List of sumo record holders

The Rikishi Monument for Over 50 Consecutive Wins at Tomioka Hachiman Shrine. Currently as of September 2010, the monument is carved the records of Tanikaze (63 consecutive wins), Umegatani (58), Tachiyama (56), Futabayama (69), and Chiyonofuji (53).

This is a list of records held by wrestlers of professional sumo. Only performances in official tournaments or honbasho are included here. Since 1958 six honbasho 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.

Most top division championships

Most career
championships

	Name	Total	Years
1	Taihō	32	1960–71
2	Chiyonofuji	31	1981–90
3	Hakuhō	29	2006–
4	Asashōryū	25	2002–10
5	Kitanoumi	24	1974–84
6	Takanohana II	22	1992–2001
7	Wajima	14	1972–81
8	Futabayama	12	1936–43
	Musashimaru	12	1994–2002
10	Akebono	11	1992–2000

This table does not include unofficial championships before the current yūshō system was established in 1909.

Most undefeated championships

	Name	Total	Years
1	Hakuhō	10	2007–
2	Futabayama	8	1936–43
	Taihō	8	1963–69
4	Tachiyama	7	1910–15
	Kitanoumi	7	1977–84
	Chiyonofuji	7	1983–89
7	Tochigiyama	6	1917–25
8	Asashōryū	5	2004–06
9	Haguroyama	4	1944–52
	Tsunenohana	4	1921–28
	Takanohana II	4	1994–96

This table lists wrestlers with the most championships achieved without a single loss, which is known as a zenshō-yūshō. 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

	Name	Total	Years
1	Asashōryū	7+	2004–5
	Hakuhō	7†	2010-11
3	Taihō	6	1962-3
	Taihō	6	1966-7
5	Futabayama	5‡	1936-8
	Kitanoumi	5	1978
	Chiyonofuji	5	1986-87

⁺ Includes a sweep of all six tournaments in 2005. Asashōryū remains the only sumotori to have won all tournaments in a 6-tournament calendar year (post-1949).
^† Four of these titles were zenshō-yūshō (undefeated championships) and were part of Hakuhō's second-place streak of 63 consecutive wins.
^‡ All of Futabayama's victories in this streak were zenshō-yūshō (undefeated championships) and were part of Futabayama's record setting 69 consecutive wins.

Most championship playoffs

	Name	Total	Won	Lost
1	Hakuhō	10	6	4
	Takanohana II	10	5	5
3	Kitanoumi	8	3	5
4	Akebono	7	4	3
	Musashimaru	7	1	6
6	Chiyonofuji	6	6	0
	Asashōryū	6	5	1
	Taihō	6	4	2
9	Hokutoumi	5	3	2
10	Wajima	4	3	1
	Takanonami	4	2	2
	Sadanoyama	4	1	3
	Wakanohana III	4	1	3

Most wins

Most career wins

	Name	Wins	Years	Highest rank
1	Kaiō	1047	1988–2011	Ōzeki
2	Chiyonofuji	1045	1970–91	Yokozuna
3	Ōshio	964	1962–88	Komusubi
4	Kitanoumi	951	1967–85	Yokozuna
5	Kyokutenhō	881	1992–	Sekiwake
6	Wakanosato	874	1992–	Sekiwake
7	Taihō	872	1956–71	Yokozuna
8	Terao	860	1979–2002	Sekiwake
9	Hakuhō	839	2001–	Yokozuna
10	Akinoshima	822	1982–2003	Sekiwake

Most top division wins

	Name	Wins	Years	Highest rank
1	Kaiō	879	1993–2011	Ōzeki
2	Chiyonofuji	807	1975–91	Yokozuna
3	Kitanoumi	804	1972–84	Yokozuna
4	Hakuhō	747	2004-	Yokozuna
5	Taihō	746	1960–71	Yokozuna
6	Musashimaru	706	1991–2003	Yokozuna
7	Takanohana II	701	1990-2003	Yokozuna
8	Takamiyama	683	1968–84	Sekiwake
9	Kyokutenhō	651	1998–	Sekiwake
10	Konishiki	649	1984–97	Ōzeki

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Most wins in a calendar year (90 bouts)

	Name	Wins	Year
1	Hakuhō	86	2009
	Hakuhō	86	2010
3	Asashōryū	84	2005
4	Kitanoumi	82	1978
	Hakuhō	82	2013
6	Taihō	81	1963
7	Kitanoumi	80	1977
	Chiyonofuji	80	1985
	Takanohana II	80	1994
	Takanohana II	80	1995

Most consecutive wins

	Name	Wins	Start	End	Duration	Defeated by
1	Futabayama	69	7th day January 1936	3rd day January 1939	2 years 11 months 27 days	Akinoumi
2	Tanikaze	63	1st day October 1778	6th day February 1782	3 years 4 months 5 days	Onogawa
	Hakuhō	63	14th day January 2010	2nd day November 2010	9 months 23 days	Kisenosato
4	Umegatani I	58	1st day April 1876	8th day January 1881	4 years 9 months 7 days	Wakashima
5	Tachiyama	56	9th day January 1912	7th day May 1916	4 years 3 months 29 days	Tochigiyama
6	Chiyonofuji	53	7th day May 1988	15th day November 1988	6 months 8 days	Ōnokuni
7	Taihō	45	2nd day September 1968	2nd day March 1969	6 months 0 days	Toda

Most consecutive wins from entry into sumo

	Name	Wins	Start	End	Duration	Defeated by
1	Sakumayama	27	2nd day July 2011	13th day January 2012	6 months 12 days	Senshō
2	Itai	26	1st day November 1978	11th day May 1979	6 months 10 days	Ōnishiki
	Tochiazuma II	26	8th day January 1995	3rd day September 1995	7 months 29 days	Dewaarashi
4	Tokitenkū	22	1st day September 2002	3rd day March 2003	6 months 2 days	Furuichi
5	Kototenta	21	1st day January 1986	1st day July 1986	6 months 0 days	retired

Best top division win ratios

All time

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

	Name	Win-Loss	Years	rate
1	Raiden	254–10	1790–1811	96.2%
2	Umegatani I	116–6	1874–1885	95.1%
3	Tanikaze	258–14	1769–1794	94.9%
4	Jinmaku	87–5	1858–1867	94.6%
5	Onogawa	144–13	1781–1797	91.7%

Modern era

In 1927, Tokyo sumo merged with Osaka sumo and most of the sumo systems were changed. The list excludes active wrestlers. As of May 25, 2014, Hakuhō's is 84.7%

	Name	Win-Loss	Years	rate
1	Taihō	746-144	1960-1971	83.8%
2	Futabayama	276-68	1932-1945	80.2%
3	Asashōryū	596-153	2001-2010	79.6%
4	Haguroyama	321-94	1937-1953	77.3%
5	Kitanoumi	804-247	1972-1985	76.5%

Most bouts

Losses by default are excluded.

Most career bouts

	Name	Total	Years	Highest rank
1	Ōshio	1891	1962-88	Komusubi
2	Terao	1795	1979-2002	Sekiwake
3	Kyokutenhō	1765	1992–	Sekiwake
4	Kaiō	1731	1988-2011	Ōzeki
5	Takamiyama	1654	1964-84	Sekiwake
6	Aobajō	1630	1964-86	Sekiwake
7	Fujizakura	1613	1963-85	Sekiwake
8	Wakanosato	1586	1992–	Sekiwake
9	Akinoshima	1575	1982-2003	Sekiwake
10	Mitoizumi	1564	1978-2000	Sekiwake

Most top division bouts

	Name	Total	Years	Highest rank
1	Kaiō	1444	1993-2011	Ōzeki
2	Takamiyama	1430	1968-84	Sekiwake
3	Terao	1378	1985-2001	Sekiwake
4	Kyokutenhō	1365	1998-	Sekiwake
5	Akinoshima	1283	1988–2003	Sekiwake
6	Kotonowaka	1260	1990-2005	Sekiwake
7	Kirinji	1221	1974-88	Sekiwake
8	Aminishiki	1198	2000-	Sekiwake
9	Tosanoumi	1183	1995-2010	Sekiwake
10	Tochinonada	1182	1997-2011	Sekiwake

Most consecutive bouts

Most consecutive career bouts

	Name	Total	Years	Highest rank
1	Aobajō	1630	1964-86	Sekiwake
2	Fujizakura	1543	1963-84	Sekiwake
3	Takatōriki	1456	1983-2002	Sekiwake
4	Takamiyama	1425	1964-81	Sekiwake
5	Dairyūgawa	1367	1961-79	Maegashira 1
6	Terao	1359	1979-97	Sekiwake
7	Hidanohana	1297	1969-89	Maegashira 1
8	Ōzutsu	1267	1978-92	Sekiwake
9	Ōtsukasa	1256	1993-2009	Maegashira 4

Most consecutive top division bouts

	Name	Total	Years	Highest rank
1	Takamiyama	1231	1968-81	Sekiwake
2	Ōzutsu	1170	1979-92	Sekiwake
3	Kurohimeyama	1065	1969-81	Sekiwake
4	Terao	1063	1985-97	Sekiwake
5	Hasegawa	1024	1965-76	Sekiwake
6	Takatōriki	975	1990-2001	Sekiwake
7	Ohikari	945	1950-63	Komusubi
8	Kitanoumi	863	1972-81	Yokozuna

Most tournaments

Most tournaments in top division

	Name	Total	First	Last	Highest rank
1	Kaiō	107	July 1993	July 2011	Ōzeki
2	Takamiyama	97	January 1968	January 1984	Sekiwake
3	Kyokutenhō	93	January 1998		Sekiwake
	Terao	93	March 1985	May 2001	Sekiwake
5	Akinoshima	91	March 1988	May 2003	Sekiwake
6	Kotonowaka	90	November 1990	November 2005	Sekiwake
7	Wakanosato	87	May 1998		Sekiwake
8	Kirinji	84	September 1974	September 1988	Sekiwake
9	Aminishiki	82	July 2000		Sekiwake
	Miyabiyama	82	March 1999	January 2013	Ōzeki

Most tournaments at Yokozuna

	Name	Total	First	Last
1	Kitanoumi	63	July 1974	January 1985
2	Chiyonofuji	59	September 1981	May 1991
3	Taihō	58	November 1961	May 1971
4	Takanohana II	49	January 1995	January 2003
5	Akebono	48	March 1993	January 2001
6	Kashiwado	47	November 1961	July 1969
	Wajima	47	July 1973	March 1981
8	Asashōryū	42	March 2003	January 2010
	Hakuhō	42	July 2007
10	Chiyonoyama	32	September 1951	January 1959

Most tournaments at Ōzeki

	Name	Total	First	Last	Ended by
1	Chiyotaikai	65	March 1999	November 2009	Demotion
	Kaiō	65	September 2000	July 2011	Retirement
3	Takanohana I	50	November 1972	January 1981	Retirement
4	Kotoōshū	47	January 2006	November 2013	Demotion
5	Hokuten'yū	44	July 1983	September 1990	Retirement
6	Konishiki	39	July 1987	November 1993	Demotion
7	Takanonami	37	March 1994	May 2000	Demotion
8	Asashio	36	May 1983	March 1989	Retirement
9	Yutakayama	34	March 1963	September 1968	Retirement
10	Kotozakura	32	November 1967	January 1973	Promotion
	Musashimaru	32	March 1994	May 1999	Promotion

Most tournaments in junior san'yaku (Komusubi and Sekiwake ranks)

	Name	Total	First	Last	Highest rank
1	Kotonishiki	34	September 1990	September 1999	Sekiwake
2	Kaiō	32	May 1994	July 2000	Ōzeki
3	Musōyama	31	March 1994	September 2000	Ōzeki
4	Hasegawa	30	November 1965	September 1974	Sekiwake
	Kotomitsuki	30	January 2001	July 2007	Ōzeki
6	Akinoshima	27	November 1988	September 2000	Sekiwake
	Takamiyama	27	November 1969	September 1982	Sekiwake
8	Takatōriki	26	May 1991	May 2000	Sekiwake
	Wakanosato	26	November 2000	September 2005	Sekiwake
10	Daikirin	22	November 1966	September 1970	Ōzeki
	Tochiazuma II	22	July 1997	January 2005	Ōzeki
	Kisenosato	22	July 2006	September 2011	Ōzeki

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 makushita tsukedashi entrants who made their debut in the third makushita division.

Fastest progress to top division

	Name	Tournaments	Pro Debut	Top division debut	Highest rank
1	Jōkōryū	9	May 2011	November 2012	Maegashira 7
2	Ōsunaarashi	10	March 2012	November 2013	Maegashira 3
3	Kotoōshū	11	November 2002	September 2004	Ōzeki
	Aran	11	January 2007	November 2008	Sekiwake
5	Itai	12	September 1978	September 1980	Komusubi
	Konishiki	12	July 1982	July 1984	Ōzeki
	Tochiazuma II	12	November 1994	November 1996	Ōzeki
	Asashōryū	12	January 1999	January 2001	Yokozuna
	Tokitenkū	12	July 2002	July 2004	Komusubi
	Yoshikaze	12	January 2004	January 2006	Komusubi
	Baruto	12	May 2004	May 2006	Ōzeki
	Sakaizawa	12	March 2006	March 2008	Maegashira 15
	Yamamotoyama	12	January 2007	January 2009	Maegashira 9

Slowest progress to top division

	Name	Tournaments	Pro Debut	Top division debut	Highest rank
1	Hoshiiwato	115	May 1970	July 1989	Maegashira 14
2	Kyokunankai	105	March 1993	September 2010	Maegashira 16
3	Yoshiazuma	93	January 1996	September 2011	Maegashira 12
4	Kotokasuga	91	March 1993	May 2008	Maegashira 7
5	Kototsubaki	89	March 1976	January 1991	Maegashira 3
6	Toyozakura	88	March 1989	November 2003	Maegashira 5
7	Takanomine	87	September 1974	March 1989	Maegashira 12
8	Kitazakura	86	March 1987	July 2001	Maegashira 9
9	Daimanazuru	85	May 1992	July 2006	Maegashira 16
10	Ōnohana	84	March 1974	March 1988	Maegashira 13

Most special prizes

Special prizes or sanshō were first awarded in 1947. They can only be given to wrestlers ranked at sekiwake or below. For a list of leading current special prize winner, see here

	Name	Total	Outstanding Performance	Fighting Spirit	Technique	Years	Highest rank
1	Akinoshima	19	7	8	4	1988-99	Sekiwake
2	Kotonishiki	18	7	3	8	1990-98	Sekiwake
3	Kaiō	15	10	5	0	1994-2000	Ōzeki
4	Tsurugamine	14	2	2	10	1956-66	Sekiwake
	Asashio	14	10	3	1	1979-83	Ōzeki
	Takatōriki	14	3	10	1	1990-2000	Sekiwake
7	Musōyama	13	5	4	4	1994-2000	Ōzeki
	Tosanoumi	13	7	5	1	1995-2003	Sekiwake
	Kotomitsuki	13	2	4	7	2000-07	Ōzeki
10	Tochiazuma II	12	3	2	7	1996-2001	Ōzeki
11	Takamiyama	11	6	5	0	1968-81	Sekiwake
	Daiju	11	4	1	6	1970-73	Ōzeki
	Kirinji	11	4	4	3	1975-88	Sekiwake
	Hoshi	11	3	3	5	1983-86	Yokozuna

Most gold stars

Gold stars or kinboshi are awarded to maegashira ranked wrestlers who defeat a yokozuna. For a list of current kinboshi earners, see here.

	Name	Total	Years	Highest rank
1	Akinoshima	16	1988-99	Sekiwake
2	Takamiyama	12	1968-78	Sekiwake
	Tochinonada	12	1998-2008	Sekiwake
4	Tosanoumi	11	1995-2003	Sekiwake
5	Kitanonada	10	1954-61	Sekiwake
	Annenyama	10	1955-61	Sekiwake
	Tsurugamine	10	1955-61	Sekiwake
	Dewanishiki	10	1949-63	Sekiwake
	Ōzutsu	10	1979-86	Sekiwake
10	Mitsuneyama	9	1944-57	Ōzeki
	Tamanoumi	9	1953-58	Sekiwake
	Hasegawa	9	1965-74	Sekiwake
	Fujizakura	9	1973-81	Sekiwake
	Takatōriki	9	1990-98	Sekiwake

See also

• List of active kinboshi earners
• List of active special prize winners
• Glossary of sumo terms
• List of active sumo wrestlers
• List of past sumo wrestlers
• List of sumo tournament top division champions
• List of sumo tournament second division champions
• List of sumo stables
• List of years in sumo
• List of yokozuna

References

• Japan Sumo Association
• Sumo Reference
• The Sumo Colosseum
• Grand Sumo, Lora Sharnoff, Weatherhill, 1993. ISBN 0-8348-0283-X