Following the conclusion of the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida, here is row2k's new rankings for the top 15 men's and women's rowers in the world. This is an objective ranking of based off results at Olympic and World Championship regattas. See rowers ranked 15 to 11 here.
View the 2016 rankings here.
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 and the World Championships in between 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 athletes career.
#10 Hannes Ocik - GERMANY
Age - 26 2017 World Championships - Gold in M8+ 2016 Olympics - Silver in M8+ 2015 World Championships - Silver in M8+ 2013 World Championships - Silver in M8+
#9 Malte Jakschik - GERMANY
Age - 24 2017 World Championships - Gold in M8+ 2016 Olympics - Silver in M8+ 2015 World Championships - Silver in M8+ 2014 World Championships - Silver in M8+
#9 Malte Jakschik of Germany
#8 Pierre Houin - FRANCE
Age - 23 2017 World Championships - Gold in LM2x 2016 Olympics - Gold in LM2x 2015 World Championships - Gold in LM4x
#8 Pierre Houin of France
#7 Jeremie Azou - FRANCE
Age - 28 2017 World Championships - Gold in LM2x 2016 Olympics - Gold in LM2x 2015 World Championships - Gold in LM2x 2014 World Championships - Silver in LM2x 2013 World Championships - Silver in LM1x
#7 Jeremie Azou of France
#6 Ondrej Synek - CZECH REPUBLIC
Age - 35 2017 World Championships - Gold in M1x 2016 Olympics - Bronze in M1x 2015 World Championships - Gold in M1x 2014 World Championships - Gold in M1x 2013 World Championships - Gold in M1x 2012 Olympics - Silver in M1x
#6 Ondrej Synek of Czech Republic
Check out rowers ranked 1 to 5 here.