List of best IFSC results

Last updated January 02, 2023

This is a ranking of total career IFSC victories obtained in the annual Climbing World Cup and the biennial Climbing World Championship, which were organized by the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (from 1989 to 2006), and the International Federation of Sport Climbing (since 2007). Athletes are ranked based on the total number of victories (i.e. won the biennial Championship or won the overall annual Cup) obtained throughout their competition climbing career across all four disciplines: Lead climbing, Bouldering, Speed climbing, and the Combined discipline, in these two events.

Comparison with Rankings

This list is distinct from the IFSC World Rankings, which are computed separately for each of the four disciplines (i.e. Lead, Bouldering, Speed), and are based on the sum of all results, and not just victories, achieved by each athlete in the last twelve months.^[3]^[4] Most career IFSC gold medals is a metric that is tracked by the climbing media, as was widely reported in the case of Janja Garnbret, however, as the annual World Cup consists of several individual events, for which gold medals are awarded, the number of "victories" is usually less than the total number of "gold medals".^[1]^[2]

Tabulation

Athletes who have won at least won one gold medal in an World Cup series or a World Championship are listed in the tables below. They are ranked based on the number of victories (T) they obtained throughout their career across all disciplines.

Separate scores are provided for each of the two types of competition (1 = World Cups and 2 = World Championships), and the four disciplines (L = Lead climbing, B = Bouldering, S = Speed climbing, and C = Combined disciplines). Therefore, L₁ is the number of Lead climbing World Cups awarded to each athlete.

For each athlete, the total number of victories (T) is obtained by adding together their total victories in the eight events:

T = L₁ + B₁ + S₁ + C₁ + L₂ + B₂ + S₂ + C₂

Partial totals are also provided for each discipline and competition. For instance, the total number of victories obtained in Lead climbing by each athlete is:

L = L₁ + L₂

and the total number of World Cups awarded to each athlete is:

T₁ = L₁ + B₁ + S₁ + C₁

Results for Men

Sortable table, pre-sorted by total number of victories (T), updated on November 14, 2022.

First Name	Last Name	Total victories					World Cup series^[3]					World Championships^[5]
		Lead	Bouldering	Speed	Combined	L + B + S + C	Lead	Bouldering	Speed	Combined	Total	Lead	Bouldering	Speed	Combined	Total
		L	B	S	C	T	L₁	B₁	S₁	C₁	T₁	L₂	B₂	S₂	C₂	T₂
Jakob	Schubert	6	0	0	5	11	3	0	0	4	7	3	0	0	1	4
Adam	Ondra	6	2	0	3	11	3	1	0	3	7	3	1	0	0	4
François	Legrand	8	0	0	0	8	5	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	3
Tomoa	Narasaki	0	4	0	3	7	0	2	0	2	4	0	2	0	1	3
Kilian	Fischhuber	0	5	0	1	6	0	5	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0
Alexandre	Chabot	3	0	0	2	5	3	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0
Sean	McColl	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	3	3
Zhong	Qixin	0	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5
Jérôme	Meyer	0	4	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tomáš	Mrázek	3	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	2
Tomasz	Oleksy	0	0	2	2	4	0	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0
François	Petit	3	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	1
Dmitri	Sarafutdinov	0	4	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	3
Maksym	Styenkovyy	0	0	3	1	4	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	2
Evgeny	Vaitcekhovsky	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	1
Danyil	Boldyrev	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	2
Christian	Core	0	3	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1
Stanislav	Kokorin	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ramón J.	Puigblanque	3	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2
Sergey	Sinitsyn	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Patxi	Usobiaga	3	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1
Andrey	Vedenmeer	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1
Sachi	Amma	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jongwon	Chon	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Marcin	Dzieński	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
Yuji	Hirayama	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Veddriq	Leonardo	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bassa	Mawem	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshiyuki	Ogata	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jorg	Verhoeven	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Reza	Alipour	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Daniel	Andrada	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Mauro	Calibani	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Flavio	Crespi	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Romain	Desgranges	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Vladislav	Deulin	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Daniel	Dulac	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Yannick	Flohé	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Hans	Florine	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Ludovico	Fossali	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Kokoro	Fujii	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Rustam	Gelmanov	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Stefano	Ghisolfi	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kai	Harada	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Jan	Hojer	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jernej	Kruder	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bernardino	Lagni	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
David	Lama	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
François	Lombard	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Simon	Nadin	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Vladimir	Netsvetaev	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Alexander	Peshekhonov	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Arnaud	Petit	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pedro	Pons	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Luka	Potočar	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gérome	Pouvreau	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Salavat	Rakhmetov	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Alexey	Rubtsov	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Domen	Škofic	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Malcolm	Smith	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Łukasz	Świrk	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Vladimir	Zakharov	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Qixin	Zhong	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total		49	37	42	26	152	32	23	26	20	101	17	12	18	6	53

Results for Women

Sortable table, pre-sorted by total number of victories (T), updated on November 14, 2022.

First Name	Last Name	Total victories					World Cup series^[3]					World Championships^[5]
		Lead	Bouldering	Speed	Combined	L + B + S + C	Lead	Bouldering	Speed	Combined	Total	Lead	Bouldering	Speed	Combined	Total
		L	B	S	C	T	L₁	B₁	S₁	C₁	T₁	L₂	B₂	S₂	C₂	T₂
Janja	Garnbret	7	3	0	6	16	5	1	0	4	10	2	2	0	2	6
Sandrine	Levet	0	6	0	5	11	0	5	0	5	10	0	1	0	0	1
Angela	Eiter	7	0	0	1	8	3	0	0	1	4	4	0	0	0	4
Jain	Kim	4	0	0	3	7	3	0	0	2	5	1	0	0	1	2
Akiyo	Noguchi	0	4	0	3	7	0	4	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	0
Mina	Markovic	3	0	0	3	6	3	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0
Liv	Sansoz	5	0	0	1	6	3	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	2
Muriel	Sarkany	6	0	0	0	6	5	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	1
Anna	Stöhr	0	6	0	0	6	0	4	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	2
Robyn	Erbesfield	5	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1
Tatiana	Ruyga	0	0	5	0	5	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	2	0	2
Olena	Ryepko	0	0	5	0	5	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	3	0	3
Olga	Zakharova	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	1
Johanna	Ernst	3	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1
Natalia	Grossman	0	3	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1
Maria	Krasavina	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1
Edyta	Ropek	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Olga	Bibik	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
Shauna	Coxsey	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Alina	Gaydamakina	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Susi	Good	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Cuilian	He	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
Anouck	Jaubert	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Yulia	Levochkina	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
Aleksandra	Mirosław	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
Myriam	Motteau	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1
Isabelle	Patissier	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jessica	Pilz	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
Chae-hyun	Seo	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
Yulia	Abramchuk	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Stéphanie	Bodet	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Elena	Choumilova	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Martina	Cufar	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Juliette	Danion	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Isabelle	Dorsimond	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Charlotte	Durif	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Alina	Gaidamakina	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Natalija	Gros	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lynn	Hill	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Emma	Hunt	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Aleksandra	Kałucka	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Natalia	Kałucka	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Yulia	Kaplina	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Petra	Klingler	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Elena	Krasovskaya	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Miho	Nonaka	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nataliya	Perlova	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lisa	Rands	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nanette	Raybaud	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Natalie	Richer	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Mélanie	Sandoz	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Olga	Shalagina	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
YiLing	Song	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Anna	Stenkovaya	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Anna	Tsyganova	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Maja	Vidmar	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Juliane	Wurm	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Valentina	Yurina	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total		49	36	42	25	152	33	25	24	20	102	16	11	18	5	50

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References

1 2 Clarke, Owen (2 May 2022). "Janja Garnbret, The Greatest Competitive Climber of All Time". Climbing . Retrieved 20 December 2022.
1 2 Walker, Noah (6 September 2021). "Garnbret Becomes the Greatest Of All Time". Gripped Magazine. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
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[JG-1] 1 2 Clarke, Owen (2 May 2022). "Janja Garnbret, The Greatest Competitive Climber of All Time". Climbing . Retrieved 20 December 2022.

[Gripped2-2] 1 2 Walker, Noah (6 September 2021). "Garnbret Becomes the Greatest Of All Time". Gripped Magazine. Retrieved 20 December 2022.

[rankings-3] 1 2 3 "World Cup rankings and World rankings". www.ifsc-climbing.org.

[4] "Documentation about IFSC World Rankings" (PDF). www.ifsc-climbing.org.

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