Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

★ Best in the year

#	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Σ	Δ pts
1	Naohisa Takato	Naohisa Takato	Naohisa Takato	Naohisa Takato	Naohisa Takato	120	–
2	Shohei Ono	Shohei Ono	Hifumi Abe	Hifumi Abe	Hifumi Abe	117	▲ +10
3	Tadahiro Nomura	Soichi Hashimoto	Soichi Hashimoto	Soichi Hashimoto	Soichi Hashimoto	88	–
4	Wang Ki-chun	Tadahiro Nomura	Shohei Ono	Shohei Ono	Shohei Ono	82	–
5	Rishod Sobirov	Hifumi Abe	Tadahiro Nomura	Tadahiro Nomura	Tadahiro Nomura	82	–
6	Soichi Hashimoto	Wang Ki-chun	Wang Ki-chun	Wang Ki-chun	Wang Ki-chun	77	–
7	Hifumi Abe	Rishod Sobirov	Rishod Sobirov	Rishod Sobirov	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	76	▲ +4
8	An Ba-ul	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	Rishod Sobirov	76	–
9	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	An Ba-ul	An Ba-ul	An Ba-ul	An Ba-ul	69	–
10	Udo Quellmalz	Udo Quellmalz	Yeldos Smetov	Ryuju Nagayama	Ryuju Nagayama	69	▲ +3
11	Masashi Ebinuma	Masashi Ebinuma	Hidayat Heydarov	Yeldos Smetov	Yeldos Smetov	67	▲ +2
12	Riki Nakaya	Riki Nakaya	Udo Quellmalz	Hidayat Heydarov	Hidayat Heydarov	65	▲ +2
13	Yukimasa Nakamura	Yukimasa Nakamura	Ryuju Nagayama	Udo Quellmalz	Udo Quellmalz	59	–
14	Ezio Gamba	Ezio Gamba	Masashi Ebinuma	Masashi Ebinuma	Masashi Ebinuma	55	–
15	Masato Uchishiba	Masato Uchishiba	Riki Nakaya	Riki Nakaya	Riki Nakaya	55	–
16	Larbi Benboudaoud	Larbi Benboudaoud	Yukimasa Nakamura	Yukimasa Nakamura	Yukimasa Nakamura	55	–
17	An Chang-rim	An Chang-rim	Ezio Gamba	Ezio Gamba	Ezio Gamba	53	–
18	Choi Min-ho	Choi Min-ho	Masato Uchishiba	Masato Uchishiba	Masato Uchishiba	53	–
19	Toshihiko Koga	Ryuju Nagayama	Larbi Benboudaoud	Larbi Benboudaoud	Larbi Benboudaoud	51	–
20	Georgii Zantaraia	Toshihiko Koga	An Chang-rim	An Chang-rim	An Chang-rim	50	–
21	Jimmy Pedro	Georgii Zantaraia	Choi Min-ho	Choi Min-ho	Choi Min-ho	50	–
22	Hiroaki Hiraoka	Jimmy Pedro	Toshihiko Koga	Toshihiko Koga	Toshihiko Koga	50	–
23	Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar	Hiroaki Hiraoka	Georgii Zantaraia	Georgii Zantaraia	Georgii Zantaraia	49	–
24	Nikolay Solodukhin	Joshiro Maruyama	Jimmy Pedro	Jimmy Pedro	Jimmy Pedro	49	–
25	Yordanis Arencibia	Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar	Hiroaki Hiraoka	Hiroaki Hiraoka	Hiroaki Hiraoka	47	–
26	Hiroyuki Akimoto	Nikolay Solodukhin	Joshiro Maruyama	Joshiro Maruyama	Joshiro Maruyama	47	–
27	Kim Jae-yup	Yordanis Arencibia	Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar	Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar	Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar	47	–
28	Marc Alexandre	Hiroyuki Akimoto	Nikolay Solodukhin	Nikolay Solodukhin	Nikolay Solodukhin	47	–
29	Rustam Orujov	Kim Jae-yup	Yordanis Arencibia	Yordanis Arencibia	Yordanis Arencibia	47	–
30	Shinji Hosokawa	Marc Alexandre	Hiroyuki Akimoto	Hiroyuki Akimoto	Hiroyuki Akimoto	46	–
31	Thierry Rey	Rustam Orujov	Kim Jae-yup	Kim Jae-yup	Kim Jae-yup	46	–
32	Yeldos Smetov	Shinji Hosokawa	Marc Alexandre	Marc Alexandre	Marc Alexandre	46	–
33	Arash Miresmaeili	Thierry Rey	Rustam Orujov	Rustam Orujov	Rustam Orujov	46	–
34	Beslan Mudranov	Yeldos Smetov	Shinji Hosokawa	Shinji Hosokawa	Shinji Hosokawa	45	–
35	Kenzo Nakamura	Arash Miresmaeili	Thierry Rey	Thierry Rey	Thierry Rey	45	–
36	Arsen Galstyan	Beslan Mudranov	Arash Miresmaeili	Arash Miresmaeili	Arash Miresmaeili	44	–
37	Ludwig Paischer	Kenzo Nakamura	Francisco Garrigós	Francisco Garrigós	Francisco Garrigós	44	–
38	Joshiro Maruyama	Arsen Galstyan	Beslan Mudranov	Beslan Mudranov	Beslan Mudranov	43	–
39	Miklós Ungvári	Ludwig Paischer	Kenzo Nakamura	Kenzo Nakamura	Kenzo Nakamura	43	–
40	Ryuju Nagayama	Miklós Ungvári	Arsen Galstyan	Arsen Galstyan	Yang Yung-wei	43	▲ +2
41	Takao Kawaguchi	Takao Kawaguchi	Ludwig Paischer	Ludwig Paischer	Arsen Galstyan	42	–
42	Nazim Huseynov	Nazim Huseynov	Miklós Ungvári	Yang Yung-wei	Ludwig Paischer	42	–
43	Lee Won-hee	Lee Won-hee	Takao Kawaguchi	Miklós Ungvári	Miklós Ungvári	40	–
44	Mike Swain	Mike Swain	Nazim Huseynov	Takao Kawaguchi	Takao Kawaguchi	40	–
45	Nestor Khergiani	Nestor Khergiani	Yang Yung-wei	Nazim Huseynov	Nazim Huseynov	39	–
46	Ahn Byeong-keun	Ahn Byeong-keun	Lee Won-hee	Lee Won-hee	Daniel Cargnin	38	▲ +2
47	Hüseyin Özkan	Francisco Garrigós	Vazha Margvelashvili	Vazha Margvelashvili	Lee Won-hee	38	–
48	Vitaly Makarov	Hüseyin Özkan	Mike Swain	Daniel Cargnin	Vazha Margvelashvili	37	–
49	Lee Kyung-Keun	Vitaly Makarov	Nestor Khergiani	Mike Swain	Mike Swain	36	–
50	João Derly	Lee Kyung-Keun	Ahn Byeong-keun	Nestor Khergiani	Nestor Khergiani	36	–

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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