TicketsSixty-four All-America honors have been earned by 47 different Purdue wrestlers since 1929. Becoming an All-American is among the highest honors in college athletics.
Wrestlers achieve All-America status by placing in the top eight of their respective weight class at the annual NCAA Championships.
| NAME | WEIGHT | SEED | PLACE |
| 1929 | |||
| Ray Hooker | 165 | 2 | |
| 1942 | |||
| Malcolm McDonald | 121 | 3 | 2 |
| Mark Matovina | 128 | 4 | 4 |
| Frank Ruggieri | HWT | 2 | 3 |
| 1947 | |||
| Waldemar Van Cott | 175 | 4 | |
| Ray Gunkel | HWT | 2 | |
| 1948 | |||
| Arnold Plaza | 121 | 1 | |
| Waldemar Van Cott | 175 | 2 | |
| 1949 | |||
| Arnold Plaza | 121 | 1 | 1 |
| Waldemar Van Cott | 175 | 4 | 4 |
| 1950 | |||
| Arnold Plaza | 121 | 1 | 2 |
| Joe Patacsil | 128 | 3 | 1 |
| Charles Farina | 136 | 3 | 4 |
| Jack Moreno | 145 | 2 | 2 |
| 1954 | |||
| Al Vega | 123 | 1 | 3 |
| 1956 | |||
| Vernon Whitney | 123 | 3 | 3 |
| Ahmet Senol | 191 | 4 | |
| 1960 | |||
| Dom Fatta | 147 | 5 | 4 |
| Bob Marshall | 157 | 3 | 3 |
| 1961 | |||
| Bob Marshall | 167 | 4 | 3 |
| 1963 | |||
| David Gibson | 147 | 6 | |
| 1964 | |||
| Bob Hopp | HWT | 4 | |
| 1975 | |||
| Joe Corso | 126 | 6 | 3 |
| Alan Housner | 150 | 5 | 6 |
| Bernie Barrile | 167 | 4 | |
| 1985 | |||
| Dave Lilovich | 158 | 4 | |
| 1986 | |||
| Dave Lilovich | 158 | 7 | |
| 1987 | |||
| Scott Hinkel | 126 | 10 | 7 |
| Joe Urso | 167 | 6 | |
| 1989 | |||
| Mike McHenry | 177 | 5 | 7 |
| 1990 | |||
| Dave Walter | 158 | 8 | |
| 1991 | |||
| Dave Walter | 158 | 6 | 3 |
| Charles Jones | 167 | 3 | 3 |
| Matt Lindley | HWT | 8 | 6 |
| 1992 | |||
| Charles Jones | 167 | 2 | 1 |
| 1994 | |||
| Aaron Moran | 158 | 6 | |
| Tony Vaughn | HWT | 6 | 3 |
| 1995 | |||
| Frank Laccone | 134 | 7 | |
| 1996 | |||
| Frank Laccone | 134 | 6 | 8 |
| 1998 | |||
| Tim Dernlan | 118 | 8 | 6 |
| Eric Douglas | 158 | 8 | |
| 1999 | |||
| Jason Silverstein | 125 | 12 | 8 |
| 2001 | |||
| Jake Vercelli | HWT | 8 | |
| 2002 | |||
| Chris Fleeger | 125 | 4 | 3 |
| Jake Vercelli | HWT | 6 | 4 |
| 2003 | |||
| Chris Fleeger | 125 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan Lange | 174 | 4 | 8 |
| 2004 | |||
| Ryan Lange | 174 | 4 | 5 |
| 2005 | |||
| Ben Wissel | 184 | 8 | |
| 2006 | |||
| Chris Fleeger | 133 | 5 | 2 |
| Ben Wissel | 184 | 3 | 7 |
| 2009 | |||
| Jake Patacsil | 149 | 6 | 5 |
| 2010 | |||
| Cashé Quiroga | 125 | 6 | |
| 2013 | |||
| Ivan Lopouchanski | 149 | 10 | 7 |
| 2020* | |||
| Devin Schroder | 125 | 5 | - |
| Griffin Parriott | 149 | 16 | - |
| Kendall Coleman | 157 | 6 | - |
| Dylan Lydy | 174 | 4 | - |
| Christian Brunner | 197 | 6 | - |
| 2023 | |||
| Matt Ramos | 125 | 4 | 2 |
| Parker Filius | 141 | 12 | 7 |
| 2025 | |||
| Matt Ramos | 125 | 2 | 4 |
| Joey Blaze | 157 | 8 | 2 |
| 2026 | |||
| Joey Blaze | 165 | 2 | 6 |
* The 2020 NCAA Championships were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic after the field had been selected and pre-seeds were announced. In place of the canceled tournament, the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) awarded All-America honors based on each wrestler's body of work throughout the 2019-20 season, marking the first and only time All-Americans were recognized without NCAA Championships results.
Purdue had a program-record five wrestlers earn NWCA All-America accolades that season. Those five are recognized as official All-Americans by both Purdue and the NWCA.
| NAME | YEAR | SEED | PLACE |
| 118 | |||
| Tim Dernlan | 1998 | 8 | 6 |
| 121 | |||
| Malcolm McDonald | 1942 | 3 | 2 |
| Arnold Plaza | 1948 | 1 | |
| Arnold Plaza | 1949 | 1 | 1 |
| Arnold Plaza | 1950 | 1 | 2 |
| 123 | |||
| Al Vega | 1954 | 1 | 3 |
| Vernon Whitney | 1956 | 3 | 3 |
| 125 | |||
| Jason Silverstein | 1999 | 12 | 8 |
| Chris Fleeger | 2002 | 4 | 3 |
| Chris Fleeger | 2003 | 1 | 2 |
| Cashé Quiroga | 2010 | 6 | |
| Devin Schroder | 2020 | 5 | - |
| Matt Ramos | 2023 | 4 | 2 |
| Matt Ramos | 2025 | 2 | 4 |
| 126 | |||
| Joe Corso | 1975 | 6 | 3 |
| Scott Hinkel | 1987 | 10 | 7 |
| 128 | |||
| Mark Matovina | 1942 | 4 | 4 |
| Joe Patacsil | 1950 | 3 | 1 |
| 133 | |||
| Chris Fleeger | 2006 | 5 | 2 |
| 134 | |||
| Frank Laccone | 1995 | 7 | |
| Frank Laccone | 1996 | 6 | 8 |
| 136 | |||
| Charles Farina | 1950 | 3 | 4 |
| 141 | |||
| Parker Filius | 2023 | 12 | 7 |
| 145 | |||
| Jack Moreno | 1950 | 2 | 2 |
| 147 | |||
| Dom Fatta | 1960 | 5 | 4 |
| David Gibson | 1963 | 6 | |
| 149 | |||
| Jake Patacsil | 2009 | 6 | 5 |
| Ivan Lopouchanski | 2013 | 10 | 7 |
| Griffin Parriott | 2020 | 16 | - |
| 150 | |||
| Alan Housner | 1975 | 5 | 6 |
| 157 | |||
| Bob Marshall | 1960 | 3 | 3 |
| Kendall Coleman | 2020 | 6 | - |
| Joey Blaze | 2025 | 8 | 2 |
| 158 | |||
| Dave Lilovich | 1985 | 4 | |
| Dave Lilovich | 1986 | 7 | |
| Dave Walter | 1990 | 8 | |
| Dave Walter | 1991 | 6 | 3 |
| Aaron Moran | 1994 | 6 | |
| Eric Douglas | 1998 | 8 | |
| 165 | |||
| Ray Hooker | 1929 | 2 | |
| Joey Blaze | 2026 | 2 | 6 |
| 167 | |||
| Bob Marshall | 1961 | 4 | 3 |
| Bernie Barrile | 1975 | 4 | |
| Joe Urso | 1987 | 6 | |
| Charles Jones | 1991 | 3 | 3 |
| Charles Jones | 1992 | 2 | 1 |
| 174 | |||
| Waldemar Van Cott | 1948 | 2 | |
| Ryan Lange | 2003 | 4 | 8 |
| Ryan Lange | 2004 | 4 | 5 |
| Dylan Lydy | 2020 | 4 | - |
| 175 | |||
| Waldemar Van Cott | 1947 | 4 | |
| Waldemar Van Cott | 1949 | 4 | 4 |
| 177 | |||
| Mike McHenry | 1989 | 5 | 7 |
| 184 | |||
| Ben Wissel | 2005 | 8 | |
| Ben Wissel | 2006 | 3 | 7 |
| 191 | |||
| Ahmet Senol | 1956 | 4 | |
| 197 | |||
| Christian Brunner | 2020 | 6 | - |
| HWT | |||
| Frank Ruggieri | 1942 | 2 | 3 |
| Ray Gunkel | 1947 | 2 | |
| Bob Hopp | 1964 | 4 | |
| Matt Lindley | 1991 | 8 | 6 |
| Tony Vaughn | 1994 | 6 | 3 |
| Jake Vercelli | 2001 | 8 | |
| Jake Vercelli | 2002 | 6 | 4 |
| NAME | YEAR | WEIGHT | SEED |
| Champion | |||
| Arnold Plaza | 1948 | 121 | |
| Arnold Plaza | 1949 | 121 | 1 |
| Joe Patacsil | 1950 | 128 | 3 |
| Charles Jones | 1992 | 167 | 2 |
| Runner-Up | |||
| Ray Hooker | 1929 | 165 | |
| Malcolm McDonald | 1942 | 121 | 3 |
| Ray Gunkel | 1947 | HWT | |
| Waldemar Van Cott | 1948 | 174 | |
| Arnold Plaza | 1950 | 121 | 1 |
| Jack Moreno | 1950 | 145 | 2 |
| Chris Fleeger | 2003 | 125 | 1 |
| Chris Fleeger | 2006 | 133 | 5 |
| Matt Ramos | 2023 | 125 | 4 |
| Joey Blaze | 2025 | 165 | 8 |
| Third | |||
| Frank Ruggieri | 1942 | HWT | 2 |
| Al Vega | 1954 | 123 | 1 |
| Vernon Whitney | 1956 | 123 | 3 |
| Bob Marshall | 1960 | 157 | 3 |
| Bob Marshall | 1961 | 167 | 4 |
| Joe Corso | 1975 | 126 | 6 |
| Dave Walter | 1991 | 158 | 6 |
| Charles Jones | 1991 | 167 | 3 |
| Tony Vaughn | 1994 | HWT | 6 |
| Chris Fleeger | 2002 | 125 | 4 |
| Fourth | |||
| Mark Matovina | 1942 | 128 | 4 |
| Waldemar Van Cott | 1947 | 175 | |
| Waldemar Van Cott | 1949 | 175 | 4 |
| Charles Farina | 1950 | 136 | 3 |
| Ahmet Senol | 1956 | 191 | |
| Dom Fatta | 1960 | 147 | 5 |
| Bob Hopp | 1964 | HWT | |
| Bernie Barrile | 1975 | 167 | |
| Dave Lilovich | 1985 | 158 | |
| Jake Vercelli | 2002 | HWT | 6 |
| Matt Ramos | 2025 | 125 | 2 |
| Fifth | |||
| Ryan Lange | 2004 | 174 | 4 |
| Jake Patacsil | 2009 | 149 | 6 |
| Sixth | |||
| David Gibson | 1963 | 147 | |
| Alan Housner | 1975 | 150 | 5 |
| Joe Urso | 1987 | 167 | |
| Matt Lindley | 1991 | HWT | 8 |
| Aaron Moran | 1994 | 158 | |
| Tim Dernlan | 1998 | 118 | 8 |
| Cashé Quiroga | 2010 | 125 | |
| Joey Blaze | 2026 | 165 | 2 |
| Seventh | |||
| Dave Lilovich | 1986 | 158 | |
| Scott Hinkel | 1987 | 126 | 10 |
| Mike McHenry | 1989 | 177 | 5 |
| Frank Laccone | 1995 | 134 | |
| Ben Wissel | 2006 | 184 | 3 |
| Ivan Lopouchanski | 2013 | 149 | 10 |
| Parker Filius | 2023 | 141 | 12 |
| Eighth | |||
| Dave Walter | 1990 | 158 | |
| Frank Laccone | 1996 | 134 | 6 |
| Eric Douglas | 1998 | 158 | |
| Jason Silverstein | 1999 | 125 | 12 |
| Jake Vercelli | 2001 | HWT | |
| Ryan Lange | 2003 | 174 | 4 |
| Ben Wissel | 2005 | 184 | |
| 2020 NWCA All-Americans | |||
| Devin Schroder | 2020 | 125 | 5 |
| Griffin Parriott | 2020 | 149 | 16 |
| Kendall Coleman | 2020 | 157 | 6 |
| Dylan Lydy | 2020 | 174 | 4 |
| Christian Brunner | 2020 | 197 | 6 |