All data provided by the NFHS. Data starts at 1976 due to incomplete data year-by-year for boys participation.
NFHS Year-by-Year Wrestling
| Year | Boys Schools | Boys Particip. | Girls Schools | Girls Particip. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Boys Schools | Boys Particip. | Boys Diff. | Boys Avg. | Boys Avg. Diff. | Girls Schools | Girls Particip. | Girls Diff. | Girls Avg. | Girls Avg. Diff. |
| 1976 | 9772 | 355160 | 36.3 | |||||||
| 1977 | 9772 | 355160 | 0.0 | 36.3 | 0.0 | #VALUE! | ||||
| 1978 | 9653 | 338328 | -16832.0 | 35.0 | -1.3 | #VALUE! | ||||
| 1979 | 8683 | 281704 | -56624.0 | 32.4 | -2.6 | #VALUE! | ||||
| 1980 | 8751 | 273326 | -8378.0 | 31.2 | -1.2 | #VALUE! | ||||
| 1981 | 8512 | 245029 | -28297.0 | 28.8 | -2.4 | #VALUE! | ||||
| 1982 | 8869 | 256107 | 11078.0 | 28.9 | 0.1 | 0 | 8 | #VALUE! | ||
| 1983 | 8272 | 254581 | -1526.0 | 30.8 | 1.9 | 0 | 8 | #DIV/0! | #DIV/0! | 0.0 |
| 1984 | 8273 | 248300 | -6281.0 | 30.0 | -0.8 | 0 | 0 | #DIV/0! | 3.0 | -8.0 |
| 1985 | 8722 | 244598 | -3702.0 | 28.0 | -2.0 | 2 | 6 | -2.0 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| 1986 | 8724 | 247653 | 3055.0 | 28.4 | 0.3 | 1 | 1 | 0.1 | 1.1 | -5.0 |
| 1987 | 8426 | 251281 | 3628.0 | 29.8 | 1.4 | 16 | 18 | #DIV/0! | #DIV/0! | 17.0 |
| 1988 | 8358 | 246771 | -4510.0 | 29.5 | -0.3 | 0 | 124 | #REF! | #REF! | 106.0 |
| 1989 | 8839 | 242064 | -4707.0 | 27.4 | -2.1 | 0 | 204 | #DIV/0! | #DIV/0! | 80.0 |
| 1990 | 8416 | 233856 | -8208.0 | 27.8 | 0.4 | 0 | 112 | #DIV/0! | #DIV/0! | -92.0 |
| 1991 | 8404 | 230673 | -3183.0 | 27.4 | -0.3 | 21 | 132 | #DIV/0! | 6.3 | 20.0 |
| 1992 | 8392 | 229908 | -765.0 | 27.4 | -0.1 | 50 | 219 | -1.9 | 4.4 | 87.0 |
| 1993 | 8438 | 222025 | -7883.0 | 26.3 | -1.1 | 50 | 404 | 3.7 | 8.1 | 185.0 |
| 1994 | 8538 | 223433 | 1408.0 | 26.2 | -0.1 | 220 | 783 | -4.5 | 3.6 | 379.0 |
| 1995 | 8559 | 216453 | -6980.0 | 25.3 | -0.9 | 249 | 804 | -0.3 | 3.2 | 21.0 |
| 1996 | 8677 | 221162 | 4709.0 | 25.5 | 0.2 | 225 | 1164 | 1.9 | 5.2 | 360.0 |
| 1997 | 8738 | 227596 | 6434.0 | 26.0 | 0.6 | 217 | 1629 | 2.3 | 7.5 | 465.0 |
| 1998 | 8900 | 229176 | 1580.0 | 25.8 | -0.3 | 619 | 1907 | -4.4 | 3.1 | 278.0 |
| 1999 | 9022 | 235973 | 6797.0 | 26.2 | 0.4 | 661 | 2361 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 454.0 |
| 2000 | 9046 | 239105 | 3132.0 | 26.4 | 0.3 | 734 | 2474 | -0.2 | 3.4 | 113.0 |
| 2001 | 9404 | 244984 | 5879.0 | 26.1 | -0.4 | 896 | 3032 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 558.0 |
| 2002 | 9578 | 244637 | -347.0 | 25.5 | -0.5 | 798 | 3405 | 0.9 | 4.3 | 373.0 |
| 2003 | 9543 | 239845 | -4792.0 | 25.1 | -0.4 | 805 | 3769 | 0.4 | 4.7 | 364.0 |
| 2004 | 9526 | 238700 | -1145.0 | 25.1 | -0.1 | 808 | 4008 | 0.3 | 5.0 | 239.0 |
| 2005 | 9562 | 243009 | 4309.0 | 25.4 | 0.4 | 941 | 4334 | -0.4 | 4.6 | 326.0 |
| 2006 | 9774 | 251534 | 8525.0 | 25.7 | 0.3 | 1081 | 4975 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 641.0 |
| 2007 | 9445 | 257246 | 5712.0 | 27.2 | 1.5 | 1227 | 5048 | -0.5 | 4.1 | 73.0 |
| 2008 | 10090 | 259688 | 2442.0 | 25.7 | -1.5 | 1287 | 5527 | 0.2 | 4.3 | 479.0 |
| 2009 | 10254 | 267378 | 7690.0 | 26.1 | 0.3 | 1034 | 6025 | 1.5 | 5.8 | 498.0 |
| 2010 | 10363 | 272890 | 5512.0 | 26.3 | 0.3 | 1009 | 6134 | 0.3 | 6.1 | 109.0 |
| 2011 | 10407 | 273732 | 842.0 | 26.3 | 0.0 | 1215 | 7351 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 1217.0 |
| 2012 | 10407 | 272149 | -1583.0 | 26.2 | -0.2 | 1441 | 8235 | -0.3 | 5.7 | 884.0 |
| 2013 | 10488 | 270163 | -1986.0 | 25.8 | -0.4 | 1602 | 8727 | -0.3 | 5.4 | 492.0 |
| 2014 | 10668 | 269514 | -649.0 | 25.3 | -0.5 | 1516 | 9904 | 1.1 | 6.5 | 1177.0 |
| 2015 | 10597 | 258208 | -11306.0 | 24.4 | -0.9 | 1806 | 11496 | -0.2 | 6.4 | 1592.0 |
| 2016 | 10685 | 250653 | -7555.0 | 23.5 | -0.9 | 1941 | 13496 | 0.6 | 7.0 | 2000.0 |
| 2017 | 10629 | 244804 | -5849 | 23.03 | -0.43 | 2091 | 14587 | 0.02 | 6.98 | 1091.0 |
| 2018 | 10775 | 245564 | 760 | 22.79 | -0.24 | 2351 | 16542 | 0.06 | 7.04 | 1955.0 |
| 2019 | 10843 | 247441 | 1877 | 22.82 | 0.03 | 2890 | 21127 | 0.33 | 7.31 | 4585.0 |