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 2018–19 season, the GOE was expanded to range between +5 and -5. Hence, the International Skating Union (ISU) have restarted all records from the 2018–19 season and all previous statistics have been marked as "historical". Accordingly, this page lists only the highest scores achieved from the 2018–19 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 competitions recognized by the ISU are: Winter Olympics (including the team event), Youth Olympics (including the team event), World Championships, World Junior Championships, European Championships, Four Continents Championships , GP events, Junior GP events, Challenger Series events, and World Team Trophy .
Incumbent highest scores and record holders TSS – Total segment score (highlighted in bold and italic ) TES – Technical element score PCS – Program component score Highest total segment scores are recognized as world records by Guinness World Records. Highest scores in men's singles by segment Segment Type Skater Nation Score Event Combined Total TSS Nathan Chen USA 335.30 2019–20 Grand Prix Final Short program TSS Nathan Chen USA 113.97 2022 Winter Olympics TES Nathan Chen USA 65.98 2022 Winter Olympics PCS Yuzuru Hanyu JPN 48.47 2019 Skate Canada International Free skating TSS Ilia Malinin USA 238.24 2025-26 Grand Prix Final TES Ilia Malinin USA 146.24 2025-26 Grand Prix Final PCS Nathan Chen USA 97.22 2022 Winter Olympics
Highest scores in women's singles by segment Segment Type Skater Nation Score Event Combined Total TSS Kamila Valieva RUS 272.71 2021 Rostelecom Cup Short program TSS Kamila Valieva RUS 87.52 2021 Rostelecom Cup TES Kamila Valieva RUS 49.97 2021 Rostelecom Cup PCS Anna Shcherbakova RUS 37.56 2021 World Team Trophy Free skating TSS Kamila Valieva RUS 185.29 2021 Rostelecom Cup TES Kamila Valieva RUS 109.02 2021 Rostelecom Cup PCS Kamila Valieva RUS 76.27 2021 Rostelecom Cup
Highest scores in pairs by segment Segment Type Female partner Male partner Nation Score Event Combined Total TSS Sui Wenjing Han Cong CHN 239.88 2022 Winter Olympics Short program TSS Sui Wenjing Han Cong CHN 84.41 2022 Winter Olympics TES Evgenia Tarasova Vladimir Morozov RUS 46.04 2022 Winter Olympics PCS Sui Wenjing Han Cong CHN 38.45 2022 Winter Olympics Free skating TSS Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov RUS 157.46 2022 European Championships TES Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov RUS 81.45 2022 European Championships PCS Evgenia Tarasova Vladimir Morozov RUS 76.99 2022 Winter Olympics
Men's singles
Men's highest personal best scores Top 10 highest personal best scores in the men's combined total No. Skater Nation Score Event 1 Nathan Chen United States 335.30 2019–20 Grand Prix Final 2 Ilia Malinin United States 333.81 2025 Skate Canada International 3 Yuzuru Hanyu Japan 322.59 2019 Skate Canada International 4 Shoma Uno Japan 312.48 2022 World Championships 5 Yuma Kagiyama Japan 310.05 2022 Winter Olympics 6 Adam Siao Him Fa France 306.78 2023 Cup of China 7 Vincent Zhou United States 299.01 2019 World Team Trophy 8 Cha Jun-hwan South Korea 296.03 2023 World Championships 9 Mikhail Shaidorov Kazakhstan 287.47 2025 World Championships 10 Mark Kondratiuk Russia 286.56 2022 European Championships
Top 10 highest personal best scores in the men's free skating No. Skater Nation Score Event 1 Ilia Malinin United States 238.24 2025–26 Grand Prix Final 2 Nathan Chen United States 224.92 2019–20 Grand Prix Final 3 Yuzuru Hanyu Japan 212.99 2019 Skate Canada International 4 Yuma Kagiyama Japan 208.94 2022 Winter Olympics (team) 5 Adam Siao Him Fa France 207.17 2023 Cup of China 6 Shoma Uno Japan 204.47 2022–23 Grand Prix Final 7 Vincent Zhou United States 198.50 2019 World Team Trophy 8 Cha Jun-hwan South Korea 196.39 2023 World Championships 9 Mikhail Shaidorov Kazakhstan 192.70 2025 World Championships 10 Kévin Aymoz France 190.84 2024 Skate America
Men's highest personal best TES and PCS Top 10 highest personal best technical element scores in the men's free skating No. Skater Nation Score Event 1 Ilia Malinin United States 146.07 2025–26 Grand Prix Final 2 Nathan Chen United States 129.14 2019–20 Grand Prix Final 3 Adam Siao Him Fa France 116.83 2024 World Championships 4 Yuzuru Hanyu Japan 116.59 2019 Skate Canada International 5 Yuma Kagiyama Japan 116.50 2022 Winter Olympics (team) 6 Shoma Uno Japan 111.59 2022–23 Grand Prix Final 7 Daniel Grassl Italy 110.86 2025–26 Grand Prix Final 8 Vincent Zhou United States 110.19 2021 Skate America 9 Mikhail Shaidorov Kazakhstan 110.17 2025 World Championships 10 Shun Sato Japan 107.21 2025–26 Grand Prix Final
Top 10 highest personal best program component scores in the men's free skating No. Skater Nation Score Event 1 Nathan Chen United States 97.22 2022 Winter Olympics 2 Yuzuru Hanyu Japan 96.40 2019 Skate Canada International 3 Jason Brown United States 96.34 2022 Winter Olympics 4 Shoma Uno Japan 95.14 2022 World Championships 5 Javier Fernández Spain 94.20 2019 European Championships 6 Yuma Kagiyama Japan 93.94 2022 Winter Olympics 7 Kévin Aymoz France 93.24 2023 Skate America 8 Keegan Messing Canada 92.88 2023 Four Continents Championships 9 Cha Jun-hwan South Korea 92.28 2023 World Team Trophy 10 Ilia Malinin United States 92.17 2025–26 Grand Prix Final
Men's absolute best scores Top 10 absolute best scores in the men's combined total No. Skater Nation Score Event 1 Nathan Chen United States 335.30 2019–20 Grand Prix Final 2 Ilia Malinin United States 333.81 2025 Skate Canada International 3 Ilia Malinin United States 333.76 2024 World Championships 4 Nathan Chen United States 332.60 2022 Winter Olympics 5 Ilia Malinin United States 332.29 2025–26 Grand Prix Final 6 Nathan Chen United States 323.42 2019 World Championships 7 Yuzuru Hanyu Japan 322.59 2019 Skate Canada International 8 Ilia Malinin United States 321.00 2025 Grand Prix de France 9 Nathan Chen United States 320.88 2021 World Championships 10 Ilia Malinin United States 318.56 2025 World Championships
Top 10 absolute best scores in the men's short program No. Skater Nation Score Event 1 Nathan Chen United States 113.97 2022 Winter Olympics 2 Yuzuru Hanyu Japan 111.82 2020 Four Continents Championships 3 Nathan Chen United States 111.71 2022 Winter Olympics (team) 4 Yuzuru Hanyu Japan 110.53 2018 Rostelecom Cup 5 Ilia Malinin United States 110.41 2025 World Championships 6 Nathan Chen United States 110.38 2019–20 Grand Prix Final 7 Nathan Chen United States 109.65 2021 World Team Trophy 8 Shoma Uno Japan 109.63 2022 World Championships 9 Yuzuru Hanyu Japan 109.60 2019 Skate Canada International 10 Yuzuru Hanyu Japan 109.34 2019 NHK Trophy
Top 10 absolute best scores in the men's free skating No. Skater Nation Score Event 1 Ilia Malinin United States 238.24 2025–26 Grand Prix Final 2 Ilia Malinin United States 228.97 2025 Skate Canada International 3 Ilia Malinin United States 227.79 2024 World Championships 4 Nathan Chen United States 224.92 2019–20 Grand Prix Final 5 Nathan Chen United States 222.03 2021 World Championships 6 Nathan Chen United States 218.63 2022 Winter Olympics 7 Nathan Chen United States 216.02 2019 World Championships 8 Ilia Malinin United States 215.78 2025 Grand Prix de France 9 Yuzuru Hanyu Japan 212.99 2019 Skate Canada International 10 Yuma Kagiyama Japan 208.94 2022 Winter Olympics (team)
Progression of men's highest scores
Women's singles
Women's highest personal best scores Top 10 highest personal best scores in the women's combined total No. Skater Nation Score Event 1 Kamila Valieva Russia 272.71 2021 Rostelecom Cup 2 Anna Shcherbakova Russia 255.95 2022 Winter Olympics 3 Alexandra Trusova Russia 251.73 2022 Winter Olympics 4 Alena Kostornaia Russia 247.59 2019–20 Grand Prix Final 5 Alina Zagitova Russia 238.43 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 6 Kaori Sakamoto Japan 236.09 2022 World Championships 7 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Russia 234.43 2019 World Team Trophy 8 Rika Kihira Japan 233.12 2018–19 Grand Prix Final 9 Sofia Akateva Russia 233.08 2021 JGP Russia 10 Mao Shimada Japan 230.84 2025 World Junior Championships
Top 10 highest personal best scores in the women's short program No. Skater Nation Score Event 1 Kamila Valieva Russia 87.42 2021 Rostelecom Cup 2 Alena Kostornaia Russia 85.45 2019–20 Grand Prix Final 3 Rika Kihira Japan 83.97 2019 World Team Trophy 4 Alina Zagitova Russia 82.08 2019 World Championships 5 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Russia 81.53 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy 6 Anna Shcherbakova Russia 81.07 2021 World Team Trophy 7 Kaori Sakamoto Japan 80.32 2022 World Championships 8 Wakaba Higuchi Japan 79.73 2021 CS Cup of Austria 9 You Young South Korea 78.22 2019 Skate Canada International 10 Amber Glenn United States 78.14 2024 Grand Prix de France
Top 10 highest personal best scores in the women's free skating No. Skater Nation Score Event 1 Kamila Valieva Russia 185.29 2021 Rostelecom Cup 2 Alexandra Trusova Russia 177.13 2022 Winter Olympics 3 Anna Shcherbakova Russia 175.75 2022 Winter Olympics 4 Alena Kostornaia Russia 162.14 2019–20 Grand Prix Final 5 Alina Zagitova Russia 158.50 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, 6 Sofia Akateva Russia 157.19 2021 JGP Russia 7 Mao Shimada Japan 156.16 2025 World Junior Championships 8 Kaori Sakamoto Japan 155.77 2022 World Championships 9 Maya Khromykh Russia 154.97 2021 Rostelecom Cup 10 Rika Kihira Japan 154.72 2018 NHK Trophy
Women's highest personal best TES and PCS Top 10 highest personal best technical element scores in the women's short program No. Skater Nation Score Event 1 Kamila Valieva Russia 49.97 2021 Rostelecom Cup 2 Alena Kostornaia Russia 49.48 2019–20 Grand Prix Final 3 Rika Kihira Japan 48.17 2019 World Team Trophy 4 Wakaba Higuchi Japan 46.25 2021 CS Cup of Austria 5 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Russia 45.89 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy 6 You Young South Korea 45.54 2019 Skate Canada International 7 Ami Nakai Japan 44.84 2025 Grand Prix de France 8 Alina Zagitova Russia 44.72 2019 World Championships 9 Sofia Akateva Russia 44.60 2021 JGP Russia 10 Amber Glenn United States 44.35 2024 Grand Prix de France
Top 10 highest personal best technical element scores in the women's free skating No. Skater Nation Score Event 1 Kamila Valieva Russia 109.02 2021 Rostelecom Cup 2 Alexandra Trusova Russia 106.16 2022 Winter Olympics 3 Anna Shcherbakova Russia 100.49 2022 Winter Olympics 4 Sofia Akateva Russia 94.57 2021 JGP Russia 5 Mao Shimada Japan 89.23 2025 World Junior Championships 6 Alena Kostornaia Russia 88.87 2019–20 Grand Prix Final 7 Rika Kihira Japan 87.17 2018 NHK Trophy 8 Maya Khromykh Russia 85.77 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia 9 Alysa Liu United States 83.94 2019 JGP Poland 10 Alina Zagitova Russia 83.54 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
Top 10 highest personal best program component scores in the women's free skating No. Skater Nation Score Event 1 Kamila Valieva Russia 76.27 2021 Rostelecom Cup 2 Kaori Sakamoto Japan 76.20 2024 NHK Trophy 3 Anna Shcherbakova Russia 75.26 2022 Winter Olympics 4 Alina Zagitova Russia 74.96 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 5 Evgenia Medvedeva Russia 74.06 2019 Rostelecom Cup 6 Alena Kostornaia Russia 73.27 2019–20 Grand Prix Final 7 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Russia 73.22 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy 8 Loena Hendrickx Belgium 72.94 2023 Skate America 9 Rika Kihira Japan 72.52 2019 NHK Trophy 10 Lee Hae-in South Korea 72.46 2023 World Team Trophy
Women's absolute best scores Top 10 absolute best scores in the women's combined total No. Skater Nation Score Event 1 Kamila Valieva Russia 272.71 2021 Rostelecom Cup 2 Kamila Valieva Russia 265.08 2021 Skate Canada International 3 Anna Shcherbakova Russia 255.95 2022 Winter Olympics 4 Alexandra Trusova Russia 251.73 2022 Winter Olympics 5 Kamila Valieva Russia 249.24 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy 6 Alena Kostornaia Russia 247.59 2019–20 Grand Prix Final 7 Anna Shcherbakova Russia 241.65 2021 World Team Trophy 8 Alexandra Trusova Russia 241.02 2019 Skate Canada International 9 Anna Shcherbakova Russia 240.92 2019–20 Grand Prix Final 10 Alexandra Trusova Russia 238.69 2019 CS Nepela Memorial
Top 10 absolute best scores in the women's short program No. Skater Nation Score Event 1 Kamila Valieva Russia 87.42 2021 Rostelecom Cup 2 Alena Kostornaia Russia 85.45 2019–20 Grand Prix Final 3 Alena Kostornaia Russia 85.04 2019 NHK Trophy 4 Alena Kostornaia Russia 84.92 2020 European Championships 5 Kamila Valieva Russia 84.19 2021 Skate Canada International 6 Rika Kihira Japan 83.97 2019 World Team Trophy 7 Rika Kihira Japan 82.51 2018–19 Grand Prix Final 8 Alina Zagitova Russia 82.08 2019 World Championships 9 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Russia 81.53 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy 10 Rika Kihira Japan 81.35 2019 Skate Canada International
Top 10 absolute best scores in the women's free skating No. Skater Nation Score Event 1 Kamila Valieva Russia 185.29 2021 Rostelecom Cup 2 Kamila Valieva Russia 180.89 2021 Skate Canada International 3 Alexandra Trusova Russia 177.13 2022 Winter Olympics 4 Anna Shcherbakova Russia 175.75 2022 Winter Olympics 5 Kamila Valieva Russia 174.31 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy 6 Anna Shcherbakova Russia 168.37 2022 European Championships 7 Alexandra Trusova Russia 166.62 2019 Skate Canada International 8 Anna Shcherbakova Russia 165.05 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia 9 Alexandra Trusova Russia 163.78 2019 CS Nepela Memorial 10 Alena Kostornaia Russia 162.14 2019-20 Grand Prix Final
Progression of women's highest scores
Pairs
Pairs' highest personal best scores Top 10 highest personal best scores in the pairs' short program No. Team Nation Score Event 1 China 84.41 2022 Winter Olympics 2 Evgenia Tarasova Vladimir Morozov Russia 84.25 2022 Winter Olympics 3 Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov Russia 82.76 2022 Winter Olympics 4 Aleksandra Boikova Dmitrii Kozlovskii Russia 82.34 2020 European Championships 5 Alexa Knierim Brandon Frazier United States 82.25 2023 World Team Trophy 6 Riku Miura Ryuichi Kihara Japan 80.99 2025 World Team Trophy 7 Anastasia Metelkina Luka Berulava Georgia 78.83 2025 Skate America 8 Minerva Fabienne Hase Nikita Volodin Germany 77.61 2025 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 9 Deanna Stellato-Dudek Maxime Deschamps Canada 77.48 2024 World Championships 10 Italy 77.22 2025–26 Grand Prix Final
Pairs' highest personal best TES and PCS Top 10 highest personal best technical element scores in the pairs' short program Pl. Team Nation Score Event 1 Evgenia Tarasova Vladimir Morozov Russia 46.04 2022 Winter Olympics 2 China 45.96 2022 Winter Olympics 3 Aleksandra Boikova Dmitrii Kozlovskii Russia 45.93 2020 European Championships 4 Alexa Knierim Brandon Frazier United States 45.38 2023 World Team Trophy 5 Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov Russia 45.22 2022 Winter Olympics (team) 6 Riku Miura Ryuichi Kihara Japan 44.66 2023 World Championships 7 Anastasia Metelkina Luka Berulava Georgia 44.44 2025 Skate America 8 Apollinariia Panfilova Dmitry Rylov Russia 43.02 2020 World Junior Championships 9 Minerva Fabienne Hase Nikita Volodin Germany 43.00 2025 Skate Canada International 10 Daria Pavliuchenko Denis Khodykin Russia 42.50 2019–20 Grand Prix Final
Top 10 highest personal best program component scores in the pairs' short program Pl. Team Nation Score Event 1 China 38.45 2022 Winter Olympics 2 Evgenia Tarasova Vladimir Morozov Russia 38.21 2022 Winter Olympics 3 Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov Russia 38.06 2022 European Championships 4 Aleksandra Boikova Dmitrii Kozlovskii Russia 37.21 2020 European Championships 5 Alexa Knierim Brandon Frazier United States 36.87 2023 World Team Trophy 6 Riku Miura Ryuichi Kihara Japan 36.85 2025 World Team Trophy 7 Vanessa James Morgan Ciprès France 35.86 2019 European Championships 8 Deanna Stellato-Dudek Maxime Deschamps Canada 35.43 2024 World Championships 9 Natalia Zabiiako Alexander Enbert Russia 35.38 2018–19 Grand Prix Final 10 China 35.23 2022 Winter Olympics
Top 10 highest personal best program component scores in the pairs' free skating Pl. Team Nation Score Event 1 Evgenia Tarasova Vladimir Morozov Russia 76.99 2022 Winter Olympics 2 China 76.86 2022 Winter Olympics 3 Vanessa James Morgan Ciprès France 76.13 2019 World Team Trophy 4 Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov Russia 76.01 2022 European Championships 5 Alexa Knierim Brandon Frazier United States 74.16 2023 World Team Trophy 6 Aleksandra Boikova Dmitrii Kozlovskii Russia 74.08 2020 European Championships 7 Riku Miura Ryuichi Kihara Japan 73.31 2023 World Team Trophy 8 Minerva Fabienne Hase Nikita Volodin Germany 71.16 2025 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 9 Deanna Stellato-Dudek Maxime Deschamps Canada 71.13 2024 World Championships 10 China 71.09 2018–19 Grand Prix Final
Pairs' absolute best scores Top 10 absolute best scores in the pairs' combined total No. Female partner Male partner Nation Score Event 1 Sui Wenjing Han Cong China 239.88 2022 Winter Olympics 2 Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov Russia 239.82 2022 European Championships 3 Evgenia Tarasova Vladimir Morozov Russia 239.25 2022 Winter Olympics 4 Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov Russia 237.71 2022 Winter Olympics 5 Evgenia Tarasova Vladimir Morozov Russia 236.43 2022 European Championships 6 Sui Wenjing Han Cong China 234.84 2019 World Championships 7 Aleksandra Boikova Dmitrii Kozlovskii Russia 234.58 2020 European Championships 8 Alexa Knierim Brandon Frazier United States 230.12 2023 World Team Trophy 9 Aleksandra Boikova Dmitrii Kozlovskii Russia 229.48 2019 Rostelecom Cup 10 Evgenia Tarasova Vladimir Morozov Russia 228.49 2021 CS Warsaw Cup
Top 10 absolute best scores in the pairs' short program No. Female partner Male partner Nation Score Event 1 Sui Wenjing Han Cong China 84.41 2022 Winter Olympics 2 Evgenia Tarasova Vladimir Morozov Russia 84.25 2022 Winter Olympics 3 Sui Wenjing Han Cong China 82.83 2022 Winter Olympics (team) 4 Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov Russia 82.76 2022 Winter Olympics 5 Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov Russia 82.64 2022 Winter Olympics (team) 6 Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov Russia 82.36 2022 European Championships 7 Aleksandra Boikova Dmitrii Kozlovskii Russia 82.34 2020 European Championships 8 Alexa Knierim Brandon Frazier United States 82.25 2023 World Team Trophy 9 Evgenia Tarasova Vladimir Morozov Russia 81.58 2022 European Championships 10 Sui Wenjing Han Cong China 81.27 2019 NHK Trophy
Top 10 absolute best scores in the pairs' free skating No. Female partner Male partner Nation Score Event 1 Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov Russia 157.46 2022 European Championships 2 Sui Wenjing Han Cong China 155.60 2019 World Championships 3 Sui Wenjing Han Cong China 155.47 2022 Winter Olympics 4 Evgenia Tarasova Vladimir Morozov Russia 155.00 2022 Winter Olympics 5 Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov Russia 154.95 2022 Winter Olympics 6 Evgenia Tarasova Vladimir Morozov Russia 154.85 2022 European Championships 7 Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov Russia 153.37 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy 8 Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov Russia 153.34 2021 Rostelecom Cup 9 Vanessa James Morgan Ciprès France 152.52 2019 World Team Trophy 10 Aleksandra Boikova Dmitrii Kozlovskii Russia 152.24 2020 European Championships
Progression of pairs' highest scores
Ice dance
Highest personal best scores in ice dance
Highest personal best TES and PCS in ice dance
Absolute best scores in ice dance
Progression of highest scores in ice dance
See also