Angelina Melnikova
Four months into the year, and things are heating up in our top scores race now that some big names are easing their way into the season, including the Americans, the Russians, and the Japanese, with Mai Murakami continuing to prove herself as one of the best in the world in the all-around and on floor.
So far, we’ve seen 1,856 all-around performances, as well as 2,455 vault scores, 2,525 bars scores, 2,567 beam scores, and 2,514 floor scores, in addition to 511 two-vault attempts that get averaged for an event final (or qualification into a final).
Below, find a list of the top all-around and event scores thus far, as well as the top D scores for each event. An asterisk (*) next to the name denotes a junior competitor, and I’ve removed bonus from all domestic meets to keep things consistent. As a note, we only include juniors in the two-vault averages or D-score combos if they’re competing vaults from two different families, and if a competition uses bonuses but their score sheets don’t differentiate those bonuses from the totals, we don’t include those scores in our database.
For full lists of all scores this year, and to follow along between our monthly best score posts, check out our top scores spreadsheet. We update this religiously, after every single meet, so feel free to play around over there, sort the columns, whatever you feel like doing.
As a reminder, this is just a fun way to track the top range of scores in the all-around and on each event. Obviously every meet is scored at a different standard and it’s impossible to compare from meet to meet, but calm down — it’s nothing serious. We’re not predicting the next Olympic champion or electing the next leader of the free world. It’s just easier this way to see a range of scores that could be the goal gymnasts will be trying to reach at bigger international competitions.
Best All-Around Scores
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Meet | Score |
| 1 | Angelina Melnikova | Russia | Russian Championships QF | 57.732 |
| 2 | Morgan Hurd | United States | American Cup | 56.599 |
| 3 | Mai Murakami | Japan | Tokyo World Cup | 56.532 |
| 4 | Sunisa Lee* | United States | KPAC National Qualifier | 56.000 |
| 5 | Emma Malabuyo | United States | City of Jesolo Trophy AA | 55.868 |
| 6 | Hitomi Hatakeda | Japan | WOGA Classic | 55.450 |
| 7 | Aliya Mustafina | Russia | Russian Championships QF | 55.432 |
| Angelina Simakova | Russia | Russian Championships QF | 55.432 | |
| 9 | Asuka Teramoto | Japan | All-Japan Championships QF | 55.431 |
| 10 | Kayla DiCello* | United States | WOGA Classic | 55.250 |
| 11 | Ragan Smith | United States | City of Jesolo Trophy AA | 55.166 |
| 12 | Grace McCallum | United States | Pacific Rim Championships AA | 54.850 |
| 13 | Marine Boyer | France | Top 12 Final | 54.650 |
| 14 | Amy Tinkler | Great Britain | English Championships | 54.600 |
| Vladislava Urazova* | Russia | City of Jesolo Trophy AA | 54.600 | |
| 16 | Anastasia Iliankova | Russia | City of Jesolo Trophy AA | 54.567 |
| 17 | Trinity Thomas | United States | Tokyo World Cup | 54.533 |
| Giorgia Villa* | Italy | City of Jesolo Trophy AA | 54.533 | |
| 19 | Claudia Fragapane | Great Britain | English Championships | 54.400 |
| 20 | Viktoria Komova | Russia | Russian Championships QF | 54.365 |
| Maile O’Keefe | United States | American Cup | 54.365 | |
| 22 | Lorette Charpy | France | Top 12 Series 4 | 54.350 |
| 23 | Brooklyn Moors | Canada | Elite Canada AA | 54.335 |
| 24 | Jordan Bowers* | United States | U.S. Verification | 54.250 |
| Asia D’Amato* | Italy | 1st Italian Serie A | 54.250 | |
| Nina Derwael | Belgium | DTB Pokal Team Challenge QF | 54.250 |
Best Single Vault Scores
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Meet | Score |
| 1 | Sae Miyakawa | Japan | All-Japan Championships QF | 15.000 |
| 2 | Asia D’Amato* | Italy | 1st Italian Serie A | 14.950 |
| 3 | Shallon Olsen | Canada | International Gymnix AA | 14.900 |
| 4 | Angelina Simakova | Russia | Russian Championships QF | 14.833 |
| 5 | Mai Murakami | Japan | All-Japan Championships AA | 14.800 |
| 6 | Alice D’Amato* | Italy | 1st Italian Serie A | 14.750 |
| 7 | Jordan Chiles | United States | Pacific Rim Championships AA | 14.700 |
| Kayla DiCello* | United States | U.S. Verification | 14.700 | |
| Lucy Stanhope | Great Britain | British Championships AA | 14.700 | |
| Amy Tinkler | Great Britain | English Championships | 14.700 |
Best Two-Vault Average Scores
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Meet | Score |
| 1 | Asia D’Amato* | Italy | International Gymnix EF | 14.600 |
| Shallon Olsen | Canada | Commonwealth Games QF | 14.600 | |
| 3 | Oksana Chusovitina | Uzbekistan | Doha World Cup EF | 14.433 |
| 4 | Pyon Rye Yong | North Korea | Doha World Cup EF | 14.383 |
| 5 | Amy Tinkler | Great Britain | English Championships | 14.350 |
| 6 | Ellie Black | Canada | Commonwealth Games EF | 14.300 |
| Jordan Chiles | United States | Pacific Rim Championships AA | 14.300 | |
| 8 | Liu Jinru | China | City of Jesolo Trophy EF | 14.283 |
| 9 | Angelina Melnikova | Russia | City of Jesolo Trophy EF | 14.267 |
| 10 | Brittany Rogers | Canada | Commonwealth Games QF | 14.250 |
Best Uneven Bars Scores
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Meet | Score |
| 1 | Nina Derwael | Belgium | Doha World Cup EF | 15.300 |
| 2 | Lyu Jiaqi | China | Baku World Cup EF | 14.833 |
| 3 | Elisabeth Seitz | Germany | Stuttgart World Cup | 14.800 |
| 4 | Sunisa Lee* | United States | U.S. Verification | 14.700 |
| 5 | Angelina Melnikova | Russia | Russian Championships QF | 14.666 |
| 6 | Diana Varinska | Ukraine | Stella Zakharova Cup EF | 14.650 |
| 7 | Georgia-Mae Fenton | Great Britain | Commonwealth Games EF | 14.600 |
| Morgan Hurd | United States | Pacific Rim Championships AA | 14.600 | |
| Anastasia Iliankova | Russia | City of Jesolo Trophy EF | 14.600 | |
| 10 | Ragan Smith | United States | City of Jesolo Trophy EF | 14.567 |
Best Balance Beam Scores
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Meet | Score |
| 1 | Emily Lee | United States | Desert Lights Qualifier | 14.650 |
| 2 | Kiko Kuwajima | Japan | WOGA Classic | 14.500 |
| 3 | Chen Yile | China | Melbourne World Cup EF | 14.466 |
| 4 | Tang Xijing* | China | Asian Junior Championships AA | 14.400 |
| 5 | Emma Malabuyo | United States | City of Jesolo Trophy EF | 14.300 |
| 6 | Ana Padurariu | Canada | Elite Canada AA | 14.234 |
| 7 | Marine Boyer | France | Top 12 Series A | 14.200 |
| Ragan Smith | United States | City of Jesolo Trophy EF | 14.200 | |
| 9 | Adeline Kenlin | United States | U.S. Verification | 14.150 |
| 10 | Yin Sisi* | China | Asian Junior Championships AA | 14.100 |
| Zhao Shiting* | China | Asian Junior Championships AA | 14.100 |
Best Floor Exercise Scores
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Meet | Score |
| 1 | Mai Murakami | Japan | All-Japan Championships QF | 14.766 |
| 2 | Brooklyn Moors | Canada | Elite Canada EF | 14.600 |
| 3 | Angelina Melnikova | Russia | Russian Championships EF | 14.500 |
| 4 | Emma Malabuyo | United States | City of Jesolo Trophy EF | 14.167 |
| 5 | Taeja James | Great Britain | Commonwealth Games QF | 14.100 |
| 6 | Morgan Hurd | United States | American Cup | 14.033 |
| 7 | Sae Miyakawa | Japan | All-Japan Championships QF | 14.000 |
| 8 | Elena Gerasimova* | Russia | International Gymnix AA | 13.934 |
| 9 | Viktoriia Listunova* | Russia | International Gymnix AA | 13.900 |
| Flavia Saraiva | Brazil | City of Jesolo Trophy EF | 13.900 |
Best Two-Vault Difficulty Combination
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Meet | Total |
| 1 | Liu Jinru | China | Doha World Cup QF | 11.4 |
| Shallon Olsen | Canada | International Gymnix AA | 11.4 | |
| 3 | Pyon Rye Yong | North Korea | Doha World Cup EF | 11.2 |
| 4 | Oksana Chusovitina | Uzbekistan | Doha World Cup EF | 11.0 |
| 5 | Ellie Black | Canada | Commonwealth Games EF | 10.6 |
| Asia D’Amato* | Italy | International Gymnix EF | 10.6 | |
| Boglarka Devai | Hungary | Doha World Cup EF | 10.6 | |
| Coline Devillard | France | Doha World Cup QF | 10.6 | |
| Angelina Melnikova | Russia | City of Jesolo Trophy EF | 10.6 | |
| Brittany Rogers | Canada | Commonwealth Games QF | 10.6 | |
| Amy Tinkler | Great Britain | British Championships AA | 10.6 |
Best Uneven Bars Difficulty
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Meet | Total |
| 1 | Nina Derwael | Belgium | Doha World Cup EF | 6.4 |
| 2 | Du Siyu | China | Melbourne World Cup EF | 6.2 |
| Carolann Heduit* | France | City of Jesolo Trophy EF | 6.2 | |
| Anastasia Iliankova | Russia | City of Jesolo Trophy AA | 6.2 | |
| Elisabeth Seitz | Germany | Stuttgart World Cup | 6.2 | |
| Diana Varinska | Ukraine | Stella Zakharova Cup EF | 6.2 | |
| 7 | Morgan Hurd | United States | Pacific Rim Championships AA | 6.1 |
| Sunisa Lee* | United States | U.S. Verification | 6.1 | |
| Lyu Jiaqi | China | Baku World Cup EF | 6.1 | |
| Uliana Perebinosova | Russia | Doha World Cup EF | 6.1 | |
| Alyona Shchennikova | United States | City of Jesolo Trophy AA | 6.1 |
Best Balance Beam Difficulty
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Meet | Total |
| 1 | Chen Yile | China | Melbourne World Cup EF | 6.3 |
| Sunisa Lee* | United States | Pacific Rim Championships AA | 6.3 | |
| 3 | Carolann Heduit* | France | Top 12 Series 4 | 6.1 |
| Emily Lee | United States | Desert Lights National Qualifier | 6.1 | |
| Maile O’Keefe | United States | American Cup | 6.1 | |
| 6 | Marine Boyer | France | Doha World Cup EF | 6.0 |
| Kara Eaker | United States | U.S. Verification | 6.0 | |
| Soyoka Hanawa | Japan | All-Japan Championships QF | 6.0 | |
| Emma Malabuyo | United States | City of Jesolo Trophy EF | 6.0 | |
| Ragan Smith | United States | City of Jesolo Trophy EF | 6.0 | |
| Zhang Jin | China | Stuttgart World Cup | 6.0 |
Best Floor Exercise Difficulty
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Meet | Total |
| 1 | Mai Murakami | Japan | All-Japan Championships QF | 6.1 |
| 2 | Emma Malabuyo | United States | City of Jesolo Trophy AA | 6.0 |
| 3 | Lilia Akhaimova | Russia | DTB Pokal Team Challenge QF | 5.9 |
| Angelina Melnikova | Russia | City of Jesolo Trophy EF | 5.9 | |
| Sae Miyakawa | Japan | All-Japan Championships AA | 5.9 | |
| 6 | Claudia Fragapane | Great Britain | English Championships | 5.8 |
| 7 | Jordan Chiles | United States | Pacific Rim Championships EF | 5.6 |
| Morgan Hurd | United States | U.S. Verification | 5.6 | |
| Grace McCallum | United States | U.S. Verification | 5.6 | |
| Brooklyn Moors | Canada | Elite Canada EF | 5.6 | |
| Ragan Smith | United States | City of Jesolo Trophy AA | 5.6 | |
| Amy Tinkler | Great Britain | British Championships EF | 5.6 |
The Gymternet 
So happy for Melka! Hope she can hit like this at worlds/Euros
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Nothing but respect for Mustafina. Had a baby, 6 months only training, and has the 7th best AA scor thus far from her first competition back. Nothing but respect on dat name sis! 🙂
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gelya had a 6.2 d-score for bars in the event final at russian champs. she did inbar stalder full, komova II to pak to van leeuwen, inbar stalder half to piked jaegar, toe on circle full to full twisting double tuck.
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Is there a source for that? They don’t put D scores on their results and I don’t include D scores that I or others add up themselves because a judge didn’t officially award it (same reason why I didn’t include Kara Eaker’s 6.7 potential beam and a few others because they weren’t actually awarded by judges in a competition).
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Rusgymnastics has a full video of the event final here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToU6hHevM8k Gelya is at 1.28
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(wait i have just understood your comment about not using unofficial d-scores. in that case then no there is not a an official dscore for the event final.)
however surely the d-score for bars is not so subjective as it would be for beam or maybe floor. either the gymnast hits connections or they do not…there is not much room for individual interpretation. what gelya did in the event final was upgrade back up to her routine from montreal which i am 99% (unfortunately cannot find the score sheet right now) sure was credited there as a 6.2.
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Yeah, I agree for bars that it’s not as subjective but you never know…I had a 6.5 listed from a random event for someone last year and then one of her connections ended up being shady I guess so it got a 6.3? I don’t know, I agree that for the most part bars is easy to figure out so maybe I’ll just add that one since it’s likely to get a 6.2…but yeah, I hate that Russia doesn’t put D scores on their results sheets because I’m sure there would be more Russians in the D score lists!
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Even without her upgrades, Simone would have the top D scores on all events but bars. (Assuming she adds a front tumbling element on floor). Can’t wait to see her new bars routine.
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