.5 (3)

11. Spencer Lee — 22.4 (4)

12. Kyle Snyder — 22.3 (4)

13. Levi Haines — 22 (2)

13. Chris Perry — 22 (1)

15. Carter Starocci — 21.8 (4)

17. Gable Steveson — 21.5 (3)

17. Kyven Gadson — 21.5 (2)

19. Yianni Diakomihalis — 21 (4)

20. Keegan O’Toole — 20.9 (4)

Highest Tournament Point Totals Since 2014

28.5 — Zain Retherford (2016)

28 — Retherford (2017)

27.5 — Bo Nickal (2017)

27 — Aaron Brooks (2024), Spencer Lee (2018), Nickal (2019), Jason Nolf (2017), David Taylor (2014)

26.5 — Kyven Gadson (2015), Logan Stieber (2014)

26 — Levi Haines (2024), Parker Keckeisen (2024), Nolf (2019), Stieber (2015)

25 — Cody Brewer (2015), J’den Cox (2016), Alex Dieringer (2016), Dieringer (2015), Retherford (2018), Zahid Valencia (2019)

Most Points By Weight Since 2014

125: Spencer Lee — 89.5

133: Daton Fix — 90

141: Nick Lee — 74

149: Zain Retherford — 81.5

157: Jason Nolf — 98

165: Keegan O’Toole — 83.5

174: Carter Starocci — 87

184: Parker Keckeisen — 72

197: J’den Cox — 80

285: Kyle Snyder — 71

Top 100 Breakdown By School

Penn State — 15: 1. Jason Nolf, 2. Bo Nickal, 3. Aaron Brooks, 4. Zain Retherford, 8. Carter Starocci, 19. Nick Lee, 22. Greg Kerkvliet, 23. Roman Bravo-Young, 29. Nick Suriano, 37. Vincenzo Joseph, 41. Mark Hall, 53. Bernie Truax, 56. Max Dean, 77. Levi Haines, 82. Morgan McIntosh

Michigan — 11: 16. Myles Amine, 29. Nick Suriano, 33. Mason Parris, 36. Shane Griffith, 43. Adam Coon, 45. Logan Massa, 50. Stevan Micic, 87. Austin Gomez, 93. Cameron Amine, 93. Lucas Davison, 97. Alec Pantaleo

Iowa — 10: 6. Spencer Lee, 23. Michael Kemerer, 23. Jaydin Eierman, 31. Cory Clark, 39. Brandon Sorensen, 47. Thomas Gilman, 50. Austin DeSanto, 61. Real Woods, 63. Jacob Warner, 97. Tony Cassioppi

Ohio State — 9: 7. Kyle Snyder, 14. Nathan Tomasello, 21. Myles Martin, 27. Bo Jordan, 50. Micah Jordan, 53. Logan Stieber, 53. Joey McKenna, 56. Kollin Moore, 66. Sammy Sasso

Arizona State — 7: 26. Zahid Valencia, 42. Cohlton Schultz, 76. Michael McGee, 80. Brandon Courtney, 80. Jacori Teemer, 86. Jason Tsirtsis, 91. Kyle Parco

Cornell — 6: 9. Yianni Diakomihalis, 14. Gabe Dean, 16. Vito Arujau, 45. Nahshon Garrett, 56. Max Dean, 67. Brian Realbuto

Missouri — 6: 10. Keegan O’Toole, 12. J’den Cox, 23. Jadyin Eierman, 33. Daniel Lewis, 67. Rocky Elam, 77. Lavion Mayes

Nebraska — 5: 70. Mike Labriola, 71. T.J. Dudley, 73. Tyler Berger, 95. James Green, 97. Peyton Robb

North Carolina State — 5: 29. Hayden Hidlay, 32. Trent Hidlay, 38. Nick Gwiazdowski, 71. Tariq Wilson, 85. Kevin Jack