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Wikipedia / List of sumo record holders

This is a list of records held by wrestlers of professional sumo. Only performances in official tournaments or are included here. Since 1958, six have been held every year, giving wrestlers from the modern era more opportunities to accumulate championships and wins. Before this, tournaments were held less frequently; sometimes only once or twice per year.

Names in bold indicate a still active wrestler. Record streaks that are still ongoing are marked as 'current'.

The tables are up to date as of the start of the September 2026 tournament.

Most top division championships

Most career championships

+ Raiden is said to have had the best record in 28 tournaments between 1790 and 1810, Tanikaze 21 between 1772 and 1793, and Kashiwado 16 between 1812 and 1822. Tachiyama won two unofficial championships and nine official, giving him a total of 11.

Most undefeated championships

+ Tournaments have been consistently fifteen days long since May 1949. Before that date there were a number of different lengths, including ten, eleven, twelve, and thirteen days. The records of Tachiyama, Tochigiyama and Tsunenohana also include some draws, holds and rest days.

Most consecutive championships

+ Four of these titles were in perfect tournaments () and were part of Hakuhō's second-place streak of 63 consecutive wins. † Includes a sweep of all six tournaments in 2005. Asashōryū remains the only wrestler to have won all tournaments in a six-tournament calendar year (post-1949). ‡ All of Futabayama's victories in this streak were in perfect tournaments and were part of Futabayama's record setting 69 consecutive wins. ÷ Raiden is said to have had the best record in nine consecutive tournaments between 1806 and 1810.

Most championship playoffs

Most wins

Wins within a playoff are never included in any of the statistics concerning wins or win ratios.

Most career wins

Most top division wins

Most wins in a calendar year

  • The perfect score is 90 wins in a year, 15 wins per 6 tournaments each.

  • A special trophy is awarded to each year's biggest cumulative winner.

  • The most wins over any period of 6 tournaments are held by Hakuho, collecting 88 wins in regularation between March 2010 and January 2011. An additional 89th win was scored in a playoff.

Most consecutive wins

The table lists undefeated streaks in regular bouts. The streaks of Tanikaze, Umegatani, and Tachiyama were interrupted by draws and rest days as was common at that time. The streaks of Futabayama, Hakuho, Chiyonofuji and Taiho were all wins only. As this list contains records from different eras, duration of undefeated streaks varies considerably from months to years.

Most consecutive wins from sumo debut

The table lists winning streaks in regular bouts. Wins and losses in a playoff (jakettai-sen, no playoff participation as [+0]. Pre-sumo bouts () are disregarded.

Best top division win ratios

All time

The list includes and (the highest rank before the rank was introduced), but excludes so-called or "guest " (usually big men drawn from local crowds to promote a tournament who would never appear on the again) and wrestlers for which insufficient data is available.

Modern era

In 1927, the Tokyo Sumo Association merged with the Osaka Sumo Association to form the Japan Sumo Association, and most of the sumo systems were changed, so any pre-1927 records are disregarded. Losses by default are excluded, but wins by default are included; as is standard in sumo records.

  • Among active wrestlers, Ōnosato achieved a career-high rate of 75.76%, 125 wins against 40 losses, after winning the September 2025 tournament.

Most bouts

Losses by default are excluded.

Most career bouts

Most top division bouts

Most consecutive career bouts

No bouts missed in career/career to date

Most consecutive top division bouts

Most tournaments

The March 2011 and May 2020 tournaments were cancelled for all wrestlers and are disregarded in these totals. Tournaments sat out by individual wrestlers are included, with the exception of "outside the " status ().

Most career tournaments

Most top division tournaments

Most tournaments ranked at jayokozuna

  • Of the wrestlers listed above, all but one ended their careers due to injury or old age. Asashōryū was forced to retire due to an assault allegation.

Most tournaments ranked at jaōzeki

  • Of the wrestlers listed above, none achieved the highest rank of . Kaiō failed his 2004 jayokozuna run by a single win.

Most tournaments ranked at jasekiwake or jakomusubi

  • The lower ranks of and are often collectively referred to and classified as 'junior '.

Most tournaments ranked at jamaegashira without a jasan'yaku title

Progress to top division

The table for the fastest progress shows wrestlers with the fewest tournaments from their professional debut to their top division debut since the six tournaments a year system was introduced in 1958. It excludes and entrants who made their debut in the third division or the fourth division.

Fastest progress to top division

Slowest progress to top division

Most special prizes

Special prizes () were first awarded in 1947. They are given to wrestlers ranked , or in acknowledgement of exceptional tournament performance.

Most gold stars

Gold stars () were first awarded in 1930. They are given to ranked wrestlers who defeat a , excluding wins by default or in a playoff.

Youngest jayokozuna at time of promotion

The table lists those wrestlers who achieved sumo's highest rank at a young age, irrespective of their age at entry into sumo and the time they had spent in climbing through the ranks.

See also

Notes

References