Official U.S. Armwrestling Rankings
Official U.S. Rankings
Last Updated: 5.1.2026

U.S. TOP 15 – RIGHT HAND

1. Joseph Meranto
2. Cody Wood
3. Roman Gromov
4. Kevin Palko
5. Otha Loving
6. Cameron Williamson
7. Michael Hitt
8. Davit Stepanyan
9. Yeison Vanegas
10. Kris Mikels
11. Garrett Tupper
12. Levi Knight
13. Nolen Sellwood
14. Andrew Wallace
15. Jamie Hoburn
* Brad Spine
* Davit Nikabadze
* John “JayHey” Heynoski

1. Justin Bishop
2. Hunter Noffz
3. Corey Miller
4. George Whitfield
5. Eli Saidov
6. Isaiah Jones
7. Josh Koenig
8. Sam Taylor
9. Lane Perry
10. Colton Kimbrough
11. Brandon Simpson
12. Brian Malek
13. Mike Lindner
14. Geoff Boettjer
15. Alexander Groot
* Jake Houston
* Darrell Draper
* Isgander Mustafayev

1. Craig Tullier
2. David Egyan
3. Paul Talbott
4. Vrezh Sedrakyan
5. Austin Wade
6. Bob Brown
7. Artem Taranenko
8. Roby Russell
9. Oleh Moisei
10. Zach Hayden
11. Ethan Mercer
12. Luke Kindt
13. Cole Kasper
14. Beau Horner
15. Billy Bradley
* Luke Pulscher
* Merab Todasze
* Simon Berriochoa

1. Ryan Belanger
2. Adam Wawrzynski
3. Arsen Khachatryan
4. Andrei Sharkevich
5. Jason Merlo
6. Brandon Ellsessor
7. Bo Oleson
8. Brent Rakers
9. Matt King
10. Mykola Renitsa
11. Bill Sinks
12. Storm Chellino
13. Tim Tallmadge
14. Scott Partington
15. Ryan Bellesteros
* Dustin Jelliff
* Dallas Langston
* Eli Brouhard

1. Todd Hutchings
2. Marcio Barboza
3. Paul Linn
4. Josh Eleton
5. Paul Passmore
6. Jerome Loud
7. Paul Cruz
8. Clifton Erickson
9. Michael Bedwell
10. Jordan Sill
11. Greg Kas
12. Josh Miller
13. Rod Mobely
14. Cory Bresnan
15. Jack Ceverha
* Logan Mifflin
* Ryan Carter
* Landen Anderson

1. Michael Todd
2. Jerry Cadorette
3. Dave Chaffee
4. Corey West
5. Wallace Dilley
6. Brad Grundy
7. Pavlo Derbedyenyev
8. Austin Jaggers
9. Chance Shaw
10. Tom Nelson
11. Derek Smith
12. Tim Bresnan
13. Wayne Withers
14. Nic Stone
15. Kevin Buetts
* Karl Stanley
* Ron Bath
* Shane Owens
U.S. TOP 15 – LEFT HAND

1. Cody Wood
2. Roman Gromov
3. Davit Stepanyan
4. Kris Mikels
5. Garrett Tupper
6. Vadim Gherman
7. Brennan Murphy
8. Kevin Palko
9. Grant Pitcher
10. Andrew Wallace
11. Davit Nikabadze
12. Darin Schiavone
13. Ben Vance
14. Khovany Kem
15. Michael Hitt
* Matthew Zimmerman
* Roman Stroev
* Eryk Sobota

1. Eli Saidov
2. Justin Bishop
3. Hunter Noffz
4. Isaiah Jones
5. Lane Perry
6. Corey Miller
7. Colton Kimbrough
8. Josh Koenig
9. Sam Taylor
10. George Whitfield
11. Josh Handeland
12. Lazar Kusnetsov
13. Anatol Barsukov
14. Albert Ding
15. Geoff Boettjer
* Brian Malek
* Mike Lindner
* Ben Bledsoe

1. Vrezh Sedrakyan
2. Paul Talbott
3. Artem Taranenko
4. David Egyan
5. Ethan Mercer
6. Oleh Moisei
7. John Carlson
8. Zach Hayden
9. Cole Kasper
10. Austin Wade
11. Bryan Fry
12. Ben Cellini
13. Brian Calhoun
14. Tryston Jackson
15. Shawn Webber
* Nick Postel
* Billy Bradley
* Craig Tullier

1. Andrei Sharkevich
2. Jason Merlo
3. Max Khaperman
4. Caleb Ricks
5. Dallas Langston
6. Arsen Khachatryan
7. Brent Rakers
8. Ronnie Morales
9. Mykola Renitsa
10. Brandon Ellsessor
11. Tim Tallmadge
12. Seth Barnett
13. A.J. Henson
14. Alex Beziazykov
15. Eli Brouhard
* Scott Ballinger
* David Pietrantonio
* Chase Edmondson

1. Jerome Loud
2. Josh Eleton
3. Marcio Barboza
4. Danial Worley
5. Paul Passmore
6. Josh Miller
7. Cody Smith
8. Bryce Meadows
9. Cory Bresnan
10. Roger Learned
11. Steven Martinezdelacotera
12. Quintin Murray
13. Leif Sorensen
14. Nicolas Mode
15. Miles Hutton
* Jordan Sill
* Ian Schmitt
* Oleg Kasatkin

1. Pavlo Derbedyenyev
2. Corey West
3. Kody Merritt
4. Austin Jaggers
5. Wallace Dilley
6. Josh Miller
7. Ryan Constantino
8. Dillon Williamson
9. Karl Stanley
10. Tony Thomlison
11. Dustin Tomlinson
12. Shiyu Lin
13. Ernest Stranz
14. Easton McCormick
15. Ilia Konstantinov
* Chris Gragan
* Eli Kerr
* Jacob Lee Green
Names in Red = Competitors at risk of being removed due to inactivity.
The Official U.S. Rankings are determined by the collective submissions of the Armfighter Rankings Committee.
Ranked athletes actively compete and reside in the United States, are listed at their most competitive weight class regardless of country of origin, and are assumed to be performing under IFA regulations.

Armfighter Rankings Committee
Josh Handeland | Alex Volteas | Sean Hancock | Corey Miller
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World Armwrestling Rankings
Alexandros Volteas | Alper Cosar | Leonardo Melo | Constantin Mihai | Kevin Wolf | Andrew Quade