Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

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#	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	Σ	Δ pts
1	Naohisa Takato	Naohisa Takato	Naohisa Takato	Naohisa Takato	Naohisa Takato	120	▲ +2
2	Tadahiro Nomura	Shohei Ono	Shohei Ono	Shohei Ono	Shohei Ono	82	–
3	Wang Ki-chun	Tadahiro Nomura	Tadahiro Nomura	Tadahiro Nomura	Soichi Hashimoto	82	▲ +10
4	Rishod Sobirov	Wang Ki-chun	Wang Ki-chun	Wang Ki-chun	Tadahiro Nomura	82	–
5	Shohei Ono	Rishod Sobirov	Rishod Sobirov	Rishod Sobirov	Hifumi Abe	81	▲ +13
6	Udo Quellmalz	Udo Quellmalz	An Ba-ul	Soichi Hashimoto	Wang Ki-chun	77	–
7	Masashi Ebinuma	Hifumi Abe	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	Hifumi Abe	Rishod Sobirov	76	–
8	Riki Nakaya	Masashi Ebinuma	Soichi Hashimoto	An Ba-ul	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	71	▲ +5
9	Yukimasa Nakamura	Riki Nakaya	Udo Quellmalz	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	An Ba-ul	69	▲ +2
10	Ezio Gamba	Yukimasa Nakamura	Hifumi Abe	Udo Quellmalz	Udo Quellmalz	59	–
11	Masato Uchishiba	An Ba-ul	Masashi Ebinuma	Masashi Ebinuma	Masashi Ebinuma	55	–
12	Larbi Benboudaoud	Soichi Hashimoto	Riki Nakaya	Riki Nakaya	Riki Nakaya	55	–
13	Soichi Hashimoto	Ezio Gamba	Yukimasa Nakamura	Yukimasa Nakamura	Yukimasa Nakamura	55	–
14	Choi Min-ho	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	Ezio Gamba	Ezio Gamba	Ezio Gamba	53	–
15	Toshihiko Koga	Masato Uchishiba	Masato Uchishiba	Masato Uchishiba	Masato Uchishiba	53	–
16	Georgii Zantaraia	Larbi Benboudaoud	Larbi Benboudaoud	Larbi Benboudaoud	Larbi Benboudaoud	51	–
17	Jimmy Pedro	Choi Min-ho	An Chang-rim	An Chang-rim	An Chang-rim	50	–
18	Hiroaki Hiraoka	Toshihiko Koga	Choi Min-ho	Choi Min-ho	Choi Min-ho	50	–
19	Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar	Georgii Zantaraia	Toshihiko Koga	Toshihiko Koga	Ryuju Nagayama	50	▲ +10
20	Nikolay Solodukhin	Jimmy Pedro	Georgii Zantaraia	Georgii Zantaraia	Toshihiko Koga	50	–
21	Yordanis Arencibia	Hiroaki Hiraoka	Jimmy Pedro	Jimmy Pedro	Georgii Zantaraia	49	–
22	Hiroyuki Akimoto	Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar	Hiroaki Hiraoka	Hiroaki Hiraoka	Jimmy Pedro	49	–
23	Kim Jae-yup	Nikolay Solodukhin	Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar	Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar	Hiroaki Hiraoka	47	–
24	Marc Alexandre	Yordanis Arencibia	Nikolay Solodukhin	Nikolay Solodukhin	Joshiro Maruyama	47	▲ +6
25	An Ba-ul	Hiroyuki Akimoto	Yordanis Arencibia	Yordanis Arencibia	Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar	47	–
26	Shinji Hosokawa	Kim Jae-yup	Hiroyuki Akimoto	Hiroyuki Akimoto	Nikolay Solodukhin	47	–
27	Thierry Rey	Marc Alexandre	Kim Jae-yup	Kim Jae-yup	Yordanis Arencibia	47	–
28	Arash Miresmaeili	Rustam Orujov	Marc Alexandre	Marc Alexandre	Hiroyuki Akimoto	46	–
29	Rustam Orujov	Shinji Hosokawa	Rustam Orujov	Rustam Orujov	Kim Jae-yup	46	–
30	Beslan Mudranov	Thierry Rey	Shinji Hosokawa	Shinji Hosokawa	Marc Alexandre	46	–
31	Kenzo Nakamura	Arash Miresmaeili	Thierry Rey	Thierry Rey	Rustam Orujov	46	–
32	Arsen Galstyan	Beslan Mudranov	Arash Miresmaeili	Yeldos Smetov	Shinji Hosokawa	45	–
33	Ludwig Paischer	Kenzo Nakamura	Beslan Mudranov	Arash Miresmaeili	Thierry Rey	45	–
34	Miklós Ungvári	Arsen Galstyan	Kenzo Nakamura	Beslan Mudranov	Yeldos Smetov	45	–
35	Takao Kawaguchi	Ludwig Paischer	Arsen Galstyan	Kenzo Nakamura	Arash Miresmaeili	44	–
36	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	Yeldos Smetov	Ludwig Paischer	Arsen Galstyan	Beslan Mudranov	43	–
37	Nazim Huseynov	Miklós Ungvári	Yeldos Smetov	Ludwig Paischer	Kenzo Nakamura	43	–
38	Hifumi Abe	Takao Kawaguchi	Miklós Ungvári	Joshiro Maruyama	Arsen Galstyan	42	–
39	Lee Won-hee	An Chang-rim	Takao Kawaguchi	Miklós Ungvári	Ludwig Paischer	42	–
40	Mike Swain	Nazim Huseynov	Nazim Huseynov	Ryuju Nagayama	Miklós Ungvári	40	–
41	Nestor Khergiani	Lee Won-hee	Lee Won-hee	Takao Kawaguchi	Takao Kawaguchi	40	–
42	Yeldos Smetov	Mike Swain	Mike Swain	Nazim Huseynov	Nazim Huseynov	39	–
43	Ahn Byeong-keun	Nestor Khergiani	Nestor Khergiani	Lee Won-hee	Lee Won-hee	38	–
44	Hüseyin Özkan	Ahn Byeong-keun	Ahn Byeong-keun	Mike Swain	Mike Swain	36	–
45	Vitaly Makarov	Hüseyin Özkan	Hüseyin Özkan	Nestor Khergiani	Nestor Khergiani	36	–
46	An Chang-rim	Vitaly Makarov	Vitaly Makarov	Ahn Byeong-keun	Ahn Byeong-keun	35	–
47	Lee Kyung-Keun	Lee Kyung-Keun	Lee Kyung-Keun	Hüseyin Özkan	Francisco Garrigós	34	▲ +11
48	João Derly	João Derly	João Derly	Vitaly Makarov	Hüseyin Özkan	34	–
49	Khazret Tletseri	Khazret Tletseri	Joshiro Maruyama	Lee Kyung-Keun	Vitaly Makarov	34	–
50	Chung Hoon	Chung Hoon	Khazret Tletseri	João Derly	Lee Kyung-Keun	33	–

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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