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2019 US Open Wrestling Championships

The Top Pound-For-Pound Wrestlers At The U.S. Open

The Top Pound-For-Pound Wrestlers At The U.S. Open

Who are the best pound-for-pound wrestlers at the 2019 U.S. Open?

Apr 25, 2019 by Andrew Spey
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A plethora of supremely talented freestyle wrestlers are decending on Vegas this weekend to test their mettle in the U.S. Open. But just how tremendous are these wrestlers? We decided to do a pound-for-pound rankings of the freestyle entries to find out. 

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A plethora of supremely talented freestyle wrestlers are decending on Vegas this weekend to test their mettle in the U.S. Open. But just how tremendous are these wrestlers? We decided to do a pound-for-pound rankings of the freestyle entries to find out. 

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The NCAA column contains the wrestlers' finishes at the NCAA Tournament, and the UWW column has the wrestles' finishes at the UWW World Championships or Olympic Games. Keep in mind that a DNP in the UWW category means that the wrestler made a World or Olympic team, which is pretty dang impressive and carries more weight in our rankings than an NCAA championship. 

RankNameSchoolNCAAUWW
1Thomas GilmanIowaDNC, 4, 3, 2Silver, 5th
2James GreenNebraska7, 7, 3, 3

Bronze, DNP, Silver, DNP

3Anthony RamosIowa12, 3, 2, 1DNP, DNP
4Frank MolinaroPenn State8, 5, 2, 15th
5Jordan OliverOklahoma State4, 1, 2, 1
6Zain RetherfordPenn State5, 1, 1, 1DNP
7Adam CoonMichigan12, 2, 3, 2Silver
8Bo NickalPenn State2, 1, 1, 1
9Jason NolfPenn State2, 1, 1, 1
10Isaiah MartinezIllinois1, 1, 2, 2
11Alex DieringerOklahoma State3, 1, 1, 1
12Nathan TomaselloOhio State1, 3, 3, 3
13Jared FrayerOklahomaDNP, 12, 4, 2DNP
14Yianni DiakomihalisCornell1, 1, ?, ?
15Nico MegaludisPenn State2, 2, 3, 1
16Daton FixOklahoma State2, ?, ?, ?
17Cory ClarkIowa5, 2, 2, 1
18Myles MartinOhio State1, 5, 2, 3
19Darian CruzLehigh7, 12, 1, 5
20Kevin GadsonIowa StateDNC, 6, 4, 1


Gilman vs Green was a tough call for the top spot. Green has two world medals while Gilman has just one, but Gilman had a better performance in Budapest, so we went recency to split the tie. 

Of course, your mileage may vary, which is why we do this completely made up and meaningless ranking; to start the debate! So please debate away. Tell us where we messed up. 

Should we have included NCAA champs Tony Nelson and/or Michael Macchiavello? Should Zain be ahead of J.O. because Zain made a team and JO hasn't? These are just two out of nigh-infinite possible ways to say these rankings are incorrect. Feel free to use those are come up with creative new ways to savage our U.S. Open P4P top 20. 

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