# The 16 Greatest Big Men in Wrestling History

> Four hundred pounds and a top-rope moonsault should not go together, and yet several of these managed it.

*By YPB Team · Published August 26, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-16-greatest-big-men-in-wrestling-history*

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1. **Andre the Giant** — score 1000/1000
   The Eighth Wonder of the World and the biggest draw of his era.
2. **Brock Lesnar** — score 924/1000
   An NCAA champion at 285 pounds with a shooting-star press on his highlight reel.
3. **Umaga** — score 815/1000
   A Samoan powerhouse whose short WWE run is still cited as the template.
4. **Braun Strowman** — score 582/1000
   Tipped over a loaded truck on live television and made it look easy.
5. **Mark Henry** — score 513/1000
   An Olympic lifter from Texas whose late-career heel run was the best work he did.
6. **Vader** — score 513/1000
   Four hundred pounds who moonsaulted, and hit harder than anyone wanted.
7. **Big Show** — score 513/1000
   Seven feet tall across WCW, WWE and a second career in television.
8. **Kane** — score 434/1000
   Almost as tall as his storyline brother and just as durable.
9. **Bam Bam Bigelow** — score 434/1000
   A flame-tattooed heavyweight who could throw dropkicks.
10. **Rikishi** — score 434/1000
   Moved better than any four-hundred-pounder had a right to.
11. **Yokozuna** — score 342/1000
   A sumo-styled champion who beat Bret Hart and Hulk Hogan in the same night.
12. **Kevin Nash** — score 233/1000
   Seven feet of Diesel, a WWF title reign and half of the nWo.
13. **The Great Khali** — score 233/1000
   Seven foot one and a World Heavyweight Champion who became a national star in India.
14. **The Undertaker** — score 103/1000
   Six foot ten and able to move like someone eighty pounds lighter for three decades.
15. **Bruiser Brody** — score 103/1000
   A wild territory-era heavyweight who drew across three continents.
16. **Haystacks Calhoun** — score 103/1000
   A six-hundred-pound attraction of the 1950s and 60s carnival circuit.

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