This is a list of the NCAA outdoor champions in the high jump. Measurement of the jumps was conducted in imperial distances (feet and inches) until 1975. Metrication occurred in 1976, so all subsequent championships were measured in metric distances.

Key

A=Altitude assisted

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Year	Name, (Country)	Team	Height
1921	John Murphy	Notre Dame	1.905 m (6 ft 3 in)
1922	John Murphy	Notre Dame &	1.895 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
	Harold Osborn	Illinois
1923	Tom Poor	Kansas	1.855 m (6 ft 1 in)
1924	not held
1925	Thomas Bransford	Missouri	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
	Oather Hampton	California &
	Justin Russell	Chicago
1926	Rufus Haggard	Texas	2.015 m (6 ft 7+1⁄4 in)
1927	Anton Burg	Chicago &	1.97 m (6 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
	Rufus Haggard	Texas
1928	Robert King	Stanford	1.995 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
1929	Parker Shelby	Oklahoma	1.905 m (6 ft 3 in)
1930	James Stewart	Southern Cal	1.925 m (6 ft 3+3⁄4 in)
1931	Darrell Jones	Ball St	1.925 m (6 ft 3+3⁄4 in)
1932	Bert Nelson	Butler	1.975 m (6 ft 5+3⁄4 in)
1933	Duncan McNaughton  Canada	Southern Cal &	1.93 m (6 ft 3+3⁄4 in)
	Vincent Murphy	Notre Dame
1934	Walter Marty	Fresno St &	2.00 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
	George Spitz	New York
1935	Linn Philson	Drake	1.95 m (6 ft 4+3⁄4 in)
1936	Dave Albritton	Ohio St &	1.985 m (6 ft 6 in)
	Mel Walker	Ohio St
1937	Dave Albritton	Ohio St &	1.99 m (6 ft 6+1⁄4 in)
	Gil Cruter	Colorado
1938	Dave Albritton	Ohio St &	2.05 m (6 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
	Gil Cruter	Colorado
1939	John Wilson	Southern Cal	1.98 m (6 ft 5+3⁄4 in)
1940	Don Canham	Michigan &	1.99 m (6 ft 6+1⁄4 in)
	John Wilson	Southern Cal
1941	Les Steers	Oregon	2.105 m (6 ft 10+3⁄4 in)
1942	Adam Berry	Southern-BR	2.025 m (6 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
1943	Fred Sheffield	Utah	2.03 m (6 ft 7+3⁄4 in)
1944	Ken Wiesner	Marquette	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
1945	Fred Sheffield	Utah &	1.995 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
	Ken Wiesner	Marquette
1946	Ken Wiesner	Marquette	2.04 m (6 ft 8+1⁄4 in)
1947	Irv Mondschein	New York	2.00 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in)A
1948	Dick Eddleman	Illinois &	2.005 m (6 ft 6+3⁄4 in)
	Irv Mondschein	New York
1949	Dick Phillips	Brown	2.005 m (6 ft 6+3⁄4 in)
1950	Vern McGrew	Rice	2.005 m (6 ft 6+3⁄4 in)
1951	Lewis Hall	Florida	2.055 m (6 ft 8+3⁄4 in)
1952	Emery Barnes	Oregon &	2.03 m (6 ft 7+3⁄4 in)
	Walt "Buddy" Davis	Texas A&M
1953	Lewis Hall	Florida	2.035 m (6 ft 8 in)
	Milt Mead	Michigan &
	Mark Smith	Wayne St MI
1954	Ernie Shelton	Southern Cal	2.09 m (6 ft 10+1⁄4 in)
1955	Ernie Shelton	Southern Cal	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)
1956	Nick Dyer	UCLA	1.99 m (6 ft 6+1⁄4 in)
	Bob Lang	Missouri &
	Phil Reavis	Villanova
1957	Don Stewart	Southern Meth &	2.02 m (6 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
	Al Urbanckas	Illinois
1958	Don Stewart	Southern Meth	2.065 m (6 ft 9+1⁄4 in)
1959	Wayne Moss	Oregon St &	2.075 m (6 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
	Errol Williams	San Jose St
1960	John Thomas	Boston	2.135 m (7 ft 0 in)
1961	John Thomas	Boston	2.185 m (7 ft 2 in)
1962	Roger Olson	California	2.085 m (6 ft 10 in)
1963	Lew Hoyt	Southern Cal	2.065 m (6 ft 9+1⁄4 in)A
1964	John Rambo	Long Beach St	2.145 m (7 ft 1⁄4 in)
1965	Frank Costello	Maryland	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)
1966	Otis Burrell	Nevada-Reno	2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)
1967	Steve Brown	Idaho	2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)A
1968	Dick Fosbury	Oregon St	2.19 m (7 ft 2 in)
1969	Dick Fosbury	Oregon St	2.195 m (7 ft 2+1⁄4 in)
1970	Pat Matzdorf	Wisconsin	2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)
1971	Reynaldo Brown	Cal Poly SLO	2.21 m (7 ft 3 in)
1972	Tom Woods	Oregon St	2.215 m (7 ft 3 in)
1973	Reynaldo Brown	Cal Poly SLO	2.235 m (7 ft 3+3⁄4 in)
1974	Randy Smith	Kansas	2.185 m (7 ft 2 in)
1975	Warren Shanklin	NE Louisiana	2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)A
1976	Dwight Stones	Long Beach St	2.31 m (7 ft 6+3⁄4 in)
1977	Kyle Arney	Arizona St	2.285 m (7 ft 5+3⁄4 in)
1978	Franklin Jacobs	FDU-Teaneck	2.21 m (7 ft 3 in)
1979	Nat Page	Missouri	2.25 m (7 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
1980	Jeff Woodard	Alabama	2.32 m (7 ft 7+1⁄4 in)
1981	Leo Williams	Navy	2.25 m (7 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
1982	Milt Ottey  Canada	UTEP	2.32 m (7 ft 7+1⁄4 in)A
1983	Richie Thompson	Houston Baptist	2.27 m (7 ft 5+1⁄4 in)
1984	Jake Jacoby	Boise St	2.26 m (7 ft 4+3⁄4 in)
1985	Thomas Eriksson  Sweden	Lamar	2.32 m (7 ft 7+1⁄4 in)
1986	James Lott	Texas	2.21 m (7 ft 3 in)
1987	Thomas Smith	Illinois St	2.28 m (7 ft 5+3⁄4 in)
1988	Thomas Smith	Illinois St	2.33 m (7 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
1989	Hollis Conway	SW Louisiana	2.38 m (7 ft 9+1⁄2 in)A
1990	Charles Austin	SW Texas St	2.33 m (7 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
1991	Darrin Plab	Southern Illinois	2.3 m (7 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
1992	Darrin Plab	Southern Illinois	2.34 m (7 ft 8 in)
1993	Randy Jenkins	Tennessee	2.28 m (7 ft 5+3⁄4 in)
1994	Randy Jenkins	Tennessee	2.31 m (7 ft 6+3⁄4 in)
1995	Ray Doakes	Arkansas	2.25 m (7 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
1996	Eric Bishop	North Carolina	2.29 m (7 ft 6 in)
1997	Ivan Wagner	Texas	2.3 m (7 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
1998	Nathan Leeper	Kansas St	2.28 m (7 ft 5+3⁄4 in)
1999	Mark Boswell  Canada	Texas	2.33 m (7 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
2000	Mark Boswell  Canada	Texas	2.31 m (7 ft 6+3⁄4 in)
2001	Charles Clinger	Weber St	2.3 m (7 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
2002	Tora Harris	Princeton	2.25 m (7 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
2003	Dawid Jaworski  Poland	Southern Cal	2.28 m (7 ft 5+3⁄4 in)
2004	Andra Manson	Texas	2.32 m (7 ft 7+1⁄4 in)
2005	Jesse Williams	Southern Cal	2.29 m (7 ft 6 in)
2006	Jesse Williams	Southern Cal	2.32 m (7 ft 7+1⁄4 in)
2007	Scott Sellers	Kansas State	2.32 m (7 ft 7+1⁄4 in)
2008	Michael Hanany	Nebraska	2.32 m (7 ft 7+1⁄4 in)
2009	Scott Sellers	Kansas State	2.26 m (7 ft 4+3⁄4 in)
2010	Derek Drouin  Canada	Indiana	2.26 m (7 ft 4+3⁄4 in)
2011	Erik Kynard  United States	Kansas State	2.29 m (7 ft 6 in)
2012	Erik Kynard  United States	Kansas State	2.34 m (7 ft 8 in)
2013	Derek Drouin  Canada	Indiana	2.34 m (7 ft 8 in)
2014	Bryan McBride  United States	Arizona State	2.28 m (7 ft 5+3⁄4 in)
2015	Jacorian Duffield  United States	Texas Tech	2.28 m (7 ft 5+3⁄4 in)
2016	Randall Cunningham II  United States	USC	2.25 m (7 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
2017	Christoff Bryan  Jamaica	Kansas State	2.21 m (7 ft 3 in)
2018	Tejaswin Shankar  India	Kansas State	2.24 m (7 ft 4 in)
2019	JuVaughn Harrison  United States	LSU	2.27 m (7 ft 5+1⁄4 in)
2020	Not held due to COVID-19
2021	JuVaughn Harrison  United States	LSU	2.33 m (7 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
2022	Tejaswin Shankar  India	Kansas State	2.27 m (7 ft 5+1⁄4 in)

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