The NAIA wrestling championship is the annual tournament to determine the national champions of NAIA men's collegiate wrestling in the United States and Canada. It has been held annually since 1958. The tournament consists of both a team national title and individual titles at various weight classes.
The most successful program is the Grand View Vikings, with fourteen team NAIA national titles.
The current champion is Grand View, who won their fourteenth team national title in 2026.
Champions 1958Mankato, MinnesotaMankato State (1)97Iowa State Teachers691959DeKalb, IllinoisMankato State (2)64Southern Illinois521960Lock Haven, PennsylvaniaBloomsburg State (1)79731961Golden, ColoradoLock Haven State (1)50Colorado Mines351962Winona, MinnesotaBloomsburg State (2)56Lock Haven State471963Bloomsburg, PennsylvaniaLock Haven State (2)61Bloomsburg State601964Spearfish, South DakotaMoorhead State (1)65Lock Haven State621965Terre Haute, IndianaBloomsburg State (3)60501966St. Cloud, MinnesotaLock Haven State (3)107Moorhead State641967Lock Haven, PennsylvaniaLock Haven State (4)80Adams State691968Alamosa, ColoradoAdams State (1)106Nebraska–Omaha771969Omaha, NebraskaAdams State (2)98841970Superior, WisconsinNebraska–Omaha (1)86Adams State581971Boone, North CarolinaCentral Washington State (1)56Bloomsburg State491972Klamath Falls, OregonAdams State (3)64Nebraska–Omaha53.51973Sioux City, IowaAdams State (4)62.5Central State (OK)48.51974River Falls, WisconsinCentral Washington State (2)102Central State (OK)80.51975Sioux City, IowaAdams State (5)61Augsburg551976Edinboro, PennsylvaniaAdams State (6)83.5Eastern Washington State70.251977Cheney, WashingtonEastern Washington (1)90.75Grand Valley State891978Whitewater, WisconsinSouthern Oregon State (1)81.578.751979Wheeling, West VirginiaCentral State (OK) (1)102.5Adams State691980Hays, KansasAdams State (7)86Huron76.51981Edmond, OklahomaCentral State (OK) (2)155.25Adams State69.51982Forest Grove, OregonCentral State (OK) (3)105.588.751983Minot, North DakotaSouthern Oregon State (2)98.5Simon Fraser89.751984Edmond, OklahomaCentral State (OK) (4)122.25Jamestown89.251985Jamestown, North DakotaCentral State (OK) (5)124.25Southern Colorado80.51986Minot, North DakotaCentral State (OK) (6)98.5Southern Oregon91.251987West Liberty, West VirginiaCentral State (OK) (7)92.5Alaska Pacific71.51988Tacoma, WashingtonSimon Fraser (1)140.5Central State (OK)891989Jamestown, North DakotaCentral State (OK) (8)105Simon Fraser921990Hays, KansasAdams State (8)94Northern Montana83.51991Butte, MontanaNorthern Montana (1)100.75Southern Colorado881992Hays, KansasNorthern Montana (2)109Adams State102.751993Butte, MontanaSimon Fraser (1)123.25Northern Montana95.251994Southern Oregon (3)Western Montana (1)94.5Mary92.251995Jamestown, North DakotaFindlay (1)147West Liberty State1001996Missouri Valley (1)124Mary107.51997Missouri Valley (1)162.5133.51998Primm, NevadaMontana State–Northern (3)162.5Missouri Valley114.51999St. Charles, MissouriMontana State–Northern (4)151.5Findlay (OH)1472000Montana State–Northern (5)137.5Missouri Valley118.52001Southern Oregon (4)158151.52002Great Falls, MontanaLindenwood (1)180Montana State–Northern1672003Missouri Valley (3)139.5Lindenwood134.52004Montana State–Northern (6)169.5Menlo (CA)133.52005Sioux City, IowaLindenwood (2)178.5Missouri Valley128.52006Dana (1)193Lindenwood1642007Lindenwood (3)177Embry–Riddle (AZ)1102008Lindenwood (4)130McKendree109.52009Oklahoma City, OklahomaLindenwood (5)167Southern Oregon125.52010Notre Dame (OH) (1)179.51202011Cedar Rapids, IowaNotre Dame (OH) (2)170Lindenwood1412012Des Moines, IowaGrand View (1)172Southern Oregon1412013Grand View (2)1591532014Topeka, KansasGrand View (3)193Great Falls84.52015Grand View (4)147.5Southern Oregon109.02016Grand View (5)210Montana State-Northern1042017Grand View (6)234.5Lindsey Wilson (KY)74.52018Des Moines, IAGrand View (7)171.5Cumberlands (KY)1072019Grand View (8)219.0Lindsey Wilson (KY)85.02020Wichita, KSGrand View (9)157Menlo (CA)84.52021Life (GA) (1)158Grand View1532022Grand View (10)206.5Life (GA)1492023Grand View (11)206Life (GA)157.52024Grand View (12)209.5Life (GA)1542025Grand View (13)209Life (GA)1492026Grand View (14)192.5Life (GA)166
Team titles List updated through the 2026 championships Team # Winning years 14 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 8 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1990 8 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989A 6 1991, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004B 5 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 4 1961, 1963, 1966, 1967C 4 1978, 1983, 1994, 2001 3 1960, 1962, 1965D 3 1996, 1997, 2003 2 1971, 1974E 2 1958, 1959F 2 2010, 2011 2 1988, 1993 1 2006 1 1977 1 1995 1 2021 1 1964G 1 1970H 1 1994I A = Central State (OK) is now Central Oklahoma B = Northern Montana is now Montana State–Northern C = Lock Haven State is now Lock Haven D = Bloomsburg State is now Bloomsburg E = Central Washington State (OK) is now Central Washington F = Mankato State is now Minnesota State G = Moorhead State is now Minnesota State Moorhead H = Nebraska–Omaha now brands as Omaha I = Western Montana is now Montana Western
See also NAIA women's wrestling championship NCAA wrestling championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)
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