This is a list of the NCAA outdoor champions in the long 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

w=wind aided

A=Altitude assisted

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Year	Name, (Country)	Team	Distance + wind (legal best)
1921	Gaylord Stinchcomb	Ohio St	7.11 m (23 ft 3+3⁄4 in)
1922	Robert LeGendre	Georgetown	7.39 m (24 ft 2+3⁄4 in)
1923	DeHart Hubbard	Michigan	7.67 m (25 ft 1+3⁄4 in)
1924	not held
1925	DeHart Hubbard	Michigan	7.90 m (25 ft 11 in)
1926	Harold Chere	Illinois Coll	7.09 m (23 ft 3 in)
1927	Ed Hamm	Georgia Tech	7.34 m (24 ft 3⁄4 in)
1928	Ed Hamm	Georgia Tech	7.62 m (25 ft 0 in)
1929	Ed Gordon	Iowa	7.53 m (24 ft 8+1⁄4 in)
1930	Ed Gordon	Iowa	7.62 m (25 ft 0 in)
1931	Ed Gordon	Iowa	7.60 m (24 ft 11 in)
1932	Lambert Redd	Bradley	7.78 m (25 ft 6+1⁄4 in)
1933	John Brooks	Chicago	7.43 m (24 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
1934	Al Olson	Southern Cal	7.73 m (25 ft 4+1⁄4 in)
1935	Jesse Owens	Ohio St	7.96 m (26 ft 1+1⁄4 in)
1936	Jesse Owens	Ohio St	7.90 m (25 ft 11 in)
1937	Kermit King	Pittsburg St	7.70 m (25 ft 3 in)
1938	Bill Lacefield	UCLA	7.65 m (25 ft 1 in)
1939	Judson Atchison	Texas	7.55 m (24 ft 9 in)
1940	Jackie Robinson	UCLA	7.57 m (24 ft 10 in)
1941	Billy Brown	Louisiana St	7.50 m (24 ft 7+1⁄4 in)
1942	Dallas Dupre	Ohio St	7.37 m (24 ft 2 in)
1943	William Christopher	Rice	7.50 m (24 ft 7+1⁄4 in)
1944	Ralph Tyler	Ohio St	7.12 m (23 ft 4+1⁄4 in)
1945	Henry Aihara	Illinois	7.66 m (25 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
1946	John Robertson	Texas	7.58 m (24 ft 10+1⁄4 in)
1947	Willie Steele	San Diego St	8.08 m (26 ft 6 in)A
1948	Willie Steele	San Diego St	7.60 m (24 ft 11 in)
1949	Fred Johnson	Michigan St	7.68 m (25 ft 2+1⁄4 in)
1950	Jerome Biffle	Denver	7.74 m (25 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
1951	George Brown	UCLA	7.46 m (24 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
1952	George Brown	UCLA	7.74 m (25 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
1953	John Bennett	Marquette	7.72 m (25 ft 3+3⁄4 in)
1954	John Bennett	Marquette	7.89 m (25 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
1955	Joel Shankie	Duke	7.40 m (24 ft 3+1⁄4 in)
1956	Greg Bell	Indiana	7.85 m (25 ft 9 in)
1957	Greg Bell	Indiana	8.10 m (26 ft 6+3⁄4 in)
1958	Ernie Shelby	Kansas	7.70 m (25 ft 3 in)
1959	Ernie Shelby	Kansas	7.75 m (25 ft 5 in)
1960	Ralph Boston	Tennessee St	7.76 m (25 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
1961	Don Myers	Colorado	7.62 m (25 ft 0 in)
1962	Anthony Watson	Oklahoma	7.94 m (26 ft 1⁄2 in)
1963	Clifton Mayfield	Central St OH	8.10 m (26 ft 6+3⁄4 in)Aw
1964	Gayle Hopkins	Arizona	8.16 m (26 ft 9+1⁄4 in)
1965	Clarence Robinson	New Mexico	7.88 m (25 ft 10 in)
1966	Rainer Stenius  Finland	Cal St Los A	7.66 m (25 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
1967	Gary Ard	Kansas	7.85 m (25 ft 9 in)A
1968	Pertti Pousi  Finland	Brigham Y	8.01 m (26 ft 3+1⁄4 in)
1969	Jerry Proctor	Redlands	8.22 m (26 ft 11+1⁄2 in)w
1970	Arnie Robinson	San Diego St	7.88 m (25 ft 10 in)
1971	James "Bouncy" Moore	Oregon	7.87 m (25 ft 9+3⁄4 in)
1972	Randy Williams	Southern Cal	8.13 m (26 ft 8 in)w
1973	Finn Bendixen  Norway	UCLA	7.88 m (25 ft 10 in)
1974	Jerry Herndon	UCLA	8.08 m (26 ft 6 in)
1975	Charlton Ehizuelen  Nigeria	Illinois	8.20 m (26 ft 10+3⁄4 in)A
1976	Larry Myricks	Mississippi Coll	7.96 m (26 ft 1+1⁄4 in)
1977	Larry Doubley	Southern Cal	8.22 m (26 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
1978	James Lofton	Stanford	8.22 m (26 ft 11+1⁄2 in)w
1979	Larry Myricks	Mississippi Coll	8.11 m (26 ft 7+1⁄4 in)
1980	Carl Lewis	Houston	8.35 m (27 ft 4+1⁄2 in)w
1981	Carl Lewis	Houston	8.25 m (27 ft 3⁄4 in)
1982	Vance Johnson	Arizona	8.21 m (26 ft 11 in)A
1983	Ralph Spry	Mississippi	8.36 m (27 ft 5 in)w
1984	Mike Conley	Arkansas	8.23 m (27 ft 0 in)w
1985	Mike Conley	Arkansas	8.28 m (27 ft 1+3⁄4 in)
1986	Eric Metcalf	Texas	8.24 m (27 ft 1⁄4 in)w
1987	Paul Emordi  Nigeria	Texas Southern	8.25 m (27 ft 3⁄4 in)
1988	Eric Metcalf	Texas	8.28 m (27 ft 1+3⁄4 in)w
1989	Joe Greene	Ohio St	8.41 m (27 ft 7 in)Aw
1990	Llewellyn Starks	Louisiana St	8.07 m (26 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
1991	George Ogbeide  Nigeria	Wash St	8.13 m (26 ft 8 in)
1992	Erick Walder	Arkansas	8.47 m (27 ft 9+1⁄4 in)
1993	Erick Walder	Arkansas	8.53 m (27 ft 11+3⁄4 in)
1994	Erick Walder	Arkansas	8.34 m (27 ft 4+1⁄4 in)
1995	Kareem Streete-Thompson	Rice	8.28 m (27 ft 1+3⁄4 in)
1996	Richard Duncan  Canada	Texas	7.93 m (26 ft 0 in)
1997	Robert Howard	Arkansas	8.21 m (26 ft 11 in)
1998	Robert Howard	Arkansas	8.37 m (27 ft 5+1⁄2 in)w
1999	Melvin Lister	Arkansas	8.18 m (26 ft 10 in)
2000	Savanté Stringfellow	Mississippi	8.17 m (26 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
2001	Savanté Stringfellow	Mississippi	8.27 m (27 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
2002	Walter Davis	Louisiana St	8.08 m (26 ft 6 in)
2003	Leevan Sands  Bahamas	Auburn	8.05 m (26 ft 4+3⁄4 in)w
2004	John Moffitt	Louisiana St	8.40 m (27 ft 6+1⁄2 in)w
2005	Fabrice Lapierre  Australia	Texas A&M	8.15 m (26 ft 8+3⁄4 in)w
2006	Artûrs Âbolinš  Latvia	Nebraska	8.00 m (26 ft 2+3⁄4 in)
2007	Dashalle Andrews	Northridge	7.68 m (25 ft 2+1⁄4 in) -1.6
2008	Ngonidzashe Makusha  Zimbabwe	Florida State	8.30 m (27 ft 2+3⁄4 in) -1.2
2009
2010	Marquise Goodwin	Texas	8.15 m (26 ft 8+3⁄4 in) +1.0
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2017	KeAndre Bates	Florida	8.05 -1.1
2018
2019	JuVaughn Harrison	LSU	8.20 m (26 ft 10+3⁄4 in) +0.7
2020
2021	JuVaughn Harrison	LSU	8.27 m (27 ft 1+1⁄2 in) +1.9

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