Listed are wrestlers who were World or Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling.
Greco-Roman wrestling competition was held at the first modern Olympics in 1896.
The Greco-Roman World Championships was first held in 1904.
The World Championships takes place during non Olympic years.
Aleksandr Karelin, 1988–1999 Mijaín López, 2005–2024 Valery Rezantsev, 1970–1976 Hamid Sourian, 2005–2014 Nikolai Balboshin, 1973–1979 István Kozma, 1962–1968 Roman Rurua, 1966–1970 Viktor Igumenov, 1966–1971 Petar Kirov, 1968–1974 Aleksandar Tomov, 1971–1979 Gogi Koguashvili, 1993–1999 Hamza Yerlikaya, 1993–2005 Armen Nazaryan, 1996–2005 Roman Vlasov, 2011–2021 Rıza Kayaalp, 2011–2022 Artur Aleksanyan, 2014–2022 The list below includes unofficial championships won during the Olympic Games, although no official team statistics are kept during Olympic years.