The Ranking: Men 1 to 5

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row2k World Rower Rankings 2018
The Ranking: Men 1 to 5

October 10, 2018
Erik Dresser, row2k.com

#5 William Satch of Great Britain

Following the conclusion of the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 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. View previous rankings here: 2017, 2016.

View this year's men:
-Ranked 11 to 15
-Ranked 6 to 10

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.

#5 William Satch - GREAT BRITAIN

Age - 29

2018 World Championships - Bronze in M8+

2017 World Championships - Bronze in M4-

2016 Olympics - Gold in M8+

2015 World Championships - Gold in M8+

2014 World Championships - Gold in M8+

2013 World Championships - Gold in M8+

2012 Olympics - Bronze in M2-

#4 Mohamed Sbihi - GREAT BRITAIN

Age - 30

2018 World Championships - Bronze in M8+

2017 World Championships - Bronze in M4-

2016 Olympics - Gold in M4-

2015 World Championships - Gold in M8+

2014 World Championships - Gold in M4-

2013 World Championships - Gold in M8+

2012 Olympics - Bronze in M8+

#4 Mohamed Sbihi of Great Britain

#3 Richard Schmidt - GERMANY

Age - 31

2018 World Championships - Gold in M8+

2017 World Championships - Gold in M8+

2016 Olympics - Silver in M8+

2015 World Championships - Silver in M8+

2014 World Championships - Silver in M8+

2013 World Championships - Silver in M8+

2012 Olympics - Gold in M8+

#3 Richard Schmidt of Germany

#2 Martin Sinkovic - CROATIA

Age - 28

2018 World Championships - Gold in M2-

2017 World Championships - Silver in M2-

2016 Olympics - Gold in M2x

2015 World Championships - Gold in M2x

2014 World Championships - Gold in M2x

2013 World Championships - Gold in M4x

2012 Olympics - Silver in M4x

#2 Martin Sinkovic of Croatia

#1 Valent Sinkovic - CROATIA