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

151

Gia Jhaveri & Amanda Lee

0.666

152

Baylen Shi & Roha Rupareliya

0.657

153

Ryan Tung & Blair Shao

0.654

154

Smriti Shankar & Sowmiya Deventhira-Raja

0.653

155

Vyas Vishnukumar & Suhas Chelluri

0.647

156

Pavanaj Gupta & Jocelyn Wu

0.643

157

Ryan Gell & Diego Gonzalez

0.637

158

Deniz Soral & Max Emanuel

0.614

159

Sophia Xiong & Diya Bhootra

0.614

160

Krish Patel & Brian Sun

0.613

161

Aidan Lee & Ian Lee

0.605

162

Vismay Avadhani & Samyak Duggirala

0.604

163

Colin Donovan & Preston Kyle

0.602

164

Reuben Mackler & Nathan Brawner

0.599

165

Sharat Sakamuri & Daniel Li

0.578

166

Erina Li & Jessica Wang

0.577

167

Makayla Chang & Evan Huang

0.576

168

lillian walker & Tania Mulay

0.560

169

Niel Peddibhotla & Swapneil Bose

0.559

170

Iris Ai & Nandini Bhatt

0.557

171

Rishi Golla & Shayaan Farooqi

0.556

172

Ethan Chen & Aaron Pinto

0.552

173

Saashiv Gupta & Sahi Popuri

0.552

174

Sushen Baruri & Malaika Hollis

0.541

175

Jayden Padwalkar & Alyssa Chen

0.540