This is a list of United States national Golden Gloves champions in the lightweight division, along with the state or region they represented. The weight limit for lightweights was first contested at , but was lowered to in 1967.
- 1928 - Joe Kestian - Chicago, Illinois
- 1929 - Roosevelt Haines - Chicago, Illinois
- 1930 - Chancy Crain - Chicago, Illinois
- 1931 - Scotty Sylvano - Chicago, Illinois
- 1932 - Henry Rothier - Davenport, Iowa
- 1933 - Edward Ward - Chicago, Illinois
- 1934 - Frank Bojack - Cleveland, Ohio
- 1935 - Mike Gamiere - Cleveland, Ohio
- 1936 - Pete Lello - Michigan City, Indiana
- 1937 - Edward Kozole - Detroit, Michigan
- 1938 - John Benna - Terre Haute, Indiana
- 1939 - John Pleasant - Chicago, Illinois
- 1940 - Tony Ancona - Detroit, Michigan
- 1941 - Johnny Green - Buffalo, New York
- 1942 - Morris Garana - Fort Worth, Texas
- 1943 - Chuck Hunter - Cleveland, Ohio
- 1944 - Buddy Holderfield - Memphis, Tennessee
- 1945 - Bernard Paige - Chicago, Illinois
- 1946 - Herschel Acton - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- 1947 - John Labrol - Gary
- 1948 - Herschel Acton - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- 1949 - Gale Outhouse - Sioux City, Iowa
- 1950 - James Burroughs - Nashville, Tennessee
- 1951 - Bobby Bickle - Kansas City, Missouri
- 1952 - Issac Vaughn - Cleveland, Ohio
- 1953 - Herb Mickles - Toledo, Ohio
- 1954 - Phil Horsley - Muncie, Indiana
- 1955 - William Morton - Kansas City, Missouri
- 1956 - Joe Shaw - St. Louis, Missouri
- 1957 - Billy Braggs - Kenosha, Wisconsin
- 1958 - Billy Collins - Nashville
- 1959 - Freddie Davis - Champaign/Urbana
- 1960 - Brian O'Shea - Chicago, Illinois
- 1961 - Thomas O'Shea - Chicago, Illinois
- 1962 - Edward Ellis - Toledo
- 1963 - Perry Bennett - Streator, Illinois
- 1964 - Hedgeman Louis - Detroit, Michigan
- 1965 - Frank Anderson - Kansas City, Missouri
- 1966 - Marcus Anderson - Louisville, Kentucky
- 1967 - Quincelon Daniels - Detroit, Michigan
- 1968 - Ronnie Harris - Cleveland, Ohio
- 1969 - Eddie Murray - Chicago, Illinois
- 1970 - Norman Goins - Indianapolis, Indiana
- 1971 - James Busceme - Fort Worth, Texas
- 1972 - James Busceme - Fort Worth, Texas
- 1973 - Sugar Ray Leonard - Washington, D.C.
- 1974 - Curtis Harris - Elizabeth, New Jersey
- 1975 - Aaron Pryor - Cincinnati, Ohio
- 1976 - Aaron Pryor - Indianapolis, Indiana
- 1977 - Hugo Rodriguez - Miami, Florida
- 1978 - Davey Armstrong - Puyallup, Washington
- 1979 - Johnny Bumphus - Knoxville, Tennessee
- 1980 - Melvin Paul - Lafayette, Louisiana
- 1981 - Primo Ramos - Chicago, Illinois
- 1982 - Robert Byrd - Fort Worth, Texas
- 1983 - Jesse Lopez, Jr. - Las Vegas
- 1984 - Marvin Chambers - St. Louis, Missouri
- 1985 - Vince Phillips - Hutchinson, Kansas
- 1986 - Lavell Finger - St. Louis, Missouri
- 1987 - Skipper Kelp - Rocky Mountain
- 1988 - Kevin Childrey - Grand Rapids
- 1989 - Tonga McLain - Milwaukee
- 1990- Lamar Murphy - Florida
- 1991 - Desi Ford - Cleveland, Ohio
- 1992 - Danny Rios - Texas
- 1993 - Danny Rios - Mid-South
- 1994 - Salvador Jasso - So. California
- 1995 - Dante Craig - Cincinnati, Ohio
- 1996 - David Jackson - Nevada
- 1997 - Kenito Drake - Detroit
- 1998 - Lamont Pearson - Washington, D.C.
- 1999 - Matthew Smith- New Hampshire
- 2000 - Urbano Antillón - California
- 2001 - [Matthew Smith] - New Hampshire
- 2002 - Lorenzo Reynolds - Michigan
- 2003 - Anthony Peterson - Washington, D.C.
- 2004 - Danny Williams - St. Louis, Missouri
- 2005 - Michael Evans - Cincinnati, Ohio
- 2006 - Jesus Mendez III - Texas
- 2007 - Sadam Ali - Brooklyn
- 2008 - Michael Perez - Newark, New Jersey
- 2009 - Erick Deleon - Detroit, Michigan
- 2010 - Erick Deleon - Detroit, Michigan
- 2011 - Erick Deleon - Detroit, Michigan
- 2012 - Albert Bell - Toledo, Ohio
- 2013 - Lamont Roach Jr. - Washington D.C.
- 2014 - Maliek Montgomery - Macon, Georgia
- 2015 - Teófimo López - Brooklyn
- 2016 - Maliek Montgomery - Macon, Georgia
- 2017 - Keyshawn Davis - Alexandria, Virginia
- 2018 - Doctress Robinson - Augusta, Georgia
References
March 27, 1941 Buffalo Courier Express Pg 19.