2026 Wrestling World Championship Rankings

57 kg - Arsen Harutyunyan

Arsen Harutyunyan comes in at the #1 spot at 57 kg in this set of the rankings. Harutyunyan hasn't wrestled at 57 kg since worlds, only at 61 kg. However, he did the same thing last year and ended up wrestling at 57 kg. Because of that, I think Harutyunyan will be at 57 kg this year at worlds. Harutyunyan earns the #1 spot based on his wins last year over Spencer Lee and Roman Bravo-Young.

Olympic bronze medalist Aman Sehrawat is back down at 57 kg and won gold at the 2026 Polyák Imre, Varga János & Kozma István Memorial. There, Sehrawat defeated Roberti Dingashvili, Islam Bazarganov, Meirambek Kartbay, and Nikoloz Botchorishvili.

Abubakar Mutaliev won Russian Nationals with significant wins over Musa Mekhtikhanov, Amir Chamzyn, and Akhmed Idrisov. Chongsong Han defeated Mutaliev in June, keeping Mutaliev from rising higher than #8.

Meirambek Kartbay moves into the rankings at #9 after winning bronze while defeating Islam Bazarganov. 

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