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

101

Cameron Buhl

0.920

103

Nico Ignatowich

0.894

104

Owen Sack

0.887

105

Meera Shah

0.884

106

Michael Meng

0.875

107

Daniel Baek

0.869

108

Kevin Iwanski

0.866

109

Paul Buermann

0.850

110

Isaac Love

0.848

111

Alicia Zihenni

0.847

112

Gabrielle Torrence

0.842

114

Taejun Kim

0.831

115

Samuel Rubinstein

0.828

116

Karenna Mehta

0.821

117

Atharv Gandhi

0.817

119

Mina Hu

0.803

120

Olivia Amir

0.801

121

Vincent Wang

0.778

122

Emanuel Sasson

0.774

123

Gauri Gupta

0.773

124

Sarita Satynarayana

0.768

125

Leah Fischer

0.765

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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