Debate Land Public Forum & Lincoln Douglas Rankings

Debate Land is proud to offer comprehensive national circuit rankings for Public Forum and Lincoln-Douglas debate. We believe that by providing comprehensive and transparent rankings, we can foster a more inclusive, legitimate, and competitive debate community. Debate Land uses a proprietary metric of ranking debaters colloquially known as the OTR Score. It awards points based on scaled tournament attendance, high performance (deep elimination round runs), and success against difficult opponents. Every system has flaws, but the OTR 3.0 Score is an open-source metric widely available to debaters.

Last Updated:  

October 21, 2025

1) The first 500 teams are displayed. For full results, see Debate Land.
2) Read our methodology.
3) View results from past years.

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NSD Alumni represent 44 of the top 100 teams in the United States!

Rank

Team Code

Debaters

OTR

52

Mina Hu

0.803

53

Allison Liu

0.798

54

Craig O'Sullivan

0.796

55

Daniel Baek

0.792

56

Salma Gheith

0.792

58

Ethan Yang

0.755

59

Ezra Segal

0.749

60

Emma Sobel

0.743

61

Michael Ahn

0.725

62

Selina Zhang

0.721

63

Cameron Buhl

0.715

64

Flynn Williams

0.700

65

Sahaj Chahal

0.697

66

Neel Aparanji

0.695

67

Aaron Choi

0.688

68

Diya Venkataragavan

0.679

69

Faisal Hamzeh

0.678

70

Rory Baskin

0.663

71

Sreethan Karna

0.662

72

Atharva Srivastava

0.630

73

Angeline Su

0.629

74

Thatcher Hartman

0.620

75

Chloe Ren

0.619

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NSD Alumni represent 48 of the top 100 teams in the United States!

Rank

Team Code

Debaters

OTR

451

Julian Carlile & Winston Wu

0.045

452

Isabella Danahy-Levine & Julia Panos

0.045

453

Aaron D'Souza & Sarah Jafari

0.045

454

Sophia Yaokasin & Jaden Vibberts

0.045

455

Eldana Arega & Jessica Adjoyi

0.045

456

William Guo & Patrick Szura

0.045

457

Falak Dahiya & Sophia Shong

0.045

458

Dan Xie & Calvin Jiang

0.045

459

Anderson To & Ethan Litmanen

0.045

460

Daren Hu & Felix Shaitelman

0.045

461

Caleb Chen & Christian Liu

0.045

462

Jamie Yang & Jack Zhang

0.045

463

Abby Chao & Alexander Chen

0.045

464

Salomon Edery & Jonathan Benaim

0.045

465

Samantha Dinnis & Samera Kathuria

0.045

466

Sharzeh Jafferali & Alex Manso

0.044

467

Anthony Fateev & Roma Agarwal

0.044

468

Austen Richardson & Chance Hudson

0.044

469

Hana Alhamadsheh & Anika Sherer

0.044

470

Anakha Ajai & Sanaa Ram

0.044

471

Rian Sinha & Teo Kiciman

0.044

472

Rushil Rana & Sreekar Garimella

0.044

473

Aaryan Gada & Leila Golzari-Hunt

0.044

474

Lois Goldman & Daniel Hyken

0.043

475

Shreyansh Vatsa & Arjun Senani

0.043