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 2018–2019 season, which began on July 1, 2018, the GOE was expanded to range between +5 and -5. Hence, the International Skating Union (ISU) have restarted all records from the 2018–2019 season and all previous statistics have been marked as "historical". Accordingly, following list of highest junior scores in figure skating contains the highest junior scores earned from the 2018–2019 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 best lists, only one score is listed for any one skater. The absolute best 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 junior competitions recognized by the ISU are: Youth Olympics (including the team event), the World Junior Championships, and Junior GP events.
Incumbent highest scores
+Highest scores in men's singles by segment Component Skater Nation Score Event Combined total Ilia Malinin 276.11 2022 World Junior Championships Details Short program Rio Nakata 89.512026 World Junior Championships Details Free skating Ilia Malinin 187.12 2022 World Junior Championships Details
+Highest scores in women's singles by segment Component Skater Nation Score Event Combined total Sofia Akateva 233.08 2021 JGP Russia Details Short program Alena Kostornaia 76.32 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final Details Free skating Sofia Akateva 157.19 2021 JGP Russia Details
+Highest scores in pairs by segment Component Female partner Male partner Nation Score Event Combined total Anastasiia Metelkina Luka Berulava 202.11 2023–24 Junior Grand Prix Final Details Short program Apollinariia Panfilova Dmitry Rylov 73.71 2020 World Junior Championships Details Free skating Anastasiia Metelkina Luka Berulava 131.63 2023–24 Junior Grand Prix Final Details
+Highest scores in ice dance by segment Component Female partner Male partner Nation Score Event Combined total Noemi Maria Tali Noah Lafornara 177.50 2025 World Junior Championships Details Rhythm dance Leah Neset Artem Markelov 72.48 2023–24 Junior Grand Prix Final Details Free dance Avonley Nguyen Vadym Kolesnik 108.91 2020 World Junior Championships Details
Men's singles
Men's highest personal best scores
+Top 10 highest personal best scores in the men's combined total Skater Nation Score Event 1 Ilia Malinin 276.11 2022 World Junior Championships 2 Rio Nakata 268.47 2026 World Junior Championships 3 Kao Miura 264.74 2023 World Junior Championships 4 Lev Lazarev Individual Neutral Athletes 260.90 2026 JGP Bangkok 5 Shun Sato 255.11 2019–20 JGP Final 6 Daniil Samsonov 250.51 2019 JGP Poland 7 Habin Choi 246.41 2026 JGP Latvia 8 Yuma Kagiyama 245.35 2019 JGP Poland 9 Andrei Mozalev 245.09 2020 World Junior Championships 10 Yanhao Li 244.68 2019 JGP Bangkok
+Top 10 highest personal best scores in the men's short program Skater Nation Score Event 1 Rio Nakata 89.51 2026 World Junior Championships 2 Ilia Malinin 88.99 2022 World Junior Championships 3 Daniil Samsonov 87.33 2019 JGP Poland 4 Lev Lazarev Individual Neutral Athletes 86.76 2026 JGP China 5 Seo Min-kyu 86.68 2025 World Junior Championships 6 Yuma Kagiyama 85.82 2020 World Junior Championships 7 Kao Miura 85.11 2023 World Junior Championships 8 Jacob Sanchez 85.09 2024 JGP Slovenia 9 Andrei Mozalev 84.31 2020 World Junior Championships 10 Yanhao Li 83.59 2026 JGP China
+Top 10 highest personal best scores in the men's free skating Skater Nation Score Event 1 Ilia Malinin 187.12 2022 World Junior Championships 2 Kao Miura 179.63 2023 World Junior Championships 3 Rio Nakata 178.96 2026 World Junior Championships 4 Shun Sato 177.86 2019–20 JGP Final 5 Seo Min-kyu 171.09 2025-26 JGP Final6Habin Choi170.202026 JGP Latvia 7 Yuma Kagiyama 166.412020 Winter Youth Olympics 8 Lev Lazarev Individual Neutral Athletes 163.45 2026 JGP China 9 Andrei Mozalev 163.18 2019 JGP Poland 9 Andrei Mozalev 160.78 2020 World Junior Championships
Men's absolute best scores
+Top 10 absolute best scores in the men's combined total Skater Nation Score Event 1 Ilia Malinin 276.11 2022 World Junior Championships 2 Rio Nakata 268.47 2026 World Junior Championships 3 Kao Miura 264.74 2023 World Junior Championships 4 Seo Min-kyu 255.91 2025-26 JGP Final 5 Shun Sato 255.11 2019–20 JGP Final 6 Daniil Samsonov 250.51 2019 JGP Poland 7 Lev Lazarev Individual Neutral Athletes 250.21 2026 JGP China 8 Rio Nakata 249.70 2025-26 JGP Final 9 Rio Nakata 248.99 2025 World Junior Championships 10 Rio Nakata 246.94 2025 JGP Latvia
+Top 10 absolute best scores in the men's short program Skater Nation Score Event 1 Rio Nakata 89.51 2026 World Junior Championships 2 Ilia Malinin 88.99 2022 World Junior Championships 3 Rio Nakata 88.72 2025 JGP Latvia 4 Daniil Samsonov 87.33 2019 JGP Poland 5 Seo Min-kyu 86.68 2025 World Junior Championships 6 Rio Nakata 86.48 2025-26 JGP Final 7 Seo Min-kyu 86.33 2026 World Junior Championships 8 Rio Nakata 86.04 2025 World Junior Championships 9 Yuma Kagiyama 85.82 2020 World Junior Championships 10 Kao Miura 85.11 2023 World Junior Championships
+Top 10 absolute best scores in the men's free skating Skater Nation Score Event 1 Ilia Malinin 187.12 2022 World Junior Championships 2 Kao Miura 179.63 2023 World Junior Championships 3 Rio Nakata 178.96 2026 World Junior Championships 4 Shun Sato 177.86 2019–20 JGP Final 5 Seo Min-kyu 171.09 2025-26 JGP Final6Habin Choi170.202026 JGP Latvia 7 Yuma Kagiyama 166.41 2020 Winter Youth Olympics 8 Ilia Malinin 164.04 2021 JGP Austria 9 Rio Nakata 163.22 2025-26 JGP Final 10 Daniil Samsonov 163.18 2019 JGP Poland
Progression of men's highest scores
+Progression of highest scores in the men's combined total Date Skater Nation Score Event August 24, 2018 Aleksa Rakic 180.13 2018 JGP Slovakia Egor Rukhin 187.94 Andrew Torgashev 194.75 Stephen Gogolev 226.63 December 7, 2018 Stephen Gogolev 233.58 2018–19 JGP Final August 24, 2019 Yuma Kagiyama 234.87 2019 JGP France September 21, 2019 Yuma Kagiyama 245.352019 JGP Poland Daniil Samsonov 250.51 December 7, 2019 Shun Sato 255.11 2019–20 JGP Final April 16, 2022 Ilia Malinin 276.11 2022 World Junior Championships
+Progression of highest scores in the men's short program Date Skater Nation Score Event August 23, 2018 Egor Rukhin 60.60 2018 JGP Slovakia Roman Savosin 67.10 Mitsuki Sumoto 74.13 Stephen Gogolev 77.67 August 30, 2018 Conrad Orzel 79.66 2018 JGP Austria September 28, 2018 Camden Pulkinen 81.01 2018 JGP Czech Republic March 6, 2019 Tomoki Hiwatashi 81.502019 World Junior Championships Camden Pulkinen 82.41 September 12, 2019 Artur Danielian 83.31 2019 JGP Russia September 19, 2019 Daniil Samsonov 87.33 2019 JGP Poland April 14, 2022 Ilia Malinin 88.99 2022 World Junior Championships March 4, 2026 Rio Nakata 89.51 2026 World Junior Championships +Progression of highest scores in the men's free skating Date Skater Nation Score Event August 24, 2018 Egor Rukhin 127.34 2018 JGP Slovakia Andrew Torgashev 129.38 Stephen Gogolev 148.96 September 15, 2018 Petr Gumennik 150.35 2018 JGP Canada December 7, 2018 Stephen Gogolev 154.76 2018–19 JGP Final September 21, 2019 Yuma Kagiyama 160.632019 JGP Poland Daniil Samsonov 163.18 December 7, 2019 Shun Sato 177.86 2019–20 JGP Final April 16, 2022 Ilia Malinin 187.12 2022 World Junior Championships
Women's singles
Women's highest personal best scores
+Top 10 highest personal best scores in the women's combined total Skater Nation Score Event 1 Sofia Akateva 233.08 2021 JGP Russia 2 Mao Shimada 230.84 2025 World Junior Championships 3 Kamila Valieva 227.30 2020 World Junior Championships 4 Alexandra Trusova 222.89 2019 World Junior Championships 5 Anna Shcherbakova 219.94 2019 World Junior Championships 6 Alena Kostornaia 217.98 2018–19 JGP Final 7 Veronika Zhilina 216.92 2021 JGP Slovakia 8 Kseniia Sinitsyna 215.58 2019 JGP Italy 9 You Young 214.00 2020 Winter Youth Olympics10Sofiia Dzepka Individual Neutral Athletes213.282026 JGP China
+Top 10 highest personal best scores in the women's short program Skater Nation Score Event 1 Alena Kostornaia 76.32 2018–19 JGP Final 2 Sofia Akateva 75.89 2021 JGP Russia 3 Kamila Valieva 74.92 2020 World Junior Championships 4 Alexandra Trusova 74.74 2018 JGP Lithuania 5 Mao Shimada 74.68 2025 World Junior Championships 6 Kseniia Sinitsyna 74.65 2019 JGP Italy 7 Mei Okada 74.27 2026 JGP Turkey 8 You Young 73.51 2020 Winter Youth Olympics 9 Shin Ji-a 73.48 2024 World Junior Championships 10 Yihan Wang 73.38 2026 JGP Georgia
+Top 10 highest personal best scores in the women's free skating Skater Nation Score Event 1 Sofia Akateva 157.19 2021 JGP Russia 2 Mao Shimada 156.16 2025 World Junior Championships 3 Kamila Valieva 152.38 2020 World Junior Championships 4 Alexandra Trusova 150.40 2019 World Junior Championships 5 Anna Shcherbakova 147.08 2019 World Junior Championships 6 Veronika Zhilina 145.35 2021 JGP Slovakia 7 Alena Kostornaia 141.66 2018–19 JGP Final 8 Sofia Samodelkina 141.63 2021 JGP Russia 9 Hana Yoshida 141.42 2022 JGP Italy 10 Kseniia Sinitsyna 140.93 2019 JGP Italy
Women's absolute best scores
+Top 10 absolute best scores in the women's combined total Skater Nation Score Event 1 Sofia Akateva 233.08 2021 JGP Russia 2 Mao Shimada 230.84 2025 World Junior Championships 3 Kamila Valieva 227.30 2020 World Junior Championships 4 Sofia Akateva 225.64 2021 JGP Poland 5 Mao Shimada 224.68 2024 JGP Poland 6 Mao Shimada 224.54 2023 World Junior Championships 7 Alexandra Trusova 222.89 2019 World Junior Championships 8 Kamila Valieva 221.95 2019 JGP Russia 9 Alexandra Trusova 221.44 2018 JGP Lithuania 10 Alexandra Trusova 221.00 2018 JGP Armenia
+Top 10 absolute best scores in the women's short program Skater Nation Score Event 1 Alena Kostornaia 76.32 2018–19 JGP Final 2 Sofia Akateva 75.89 2021 JGP Russia 3 Kamila Valieva 74.92 2020 World Junior Championships 4 Alexandra Trusova 74.74 2018 JGP Lithuania 5 Mao Shimada 74.68 2025 World Junior Championships 6 Kseniia Sinitsyna 74.65 2019 JGP Italy 7 Alexandra Trusova 74.43 2018–19 JGP Final 8 Mei Okada 74.27 2026 JGP Turkey 9 Alexandra Trusova 74.19 2018 JGP Armenia 10 Mao Shimada 73.78 2023 JGP Japan
+Top 10 absolute best scores in the women's free skating Skater Nation Score Event 1 Sofia Akateva 157.19 2021 JGP Russia 2 Mao Shimada 156.16 2025 World Junior Championships 3 Sofia Akateva 153.73 2021 JGP Poland 4 Mao Shimada 152.76 2023 World Junior Championships 5 Kamila Valieva 152.38 2020 World Junior Championships 6 Mao Shimada 151.57 2024 JGP Poland 7 Alexandra Trusova 150.40 2019 World Junior Championships 8 Mao Shimada 148.87 2022 JGP Poland I 9 Kamila Valieva 148.39 2019 JGP Russia 10 Anna Shcherbakova 147.08 2019 World Junior Championships
Progression of women's highest scores