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

51

Sreekarthikeya Kankanala

0.242

52

Taejun Kim

0.239

53

Veronica Zhang

0.237

54

Vincent Wang

0.234

55

Claire Sun

0.234

56

Carter Nelson

0.234

59

Aaron Choi

0.226

60

Alicia Zihenni

0.222

61

Sreethan Karna

0.177

62

Neel Aparanji

0.176

63

Chloe Ren

0.164

64

Advika Prakash

0.164

65

Craig O'Sullivan

0.161

67

Aalekh Arapalli

0.157

68

Naumika Naresh

0.155

69

Sarita Satynarayana

0.155

70

Cameron Buhl

0.155

71

Shiwen Huang

0.155

72

Victor Kang

0.152

73

Hayul (Ellie) Kim

0.152

74

Jasmine Shao

0.149

75

Shyam Muhunthan

0.149

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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