How a score is built

A wrestler's total achievement score on the Leaderboard is derived from placements at the state championship tournament, as well as among the most prestigious and competitive national and regional tournaments, during their high school career window.

Points are scored for each placement, from first through eighth, and vary significantly based on both competitive depth and relative prestige of the respective event. You can find the complete list of events tallied for the All-Time scores below.

On the Leaderboard, a wrestler's high school career window begins with U15 events and ends at the conclusion of the full calendar year they graduated.

Placing at any of the listed national U15 events even before enrolled in high school (i.e. wrestling up) still counts toward total achievement score on the Leaderboard.

Similarly, placing at any of the listed national U20 or higher events either prior to or during a wrestler's class year of graduation is also scored.

However, any placements in subsequent years after December 31 of their class year are considered outside the high school career window and thus are not scored on the Leaderboard.

In certain cases, a placement outside that window may be listed in a wrestler's individual ledger here, but only placements earned during the given class year's window are summed for their total score on the Leaderboard.