Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

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#	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Σ	Δ pts
1	Naohisa Takato	Teddy Riner	Teddy Riner	Hifumi Abe	Hifumi Abe	111	▲ +7
2	Teddy Riner	Naohisa Takato	Hifumi Abe	Teddy Riner	Tato Grigalashvili	101	▲ +12
3	Lukáš Krpálek	Lukáš Krpálek	Naohisa Takato	Tato Grigalashvili	Soichi Hashimoto	73	▼ -14
4	Varlam Liparteliani	Soichi Hashimoto	Soichi Hashimoto	Soichi Hashimoto	Lasha Bekauri	72	–
5	Shohei Ono	Hifumi Abe	Tato Grigalashvili	Naohisa Takato	Naohisa Takato	72	▼ -6
6	Soichi Hashimoto	Varlam Liparteliani	Takanori Nagase	Lasha Bekauri	Guram Tushishvili	70	▲ +4
7	Hifumi Abe	An Ba-ul	Lukáš Krpálek	Lukáš Krpálek	Teddy Riner	69	▼ -24
8	An Ba-ul	Shohei Ono	Lasha Bekauri	Guram Tushishvili	Matthias Casse	66	–
9	Takanori Nagase	Matthias Casse	An Ba-ul	Matthias Casse	Ryuju Nagayama	66	–
10	An Chang-rim	Takanori Nagase	Varlam Liparteliani	Ryuju Nagayama	Hidayat Heydarov	65	▲ +2
11	Guram Tushishvili	Tato Grigalashvili	Shohei Ono	Hidayat Heydarov	Sanshiro Murao	62	▲ +10
12	Matthias Casse	Guram Tushishvili	Matthias Casse	Varlam Liparteliani	Inal Tasoev	59	▲ +10
13	Rustam Orujov	Lasha Bekauri	Hidayat Heydarov	Takanori Nagase	Zelym Kotsoiev	54	–
14	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	An Chang-rim	Guram Tushishvili	An Ba-ul	Lukáš Krpálek	52	▼ -17
15	Yeldos Smetov	Ryuju Nagayama	Yeldos Smetov	Shohei Ono	Takanori Nagase	51	▼ -9
16	Aaron Wolf	Joshiro Maruyama	Ryuju Nagayama	Zelym Kotsoiev	Aaron Wolf	47	–
17	Avtandili Tchrikishvili	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	An Chang-rim	Sanshiro Murao	Joshiro Maruyama	47	–
18	Hisayoshi Harasawa	Rustam Orujov	Zelym Kotsoiev	Yeldos Smetov	Ilia Sulamanidze	46	▲ +11
19	Gwak Dong-han	Aaron Wolf	Aaron Wolf	Inal Tasoev	Varlam Liparteliani	45	▼ -16
20	Joshiro Maruyama	Yeldos Smetov	Joshiro Maruyama	Aaron Wolf	Francisco Garrigós	44	–
21	Rafael Silva	Hisayoshi Harasawa	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	Joshiro Maruyama	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	43	▼ -4
22	Khasan Khalmurzaev	Khasan Khalmurzaev	Rustam Orujov	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	Yang Yung-wei	43	▲ +2
23	Ryuju Nagayama	Gwak Dong-han	Francisco Garrigós	Francisco Garrigós	Nikoloz Sherazadishvili	42	–
24	Nikoloz Sherazadishvili	Nikoloz Sherazadishvili	Hisayoshi Harasawa	Rustam Orujov	An Chang-rim	40	▼ -3
25	Tato Grigalashvili	Saeid Mollaei	Nikoloz Sherazadishvili	An Chang-rim	Kim Min-jong	39	▲ +1
26	Mashu Baker	Beslan Mudranov	Khasan Khalmurzaev	Nikoloz Sherazadishvili	An Ba-ul	38	▼ -19
27	Lasha Bekauri	Francisco Garrigós	Sanshiro Murao	Yang Yung-wei	Daniel Cargnin	38	▲ +2
28	Saeid Mollaei	Mashu Baker	Yang Yung-wei	Khasan Khalmurzaev	Muzaffarbek Turoboyev	37	▲ +5
29	Beslan Mudranov	Rafael Silva	Vazha Margvelashvili	Kim Min-jong	Shohei Ono	37	▼ -20
30	Elmar Gasimov	Elmar Gasimov	Saeid Mollaei	Hisayoshi Harasawa	Yeldos Smetov	36	▼ -14
31	Henk Grol	Avtandili Tchrikishvili	Gwak Dong-han	Vazha Margvelashvili	Luka Maisuradze	35	▲ +4
32	Masashi Ebinuma	Cho Gu-ham	Kim Min-jong	Daniel Cargnin	Saeid Mollaei	34	▼ -1
33	Cho Gu-ham	Yang Yung-wei	Mashu Baker	Ilia Sulamanidze	Vazha Margvelashvili	33	▼ -4
34	Yang Yung-wei	Davlat Bobonov	Inal Tasoev	Saeid Mollaei	Luka Mkheidze	32	▲ +4
35	Vazha Margvelashvili	Vazha Margvelashvili	Muzaffarbek Turoboyev	Muzaffarbek Turoboyev	Nemanja Majdov	31	▲ +2
36	Cyrille Maret	Hidayat Heydarov	Davlat Bobonov	Luka Maisuradze	Davlat Bobonov	30	–
37	Orkhan Safarov	Daniel Cargnin	Elmar Gasimov	Davlat Bobonov	Denis Vieru	30	▲ +3
38	Davlat Bobonov	Inal Tasoev	Rafael Silva	Ryoma Tanaka	Ryoma Tanaka	30	–
39	Kirill Denisov	Luka Maisuradze	Daniel Cargnin	Andy Granda	Andy Granda	29	–
40	Jorge Fonseca	Michael Korrel	Michael Korrel	Michael Korrel	Lee Joon-hwan	29	▲ +1
41	Kim Won-jin	Jorge Fonseca	Nemanja Majdov	Nemanja Majdov	Michael Korrel	28	▼ -1
42	Beka Gviniashvili	Andy Granda	Ilia Sulamanidze	Rafael Silva	Takeshi Takeoka	28	▲ +6
43	Kokoro Kageura	Cyrille Maret	Luka Maisuradze	Lee Joon-hwan	Cho Gu-ham	27	–
44	Michael Korrel	Iván Felipe Silva Morales	Andy Granda	Luka Mkheidze	Jorge Fonseca	27	–
45	Sagi Muki	Orkhan Safarov	Cho Gu-ham	Mashu Baker	Tamerlan Bashaev	27	–
46	Toma Nikiforov	Beka Gviniashvili	Denis Vieru	Cho Gu-ham	Temur Rakhimov	27	–
47	Daniel Cargnin	Kokoro Kageura	Jorge Fonseca	Denis Vieru	Rustam Orujov	26	▼ -18
48	Georgii Zantaraia	Sagi Muki	Luka Mkheidze	Jorge Fonseca	Arman Adamian	25	▲ +1
49	Travis Stevens	Toma Nikiforov	Tamerlan Bashaev	Tamerlan Bashaev	Goki Tajima	25	▲ +9
50	Elkhan Mammadov	Kim Won-jin	Iván Felipe Silva Morales	Temur Rakhimov	Manuel Lombardo	25	–

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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