This is a list of all sumo wrestlers whose pinnacle in the sport has been the third highest rank of and who held the rank in the modern era of sumo since the 1927 merger of the Tokyo and Osaka organizations. Wrestlers who went on to be promoted to and can be seen in the List of and List of.
While it is required and most common for each rankings chart () to list exactly two wrestlers at this rank, instances of three or even four active have occurred on rare occasions.
The number of tournaments () at is also listed. Wrestlers who won a top division championship () are indicated in bold. Active wrestlers are indicated by italics.
The table is up to date as of the start of the March 2026 tournament.
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Wrestler held the rank on at least two separate occasions.
The longest-serving of modern times, who could not secure further promotion, have been Hasegawa and Kotonishiki who each held the rank for 21 tournaments, with the former failing despite achieving a consecutive and at the rank. (Kotomitsuki was ranked at for 22 tournaments but ultimately promoted to .)
Having held a rank of or for at least one tournament will qualify a wrestler to later become a sumo elder (, while the many that fail to do so are subject to much stricter criteria.