Following the conclusion of the 2023 World Championship Regatta in Belgrade, SRB, here are row2k's new rankings for the top 15 men's and women's rowers in the world. This is an objective ranking of athletes based off results at Olympic and World Championship regattas. View previous rankings here: 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016.
View this year's women:
-Ranked 11 to 15
METHODOLOGY
Athlete must have medalled at the most recent World/Olympic Regatta to be eligible Points are scored for medalling at an Olympic or Senior World Championship Regatta 5 points for gold, 3 points for silver, 2 points for bronze Scoring regattas go back to include the two most recent Olympics (Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020) and the World Championships in between (2017-2019, and 2022-2023) Each regatta has a multiplier value. 3x for most recent Olympics, 2x for the Olympics prior to that, 1x for Olympic class event at World Championship, 0.5x for non-Olympic class event at World Championship Tie breaker is head to head total number of medals by priority: Olympic gold > silver > bronze, World championship gold > silver > bronze, World Cup gold > silver > bronze. The tie breaker includes all medals won in athlete's career.
Age - 25
2022 Ranking - 13 2023 World Championships - Gold in the W1x 2022 World Championships - Gold in the W1x 2020 Olympics - Silver in the W4- 2019 World Championships - Silver in the W4- 2018 World Championships - Bronze in the W4x
Age - 31
2022 Ranking - NR 2023 World Championships - Silver in the W2- 2020 Olympics - Gold in the W4- 2019 World Championships - Silver in the W2- and Silver in the W8+
Jessica Morrison of the AUS W2-
Age - 36
2022 Ranking - 11 2023 World Championships - Silver in the W1x 2022 World Championships - Silver in the W1x 2020 Olympics - Gold in the W1x 2019 World Championships - Silver in the W1x
NZL W1x Emma Twigg
Age - 27
2022 Ranking - 9 2023 World Championships - Bronze in the W4x 2022 World Championships - Gold in the W4x 2020 Olympics - Gold in the W4x 2019 World Championships - Gold in the W4x
Yunxia Chen of the CHN W4x
Age - 26
2022 Ranking - 8 2023 World Championships - Bronze in the W4x 2022 World Championships - Gold in the W4x 2020 Olympics - Gold in the W4x 2019 World Championships - Gold in the W4x
Ling Zhang of the CHN W4x
Check back next week for rowers ranked 1 to 5.