Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

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#	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	Σ	Δ pts
1	Teddy Riner	Teddy Riner	Teddy Riner	Teddy Riner	Teddy Riner	260	▲ +23
2	Anton Geesink	Anton Geesink	Anton Geesink	Anton Geesink	Anton Geesink	120	–
3	Willem Ruska	Naohisa Takato	Naohisa Takato	Naohisa Takato	Naohisa Takato	120	–
4	Naohisa Takato	Willem Ruska	Willem Ruska	Willem Ruska	Willem Ruska	105	–
5	Kim Jae-bum	Kim Jae-bum	Kim Jae-bum	Lukáš Krpálek	Lukáš Krpálek	104	–
6	Ilias Iliadis	Lukáš Krpálek	Lukáš Krpálek	Kim Jae-bum	Kim Jae-bum	102	–
7	Lukáš Krpálek	Varlam Liparteliani	Varlam Liparteliani	Varlam Liparteliani	Hifumi Abe	101	▲ +20
8	David Douillet	Ilias Iliadis	Ilias Iliadis	Ilias Iliadis	Varlam Liparteliani	98	–
9	Robert Van De Walle	David Douillet	David Douillet	David Douillet	Ilias Iliadis	97	–
10	Varlam Liparteliani	Robert Van De Walle	Robert Van De Walle	Robert Van De Walle	David Douillet	94	–
11	Angelo Parisi	Angelo Parisi	Angelo Parisi	Angelo Parisi	Soichi Hashimoto	88	▲ +6
12	Shohei Ono	Shohei Ono	Shohei Ono	Shohei Ono	Robert Van De Walle	87	–
13	Tadahiro Nomura	Tadahiro Nomura	Tadahiro Nomura	Soichi Hashimoto	Angelo Parisi	85	–
14	Wang Ki-chun	Wang Ki-chun	Wang Ki-chun	Tadahiro Nomura	Takanori Nagase	83	▲ +20
15	Rishod Sobirov	Rishod Sobirov	Rishod Sobirov	Hifumi Abe	Shohei Ono	82	–
16	Yasuhiro Yamashita	Yasuhiro Yamashita	Yasuhiro Yamashita	Wang Ki-chun	Tadahiro Nomura	82	–
17	Naoya Ogawa	Henk Grol	Henk Grol	Rishod Sobirov	Tato Grigalashvili	81	▲ +26
18	Toshihiko Koga	Naoya Ogawa	Naoya Ogawa	Yasuhiro Yamashita	Wang Ki-chun	77	–
19	Hitoshi Saito	Toshihiko Koga	Soichi Hashimoto	Henk Grol	Rishod Sobirov	76	–
20	Mark Huizinga	Hitoshi Saito	Toshihiko Koga	Naoya Ogawa	Yasuhiro Yamashita	75	–
21	Henk Grol	Mark Huizinga	Hitoshi Saito	Toshihiko Koga	Henk Grol	73	–
22	Keiji Suzuki	Keiji Suzuki	Mark Huizinga	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	Lasha Bekauri	72	▲ +21
23	Neil Adams	Neil Adams	Keiji Suzuki	Hitoshi Saito	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	72	▲ +1
24	Paweł Nastula	Paweł Nastula	Neil Adams	Mark Huizinga	Naoya Ogawa	72	–
25	Tamerlan Tmenov	Tamerlan Tmenov	Paweł Nastula	An Ba-ul	Toshihiko Koga	72	–
26	Kōsei Inoue	Kōsei Inoue	Hifumi Abe	Keiji Suzuki	Hitoshi Saito	70	–
27	Peter Seisenbacher	Peter Seisenbacher	Tamerlan Tmenov	Neil Adams	Mark Huizinga	70	–
28	Abdullo Tangriev	Abdullo Tangriev	An Ba-ul	Paweł Nastula	An Ba-ul	69	–
29	Shinichi Shinohara	Shinichi Shinohara	Kōsei Inoue	Tamerlan Tmenov	Keiji Suzuki	69	–
30	Hidehiko Yoshida	An Ba-ul	Peter Seisenbacher	Kōsei Inoue	Neil Adams	69	–
31	Jeon Ki-Young	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	Abdullo Tangriev	Peter Seisenbacher	Paweł Nastula	69	–
32	Stéphane Traineau	Hidehiko Yoshida	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	Abdullo Tangriev	Tamerlan Tmenov	68	–
33	Udo Quellmalz	Jeon Ki-Young	Shinichi Shinohara	Shinichi Shinohara	Kōsei Inoue	67	–
34	Hifumi Abe	Soichi Hashimoto	Hidehiko Yoshida	Rafael Silva	Peter Seisenbacher	67	–
35	Rafael Silva	Stéphane Traineau	Jeon Ki-Young	Takanori Nagase	Abdullo Tangriev	66	–
36	Waldemar Legień	Udo Quellmalz	Stéphane Traineau	Matthias Casse	Matthias Casse	65	▲ +3
37	Aurélio Miguel	Hifumi Abe	Rafael Silva	Hidehiko Yoshida	Rafael Silva	65	▲ +1
38	Dietmar Lorenz	Rafael Silva	Udo Quellmalz	Jeon Ki-Young	Shinichi Shinohara	65	–
39	Masashi Ebinuma	Waldemar Legień	Takanori Nagase	Stéphane Traineau	Yeldos Smetov	65	▲ +20
40	Riki Nakaya	Aurélio Miguel	Waldemar Legień	Udo Quellmalz	Hidayat Heydarov	63	▲ +34
41	Takanori Nagase	Dietmar Lorenz	Aurélio Miguel	Waldemar Legień	Hidehiko Yoshida	61	–
42	Yukimasa Nakamura	Masashi Ebinuma	Dietmar Lorenz	Aurélio Miguel	Jeon Ki-Young	61	–
43	An Ba-ul	Riki Nakaya	Masashi Ebinuma	Dietmar Lorenz	Stéphane Traineau	61	–
44	Klaus Glahn	Takanori Nagase	Riki Nakaya	Masashi Ebinuma	Guram Tushishvili	60	▲ +8
45	Shōzō Fujii	Yukimasa Nakamura	Yukimasa Nakamura	Riki Nakaya	Udo Quellmalz	59	–
46	Soichi Hashimoto	Klaus Glahn	Klaus Glahn	Tato Grigalashvili	Ryuju Nagayama	56	▲ +6
47	Alexander Mikhaylin	Shōzō Fujii	Shōzō Fujii	Yukimasa Nakamura	Waldemar Legień	56	–
48	Dennis van der Geest	Alexander Mikhaylin	Alexander Mikhaylin	Klaus Glahn	Aurélio Miguel	55	–
49	Ezio Gamba	Dennis van der Geest	Dennis van der Geest	Shōzō Fujii	Dietmar Lorenz	55	–
50	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	Ezio Gamba	Ezio Gamba	Alexander Mikhaylin	Masashi Ebinuma	55	–

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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