The following scores are the best thus far in 2016 (top 25 all-around and top 10 for each event). Should you want to see every single score entered, check out our google spreadsheet, updated after each meet has been completed and scores have been made official. The spreadsheet also includes multiple entries, which we took out in our list below so the same gymnast won’t dominate a given ranking if she competes all the time.
Bookmark this page and check back every week to see updates! Or follow everything in real time on the spreadsheet above. We also have a quick link on the menu at the top of the page for easy access. Athletes highlighted in yellow are competing at the Olympic Games in Rio.
Updated July 18, 2016
The Best All-Around Scores
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Meet | Score |
| 1 | Simone Biles | United States | U.S. Champs D1 | 62.900 |
| 2 | Laurie Hernandez | United States | U.S. Trials D1 | 60.850 |
| 3 | Aly Raisman | United States | U.S. Champs D2 | 60.650 |
| 4 | Gabby Douglas | United States | American Cup | 60.165 |
| 5 | Angelina Melnikova | Russia | Russian Champs QF | 60.067 |
| 6 | Shang Chunsong | China | Chinese Champs QF | 59.700 |
| 7 | Maggie Nichols | United States | American Cup | 59.699 |
| 8 | MyKayla Skinner | United States | U.S. Trials D1 | 59.450 |
| 9 | Seda Tutkhalyan | Russia | Russian Cup AA | 59.075 |
| 10 | Ragan Smith | United States | Jesolo AA | 59.050 |
| 11 | Brenna Dowell | United States | Pacific Rims AA | 58.850 |
| Amelia Hundley | United States | U.S. Trials D2 | 58.850 | |
| 13 | Liu Tingting | China | Chinese Champs QF | 58.800 |
| 14 | Evgeniya Shelgunova | Russia | Igor Vihrov Cup | 58.666 |
| 15 | Madison Kocian | United States | U.S. Trials D1 | 58.600 |
| 16 | Isabela Onyshko | Canada | Canadian AA | 58.550 |
| 17 | Giulia Steingruber | Switzerland | Swiss Champs AA | 58.450 |
| 18 | Flavia Saraiva | Brazil | Jesolo AA | 58.400 |
| 19 | Rachel Gowey | United States | U.S. Classic | 58.300 |
| 20 | Maria Kharenkova | Russia | Russian Champs QF | 58.266 |
| 21 | Claudia Fragapane | Great Britain | British Champs AA | 58.100 |
| 22 | Sophie Scheder | Germany | German Olympic Trials | 58.066 |
| 23 | Eythora Thorsdottir | Netherlands | Dutch Champs AA | 58.058 |
| 24 | Alyssa Baumann | United States | U.S. Classic | 58.000 |
| 25 | Aliya Mustafina | Russia | Russian Cup AA | 57.900 |
| Wang Yan | China | Chinese Champs QF | 57.900 |
The Best Two-Vault Average Scores
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Meet | Average |
| 1 | Simone Biles | United States | US Champs D2 | 16.000 |
| 2 | MyKayla Skinner | United States | US Champs D2 | 15.350 |
| 3 | Oksana Chusovitina | Uzbekistan | Mersin EF | 15.325 |
| 4 | Giulia Steingruber | Switzerland | Swiss Champs EF | 15.150 |
| Maria Paseka | Russia | Russian Cup QF | 15.150 | |
| 6 | Liu Jinru | China | Chinese Champs EF | 15.117 |
| 7 | Emily Little | Australia | Australian Champs EF | 15.012 |
| 8 | Sae Miyakawa | Japan | All Japan Event QF | 14.975 |
| 9 | Alexa Moreno | Mexico | Anadia QF | 14.950 |
| 10 | Ellie Downie | Great Britain | Euros EF | 14.933 |
The Best Single Vault Scores
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Meet | Score |
| 1 | Simone Biles | United States | U.S. Champs D2 | 16.200 |
| 2 | Aly Raisman | United States | U.S. Classic | 15.700 |
| 3 | Maria Paseka | Russia | Russian Cup EF | 15.667 |
| 4 | Giulia Steingruber | Switzerland | Euros QF | 15.666 |
| 5 | Oksana Chusovitina | Uzbekistan | Mersin EF | 15.600 |
| 6 | MyKayla Skinner | United States | Glasgow World Cup | 15.566 |
| 7 | Sae Miyakawa | Japan | All Japan Champs AA | 15.550 |
| 8 | Zsofia Kovacs | Hungary | Austrian Team Open | 15.400 |
| 9 | Sofia Busato | Italy | 4th Serie A | 15.350 |
| 10 | Gabby Douglas | United States | Jesolo AA | 15.300 |
| Asuka Teramoto | Japan | NHK Trophy | 15.300 |
The Best Uneven Bars Scores
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Meet | Score |
| 1 | Madison Kocian | United States | U.S. Trials D2 | 15.900 |
| 2 | Ashton Locklear | United States | U.S. Classic | 15.850 |
| 3 | Fan Yilin | China | Chinese Champs EF | 15.734 |
| 4 | Daria Spiridonova | Russia | DTB Team QF | 15.650 |
| Gabby Douglas | United States | U.S. Classic | 15.650 | |
| 6 | Natalia Kapitonova | Russia | Russian Champs QF | 15.567 |
| 7 | Elisabeth Seitz | Germany | German Champs EF | 15.566 |
| 8 | Shang Chunsong | China | Chinese Champs QF | 15.500 |
| Becky Downie | Great Britain | Euros EF | 15.500 | |
| Sophie Scheder | Germany | German Champs AA | 15.500 |
The Best Balance Beam Scores
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Meet | Score |
| 1 | Simone Biles | United States | U.S. Champs D1 | 15.700 |
| Laurie Hernandez | United States | U.S. Trials D2 | 15.700 | |
| 3 | Sanne Wevers | Netherlands | Dutch Champs EF | 15.650 |
| 4 | Angelina Melnikova | Russia | Russian Cup EF | 15.400 |
| 5 | Evgeniya Shelgunova | Russia | Koshel Cup | 15.250 |
| 6 | Aly Raisman | United States | U.S. Champs D1 | 15.350 |
| Alyssa Baumann | United States | U.S. Classic | 15.350 | |
| 8 | Seda Tutkhalyan | Russia | Russian Champs QF | 15.333 |
| Angelina Melnikova | Russia | Russian Champs EF | 15.333 | |
| 10 | Shang Chunsong | China | Chinese Champs AA | 15.300 |
| Larisa Iordache | Romania | France vs Romania Rematch | 15.300 | |
| Ragan Smith | United States | U.S. Trials D2 | 15.300 |
The Best Floor Exercise Scores
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Meet | Score |
| 1 | Simone Biles | United States | U.S. Champs D1 | 16.100 |
| 2 | Aly Raisman | United States | U.S. Champs D2 | 15.700 |
| 3 | Laurie Hernandez | United States | U.S. Trials D1 | 15.300 |
| 4 | Angelina Melnikova | Russia | Russian Champs QF | 15.200 |
| Maggie Nichols | United States | American Cup | 15.200 | |
| Giulia Steingruber | Switzerland | Euros EF | 15.200 | |
| 7 | Mai Murakami | Japan | All Japan Event EF | 15.100 |
| 8 | Seda Tutkhalyan | Russia | Russian Champs QF | 15.000 |
| Mao Yi | China | Chinese Champs AA | 15.000 | |
| Claudia Fragapane | Great Britain | Euros QF | 15.000 | |
| Catalina Ponor | Romania | Romanian Champs EF | 15.000 |
The Gymternet 
To keep it more objective I suggest not computing scores from national competitions
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Even using national competitions last year didn’t change anything. Besides, with ALL national competitions boosting scores by 0.2 on average, it ends up not making a difference in the final results.
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Some countries score differently from others in terms of national scores. Romania takes the top prize in overscoring, Russia has high, but ok scores on every apparatus except for beam, which is ridiculously high for Russia, the Americans over score around 4-5 tenths, and China interestingly underscores their gymnasts, even with bonus.
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Actually, based on hit routines only, the USA was 0.1747 higher on average at home compared to the two domestic meets. Gabby and Madison both had higher scores at worlds on average (Gabby at 0.037 higher, Madison at 0.014 higher), Simone’s scores were 0.1625 higher on average at home, and Maggie’s were 0.084 higher on average at home. The only real anomaly was Aly, who was 0.678 higher at home, though most of this is due to her e-scores getting slammed at worlds, particularly on beam. Her e-scores for hit routines were also within 1-2 tenths generally.
Russia was on average 0.0391 higher at home for hit routines. China was on average 0.034 higher at worlds. You’re talking about differences of hundredths here, not even tenths.
Romania is the only team that gets a bit ridiculous at home, going nearly a point higher for some routines than they’d get for similar hit performances at worlds, but I actually noted that last year in my list, and Larisa’s floor scores at home did throw her international rankings off, but that’s why in predictions you can go beyond pure quantitative data and say “while so and so is topping the charts on this event, realistically she won’t earn that internationally,” i.e. Madison Kocian at the WOGA Classic on bars/beam or Evgeniya Shelgunova on literally everything at the Vihrov Cup this year. But again, while Romania is doing this at domestic meets, as I said, it’s more the invitationals that you have to worry about. Because I’m not going to pick and choose which meets I include based on how I feel about the scoring relative to how they’d realistically score, I’m going to include all and then make smart predictions based on the quantitative and qualitative combined.
I do the math every year. Some routines maybe get a lot more love at home, but in the end it evens out. More often, it’s actually the smaller international invitationals that have outrageous scoring you need to watch out for, like the Igor Vihrov Cup and the WOGA Classic this year. Those should be taken with a grain of salt MUCH more than any country’s nationals scores should. The fact that I’ve done this for two years now (2014 and 2015) and have accurately predicted results down to the tenth in some cases (i.e. the 2014 team final, which I predicted to the hundredth for the USA’s team score actually) makes me trust my system. Fans always tend to think that nationals are way off from international but in reality it’s not the case.
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Thank you!!!
I love these quantitative lists, and really look forward to seeing the numbers updated with more competitions this year!
And, its really cool to hear how well these rankings predicted medals last year. Thanks for bringing that update! And it’s a good reminder how much I am routing for the best in the world to perform their best in quals so they can make EF. I missed Larissa in floor and beam last year 😦
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Lauren and the gymternet team, you are a godsend to us gymnastic fans. I cannot begin to imagine the work which goes into compiling a list like this. Thankyou so much!
I have a couple of questions. Will Rio-eligible juniors be included in the table? There are a number of promising juniors who may be in with a shot at Rio, especially given the injury lists in Russia and Romania,
Secondly, what is your opinion on Zhenia Shelgunova’s chances of making the Euros or Rio? Especially after Masillia, most people seem to have discounted her as an option. But her two competitions since scored 57+ and her main rivals at Round Lake would struggle to beat that. The Rodionenkos clearly have a soft spot for her and there are not many true all-rounders in Russia. Her D-scores are up there with Russia’s best, she just lacks consistency. But then, show me a consistent Russian… Please…
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There are no Rio eligible Juniors. Rio is this year so only current seniors can go to Rio.
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Lauren thanks for info. I will continue to follow this every time u update. plus with all those championship going on from now till the 10. British n Russian championship, Italy, Pacific Rim great work
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when will u update again ?
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Most likely this afternoon! A ton of meets this weekend.
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Madison being tied with Simone at 15.550… do you think the WOGA scores were inflated or is Madison a great beam worker now?? Nothing against Madison– I love her and if she’s great on beam all of a sudden I think that really helps her case for Rio. It’s just a little weird to think she got the same score as Simone on beam 🙂
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I saw the routine. It’s inflated by probably almost a full point hahaha. She got some difficulty back but the e score they gave her was like a 9 something. Way too high considering her form and wobbles.
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thanks 🙂 it was just a little jarring to see Madison tied at the top after Simone’s near-perfect routine haha
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Make sure you update Brittany Rogers vault score to 14.675 from Pac Rims Qualification/Team Final 🙂 she scored lower in the final which is the one posted.
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Looking at the score posted thus far, the US team clearly looks to be:
Simone, Gabby, Aly, Laurie, and a bars specialist.
I’m particularly impressed by how high ranking Laurie’s scores are. And I would LOVE to see her floor, and generally spunky spirit at the Olympics. Here’s hoping the rest of her season continues to look so bright!
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Are you going to add the scores from the Test Event (Steingruber improved by a point, to 57.607)
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Yes bro gimme a break I literally just got back from Brazil
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how is that person suppose to know that
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I mean, it’s common sense, I’m a human, not a machine.
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Do you think Ragan Smith is underscored? I mean I expected her to be on the floor rankings based on a lot of them being Russian, and after watching their routines, I thought Ragan was much better. I thought her Jesolo EF routines should’ve scored around a 14.8 too, is there something I’m missing? Obviously her Pac Rims routine wouldn’t be on here, but I feel compared to others, her execution scores are too low on hit routines and too high on her weaker routine (namely Pac Rims Beam) where she had wobbles on most of her skills yet scored high on her almost perfect routine in TF.
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Aly is in fourth overall. I bet she’s not impressed :-S
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Every time I look at Madison tied with Simone for Beam, I say to myself, “lol. U wild.”
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LOLOLOL. Yeah. It angers me to no end tbh.
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Shang Chunsong had over 60 in the Chinese Championships Qualifications, this would put her up a few positions higher on the list 🙂 Otherwise I can’t stress enough how much I love your work, I’m turning into a gymternet-addict 😀
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We took out all domestic bonuses for this list…her qualification score of 60.2 had five tenths in bonuses so her actual qualifications score is 59.7. The Chinese do domestic bonuses for difficulty (like a DTY gets a 0.2 bonus, an E+ dismount on bars gets 0.2, an H pass on floor gets 0.3, a triple full off beam gets 0.2, etc) and sticks (0.1 per stuck landing). In order to make the scores more accurate in terms of international comparison, when there are bonuses applied, we remove them. The same goes for when the U.S. uses a stick bonus and when the Italian Serie A meets use difficulty bonuses!
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When you notice a British gymnast on the world rankings not on bars 😉
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Have you ever thought about making a junior one for these? Maybe just top 8 for juniors, because I’d be fun to see how they all stack up. Even a total conclusive list of seniors and juniors (it would probably be mostly seniors tho.) You don’t really think about the best juniors on any given event.
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Yeah, I kind of have one going but not ready to post. It’s a lot of work!
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wasn’t Aly’s day 2 higher than day 1
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I haven’t updated yet!
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I love these updates! How many girls will be required to perform on each apparatus per team during qualifications (Rio2016)…I know its 3 up 3 count during team finals, but I’m unsure about this….help!
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Qualifications is four up three count.
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So, based on results so far, we would expect medalists to be as follows:
All Around:
Simone (duh) for gold
other American for silver
Shang for bronze, with Angelina Melnikova having an outside chance
Vault:
Simone (duh) for gold
Hong Un Jong, Giulia Steingruber, Chuso, and Paseka having realistic chances at the other medals (money on Giulia and Hong)
Bars:
Fan Yi Lin for gold
Madison Kocian, Elizabeth Seitz, Shang, Daria and Sophie Scheder fighting for other medals. Maybe Beckie Downie but unlikely.
Beam:
Simone and Sanne battling out for gold/silver
Aly/Laurie/Angelina/Shang/Sariava fighting for bronze
Floor:
Simone gold
Aly silver
Giulia bronze, maybe outside chances for China?
Floor seems the most straight forward by far, with bars most up in the air.
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After Trials, I would say Laurie has the third beam medal
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Well, she was REALLY overscored at trials. She’ll probably earn around a 15.2-3 maybe 15.4. She’s great, but her Day 2 Trials score was hilarious, cause I think the judges were a bit done with scoring.
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Everyone is always overscored at all domestic meets. Her start value is 16.5. I think 15.5 is achievable and fair based on what she showed day 2. I think Laurie has a legitimate chance to beat Simone.
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Simone will come home with 5 gold medals. She is so talented but also so unaffected by the whole thing. I love to see her smile during her routines. This along with her natural talent will win over the international judges that prefer a gymnasts with a look more like Lukin.
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Thinking about trials scores, it kills me to think Laurie will be third on floor with that completely overscored floor routine. However, I think it puts her in about the right place on beam.
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Why is Evgeniya Shelgunova’s beam score (15.250) higher than Raisman’s (15.350)?
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Challenge: I took the top event scores and made an all around gymnast using all the scores -simone and only 1 per country.
I used Maria Paseka on VT 15.667
Madison Kocian on UB 15.9
Sanne Wevers on BB 15.650
Giulia Steingruber on FX 15.2
AA Total: 62.418
WHICH IS STILL 0.5 LOWER THAN SIMONE!!! Not even my world-four-gymnast-in-one-team-person can beat her! And, I’m glad she had her olympics but I’m SO excited for 2017 Worlds… Laurie, Ragan, etc.
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