The ISU Judging System (IJS) is the scoring system that has been used since 2003 to judge the figure skating disciplines of men's and women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. It was designed and implemented by the International Skating Union (ISU), the ruling body of the sport, and is used in all international competitions sanctioned by the ISU. The ISU Judging System replaced the previous 6.0 system, and was created, in part, in response to the 2002 Winter Olympics figure skating scandal, in an attempt to make the scoring system more objective and less vulnerable to abuse.
Up to and including the 2017–2018 season, the Grade of Execution (GOE) scoring system for each program element ranged between +3 and -3. Starting with the 2018–19 season, the GOE was expanded to range between +5 and -5. Hence, the International Skating Union (ISU) have restarted all records from the 2018–19 season and all previous statistics have been marked as "historical". Accordingly, this page lists only the highest scores achieved from the 2018–19 season onwards, using the +5/-5 GOE scoring range.
These lists include records (current record holders; technical and component record scores; progression of record scores), personal bests (highest personal best (PB) scores, highest PB technical element scores; highest PB program component scores, and absolute bests (lists of absolute best scores). For the personal bests lists, only one score is listed for any one skater. The absolute bests lists may include more than one score for the same skater.
The ISU only recognizes the best scores that are set at international competitions run under the ISU's rules, and does not recognize, for example, scores that are obtained at national figure skating championships. The competitions recognized by the ISU are: Winter Olympics (including the team event), Youth Olympics (including the team event), World Championships, World Junior Championships, European Championships, Four Continents Championships, GP events, Junior GP events, Challenger Series events, and World Team Trophy.
Incumbent highest scores and record holders
Men's singles Men's highest personal best scores
Men's highest personal best TES and PCS
Men's absolute best scores
Progression of men's highest scores
Women's singles Women's highest personal best scores
Women's highest personal best TES and PCS
Women's absolute best scores
Progression of women's highest scores
Pairs Pairs' highest personal best scores
+Top 10 highest personal best scores in the pairs' combined total Team Nation Score Event 1 239.88 2022 Winter Olympics 2 239.82 2022 European Championships 3 239.25 2022 Winter Olympics 4 234.58 2020 European Championships 5 231.24 2026 Winter Olympics 6 230.12 2023 World Team Trophy 7 226.00 2019 World Team Trophy 8 225.20 2025 CS Trialeti Trophy 9 223.28 2025–26 Grand Prix Final 10 221.56 2024 World Championships
+Top 10 highest personal best scores in the pairs' short program Team Nation Score Event 1 84.41 2022 Winter Olympics 2 84.25 2022 Winter Olympics 3 82.84 2026 Winter Olympics (team) 4 82.76 2022 Winter Olympics 5 82.34 2020 European Championships 6 82.25 2023 World Team Trophy 7 80.01 2026 Winter Olympics 80.01 2026 CS Trialeti Trophy 9 77.48 2024 World Championships 10 77.22 2025–26 Grand Prix Final +Top 10 highest personal best scores in the pairs' free skating Team Nation Score Event 1 158.13 2026 Winter Olympics 2 157.46 2022 European Championships 3 155.60 2019 World Championships 4 155.00 2022 Winter Olympics 5 152.52 2019 World Team Trophy 6 152.24 2020 European Championships 7 149.57 2025–26 Grand Prix Final 8 148.07 2025 CS Trialeti Trophy 9 147.87 2023 World Team Trophy 10 146.06 2025–26 Grand Prix Final
Pairs' highest personal best TES and PCS +Top 10 highest personal best technical element scores in the pairs' short program Team Nation Score Event 1 46.04 2022 Winter Olympics 2 45.96 2022 Winter Olympics 3 45.93 2020 European Championships 4 45.60 2026 Winter Olympics (team) 5 45.38 2023 World Team Trophy 6 45.22 2022 Winter Olympics (team) 7 44.44 2025 Skate America 8 43.91 2026 Winter Olympics 9 43.02 2020 World Junior Championships 10 42.50 2019–20 Grand Prix Final +Top 10 highest personal best technical element scores in the pairs' free skating Team Nation Score Event 1 82.73 2026 Winter Olympics 2 81.45 2022 European Championships 3 78.81 2025–26 Grand Prix Final 4 78.76 2019 World Championships 5 78.74 2022 European Championships 6 78.16 2020 European Championships 7 77.98 2025 CS Trialeti Trophy 8 76.39 2019 World Team Trophy 9 75.86 2025–26 Grand Prix Final 10 74.87 2019 World Championships +Top 10 highest personal best program component scores in the pairs' short program Team Nation Score Event 1 38.45 2022 Winter Olympics 2 38.21 2022 Winter Olympics 3 38.06 2022 European Championships 4 37.24 2026 Winter Olympics (team) 5 37.21 2020 European Championships 6 36.87 2023 World Team Trophy 7 36.50 2026 CS Trialeti Trophy 8 36.28 2026 World Championships 9 35.86 2019 European Championships 10 35.43 2024 World Championships +Top 10 highest personal best program component scores in the pairs' free skating Team Nation Score Event 1 76.99 2022 Winter Olympics 2 76.86 2022 Winter Olympics 3 76.13 2019 World Team Trophy 4 76.01 2022 European Championships 5 75.40 2026 Winter Olympics 6 74.16 2023 World Team Trophy 7 74.08 2020 European Championships 8 73.02 2026 World Championships 9 72.35 2026 CS Trialeti Trophy 10 71.13 2024 World Championships
Pairs' absolute best scores
+Top 10 absolute best scores in the pairs' short program Team Nation Score Event 1 84.41 2022 Winter Olympics 2 84.25 2022 Winter Olympics 3 82.84 2026 Winter Olympics (team) 4 82.83 2022 Winter Olympics (team) 5 82.76 2022 Winter Olympics 6 82.64 2022 Winter Olympics (team) 7 82.36 2022 European Championships 8 82.34 2020 European Championships 9 82.25 2023 World Team Trophy 10 81.58 2022 European Championships +Top 10 absolute best scores in the pairs' free skating Team Nation Score Event 1 158.13 2026 Winter Olympics 2 157.46 2022 European Championships 3 155.60 2019 World Championships 4 155.55 2026 Winter Olympics (team) 5 155.47 2022 Winter Olympics 6 155.00 2022 Winter Olympics 7 154.95 2022 Winter Olympics 8 154.85 2022 European Championships 9 153.37 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy 10 153.34 2021 Rostelecom Cup
Progression of pairs' highest scores
Ice dance Highest personal best scores in ice dance
+Top 10 highest personal best scores in the combined total (ice dance) Team Nation Score Event 1 232.32 2023 World Team Trophy 2 230.81 2026 World Championships 3 229.82 2022 World Championships 4 223.24 2023 World Team Trophy 5 222.39 2022 World Championships 6 221.17 2021 World Championships 7 219.68 2024 World Championships 8 214.73 2023 World Championships 9 214.08 2023 Four Continents Championships 10 213.20 2022 European Championships
+Top 10 highest personal best scores in the rhythm dance Team Nation Score Event 1 93.91 2023 World Team Trophy 2 92.74 2026 World Championships 3 92.73 2022 World Championships 4 90.90 2023 World Team Trophy 5 89.72 2022 World Championships 6 88.85 2022 Winter Olympics 7 88.37 2023 World Team Trophy 8 86.85 2026 Winter Olympics (team) 9 86.45 2022 European Championships 10 86.28 2023 Four Continents Championships
+Top 10 highest personal best scores in the free dance Team Nation Score Event 1 138.41 2023 World Team Trophy 2 138,07 2026 World Championships 3 137.09 2022 World Championships 4 133.17 2024 World Championships 5 133.02 2021 World Championships 6 132.67 2022 World Championships 7 132.34 2023 World Team Trophy 8 130.26 2023 NHK Trophy 9 128.45 2023 World Championships 10 127.64 2020 European Championships
Highest personal best TES and PCS in ice dance +Top 10 highest personal best technical element scores in the rhythm dance Team Nation Score Event 1 55.16 2023 World Team Trophy 2 54.12 2026 World Championships 3 53.16 2022 World Championships 4 52.94 2023 World Team Trophy 5 50.95 2022 World Championships 6 50.61 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo 7 50.45 2020 European Championships 8 50.08 2026 Winter Olympics (team) 9 49.47 2022 NHK Trophy 10 48.99 2026 CS Trialeti Trophy
+Top 10 highest personal best technical element scores in the free dance Team Nation Score Event 1 79.41 2023 World Team Trophy 2 78.85 2026 World Championships 3 77.40 2019 NHK Trophy 4 75.25 2024 World Championships 5 74.90 2023 World Team Trophy 6 74.57 2021 World Championships 7 74.37 2022 World Championships 8 73.98 2023 NHK Trophy 9 72.73 2023 World Championships 10 71.15 2024 World Championships
+Top 10 highest personal best program component scores in the rhythm dance Team Nation Score Event 1 39.57 2022 World Championships 2 38.77 2022 World Championships 3 38.76 2021 NHK Trophy 4 38.75 2023 World Team Trophy 5 38.62 2026 World Championships 6 37.96 2023 World Team Trophy 7 37.91 2023 World Team Trophy 8 37.60 2019 World Championships 9 37.51 2019 European Championships 10 37.11 2024 CS Nepela Memorial
+Top 10 highest personal best program component scores in the free dance Team Nation Score Event 1 59.70 2022 World Championships 2 59.22 2026 World Championships 3 59.00 2023 World Team Trophy 4 58.62 2021 NHK Trophy 5 58.33 2022 Winter Olympics 6 57.92 2024 World Championships 7 57.44 2023 World Team Trophy 8 57.22 2018 Rostelecom Cup 9 56.28 2023 NHK Trophy 10 56.08 2019 Four Continents Championships
Absolute best scores in ice dance +Top 10 absolute best scores in the combined total (ice dance) Team Nation Score Event 1 232.32 2023 World Team Trophy 2 230.81 2026 World Championships 3 229.82 2022 World Championships 4 226.98 2022 Winter Olympics 5 226.61 2019 NHK Trophy 6 226.01 2023 World Championships 7 225.82 2026 Winter Olympics 8 224.76 2025 World Team Trophy 9 224.39 2026 Winter Olympics 10 223.24 2023 World Team Trophy +Top 10 absolute best scores in the rhythm dance Team Nation Score Event 1 93.91 2023 World Team Trophy 2 92.74 2026 World Championships 3 92.73 2022 World Championships 4 91.94 2023 World Championships 5 91.25 2025 World Team Trophy 6 91.06 2026 Winter Olympics (team) 7 90.90 2023 World Team Trophy 8 90.83 2022 Winter Olympics 9 90.18 2025 World Championships 10 90.18 2026 Winter Olympics +Top 10 absolute best scores in the free dance Team Nation Score Event 1 138.41 2023 World Team Trophy 2 138.07 2026 World Championships 3 137.09 2022 World Championships 4 136.58 2019 NHK Trophy 5 136.15 2022 Winter Olympics 6 136.02 2019–20 Grand Prix Final 7 135.82 2019 World Team Trophy 8 135.64 2026 Winter Olympics 9 135.50 2026 European Championships 10 134.67 2026 Winter Olympics
Progression of highest scores in ice dance
See also List of highest junior scores in figure skating List of highest historical scores in figure skating List of highest historical junior scores in figure skating ISU Judging System
References
External links International Skating Union