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.
The ISU Council 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 were not implemented until 2010. The current Standings and Ranking system has been in use since the 2010–11 season.
ISU Season's World Ranking
Current rankings Season's World Ranking for the most recently completed figure skating season.
Men's singles
+Top 10 for 2025–26 seasonRankNationSkaterPoints1Ilia Malinin27002Yuma Kagiyama24703Mikhail Shaidorov23324Shun Sato22395Adam Siao Him Fa21206Nika Egadze19967Stephen Gogolev19338Daniel Grassl17609Lukas Britschgi174110Kazuki Tomono1723
Women's singles
+Top 10 for 2025–26 seasonRankNationSkaterPoints1Alysa Liu26192Mone Chiba25753Kaori Sakamoto25184Ami Nakai23625Amber Glenn20706Isabeau Levito20467Lara Naki Gutmann18398Bradie Tennell16949Jia Shin153510Anastasiia Gubanova1467
Pairs
+Top 10 for 2025–26 seasonRankNationTeamPoints1Riku Miura /Ryuichi Kihara29702Minerva Fabienne Hase /Nikita Volodin28183Anastasiia Metelkina /Luka Berulava26334Sara Conti /Niccolo Macii23295Alisa Efimova /Misha Mitrofanov19756Maria Pavlova /Alexei Sviatchenko17607Yuna Nagaoka /Sumitada Moriguchi17028Emily Chan /Spencer Akira Howe16289Deanna Stellato-Dudek /Maxime Deschamps159010Lia Pereira /Trennt Michaud1526
Ice dance
+Top 10 for 2025–26 seasonRankNationTeamPoints1Lilah Fear /Lewis Gibson24732Laurence Fournier Beaudry /Guillaume Cizeron23203Madison Chock /Evan Bates22804Emilea Zingas /Vadym Kolesnik20745Piper Gilles /Paul Poirer20636Olivia Smart /Tim Dieck19717Evgeniia Lopareva /Geoffrey Brissaud18768Charlène Guignard /Marco Fabbri18279Allison Reed /Saulius Ambrulevičius181910Diana Davis /Gleb Smolkin1594
Season No. 1 skaters Complete lists, by discipline, of:
season's No. 1 ordered chronologically total season No. 1 skaters/teams by nation total season No. 1s by nation total season No. 1s by skater/team consecutive season No. 1s by skater/team top 3 youngest/oldest season No. 1 skaters
Men's singles Updated through 2025–26 seasonChronological
+Season's No. 1 (men's)SeasonNationSkaterPointsDate*AgeRef2010–11Patrick Chan2400April 28, 20112011–12Patrick Chan2400March 31, 20122012–13Patrick Chan2248March 15, 20132013–14Yuzuru Hanyu2610March 28, 20142014–15Javier Fernández2320March 28, 20152015–16Yuzuru Hanyu2530April 1, 20162016–17Yuzuru Hanyu2700April 1, 20172017–18Nathan Chen2700March 24, 20182018–19Nathan Chen2400March 23, 20192019–20Yuzuru Hanyu2260April 16, 2020#2020–21Nathan Chen1200March 27, 20212021–22Vincent Zhou2282March 26, 20222022–23Shoma Uno2400March 25, 20232023–24Ilia Malinin2700March 23, 20242024–25Ilia Malinin2700March 29, 20252025–56Ilia Malinin2700March 28, 2026 *Date the free skating of the World Championships was held.
#Date the 2020 World Championships were officially cancelled.
Statistics
+Total season No. 1 skaters by nation (men's)RkNationTotal skatersSkater13Nathan Chen, Vincent Zhou, Ilia Malinin22Yuzuru Hanyu, Shoma Uno31Patrick Chan1Javier Fernández
+Total season No. 1s by nation (men's)RkNationTotal Season172017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26252013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2019–20, 2022–23332010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13412014–15
+Total season No. 1s by skater (men's)RkNationSkaterTotalSeason1Yuzuru Hanyu42013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2019–202Patrick Chan32010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13Nathan Chen32017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21Ilia Malinin32023–24, 2024–25, 2025–265Javier Fernández12014–15Vincent Zhou12021–22Shoma Uno12022–23
+Consecutive season No. 1s by skater (men's)RkNationSkaterConsecutive seasons*Season1Patrick Chan32010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13Ilia Malinin32023–24, 2024–25, 2025–263Yuzuru Hanyu22015–16, 2016–17Nathan Chen22017–18, 2018–19 *At least 2 seasons in a row as season No. 1
+Top 3 youngest/oldest season No. 1 skaters (men's)RkSeasonSkaterAgeBirthdayDate*Youngest skaters12017–18 Nathan ChenMay 5, 1999March 24, 201822013–14 Yuzuru HanyuDecember 7, 1994March 28, 201432023–24 Ilia MalininDecember 2, 2004March 23, 2024RkSeasonSkaterAgeBirthdayDate*Oldest skaters12019–20 Yuzuru HanyuDecember 7, 1994April 16, 2020#22022–23 Shoma UnoDecember 17, 1997March 25, 202332014–15 Javier FernándezApril 15, 1991March 28, 2015 *Date the free skating of the World Championships was held.
#Date the 2020 World Championships were officially cancelled.
Women's singles Updated through 2025–26 seasonChronological
+Season's No. 1 (women's)SeasonNationSkaterPointsDate*AgeRef2010–11Carolina Kostner2342April 30, 20112011–12Carolina Kostner2650March 31, 20122012–13Mao Asada2172March 16, 20132013–14Yulia Lipnitskaya2450March 29, 20142014–15Elizaveta Tuktamysheva3000March 28, 20152015–16Evgenia Medvedeva2700April 2, 20162016–17Evgenia Medvedeva2400March 31, 20172017–18Alina Zagitova2700March 23, 20182018–19Rika Kihira2625March 22, 20192019–20Alena Kostornaia2340April 16, 2020#2020–21Anna Shcherbakova1200March 26, 20212021–22Anna Shcherbakova2225March 25, 20222022–23Kaori Sakamoto2645March 24, 20232023–24Kaori Sakamoto2950March 22, 20242024–25Kaori Sakamoto2371March 28, 20252025–56Alysa Liu2619March 27, 2026 *Date the free skating of the World Championships was held.
#Date the 2020 World Championships were officially cancelled.
Statistics
+Total season No. 1 skaters by nation (women's)RkNationTotal skatersSkater16Yulia Lipnitskaya, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Evgenia Medvedeva, Alina Zagitova, Alena Kostornaia, Anna Shcherbakova, 23Mao Asada, Rika Kihira, Kaori Sakamoto31Carolina Kostner1Alysa Liu
+Total season No. 1s by nation (women's)RkNationTotal Season182013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22252012–13, 2018–19, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25322010–11, 2011–12, 412025–26
+Total season No. 1s by skater (women's)RkNationSkaterTotalSeason1Kaori Sakamoto32022–23, 2023–24, 2024–252Carolina Kostner22010–11, 2011–12Evgenia Medvedeva22015–16, 2016–17Anna Shcherbakova22020–21, 2021–225Mao Asada12012–13Yulia Lipnitskaya12013–14Elizaveta Tuktamysheva12014–15Alina Zagitova12017–18Rika Kihira12018–19Alena Kostornaia12019–20Alysa Liu12025–26
+Consecutive season No. 1s by skater (women's)RkNationSkaterConsecutive seasons*Season1Kaori Sakamoto32022–23, 2023–24, 2024–252Carolina Kostner22010–11, 2011–12Evgenia Medvedeva22015–16, 2016–17Anna Shcherbakova22020–21, 2021–22 *At least 2 seasons in a row as season No. 1
+Top 3 youngest/oldest season No. 1 skaters (women's)RkSeasonSkaterAgeBirthdayDate*Youngest skaters12013–14 Yulia LipnitskayaJune 5, 1998March 29, 201422017–18 Alina ZagitovaMay 18, 2002March 23, 201832015–16 Evgenia MedvedevaNovember 19, 1999April 2, 2016RkSeasonSkaterAgeBirthdayDate*Oldest skaters12011–12 Carolina KostnerFebruary 8, 1987March 31, 201222024–25 Kaori SakamotoApril 9, 2000March 28, 202532012–13 Mao AsadaSeptember 25, 1990March 16, 2013 *Date the free skating of the World Championships was held.
Pairs Updated through 2025–26 seasonChronological
+Season's No. 1 (pairs)SeasonNationTeamPointsDate*AgeRef2010–11Aliona Savchenko /Robin Szolkowy2400April 28, 20112011–12Tatiana Volosozhar /Maxim Trankov2700March 28, 20122012–13Tatiana Volosozhar /Maxim Trankov2650March 15, 20132013–14Tatiana Volosozhar /Maxim Trankov2570March 27, 20142014–15Meagan Duhamel /Eric Radford2700March 26, 20152015–16Ksenia Stolbova /Fedor Klimov2375April 2, 20162016–17Evgenia Tarasova /Vladimir Morozov2432March 30, 20172017–18Aliona Savchenko /Bruno Massot2670March 22, 20182018–19Evgenia Tarasova /Vladimir Morozov2428March 21, 20192019–20Peng Cheng /Jin Yang2119April 16, 2020#2020–21Anastasia Mishina /Aleksandr Galliamov1200March 25, 20212021–22Evgenia Tarasova /Vladimir Morozov2410March 24, 20222022–23Sara Conti /Niccolò Macii2480March 23, 20232023–24Minerva Fabienne Hase /Nikita Volodin2742March 21, 20242024–25Riku Miura /Ryuichi Kihara2590March 27, 20252025–56Riku Miura /Ryuichi Kihara2970March 26, 2026 *Date the free skating of the World Championships was held.
#Date the 2020 World Championships were officially cancelled.
Statistics
+Total season No. 1 teams by nation (pairs)RkNationTotal teamsTeam14Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov, Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov, Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov, Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov23Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy, Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot, Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin31Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford1Peng Cheng / Jin Yang1Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii1Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara
+Total season No. 1s by nation (pairs)RkNationTotal Season182011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19232010–11, 2017–18, 2023–24322024–25, 2025–26412014–1512019–2012022–23
+Total season No. 1s by team (pairs)RkNationTeamTotalSeason1Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov32011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov32016–17, 2018–19, 2021–223Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara22024–25, 2025–264Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy12010–11Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford12014–15Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov12015–16Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot12017–18Peng Cheng / Jin Yang12019–20Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov12020–21Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii12022–23Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin12023–24
+Consecutive season No. 1s by team (pairs)RkNationTeamConsecutive seasons*Season1Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov32011–12, 2012–13, 2013–142Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara22024–25, 2025–26 *At least 2 seasons in a row as season No. 1
+Top 3 youngest/oldest season No. 1 skaters (pairs)RkSeasonSkaterAgeBirthdayDate*Youngest women12020–21 Anastasia MishinaApril 24, 2001March 25, 202122016–17 Evgenia TarasovaDecember 17, 1994March 30, 201732022–23 Sara ContiAugust 2, 2000March 23, 2023RkSeasonSkaterAgeBirthdayDate*Youngest men12020–21 Aleksandr GalliamovAugust 28, 1999March 25, 202122016–17 Vladimir MorozovNovember 1, 1992March 30, 201732023–24 Nikita VolodinJune 29, 1999March 21, 2024RkSeasonSkaterAgeBirthdayDate*Oldest women12017–18 Aliona SavchenkoJanuary 19, 1984March 22, 201822014–15 Meagan DuhamelDecember 8, 1985March 26, 201532013–14 Tatiana VolosozharMay 22, 1986March 27, 2014RkSeasonSkaterAgeBirthdayDate*Oldest men12025–26 Ryuichi KiharaAugust 22, 1992March 26, 202622010–11 Robin SzolkowyJuly 14, 1979April 28, 201132013–14 Maxim TrankovOctober 7, 1983March 27, 2014 *Date the free skating of the World Championships was held.
Ice dance Updated through 2020–21 seasonChronological
+Season's No. 1 (ice dance)SeasonNationTeamPointsDate*AgeRef2010–11Nathalie Péchalat /Fabian Bourzat2495April 30, 20112011–12Tessa Virtue /Scott Moir2570March 29, 20122012–13Meryl Davis /Charlie White2400March 16, 20132013–14Meryl Davis /Charlie White2650March 29, 20142014–15Gabriella Papadakis /Guillaume Cizeron2548March 27, 20152015–16Madison Chock /Evan Bates2392March 31, 20162016–17Tessa Virtue /Scott Moir2700April 1, 20172017–18Gabriella Papadakis /Guillaume Cizeron2700March 24, 20182018–19Madison Hubbell /Zachary Donohue2472March 23, 20192019–20Madison Chock /Evan Bates2520April 16, 2020#2020–21Victoria Sinitsina /Nikita Katsalapov1200March 27, 20212021–22March 26, 20222022-23March 25, 20232023-24March 23, 20242024-25March 29, 20252025-56March 28, 2026 *Date the free dance of the World Championships was held.
#Date the 2020 World Championships were officially cancelled.
Statistics
+Total season No. 1 teams by nation (ice dance)RkNationTotal teamsTeam132231
+Total season No. 1s by nation (ice dance)RkNationTotal Season15233241