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

301

Alisha Kim

0.082

302

Camille Johns

0.081

304

Madelyn Hyde

0.081

305

Manya Vattikuti

0.080

306

Madeleine De Leon-Wagner

0.079

307

Aadhya Mamillapalli

0.078

308

Rohan Boonapalli

0.076

310

Maris Vega

0.066

311

Ella Layton

0.066

312

Judah Carpenter

0.063

313

Srihan Yerram

0.062

314

Paige Bianchini

0.059

315

Albert Cai

0.059

316

Karenna Mehta

0.059

318

Matthew Wang

0.056

319

Esther Goldman

0.056

320

Shivansh Sathya

0.056

321

Eesha Gunukula

0.055

322

Max Feinsten

0.055

323

Serena Blutter

0.055

324

William McLain

0.055

325

Nathan Wu

0.055

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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