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	Guram Tushishvili	70	▲ +4
2	Lukáš Krpálek	Lukáš Krpálek	Lukáš Krpálek	Lukáš Krpálek	Teddy Riner	69	▼ -24
3	Guram Tushishvili	Guram Tushishvili	Guram Tushishvili	Guram Tushishvili	Inal Tasoev	59	▲ +10
4	Varlam Liparteliani	Varlam Liparteliani	Zelym Kotsoiev	Zelym Kotsoiev	Zelym Kotsoiev	54	–
5	Aaron Wolf	Aaron Wolf	Aaron Wolf	Inal Tasoev	Lukáš Krpálek	52	▼ -17
6	Hisayoshi Harasawa	Hisayoshi Harasawa	Varlam Liparteliani	Aaron Wolf	Aaron Wolf	47	–
7	Rafael Silva	Rafael Silva	Hisayoshi Harasawa	Varlam Liparteliani	Ilia Sulamanidze	46	▲ +11
8	Elmar Gasimov	Elmar Gasimov	Kim Min-jong	Kim Min-jong	Varlam Liparteliani	45	–
9	Henk Grol	Cho Gu-ham	Inal Tasoev	Hisayoshi Harasawa	Kim Min-jong	39	▲ +1
10	Cho Gu-ham	Inal Tasoev	Muzaffarbek Turoboyev	Ilia Sulamanidze	Muzaffarbek Turoboyev	37	▲ +5
11	Cyrille Maret	Michael Korrel	Elmar Gasimov	Muzaffarbek Turoboyev	Andy Granda	29	–
12	Jorge Fonseca	Jorge Fonseca	Rafael Silva	Andy Granda	Michael Korrel	28	▼ -1
13	Kokoro Kageura	Cyrille Maret	Michael Korrel	Michael Korrel	Cho Gu-ham	27	–
14	Michael Korrel	Andy Granda	Ilia Sulamanidze	Rafael Silva	Jorge Fonseca	27	–
15	Toma Nikiforov	Kokoro Kageura	Andy Granda	Cho Gu-ham	Tamerlan Bashaev	27	–
16	Elkhan Mammadov	Toma Nikiforov	Cho Gu-ham	Jorge Fonseca	Temur Rakhimov	27	–
17	David Moura	Tamerlan Bashaev	Jorge Fonseca	Tamerlan Bashaev	Arman Adamian	25	▲ +1
18	Ryunosuke Haga	David Moura	Tamerlan Bashaev	Temur Rakhimov	Peter Paltchik	25	–
19	Adam Okruashvili	Henk Grol	Kokoro Kageura	Kokoro Kageura	Kokoro Kageura	21	▼ -4
20	Kim Sung-min	Muzaffarbek Turoboyev	Peter Paltchik	Peter Paltchik	Matvey Kanikovskiy	21	–
21	Tamerlan Bashaev	Ryunosuke Haga	Toma Nikiforov	Arman Adamian	Rafael Silva	21	▼ -8
22	Andy Granda	Arman Adamian	Cyrille Maret	Elmar Gasimov	Hisayoshi Harasawa	20	▼ -17
23	Ryu Shichinohe	Peter Paltchik	David Moura	Matvey Kanikovskiy	Shady El Nahas	20	–
24	Inal Tasoev	Ryu Shichinohe	Henk Grol	Shady El Nahas	Alisher Yusupov	19	▲ +4
25	Niyaz Ilyasov	Zelym Kotsoiev	Ryunosuke Haga	Toma Nikiforov	Dota Arai	18	▲ +9
26	José Armenteros	Kim Sung-min	Temur Rakhimov	Cyrille Maret	Niyaz Ilyasov	17	–
27	Muzaffarbek Turoboyev	Niyaz Ilyasov	Arman Adamian	Henk Grol	Toma Nikiforov	17	▼ -2
28	Or Sasson	José Armenteros	Shady El Nahas	Niyaz Ilyasov	Kim Sung-min	16	–
29	Takeshi Ōjitani	Tatsuru Saito	Niyaz Ilyasov	David Moura	David Moura	15	▼ -1
30	Tatsuru Saito	Temur Rakhimov	Kim Sung-min	Kim Sung-min	Tatsuru Saito	15	–
31	Peter Paltchik	Ilia Sulamanidze	Alisher Yusupov	Alisher Yusupov	Dzhafar Kostoev	14	▲ +2
32	Roy Meyer	Or Sasson	Tatsuru Saito	Tatsuru Saito	Henk Grol	14	▼ -4
33	Zelym Kotsoiev	Takeshi Ōjitani	Or Sasson	Dzhafar Kostoev	Gennaro Pirelli	12	▲ +7
34	Arman Adamian	Roy Meyer	Kyle Reyes	Kyle Reyes	Ushangi Kokauri	12	▲ +6
35	Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar	Shady El Nahas	Roy Meyer	Or Sasson	Kyle Reyes	11	▼ -1
36	Temur Rakhimov	Adam Okruashvili	Martti Puumalainen	Martti Puumalainen	Martti Puumalainen	11	–
37	Ilia Sulamanidze	Kyle Reyes	Matvey Kanikovskiy	Roy Meyer	Hyōga Ōta	9	▲ +2
38	Kim Min-jong	Martti Puumalainen	Ryu Shichinohe	Dota Arai	Kentaro Iida	9	–
39	Iakiv Khammo	Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar	Adam Okruashvili	Kentaro Iida	Leonardo Gonçalves	8	▲ +2
40	Karl-Richard Frey	Kim Min-jong	Iakiv Khammo	Ryunosuke Haga	Lkhagvasürengiin Otgonbaatar	8	–
41	Kentaro Iida	Iakiv Khammo	Kentaro Iida	Takeshi Ōjitani	Roy Meyer	8	▼ -2
42	Kyle Reyes	Karl-Richard Frey	Takeshi Ōjitani	Lkhagvasürengiin Otgonbaatar	Said Sadrudinov	8	▲ +4
43	Maxim Rakov	Kentaro Iida	Alex García Mendoza	Alex García Mendoza	Alex García Mendoza	7	–
44	Renat Saidov	Maxim Rakov	Lkhagvasürengiin Otgonbaatar	Daniel Natea	Simeon Catharina	7	▲ +2
45	Alex García Mendoza	Alex García Mendoza	Ramadan Darwish	Hyōga Ōta	Thomas Briceño	7	–
46	Faïcel Jaballah	Lkhagvasürengiin Otgonbaatar	Daniel Natea	Kirill Denisov	Valeriy Endovitskiy	7	▲ +1
47	Lkhagvasürengiin Otgonbaatar	Ölziibayaryn Düürenbayar	Dzhafar Kostoev	Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar	Aleksandar Kukolj	6	–
48	Ölziibayaryn Düürenbayar	Ramadan Darwish	Hyōga Ōta	Thomas Briceño	Elkhan Mammadov	6	–
49	Ramadan Darwish	Abdullo Tangriev	José Armenteros	Aleksandar Kukolj	Kanta Nakano	6	▲ +3
50	Abdullo Tangriev	Daniel Natea	Kirill Denisov	Elkhan Mammadov	Lee Seung-yeob	6	▲ +2

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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