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Season-end world number one figure skaters

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Yuzuru Hanyu
Yuzuru Hanyu is a Japanese figure skater and ice show producer. Widely recognized as one of the greatest figure skaters in history for his well-rounded skills, achievements, innovations, longevity, popularity, and impact on the sport, he started skating at four years old and competed in the men's singles discipline from 2004 to 2022. Hanyu is the first men's single skater in 66 years since Dick Button to win back-to-back Olympic titles, and the first Asian Olympic champion in that discipline. He is a two-time World champion, six-time Japanese national champion, and the first singles skater to win four consecutive Grand Prix Finals (2013–2016). With his win at the 2020 Four Continents Championships, he became the first skater in men's singles to complete the Super Slam, having won all major international junior and senior titles in the course of his career. He is also the only single skater to be ranked first in the ISU World Standings for five consecutive seasons (2014–2018). Hanyu broke world records 19 times, the most in singles since the introduction of the ISU Judging System in 2003, and was the first skater to land a quadruple loop jump in international competition among other achievements.
Michelle Kwan
Michelle Wingshan Kwan is an American retired competitive figure skater and diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Belize from 2022 to 2025. In figure skating Kwan is a two-time Olympic medalist, a five-time world champion and a nine-time U.S. champion. She is tied with Maribel Vinson for the all-time National Championship record.
Kim Yuna
South Korean figure skater
Evgeni Plushenko
Russian figure skater and figure skating coach
Carolina Kostner
Italian figure skater (born 1987)
Sasha Cohen
American figure skater
Evgenia Medvedeva
Russian figure skater
Shizuka Arakawa
Japanese figure skater
Mao Asada
Japanese figure skater
Tessa Virtue
Canadian ice dancer
Patrick Chan
Canadian figure skater, Olympic gold medallist
Scott Moir
Canadian ice dancer
Irina Slutskaya
Russian figure skater
Aljona Savchenko
Ukrainian & German pair skater
Nathan Chen
Nathan Wei Chen is an American figure skater. He is the 2022 Olympic champion, a three-time World champion, the 2017 Four Continents champion, a three-time Grand Prix Final champion, a ten-time Grand Prix medalist, the 2022 Olympic gold medalist in the team event, the 2018 Olympic bronze medalist in the team event, and a six-time U.S. national champion (2017–22). At the junior level, Chen is the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, 2013–14 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, 2014 World Junior bronze medalist, and a six-time Junior Grand Prix medalist. He became the youngest skater to win a U.S. Championship at the novice level in 2010, at age ten, a title he successfully defended the following season.
Albena Denkova
Bulgarian ice dancer
Evan Lysacek
American figure skater
Tatiana Navka
Russian ice dancer
Eric Radford
Canadian pair skater
Kaetlyn Osmond
Canadian figure skater
Meryl Davis
American ice dancer
Marina Anissina
Russian and French ice dancer
Robin Szolkowy
German pair skater
Charlie White
American ice dancer
Shen Xue
Chinese pair skater
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
Russian figure skater (born 1996)
Meagan Duhamel
Canadian pair skater
Tatiana Volosozhar
Ukrainian-born Russian pair skater (born 1986)
Zhang Dan
Chinese pair skater
Zhao Hongbo
Chinese pair skater
Oksana Domnina
Russian ice dancer
Daisuke Takahashi
Japanese figure skater
Gwendal Peizerat
French ice dancer
Zhang Hao
Chinese pair skater
Roman Kostomarov
Russian ice dancer
Bruno Massot
French-born German figure skater
Jeffrey Buttle
Canadian figure skater and choreographer
Maxim Trankov
Russian pair skater (born 1983)
Tomáš Verner
Czech figure skater
Madison Chock
Madison Laʻakea Te-Lan Hall Chock is an American ice dancer. Together with her husband and skating partner, Evan Bates, she is a two-time Olympic gold medalist in the team event, the 2026 Winter Olympics silver medalist, a three-time World champion, three-time Grand Prix Final champion, three-time Four Continents champion ; twenty-two-time ISU Grand Prix medalist ; ten-time ISU Challenger Series medalist ; and seven-time U.S. national champion. She is also a four-time Olympian, having represented the United States at the 2014, 2018, 2022, and 2026 Winter Olympics.
Maxim Staviski
figure skater
Maxim Shabalin
Russian former competitive ice dancer (born 1982)
Ilia Averbukh
Russian ice dancer
Evan Bates
Evan Bates is an American ice dancer. With his wife and skating partner, Madison Chock, he is a two-time Olympic gold medalist in the team event, the 2026 Winter Olympics silver medalist, a three-time World champion, three-time Grand Prix Final champion, a three-time Four Continents champion, a twenty-two-time ISU Grand Prix medalist, ten-time ISU Challenger Series medalist, and a seven-time U.S. national champion. The two represented the United States at the 2014, 2018, 2022, and 2026 Winter Olympics. He served as flag bearer for the United States during the closing ceremony for the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Irina Lobacheva
Russian ice dancer
Elena Berezhnaya
Russian pair skater and politician
Satoko Miyahara
Japanese figure skater
Olivier Schoenfelder
French ice dancer
Kaitlyn Weaver
American-Canadian ice dancer
Andrew Poje
Canadian ice dancer
Maria Petrova
Russian pair skater
Isabelle Delobel
French ice dancer
Anton Sikharulidze
Russian pair skater, politician
Alexei Tikhonov
Russian pair skater
Marie-France Dubreuil
figure skater
Patrice Lauzon
Canadian ice dancer