Following the conclusion of the 2025 World Rowing Championships in Shanghai, China, here are row2k’s new rankings for the top 15 men’s and women’s rowers in the world. This is an objective ranking of athletes based off results at Olympic and World Championship regattas. View previous rankings here: 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016.
METHODOLOGY
Athlete must have medalled at the most recent World/Olympic Regatta to be eligible
Points are scored for medalling at an Olympic or Senior World Championship Regatta
5 points for gold, 3 points for silver, 2 points for bronze
Scoring regattas go back to include the two most recent Olympics (Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024) and the World Championships in between (2022-2025)
Each regatta has a multiplier value. 3x for most recent Olympics (2024), 2x for the Olympics prior to that (2020), 2x for Olympic class event at the most recent World Championship (2025), 1x for Olympic class event at remaining World Championships (2022-2023), 0.5x for any non-Olympic class events at eligible World Championships (2022-2025)
Tie breaker is head to head total number of medals by priority: Olympic gold > silver > bronze, World championship gold > silver > bronze, World Cup gold > silver > bronze. The tie breaker includes all medals won in athlete’s career. #5 Amalia Beres – ROMANIA
Age – 28
2024 Ranking – 8
2025 World Championships – Silver in the W4- and Silver in the W8+
2024 Olympics – Gold in the W8+
2023 World Championships – Silver in the W4- and Gold in the W8+
2022 World Championships – Gold in the W8+ #4 Maria Magdalena Rusu – ROMANIA
Age – 26
2024 Ranking – 9
2025 World Championships – Gold in the W2- and Gold in the Mix8+
2024 Olympics – Gold in the W8+
2023 World Championships – Silver in the W4- and Gold in the W8+
2022 World Championships – Gold in the W8+
Magdalena Rusu of Romania
#3 Ymkje Clevering – NETHERLANDS
Age – 30
2024 Ranking – 5
2025 World Championships – Gold in the W8+
2024 Olympics – Gold in the W2-
2023 World Championships – Gold in the W2-
2022 World Championships – Silver in the W2- and Silver in the W8+
2020 Olympics – Silver in the W4-
Dutch rower Ymkje Clevering
#2 Ancuta Bodnar – ROMANIA
Age – 27
2024 Ranking – 2
2025 World Championships – Silver in the W8+ and Silver in the W4-
2024 Olympics – Silver in the W2x and Gold in the W8+
2023 World Championships – Gold in the W2x
2022 World Championships – Gold in the W2x
2020 Olympics – Gold in the W2x
Romanian rower Ancuta Bondar
#1 Simona Radis – ROMANIA
Age – 26
2024 Ranking – 1
2025 World Championships – Gold in the W2- and Gold in the Mix8+
2024 Olympics – Silver in the W2x and Gold in the W8+
2023 World Championships – Gold in the W2x
2022 World Championships – Gold in the W2x and Gold in the W8+
2020 Olympics – Gold in the W2x
#1 Simona Radis of Romania
