World ranking archery

World Ranking in Horseback Archery Eventing

The IHAA’s World Ranking in Horseback Archery Eventing is the definitive comparison of athlete’s expertise in the events which comprise HBAE: Raid, Tower and Hunt track. The top placed horsearchers have demonstrated their skills and versatility under the pressure and scrutiny of competition. They can truly call themselves the best, and we applaud both them and the horses who have been partners in their success.

Scores are drawn only from IHAA Record and Ranking competitions, during the last 2 years. Each athlete’s ranking score is derived from their 2 best Raid scores, 2 best Tower scores and 2 best Hunt track scores. You can see the results below and can search according to nationality.

The World Ranking list will be updated monthly, on the 15th of the month.

A more detailed version of the World Ranking list can be viewed here - with all the eligible ranking competitions and results for each riderHow is the World Ranking list calculated?

• Only competition scores from pre-authorised Record and Ranking events are eligible for inclusion. This assures reliability of results with an IHAA L2 (or higher) judge running the event
  
  

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  New Delhi [India], September 5: Indian archery has achieved a double milestone on the global stage -- being recognised as the World No. 2 performing archery nation for both 2023 and 2024, and securing key positions in international governance at the 56th World Archery Congress 2025.

  India's recognition as the world's second-best performing nation reflects the consistent excellence of its athletes across categories, combined with structured efforts to grow the sport. "Being recognised as the World No. 2 archery nation for two consecutive years shows how far our athletes have come," said Archery Association of India President Shri Arjun Munda, adding that the election of Indian officials to international committees "highlights India's growing influence in shaping the sport's future -- together, performance and governance are placing India firmly on the world map of archery."

  At the 56th Congress, Dr. Joris Paulose Ummacheril was elected to the Medical & Sport Sciences Committee. He had been nominated for both the Medical & Sport Sciences Committee and the Technical Committee -- and his dual nomination itself reflected the trust placed in his technical expertise and scienti
  
  

  National Archery Rankings

  The National Rankings are open for all members of Archery GB to take part. The National Rankings are split in Target, Field and 3D disciplines for each year and are decided by a number of factors including performance at competitions.

  2025 changes to the junior target rankings

  The 2025 junior national target rankings are getting a refresh. Please see the junior section of this page further down to read all about it. You can also check out this article which explains the changes.

  2024 national target rankings completed

  The 2024 national target rankings are official! Please check the links in the resource list on this page to discover where you placed.

  Jon Nott, Archery GB Events and Competitions Manager, said: "We'd like to apologise for the slight delay in getting the rankings published, this was because of some errors in the data received which required manual checking. We'd like to thank all the Tournament Organisers for submitting scores and the archers who took part and congratulations to all those who ranked."

  Please direct any queries in an email to rankings@archerygb.org.

  2024 Junior national target rankings completed

  The results are up

  A look at the World Rankings in archery

  The qualifications for the Olympic archery Recurve category has been taking place right up till a month prior to the Olympics. Several teams hold emerged as leading candidates to sweep home the Gold at Tokyo this year. Various Nature Cup events have also been held that have altered the positions in both compound and recurve categories. We take a look at the top-ranked in 10 different categories of competitive archery.

  
  

  Recurve Men's Individual

  • 1) Brady Ellison - USA
  • 2) Mete Gazoz - Turkey
  • 3) Mauro Nespoli - Italy

  Recurve Women's Individual
  

  • 1) Lisa Barbelin - France
  • 2) Kang Chae Young - South Korea
  • 3) Deepika Kumari - India

  Recurve Men's Team

  • 1) China
  • 2) Netherlands
  • 3) Spain

  Recurve Women's Team

  • 1) South Korea
  • 2) Italy
  • 3) Chinese Taipei

  Recurve Mixed Team

  • 1) South Korea
  • 2) Netherlands
  • 3) Italy

  Compound Men Individual

  • 1) Mike Schloesser- Netherlands
  • 2) Braden Gellenthien- USA
  • 3) James Lutz- USA

  Compound Women Individual

  • 1)Tanja Gellenthien -Denmark
  • 2) Natalia Avdeeva -Russia
  • 3) Sara Lopez- Colombia

  Compound Men's Team

  • 1) Turkey
  • 2) France
  • 3) Denmark

  Compound Women

  Para-Archery World Ranking Event results and last quotas for Tokyo2020

  A new Para-Archery high-level event in Nove Mesto nad Metuji (CZE), that confirms its great organization, also in this particular moment. For some archers this was the last chance to get a spot for Paralympic Games and for some other last training before Tokyo2020.

  An intense week with 3 events in one: the World Ranking Event, the Continental Quota Tournament and the Final Quota Tournament.

   

  Last European Quotas were assigned to:

  France and Slovakia (Recurve Men Open)

  Russia and Greece (Recurve Women Open)

  Russia and Belgium (Compound Men Open)

  Great Britain and Turkey (Compound Men Open)

  Hungary (W1 Men Open)

  Italy (W1 Women Open)

   

  At the end of the Final Quota Tournament:

  Romania and Czech Republic (Recurve Men Open)

  Australia and Ukraine (Recurve Women Open)

  Australia and France (Compound Men Open)

  Spain and Republic of Korea (Compound Women Open)

  Turkey and Republic of Korea (W1 Men Open)

  Great Britain and Turkey (W1 Women Open)

   

  At the 2021 edition also the Visually Impaired competition, with only three athletes on the shoot