Where 2025-26 men's wrestling players came from
30.7% of 2025-26 college men's wrestling players came from just three states: Pennsylvania, Illinois and Ohio.
Out of 1,091 players counted. From official athletics roster pages, read August 4, 2026.
36 schools' 2025-26 men's wrestling rosters, 1,091 players. We don't say what share of all programs that is — no authoritative count of programs exists.
- Pennsylvania139 players · 12.7%
- Illinois100 players · 9.2%
- Ohio96 players · 8.8%
- New York75 players · 6.9%
- California70 players · 6.4%
- Iowa48 players · 4.4%
- New Jersey42 players · 3.8%
- Washington41 players · 3.8%
- Indiana36 players · 3.3%
- Michigan35 players · 3.2%
- Virginia34 players · 3.1%
- Minnesota33 players · 3.0%
- Florida29 players · 2.7%
- Missouri28 players · 2.6%
- Wisconsin25 players · 2.3%
- Home state unknown22 players · 2.0%
These players' roster pages didn't list a readable home town. We count them rather than hide them.
37 more places had fewer players and aren't shown.
Out of 1,091 players counted. From official athletics roster pages, read August 4, 2026.
Fewer than 0.4% of the men's wrestling players we read came from outside the U.S. (4 players), so there's no second chart — the numbers per country are too small to be worth ranking.
How to read this
Each bar is the number of players on a 2025-26 college men's wrestling roster whose listed home town is in that state. It is not a count of recruits, offers, or scholarships, and it says nothing about your own odds — it's simply where the players currently on rosters grew up.
We only call a state first when its lead survives the count. Here Pennsylvania is ahead of Illinois by 39 players, more than the ~31 that ordinary variation could explain.
The unknown bar matters. 22 men's wrestling players (2%) are on rosters that didn't list a readable home town. We show them because a chart with no leftovers is usually a chart someone tidied up.
Source: official athletics roster pages, 2025-26 season, read August 4, 2026.