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

151

Aakash Mehta

0.831

152

Daniel Baek

0.826

153

Karenna Mehta

0.821

154

Gabrielle Mckenzie

0.821

155

Yifan Sheng

0.813

156

Colin Xiang

0.805

157

Mina Hu

0.803

158

Victor Kang

0.799

159

Alisha Kim

0.795

160

Christopher Cheng

0.785

161

David Nemoianu

0.777

162

Gauri Gupta

0.773

163

Ibraheem Mushtaq

0.773

164

Shiva Sambandam

0.771

165

Aarav Bollini

0.758

166

Albert Cai

0.753

167

Jad Vicente

0.753

168

Noah Reardon

0.751

169

Mason Sterling

0.744

170

James Young

0.742

171

Aanya Ujjval

0.742

172

Jasmine Shao

0.740

173

Claire Witalec

0.740

174

Olivia Amir

0.740

175

Selina Zhang

0.721

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

Rank

Team Code

Debaters

OTR

301

Jake Caravello & Ryan Amin

0.416

302

Mateo Pruneda Hernandez & John Davis

0.415

303

James Davis & Soham Srinivas

0.414

304

Thanish Lankella & Henry Riley

0.413

305

Ian Ngo & Ethan Wan

0.410

306

Mackenzie Larson & Anika Narayanan

0.410

307

Sophie Cai & Lindsay Coady

0.407

308

Suhayb Zahid & Kevin Zhang

0.405

309

Alex Cai & Emily Mei

0.403

310

Aanya Mohta & Jiseung Jung

0.398

311

Moumita Balakundhi & Aayan Hanif

0.397

312

Mae Brodsky & Nelson Quinonez

0.394

313

Tony Liu & Akash Meka

0.393

314

Annabel Greenberg & Ziyad Mattoo

0.388

315

Paaramita Asuri & Roha Rupareliya

0.387

316

Abigail Jones & Gwyneth Mahase

0.387

317

Allyson Lingo & Christopher Lin

0.385

318

Larkin Murray & Sienna Whitaker

0.383

319

Xuanyu Dong & Leon Yang

0.383

320

Vaibhav Kolli & Ryan Pius

0.382

321

Andrew Zhao & Aadi Patel

0.380

322

Zidaan Barodawala & Adhiyan Karthikeyan

0.378

323

Rohin Saharoy & Raghav Shrivastava

0.377

324

Emma Song & Sophie Lu

0.375

325

Jiayue Zou & Noelle Kim

0.374