World Archery Rankings
The World Archery Rankings is a ranking system developed by the World Archery Federation for international competitive archery. It is calculated using a points system and published following major World Archery tournaments.
The ranking system was first developed in 2001, and calculation method updated in 2010. At present, rankings are maintained for:
- Recurve archery: Men's Individual, Women's Individual, Men's Team, Women's Team, Mixed Team
- Compound archery: Men's Individual, Women's Individual, Men's Team, Women's Team, Mixed Team
- Para-archery: Recurve Men W2, Recurve Men Standing, Compound Men W1, Compound Men Open, Recurve Women W2, Recurve Women Standing, Compound Women Open, Visually Impaired Open
- Nations: National rankings based on all disciplines
Calculation
Each archer or team earns a ranking score for each competition. The ranking scores are calculated through a combination of the ranking factor of the tournament and points based on the competitor's final position in the competition. The archer's four highest ranking scores are then combined to form their total score, which forms the basis of the ranking list.Ranking Factor
Only results achieved at official ranking events can count towards the overall rankings. These events include the major World Archery Federation tournaments, and other international, regional and national events that have applied and been approved for ranking status.The tournament ranking factor is calculated on the basis of three sub-factors, Quality, Quantity and Period, which are multiplied together to produce the overall tournament factor. The factor can vary between disciplines at the same event.
For instance, the Ranking Factor of a tournament for individuals with 60 archers, of whom 10 are in the top 50, that took place 18 months ago, would be:
2.5 ' x
0.9 ' x
0.5 =
1.125
Quality
The Quality sub-factor takes into account the level of competition at the tournament. A score is assigned based on the prestige of the event, for the major World Archery Federation tournaments, and the number of top archers or teams at other competitions. The quality factor points are assigned as follows:Individual
Team
Quantity
The Quantity sub-factor assigns a score based on the number of archers competing as follows:Individual
Team
Period
The Period sub-factor is dependent on when the competition took place, allowing the Ranking Factor to emphasise the most recent tournaments as follows:Ranking Points
Ranking Points are awarded based on the team or competitor's final position at the competition. This is then multiplied by the Ranking Factor to produce the overall Ranking Score for that team or competitor at that tournament. For instance, an archer who finished 4th in the competition used in the example above would receive the following Ranking Score:1.125 ' x
12 ' =
13.5
A team or competitor's best four Ranking Scores are then combined to produce the Added Ranking Score, which forms the basis of the rankings list. No more than two Ranking Scores whose period factor is lower than 1 may be used to calculate the Added Ranking Score.
Ranking Points are awarded as follows:
Individual
Team
Current Rankings
- o: Current Olympic champion '
- wc: Current World champion
- cup: Current World Cup winner '
Recurve
Men's individual recurve
Rankings at 2 April 2019Women's individual recurve
Rankings at 18 July 2016Men's team recurve
Rankings at 18 July 2016Women's team recurve
Rankings at 18 July 2016Mixed team recurve
Rankings at 18 July 2016Compound
Men's individual compound
Rankings at 18 July 2016Women's individual compound
Rankings at 18 July 2016Men's team compound
Rankings at 18 July 2016Women's team compound
Rankings at 18 July 2016Mixed team compound
Rankings at 18 July 2016Number one ranked archers
The following archers have achieved the number one individual position since the inception of the rankings in 2001:Recurve
Men| # | Player | Date first reached | Total days | - | - |
| 0 | !a | !a | August 1, 2001 | -9999 | |
| 1 | ' | August 1, 2001 | 468 | - | - |
| 2 | ' | October 1, 2001 | 594 | - | - |
| 3 | ' | 31 May 2002 | 246 | - | - |
| 4 | ' | May 25, 2003 | 37 | - | - |
| 5 | ' | July 1, 2003 | 96 | - | - |
| 6 | ' | June 1, 2004 | 622 | - | - |
| 7 | ' | September 1, 2004 | 637 | - | - |
| 8 | ' | June 11, 2006 | 121 | - | - |
| 9 | ' | October 10, 2006 | 282 | - | - |
| 10 | ' | May 12, 2009 | 461 | - | - |
| 11 | ' | August 16, 2010 | 652 | - | - |
| 12 | ' | May 30, 2011 | 398 | - | - |
| 13 | ' | April 3, 2013 | 439 | - | - |
| 14 | ' | June 16, 2014 | 369 | - | - |
| 15 | ' | March 29, 2015 | 42 | - | - |
Women
| # | Player | Date first reached | Total days | - | - |
| 0 | !a | !a | August 1, 2001 | -9999 | |
| 1 | ' | August 1, 2001 | 212 | - | - |
| 2 | ' | October 1, 2001 | 1264 | - | - |
| 3 | ' | September 1, 2003 | 366 | - | - |
| 4 | ' | July 1, 2005 | 466 | - | - |
| 5 | ' | October 10, 2006 | 237 | - | - |
| 6 | ' | June 4, 2007 | 1195 | - | - |
| 7 | ' | July 24, 2007 | 35 | - | - |
| 8 | ' | August 16, 2010 | 122 | - | - |
| 9 | ' | May 30, 2011 | 628 | - | - |
| 10 | ' | August 31, 2011 | 229 | - | - |
| 11 | ' | 14 June 2012 | 61 | - | - |
| 12 | August 11, 2014 | 355 | - | - | |
| 13 | September 29, 2015 | 294 | - | - |
Compound
Men| # | Player | Date first reached | Total days | - | - |
| 0 | !a | !a | August 1, 2001 | -9999 | |
| 1 | ' | August 1, 2001 | 163 | - | - |
| 2 | ' | December 31, 2001 | 609 | - | - |
| 3 | ' | September 1, 2003 | 274 | - | - |
| 4 | ' | June 1, 2004 | 384 | - | - |
| 5 | ' | July 1, 2005 | 361 | - | - |
| 6 | ' | June 27, 2006 | 776 | - | - |
| 7 | ' | April 23, 2007 | 92 | - | - |
| 8 | ' | July 24, 2007 | 733 | - | - |
| 9 | ' | June 18, 2008 | 710 | - | - |
| 10 | ' | May 30, 2011 | 348 | - | - |
| 11 | ' | October 7, 2013 | 656 | - | - |
| 12 | ' | May 31, 2015 | 120 | - | - |
| 13 | ' | September 13, 2015 | 211 | - | - |
| 14 | ' | June 20, 2016 | 29 | - | - |
Women
| # | Player | Date first reached | Total days | - | - |
| 0 | !a | !a | August 1, 2001 | -9999 | |
| 1 | ' | August 1, 2001 | 356 | - | - |
| 2 | ' | July 23, 2002 | 59 | - | - |
| 3 | ' | September 20, 2002 | 134 | - | - |
| 4 | ' | February 1, 2003 | 150 | - | - |
| 5 | ' | July 1, 2003 | 62 | - | - |
| 6 | ' | September 1, 2003 | 343 | - | - |
| 7 | ' | July 10, 2004 | 326 | - | - |
| 8 | ' | July 1, 2005 | 345 | - | - |
| 9 | ' | June 11, 2006 | 386 | - | - |
| 10 | ' | July 2, 2007 | 284 | - | - |
| 11 | ' | April 11, 2008 | 385 | - | - |
| 12 | ' | May 7, 2008 | 42 | - | - |
| 13 | ' | June 12, 2009 | 48 | - | - |
| 14 | ' | July 30, 2009 | 14 | - | - |
| 15 | ' | August 13, 2009 | 300 | - | - |
| 16 | ' | June 9, 2010 | 529 | - | - |
| 17 | ' | August 16, 2010 | 25 | - | - |
| 18 | ' | September 10, 2010 | 262 | - | - |
| 19 | ' | May 30, 2011 | 722 | - | - |
| 20 | ' | August 25, 2014 | 693 | - | - |
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