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

476

Thanvi Voruganti

0.132

477

Toby Hou

0.132

478

Max George

0.131

479

Joshua Bonilla Rivera

0.131

480

Zohayr Mir

0.131

481

Siddharth Rao

0.131

482

Owen Giberman

0.128

483

Haritha Kumaresan

0.128

484

Payton Pan

0.128

485

Sowmya Sankaran

0.128

486

Yihan Zhao

0.127

487

Sammy Vogel

0.127

488

Elliott Wildman

0.126

489

Amani Ahmed

0.126

490

Debrianna Hicks

0.125

491

Franklin Barron

0.124

492

Rohin Saharoy

0.124

493

Ashley McDonald

0.124

494

Jay Beri

0.124

495

Sam Eckersley

0.124

496

Sahith Mangu

0.124

497

Dhruv Mallick

0.124

498

Natalyia Kopack

0.124

499

Terry Ding

0.123

500

Isa Rosenblum

0.122

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

Rank

Team Code

Debaters

OTR

451

Rishi Pandhi & Baylen Shi

0.234

452

Rishabh Sankar & Viraaj Marathe

0.234

453

Afreen Jahingir & Riya Chawla

0.233

454

Owen Falk & Aari Sabnani

0.233

455

Ayana Baul & Aarna Parikh

0.233

456

Evan Guo & Luella Zhang

0.232

457

Olivia Yang & Maris Menenberg

0.232

458

William Long & Sisi Holden

0.227

459

Ved Kusurkar & Jun-hyeok Moon

0.226

460

Meghana Mali & Sahasra Muccala

0.224

461

Anisha Chandra & Natalie Berman

0.224

462

Anna Kuck & Madeline Hadar

0.223

463

Ethan Zhang & Claire Gao

0.222

464

Edison Xiong & Milan Kapasi

0.221

465

Chloe Zou & Eva Averin

0.221

466

Andrew Wu & Ethan Tauro

0.221

467

Jackson Zarro & Aditya Arora

0.220

468

Yuvika Rao & Claire Leo

0.220

469

Shravya Sethi & Diya Bidani

0.220

470

Ashwin Raghav & Abhigyan Mishra

0.220

471

Sophia Plastaras & Rowan Bastien

0.219

472

Rishya Vemireddy & Advaita Ayuluri

0.218

473

Carter Nesvold & Molly Brothers

0.217

474

Jake Caravello & Holden Leidl

0.216

475

Yewon Woo & Alexandria McGinness

0.215