List of sumo record holders

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 mathematical maximum is 90 wins in a year. Most consecutive wins Most consecutive wins from entry into sumo ==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. The list excludes active wrestlers. Among active wrestlers, at the end of the March 2026 tournament, Onosato had 146 wins against 53 losses, giving a ratio of 73.4%. ==Most bouts==

Losses by default are excluded. Most career bouts Most top division bouts ==Most consecutive 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 tournaments ranked in the top division Most tournaments ranked at Most tournaments ranked at Most tournaments ranked at or Most career tournaments ==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 and the fourth division. Fastest progress to top division Slowest progress to top division ==Most special prizes==

Special prizes () were first awarded in 1947. They can only be given to wrestlers ranked at or below. For the current list of active special prize winners, see here. ==Most gold stars==

Gold stars () are awarded to ranked wrestlers who defeat a . For a list of current earners, see here. == Youngest at time of promotion ==

by their age at the time of promotion, showing both years and months for added detail. ==See also==