Gilman, Burroughs, Snyder No. 1 in United World Wrestling Year-End Men’s Freestyle Rankings with 23 Americans ranked

Jordan Burroughs (USA) clenches his fists after winning World Championships. Photo by Kadir Caliskan, United World Wrestling

United World Wrestling announced its Year-End Men’s Freestyle Rankings today. Wrestlers who competed at the World Championships, continental championships, Ranking Series events and select regional games have got the benefit of being active throughout the year.

The top three wrestlers in each weight class will receive prize money. The No. 1 ranked wrestlers receive $5,000, with the No. 2 wrestlers getting $3,000 and the No. 3 wrestlers earning $2,000.

There were five U.S. men’s freestyle athletes in the top three of the rankings, with World champion Jordan Burroughs (79 kg), World champion Kyle Snyder (97 kg) and World silver medalist Thomas Gilman (57 kg) at No. 1. World champion Kyle Dake (79 kg) finished at No. 2, while World champion David Taylor (86 kg) was at No. 3

Combined the U.S. men’s freestyle wrestlers earned $20,000 based upon their top-three placements in the UWW Year-End Rankings.

In total, there were 23 U.S. men who received rankings by United World Wrestling, including 11 in the Top 10. The others in the top 10 are World silver medalist Zain Retherford (No. 4 at 65 kg), World silver medalist J’den Cox (No. 4 at 92 kg), World silver medalist Yianni Diakomihalis (No. 5 at 65 kg), World Team member Seth Gross (No. 7 at 61 kg), National Team member Joey McKenna (No. 9 at 65 kg) and World Team member Hayden Zillmer (No. 9 at 125 kg).

UWW Year-End Women’s Freestyle rankings article, by Eric Olanowski and Vinay Siwach

Released on Tuesday were the Year-End Greco-Roman rankingsand on Wednesday the Year-End women’s freestyle rankings.

Below are the U.S. men’s freestyle athletes, listed by ranking.
No. 1 at 57 kg – Thomas Gilman (USA), 58,000 points
No. 1 at 79 kg – Jordan Burroughs (USA), 63,000 points
No. 1 at 97 kg – Kyle Snyder (USA), 63,000 points
No. 2 at 74 kg – Kyle Dake (USA), 58,000 points
No. 3 at 86 kg – David Taylor (USA), 45,000 points
No. 4 at 70 kg – Zain Retherford (USA), 55,000 points
No. 4 at 92 kg – J’den Cox (USA), 42,000 points
No. 5 at 65 kg – Yianni Diakomihalis (USA), 40,200 points
No. 7 at 61 kg – Seth Gross (USA), 29,000 points
No. 9 at 65 kg – Joey McKenna (USA), 23,200 points
No. 9 at 125 kg – Hayden Zillmer (USA), 24,600 points
No. 16 at 79 kg – Chance Marsteller (USA), 16,600 points
No. 17 at 70 kg – James Green (USA), 11,400 points
No. 18 at 125 kg – Nick Gwiazdowski (USA), 13,800 points
No. 23 at 61 kg – Nico Megaludis (USA), 10,200 points
No. 26 at 86 kg – Zahid Valencia (USA), 10,000 points
No. 28 at 97 kg – Kollin Moore (USA), 8,200 points
No. 37 at 79 kg – David McFadden (USA), 7,800 points
No. 46 at 61 kg – Daton Fix (USA), 5,000 points
No. 69 at 74 kg – Joseph Lavallee (USA), 5,075 points
No. 48 at 86 kg – Mark Hall (USA), 5,100 points
No. 49 at 70 kg – Anthony Ashnault (USA), 5,013 points
No. 58 at 65 kg – Evan Henderson (USA), 5,075 points

Here are the top three prize winners in all 10 men’s freestyle weight classes.

57kg
1. Thomas GILMAN (USA) - $5000
2. Zelimkhan ABAKAROV (ALB) - $3000
3. Zanabazar ZANDANBUD (MGL) - $2000

61kg
1. Rei HIGUCHI (JPN) - $5000
2. Arsen HARUTYUNYAN (ARM) - $3000
3. Suleyman ATLI (TUR) - $2000

65kg
1. Rahman AMOUZAD (IRI) - $5000
2. Bajrang BAJRANG (IND). - $3000
3. Iszmail MUSZUKAJEV (HUN) - $2000

70kg
1. Zurabi IAKOBISHVILI (GEO) - $5000
2. Ernazar AKMATALIEV (KGZ) - $3000
3. Taishi NARIKUNI (JPN) - $2000

74kg
1. Tajmuraz SALKAZANOV (SVK) - $5000
2. Kyle DAKE (USA) - $3000
3. Soner DEMIRTAS (TUR) - $2000

79kg
1. Jordan BURROUGHS (USA) - $5000
2. Arsalan BUDAZHAPOV (KGZ) - $3000
3. Mohammad NOKHODI (IRI) - $2000

86kg
1. Boris MAKOEV (SVK) - $5000
2. Azamat DAULETBEKOV (KAZ) - $3000
3. David TAYLOR (USA) - $2000

92kg
1. Kamran GHASEMPOUR (IRI) - $5000
2. Miriani MAISURADZE (GEO) - $3000
3. Osman NURMAGOMEDOV (AZE) - $2000

97kg
1. Kyle SNYDER (USA) - $5000
2. Batyrbek TSAKULOV (SVK) - $3000
3. Magomedkhan MAGOMEDOV (AZE) - $2000

125kg
1. Taha AKGUL (TUR) - $5000
2. Geno PETRIASHVILI (GEO) - $3000
3. Lkhagvagerel MUNKHTUR (MGL) - $2000