The Untouchables

Cael Dunn has won 191 consecutive matches. Somewhere in a gym in North Carolina, there's a wrestler who has to step on the mat against him knowing that number. Knowing the last guy who beat Dunn did it when they were both freshmen. Knowing Dunn has done nothing but win since.

The postseason bracket is where streaks go to die. One bad scramble, one questionable call, one six-minute lapse in concentration—and a number that took years to build disappears. That's what makes this moment, the final weeks before state tournaments, such a fascinating snapshot.

The Leaderboard

Here's what dominance looks like at the top of high school wrestling. The 15 longest active win streaks in the country:

Three things stand out. First, North Carolina and Iowa own this list—three wrestlers each in the top 15. Second, almost everyone here is a senior. Their streaks end this season one way or another. Third, the gap between Dunn and everyone else is enormous. At 191, he's 20 wins clear of the next closest competitor.

Look at the career numbers. David Hill has 216 career wins—the most on this list—but his streak is "only" 133 because he lost four times early in his career. Blake Fox has 204 career wins with a 158-match streak. These aren't just good wrestlers having good seasons. These are all-time careers.

The Ones Who've Never Lost

Three wrestlers on this list have something the others don't: a perfect career record. No freshman stumbles. No bad tournament draws. Not a single loss, ever.

Santino Sloboda of Butler and Bo Bassett of Bishop McCort—both from Pennsylvania—have won every match of their high school careers. Sloboda sits at 119-0; Bassett at 95-0. On the girls' side, Tevia Rarick of Utah is 76-0. The margin for error at the state tournament doesn't get any thinner than that.

The Underclassmen to Watch

Most of the names on the leaderboard are seniors. Their streaks end in the next few weeks regardless of outcome. But a handful of juniors and sophomores are positioned for something historic.

Hill's streak is already the fifth-longest in the country, and he has a full senior season ahead of him. With 216 career wins, he's also the most accomplished wrestler on the leaderboard by total victories. If he stays unbeaten through next year, he'd likely finish somewhere north of 180 consecutive wins.

Dawson Youngblut of Don Bosco (IA) is at 127 straight wins with a 121-1 career. His lone loss came freshman year. Easton Hochstein of Cedar Catholic (NE) is at 120 consecutive with a 137-3 career—the 11th longest active streak nationally. Tobin McNair of Wakefield (NC) is at 111 consecutive with a 133-2 career.

Two sophomores are making noise as well. Camryn Howard of Bellport (NY) has a 90-match streak and a 174-7 career—with two full seasons remaining. Marcus Killgore of Sahuarita (AZ) is at 79 straight with a 93-3 career. These five underclassmen could own this leaderboard in the years ahead.

State-by-State: Who's on Top

Every state has its streak leader. Here's who's been untouchable the longest in the major wrestling states:

Girls Wrestling: Missouri Leads

The girls' side of the sport is rewriting its record books in real time.

Missouri owns the top two spots. Jayden Keller of Brookfield leads with a 94-match streak and a remarkable 192-2 career. Breanne Gibbs of Moberly is right behind at 91 straight and 190-2. When Missouri made girls wrestling a sanctioned sport, these two were ready.

Katie Biscoglia of Iowa has the most career wins on this list at 201-1. Her only loss came somewhere in her first 112 matches—she's won 89 straight since.

The name to watch long-term is Tevia Rarick of Westlake (UT), a sophomore who is 76-0 for her career. She's never lost a high school match. Two more years of that and she's in uncharted territory.

How They Win: Pin + Tech %

A long win streak is impressive. A long win streak where you're pinning or teching everyone is something else entirely. Among the top streak leaders, several have a perfect 100% pin+tech rate this season—meaning every competitive match (excluding forfeits) ended early:

Cael Dunn isn't just on a 191-match streak—he's pinned every opponent he's faced this season. Same for Joseph Uhorchuck (127 streak) and Michael Mocco (104 streak). Brandt Harer shows a different kind of dominance: only 15% pins but 100% pin+tech, meaning he's racking up tech falls instead. Logan Tollison of Michigan has pinned 95% of his opponents this year. These wrestlers aren't surviving close matches—they're not having close matches at all.

Girls: Dominant Finishers

The girls' streak leaders are just as dominant on the mat:

Nia Hagler of Utah has pinned 98% of her opponents this season. Addison Arvdal and Breanne Gibbs are both at 97%. Jayden Keller, the national streak leader, has a 100% pin+tech rate—every competitive match this year has ended early.

What Breaks a Streak

Here's the thing about the state tournament: it's designed to end streaks. The brackets get smaller. Every opponent is someone else's best wrestler. The randomness of a six-minute match gets amplified when the margin between competitors shrinks to almost nothing.

A 191-match streak sounds unbreakable until you remember that wrestling is a sport where a single scramble can change everything. Dunn knows this. So does Sloboda at 119-0, and Keller at 94 straight. They've all watched teammates lose matches they should have won. They've all seen streaks end in conference finals and state semis and matches that looked routine until they weren't.

The wrestlers on this list aren't untouchable because they're incapable of losing. They're untouchable because, so far, they've made every adjustment, won every scramble, survived every bad position. The postseason will test whether they can keep doing it.

Data from RankWrestlers.com as of February 5, 2026. Win streaks reflect consecutive wins across current and prior seasons. Career records reflect cumulative high school data available in the database.