Public Forum & Lincoln-Douglas Rankings

DebateDrills and NSD are proud to announce they are working together to provide high-quality, free resources to the debate community, including national PF and LD rankings. 

The DD x NSD's elo-based Public Forum and Lincoln-Douglas debate rankings give competitors points based on winning and losing rounds against the strength of the opposing team compared to theirs; i.e., defeating a stronger team gives competitors more points while losing to a weaker team will result in a greater loss of points.

There is an additional bonus for reaching elimination rounds based on the size of the tournament, and elo losses in elimination debates are scaled down to reward those who advanced past preliminary rounds. Tournaments with more entries and thus more bids are given proportionally more weight.

Our open-sourced code and results are available here. Please email support@debatedrills.com if you have questions about our rankings.

Last updated: March 11 2025

Notes:
1) 
All DebateDrills Club Team students are highlighted in blue!
2) Rankings are limited to the top 500 debaters for each event. For full results, please visit the
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Rank

School

Debater

Elo

1

Lynbrook BZ

Bolang Zhu

1857.212

1

Lynbrook BZ

Bolang Zhu

1857.212

2

Harker SD

Siddhartha Daswani

1855.917

2

Harker SD

Siddhartha Daswani

1855.917

3

Lynbrook OM

Om Modi

1844.268

3

Lynbrook OM

Om Modi

1844.268

4

Harrison RP

Reese Potash

1831.477

4

Harrison RP

Reese Potash

1831.477

5

Harrison JG

Jack Gessner

1821.095

5

Harrison JG

Jack Gessner

1821.095

6

OCSA IL

Iva Liu

1799.026

6

OCSA IL

Iva Liu

1799.026

7

Marlborough OO

Olivia Ohr

1791.312

7

Marlborough OO

Olivia Ohr

1791.312

8

Marlborough AM

Abby Merges

1787.787

8

Marlborough AM

Abby Merges

1787.787

9

Greenhill SK

Sarah Koshy

1786.937

9

Greenhill SK

Sarah Koshy

1786.937

10

Los Altos AK

Abhinav Kasturi

1785.681

10

Los Altos AK

Abhinav Kasturi

1785.681

11

Lynbrook VV

Vikrant Vadathavoor

1777.112

11

Lynbrook VV

Vikrant Vadathavoor

1777.112

12

Strake Jesuit JW

Justin Wen

1773.178

12

Strake Jesuit JW

Justin Wen

1773.178

13

Barrington AC

Albert Cai

1771.312

13

Barrington AC

Albert Cai

1771.312

14

Strake Jesuit KM

Kelvin Meng

1765.089

14

Strake Jesuit KM

Kelvin Meng

1765.089

15

Lake Highland Prep PS

Prateek Seela

1758.403

15

Lake Highland Prep PS

Prateek Seela

1758.403

16

Peninsula SU

Sterling Utovac

1756.796

16

Peninsula SU

Sterling Utovac

1756.796

17

Peninsula AL

Austin Loui

1756.382

17

Peninsula AL

Austin Loui

1756.382

18

Harker RA

Roshan Amurthur

1741.67

18

Harker RA

Roshan Amurthur

1741.67

19

Villag SZ

Selina Zhang

1737.312

19

Villag SZ

Selina Zhang

1737.312

20

Harvard-Westlake WL

William Liu

1736.238

20

Harvard-Westlake WL

William Liu

1736.238

21

Isidore Newman AB

Andrew Brandt

1735.657

21

Isidore Newman AB

Andrew Brandt

1735.657

22

Harker SS

Sofia Shah

1732.587

22

Harker SS

Sofia Shah

1732.587

23

Horace Greeley SG

Salma Gheith

1732.061

23

Horace Greeley SG

Salma Gheith

1732.061

24

BASIS Scottsdale TK

Taejun Kim

1731.916

24

BASIS Scottsdale TK

Taejun Kim

1731.916

25

American Heritage Broward CW

Chloe Wolf

1727.53

25

American Heritage Broward CW

Chloe Wolf

1727.53

26

Waring MB

Micah Byron-Smarra

1725.954

26

Waring MB

Micah Byron-Smarra

1725.954

27

Harrison JB

Jack Borman

1720.145

27

Harrison JB

Jack Borman

1720.145

28

Acton-Boxborough NK

Neel Kannambadi

1719.158

28

Acton-Boxborough NK

Neel Kannambadi

1719.158

29

Cary Acad RR

Riley Ro

1714.486

29

Cary Acad RR

Riley Ro

1714.486

30

Monta Vista EY

Ethan Yang

1712.629

30

Monta Vista EY

Ethan Yang

1712.629

31

Marlborough PP

Penelope Pressman

1710.289

31

Marlborough PP

Penelope Pressman

1710.289

32

Clear Lake RM

Rowan MacLean

1708.505

32

Clear Lake RM

Rowan MacLean

1708.505

33

Valley Christian CL

Christopher Liu

1706.704

33

Valley Christian CL

Christopher Liu

1706.704

34

Harker LC

Lucas Cao

1706.262

34

Harker LC

Lucas Cao

1706.262

35

Loyola RV

Rishad Vaghaiwalla

1705.338

35

Loyola RV

Rishad Vaghaiwalla

1705.338

36

Harrison BS

Brooke Schiano-Gonzalez

1704.343

36

Harrison BS

Brooke Schiano-Gonzalez

1704.343

37

Westlake MR

Miller Roberts

1701.852

37

Westlake MR

Miller Roberts

1701.852

38

Northland Christian AH

Anderson Hendrix

1701.047

38

Northland Christian AH

Anderson Hendrix

1701.047

39

Harker NB

Nikhil Bawa

1699.549

39

Harker NB

Nikhil Bawa

1699.549

40

Lake Highland Prep WH

Wali Hasan

1699.31

40

Lake Highland Prep WH

Wali Hasan

1699.31

41

Flintridge Prep IL

Isaac Love

1698.09

41

Flintridge Prep IL

Isaac Love

1698.09

42

Brophy TJ

Timothy Jiang

1698.026

42

Brophy TJ

Timothy Jiang

1698.026

43

Harker SS

Sanjith Senthil

1697.546

43

Harker SS

Sanjith Senthil

1697.546

44

Plano West AR

Angel Ribo

1696.238

44

Plano West AR

Angel Ribo

1696.238

45

Harvard-Westlake KM

Kaison Maruyama

1695.301

45

Harvard-Westlake KM

Kaison Maruyama

1695.301

46

Monta Vista AA

Aarnav Agrawal

1694.076

46

Monta Vista AA

Aarnav Agrawal

1694.076

47

Coppell KT

Kaitlyn Tapia

1693.532

47

Coppell KT

Kaitlyn Tapia

1693.532

48

Ridge MS

Meera Shah

1691.055

48

Ridge MS

Meera Shah

1691.055

49

Lakeside SH

Shiwen Huang

1690.696

49

Lakeside SH

Shiwen Huang

1690.696

50

Sharks Independent WL

William Li

1690.374

50

Sharks Independent WL

William Li

1690.374

51

Greenhill AK

Aaron Kuang

1689.028

51

Greenhill AK

Aaron Kuang

1689.028

52

Memorial EJ

Erin Jia

1688.994

52

Memorial EJ

Erin Jia

1688.994

53

Harrison AGa

Andrew Gaffin

1688.628

53

Harrison AGa

Andrew Gaffin

1688.628

54

McNeil AS

Atharva Srivastava

1685.549

54

McNeil AS

Atharva Srivastava

1685.549

55

Amador Valley EM

Ella Min

1681.207

55

Amador Valley EM

Ella Min

1681.207

56

Harvard-Westlake AS

August Sone

1679.809

56

Harvard-Westlake AS

August Sone

1679.809

57

Marlborough LS

Lucia Sanchez Gagerman

1677.093

57

Marlborough LS

Lucia Sanchez Gagerman

1677.093

58

Memorial CS

Chloe Shao

1675.422

58

Memorial CS

Chloe Shao

1675.422

59

Peninsula AY

Aaron Yi

1674.903

59

Peninsula AY

Aaron Yi

1674.903

60

Archbishop Mitty AP

Andrew Park (Mitty)

1674.768

60

Archbishop Mitty AP

Andrew Park (Mitty)

1674.768

61

Break LH

Laura Huang

1672.74

61

Break LH

Laura Huang

1672.74

62

Lake Highland Prep HL

Harris Layson

1671.046

62

Lake Highland Prep HL

Harris Layson

1671.046

63

Peninsula BS

Brian Son

1670.559

63

Peninsula BS

Brian Son

1670.559

64

Harker TP

Tara Prem

1667.803

64

Harker TP

Tara Prem

1667.803

65

BASIS Scottsdale SS

Saish Swamidurai

1667.548

65

BASIS Scottsdale SS

Saish Swamidurai

1667.548

66

Greenhill DM

Dylan Millimet

1663.47

66

Greenhill DM

Dylan Millimet

1663.47

67

Stanford OHS AY

Amanda Yu

1662.832

67

Stanford OHS AY

Amanda Yu

1662.832

68

J.B. independent JB

Jordan Brown

1661.239

68

J.B. independent JB

Jordan Brown

1661.239

69

Harker AP

Ananya Pradhan

1661.217

69

Harker AP

Ananya Pradhan

1661.217

70

Loyola TG

Tomas Gonzalez

1659.4

70

Loyola TG

Tomas Gonzalez

1659.4

71

Head-Royce AJ

Alexander Jayaratne

1658.131

71

Head-Royce AJ

Alexander Jayaratne

1658.131

72

Jordan KV

Kush Vijapure

1656.362

72

Jordan KV

Kush Vijapure

1656.362

73

Colleyville Heritage GM

Grady Morris

1653.988

73

Colleyville Heritage GM

Grady Morris

1653.988

74

Northern Valley AC

Aaron Choi

1653.875

74

Northern Valley AC

Aaron Choi

1653.875

75

Height Easton Peters

Easton Peters

1653.303

75

Height Easton Peters

Easton Peters

1653.303

76

Dublin HS Independent AG

Aayush Gandhi

1652.418

76

Dublin HS Independent AG

Aayush Gandhi

1652.418

77

Altamont JS

Johnny Stumpff

1651.077

77

Altamont JS

Johnny Stumpff

1651.077

78

Walt Whitman HZ

Haider Zaidi

1649.985

78

Walt Whitman HZ

Haider Zaidi

1649.985

79

Northland Christian LM

Liam McDonald

1649.483

79

Northland Christian LM

Liam McDonald

1649.483

80

Sharks Independent JP

Jayden Park

1648.789

80

Sharks Independent JP

Jayden Park

1648.789

81

Marlborough RB

Rory Baskin

1647.543

81

Marlborough RB

Rory Baskin

1647.543

82

Klein Oak JW

Jackson White

1645.872

82

Klein Oak JW

Jackson White

1645.872

83

Lawrenceville MM

Michael Meng

1645.706

83

Lawrenceville MM

Michael Meng

1645.706

84

Cary Acad DH

Derek Han

1644.136

84

Cary Acad DH

Derek Han

1644.136

85

Southlake Carroll AS

Aditya Shetty

1643.643

85

Southlake Carroll AS

Aditya Shetty

1643.643

86

Sharks Independent EC

Ethan Chen

1643.234

86

Sharks Independent EC

Ethan Chen

1643.234

87

Strake Jesuit AS

Ayaan Singh

1643.14

87

Strake Jesuit AS

Ayaan Singh

1643.14

88

Monta Vista KR

Keshav Rastogi

1642.773

88

Monta Vista KR

Keshav Rastogi

1642.773

89

Strake Jesuit SR

Samuel Rubinstein

1642.199

89

Strake Jesuit SR

Samuel Rubinstein

1642.199

90

Strake Jesuit SV

Sebastian Valladolid

1642.074

90

Strake Jesuit SV

Sebastian Valladolid

1642.074

91

Vestavia Hills MH

Mina Hu

1640.958

91

Vestavia Hills MH

Mina Hu

1640.958

92

Harker AA

Angelina Antony

1640.136

92

Harker AA

Angelina Antony

1640.136

93

Mountain Lakes EW

Ethan Wu

1638.376

93

Mountain Lakes EW

Ethan Wu

1638.376

94

Jordan FJ

Fahim Jahingir

1637.128

94

Jordan FJ

Fahim Jahingir

1637.128

95

Mercer Island Independent JY

James Young

1636.783

95

Mercer Island Independent JY

James Young

1636.783

96

West Des Moines Valley LS

Landon Stull

1636.71

96

West Des Moines Valley LS

Landon Stull

1636.71

97

Newark Science AL

Ashley Lourenco

1636.1

97

Newark Science AL

Ashley Lourenco

1636.1

98

St Luke's DG

Dash Gilrain-Lennon

1633.846

98

St Luke's DG

Dash Gilrain-Lennon

1633.846

99

Winston Churchill PH

Parker Hamstra

1633.563

99

Winston Churchill PH

Parker Hamstra

1633.563

100

Lexington AL

Allison Liu

1632.705

100

Lexington AL

Allison Liu

1632.705

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