This is a list of the NCAA outdoor champions in the discus throw. Measurement was conducted in imperial distances (feet and inches) until 1975. Metrication occurred in 1976, so all subsequent championships were measured in metric distances. The women's event started in 1982.
| Year | Athlete | Team | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Arizona | |||
| 1983 | Arizona St | |||
| 1984 | Stanford | |||
| 1985 | San Diego St | |||
| 1986 | UCLA | |||
| 1987 | Wash St | |||
| 1988 | Wash St | |||
| 1989 | Arizona | |||
| 1990 | UCLA | |||
| 1991 | Brigham Y | |||
| 1992 | Brigham Y | |||
| 1993 | Louisiana St | |||
| 1994 | Louisiana St | |||
| 1995 | UCLA | |||
| 1996 | Northern Ariz | |||
| 1997 | UCLA | |||
| 1998 | UCLA | |||
| 1999 | UCLA | |||
| 2000 | UCLA | |||
| 2001 | Idaho | |||
| 2002 | UCLA | |||
| 2003 | Penn St | |||
| 2004 | Nebraska | |||
| 2005 | Alabama | |||
| 2006 | Nebraska | |||
| 2007 | ||||
| 2008 | Sarah Stevens | Arizona State | ||
| 2009 | ||||
| 2010 | Southern Illinois | |||
| 2011 | ||||
| 2012 | ||||
| 2013 | ||||
| 2014 | ||||
| 2015 | ||||
| 2016 | ||||
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| 2018 | ||||
| 2019 | ||||
| 2021 | ||||
| 2022 | ||||
| 2023 |
| Year | Athlete | Team | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | Gus Pope | Washington | 43.34 | |
| 1922 | Thomas Lieb | Notre Dame | 43.95 | |
| 1923 | Thomas Lieb | Notre Dame | 43.69 | |
| 1924 | not held | |||
| 1925 | Clifford Hoffman | Stanford | 45.21 | |
| 1926 | Clarence "Bud" Houser | Southern Cal | 45.41 | |
| 1927 | James Corson | Pacific | 43.95 | |
| 1928 | Eric Krenz | Stanford | 45.47 | |
| 1929 | Peter Rasmus | Ohio St | 48.51 | |
| 1930 | Paul Jessup | Washington | 49.01 | |
| 1931 | Robert Hall | Southern Cal | 46.52 | |
| 1932 | Frank Purma | Illinois | 47.68 | |
| 1933 | Henri LaBorde | Stanford | 49.78 | |
| 1934 | Gordon Dunn | Stanford | 49.56 | |
| 1935 | Ken Carpenter | Southern Cal | 48.14 | |
| 1936 | Ken Carpenter | Southern Cal | 52.73 | |
| 1937 | Pete Zagar | Stanford | 47.62 | |
| 1938 | Pete Zagar | Stanford | 49.46 | |
| 1939 | Pete Zagar | Stanford | 49.99 | |
| 1940 | Archie Harris | Indiana | 49.49 | |
| 1941 | Archie Harris | Indiana | 53.26 | |
| 1942 | Bob Fitch | Minnesota | 50.2 | |
| 1943 | Howard Debus | Nebraska | 44.01 | |
| 1944 | Wilfred Bangert | Missouri | 45.54 | |
| 1945 | Wilfred Bangert | Missouri | 46.26 | |
| 1946 | Fortune Gordien | Minnesota | 46.91 | |
| 1947 | Fortune Gordien | Minnesota | 52.81A | |
| 1948 | Fortune Gordien | Minnesota | 50 | |
| 1949 | Victor Frank | Yale | 51.45 | |
| 1950 | Dick Doyle | Montana | 52.25 | |
| 1951 | Jim Dillion | Auburn | 51.05 | |
| 1952 | Sim Iness | Southern Cal | 52.79 | |
| 1953 | Sim Iness | Southern Cal | 57.93 | |
| 1954 | Jim Dillion | Auburn | 53.72 | |
| 1955 | Des Koch | Southern Cal | 53.65 | |
| 1956 | Ron Drummond | UCLA | 52.74 | |
| 1957 | Al Oerter | Kansas | 56.49 | |
| 1958 | Rink Babka | Southern Cal | 56.74 | |
| Al Oerter | Kansas | |||
| 1959 | Dick Cochran | Missouri | 54.25 | |
| 1960 | Dick Cochran | Missouri | 57.39 | |
| 1961 | Glen Passey | Utah St | 53.85 | |
| 1962 | Dave Weill | Stanford | 57.33 | |
| 1963 | Dave Weill | Stanford | 55.23A | |
| 1964 | Larry Kennedy | New Mexico | 56.45 | |
| 1965 | Bob Stoecker | Stanford | 55.97 | |
| 1966 | Randy Matson | Texas A&M | 60.05 | |
| 1967 | Randy Matson | Texas A&M | 58.01A | |
| 1968 | Wash St | 59.39 | ||
| 1969 | Wash St | 61.16 | ||
| 1970 | Wash St | 58.14 | ||
| 1971 | Mike Louisiana | Brigham Y | 59.39 | |
| 1972 | Fred DeBernardi | UTEP | 59.87 | |
| 1973 | Mac Wilkins | Oregon | 62.15 | |
| 1974 | Brigham Y | 57.96 | ||
| 1975 | Jim McGoldrick | Texas | 57.94A | |
| 1976 | Washington | 61.65 | ||
| 1977 | UTEP | 60.62 | ||
| 1978 | Brigham Y | 64 | ||
| 1979 | Florida St | 63.94 | ||
| 1980 | Brigham Y | 61.72 | ||
| 1981 | Scott Crowell | Iowa St | 62.88 | |
| 1982 | Dean Crouser | Oregon | 63.22A | |
| 1983 | Dean Crouser | Oregon | 65.88 | |
| 1984 | John Brenner | UCLA | 63.42 | |
| 1985 | Rick Meyer | Houston | 62.94 | |
| 1986 | UTEP | 60.4 | ||
| 1987 | Clifford Felkins | Abilene Christian | 61 | |
| 1988 | California | 58.08 | ||
| 1989 | John Nichols | Louisiana St | 63.42A | |
| 1990 | Kamy Keshmiri | Nevada-Reno | 63.12 | |
| 1991 | Kamy Keshmiri | Nevada-Reno | 66.58 | |
| 1992 | Kamy Keshmiri | Nevada-Reno | 67.06 | |
| 1993 | Brian Milne | Penn St | 61.08 | |
| 1994 | John Godina | UCLA | 60.48 | |
| 1995 | John Godina | UCLA | 61.68 | |
| 1996 | Andy Bloom | Wake Forest | 64.34 | |
| 1997 | Southern Meth | 59.72 | ||
| 1998 | Casey Malone | Colorado St | 61.02 | |
| 1999 | Auburn | 61.6 | ||
| 2000 | Auburn | 65.74 | ||
| 2001 | Texas A&M | 62.43 | ||
| 2002 | Southern Meth | 62.37 | ||
| 2003 | Southern Meth | 61.25 | ||
| 2004 | Southern Meth | 62.01 | ||
| 2005 | Michael Robertson | Stanford | 61.7 | |
| 2006 | North Carolina | 60.55 | ||
| 2007 | BYU | 62.84 | ||
| 2008 | Rashaud Scott | Kentucky | 60.87 | |
| 2009 | UC Berkeley | 59.82 | ||
| 2010 | Arizona State | 59.06 | ||
| 2011 | Texas Tech | 61.81 | ||
| 2012 | Nebraska | 62.79 | ||
| 2013 | UCLA | 64.94 | ||
| 2014 | Hayden Reed | Alabama | 62.74 | |
| 2015 | Sam Mattis | Penn | 62.48 | |
| 2017 | Virginia | 63.76 | ||
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| 2023 |