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:  

September 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

27

Andy Mezgravis-Miani

0.321

28

Vihaan Patel

0.319

29

Allison Liu

0.319

30

Sahaj Chahal

0.318

31

Jayden Park

0.310

32

Noah Arthur

0.308

33

Adeena Naeem

0.308

34

Diya Venkataragavan

0.305

35

Mina Hu

0.302

36

Stanley Liu

0.302

37

Riley Powell

0.300

38

Julia Thomas

0.296

39

Kaison Maruyama

0.296

41

Lilly Stobo

0.291

42

Vanessa Xu

0.291

43

Luka Mishchenko

0.291

44

Lori Li

0.285

45

Adeleine Choi

0.285

46

Roger Zhen

0.262

47

Ruby Simon

0.252

48

Preston Mallett

0.250

49

Daniel Baek

0.246

50

Faisal Hamzeh

0.246

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

Rank

Team Code

Debaters

OTR

151

Mackenzie Larson & Anika Narayanan

0.054

152

Angelina Tang & Eileen Wu

0.053

153

Audrey Ren & Ryley Chen

0.052

154

Jonah Kleinman & Alex Belman

0.052

155

Andrew Kapp & Holden Leidl

0.052

156

Kei Vo & Mayank Kiran

0.052

157

Helen Yang & Cindy Qiu

0.052

158

Sophia Zhao & Aayush Kalmadi

0.052

159

Erina Li & Jessica Wang

0.052

160

Zoe Yeh & Jacqueline Urena-Bernabel

0.052

161

Ethan Wang & Jake Paltrowitz

0.052

162

Jenna He & Riya Sreeram

0.052

163

Wenxuan Zhong & Lawrence Kuo

0.052

164

Sushen Baruri & Malaika Hollis

0.052

165

Bianka Chilongo & Vaughn McIver

0.052

166

Allison Yi & Hillary Jacques

0.051

167

Derek Tang & Annissa Li

0.051

168

Rhea Grewal & Dyuthi Pothukuchi

0.051

169

Anjika Bansal & Ishani Manral

0.051

170

Bibek Karmacharya & Lucy Immonen

0.051

171

Milan Kapasi & Jason Zhang

0.051

172

Gavin Zhao & Hoiyuen (Kevin) Chen

0.051

173

Alonso Ramirez & Connor Spaans

0.051

174

Manasi Avdhani & Ayati Yadav

0.051

175

Athena Lin & Luna Lee

0.051