USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions
Men's Pentathlon
1920-1935 - "old" scoring system
1936-1978 - "new" scoring system
| 1979- | Not held | ||
| 1978 | 3322 | Joe Hilbe | Honolulu TC |
| 1977 | 3742 | Mike Hill | Colo. TC |
| 1976 | 2988 | Mike Conti | Fla.TC |
| 1975 | 3643 | Mike Riddle | FFAC |
| 1974 | 3403 | Jack Carter | NYAC |
| 1973 | 3499 | Rick Wanamaker | Unat-CA |
| 1972 | 3410 | Rick Wanamaker | SDTC |
| 1971 | 3607 | Rick Wanamaker | Unat-IA |
| 1970 | 3316 | Mike Hill | Mt. SAC JC |
| 1969 | 3442 | Dave Merkowitz | Unat |
| 1968 | 3456 | Joe Hilbe | Chico TC |
| 1967 | 3448 | Lynn Baker | Colorado |
| 1966 | 3512 | Jeff Bannister | Gorham AC |
| 1965 | 3095 | Jim Miller | Colorado |
| 1964 | 3686 | Bill Toomey | SCVYV |
| 1963 | 3365 | Bill Toomey | SCVYV |
| 1962 | 3389 | Paul Herman | Westmont |
| 1961 | 3484 | Bill Toomey | Colorado |
| 1960 | 3010 | Bill Toomey | Colorado |
| 1959 | 3196 | Dixon Farmer | Calif. HS |
| 1958 | 3200 | Howard Smith | SC Strid |
| 1957 | 3362 | Howard Smith | SC Strid |
| 1956 | 3034 | Howard Smith | SC Strid |
| 1955 | 3216 | Des Koch | Sn Cal |
| 1954 | 3400 | Brayton Norton | Oxy |
| 1953 | 3278 | Brayton Norton | Oxy |
| 1952 | 3129 | Brayton Norton | Unat-CA |
| 1951 | 3452 | Brayton Norton | US Navy |
| 1950 | 3277 | Wilbur Ross | Baldwin-Wal |
| 1949 | 3429 | Wilbur Ross | Baldwin-Wal |
| 1948 | 3283 | RussThomas | JeanetteHarr |
| 1947 | 2972 | John Voight | Balt. OTFC |
| 1946 | 2885 | Charles Beaudry | Marq. Cl |
| 1945 | 3148 | Eulace Peacock | Cst Guard |
| 1944 | 2852 | Eulace Peacock | Cst Guard |
| 1943 | 3225 | Eulace Peacock | Cst Guard |
| 1942 | Not held | ||
| 1941 | 3244 | John Borican | AsburyPkAC |
| 1940 | 2981 | Harry March | Wash.,DC,AA |
| 1939 | 2947 | John Borican | Shore AC |
| 1938 | 3304 | John Borican | Shore AC |
| 1937 | 3030 | Eulace Peacock | Temple |
| 1936 | 2899 | Arkie Trento | Shore AC |
| 1935 | 3084 | Clyde Coffman | KCAC |
| 1934 | 3258.46 | Eulace Peacock | Shore AC |
| 1933 | 3221.85 | Eulace Peacock | Shore AC |
| 1932 | ?? | ||
| 1931 | 3776.585 | Jim Bausch | Kan. City AC |
| 1930 | 3462.2 | Bernie Berlinger | Penn AC |
| 1929 | 2900.384 | Paul Courtois | NYAC |
| 1928 | Not held | ||
| 1927 | 8 | Harry Flippen | Newark AC |
| 1926 | 10 | T.W. Drews | NYAC |
| 1925 | 11 | Paul Courtois | NYAC |
| 1924 | 7 | Anthony Woostroff | NewAC |
| 1923 | Not held | ||
| 1922 | 10 | Ed Gourdin | Unat-MA |
| 1921 | 12 | Ed Gourdin | Harvard |
| 1920 | 17 | Brutus Hamilton | Mo |
| 1919- | Not held | ||