2015–16 figure skating season


The 2015–16 figure skating season begins on July 1, 2015, and ends on June 30, 2016. Elite skaters will begin the season competing on the Grand Prix series or Junior Grand Prix series, culminating in the Grand Prix Final, and the ISU Challenger Series. Following national championships, competitors will appear at ISU Championships, such as the 2016 European, Four Continents, World Junior, and World Championships.

Season notes

Age eligibility

Partnership changes

Some skaters announced the dissolution of a partnership or formation of a new one. Listed are changes involving at least one partner who competed at Worlds, Europeans, Four Continents, Junior Worlds or the senior Grand Prix, or who medaled on the Junior Grand Prix circuit. The ISU does not permit teams to compete for two countries—if skaters of different nationalities team up, they must choose one country to represent.

Coaching changes

Retirements

Competitions

International competitions:
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International medalists

Men

Ladies

Pairs

Ice dance

Season's best scores

Men

Best total score
RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Yuzuru Hanyu330.43Grand Prix Final
2Javier Fernández314.93Worlds
3Patrick Chan290.21Four Continents
4Jin Boyang289.83Four Continents
5Shoma Uno276.79Grand Prix Final
6Denis Ten276.39Golden Spin of Zagreb
7Yan Han271.55Four Continents
8Takahito Mura268.43Four Continents
9Mikhail Kolyada267.97Worlds
10Adam Rippon264.44Worlds
11Max Aaron258.95Skate America
12Daisuke Murakami252.25Skate Canada
13Adian Pitkeev250.47Rostelecom Cup
14Ross Miner248.92Rostelecom Cup
15Artur Dmitriev247.57Ice Challenge
16Sergei Voronov244.60Rostelecom Cup
17Jorik Hendrickx243.22Coupe du Printemps
18Oleksii Bychenko242.56Europeans
19Elladj Baldé242.36Nebelhorn Trophy
20Maxim Kovtun242.21Europeans

Best short program score
RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Yuzuru Hanyu110.95Grand Prix Final
2Javier Fernández102.54Europeans
3Jin Boyang98.45Four Continents
4Patrick Chan94.84Worlds
5Denis Ten94.03Golden Spin of Zagreb
6Shoma Uno92.99Four Continents
7Mikhail Kolyada89.66Worlds
8Yan Han89.57Four Continents
9Takahito Mura89.08Four Continents
10Maxim Kovtun88.09Europeans
11Adian Pitkeev87.54Rostelecom Cup
12Max Aaron87.03Tallinn Trophy
13Konstantin Menshov86.15Skate America
14Adam Rippon85.72Worlds
15Ross Miner85.36Rostelecom Cup
16Jason Brown85.29Ice Challenge
17Ivan Righini84.47Bavarian Open
18Artur Dmitriev84.46Ice Challenge
19Sergei Voronov84.17Rostelecom Cup
20Michal Březina84.30Europeans

Best free skating score
RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Yuzuru Hanyu219.48Grand Prix Final
2Javier Fernández216.41Worlds
3Patrick Chan203.99Four Continents
4Jin Boyang191.38Four Continents
5Shoma Uno190.32Grand Prix Final
6Denis Ten182.36Golden Spin of Zagreb
7Yan Han181.98Four Continents
8Takahito Mura179.35Four Continents
9Adam Rippon178.72Rostelecom Cup
10Mikhail Kolyada178.31Worlds
11Max Aaron172.86Worlds
12Daisuke Murakami171.37Skate Canada
13Jorik Hendrickx165.77Coupe Du Printemps
14Daniel Samohin165.38Junior Worlds
15Ross Miner163.56Rostelecom Cup
16Elladj Baldé163.80Nebelhorn Trophy
17Maxim Kovtun163.24Mordovian Ornament
18Artur Dmitriev163.11Ice Challenge
19Adian Pitkeev162.93Rostelecom Cup
20Nam Nguyen162.72Skate Canada

Ladies

Best total score
RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Evgenia Medvedeva223.86Worlds
2Ashley Wagner215.39Worlds
3Satoko Miyahara214.91Four Continents
4Anna Pogorilaya214.07Mordovian Ornament
5Elena Radionova211.32Rostelecom Cup
6Gracie Gold211.29Worlds
7Adelina Sotnikova203.89Mordovian Ornament
8Elizaveta Tuktamysheva201.33Golden Spin of Zagreb
9Mao Asada200.30Worlds
10Rika Hongo199.15Worlds
11Gabrielle Daleman195.68Worlds
12Polina Tsurskaya195.28JGP Final
13Mirai Nagasu193.86Four Continents
14Marin Honda192.98Junior Worlds
15Maria Sotskova188.72Junior Worlds
16Yuna Shiraiwa186.80JGP Spain
17Alisa Fedichkina186.38JGP Spain
18Yuka Nagai185.93Bavarian Open
19Li Zijun184.52Worlds
20Wakaba Higuchi183.73Junior Worlds

Best short program score
RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Gracie Gold76.43Worlds
2Adelina Sotnikova75.57Mordovian Ornament
3Evgenia Medvedeva74.58Grand Prix Final
4Anna Pogorilaya73.98Worlds
5Ashley Wagner73.16Worlds
6Satoko Miyahara72.48Four Continents
7Elena Radionova71.79Rostelecom Cup
8Mao Asada71.73Cup of China
9Rika Hongo69.89Worlds
10Elizaveta Tuktamysheva69.48Golden Spin of Zagreb
11Kanako Murakami68.51Four Continents
12Alaine Chartrand67.38Rostelecom Cup
12Gabrielle Daleman67.38Worlds
14Yulia Lipnitskaya66.73Cup of Tyrol
15Polina Tsurskaya66.69JGP Final
16Alisa Fedichkina66.16JGP Spain
17Marin Honda66.11Junior Worlds
18Mirai Nagasu66.06Four Continents
19Yura Matsuda65.71JGP Spain
20Courtney Hicks65.60NHK Trophy

Best free skating score
RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Evgenia Medvedeva150.10Worlds
2Satoko Miyahara142.43Four Continents
3Ashley Wagner142.23Worlds
4Anna Pogorilaya141.81Mordovian Ornament
5Elena Radionova139.53Rostelecom Cup
6Gracie Gold137.41Skate America
7Mao Asada134.43Worlds
8Elizaveta Tuktamysheva133.62Skate Canada
9Rika Hongo129.97Cup of China
10Polina Tsurskaya128.59JGP Final
11Adelina Sotnikova128.32Mordovian Ornament
12Gabrielle Daleman128.30Worlds
13Mirai Nagasu127.80Four Continents
14Marin Honda126.87Junior Worlds
15Wakaba Higuchi125.65Junior Worlds
16Yuna Shiraiwa124.29JGP Spain
17Maria Sotskova123.94Junior Worlds
18Serafima Sakhanovich122.52Warsaw Cup
19Elizabet Tursynbayeva121.99Worlds
20Yuka Nagai120.51Bavarian Open

Pairs

Best total score
RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford231.99Worlds
2Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov229.44Grand Prix Final
3Sui Wenjing / Han Cong224.47Worlds
4Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov222.66Europeans
5Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot216.17Worlds
6Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov216.00Cup of China
7Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim207.96Four Continents
8Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov206.27Worlds
9Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau200.98Grand Prix Final
10Liubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch199.52Worlds
11Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang197.75Cup of China
12Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert196.22Mordovian Ornament
13Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao193.04Rostelecom Cup
14Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise191.98Warsaw Cup
15Vera Bazarova / Andrei Deputat191.25Cup of Tyrol
16Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro190.90Worlds
17Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei186.76Cup of China
18Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès185.83Worlds
19Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov185.00Ondrej Nepela Trophy
20Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek182.61Europeans

Best short program score
RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Sui Wenjing / Han Cong80.85Worlds
2Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov79.77Europeans
3Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford78.18Worlds
4Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot76.30Warsaw Cup
5Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov76.02Mordovian Ornament
6Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov75.45Rostelecom Cup
7Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov73.06Golden Spin of Zagreb
8Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim71.37Worlds
9Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau71.16Grand Prix Final
10Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang70.06Cup of China
11Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei69.36Cup of China
12Liubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch68.17Worlds
13Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao68.10Rostelecom Cup
14Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert67.64Mordovian Ornament
15Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès66.69Worlds
16Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro66.06Worlds
17Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise65.36Warsaw Cup
18Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov65.06Golden Spin of Zagreb
19Vera Bazarova / Andrei Deputat64.91Cup of Tyrol
20Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař64.71Junior Worlds

Best free skating score
RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov154.60Grand Prix Final
2Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford153.81Worlds
3Sui Wenjing / Han Cong143.62Worlds
4Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov143.55Cup of China
5Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot142.98Tallinn Trophy
6Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov142.89Europeans
7Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim140.35Four Continents
8Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov134.27Worlds
9Liubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch131.35Worlds
10Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau129.82Grand Prix Final
11Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert128.58Mordovian Ornament
12Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang127.69Cup of China
13Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise126.62Warsaw Cup
14Vera Bazarova / Andrei Deputat126.34Cup of Tyrol
15Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao124.94Rostelecom Cup
16Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro124.84Worlds
17Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov124.50Ondrej Nepela Trophy
18Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek124.14Europeans
19Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès123.45Europeans
20Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea122.45Rostelecom Cup

Ice dance

Best total score
RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron194.46Worlds
2Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani188.43Worlds
3Madison Chock / Evan Bates185.77Worlds
4Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte182.72Worlds
5Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje182.66Grand Prix Final
6Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue176.81Worlds
7Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin176.70Mordovian Ornament
8Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev176.50Europeans
9Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland173.17Worlds
10Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier173.07Worlds
11Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov172.65Europeans
12Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri172.28Golden Spin of Zagreb
13Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin165.55Europeans
14Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter163.65Junior Worlds
15Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons162.74Junior Worlds
16Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko160.98Mordovian Ornament
17Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley158.05Europeans
18Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd153.64JGP Austria
19Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker153.06Golden Spin of Zagreb
20Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen152.79Europeans

Best short dance score
RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron76.29Worlds
2Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani74.70Worlds
3Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje72.75Grand Prix Final
4Madison Chock / Evan Bates72.46Worlds
5Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte72.31Europeans
6Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier70.70Worlds
7Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin70.12Mordovian Ornament
8Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue69.36Four Continents
9Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev68.71Europeans
10Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov68.33Europeans
11Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri68.24Golden Spin of Zagreb
12Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland68.23Worlds
13Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons67.88Junior Worlds
14Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin66.65Europeans
15Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter66.25JGP United States
Junior Worlds
16Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko65.28Mordovian Ornament
17Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley62.24Europeans
18Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen62.19Europeans
19Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac61.83JGP Spain
20Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd61.73JGP Austria

Best free dance score
RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron118.17Worlds
2Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani113.73Worlds
3Madison Chock / Evan Bates113.31Worlds
4Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte112.07Worlds
5Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje110.18Worlds
6Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue108.37Worlds
7Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev107.79Europeans
8Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin106.58Mordovian Ornament
9Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland104.94Worlds
10Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov104.32Europeans
11Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri104.04Golden Spin of Zagreb
12Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier102.37Worlds
13Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin99.46Worlds
14Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko98.94Tallinn Trophy
15Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter97.40Junior Worlds
16Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley95.81Europeans
17Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons94.86Junior Worlds
18Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker94.30Skate America
19Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar92.98Denkova Staviski Cup
20Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd92.26Junior Worlds

Standings and ranking

Season-end standings (top 30)

Men's singles

Ladies' singles

Pairs

Ice dance

Season's ranking (top 30)

Men's singles

Ladies' singles

Pairs

Ice dance