Which debaters score the best at Dutch debating tournaments? The Dutch Debate Ranking is updated after every tournament in the Netherlands (satisfying the regulations, available in Dutch and in English). If you do not want to appear on the Debate Ranking anymore, please send a message to info@debatbond.nl or talk to one of the board members of the Debatbond. We’ll remove you from the list as soon as possible.
The entire list with results per tournament can be found here. The table below is a shortened version. Debaters with an asterisk (*) behind their name have chosen to compete in only one language, therefore their best three tournaments are counted and the average of those scores is added to their total.
The maximum score is 400. The highest score at any given moment was reached by David Metz, with a score of 389. At the bottom of this page, you find a history of the people who have been number 1 of the Debate Ranking.
Last included tournament: Leiden Open (02-03-2021)
| Rank | Name | Total Score | Number of tournaments |
| 1 (+1) | Roel Schoenmakers | 373 | 5 |
| 2 (+3) | Elian Lavrijsen | 335 | 4 |
| 3 (+4) | Lotte Claassen | 322 | 4 |
| 4 (+9) | Harmen de Jong | 313 | 4 |
| 5 (+4) | Jos Buijvoets* | 305 | 3 |
| 6 (+5) | Jonathan Kellogg | 297 | 4 |
| 7 (+18) | Daan Spackler | 296 | 4 |
| 8 (+23) | Katharina Jansen | 290 | 3 |
| 9 (-1) | Sebastian Posthumus Meyjes | 290 | 4 |
| 10 (-9) | David Metz | 289 | 3 |
| 11 (+1) | Angela Caredda | 286 | 4 |
| 12 (+2) | Friso Scheepstra | 271 | 4 |
| 13 (+2) | Maarten van Unnik | 268 | 5 |
| 14 (-11) | Marike Breed | 264 | 3 |
| 15 (+3) | Marijn Bellemakers | 263 | 4 |
| 16 (-10) | Joris Graff | 259 | 3 |
| 17 (+2) | Amber van Lochem* | 255 | 3 |
| 18 (+2) | Alwin Bakker | 239 | 3 |
| 19 (+2) | Joep van Heugten | 232 | 4 |
| 20 (+3) | Lucy McManus* | 227 | 3 |
| 21 (-17) | Fabian Beitsma* | 223 | 2 |
| 22 (0) | Enrique Gutierrez* | 216 | 4 |
| 23 (+3) | Reeti Sarkar* | 211 | 2 |
| 24 (+10) | Laura van Helmond | 206 | 4 |
| 25 (+2) | Dhaval Shah* | 204 | 2 |
| 26 (-16) | Dino Wildi* | 203 | 2 |
| 27 (-11) | Rins Hylkema | 202 | 3 |
| 28 (+1) | Romée Lind | 198 | 2 |
| 29 (+1) | Emma Lucas | 196 | 2 |
| 30 (+3) | Jeroen Wijnen | 183 | 2 |
| 31 (+6) | Louis Honee | 171 | 2 |
| 32 (+8) | Ziga Jug* | 167 | 3 |
| 33 (+8) | Mike Weltevrede* | 165 | 2 |
| 34 (+34) | Franka Boender | 163 | 3 |
| 35 (+8) | Lukas Joosten | 162 | 2 |
| 36 (+18) | Linsey Keur | 140 | 2 |
| 37 (-14) | Pjotr Koster | 138 | 2 |
| 38 (+15) | Patrick Schmiermann | 132 | 5 |
| 39 (+16) | Nikola Michaylov* | 125 | 1 |
| 40 (-12) | Matthijs Schut | 124 | 2 |
| 41 (+17) | Zeno Glastra van Loon | 123 | 2 |
| 42 (+18) | Frits Geelhoed | 122 | 2 |
| 43 (-8) | Max Zaslove | 121 | 4 |
| 44 (+17) | Zuzanna Ściborska* | 115 | 1 |
| 45 (+17) | Britt van Lochem* | 113 | 1 |
| 46 (+17) | Paulina Hernandez Sainz* | 112 | 1 |
| 47 (+17) | Noah van Dansik | 112 | 3 |
| 48 (+22) | Saskia Bergmann* | 105 | 1 |
| 49 (-1) | Anna Filiptseva* | 105 | 2 |
| 50 (+21) | Marina Louiza Markatou | 102 | 2 |
| 51 (+21) | Axel Hirschel* | 100 | 1 |
| 51 (+21) | Jelte Schievels | 100 | 1 |
| 53 (+23) | Jop Flameling | 98 | 1 |
| 54 (+23) | Jan-Pjotr Komen* | 97 | 1 |
| 55 (+23) | Lizzy Groenenberg | 94 | 1 |
| 56 (+25) | Lion Seiffert* | 93 | 3 |
| 57 (+25) | Joas Bakker | 90 | 1 |
| 57 (+25) | Tom van Leur | 90 | 1 |
| 59 (-23) | Emma van der Horst | 88 | 1 |
| 59 (+27) | Martín Vernon Fernández* | 88 | 1 |
| 59 (+27) | Carli Kooijman | 88 | 1 |
| 62 (-30) | Hilde Rongen* | 85 | 1 |
| 63 (-15) | Tatjana Stanic* | 85 | 2 |
| 64 (+24) | Sofie Buesink | 85 | 4 |
| 65 (-24) | Reja Debevc* | 84 | 1 |
| 66 (-22) | Maarten Weinrich* | 79 | 2 |
| 67 (+27) | Leonora Verveld | 78 | 2 |
| 68 (-12) | Ryoji Yoshisada* | 76 | 2 |
| 69 (-22) | Joris Bouman | 75 | 1 |
| 70 (+29) | Lana Moss | 72 | 1 |
| 70 (+29) | Naomi Rumkorf* | 72 | 1 |
| 72 (+32) | Tyler nash* | 69 | 1 |
| 73 (+32) | Lotte Dekker | 68 | 1 |
| 74 (+70) | Madeleine Tempelman* | 67 | 1 |
| 74 (+32) | Sander Blankestein* | 67 | 1 |
| 76 (-30) | Mara Burgstede | 67 | 2 |
| 77 (-) | Yige Liu | 66 | 1 |
| 78 (+30) | Kail Crystal* | 64 | 1 |
| 79 (-28) | Igor Pemberton | 63 | 1 |
| 80 (+30) | Piet Gotlieb | 61 | 1 |
| 81 (+31) | Jasper van Beurden | 58 | 1 |
| 82 (-30) | Timo Pitstra* | 57 | 1 |
| 82 (-25) | Anna Cox | 57 | 1 |
| 82 (+31) | Amal Maatoug | 57 | 1 |
| 82 (+31) | Romme Koldenhof* | 57 | 1 |
| 86 (+32) | Fenna ten Haaf | 56 | 1 |
| 86 (+32) | Linde Kremer | 56 | 1 |
| 86 (+32) | Merle Helmus | 56 | 1 |
| 89 (+39) | Abhratej Sahoo | 52 | 1 |
| 89 (+39) | Yannis Daguenet* | 52 | 1 |
| 91 (+41) | Sean Elfar | 50 | 1 |
| 92 (+42) | Bastiaan Mudde | 49 | 2 |
| 93 (+44) | Itai Ben Avi | 48 | 1 |
| 93 (+44) | Alessandro Sona* | 48 | 1 |
| 95 (+48) | Jannis Schneider* | 45 | 1 |
| 96 (-46) | Emiliano Hernandez* | 44 | 1 |
| 96 (-) | Marvin Tandy* | 44 | 1 |
| 98 (+50) | Rebecca Baaijens | 41 | 2 |
| 99 (+53) | Leon Kersten | 39 | 1 |
| 100 (-32) | Shakya Wickramanayake | 36 | 1 |
| 100 (+55) | Pieter Versloot* | 36 | 1 |
| 102 (+88) | Dessi Mezinova* | 36 | 2 |
| 103 (+58) | Marta Sampers | 35 | 1 |
| 104 (+59) | Rishabh Sharma* | 35 | 2 |
| 105 (+60) | Henry Verhoeff | 33 | 1 |
| 105 (+60) | Thomas Calcagno* | 33 | 1 |
| 107 (+60) | Hugo Norg | 33 | 2 |
| 108 (+60) | Daria Zagorodnii* | 32 | 1 |
| 108 (+60) | Francisco Arsénio* | 32 | 1 |
| 108 (+60) | Naomi Zijderveld | 32 | 1 |
| 108 (+60) | Tessa Hids | 32 | 1 |
| 112 (+66) | Zhejia Hu* | 28 | 1 |
| 112 (+66) | Michelle Moonen | 28 | 1 |
| 112 (+66) | Ionela Simona Miron* | 28 | 1 |
| 115 (+71) | Denise Winters | 25 | 1 |
| 116 (+7) | Sanne Veerhuis* | 24 | 1 |
| 117 (+73) | Ewan Wadd* | 23 | 1 |
| 118 (+77) | Neila Bakija | 22 | 1 |
| 119 (+81) | Aryan Bhattacharjee* | 20 | 1 |
| 119 (+81) | Rik Sinnige | 20 | 1 |
| 121 (+81) | Camila Gómez Laufer | 19 | 1 |
| 122 (+97) | Ralph Ivar Berkman | 19 | 2 |
| 123 (+80) | Shashank Sadanand Amin | 18 | 1 |
| 124 (+82) | Bas de Bruijn | 18 | 2 |
| 125 (+23) | Allyn Nelissen | 17 | 1 |
| 126 (+49) | Silke Zwart | 16 | 2 |
| 127 (+82) | Adi Cohen Berko* | 15 | 1 |
| 128 (+84) | Pieter van der Veere | 14 | 1 |
| 129 (-) | Dorotea Igrec | 12 | 1 |
| 130 (+94) | Daniël Schiepers | 10 | 1 |
| 131 (+96) | Dirk van Gerven | 9 | 1 |
| 132 (+97) | Simone Hoogveld | 8 | 1 |
| 133 (+100) | Kian Versteeg | 7 | 1 |
| 134 (+89) | Massine Dahmaza* | 5 | 1 |
| 134 (+103) | Maxim Notermans | 5 | 1 |
| 136 (+103) | Bastiaan van Hoorn | 4 | 1 |
| Name | Society / societies | From | To | Number of months |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomas Beerthuis | Utrecht Debating Society | 1-1-2013 | 19-5-2013 | 4 |
| Jeroen Heun | Erasmus Debating Society | 19-5-2013 | 25-5-2014 | 12 |
| Alex Klein | Utrecht Debating Society | 25-5-2014 | 1-11-2015 | 17 |
| Daan Welling | Leiden Debating Union, NSDV Trivium | 1-11-2015 | 19-4-2016 | 5 |
| Devin van den Berg | Leiden Debating Union | 19-4-2016 | 26-11-2017 | 19 |
| Floris Holstege | Leiden Debating Union | 26-11-2017 | 8-3-2018 | 3 |
| Devin van den Berg | Leiden Debating Union | 8-3-2018 | 3-1-2019 | 9 |
| Linsey Keur | GDS Kalliope | 3-1-2019 | 6-3-2019 | 2 |
| Franka Boender | Leiden Debating Union | 6-3-2019 | 24-4-2019 | 1 |
| David Metz | Leiden Debating Union | 24-4-2019 | 2-3-2021 | 22 |
| Roel Schoenmakers | TDV Cicero | 2-3-2021 | 10-3-2021 | 0 |