2026 Men's Freestyle International Wrestling Rankings

Pound-For-Pound - Amir Zare

Amir Zare (#1): Stays on top after winning Asian Games gold at 125 kg, beating Yedige Kassimbek in the semifinals and Buheerdun Buheerdun in the final.

Masanosuke Ono (#4): Enters the rankings at #4 [your reason].

Kotaro Kiyooka (#8): Falls from #4 to #8 after losing to Sujeet Kalkal in the Asian Games semifinal. Ono’s arrival also pushes him down.

Amirreza Masoumi (#10): Moves up one spot.

Trent Hidlay (#11): Moves up two spots.

Ibragim Kadiev (#12): Slips two spots as Hidlay and others pass him.

Arsenii Dzhioev (#13): Moves up one spot after beating Artur Naifonov in the Khadartsev Cup final at 86 kg.

Kyle Dake (#14): Moves up one spot.

Hassan Yazdani (#15): Moves up two spots.

Amirali Azarpira (#16): Moves up two spots after beating Arash Yoshida in the Asian Games semifinal at 97 kg.

Arash Yoshida (#17): Falls from #12 to #17 after losing to Azarpira in that semifinal.

Zahid Valencia (#18): Slips two spots after losing the Stepan Sargsyan Cup final to Askhab Khajiyev, 12-11.

Sujeet Kalkal (#20): Enters the rankings after winning the Khadartsev Cup and Asian Games gold at 65 kg, beating Kiyooka in the semifinals and Abdulmazhid Kudiev in the final.

Dropped out: Razambek Jamalov (lost to Yones Emami and Sagar Jaglan at the Asian Games) and Yoshinosuke Aoyagi (also lost to Yones Emami).

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