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:  

February 03, 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

351

Christina Brown

0.247

352

Jonah Kim

0.245

353

Natalie Chen

0.244

354

Esther Goldman

0.239

355

Nicholas Fedorov

0.238

356

Amy Jia

0.237

357

Sami Haddadin

0.237

358

Sanjith Tammana

0.235

359

Sage Stanley

0.234

360

Audrey Fan

0.229

361

Joy Wei

0.228

362

Jackson Willis

0.227

363

Camille Johns

0.226

364

Max Feinsten

0.225

365

James Gong

0.225

367

Lavanya Dixit

0.223

368

Diya Yadav

0.221

369

Tiffany Gao

0.221

370

Aarini Chadha

0.217

371

Chase Richmond

0.216

372

Sam Elichman

0.215

373

Anna Dong

0.214

374

Gabe Koh

0.213

375

Olivia Lu

0.213

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

Rank

Team Code

Debaters

OTR

376

Abby Chao & Alexander Chen

0.306

377

Alex Somers & Ethan Hill

0.304

378

Mithil Gontla & Ishaan Gokaraju

0.304

379

Sam Cedar & Nico Cofino

0.304

380

Zidaan Barodawala & Iris Ai

0.302

381

Paulina Geffen & Miranda Pierce

0.300

382

Charlotte Bruneau & Matthew Sosin

0.299

383

Justina Hoshovsky & Shaun Wu

0.298

384

Melody Cheng & Cristina Alvarez

0.297

385

Joshua Zhao & Joseph Hu

0.293

386

Tilak Datta Iyer & Jacob Brace

0.291

387

Audrey Yang & Christian Lee

0.290

388

Shaurya Mishra & Kap Nedunoori

0.290

389

Teddy Rasmussen & David Abrams

0.289

390

Aarav Saini & Vivaan Sadare

0.289

391

Advait Wankhede & Gautham Ramalingam

0.288

392

Ben Rask & Richard Park

0.287

393

Vaibhav Muthuraman & Sai Balaji

0.286

394

Alonso Ramirez & Connor Spaans

0.283

395

Ryaan Siraj & Aayan Cheema

0.282

396

Conner Davidson & Fawwaz Mohammed

0.282

397

Avi sawhney & Jacob Brace

0.281

398

Benjamin Hunt & Carson Scott

0.281

399

Praneeth Reddy Annapureddy & Prisha Yelamanchili

0.280

400

Anshika Ravula & Divya Bhavanam

0.279