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

476

Amartya Roy & Shaurya Kasi

0.043

477

Joshua Huang & Helen Yu

0.043

478

Ian Ngo & Ethan Wan

0.043

479

James Chen & Collin Cui

0.043

480

Chaaya Annamreddy & Sristi Guduru

0.043

481

Shreya Hegde & Yuvika Rao

0.043

482

Ryan Tung & Blair Shao

0.042

483

Maya Malka & Alessia Annese

0.042

484

Kathy Xu & Chloe Hu

0.042

485

Jacob Hallisey & Sam Lam

0.042

486

Parin Chanana & Anirudh Nambakkam

0.042

487

Ethan Hill & Joshua Segraves

0.042

488

Avyaya Srivastava & Eric Wang

0.042

489

Sophia Almanzar & Jiordia Innes

0.042

490

Evan Sluiters & Sebastian Scaperotto

0.042

491

Syed Armoghan & Esther Yan

0.042

492

Carter Lou & Lillian Ding

0.042

493

Kerem Celiktas & Jake Paltrowitz

0.042

494

Aditya Venkatachalam & Suvas Sureneni

0.041

495

Shaurya Shah & Dhruv Patil

0.041

496

Ryhan Bhat & Austin Gong

0.041

497

Katelyn Ye & Claire Gu

0.041

498

Hardik Garg & Cody Gao

0.041

499

Adonis Wazni & Gavin Chan

0.041

500

Thomas Rodgers & Daisy Moreno

0.041