These rankings were released before the September 6-12 World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas, USA which provides a brief overview of which wrestlers will likely be competing in this tournament.
The rankings are meant to reflect a wrestler’s performance at events on the United World Wrestling calendar over the previous 12 months. The rankings are not intended, in any way, to be a predictor of success at the world championships or in any wrestling competition.
Wrestlers in this special edition of the rankings are listed by name, country code, most notable result(s) in recent years or over their careers.
Other Iranian wrestlres who appear on the list include Hassan Rahimi (57kg), Behnam Ehsanpoor (61kg), Meisam Mostafa Joukar and Alireza Kaimimachiani (86kg), and Komeil Ghasemi (125kg).
The rankings for the 8 wrestling weights are as follows:
57kg:
1. YANG Kyong-Il (PRK) – NE
2. Viktor LEBEDEV (RUS) – 2010, 2011 world champion
3. Yowlys BONNE RODRIGUEZ (CUB) – 2014 world bronze medalist, 61kg
4. Hassan RAHIMI (IRI) – 2013 world champion
5. ERDENEBAT Bekhbayar (MGL) – 2015 Asia champion
61kg:
1. Aleksander BOGOMOEV (RUS) – European Games champion
2. Volodya FRANGULYAN (ARM) – 2015 Medved Prizes winner
3. Bekhan GOIGEREEV (RUS) – NE
4. Beka LOMTADZE (GEO) – European Games silver medalist
5. Behnam EHSANPOOR (IRI) – 2015 Asian silver medalist
65kg:
1. Sayed Ahmad MOHAMMADI (IRI) – 2014 world silver medalist
2. Brent METCALF (USA) – Pan American Games champion
3. Togrul ASGAROV (AZE) – European Games champion
4. Magomed KURBANALIEV (RUS) – NE
5. Frank CHAMIZO (ITA) – European Games silver medalist
70kg:
1. Magomedrasul GAZIMAGOMEDOV (RUS) – European Games champion
2. E@65 Magomedmurad GADZHIEV (POL) – European Games silver medalist
3. Yakup GOR (TUR) – 2014 world silver medalist
4. Bekzod ABDURAKHMANOV (UZB) – 2015 Asian champion
5. Vacated
74kg:
1. Jordan BURROUGHS (USA) – 2011, 2013 world champion
2. Aniuar GEDUEV (RUS) – European Games champion
3. Denis TSARGUSH (RUS) – NE
4. Sosuke TAKATANI (JPN) – 2014 world silver medalist
5. Khetik TSABOLOV (RUS) – NE
86kg:
1. Abdulrashid SADULAEV (RUS) – 2014 world champion
2. Reineris SALAS PEREZ (CUB) – 2013, 2014 world silver medalist
3. Shamil KUDIYAMAGOMEDOV (RUS) – NE
4. Meisam MOSTAFA JOUKAR (IRI) – NE
5. Alireza KARIMIMACHIANI (IRI) – 2015 Asian champion
97kg:
1. Khetag GAZUMOV (AZE) – (Alt) European Games champion
2. Abdusalam GADISOV (RUS) – 2014 world champion
3. Sharif SHARIFOV (AZE) – London 2012 gold medalist @84
4. Elizbar ODIKADZE (GEO) – European Games silver medalist
5. Valeri ANDRIITSEV (UKR) – NE
125kg:
1. Taha AKGUL (TUR) – 2014 world champion
2. Aleksey SHEMAROV (BLR) – 2011 world champion
3. Geno PETRIASHVILI (GEO) – 2013 world bronze medalist
4. Jamalladin MAGOMEDOV (AZE) – European Games bronze medalist
5. Komeil GHASEMI (IRI) – NE