2026 Men's Freestyle International Wrestling Rankings

57 kg - Spencer Lee

Aman Sehrawat (#3): Moves up one spot after winning Asian Games gold, beating #9 Chongsong Han in the final.

Musa Mekhtikhanov (#5): Jumps three spots after winning the Kadyrov Memorial over #6 Munkh Erdene Batkhuyag in the final.

Meirambek Kartbay (#7): Moves up four spots to #7 after defeating Abubakr Mutaliev.

Merey Bazarbayev (#11): Enters the rankings after beating Luke Lilledahl and Daito Katsume at U23 Worlds.

Luke Lilledahl (#12): Falls from #2 to #12 after losing to Bazarbayev and then to Katsume in the U23 Worlds bronze-medal match. Lilledahl holds at #12 for his wins in the past year over Spencer Lee, Milad Valizadeh, and Islam Bazarganov.

Daito Katsume (#15): Enters the rankings with a U23 Worlds bronze medal and the win over Lilledahl. He fails to enter higher because of his lack of quality wins beyond Lilledahl.

Yunus Yavbatirov (#16): Enters the rankings after a Khadartsev Cup run that included a win over #17 Lev Pavlov, then a loss to #14 Tundzhay Verdiyev in the final.

Dropped out: Magomed-Salyakh Ozdamirov, Amir Chamzyn and Aryan Tsiutryn.

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