N.C.A.A. Division I Champions
Men's Outdoor High Jump
| Year | Name | School | Performance |
| 2011 | Erik Kynard | Kansas State | 7'6 |
| 2010 | Derek Drouin | Indiana | 7'5 |
| 2009 | Scott Sellers | Kansas State | 7'5 |
| 2008 | Mickael Hanany | Texas-El Paso | 7'7-1/4 |
| 2007 | Scott Sellers | Kansas State | 7'7-1/4 |
| 2006 | Jesse Williams | Southern California | 7'7-1/4 |
| 2005 | Jesse Williams | Southern California | 7'6 |
| 2004 | Andra Manson | Texas | 7'7-1/4 |
| 2003 | David Jaworski | Southern California | 7'5-3/4 |
| 2002 | Tora Harris | Princeton | 7'4-1/2 |
| 2001 | Charles Clinger | Weber State | 7'6-1/2 |
| 2000 | Mark Boswell | Texas | 7'7 |
| 1999 | Mark Boswell | Texas | 7'7-3/4 |
| 1998 | Nathan Leeper | Kansas State | 7'5-3/4 |
| 1997 | Ivan Wagner | Texas | 7'6-1/2 |
| 1996 | Eric Bishop | North Carolina | 7'6 |
| 1995 | Ray Doakes | Arkansas | 7'4-1/2 |
| 1994 | Randy Jenkins | Tennessee | 7'7 |
| 1993 | Randy Jenkins | Tennessee | 7'5-3/4 |
| 1992 | Darrin Plab | Southern Illinois | 7'8 |
| 1991 | Darrin Plab | Southern Illinois | 7'6-1/2 |
| 1990 | Charles Austin | Southwest Texas State | 7'7-3/4 |
| 1989 | Hollis Conway | Louisiana-Lafayette | 7'9-3/4 |
| 1988 | Thomas Smith | Illinois State | 7'7-3/4 |
| 1987 | Thomas Smith | Illinois State | 7'5-3/4 |
| 1986 | James Lott | Texas | 7'3 |
| 1985 | Thomas Eriksson | Lamar (TX) | 7'7-1/4 |
| 1984 | Jake Jacoby | Boise State | 7'5-1/4 |
| 1983 | Richie Thompson | Houston Baptist | 7'5-1/4 |
| 1982 | Milt Ottey | Texas-El Paso | 7'7-1/4 |
| 1981 | Leo Williams | Navy | 7'4-1/2 |
| 1980 | Jeff Woodard | Alabama | 7'7-1/4 |
| 1979 | Nat Page | Missouri | 7'4-1/2 |
| 1978 | Franklin Jacobs | Fairleigh Dickinson (NJ) | 7'3 |
| 1977 | Kyle Arney | Arizona State | 7'5-3/4 |
| 1976 | Dwight Stones | Long Beach State | 7'7 |
| 1975 | Warren Shanklin | Louisiana-Monroe | 7'1 |
| 1974 | Randy Smith | Kansas | 7'2 |
| 1973 | Reynaldo Brown | Cal Poly | 7'4 |
| 1972 | Tom Woods | Oregon State | 7'3-1/4 |
| 1971 | Reynaldo Brown | Cal Poly | 7'3 |
| 1970 | Pat Matzdorf | Wisconsin | 7'1 |
| 1969 | Dick Fosbury | Oregon State | 7'2-1/2 |
| 1968 | Dick Fosbury | Oregon State | 7'2-1/4 |
| 1967 | Steve Brown | Idaho | 7'1 |
| 1966 | Otis Burrell | Nevada | 7'1 |
| 1965 | Frank Costello | Maryland | 6'11 |
| 1964 | John Rambo | Long Beach State | 7'-1/2 |
| 1963 | Lew Hoyt | Southern California | 6'9-1/4 |
| 1962 | Roger Olson | California | 6'10 |
| 1961 | John Thomas | Boston University | 7'2 |
| 1960 | John Thomas | Boston University | 7' |
| 1959 | Tie.Errol Williams Wayne Moss |
San Jose State Oregon State |
6'9-3/4 |
| 1958 | Don Stewart | Southern Methodist | 6'9-1/4 |
| 1957 | Tie.Don Stewart Al Urbanckas |
Southern Methodist Illinois |
6'7-1/2 |
| 1956 | Tie.Phil Reavis Bob Lang Nick Dyer |
Villanova Missouri UCLA |
6'6-1/4 |
| 1955 | Ernest Shelton | Southern California | 6'11-1/8 |
| 1954 | Ernest Shelton | Southern California | 6'10-1/4 |
| 1953 | Tie.Milt Mead Lewis Hall Mark Smith |
Michigan Florida Wayne State (MI) |
6'8-1/8 |
| 1952 | Tie.Walt Davis Emery Barnes |
Texas A&M Oregon |
6'8 |
| 1951 | Lewis Hall | Florida | 6'9 |
| 1950 | Vern McGrew | Rice | 6'7 |
| 1949 | Dick Phillips | Brown (RI) | 6'7 |
| 1948 | Tie.Irv Mondschein Dike Eddleman |
New York University Illinois |
6'7 |
| 1947 | Irv Mondschein | New York University | 6'6-13/16 |
| 1946 | Ken Wiesner | Marquette | 6'8-3/8 |
| 1945 | Tie.Fred Sheffield Ken Wiesner |
Utah Marquette |
6'6-5/8 |
| 1944 | Ken Wiesner | Marquette | 6'7-3/16 |
| 1943 | Fred Sheffield | Utah | 6'8 |
| 1942 | Adam Berry | Southern (LA) | 6'7-3/4 |
| 1941 | Les Steers | Oregon | 6'10-7/8 |
| 1940 | Tie.John Wilson Don Canham |
Southern California Michigan |
6'6-3/8 |
| 1939 | John Wilson | Southern California | 6'6 |
| 1938 | Tie.Dave Albritton Gil Cruter |
Ohio State Colorado |
6'8-3/4 |
| 1937 | Tie.Dave Albritton Gil Cruter |
Ohio State Colorado |
6'6-1/4 |
| 1936 | Tie.Dave Albritton Melvin Walker |
Ohio State Ohio State |
6'6-1/8 |
| 1935 | Linn Philson | Drake | 6'4-7/8 |
| 1934 | Tie.Walt Murphy George Spitz |
Fresno State New York University |
6'6-3/4 |
| 1933 | Tie.Duncan McNaughton Vincent Murphy |
Southern California Notre Dame |
6'4 |
| 1932 | Bert Nelson | Butler | 6'5-3/4 |
| 1931 | Darrell Jones | Ball State | 6'3-3/4 |
| 1930 | James Stewart | Southern California | 6'3-3/4 |
| 1929 | Parker Shelby | Oklahoma | 6'3 |
| 1928 | Robert King | Stanford | 6'6-5/8 |
| 1927 | Tie.Anton Burg Rufus Haggard |
Chicago Texas |
6'5-1/2 |
| 1926 | Rufus Haggard | Texas | 6'7-1/4 |
| 1925 | tie.Thomas Bransford Justin Russell Oather Hampton |
Missouri Chicago California |
6'2 |
| 1923 | Tom Poor | Kansas | 6'1 |
| 1922 | Tie.John Murphy Harold Osborn |
Notre Dame Illinois |
6'2-5/8 |
| 1921 | John Murphy | Notre Dame | 6'3 |
