Ratings by position

The Ratings list by position (numerical) includes all players who have played in at least one rated tournament in the previous two years. For all other players, refer to the All ratings list. If you have any doubts about where to place or seed a player, please contact the Ratings Officer.

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Ratings by position as at Sunday, 25 January 2026

Rank Name Rating Rating
change		 Wins Games %
– Alastair Richards (GM) 2378   477.5 598 80%
1 Howard Warner (GM) 2288   2825.5 3759 75%
2 Chris Tallman (GM) 2204 ( +13 ) 253.5 345 73%
– Lyres Freeth (GM) 2201 ( +41 ) 782.5 1183 66%
– Kenji Matsumoto 2189   11 13 85%
3 Dylan Early (GM) 2184   455 674 68%
4 Blue Thorogood (GM) 2161   975 1384 70%
– Jeff Grant (GM) 2139   1938 2618 74%
5 Joanne Craig (GM) 2133   546.5 843 65%
6 Peter Sinton (GM) 2106   922.5 1330 69%
7 Gil Quiballo (GM) 2082   243.5 400 61%
8 Lewis Hawkins (GM) 2047   397 641 62%
9 Andrew Bradley (GM) 2021   1276 2367 54%
10 Lawson Sue (GM) 1998   1644 3021 54%
11 Patrick Carter (GM) 1971 ( -66 ) 1039 1646 63%
– Sam Kantimathi 1934   29 39 74%
– Noel Barrett 1928   9 24 38%
12 Stanley Ngundi (GM) 1923   212.5 400 53%
13 Anderina McLean (GM) 1922   1223 2287 53%
14 Cicely Bruce (GM) 1921 ( +12 ) 1346 2452 55%
15 Scott Chaput (E) 1861   451 830 54%
16 Jason Simpson (E) 1834 ( +35 ) 330.5 646 51%
17 Nick Ascroft (E) 1830   406.5 742 55%
18 Norma Fisher 1826   66 133 50%
19 Val Mills (E) 1816 ( +17 ) 2049.5 4157 49%
20 Karen Richards (E) 1814   147 277 53%
21 Lynne Butler (GM) 1809   1030.5 1741 59%
22 Paul Richards 1795   83 166 50%
23 Murray Rogers (E) 1795 ( +24 ) 1468 2786 53%
24 Glennis Hale (GM) 1791 ( -21 ) 1946 3602 54%
– Carmel Dodd 1755   12 16 75%
25 Alexander Gandar 1753   145 236 61%
– John Foster (GM) 1734   1882 3391 55%
26 Liz Fagerlund (GM) 1720 ( -4 ) 1911.5 3717 51%
27 Mike Currie (E) 1717 ( +23 ) 251 466 54%
28 Olivia En (E) 1716   1212 2361 51%
29 Margie Hurly 1714   625 1264 49%
– Jane Taylor 1710   12 16 75%
30 Jane Walton 1677   479 986 49%
31 John Baird 1635   452 834 54%
32 Herb Ramsay 1629   398 734 54%
33 Paul Lister (E) 1611   967 1800 54%
34 Lois Binnie 1608   376.5 774 49%
35 Laura Griffiths 1605 ( +5 ) 118.5 217 55%
36 Karen Gray 1594   430.5 834 52%
37 Sue McRae 1591   281.5 534 53%
38 Paul Freeman 1584   203.5 376 54%
39 Glenyss Buchanan 1582   833 1807 46%
40 Vicky Robertson 1542   548 1144 48%
41 Yoon Kim Fong 1541 ( -4 ) 990 1940 51%
42 Jeanette Grimmer 1534   479.5 975 49%
43 Rosemary Cleary (E) 1530   1067.5 2308 46%
44 Jennifer Smith 1517 ( -25 ) 1653 3464 48%
45 Peter Johnstone 1500   466 932 50%
46 Lynn Wood 1498 ( +39 ) 2912.5 6098 48%
47 Shirley Martin 1496 ( -47 ) 1351.5 2759 49%
48 Helen Sillis 1479   1163 2367 49%
49 Aidan Robins 1458   41 67 61%
50 Lorraine Van Veen 1452 ( -64 ) 1355 2781 49%
51 Stan Gregec 1430   294 557 53%
52 Chris Bell 1429   124 239 52%
53 Roger Coates 1423   1026 2152 48%
54 Sue Hensley 1421   259 467 55%
55 Rosalind Phillips 1417   757.5 1490 51%
56 Clare Wall 1397 ( -9 ) 606 1197 51%
57 Mary Curtis 1395 ( -8 ) 732 1426 51%
58 David Gunn 1392 ( -7 ) 1670.5 3425 49%
– Karyn McDougall 1382   673 1319 51%
59 Jonas Wiberg 1367   91 159 57%
60 Carolyn Kyle 1365   1433.5 2908 49%
61 Selena Chan 1359   467.5 936 50%
62 Suzanne Liddall 1352   311 573 54%
– David Grounds 1344   22 36 61%
63 Nola Borrell 1335   856 1642 52%
64 Barney Bonthron 1328   208.5 382 55%
65 Karen Miller 1326   791 1540 51%
66 Delcie Macbeth 1301 ( +35 ) 1314.5 2577 51%
67 Cathy Casey 1287 ( +42 ) 299 589 51%
68 Calum Henderson 1278   89 129 69%
69 Ben Tu’itahi 1276 ( +48 ) 126.5 191 66%
70 Anne Goldstein 1272 ( -62 ) 482 970 50%
71 Jean O’Brien 1267   1796.5 3607 50%
– Minuri Undugodage 1265   40 90 44%
72 Tara Hurley 1263 ( +56 ) 339.5 632 54%
73 Jenny Litchfield 1262 ( -23 ) 381 720 53%
74 Jena Yousif 1249 ( -17 ) 891 1790 50%
75 George Dodd 1246 ( +112 ) 34 50 68%
76 Yvette Hewlett 1234   653.5 1361 48%
– Tei Ngatai 1233   103.5 174 59%
77 Bernie Jardine 1229   526.5 1013 52%
78 Joanna Fox 1218   389.5 784 50%
– Lyn Toka 1217   734.5 1409 52%
79 Mary Gray 1195 ( -30 ) 1011.5 2049 49%
80 Terry Johnson 1184   27.5 43 64%
81 Cooper Ashley 1168 ( +24 ) 119.5 202 59%
– Megan Scherer 1161   70.5 112 63%
– Jill Paterson 1159   180.5 339 53%
82 Fran Lowe 1158   199 386 52%
83 Lev Roch 1158   30 43 70%
84 Su Walker 1146 ( -47 ) 1561 3102 50%
85 Bev Edwards 1142   422 858 49%
86 Paxton Hall 1141   45 57 79%
87 Lynn Carter 1140 ( -45 ) 994 1936 51%
88 Marian Ross 1136   892 1747 51%
– Marcus Henry 1123   31 79 39%
89 Megg Hewlett 1119   244 441 55%
90 Merelyn Fuemana 1086 ( -60 ) 371 728 51%
91 Michael Hyndman 1085   300.5 589 51%
92 Betty Eriksen 1061 ( -53 ) 2397.5 4781 50%
93 Colleen Link 1053   84 142 59%
94 Lyn Dawson 1043   487 946 51%
95 Joanne Morley 1042   304 598 51%
– Grant Paulin 1037   136.5 277 49%
– Alison Holmes 1036   282.5 502 56%
96 Malcolm Graham 1032 ( +118 ) 1062.5 2087 51%
97 Heather Landon 1020   916 1841 50%
– Carole Coates 1012   834.5 1713 49%
98 Ruth Groffman 1009   1076 2168 50%
– Julia Schiller 1003   438 940 47%
99 Dianne Cole-Baker 1001 ( -76 ) 951 1891 50%
– Paul Chambers 958   5 15 33%
– June Dowling 940   148 260 57%
– Geoff Vautier 931   156.5 395 40%
100 Roger Cole-Baker 921   1014.5 2006 51%
101 Mike Harris 894 ( +30 ) 71 151 47%
102 Hanna Dodge 877   448 826 54%
– Marian Merrin 872   43 69 62%
– Andrew Campbell 868   40 84 48%
– Judith Kuchler 853   62.5 104 60%
103 Simon Casey 846   23 41 56%
104 Jez Partridge 830   26 57 46%
– Jeanne-Marie Schumann 828   7 14 50%
– Chris Handley 826   507.5 1010 50%
105 Vicki Jones 818   43 91 47%
106 Tony Charlton 816   533.5 1112 48%
107 Antonia Aarts 811 ( -19 ) 536 1113 48%
– Sheila Reed 793   421 891 47%
108 Colleen Cook 785   543.5 1131 48%
109 Marilyn Sinclair 780   391.5 764 51%
110 Suzanne Harding 770 ( +27 ) 988 1923 51%
111 Patricia Bennett 762   95 219 43%
– Glenda Geard 757   1381 2808 49%
112 Llane Hadden 749   145.5 316 46%
113 Neil Price 749   27 78 35%
– Clarita Mera Javanes 735   2 16 12%
114 Jacqui McVie 735   30 71 42%
115 Glenys Hansen 716   47 81 58%
116 Maheu Papau T-Pole 715 ( +5 ) 84.5 206 41%
– Nora Richardson 705   10.5 15 70%
117 Kate Allen 689   21 44 48%
118 Taanga Lawrence 679   118 273 43%
119 Anne-Louise Milne 677   306.5 794 39%
– Dael Shaw 663   97 188 52%
120 Judy Driscoll 659   531 1301 41%
– Phil Andrews 640   40 82 49%
– James Usherwood 638   13 30 43%
121 Val Isherwood 626   127 264 48%
– Leanna Christie 616   19 42 45%
122 Rodney Jardine 613   468 953 49%
– Andy Slater 572   2 8 25%
123 Marc Van Hoecke 567   126 279 45%
124 Jacqueline Coldham-Fussell 565   922.5 1873 49%
– Dwayne Richardson 560   7.5 15 50%
– Dave Higson 543   22 42 52%
– Tess Harris 540   14.5 30 48%
– Dorothy Bakel 538   176 382 46%
– Andrea Atkinson 535   7 14 50%
– Sharon McKenzie 525   91 205 44%
– Kelly Thomas 515   22.5 57 39%
125 Jenny Duncan 515   43 81 53%
– Judy Cronin 499   283.5 687 41%
– Hairi Effendi 496   9 19 47%
– Dale McMillen 483   35 77 45%
126 Jillian Greening 464   549 1139 48%
– Deb Epp 462   15 39 38%
127 Noeline Monsef 449   148 352 42%
– Rosemary Sutton 445   10 14 71%
128 Tim Henneveld 410   626.5 1390 45%
129 Ruth Godwin 405 ( -10 ) 777.5 1624 48%
– Clementine Mills 401   16 35 46%
130 Madelaine Green 400   222 456 49%
131 Graeme Quinn 380   119.5 305 39%
132 Colin Stewart 374   17 56 30%
– David Lane 359   3 15 20%
133 Karen Stewart 352   77.5 245 32%
134 Anne Scatchard 351 ( -38 ) 926.5 1852 50%
135 David Robinson 351   19 44 43%
– Margaret Peters 345   124 326 38%
136 Jan Rivers 343   48 100 48%
– Jemma Henneveld 333   5 14 36%
– Fay Wenzlick 329   50 144 35%
137 Frances Higham 329 ( +54 ) 448.5 1158 39%
– Spencer Woolrich 307 ( +307 ) 3 13 23%
– Clifford Lazarus 287   4 12 33%
138 Sandra McCullough 284   19 43 44%
139 Janny Henneveld 269   646 1360 48%
– Bronwyn Davey 268 ( +51 ) 8 28 29%
– Barbara Derrick 258   4 16 25%
140 Gill Charlton 255   66.5 244 27%
141 Sue McQuade 250   33 117 28%
– Shelley Harris 224   2 7 29%
– Karen Margetts 217   5 14 36%
– Laura-Rose Holden 213   4 7 57%
– Valerie Scott 207   93 247 38%
142 Annette Caisley 193 ( -32 ) 86 326 26%
– Robert Bruce 161   9 24 38%
143 Sarah Le Gros 155   16 48 33%
– Lisa Smith 98   3 14 21%
– Alex Wierzbicki 81   5 12 42%
144 Lynn Thompson 15   405 981 41%
– Sue Harris 11   4 48 8%
– Gordon Crichton 4   7 12 58%
– Julia Moloney 0   3 7 43%
– Christine Conroy 0   2 7 29%
– Coral Goldstein 0   2 7 29%
– Lynell Ellis 0   5 26 19%
– Lucy Cooper 0   0 6 0%
– Theo Wrench 0   0 15 0%