Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

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#	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Σ	Δ pts
1	Teddy Riner	Teddy Riner	Teddy Riner	Teddy Riner	Teddy Riner	260	–
2	Anton Geesink	Anton Geesink	Anton Geesink	Anton Geesink	Anton Geesink	120	–
3	Naohisa Takato	Naohisa Takato	Naohisa Takato	Naohisa Takato	Naohisa Takato	120	–
4	Willem Ruska	Willem Ruska	Willem Ruska	Hifumi Abe	Hifumi Abe	117	▲ +10
5	Kim Jae-bum	Lukáš Krpálek	Lukáš Krpálek	Lukáš Krpálek	Lukáš Krpálek	110	▲ +5
6	Lukáš Krpálek	Kim Jae-bum	Kim Jae-bum	Willem Ruska	Willem Ruska	105	–
7	Varlam Liparteliani	Varlam Liparteliani	Hifumi Abe	Kim Jae-bum	Kim Jae-bum	102	–
8	Ilias Iliadis	Ilias Iliadis	Varlam Liparteliani	Varlam Liparteliani	Tato Grigalashvili	101	▲ +12
9	David Douillet	David Douillet	Ilias Iliadis	Ilias Iliadis	Varlam Liparteliani	98	–
10	Robert Van De Walle	Robert Van De Walle	David Douillet	David Douillet	Ilias Iliadis	97	–
11	Angelo Parisi	Angelo Parisi	Soichi Hashimoto	Tato Grigalashvili	David Douillet	94	–
12	Shohei Ono	Shohei Ono	Robert Van De Walle	Soichi Hashimoto	Soichi Hashimoto	88	–
13	Tadahiro Nomura	Soichi Hashimoto	Angelo Parisi	Robert Van De Walle	Robert Van De Walle	87	–
14	Wang Ki-chun	Tadahiro Nomura	Takanori Nagase	Angelo Parisi	Angelo Parisi	85	–
15	Rishod Sobirov	Hifumi Abe	Shohei Ono	Takanori Nagase	Takanori Nagase	83	–
16	Yasuhiro Yamashita	Wang Ki-chun	Tadahiro Nomura	Shohei Ono	Shohei Ono	82	–
17	Henk Grol	Rishod Sobirov	Tato Grigalashvili	Tadahiro Nomura	Tadahiro Nomura	82	–
18	Naoya Ogawa	Yasuhiro Yamashita	Wang Ki-chun	Wang Ki-chun	Wang Ki-chun	77	–
19	Soichi Hashimoto	Henk Grol	Rishod Sobirov	Rishod Sobirov	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	76	▲ +4
20	Toshihiko Koga	Naoya Ogawa	Yasuhiro Yamashita	Yasuhiro Yamashita	Rishod Sobirov	76	–
21	Hitoshi Saito	Toshihiko Koga	Henk Grol	Henk Grol	Yasuhiro Yamashita	75	–
22	Mark Huizinga	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	Lasha Bekauri	Lasha Bekauri	Henk Grol	73	–
23	Keiji Suzuki	Hitoshi Saito	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	Lasha Bekauri	72	–
24	Neil Adams	Mark Huizinga	Naoya Ogawa	Naoya Ogawa	Naoya Ogawa	72	–
25	Paweł Nastula	An Ba-ul	Toshihiko Koga	Toshihiko Koga	Toshihiko Koga	72	–
26	Hifumi Abe	Keiji Suzuki	Hitoshi Saito	Hitoshi Saito	Guram Tushishvili	70	▲ +4
27	Tamerlan Tmenov	Neil Adams	Mark Huizinga	Mark Huizinga	Hitoshi Saito	70	–
28	An Ba-ul	Paweł Nastula	An Ba-ul	An Ba-ul	Mark Huizinga	70	–
29	Kōsei Inoue	Tamerlan Tmenov	Keiji Suzuki	Keiji Suzuki	An Ba-ul	69	–
30	Peter Seisenbacher	Kōsei Inoue	Neil Adams	Neil Adams	Keiji Suzuki	69	–
31	Abdullo Tangriev	Peter Seisenbacher	Paweł Nastula	Paweł Nastula	Neil Adams	69	–
32	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	Abdullo Tangriev	Tamerlan Tmenov	Tamerlan Tmenov	Paweł Nastula	69	–
33	Shinichi Shinohara	Shinichi Shinohara	Kōsei Inoue	Kōsei Inoue	Ryuju Nagayama	69	▲ +3
34	Hidehiko Yoshida	Rafael Silva	Peter Seisenbacher	Peter Seisenbacher	Tamerlan Tmenov	68	–
35	Jeon Ki-Young	Takanori Nagase	Abdullo Tangriev	Abdullo Tangriev	Kōsei Inoue	67	–
36	Stéphane Traineau	Matthias Casse	Matthias Casse	Guram Tushishvili	Peter Seisenbacher	67	–
37	Rafael Silva	Hidehiko Yoshida	Rafael Silva	Matthias Casse	Yeldos Smetov	67	▲ +2
38	Udo Quellmalz	Jeon Ki-Young	Shinichi Shinohara	Ryuju Nagayama	Abdullo Tangriev	66	–
39	Takanori Nagase	Stéphane Traineau	Yeldos Smetov	Rafael Silva	Matthias Casse	66	–
40	Waldemar Legień	Udo Quellmalz	Hidayat Heydarov	Shinichi Shinohara	Hidayat Heydarov	65	▲ +2
41	Aurélio Miguel	Waldemar Legień	Hidehiko Yoshida	Yeldos Smetov	Rafael Silva	65	–
42	Dietmar Lorenz	Aurélio Miguel	Jeon Ki-Young	Hidayat Heydarov	Shinichi Shinohara	65	–
43	Masashi Ebinuma	Dietmar Lorenz	Stéphane Traineau	Hidehiko Yoshida	Sanshiro Murao	62	▲ +10
44	Riki Nakaya	Masashi Ebinuma	Guram Tushishvili	Jeon Ki-Young	Hidehiko Yoshida	61	–
45	Yukimasa Nakamura	Riki Nakaya	Udo Quellmalz	Stéphane Traineau	Jeon Ki-Young	61	–
46	Klaus Glahn	Tato Grigalashvili	Ryuju Nagayama	Udo Quellmalz	Stéphane Traineau	61	–
47	Shōzō Fujii	Yukimasa Nakamura	Waldemar Legień	Waldemar Legień	Inal Tasoev	59	▲ +10
48	Alexander Mikhaylin	Klaus Glahn	Aurélio Miguel	Aurélio Miguel	Udo Quellmalz	59	–
49	Dennis van der Geest	Shōzō Fujii	Dietmar Lorenz	Dietmar Lorenz	Waldemar Legień	56	–
50	Ezio Gamba	Alexander Mikhaylin	Masashi Ebinuma	Masashi Ebinuma	Aurélio Miguel	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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