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Welcome to the SUP Racer World Rankings, the most accurate way to follow and analyse this great sport of ours. The top 100 men and top 50 women are ranked on their best five performances at the biggest races of the past 12 months.

Our ranking system uses a complex algorithm that includes the all important Race Index formula, which rates every event in the world based on the elite level of talent competing. Only races that score 20% or more on the Race Index will count for the World Rankings.

Take a look at the Season 2017 Star Ratings for more info on this year’s world rankings race schedule.

 
 

Top 100 men | Year-end rankings

• Last updated December 6th
• There are currently 30 races from the past 12 months counting towards the World Rankings (see: Race Index)
• Showing the Top 100 out of 607 total paddlers in the database
• Maximum five best results count

#	Athlete	Points	Races	Brand	Nation
1	Connor Baxter	265.00	19	Starboard	Hawaii
2	Titouan Puyo	218.94	14	NSP	France
3	Travis Grant	209.00	10	NSP	Australia
4	Michael Booth	205.25	17	Starboard	Australia
5	Mo Freitas	184.88	17	Focus	Hawaii
6	Casper Steinfath	149.45	8	Naish	Denmark
7	Lincoln Dews	147.13	10	DEEP	Australia
8	James Casey	142.50	12	Sunova	Australia
9	Bruno Hasulyo	136.75	13	Starboard	Hungary
10	Danny Ching	120.28	4	404	USA
11	Arthur Arutkin	119.53	14	Fanatic	France
12	Bernd Roediger	113.94	5	Naish	Hawaii
13	Matt Nottage	103.30	8	Starboard	Australia
14	Trevor Tunnington	102.50	11	Starboard	New Zealand
15	Georges Cronsteadt	100.61	8	425	Tahiti
16	Steeve Teihotaata	89.00	5	Mistral	Tahiti
17	Leonard Nika	88.72	12	Starboard	Italy
18	Daniel Hasulyo	88.11	7	Starboard	Hungary
19	Slater Trout	87.63	11	Infinity	USA
20	Ryan Funk	83.38	8	Starboard	Hawaii
21	Vinnicius Martins	78.13	10	JP	Brazil
22	Josh Riccio	68.75	10	F-One	USA
23	Toby Cracknell	63.70	6	Infinity	Australia
24	Jake Jensen	61.11	6	ONE	Australia
25	Kody Kerbox	60.95	8	SIC	Hawaii
26	Martin Vitry	60.41	8	OXBOW	France
27	Kelly Margetts	57.16	6	Sunova	Australia
28	Paolo Marconi	55.24	11	RRD	Italy
29	Rete Ebb	53.85	5	Mistral	Tahiti
30	Tom Auber	52.66	6	Fanatic	Francw
31	Marcus Hansen	51.88	9	NSP	New Zealand
32	Martino Rogai	48.89	10	free agent	Italy
33	Giorgio Gomez	48.43	8	Infinity	USA
34	Clément Colmas	45.00	2	Starboard	France
35	Martin Letourneur	44.56	4	Hobie	France
36	Marcus Tardrew	40.91	4	Sunova	Australia
37	Enzo Bennett	40.58	5	425	Tahiti
38	Kenny Kaneko	40.48	8	JP	Japan
39	Bullet Obra	38.40	6	Hobie	Hawaii
40	Federico Esposito	38.37	5	Infinity	Italy
41	Ludovic Teulade	37.27	9	OXBOW	France
42	Ty Judson	33.24	5	Blue Planet	Australia
43	Noic Garioud	31.62	3	Sunova	France
44	Itzel Delgado	31.60	11	Infinity	Peru
45	Noa Hopper	30.78	8	404	USA
46	Arvis Iljins	28.98	4	Prestol	Latvia
47	Bruno Tauhiro	28.19	4	Mistral	Tahiti
48	Claudio Nika	28.01	6	Starboard	Italy
49	Gabi Bachelet	26.94	5	NSP	France
50	Beau O'Brian	24.85	3	Starboard	Australia
51	Arthur Santacreu	23.85	2	Ratones	Brazil
52	Tim Cyprien	22.73	3	Fanatic	Australia
53	Davide Ionico	22.08	5	Fanatic	Italy
54	Jérémy Teulade	21.79	8	OXBOW	France
55	Christian Andersen	21.21	5	Fanatic	Denmark
56	Paul Lenfant	20.86	5	JP Australia	Poland
57	Bart de Zwart	20.85	4	Starboard	Netherlands
58	Steven Bredow	20.85	6	JP	Germany
59	Chase Kosterlitz	20.14	4	JP	USA
60	Yoann Cronsteadt	20.00	1	NSP	Tahiti
61	Dave Kissane	19.60	2	free agent	Australia
62	Ethan Koopmans	19.10	4	Naish	South Africa
63	Ricardo Haverschmidt	18.75	7	Fanatic	Chile
64	Paul Jackson	18.70	7	ONE	New Zealand
65	Aaron Rowe	18.00	6	Lokahi	Jersey
66	Tyler Bashor	17.26	4	Infinity	USA
67	Tamarua Cowan	17.20	4	Starboard	Tahiti
68	Jurgi Zulaika	16.88	4	Starboard	Basque
69	Pau Ybarra	16.44	4	Starboard	Spain
70	Garrett Fletcher	16.22	4	YOLO	USA
71	Boris Jinvresse	16.19	3	Starboard	France
72	Zane Schweitzer	15.81	3	Starboard	Hawaii
73	Alexandre Bicrel	15.69	4	NSP	France
74	Peter Kosinski	15.39	5	Starboard	Ireland
75	Niuhiti Buillard	15.18	2	425	Tahiti
76	Vincent Verhoeven	15.01	5	NSP	France
77	Wong Yu Him	15.00	1	Naish	Hong Kong
78	Ollie Houghton	13.79	2	Starboard	New Zealand
79	Riggs Napoleon	13.39	2	Naish	Hawaii
80	Dylan Frick	12.95	6	Starboard	South Africa
81	Nico Schenk	12.70	2	ONE	Switzerland
82	Nikos Syrigos	12.22	3	Naish	Greece
83	Chris Couve	12.17	7	Starboard	South Africa
84	Armie Armstrong	12.00	1	free agent	New Zealand
85	Kosuke Matsuyama	11.80	2	free agent	Japan
86	Guilherme Dos Reis	11.55	1	Rio Boards	Brazil
87	Tyler Jaggers	11.40	2	Blue Planet	Hawaii
88	Kaito Miyakoshi	11.35	2	404	Japan
89	Rodney Ellis	11.35	4	Starboard	USA
90	Tomoyasu Murabayashi	11.33	2	Starboard	Japan
91	James Knowles	11.00	2	Sunova	Australia
92	James van Drunen	10.76	4	Mistral	Netherlands
93	Rafael Alexandre	10.50	1	free agent	Brazil
94	Jeffrey Spencer	10.26	4	Infinity	Canada
95	Manatea Bopp du Pont	10.07	2	Starboard	Tahiti
96	Ben Tardrew	10.00	2	ONE	Australia
97	Ryohei Yoshida	9.77	3	Sawarna	Japan
98	Kai Lenny	9.63	1	Naish	Hawaii
99	Bryn Lloyd	9.60	2	free agent	Australia
100	Kjell de Bruyn	9.44	3	Fanatic	Netherlands

 
 

Top 50 women | Year-end rankings

• Last updated December 6th
• There are currently 28 races from the past 12 months counting towards the World Rankings (see: Race Index)
• Showing the Top 50 out of 194 total paddlers in the database
• Maximum five best results count

#	Athlete	Points	Races	Brand	Nation
1	Annabel Anderson	312.00	11	free agent	New Zealand
2	Fiona Wylde	227.00	10	Starboard	USA
3	Olivia Piana	204.90	10	Starboard	France
4	Terrene Black	182.60	10	ECS	Australia
5	Sonni Hönscheid	179.00	12	Starboard	Germany
6	Penelope Strickland	141.20	10	Starboard	New Zealand
7	Candice Appleby	126.60	8	Infinity	USA
8	Angela Jackson	115.43	7	ONE	Australia
9	Seychelle Webster	114.85	9	SIC	USA
10	Annie Reickert	110.49	9	Naish	Hawaii
11	April Zilg	102.90	6	Hobie	USA
12	Amandine Chazot	95.48	6	Starboard	France
13	Susak Molinero	90.50	11	RRD	Spain
14	Jade Howson	89.68	8	SIC	USA
15	Yuka Sato	87.40	7	Starboard	Japan
16	Shae Foudy	82.34	4	Infinity	USA
17	Laura Quetglas	72.60	5	Starboard	Spain
18	Hannah Hill	68.95	6	Naish	USA
19	Lena Ribeiro	66.00	3	Mistral	Brazil
20	Manca Notar	61.50	4	Naish	Slovenia
21	Petronella van Malsen	60.60	7	Mistral	Netherlands
22	Lexi Alston	60.46	4	Hobie	USA
23	Kali'a Alexiou	55.48	6	free agent	USA
24	Susanne Lier	53.65	7	NSP	Germany
25	Erika Benitez	50.40	6	Brawner	USA/Mexico
26	Andrea Moller	48.21	3	SIC	Brazil/Hawaii
27	Kiyomi Sheppard	47.04	7	free agent	Japan
28	Genna Flinkman	44.70	6	Infinity	Canada
29	Chloe Walkerdene	44.07	6	Infinity	Australia
30	Jenn Lee	40.53	6	Blue Planet	Hawaii
31	Kate Baker	40.00	2	ONE	UK/Australia
32	Cyara Palenzuela	39.42	4	F-ONE	Basque
33	Takayo Yokoyama	38.19	4	Riviera	Japan
34	Karla Gilbert	37.50	2	Naish	Australia
35	Melanie Lafenetre	37.33	3	Infinity	France
36	Belinda Stowell-Brett	33.07	3	Starboard	Australia
37	Siri Schubert	32.50	2	Aqua Inc	Switzerland
38	Izzi Gomez	26.83	4	Starboard	USA
39	Joanne Hamilton-Vale	26.65	2	free agent	UK
40	Lara Claydon	26.51	4	Starboard	Hawaii
41	Puatea Ellis	25.09	4	Starboard	Tahiti
42	Stephanie Shideler	25.04	3	Infinity	USA
43	Laura Bartl	24.25	4	JP	Austria
44	Chiara Nordio	23.75	4	Riviera	Italy
45	Shannon Bell	22.76	3	Starboard	Canada
46	Ozbolt Sylvana	20.70	2	free agent	Tahiti
47	Alejandra Brito	20.48	5	404	Mexico
48	Carter Graves	20.17	3	Surftech	USA
49	Ines Blatge	20.08	3	Bonz	France
50	Barbara Brazil	20.04	2	Ratones	Brazil

 
 

RACE INDEX

[See also: Season 2017 Star Ratings]

The SUP Racer World Rankings system uses a complex algorithm to provide a fair and accurate ranking of the world’s best paddlers:

• Every race in the world receives a unique ‘Race Index’ score from 0-100%. This score is based on how many of the current top paddlers (top 50 for men / top 20 for women) are competing. The more competitive a race, the closer to 100% its Race Index will be.
• Paddlers with a higher ranking inside the Top 50/20 add more weighting to the Race Index score than the lower ranked paddlers.
• Each race offers a unique amount of points. The higher the level-of-competition at a race (and therefore the harder it is to win) the more points that are on offer.
• An event’s Race Index score is combined with the Base Points Table to produce the total points on offer at each race. The race winner receives the same amount of points as the Race Index score, while the other finishers receive a diminishing percentage. See the Base Points Table for a full explanation.
• A race must have a Race Index score of at least 15.0% to be included in the SUP Racer World Rankings.
• After an event is more than 12 months old (or when it comes around again the following year; whichever is shorter) it will be dropped from the system.
• I don’t believe a blanket points system can work in a sport as fragmented as SUP racing, so I engineered this Race Index system to be the most fair and accurate world ranking possible, one that rewards those paddlers who perform better in the bigger races.

Currently there are 30 men’s and 28 women’s races from the past 12 months counting towards the SUP Racer World Rankings:
 
MEN’S RACE INDEX

 
WOMEN’S RACE INDEX

 
 
BASE POINTS TABLE

The ‘Race Index’ score detailed above is only half the equation though:

• The Race Index percentage is multiplied with a base Points Table to produce the unique ranking points each of the Top 50 paddlers receive at every major race.
• This Points Table is designed to give a fair distribution of points for the entire Top 50 finishers while still rewarding those who finish near the front.
• Just like the rest of this system, the Points Table was created from scratch specifically for the SUP Racer World Rankings – I closely studied the ranking systems used in a dozen different professional sports and designed my own that fits the unique world of SUP racing. What I’ve come up with is a mix of professional tennis, surfing, golf, cross country and half a dozen other major world ranking systems.
• If you want to see exactly how the Base Points Table converts to real world ranking points, scroll right down and you’ll see the final points distribution from the 2015 Carolina Cup.

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Example of How Points Are Calculated At Each Event
Below is a real example of how the Ranking Points are calculated for an event.
The final points are a combination of ‘Base Points’ and the event’s ‘Race Index’ score.
These are results from the 2015 Carolina Cup (Men’s Elite Graveyard Race).
The 2015 Carolina Cup was one of the most competitive races of all time. The event scored a Race Index of 63.5% after attracting a lot of the world’s Top 50 men.

#	Athlete	Time	Base Points	Race Index	World Ranking Points
1	Travis Grant	2:04:42	100.0	63.50%	63.50
2	Danny Ching	2:05:37	75.0	63.50%	47.63
3	Georges Cronsteadt	2:06:31	60.0	63.50%	38.10
4	Titouan Puyo	2:06:53	50.0	63.50%	31.75
5	Connor Baxter	2:07:10	42.5	63.50%	26.99
6	Jake Jensen	2:07:43	35.0	63.50%	22.23
7	Bicho Jimenez	2:08:04	30.0	63.50%	19.05
8	Michael Booth	2:08:56	25.0	63.50%	15.88
9	Niuhiti Buillard	2:09:00	22.5	63.50%	14.29
10	Eric Terrien	2:09:12	20.0	63.50%	12.70
11	Beau O'Brian	2:09:36	18.0	63.50%	11.43
12	Ryan Helm	2:10:21	16.0	63.50%	10.16
13	Chase Kosterlitz	2:10:23	15.0	63.50%	9.53
14	Vinnicius Martins	2:10:24	14.0	63.50%	8.89
15	Chuck Glynn	2:10:26	13.0	63.50%	8.26
16	Zane Schweitzer	2:10:34	12.0	63.50%	7.62
17	Paul Jackson	2:10:41	11.0	63.50%	6.99
18	Kelly Margetts	2:11:03	10.0	63.50%	6.35
19	Noa Hopper	2:11:23	9.0	63.50%	5.72
20	Toby Cracknell	2:12:59	8.0	63.50%	5.08
21	Josh Riccio	2:13:03	7.5	63.50%	4.76
22	Branislav Sramek	2:13:31	7.0	63.50%	4.45
23	Casper Steinfath	2:13:51	6.5	63.50%	4.13
24	Kenny Kaneko	2:14:20	6.0	63.50%	3.81
25	Giorgio Gomez	2:14:30	5.5	63.50%	3.49
26	Kieran Grant	2:14:52	5.2	63.50%	3.30
27	Jeramie Vaine	2:15:11	4.9	63.50%	3.11
28	Larry Cain	2:15:29	4.6	63.50%	2.92
29	Tommy Buday	2:16:38	4.3	63.50%	2.73
30	Belar Diaz	2:19:23	4.0	63.50%	2.54
31	Billy Jr	2:19:27	3.8	63.50%	2.41
32	Chance Fielder	2:19:36	3.6	63.50%	2.29
33	Michael Tavares	2:19:54	3.4	63.50%	2.16
34	Cyril Burguiere	2:20:04	3.2	63.50%	2.03
35	Billy Miller	2:20:23	3.0	63.50%	1.91
36	Daniel Russell	2:20:38	2.8	63.50%	1.78
37	Garrett Fletcher	2:20:52	2.6	63.50%	1.65
38	Brad Ward	2:21:10	2.4	63.50%	1.52
39	Bill Kraft	2:21:22	2.2	63.50%	1.40
40	Corey Taylor	2:21:41	2.0	63.50%	1.27
41	Brian Meyer	2:23:15	1.9	63.50%	1.21
42	Jim Terrell	2:23:25	1.8	63.50%	1.14
43	Quintin Chiapperino	2:25:13	1.7	63.50%	1.08
44	Jesse Kautz	2:25:15	1.6	63.50%	1.02
45	Christian Goerloff	2:25:30	1.5	63.50%	0.95
46	Tucker Ingalls	2:26:07	1.4	63.50%	0.89
47	Jeremy Whitted	2:26:31	1.3	63.50%	0.83
48	Christopher Norman	2:26:39	1.2	63.50%	0.76
49	Jason Chew	2:26:45	1.1	63.50%	0.70
50	Spencer Lacy	2:27:22	1.0	63.50%	0.64