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

151

Samarth Gaggar

0.050

152

Arjun Gupta

0.050

153

Payton Pan

0.050

154

Charles Wang

0.050

155

Adam Wayne

0.050

156

Kevin Zhang

0.050

157

Aarav Bollini

0.050

159

Vivaan Shahani

0.048

160

Avigail Wus

0.046

161

Aryan Rao John

0.043

162

Kellan Lynn

0.041

163

Sebastian Engle

0.040

164

Jacob Brace

0.040

165

Angeline Su

0.039

166

Mark Yu

0.039

167

Chupeng Gui

0.038

168

Changze Song

0.038

169

Sami Haddadin

0.038

170

Anna Dong

0.037

171

Michael Guffin

0.036

172

Mason Sterling

0.036

173

NagaVikhyath Malineni

0.036

174

Olivia Lu

0.036

175

Feliciano Serrano

0.036

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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