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

101

Rinesh Sunthar & Vijay Nagarajan

1.234

102

Alice Ma & Tony Liu

1.229

103

Aari Sabnani & Leo Hao

1.228

104

Benjamin Buchalter & Luka Makino Siller

1.217

105

Leif Emery & Abhinav Akella

1.216

106

Shreya Krishnakumar & Felix Xu

1.211

107

Anika Gupta & Oliver Alferness

1.208

108

Nabeel Ishoof & Tamara Santoyo Geijo

1.205

109

Ian Xu & Tam Bao Tran

1.205

110

Simona Wang & Benjamin Xiao

1.203

111

Ethan Wang & Jake Paltrowitz

1.199

112

Gavin Zhao & Hoiyuen (Kevin) Chen

1.186

113

Lucy Park & Khoa Ngo

1.186

114

Emily Appelbaum & Eleanor Moy

1.178

115

Ava Zahtila & Aanya Sood

1.169

116

Victor Lock & Andrew Scheufele

1.161

117

Chloe Huang & Lucas Kwok

1.154

118

Ryan Wu & Kellen Wang

1.148

119

Bella Jackson & Katherine Wu

1.143

120

Sam Parsi & Jerry Li

1.127

121

Amanda Zhong & Stephanie Yan

1.125

122

Vismay Avadhani & Samyak Duggirala

1.115

123

Keerat Virdi & Rohan Deep

1.114

124

Ronan Hechema & Reiner Bass

1.105

125

Jason Li & Emmanuel Wang

1.098