Rankings

 
RankNameCountryPoints
1Yu-Na KimKorea4256.00
2Mao AsadaJapan3383.80
3Joannie RochetteCanada2707.90
4Carolina KostnerItaly2309.00
5Laura LepistoFinland1549.70
6Miki AndoJapan1402.90
7Rachael FlattUSA1244.90
8Yukari NakanoJapan1150.90
9Fumie SuguriJapan1105.20
10Caroline ZhangUSA1098.80
11Alissa CzisnyUSA855.48
12Sarah MeierSwitzerland795.90
13Susanna PoykioFinland762.95
14Alena LeonovaRussia728.92
15Akiko SuzukiJapan721.70
16Kiira KorpiFinland689.58
17Kimmie MeissnerUSA667.80
18Ashley WagnerUSA665.70
19Cynthia PhaneufCanada651.22
20Julia SebestyenHungary638.78
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Rankings Summary:
A skater or team’s ranking is determined by the number of points accumulated during the current season and the two previous seasons.

The system is weighted so that recent finishes count more than older ones. Skaters receive 100 percent credit from results from the current season; point totals from the previous season are factored by .7, and results from two seasons ago are multiplied by .3.

The rankings work on an approximate rolling, 104-week calendar. By "approximate," it means that competitions in the 2009-10 season will be matched up with corresponding competitions in the 2007-08 season to determine when the points from the latter will be eliminated from all skaters' records.

For example, once the first Junior Grand Prix event is competed in the fall of 2009, for those skaters who have the first JGP event of 2007 on their records, the points for that event will be eliminated regardless of whether that skater has competed in the current season. With the Grand Prix Series events being in a different order than usual in 2009 to accommodate the Olympic schedule, each event will match up with a corresponding event in 2007. For example, since Skate America was the first Grand Prix event competed in 2007 and Trophée Eric Bompard is the first Grand Prix event competed in 2009, all points from 2007 Skate America will eliminated upon the completion of 2009 Trophée Eric Bompard.

The eligible competitions for which the skater/team earned the 10 highest point totals in the approximate 104-week time period will count toward that skater/team's total score. Any competition that appears on the ISU calendar is an eligible competition. National championships and national junior championships are eligible competitions as well.

If a skater competes in his or her junior and senior national championships in the same season, the senior-level result will take precedence over the junior-level result, regardless of which point total is greater. If a skater or team competes at both the World Junior Championships and the World Championships, the point total from the latter will take precedence over that from the former. If a skater competes in both the Grand Prix Series and Junior Grand Prix Series, the rules are as follows:

• If the number of Junior Grand Prix Series events in which a skater or team competes is equal to or less than the number of Grand Prix Series events in which a skater or team competes, only the Grand Prix Series events will count toward that skater's or team's point total. • If the number of Junior Grand Prix Series events in which a skater or team competes is greater than the number of Grand Prix Series events in which a skater or team competes (2 JGPs, 1 GP), the point total from the Grand Prix Series event as well as the JGP event in which the skater or team scored more points will count toward that skater's or team's point total, with the point total from the second JGP event being dropped. If the skater or team received the same amount of points for both JGPs, the one occurring earlier in the season will be dropped.

If a skater appears on an entry list but does not compete at or withdraws from that particular event, that skater shall receive zero points for that event. The lone exception is if a skater withdraws from her/his/their national championship as a direct result of her/his/their qualifying for the Grand Prix Final or Junior Grand Prix Final. This rule does not affect competitions in the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons.

Let’s take the case of Chinese pairs team Yue Zhang and Lei Wang:
2009 World Championships 100
2009 World Junior Championships 80
2009 Chinese National Chamipionships 120
2008 JGP Final 180
2008 Cup of China 156
2008 Skate America 128
2008 JGP Belarus 60
2008 JGP Mexico 39
   
2008-09 Total 684
2008-09 Factored Total 478.8
   
2008 World Junior Championships 88
2008 Chinese National Championships 48
2007 JGP Final 66
2007 Cup of China 168
2007 JGP Great Britain 60
2007 JGP Estonia 110
   
2007-08 Total 480
2007-08 Factored Total 114
   
Total Points 622.8
Total Score 622.8

Because Zhang and Wang competed in two JGP events and one Grand Prix event in 2007-08, the JGP event at which they scored fewer points (Great Britain) is dropped, leaving them with 470 points. Factor that by .3, and you get 144 points. In 2008-09, they competed in two Grand Prix events and two JGP events, so the point totals for both JGPs are dropped. They also competed at both the World Junior Championships and the World Championships, so the point total for the former is dropped, leaving them with 684 points. Factor by .7, and you get 478.8 points. Add that to their 2007-08 total, and you get 622.8 points.

Scoring Breakdown