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

301

Arjun Gupta

0.199

302

Stephen Gao

0.199

303

Natalie Chen

0.198

304

Sanjeev Arora

0.195

305

Eric Xiong

0.194

306

Elena Zhang

0.193

307

Siddharth Lagisetty

0.193

308

Shimaz Hoque

0.190

309

Shiva Sambandam

0.189

310

Kanya Annamalai

0.188

311

Tiffany Au

0.184

312

Joy Wei

0.183

313

Renee Ding

0.183

314

Chloe Kang

0.183

315

Madelyn Hyde

0.182

316

Yulong Gong

0.179

317

Enoch Shao

0.178

318

Jiayu Tang

0.178

320

Derek Shah

0.176

321

Oliver Tan

0.176

322

Charlie Pan

0.175

323

Ranbeer Arora

0.175

324

Vivaan Shahani

0.175

325

Tiffany Gao

0.174

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

Rank

Team Code

Debaters

OTR

351

Sarayu Pasumarthi & Adya Balakrishnan

0.206

352

Ian Chang & Wilson Yao

0.205

353

Nakul Banka & Ayush Iyengar

0.204

354

Hyunji Jeong & Dhruv Mohan

0.204

355

Kingston Harrison & Sarah Teng

0.203

356

Jaycee Marquez & Anagha Devarakonda

0.202

357

William Mastella & Nicholas Powell

0.200

358

Aashna Bhakkad & Zayd Mahmud

0.200

359

Jamie Yang & Jack Zhang

0.200

360

Chloe Chung & Alexander Chen

0.199

361

Zahin Kapoor & Milan Kapasi

0.198

362

Arianna Hanes & Cybele Pirok

0.197

363

Gary Ayala & Eli Chen

0.196

364

Maggie Cheng & Priscilla Yu

0.195

365

Micah Tang & Alice Wang

0.195

366

Eliza Walker & Rogan Venison

0.195

367

James Chen & Collin Cui

0.195

368

Liam Findley & William Mastella

0.194

369

Charlotte Bruneau & Matthew Sosin

0.190

370

Akash Thomas & Zahin Kapoor

0.190

371

Amanda Zhong & Stephanie Yan

0.189

372

Nathan Hadi & Ian Ngo

0.185

373

Alex Somers & Antonio Rico

0.185

374

Jack Dufner & Jake Caravello

0.183

375

Max Benitez & Zavier Scott

0.183