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

176

Colin Xiang

0.499

177

Charlotte Dinerman

0.498

178

Ayaan Yakoob

0.493

179

Francesca Moreno

0.491

180

Sebastian Valladolid

0.490

181

William McLain

0.484

182

Trent Hedrick

0.481

183

Yifan Sheng

0.469

184

Sharvay Srivastava

0.467

185

Jaden Williams

0.459

186

Joseph Lijoy

0.457

187

Ali Naseem

0.457

188

Kiep Leon

0.455

189

Wyatt Conner

0.455

190

Dannick Nzimi

0.445

191

Audrey Eckert

0.445

192

Sarah Meisel

0.438

193

Pranav Narra

0.437

194

Abigail Miller

0.430

195

Christopher Shin

0.425

196

Albert Cai

0.420

197

Saanvi Mittal

0.413

198

Shyam Muhunthan

0.407

199

Alisha Kim

0.405

200

Plamen Checketts

0.402

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

Rank

Team Code

Debaters

OTR

476

Kevin Stuart & Samantha Berg

0.116

477

Ellie Park & Mela Mandelli-Valla

0.115

478

Saisha Pal & Kei Vo

0.115

479

Neel Kamath & Jason Reznikov

0.115

480

Anna Kuck & Madeline Hadar

0.113

481

Arjun Mahajan & Dharshan Vijayakumar

0.113

482

Manasi Avdhani & Ayati Yadav

0.112

483

Ailin Wu & Angelina Tang

0.112

484

Abhiram Iyer & Surya Dasari

0.112

485

Shruti Sridhar & Annika Rux

0.112

486

Julian Bernhoft & Sanaa Ram

0.111

487

Raina Wang & Dara Park

0.111

488

Falak Dahiya & Sophia Shong

0.110

489

Bani Patel & Aryanna Mody

0.110

490

Adelyn Nu & Shreya Veerubhotla

0.110

491

Giacomo Chinoy & Caleb Gold

0.109

492

Helen Yang & Cindy Qiu

0.109

493

Avital Dumontet & Rae Belanoff

0.109

494

Alexandra Silakov & Zachary Massim

0.109

495

Aarav Jamdar & James Yu

0.108

496

Grace Gladson & Ellen Kuck

0.108

497

Christine Zhong & Novella Vittorio

0.108

498

Mahika Goswami & Arjun Mamidi

0.107

499

Allyson Williams & Eldin Senatus

0.107

500

Disha Gupta & Vanisha Waikul

0.107