The ISU World Standings and Season's World Ranking are the objective merit-based method used by the International Skating Union (ISU) for single & pair skating and ice dance, as well as synchronized skating. Only eligible skaters/teams will be considered in the ISU World Standings and Season's World Ranking.

Skaters/teams receive points based on their final placement at an event and the event's weight over the current and preceding two seasons. The ISU World Standings and Season's World Ranking are updated after each eligible events. At the end of the current season, the points from the prior season are deleted. If pairs and ice dance couples officially split up, their partnership will be removed from the Standings and Ranking. When a skater officially announces their retirement from competition, the standing and rank of the skater will be removed.

Overview The ISU Council had implemented the former world standings system for single & pair skating and ice dance for several seasons before 2010. The world standings system for synchronized skating and the season's world ranking had not been implemented until 2010.

According to the "ISU Communication 1629" and "ISU Communication 1630" published by the ISU on July 21, 2010, the ISU Council decided to implement two types of World Standings / Ranking, namely "ISU World Standings" and "ISU Season's World Ranking", since the 2010–11 season.

The ISU World Standings for single & pair skating and ice dance, are taking into account results of the preceding two seasons and the current season, and remains the basis for the draws at ISU events and part of the criteria for the selection of competitors for the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating and other ISU events designated by the ISU Council.

The ISU Season's World Ranking, is based on the results of the current ongoing season only. It has the main purpose to reflect the current competitive performances of the skaters and give the public and the media an indication of the current actual competitiveness of the skaters.

The ISU World Standings for synchronized skating, are taking into account results of the preceding two seasons and the current season. The standings will also guarantee objectivity and a help for the process of individual entries to ISU events. There will be a separate ranking for "Senior" and "Junior".

The ISU World Standings and Season's World Ranking do not necessarily reflect the capabilities of some skaters/teams. Due to limits on entries to events (no more than three from each country), and varying numbers of high-level skaters/teams in each country, skaters/teams from some countries may find it more difficult to qualify to compete at major events. Thus, a skater/team with a lower season's best but from a country with few high-level skaters/teams may qualify to a major event while a skater/team with a much higher season's best but from a country with more than three high-level skaters/teams may not be sent. As a result, it is possible for a skater/team who regularly scores higher to end up with a much lower world standing.

Principles Since the introduction of the world standings system, the method used to calculate the standing points of a skater has changed several times.

Points distribution (since the 2026–27 season) For single & pair skating and ice dance According to the "ISU Communication 1629" published by the ISU on July 21, 2010, the world standing of a skater is calculated based on the results over the current and preceding two seasons. Competitors receive points based on their final placement at an event and the event's weight. The "ISU Communication 2812" published by the ISU on July 29, 2026 modified the distribution of points for each event, starting with the 2026-27 season. This new point system rewards higher-tiered international competitions over the lower-tiered, while also replacing the algorithmic '10% Steps' point distribution with manually tailored point spreads.

The following events earn points, with limits on how many results go towards a skater's world standing: ISU Championships (Worlds, Europeans, Four Continents, and Junior Worlds) and Olympic Winter Games: The best result by points per season, the best two results by points over three seasons. ISU Grand Prix, Semi-Finals (from 2027/28), and Final, ISU Junior Grand Prix and Final: The two best results by points per season, the best four results by points over three seasons. International Competitions Senior (including ISU Challenger Series) and Junior: The two best results by points per season, the best four results by points over three seasons.

Current and intermediate season's earned points will count 100%, and previous season's earned points will count 70%. Following the current season's World Championships, the results from the earliest season are deleted. A new partnership starts with zero points — there is no transfer of world standing points if pairs or ice dance couples split up and form a new partnership, and the previous partnership will be removed from the World Standings. When a skater officially announces their retirement from competition, the standings of the skater will be removed.

The season's world ranking of a skater is calculated similarly to the overall world standing but is based on the results of the ongoing season only.

The ISU World Standings and Season's World Ranking order will be updated after each event mentioned in the following table. Only eligible skaters will be considered in the ISU World Standings.

Distribution of Points Place WC/OWG GPF EC/FC WJC GPSF GP JGPF JGP CS ICJIC 1 1300 1000 850 600 750 500 450 300 350 200100 2 1150 880 760 540 670 450 400 270 310 15080 3 1020 780 680 490 590 400 360 245 275 10060 4 900 700 610 450 510 360 320 220 240 40 5 810 640 550 410 430 320 280 200 210 20 6 740 600 500 370 350 280 250 180 185 7 680 460 340 240 160 165 8 630 420 310 200 140 150 9 580 380 280 120 10 530 340 250 100 11 480 300 220 12 430 260 190 13 380 230 160 14 330 200 140 15 290 180 120 16 250 160 110 17 210 140 100 18 180 120 90 19 150 110 80 20 130 100 70 21 120 90 65 22 110 80 60 23 105 75 55 24 100 70 50 Event 11605 4600 7665 5550 3300 2750 2060 1935 1885 450300 WC = World Championships OWG = Olympic Winter Games GPF = Grand Prix Final EC = European Championships FC = Four Continents Championships WJC = World Junior Championships GPSF = Grand Prix Semi-Finals (from 2027/28) GP = Grand Prix JGPF = Junior Grand Prix Final JGP = Junior Grand Prix CS = Challenger Series IC = Senior International Competition JIC = Junior International Competition

For synchronized skating According to the "ISU Communication 1630" published by the ISU on July 21, 2010, the world standing of a team is calculated based on the results over the current and preceding two seasons. The "ISU Communication 2813" published by the ISU on July 29, 2026 modified the distribution of points for each event, starting with the 2026-27 season.

The ISU World Standings order will be updated after each event mentioned in the following table. Only eligible teams will be considered in the ISU World Standings.

Distribution of Points PlaceChampionships (incl. Synchro9)Challenger Series CompetitionsInternational Competitions (incl. Synchro9) WC WJC CS Sen.CS Jun. IC Sen. IC Jun. 1 850 600 500300 250 200 2 760 540 450270 225 180 3 680 490 400245 200 160 4 610 450 360220 180 140 5 550 410 320200 165 125 6 500 370 280180 150 110 7 460 340 240160 135 100 8 420 310 210140 120 90 9 380 280 180120 10 340 250 150100 11 300 220 12 260 190 13 230 160 14 200 140 15 180 120 16 160 110 17 140 100 18 120 90 19 110 80 20 100 70 Event 7350 5320 30901935 1425 1105 WC = World Championships (incl. Synchro9 World Championships) WJC = Junior World Championships (incl. Synchro9 Junior World Championships) CS Sen. = Challenger Series Senior CS Jun. = Challenger Series Junior IC Sen. = International Competition Senior and International Synchro9 IC Jun. = International Competition Junior and International Junior Synchro9

ISU World Standings for single & pair skating and ice dance Current standings

Men's singles +Top 10 as of October 5, 2026 Rank Skater Points 1 Ilia Malinin 4590 2 Mikhail Shaidorov 4193 3 Yuma Kagiyama 4123 4 Shun Sato 3949 5 Adam Siao Him Fa 3660 6 Daniel Grassl 3374 7 Nika Egadze 3352 8 Kevin Aymoz 2946 9 Aleksandr Selevko 2890 Lukas Britschgi 2890

Women's singles +Top 10 as of October 5, 2026 Rank Skater Points 1 Alysa Liu 4248 2 Mone Chiba 4164 3 Amber Glenn 3671 4 Isabeau Levito 3245 5 Ami Nakai 3232 6 Lara Naki Gutmann 3028 7 Bradie Tennell 2934 8 Anastasiia Gubanova 28679 Niina Petrokina2685 10 Sarah Everhardt 2668

Pairs +Top 10 as of October 5, 2026 Rank Team Points 1 Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin 4624 2 Anastasiia Metelkina / Luka Berulava 4540 3 Alisa Efimova / Misha Mitrofanov 3244 4 Lia Pereira / Trennt Michaud 2901 5 Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps 2890 6 Ellie Kam / Danny O'Shea 2810 7 Maria Pavlova / Alexei Sviatchenko 2793 8 Yuna Nagaoka /Sumitada Moriguchi 2328 9 Zhang Jiaxuan /Huang Yihang 2065 10 Annika Hocke /Robert Kunkel 1964

Ice dance +Top 10 as of October 5, 2026 Rank Team Points 1 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson 4307 2 Madison Chock / Evan Bates 3960 3 Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud 3535 4 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirer 3467 5 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri 3434 6 Olivia Smart / Tim Dieck 3418 7 Emilea Zingas / Vadym Kolesnik 3185 8 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko 3177 9 Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius 2982 10 Diana Davis /Gleb Smolkin 2958

Season-end No. 1 skaters

The remainder of this section is a complete list, by discipline, of all skaters who are the No. 1 in the season-end standings ordered chronologically.

Men's singles Season Skater Points Notes 2001–02 Evgeni Plushenko 4175 2002–03 Evgeni Plushenko 4110 2003–04 Evgeni Plushenko 4875 2004–05 Evgeni Plushenko 4550 2005–06 Jeffrey Buttle 4550 2006–07 Daisuke Takahashi 4505 2007–08 Daisuke Takahashi 4249 2008–09 Tomáš Verner 4092 2009–10 Evan Lysacek 4378 2010–11 Daisuke Takahashi 4158 2011–12 Patrick Chan 4800 2012–13 Patrick Chan 4808 2013–14 Yuzuru Hanyu 5078 2014–15 Yuzuru Hanyu 5169 2015–16 Yuzuru Hanyu 5145 2016–17 Yuzuru Hanyu 5390 2017–18 Yuzuru Hanyu 5265 2018–19 Nathan Chen 5414 2019–20 Nathan Chen 4810 2020–21 Nathan Chen 4080 2021–22 Nathan Chen 3964 2022–23 Shoma Uno 4360 2023–24 Ilia Malinin 5365 2024–25 Ilia Malinin 5664

Women's singles Season Skater Points Notes 2001–02 Irina Slutskaya 3989 2002–03 Michelle Kwan 3780 2003–04 Sasha Cohen 4655 2004–05 Shizuka Arakawa 4305 2005–06 Irina Slutskaya 4650 2006–07 Mao Asada 4205 2007–08 Mao Asada 4680 2008–09 Yuna Kim 4652 2009–10 Yuna Kim 4880 2010–11 Carolina Kostner 4341 2011–12 Carolina Kostner 5167 2012–13 Carolina Kostner 5189 2013–14 Mao Asada 4572 2014–15 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 4542 2015–16 Satoko Miyahara 4638 2016–17 Evgenia Medvedeva 5100 2017–18 Kaetlyn Osmond 5081 2018–19 Alina Zagitova 5320 2019–20 Rika Kihira 4958 2020–21 Rika Kihira 4196 2021–22 Anna Shcherbakova 4419 2022–23 Kaori Sakamoto 4762 2023–24 Kaori Sakamoto 5595 2024–25 Kaori Sakamoto 5510

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