Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

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#	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	Σ	Δ pts
1	Tadahiro Nomura	Naohisa Takato	Naohisa Takato	Naohisa Takato	Naohisa Takato	118	▲ +10
2	Naohisa Takato	Tadahiro Nomura	Shohei Ono	Shohei Ono	Shohei Ono	82	–
3	Wang Ki-chun	Wang Ki-chun	Tadahiro Nomura	Tadahiro Nomura	Tadahiro Nomura	82	–
4	Rishod Sobirov	Rishod Sobirov	Wang Ki-chun	Wang Ki-chun	Wang Ki-chun	77	–
5	Udo Quellmalz	Shohei Ono	Rishod Sobirov	Rishod Sobirov	Rishod Sobirov	76	–
6	Riki Nakaya	Udo Quellmalz	Udo Quellmalz	An Ba-ul	Soichi Hashimoto	72	▲ +11
7	Yukimasa Nakamura	Masashi Ebinuma	Hifumi Abe	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	Hifumi Abe	68	▲ +10
8	Ezio Gamba	Riki Nakaya	Masashi Ebinuma	Soichi Hashimoto	An Ba-ul	67	▲ +4
9	Masato Uchishiba	Yukimasa Nakamura	Riki Nakaya	Udo Quellmalz	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	66	▲ +3
10	Shohei Ono	Ezio Gamba	Yukimasa Nakamura	Hifumi Abe	Udo Quellmalz	59	–
11	Larbi Benboudaoud	Masato Uchishiba	An Ba-ul	Masashi Ebinuma	Masashi Ebinuma	55	–
12	Choi Min-ho	Larbi Benboudaoud	Soichi Hashimoto	Riki Nakaya	Riki Nakaya	55	–
13	Masashi Ebinuma	Soichi Hashimoto	Ezio Gamba	Yukimasa Nakamura	Yukimasa Nakamura	55	–
14	Toshihiko Koga	Choi Min-ho	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	Ezio Gamba	Ezio Gamba	53	–
15	Jimmy Pedro	Toshihiko Koga	Masato Uchishiba	Masato Uchishiba	Masato Uchishiba	53	–
16	Hiroaki Hiraoka	Georgii Zantaraia	Larbi Benboudaoud	Larbi Benboudaoud	Larbi Benboudaoud	51	–
17	Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar	Jimmy Pedro	Choi Min-ho	An Chang-rim	An Chang-rim	50	–
18	Nikolay Solodukhin	Hiroaki Hiraoka	Toshihiko Koga	Choi Min-ho	Choi Min-ho	50	–
19	Yordanis Arencibia	Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar	Georgii Zantaraia	Toshihiko Koga	Toshihiko Koga	50	–
20	Hiroyuki Akimoto	Nikolay Solodukhin	Jimmy Pedro	Georgii Zantaraia	Georgii Zantaraia	49	–
21	Kim Jae-yup	Yordanis Arencibia	Hiroaki Hiraoka	Jimmy Pedro	Jimmy Pedro	49	–
22	Marc Alexandre	Hiroyuki Akimoto	Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar	Hiroaki Hiraoka	Hiroaki Hiraoka	47	–
23	An Ba-ul	Kim Jae-yup	Nikolay Solodukhin	Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar	Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar	47	–
24	Georgii Zantaraia	Marc Alexandre	Yordanis Arencibia	Nikolay Solodukhin	Nikolay Solodukhin	47	–
25	Shinji Hosokawa	An Ba-ul	Hiroyuki Akimoto	Yordanis Arencibia	Yordanis Arencibia	47	–
26	Thierry Rey	Shinji Hosokawa	Kim Jae-yup	Hiroyuki Akimoto	Hiroyuki Akimoto	46	–
27	Arash Miresmaeili	Thierry Rey	Marc Alexandre	Kim Jae-yup	Kim Jae-yup	46	–
28	Beslan Mudranov	Arash Miresmaeili	Rustam Orujov	Marc Alexandre	Marc Alexandre	46	–
29	Kenzo Nakamura	Rustam Orujov	Shinji Hosokawa	Rustam Orujov	Rustam Orujov	46	▲ +1
30	Arsen Galstyan	Beslan Mudranov	Thierry Rey	Shinji Hosokawa	Shinji Hosokawa	45	–
31	Ludwig Paischer	Kenzo Nakamura	Arash Miresmaeili	Thierry Rey	Thierry Rey	45	–
32	Soichi Hashimoto	Arsen Galstyan	Beslan Mudranov	Arash Miresmaeili	Yeldos Smetov	45	▲ +3
33	Miklós Ungvári	Ludwig Paischer	Kenzo Nakamura	Beslan Mudranov	Arash Miresmaeili	44	–
34	Takao Kawaguchi	Miklós Ungvári	Arsen Galstyan	Kenzo Nakamura	Beslan Mudranov	43	–
35	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	Takao Kawaguchi	Ludwig Paischer	Arsen Galstyan	Kenzo Nakamura	43	–
36	Nazim Huseynov	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	Yeldos Smetov	Ludwig Paischer	Arsen Galstyan	42	–
37	Lee Won-hee	Nazim Huseynov	Miklós Ungvári	Yeldos Smetov	Ludwig Paischer	42	–
38	Mike Swain	Hifumi Abe	Takao Kawaguchi	Miklós Ungvári	Joshiro Maruyama	41	▲ +9
39	Nestor Khergiani	Lee Won-hee	An Chang-rim	Takao Kawaguchi	Miklós Ungvári	40	–
40	Ahn Byeong-keun	Mike Swain	Nazim Huseynov	Nazim Huseynov	Ryuju Nagayama	40	▲ +11
41	Hüseyin Özkan	Nestor Khergiani	Lee Won-hee	Lee Won-hee	Takao Kawaguchi	40	–
42	Rustam Orujov	Yeldos Smetov	Mike Swain	Mike Swain	Nazim Huseynov	39	–
43	Vitaly Makarov	Ahn Byeong-keun	Nestor Khergiani	Nestor Khergiani	Lee Won-hee	38	–
44	Lee Kyung-Keun	Hüseyin Özkan	Ahn Byeong-keun	Ahn Byeong-keun	Mike Swain	36	–
45	Yeldos Smetov	Vitaly Makarov	Hüseyin Özkan	Hüseyin Özkan	Nestor Khergiani	36	–
46	Hifumi Abe	An Chang-rim	Vitaly Makarov	Vitaly Makarov	Ahn Byeong-keun	35	–
47	João Derly	Lee Kyung-Keun	Lee Kyung-Keun	Lee Kyung-Keun	Hüseyin Özkan	34	–
48	Khazret Tletseri	João Derly	João Derly	João Derly	Vitaly Makarov	34	–
49	An Chang-rim	Khazret Tletseri	Khazret Tletseri	Joshiro Maruyama	Lee Kyung-Keun	33	–
50	Chung Hoon	Chung Hoon	Chung Hoon	Khazret Tletseri	João Derly	32	–

Baku 2026: Fourteen World Champions, a Thousand Stories and One Shared Passion

IJF.org | 11.10.2026

After seven days of individual competition, and with the mixed team tournament now under way, the verdict is in. We know the names of the 14 individual world champions who will be proud to wear the coveted red backpatch until the 2027 edition that will be organised in Astana, Kazakhstan.

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