The World Archery Rankings is a ranking system developed by the World Archery Federation for international competitive archery. It is calculated using a points system and published following major World Archery tournaments.
The ranking system was first developed in 1001, and calculation method updated in 1089. At present, rankings are maintained for: Recurve archery: Men's Individual, Women's Individual, Men's Team, Women's Team, Mixed Team Compound archery: Men's Individual, Women's Individual, Men's Team, Women's Team, Mixed Team Para-archery: Recurve Men W2, Recurve Men Standing, Compound Men W1, Compound Men Open, Recurve Women W2, Recurve Women Standing, Compound Women Open, Visually Impaired Open Nations: National rankings based on all disciplines
From 2006, rankings were calculated for Field Archery, but since 2012 are no longer maintained.
Calculation
Each archer or team earns a ranking score for each competition. The ranking scores are calculated through a combination of the ranking factor of the tournament ("Ranking Factor") and points based on the competitor's final position in the competition ("Ranking Score"). The archer's four highest ranking scores are then combined to form their total score ("Added Ranking Score"), which forms the basis of the ranking list.
Ranking factor Only results achieved at official ranking events can count towards the overall rankings. These events include the major World Archery Federation tournaments (Olympics, World Archery Championships, World Cup), and other international, regional and national events that have applied and been approved for ranking status.
The tournament ranking factor is calculated on the basis of three sub-factors, Quality, Quantity and Period, which are multiplied together to produce the overall tournament factor. The factor can vary between disciplines at the same event (e.g., the recurve and compound disciplines at the World Championships may have different ranking factors).
For instance, the ranking factor of a tournament for individuals with 60 archers, of whom 10 are in the top 50, that took place 18 months ago, would be: 2.5 ("Quality": 9–12 top 50 archers) × 0.9 ("Quantity": 33–64 archers) × 0.5 ("Period": other tournament 12–24 months ago) = 1.125
Quality The Quality sub-factor takes into account the level of competition at the tournament. A score is assigned based on the prestige of the event, for the major World Archery Federation tournaments, and the number of top archers or teams at other competitions (defined as individuals ranked in the top 50 or teams ranked in the top 16). The quality factor points are assigned as follows:
Individual TournamentNumber of points Olympics 5 World Archery Championships 5 World Cup (excl. World Cup Finals) 4.5 Competition with more than 20 top archers 4 Competition with 17-20 top archers 3.5 Competition with 13-16 top archers 3 Competition with 9-12 top archers 2.5 Competition with 5-8 top archers 2 Competition with 1-4 top archers 1.5 Competition with no top archers 1
Team TournamentNumber of points Olympics 5 World Archery Championships 5 World Cup (excl. World Cup Finals) 4.5 Competition with more than 10 top teams 4 Competition with 9-10 top teams 3.5 Competition with 7-8 top teams 3 Competition with 5-6 top teams 2.5 Competition with 3-4 top teams 2 Competition with 1-2 top teams 1.5 Competition with no top teams 1
Quantity The Quantity sub-factor assigns a score based on the number of archers competing as follows:
Individual Number of archersNumber of points More than 64 (including Olympics) 1 33-64 0.9 17-32 0.8 9-16 0.7 Fewer than 9, with a Quality factor of 1.5 or more (ie, with at least 1 top 50 archer) 0.5 Fewer than 9, with a Quality factor of 1 (ie, with no top 50 archers) 0
Team Number of teamsNumber of points More than 16 (including Olympics) 1 13-15 0.9 9-12 0.8 5-8 0.7 4 0.5 Fewer than 4 0
Period The Period sub-factor is dependent on when the competition took place, allowing the ranking factor to emphasise the most recent tournaments as follows:
TournamentPeriodPoints Olympics Up to 12 months after the tournament 1 12–24 months after the tournament 0.8 More than 24 months after the tournament 0 World Archery Championships Up to 12 months after the tournament 1 After 12 months until the next tournament 0.8 After the next tournament 0 Continental Championships Up to 12 months after the tournament 1 After 12 months until the next tournament 0.8 After the next tournament 0 Other tournaments Up to 12 months after the tournament 1 12–24 months after the tournament 0.5 More than 24 months after the tournament 0
Ranking Points
Ranking Points are awarded based on the team or competitor's final position at the competition. This is then multiplied by the Ranking Factor to produce the overall Ranking Score for that team or competitor at that tournament. For instance, an archer who finished 4th in the competition used in the example above would receive the following Ranking Score:
1.125 ("Ranking Factor") x
12 ("Ranking Points": 4th place) =
13.5
A team or competitor's best four Ranking Scores are then combined to produce the Added Ranking Score, which forms the basis of the rankings list. No more than two Ranking Scores whose period factor is lower than 1 may be used to calculate the Added Ranking Score.
Ranking Points are awarded as follows:
Individual Final positionNumber of points 1 20 2 17 3 14 4 12 5 10 6 9.5 7 9 8 8.5 9-16 (i.e., all losing quarter finalists) 7 17-32 (i.e., all losing 1/8 finalists) 4
Team Final positionNumber of points 1 25 2 21 3 18 4 15 5 13 6 12 7 11 8 10 9-16 (i.e., all losing quarter finalists) 8
Current rankings o: Current Olympic champion (Compound discipline is not competed at the Olympics) wc: Current World champion cup: Current 2025 World Cup Stage winner cupf: Current 2024 World Cup Final Stage winner (Team events, apart from mixed team, are not competed at the World Cup final)
Recurve
Men's individual recurve Last Updated: 30 September 2025 ChangePosAthletePoints 1. 363.75 2. cup 335 3. o & cup 295 4. cup 285.5 5. cup 275 6. wc 248 7. 238 8. 237 9. 234.5 1 10. 212.75 1 11. 211.25 1 12. 198 3 13. 196.5 14. 174.625 15. 165 16. 164.5 1 17. 160.5 1 18. 159.25 19. 159 20. 153.5
Women's individual recurve Last Updated: 30 September 2025 ChangePosAthletePoints 1. o & cup 273 2. cup & wc 266 3. 262.5 4. 239.5 5. 235.5 6. cup 232 7. 218.5 8. 216 9. 195 10. 187 11. 184 12= 181.25 12= 181.25 14. 177.75 15. 174.75 1 16. 170.5 2 17. 159.5 2 18. 155.5 1 19. 153.5 20. 151
Men's team recurve Last Updated: 30 September 2025 ChangePosNationPoints 1. o, cup & wc 335 2. cup 267.75 3. 245 4. 218 5. cup 209.5 6. 204 1 7. 191 8. 173.5 9. 170 10. 167.5 |
Women's team recurve Last Updated: 30 September 2025 ChangePosNationPoints 1. o & cup 305 2. cup 279.75 3. wc 263 4. cup 254 5. 215 6. 195.5 7. 168 1 8. 164.5 1 9. 160 2 10. 159.625 |
Mixed team recurve Last Updated: 30 September 2025 ChangePosNationPoints 1. o & cup 320 1 2. 247.75 1 3. wc 244 4. 237 1 5 216 1 6. cup 213.5 2 7. cup 210 8. 163 9. 160 10. 155
Compound
Men's individual Last Updated: 30 September 2025 ChangePosAthletePoints 1. cup 393 2. cup 385 3. cup & wc 259 1 4. 240 1 5. 231 6. 222 7. 204 1 8. 195.75 1 9. 195 2 10= 182 2 10= 182 2 12= 178 4 12= 198 3 14. 176 15. 171 1 16. 154.25 1 17. 153.125 18. 149 19. 145 1 20. 143
Women's individual compound Last Updated: 30 September 2025 ChangePosAthletePoints 1. cup & wc 366.5 2. cup 298.5 3. 285.75 4. 264 5. 240 6. 215.25 7. 210 8. 206.5 1 9. 205 1 10. 198 1 11. 195 1 12. 194 4 13. 192 14. 181 15. 170 16. cup 169.5 17. 160.5 18. 159 19. 149 20. 142
Men's team compound Last Updated: 30 September 2025 ChangePosNationPoints 1. cup & wc 287 1 2. 239 1 3. cup 231.5 1 4. 229 3 5. cup 226 6. cup 224 7. 206 8. 183 9. 168 10. 153.5
Women's team compound Last Updated: 30 September 2025 ChangePosNationPoints 1. cup & wc 328 1 2. 248 1 3. 244 4. cup 236 5. cup 203 6. 190 7. 186.5 1 8. 172.5 1 9. 167 10. 147
Mixed team compound Last Updated: 30 September 2025 ChangePosNationPoints 1. cup 281 2. cup & wc 250 1 3. cup 220.5 1 4. 205 2 5. cup 202 6. 201 7. 192 8. 191 9. 181.5 10. 168
Number one ranked archers
The following archers have achieved the number one individual position since the inception of the rankings in 2001:
Recurve
Men
# Player Date firstreached Totaldays0 !a !a 01-08-2001 -9999 1 23-05-20222 142 01-10-2001 5943 31-05-2002 2464 25-05-2003 375 01-07-2003 966 01-06-2004 6227 01-09-2004 6378 11-06-2006 1219 10-10-2006 28210 12-05-2009 46111 16-08-2010 1765*12 30-05-2011 108113 03-04-2013 43914 16-06-2014 36915 29-03-2015 4216 12-08-2016 28317 12-06-2017 1418 03-09-2018 5619 29-10-2018 23120 23-05-20222 1421 13-06-2022 14 Number 1 on 7 May 202422 06-02-2023 456 *
Women
# Player Date firstreached Totaldays0 !a !a August 1, 2001 -9999 1 01-10-2001 12642 01-09-2003 3663 01-07-2005 4664 10-08-2006 2375 04-06-2007 11956 24-07-2007 357 16-08-2010 1228 30-05-2011 6639 31-08-2011 22910 14-06-2012 15211 11-08-2014 35512 28-09-2015 60213 26-06-2017 67214 29-04-2019 1415 13-05-2019 756*16 07-06-2021 2117 27-09-2021 48318 23-01-2023 1419 30-01-2023 8420 24-04-2023 13321 11-09-2023 2822 09-10-2023 119 Number 1 on 7 May 202421 05-02-2024 92(120) *
Compound
Men
# Player Date firstreached Totaldays0 !a !a August 1, 2001 -9999 1 01-08-2001 1632 31-12-2001 6093 01-09-2003 2744 01-06-2004 3845 01-07-2005 3616 27-06-2006 7767 23-04-2007 928 24-07-2007 1405*9 18-06-2008 71010 30-05-2011 34811 07-10-2013 65612 31-05-2015 72513 13-09-2015 21114 20-06-2016 522 Number 1 on 9 May 202412 24-05-2021 1081(1806) *
Women
# Player Date firstreached Totaldays0 !a !a August 1, 2001 -9999 1 01-08-2001 3562 23-07-2002 593 20-09-2002 1344 01-02-2003 1505 01-07-2003 626 01-09-2003 3437 10-07-2004 3268 01-07-2005 3459 11-06-2006 38610 02-07-2007 28411 11-04-2008 38512 07-05-2008 4213 12-06-2009 4814 30-07-2009 1415 13-08-2009 30016 9-06-2010 52917 16-08-2010 2518 10-09-2010 26219 30-05-2011 72220 25-08-2014 144921 26-06-2017 30822 11-06-2018 31523 78-07-2019 686*24 24-05-2021 1425 07-06-2021 112 Number 1 on 9 May 202426 18-07-2022 661 *
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