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:  

December 17, 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

276

Valerie Schmitt

0.233

277

Saraphina Zhao

0.228

278

Princeton Kang

0.228

279

Camille Johns

0.226

280

Aarya Patel

0.226

281

Max Feinsten

0.225

282

Elili Flore

0.224

283

Tomas Gonzalez

0.222

284

Eesha Gunukula

0.222

285

Hasini Kandula

0.222

286

Diya Yadav

0.221

287

Aiden Randolph

0.220

288

Vivaan Dudeja

0.219

289

Wareesha Islam

0.217

290

Sam Elichman

0.215

291

Owen Fua

0.215

292

Gabe Koh

0.213

293

Olivia Lu

0.213

295

Beckett Vidrine

0.206

296

Ketan Nallamshetty

0.204

297

Josh Kleyner

0.203

298

Teague Cantey

0.203

300

Joselyn Coon

0.200

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

Rank

Team Code

Debaters

OTR

151

Gia Jhaveri & Amanda Lee

0.666

152

Baylen Shi & Roha Rupareliya

0.657

153

Ryan Tung & Blair Shao

0.654

154

Smriti Shankar & Sowmiya Deventhira-Raja

0.653

155

Vyas Vishnukumar & Suhas Chelluri

0.647

156

Pavanaj Gupta & Jocelyn Wu

0.643

157

Ryan Gell & Diego Gonzalez

0.637

158

Deniz Soral & Max Emanuel

0.614

159

Sophia Xiong & Diya Bhootra

0.614

160

Krish Patel & Brian Sun

0.613

161

Aidan Lee & Ian Lee

0.605

162

Vismay Avadhani & Samyak Duggirala

0.604

163

Colin Donovan & Preston Kyle

0.602

164

Reuben Mackler & Nathan Brawner

0.599

165

Sharat Sakamuri & Daniel Li

0.578

166

Erina Li & Jessica Wang

0.577

167

Makayla Chang & Evan Huang

0.576

168

lillian walker & Tania Mulay

0.560

169

Niel Peddibhotla & Swapneil Bose

0.559

170

Iris Ai & Nandini Bhatt

0.557

171

Rishi Golla & Shayaan Farooqi

0.556

172

Ethan Chen & Aaron Pinto

0.552

173

Saashiv Gupta & Sahi Popuri

0.552

174

Sushen Baruri & Malaika Hollis

0.541

175

Jayden Padwalkar & Alyssa Chen

0.540