Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

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#	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	Σ	Δ pts
1	Naohisa Takato	Naohisa Takato	Naohisa Takato	Naohisa Takato	Naohisa Takato	120	–
2	Shohei Ono	Shohei Ono	Shohei Ono	Shohei Ono	Hifumi Abe	101	▲ +20
3	Tadahiro Nomura	Tadahiro Nomura	Tadahiro Nomura	Soichi Hashimoto	Soichi Hashimoto	88	▲ +6
4	Wang Ki-chun	Wang Ki-chun	Wang Ki-chun	Tadahiro Nomura	Shohei Ono	82	–
5	Rishod Sobirov	Rishod Sobirov	Rishod Sobirov	Hifumi Abe	Tadahiro Nomura	82	–
6	Udo Quellmalz	An Ba-ul	Soichi Hashimoto	Wang Ki-chun	Wang Ki-chun	77	–
7	Hifumi Abe	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	Hifumi Abe	Rishod Sobirov	Rishod Sobirov	76	–
8	Masashi Ebinuma	Soichi Hashimoto	An Ba-ul	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	72	▲ +1
9	Riki Nakaya	Udo Quellmalz	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	An Ba-ul	An Ba-ul	69	–
10	Yukimasa Nakamura	Hifumi Abe	Udo Quellmalz	Udo Quellmalz	Yeldos Smetov	65	▲ +20
11	An Ba-ul	Masashi Ebinuma	Masashi Ebinuma	Masashi Ebinuma	Hidayat Heydarov	63	▲ +34
12	Soichi Hashimoto	Riki Nakaya	Riki Nakaya	Riki Nakaya	Udo Quellmalz	59	–
13	Ezio Gamba	Yukimasa Nakamura	Yukimasa Nakamura	Yukimasa Nakamura	Ryuju Nagayama	56	▲ +6
14	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	Ezio Gamba	Ezio Gamba	Ezio Gamba	Masashi Ebinuma	55	–
15	Masato Uchishiba	Masato Uchishiba	Masato Uchishiba	Masato Uchishiba	Riki Nakaya	55	–
16	Larbi Benboudaoud	Larbi Benboudaoud	Larbi Benboudaoud	Larbi Benboudaoud	Yukimasa Nakamura	55	–
17	Choi Min-ho	An Chang-rim	An Chang-rim	An Chang-rim	Ezio Gamba	53	–
18	Toshihiko Koga	Choi Min-ho	Choi Min-ho	Choi Min-ho	Masato Uchishiba	53	–
19	Georgii Zantaraia	Toshihiko Koga	Toshihiko Koga	Ryuju Nagayama	Larbi Benboudaoud	51	–
20	Jimmy Pedro	Georgii Zantaraia	Georgii Zantaraia	Toshihiko Koga	An Chang-rim	50	–
21	Hiroaki Hiraoka	Jimmy Pedro	Jimmy Pedro	Georgii Zantaraia	Choi Min-ho	50	–
22	Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar	Hiroaki Hiraoka	Hiroaki Hiraoka	Jimmy Pedro	Toshihiko Koga	50	–
23	Nikolay Solodukhin	Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar	Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar	Hiroaki Hiraoka	Georgii Zantaraia	49	–
24	Yordanis Arencibia	Nikolay Solodukhin	Nikolay Solodukhin	Joshiro Maruyama	Jimmy Pedro	49	–
25	Hiroyuki Akimoto	Yordanis Arencibia	Yordanis Arencibia	Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar	Hiroaki Hiraoka	47	–
26	Kim Jae-yup	Hiroyuki Akimoto	Hiroyuki Akimoto	Nikolay Solodukhin	Joshiro Maruyama	47	–
27	Marc Alexandre	Kim Jae-yup	Kim Jae-yup	Yordanis Arencibia	Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar	47	–
28	Rustam Orujov	Marc Alexandre	Marc Alexandre	Hiroyuki Akimoto	Nikolay Solodukhin	47	–
29	Shinji Hosokawa	Rustam Orujov	Rustam Orujov	Kim Jae-yup	Yordanis Arencibia	47	–
30	Thierry Rey	Shinji Hosokawa	Shinji Hosokawa	Marc Alexandre	Hiroyuki Akimoto	46	–
31	Arash Miresmaeili	Thierry Rey	Thierry Rey	Rustam Orujov	Kim Jae-yup	46	–
32	Beslan Mudranov	Arash Miresmaeili	Yeldos Smetov	Shinji Hosokawa	Marc Alexandre	46	–
33	Kenzo Nakamura	Beslan Mudranov	Arash Miresmaeili	Thierry Rey	Rustam Orujov	46	–
34	Arsen Galstyan	Kenzo Nakamura	Beslan Mudranov	Yeldos Smetov	Shinji Hosokawa	45	–
35	Ludwig Paischer	Arsen Galstyan	Kenzo Nakamura	Arash Miresmaeili	Thierry Rey	45	–
36	Yeldos Smetov	Ludwig Paischer	Arsen Galstyan	Beslan Mudranov	Arash Miresmaeili	44	–
37	Miklós Ungvári	Yeldos Smetov	Ludwig Paischer	Kenzo Nakamura	Francisco Garrigós	44	▲ +10
38	Takao Kawaguchi	Miklós Ungvári	Joshiro Maruyama	Arsen Galstyan	Beslan Mudranov	43	–
39	An Chang-rim	Takao Kawaguchi	Miklós Ungvári	Ludwig Paischer	Kenzo Nakamura	43	–
40	Nazim Huseynov	Nazim Huseynov	Ryuju Nagayama	Miklós Ungvári	Arsen Galstyan	42	–
41	Lee Won-hee	Lee Won-hee	Takao Kawaguchi	Takao Kawaguchi	Ludwig Paischer	42	–
42	Mike Swain	Mike Swain	Nazim Huseynov	Nazim Huseynov	Miklós Ungvári	40	–
43	Nestor Khergiani	Nestor Khergiani	Lee Won-hee	Lee Won-hee	Takao Kawaguchi	40	–
44	Ahn Byeong-keun	Ahn Byeong-keun	Mike Swain	Mike Swain	Nazim Huseynov	39	–
45	Hüseyin Özkan	Hüseyin Özkan	Nestor Khergiani	Nestor Khergiani	Yang Yung-wei	39	▲ +8
46	Vitaly Makarov	Vitaly Makarov	Ahn Byeong-keun	Ahn Byeong-keun	Lee Won-hee	38	–
47	Lee Kyung-Keun	Lee Kyung-Keun	Hüseyin Özkan	Francisco Garrigós	Vazha Margvelashvili	37	▲ +7
48	João Derly	João Derly	Vitaly Makarov	Hüseyin Özkan	Mike Swain	36	–
49	Khazret Tletseri	Joshiro Maruyama	Lee Kyung-Keun	Vitaly Makarov	Nestor Khergiani	36	–
50	Chung Hoon	Khazret Tletseri	João Derly	Lee Kyung-Keun	Ahn Byeong-keun	35	–

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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