The ISU Judging System (IJS) is the scoring system that has been used since 2003 to judge the figure skating disciplines of men's and women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. It was designed and implemented by the International Skating Union (ISU), the ruling body of the sport, and is used in all international competitions sanctioned by the ISU. The ISU Judging System replaced the previous 6.0 system, and was created, in part, in response to the 2002 Winter Olympics figure skating scandal , in an attempt to make the scoring system more objective and less vulnerable to abuse.
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Up to and including the 2017–2018 season, the Grade of Execution (GOE) scoring system for each program element ranged between +3 and -3. Starting with the 2018–2019 season, which began on July 1, 2018, the GOE was expanded to range between +5 and -5. Hence, the International Skating Union (ISU) have restarted all records from the 2018–2019 season and all previous statistics have been marked as "historical". Accordingly, following list of highest junior scores in figure skating contains the highest junior scores earned from the 2018–2019 season onwards, using the +5/-5 GOE scoring range.
These lists include: Records (current record holders; technical and component record scores; progression of record scores), Personal bests (highest personal best (PB) scores, highest PB technical element scores; highest PB program component scores, and Absolute bests (lists of absolute best scores). For the personal best lists, only one score is listed for any one skater. The absolute best lists may include more than one score for the same skater.
The ISU only recognizes the best scores that are set at international competitions run under the ISU's rules, and does not recognize, for example, scores that are obtained at national figure skating championships. The junior competitions recognized by the ISU are: Youth Olympics (including the team event), the World Junior Championships, and Junior GP events.
Incumbent highest scores Highest scores in women's singles by segment Component Skater Nation Score Event Ref. Combined total Sofia Akateva 233.08 2021 JGP Russia Details Short program Alena Kostornaia 76.32 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final Details Free skating Sofia Akateva 157.19 2021 JGP Russia Details
Highest scores in pairs by segment Component Female partner Male partner Nation Score Event Ref. Combined total Anastasiia Metelkina Luka Berulava 202.11 2023–24 Junior Grand Prix Final Details Short program Apollinariia Panfilova Dmitry Rylov 73.71 2020 World Junior Championships Details Free skating Anastasiia Metelkina Luka Berulava 131.63 2023–24 Junior Grand Prix Final Details
Highest scores in ice dance by segment Component Female partner Male partner Nation Score Event Ref. Combined total Noemi Maria Tali Noah Lafornara 177.50 2025 World Junior Championships Details Rhythm dance Leah Neset Artem Markelov 72.48 2023–24 Junior Grand Prix Final Details Free dance Avonley Nguyen Vadym Kolesnik 108.91 2020 World Junior Championships Details
Top 10 highest personal best scores in the men's combined total Pl. Skater Nation Score Event 1 Ilia Malinin 276.11 2022 World Junior Championships 2 Kao Miura 264.74 2023 World Junior Championships 3 Seo Min-kyu 255.91 2025-26 JGP Final 4 Shun Sato 255.11 2019–20 JGP Final 5 Daniil Samsonov 250.51 2019 JGP Poland 6 Rio Nakata 249.70 2025-26 JGP Final 7 Yuma Kagiyama 245.35 2019 JGP Poland 8 Andrei Mozalev 245.09 2020 World Junior Championships 9 Daniel Grassl 241.53 2019 JGP Italy 10 Mikhail Shaidorov 234.31 2022 World Junior Championships
Top 10 absolute best scores in the men's combined total Pl. Skater Nation Score Event 1 Ilia Malinin 276.11 2022 World Junior Championships 2 Kao Miura 264.74 2023 World Junior Championships 3 Seo Min-kyu 255.91 2025-26 JGP Final 4 Shun Sato 255.11 2019–20 JGP Final 5 Daniil Samsonov 250.51 2019 JGP Poland 6 Rio Nakata 249.70 2025-26 JGP Final 7 Rio Nakata 248.99 2025 World Junior Championships 8 Rio Nakata 246.94 2025 JGP Latvia 9 Rio Nakata 246.20 2025 JGP Thailand 10 Yuma Kagiyama 245.35 2019 JGP Poland
Top 10 absolute best scores in the men's free skating Pl. Skater Nation Score Event 1 Ilia Malinin 187.12 2022 World Junior Championships 2 Kao Miura 179.63 2023 World Junior Championships 3 Shun Sato 177.86 2019–20 JGP Final 4 Seo Min-kyu 171.09 2025-26 JGP Final 5 Yuma Kagiyama 166.41 2020 Winter Youth Olympics 6 Ilia Malinin 164.04 2021 JGP Austria 7 Rio Nakata 163.22 2025-26 JGP Final 8 Daniil Samsonov 163.18 2019 JGP Poland 9 Rio Nakata 162.95 2025 World Junior Championships 10 Rio Nakata 162.64 2025 JGP Thailand
Progression of highest scores in the men's combined total Date Skater Nation Score Event August 24, 2018 Aleksa Rakic 180.13 2018 JGP Slovakia Egor Rukhin 187.94 Andrew Torgashev 194.75 Stephen Gogolev 226.63 December 7, 2018 Stephen Gogolev 233.58 2018–19 JGP Final August 24, 2019 Yuma Kagiyama 234.87 2019 JGP France September 21, 2019 Yuma Kagiyama 245.35 2019 JGP Poland Daniil Samsonov 250.51 December 7, 2019 Shun Sato 255.11 2019–20 JGP Final April 16, 2022 Ilia Malinin 276.11 2022 World Junior Championships
Progression of highest scores in the men's short program Date Skater Nation Score Event August 23, 2018 Egor Rukhin 60.60 2018 JGP Slovakia Roman Savosin 67.10 Mitsuki Sumoto 74.13 Stephen Gogolev 77.67 August 30, 2018 Conrad Orzel 79.66 2018 JGP Austria September 28, 2018 Camden Pulkinen 81.01 2018 JGP Czech Republic March 6, 2019 Tomoki Hiwatashi 81.50 2019 World Junior Championships Camden Pulkinen 82.41 September 12, 2019 Artur Danielian 83.31 2019 JGP Russia September 19, 2019 Daniil Samsonov 87.33 2019 JGP Poland April 14, 2022 Ilia Malinin 88.99 2022 World Junior Championships
Progression of highest scores in the men's free skating Date Skater Nation Score Event August 24, 2018 Egor Rukhin 127.34 2018 JGP Slovakia Andrew Torgashev 129.38 Stephen Gogolev 148.96 September 15, 2018 Petr Gumennik 150.35 2018 JGP Canada December 7, 2018 Stephen Gogolev 154.76 2018–19 JGP Final September 21, 2019 Yuma Kagiyama 160.63 2019 JGP Poland Daniil Samsonov 163.18 December 7, 2019 Shun Sato 177.86 2019–20 JGP Final April 16, 2022 Ilia Malinin 187.12 2022 World Junior Championships
Top 10 highest personal best scores in the women's short program Pl. Skater Nation Score Event 1 Alena Kostornaia 76.32 2018–19 JGP Final 2 Sofia Akateva 75.89 2021 JGP Russia 3 Kamila Valieva 74.92 2020 World Junior Championships 4 Alexandra Trusova 74.74 2018 JGP Lithuania 5 Mao Shimada 74.68 2025 World Junior Championships 6 Kseniia Sinitsyna 74.65 2019 JGP Italy 7 You Young 73.51 2020 Winter Youth Olympics 8 Shin Ji-a 73.48 2024 World Junior Championships 9 Sofia Muravieva 73.28 2021 JGP Austria 10 Anna Shcherbakova 73.18 2018 JGP Slovakia
Top 10 highest personal best scores in the women's free skating Pl. Skater Nation Score Event 1 Sofia Akateva 157.19 2021 JGP Russia 2 Mao Shimada 156.16 2025 World Junior Championships 3 Kamila Valieva 152.38 2020 World Junior Championships 4 Alexandra Trusova 150.40 2019 World Junior Championships 5 Anna Shcherbakova 147.08 2019 World Junior Championships 6 Veronika Zhilina 145.35 2021 JGP Slovakia 7 Alena Kostornaia 141.66 2018–19 JGP Final 8 Sofia Samodelkina 141.63 2021 JGP Russia 9 Hana Yoshida 141.42 2022 JGP Italy 10 Kseniia Sinitsyna 140.93 2019 JGP Italy
Top 10 absolute best scores in the women's combined total Pl. Skater Nation Score Event 1 Sofia Akateva 233.08 2021 JGP Russia 2 Mao Shimada 230.84 2025 World Junior Championships 3 Kamila Valieva 227.30 2020 World Junior Championships 4 Sofia Akateva 225.64 2021 JGP Poland 5 Mao Shimada 224.68 2024 JGP Poland 6 Mao Shimada 224.54 2023 World Junior Championships 7 Alexandra Trusova 222.89 2019 World Junior Championships 8 Kamila Valieva 221.95 2019 JGP Russia 9 Alexandra Trusova 221.44 2018 JGP Lithuania 10 Alexandra Trusova 221.00 2018 JGP Armenia
Top 10 absolute best scores in the women's short program Pl. Skater Nation Score Event 1 Alena Kostornaia 76.32 2018–19 JGP Final 2 Sofia Akateva 75.89 2021 JGP Russia 3 Kamila Valieva 74.92 2020 World Junior Championships 4 Alexandra Trusova 74.74 2018 JGP Lithuania 5 Mao Shimada 74.68 2025 World Junior Championships 6 Kseniia Sinitsyna 74.65 2019 JGP Italy 7 Alexandra Trusova 74.43 2018–19 JGP Final 8 Alexandra Trusova 74.19 2018 JGP Armenia 9 Mao Shimada 73.78 2023 JGP Japan 10 Kamila Valieva 73.56 2019 JGP Russia
Progression of highest scores in the women's combined total Date Skater Nation Score Event August 25, 2018 Yuhana Yokoi 173.15 2018 JGP Slovakia Anna Shcherbakova 205.39 September 7, 2018 Alexandra Trusova 221.44 2018 JGP Lithuania March 9, 2019 Alexandra Trusova 222.89 2019 World Junior Championships March 7, 2020 Kamila Valieva 227.30 2020 World Junior Championships September 18, 2021 Sofia Akateva 233.08 2021 JGP Russia
Progression of highest scores in the women's short program Date Skater Nation Score Event August 23, 2018 Anna Tarusina 67.14 2018 JGP Slovakia Anna Shcherbakova 73.18 September 6, 2018 Alexandra Trusova 74.74 2018 JGP Lithuania December 6, 2018 Alena Kostornaia 76.32 2018–19 JGP Final
Progression of highest scores in the women's free skating Date Skater Nation Score Event August 25, 2018 Yuhana Yokoi 121.50 2018 JGP Slovakia Anna Shcherbakova 132.21 September 1, 2018 Alena Kostornaia 132.42 2018 JGP Austria September 7, 2018 Alexandra Trusova 146.70 2018 JGP Lithuania October 12, 2018 Alexandra Trusova 146.81 2018 JGP Armenia March 9, 2019 Alexandra Trusova 150.40 2019 World Junior Championships March 7, 2020 Kamila Valieva 152.38 2020 World Junior Championships September 18, 2021 Sofia Akateva 157.19 2021 JGP Russia
Pairs
Top 10 highest personal best scores in the pairs' combined total Pl. Female partner Male partner Nation Score Event 1 Anastasiia Metelkina Luka Berulava 202.11 2023-24 JGP Final 2 Apollinariia Panfilova Dmitry Rylov 199.21 2020 Winter Youth Olympics 3 Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov 190.63 2018–19 JGP Final 4 Polina Kostiukovich Dmitrii Ialin 189.53 2018–19 JGP Final 5 Ekaterina Chikmareva Matvei Ianchenkov 189.11 2021 JGP Russia 6 Natalia Khabibullina Ilya Knyazhuk 188.84 2021 JGP Austria 7 Karina Safina Luka Berulava 188.12 2022 World Junior Championships 8 Kseniia Akhanteva Valerii Kolesov 185.05 2019 JGP Russia 9 Diana Mukhametzianova Ilya Mironov 184.37 2019–20 JGP Final 10 Anastasia Mukhortova Dmitry Evgenyev 183.64 2021 JGP Austria
Top 10 highest personal best scores in the pairs' free skating Pl. Female partner Male partner Nation Score Event 1 Anastasiia Metelkina Luka Berulava 131.63 2023-24 JGP Final 2 Apollinariia Panfilova Dmitry Rylov 127.47 2020 Winter Youth Olympics 3 Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov 126.26 2018–19 JGP Final 4 Ekaterina Chikmareva Matvei Ianchenkov 124.99 2021 JGP Russia 5 Natalia Khabibullina Ilya Knyazhuk 124.61 2021 JGP Austria 6 Polina Kostiukovich Dmitrii Ialin 122.69 2018–19 JGP Final 7 Anastasia Golubeva Hektor Giotopoulos Moore 121.18 2022–23 JGP Final 8 Karina Safina Luka Berulava 120.35 2022 World Junior Championships 9 Anastasia Mukhortova Dmitry Evgenyev 119.80 2021 JGP Austria 10 Diana Mukhametzianova Ilya Mironov 119.47 2019–20 JGP Final
Top 10 absolute best scores in the pairs' combined total Pl. Female partner Male partner Nation Score Event 1 Anastasiia Metelkina Luka Berulava 202.11 2023-24 JGP Final 2 Apollinariia Panfilova Dmitry Rylov 199.21 2020 Winter Youth Olympics 3 Apollinariia Panfilova Dmitry Rylov 195.96 2020 World Junior Championships 4 Apollinariia Panfilova Dmitry Rylov 192.73 2019 JGP Poland 5 Anastasiia Metelkina Luka Berulava 191.01 2025 World Junior Championships 6 Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov 190.63 2018–19 JGP Final 7 Anastasiia Metelkina Luka Berulava 190.45 2023 JGP Hungary 8 Polina Kostiukovich Dmitrii Ialin 189.53 2018–19 JGP Final 9 Ekaterina Chikmareva Matvei Ianchenkov 189.11 2021 JGP Russia 10 Natalia Khabibullina Ilya Knyazhuk 188.84 2021 JGP Austria 10 Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov 188.74 2019 World Junior Championships
Top 10 absolute best scores in the pairs' free skating Pl. Female partner Male partner Nation Score Event 1 Anastasiia Metelkina Luka Berulava 131.63 2023-24 JGP Final 2 Apollinariia Panfilova Dmitry Rylov 127.47 2020 Winter Youth Olympics 3 Apollinariia Panfilova Dmitry Rylov 126.49 2020 Winter Youth Olympics (team) 4 Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov 126.26 2018–19 JGP Final 5 Ekaterina Chikmareva Matvei Ianchenkov 124.99 2021 JGP Russia 6 Natalia Khabibullina Ilya Knyazhuk 124.61 2021 JGP Austria 7 Polina Kostiukovich Dmitrii Ialin 122.69 2018–19 JGP Final 8 Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov 122.49 2018 JGP Canada 9 Apollinariia Panfilova Dmitry Rylov 122.25 2020 World Junior Championships 10 Anastasiia Metelkina Luka Berulava 121.83 2025 World Junior Championships
Progression of highest scores in the pairs' combined total Date Female partner Male partner Nation Score Event August 24, 2018 Apollinariia Panfilova Dmitry Rylov 173.37 2018 JGP Slovakia Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov 184.80 September 15, 2018 Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov 187.71 2018 JGP Canada December 8, 2018 Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov 190.63 2018–19 JGP Final September 20, 2019 Apollinariia Panfilova Dmitry Rylov 192.73 2019 JGP Poland January 12, 2020 Apollinariia Panfilova Dmitry Rylov 199.21 2020 Winter Youth Olympics December 9, 2023 Anastasiia Metelkina Luka Berulava 202.11 2023-24 JGP Final
Progression of highest scores in the pairs' short program Date Female partner Male partner Nation Score Event August 23, 2018 Apollinariia Panfilova Dmitry Rylov 57.95 2018 JGP Slovakia Kseniia Akhanteva Valerii Kolesov 60.14 Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov 64.38 September 14, 2018 Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov 65.22 2018 JGP Canada September 27, 2018 Polina Kostiukovich Dmitrii Ialin 66.30 2018 JGP Czech Republic December 6, 2018 Apollinariia Panfilova Dmitry Rylov 66.44 2018–19 JGP Final Polina Kostiukovich Dmitrii Ialin 66.84 March 6, 2019 Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov 67.02 2019 World Junior Championships Apollinariia Panfilova Dmitry Rylov 67.91 Polina Kostiukovich Dmitrii Ialin 68.31 September 19, 2019 Apollinariia Panfilova Dmitry Rylov 70.97 2019 JGP Poland January 10, 2020 Apollinariia Panfilova Dmitry Rylov 71.74 2020 Winter Youth Olympics March 4, 2020 Apollinariia Panfilova Dmitry Rylov 73.71 2020 World Junior Championships
Progression of highest scores in the pairs' free skating Date Female partner Male partner Nation Score Event August 24, 2018 Apollinariia Panfilova Dmitry Rylov 115.42 2018 JGP Slovakia Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov 120.42 September 15, 2018 Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov 122.49 2018 JGP Canada December 8, 2018 Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov 126.26 2018–19 JGP Final January 12, 2020 Apollinariia Panfilova Dmitry Rylov 127.47 2020 Winter Youth Olympics December 9, 2023 Anastasiia Metelkina Luka Berulava 131.63 2023-24 JGP Final
Ice dance
Highest personal best scores in ice dance Top 10 highest personal best scores in the rhythm dance Pl. Female partner Male partner Nation Score Event 1 Leah Neset Artem Markelov 72.48 2023–24 JGP Final 2 Kateřina Mrázková Daniel Mrázek 71.87 2022 JGP Italy 3 Hannah Lim Ye Quan 71.08 2023 World Junior Championships 4 Noemi Maria Tali Noah Lafornara 70.92 2025 World Junior Championships 5 Marjorie Lajoie Zachary Lagha 70.14 2019 World Junior Championships 6 Elizaveta Shanaeva Devid Naryzhnyy 70.03 2020 World Junior Championships 7 Maria Kazakova Georgy Reviya 69.98 2020 World Junior Championships 8 Nadiia Bashynska Peter Beaumont 69.56 2022 JGP Poland II 9 Avonley Nguyen Vadym Kolesnik 69.20 2019 JGP Poland 10 Arina Ushakova Maxim Nekrasov 69.18 2018 JGP Armenia
Absolute best scores in ice dance
Progression of highest scores in ice dance Progression of highest scores in the combined total (ice dance) Date Female partner Male partner Nation Score Event August 25, 2018 Eliana Gropman Ian Somerville 148.51 2018 JGP Slovakia Elizaveta Shanaeva Devid Naryzhnyy 152.21 Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva Nikita Nazarov 159.62 September 8, 2018 Arina Ushakova Maxim Nekrasov 168.17 2018 JGP Lithuania October 13, 2018 Arina Ushakova Maxim Nekrasov 172.81 2018 JGP Armenia March 9, 2019 Marjorie Lajoie Zachary Lagha 176.10 2019 World Junior Championships March 7, 2020 Maria Kazakova Georgy Reviya 176.19 2020 World Junior Championships Avonley Nguyen Vadym Kolesnik 177.18 March 4, 2023 Kateřina Mrázková Daniel Mrázek 177.36 2023 World Junior Championships February 27, 2025 Noemi Maria Tali Noah Lafornara 177.50 2025 World Junior Championships
Progression of highest scores in the rhythm dance Date Female partner Male partner Nation Score Event August 24, 2018 Elizaveta Shanaeva Devid Naryzhnyy 60.30 2018 JGP Slovakia Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva Nikita Nazarov 64.39 September 7, 2018 Arina Ushakova Maxim Nekrasov 67.63 2018 JGP Lithuania October 12, 2018 Arina Ushakova Maxim Nekrasov 69.18 2018 JGP Armenia March 7, 2019 Marjorie Lajoie Zachary Lagha 70.14 2019 World Junior Championships September 2, 2022 Kateřina Mrázková Daniel Mrázek 70.83 2022 JGP Czech Republic October 13, 2022 Kateřina Mrázková Daniel Mrázek 71.87 2022 JGP Italy December 9, 2023 Leah Neset Artem Markelov 72.48 2023–24 JGP Final
Progression of highest scores in the free dance Date Female partner Male partner Nation Score Event August 25, 2018 Eliana Gropman Ian Somerville 88.59 2018 JGP Slovakia Elizaveta Shanaeva Devid Naryzhnyy 91.91 Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva Nikita Nazarov 95.23 September 8, 2018 Arina Ushakova Maxim Nekrasov 100.54 2018 JGP Lithuania September 14, 2018 Marjorie Lajoie Zachary Lagha 100.95 2018 JGP Canada October 13, 2018 Arina Ushakova Maxim Nekrasov 103.63 2018 JGP Armenia March 9, 2019 Marjorie Lajoie Zachary Lagha 105.96 2019 World Junior Championships December 7, 2019 Maria Kazakova Georgy Reviya 106.14 2019–20 JGP Final March 7, 2020 Maria Kazakova Georgy Reviya 106.21 2020 World Junior Championships Avonley Nguyen Vadym Kolesnik 108.91
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