N.C.A.A. Division I Champions
Men's Outdoor Discus Throw
| Year | Name | School | Performance |
| 2011 | Julian Wruck | Texas Tech | 202'9 |
| 2010 | Ryan Whiting | Arizona State | 193'9 |
| 2009 | Martin Maric | California | 196'3 |
| 2008 | Rashaud Scott | Kentucky | 199'8 |
| 2007 | Niklas Arrhenius | Brigham Young | 206'2 |
| 2006 | Vikas Gowda | North Carolina | 198'9 |
| 2005 | Michael Robertson | Stanford | 202'5 |
| 2004 | Hannes Hopley | Southern Methodist | 203'5 |
| 2003 | Hannes Hopley | Southern Methodist | 200'11 |
| 2002 | Janus Robberts | Southern Methodist | 204'7 |
| 2001 | Tolga Koseoglu | Texas A&M | 204'10 |
| 2000 | Gabor Mate | Auburn | 215'8 |
| 1999 | Gabor Mate | Auburn | 202'1 |
| 1998 | Casey Malone | Colorado State | 200'2 |
| 1997 | Jason Tunks | Southern Methodist | 195'11 |
| 1996 | Andy Bloom | Wake Forest | 211'1 |
| 1995 | John Godina | UCLA | 202'4 |
| 1994 | John Godina | UCLA | 198'5 |
| 1993 | Brian Milne | Penn State | 200'5 |
| 1992 | Kamy Keshmiri | Nevada | 220' |
| 1991 | Kamy Keshmiri | Nevada | 218'5 |
| 1990 | Kamy Keshmiri | Nevada | 207'1 |
| 1989 | John Nichols | Louisiana State | 208'1 |
| 1988 | Kari Nisula | California | 190'7 |
| 1987 | Clifford Felkins | Abillene Christian | 200'1 |
| 1986 | Olav Jenssen | Texas-El Paso | 198'2 |
| 1985 | Rick Meyer | Houston | 206'6 |
| 1984 | John Brenner | UCLA | 208'1 |
| 1983 | Dean Crouser | Oregon | 216'2 |
| 1982 | Dean Crouser | Oregon | 207'5 |
| 1981 | Scott Crowell | Iowa State | 206'3 |
| 1980 | Goran Svensson | Brigham Young | 202'6 |
| 1979 | Brad Cooper | Florida State | 209'9 |
| 1978 | Kenth Gardenkrans | Brigham Young | 210' |
| 1977 | Svein Walvik | Texas-El Paso | 198'11 |
| 1976 | Borys Chambul | Washington | 202'3 |
| 1975 | Jim McGoldrick | Texas | 190'1 |
| 1974 | Zdravko Pecko | Brigham Young | 190'2 |
| 1973 | Mac Wilkins | Oregon | 203'11 |
| 1972 | Fred DeBernardi | Texas-El Paso | 196'5 |
| 1971 | Mike Louisiana | Brigham Young | 194'10 |
| 1970 | John Van Reenen | Washington State | 190'9 |
| 1969 | John Van Reenen | Washington State | 200'8 |
| 1968 | John Van Reenen | Washington State | 194'10 |
| 1967 | Randy Matson | Texas A&M | 190'4 |
| 1966 | Randy Matson | Texas A&M | 197' |
| 1965 | Bob Stoecker | Stanford | 183'7 |
| 1964 | Larry Kennedy | New Mexico | 185'2 |
| 1963 | Dave Weill | Stanford | 181'2 |
| 1962 | Dave Weill | Stanford | 188'1 |
| 1961 | Glen Passey | Utah State | 176'8 |
| 1960 | Dick Cochran | Missouri | 188'3 |
| 1959 | Dick Cochran | Missouri | 178' |
| 1958 | Tie.Al Oerter Rink Babka |
Kansas Southern California |
186'2 |
| 1957 | Al Oerter | Kansas | 185'4 |
| 1956 | Ron Drummond | UCLA | 173' |
| 1955 | Des Koch | Southern California | 176' |
| 1954 | Jim Dillion | Auburn | 176'3 |
| 1953 | Sim Iness | Southern California | 190' |
| 1952 | Sim Iness | Southern California | 173'2 |
| 1951 | Jim Dillion | Auburn | 167'5 |
| 1950 | Dick Doyle | Montana | 171'5 |
| 1949 | Victor Frank | Yale | 168'9 |
| 1948 | Fortune Gordien | Minnesota | 164' |
| 1947 | Fortune Gordien | Minnesota | 173'3 |
| 1946 | Fortune Gordien | Minnesota | 153'10 |
| 1945 | Bill Bangert | Missouri | 151'9 |
| 1944 | Bill Bangert | Missouri | 149'5 |
| 1943 | Howard Debus | Nebraska | 144'4 |
| 1942 | Bob Fitch | Minnesota | 164'8 |
| 1941 | Archie Harris | Indiana | 174'8 |
| 1940 | Archie Harris | Indiana | 162'4 |
| 1939 | Pete Zagar | Stanford | 164' |
| 1938 | Pete Zagar | Stanford | 162'3 |
| 1937 | Pete Zagar | Stanford | 156'3 |
| 1936 | Ken Carpenter | Southern California | 173' |
| 1935 | Ken Carpenter | Southern California | 157'11 |
| 1934 | Gordon Dunn | Stanford | 162'7 |
| 1933 | Henry Laborde | Stanford | 163'3 |
| 1932 | Frank Purma | Illinois | 156'5 |
| 1931 | Robert Hall | Southern California | 152'7 |
| 1930 | Paul Jessup | Washington | 160'9 |
| 1929 | Peter Rasmus | Ohio State | 159'1 |
| 1928 | Eric Krenz | Stanford | 149'2 |
| 1927 | James Corson | Pacific (CA) | 144'2 |
| 1926 | Clarnece Houser | Southern California | 148'11 |
| 1925 | Clifford Hoffman | Stanford | 148'4 |
| 1923 | Thomas Lieb | Notre Dame | 143'4 |
| 1922 | Thomas Lieb | Notre Dame | 144'2 |
| 1921 | Gus Pope | Washington | 142'2 |