Career Win % Leaders --> History stuff

[mcpat]

https://intermatwrestle.com/articles.html/college/intermat-rewind-major-changes-r68317/

College wrestling bouts for the 1966-67 season dropped from nine to eight minutes.
Today's seven-minute matches debuted in 1982'.
In 1911, collegiate wrestling rules allowed the referee to determine a win in the absence of a fall after 15 minutes.

Bunch of wussies today

 

[El-Jefe]

https://intermatwrestle.com/articles.html/college/intermat-rewind-major-changes-r68317/

College wrestling bouts for the 1966-67 season dropped from nine to eight minutes.
Today's seven-minute matches debuted in 1982'.
In 1911, collegiate wrestling rules allowed the referee to determine a win in the absence of a fall after 15 minutes.

The rules had to change. No ref could last thru 15 minutes of Lewan.

 

[Sullivan]

Look at this amazing list I pulled from Penn State Wrestling Club:

Career Win % Leaders

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#	Name	Seasons	Record	Career Win %
1​	Josh Barr​	2024-2025​	25-0-0​	100.0%​
2​	Ed Ruth​	2011-2014​	136-3-0​	97.8%​
3​	David Taylor​	2011-2014​	134-3-0​	97.8%​
4​	Zain Retherford​	2014-2018​	126-3-0​	97.7%​
5​	Bo Nickal​	2016-2019​	120-3-0​	97.6%​
6​	Jason Nolf​	2016-2019​	117-3-0​	97.5%​
6​	Mitchell Mesenbrink​	2024-2025​	39-1-0​	97.5%​
8​	Aaron Brooks​	2020-2024​	89-3-0​	96.7%​
9​	Andy Matter​	1970-1972​	58-2-0​	96.7%​
10​	Carter Starocci​	2021-2025​	90-4-0​	95.7%​
11​	Levi Haines​	2023-2025​	61-3-0​	95.3%​
12​	Mark Hall​	2017-2020​	116-6-0​	95.1%​
13​	Anthony Cassar​	2018-2020​	49-3-0​	94.2%​
14​	Dick Lemyre​	1952-1954​	40-3-0​	93.0%​
15​	Jack Light​	1935-1937​	25-1-1​	92.6%​
16​	Jim Martin​	1986-1989​	155-9-4​	92.3%​
17​	John Johnston​	1956-1958​	43-4-0​	91.5%​
18​	Roman Bravo-Young​	2019-2023​	101-10-0​	91.0%​
19​	Andrew Long​	2011-2011​	20-2-0​	90.9%​
19​	Cary Kolat​	1993-1994​	60-6-0​	90.9%​
21​	Vincenzo Joseph​	2017-2020​	89-9-0​	90.8%​
22​	JaMarr Billman​	1998-1999​	56-6-0​	90.3%​
23​	Nick Lee​	2018-2021​	119-13-0​	90.2%​
24​	Jim Maurey​	1948-1950​	18-2-0​	90.0%​
24​	F.W. Kaiser​	1925-1927​	18-2-0​	90.0%​

Any idea of what the record is at Penn State for the most wins without a loss, to start a career?

 

[Cowbell Man]

Any idea of what the record is at Penn State for the most wins without a loss, to start a career

38? David Taylor RS Freshman campaign?

 

[El-Jefe]

38? David Taylor RS Freshman campaign?

Has to be. Only other freshmen to go undefeated in the regular season were Zain and Jason.

 

[Cowbell Man]

Has to be. Only other freshmen to go undefeated in the regular season were Zain and Jason.

That’s a year and a half of wrestling now.

 

[El-Jefe]

That’s a year and a half of wrestling now.

Does that mean Rutgers guys now aren't elite until they qualify for a 3rd B10 Tournament?

 

[jtothemfp]

Back in the day:

Bouts are 10 minutes in length, with 2 three-minute extra (overtime) periods if no winner is determined in regulation. Both extra periods shall start in the “referee’s position”.

If a takedown occurs in the first 2 minutes of the bout, it shall become a continuous 10-minute bout.

If no takedown or fall occurs in the first 2 minutes, the remaining 8 minutes are divided into two 4-minute periods, with each wrestler starting on top in one period.

If a wrestler scores a fall in the first 4-minute period, this terminates only the first 4-minute period. The other wrestler has the opportunity to score a fall in a faster time in the second 4-minute period.

Consolation bouts consist of three 2-minute periods. A referee can call for extra periods if he is unable to declare a winner in regulation.

Any part of both shoulders held in contact with the mat for an appreciable length of time (i.e., 3 seconds) constitutes a fall.

If no fall has resulted after the end of the regular period of wrestling, the referee shall award the bout to the wrestler who shows greater wrestling ability and aggressiveness, provided the wrestler has a riding time-advantage of at least one-minute.

The one-minute riding time advantage is not necessary to declare a winner in extra periods or consolation bouts.

Good stuff; I see you pulled that from https://www.wrestlingstats.com/ncaa/pdf/NCAA Bout Scoring.pdf, which is an awesome resource & one I used a ton in the mid aught-teens as I was learning more & more about the scoring.

To the earlier point about "presentism" and the difficulty comparing results from different eras, frequent rules changes also made things difficult. It was frustrating enough that I was inspired to transcribe the content of that Jay Hammond .pdf into this Gsheet, for more handy referencing:

I hope it might help someone else!

 

[wrestleknownothing]

Good stuff; I see you pulled that from https://www.wrestlingstats.com/ncaa/pdf/NCAA Bout Scoring.pdf, which is an awesome resource & one I used a ton in the mid aught-teens as I was learning more & more about the scoring.

To the earlier point about "presentism" and the difficulty comparing results from different eras, frequent rules changes also made things difficult. It was frustrating enough that I was inspired to transcribe the content of that Jay Hammond .pdf into this Gsheet, for more handy referencing:

I hope it might help someone else!

That is great. Thanks.

I used Jay Hommond's original doc and I have added to it to fill in some blanks and to extend it to present. What a great resource.

The other thing I have found useful is the NWHOF has almost all of the annual collegiate wrestling guides from 1928 to 1982 posted on their website. Those contain the rulebooks as well as write ups of the NCAA tournament and conference tournaments. Some entertaining stuff.

National Wrestling Hall of Fame

The National Wrestling Hall Of Fame

nwhof.org