The Best Men’s Scores in 2019

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Artur Dalaloyan, Dmitrii Lankin, and Nikita Nagornyy

In 2019, we saw 4,045 all-around performances, as well as 6,651 floor scores, 6,683 pommels scores, 6,424 rings scores, 6,249 vault scores, 6,505 p-bars scores, and 6,427 high bar scores in addition to 1,434 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.

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.

We’ll be updating this list after every weekend of competitions. The most recent update is January 4, 2020.

Best All-Around Scores

Rank Athlete Nation Meet Score
1 Nikita Nagornyy Russia World Championships AA 88.772
2 Artur Dalaloyan Russia European Championships QF 87.930
3 Sam Mikulak United States U.S. Championships Day 2 87.400
4 Deng Shudi China Chinese Championships QF 87.100
5 Kazuma Kaya Japan Summer Universiade AA 87.000
6 Oleg Verniaiev Ukraine World Championships AA 86.973
7 Xiao Ruoteng China World Championships AA 86.690
8 Sun Wei China World Championships AA 86.523
9 David Belyavskiy Russia European Games QF 86.499
10 Oliver Hegi Switzerland Magglingen Friendly 86.300
11 Daiki Hashimoto Japan Liukin Invitational 86.000
12 Ivan Stretovich Russia Russian Cup AA 85.964
13 Yul Moldauer United States American Cup 85.932
14 Wataru Tanigawa Japan NHK Trophy 85.698
15 Ahmet Önder Turkey Stella Zakharova Cup AA 85.600
16 Kakeru Tanigawa Japan All-Japan Championships QF 85.566
17 Joe Fraser Great Britain World Championships AA 85.098
18 Shogo Nonomura Japan All-Japan Championships AA 85.031
19 Casimir Schmidt Netherlands Dutch Championships AA 84.967
20 Petro Pakhniuk Ukraine World Championships AA 84.931
21 Carlos Edriel Yulo Philippines Southeast Asian Games AA 84.900
22 Fuya Maeno Japan All-Japan Championships QF 84.865
23 James Hall Great Britain British Championships AA 84.850
24 Shiga Tachibana Japan Liukin Invitational 84.750
25 Kazuyuki Takeda Japan All-Japan Championships QF 84.699

Best Floor Exercise Scores

Rank Athlete Nation Meet Score
1 Artem Dolgopyat Israel European Championships QF 15.366
2 Carlos Edriel Yulo Philippines World Championships EF 15.300
3 Nikita Nagornyy Russia Russian Championships AA 15.233
4 Artur Dalaloyan Russia World Championships AA 15.200
Nicola Bartolini Italy 3rd Italian Serie A 15.200
6 Dmitrii Lankin Russia Russian Championships QF 15.100
Kazuki Minami Japan Cottbus World Cup EF 15.100
Kirill Prokopev Russia Summer Universiade QF 15.100
Rayderley Zapata Spain 5th Bundesliga 15.100
10 Xiao Ruoteng China World Championships TF 15.033

Best Pommel Horse Scores

Rank Athlete Nation Meet Score
1 Max Whitlock Great Britain English Championships 15.633
2 Matvei Petrov Albania Austrian Team Open 15.450
Rhys McClenaghan Ireland Koper Challenge Cup EF 15.450
4 Lee Chih-Kai Chinese Taipei World Championships EF 15.433
5 Kohei Kameyama Japan Doha World Cup EF 15.400
6 Weng Hao China Zhaoqing Challenge Cup QF 15.350
7 Kaito Imabayashi Japan Doha World Cup EF 15.333
8 Zou Jingyuan China Zhaoqing Challenge Cup EF 15.200
9 Stephen Nedoroscik United States Winter Cup Challenge AA 15.150
Yamato Kanayama Japan All-Japan Student Championships EF 15.150

Best Still Rings Scores

Rank Athlete Nation Meet Score
1 Liu Yang China Zhaoqing Challenge Cup EF 15.400
2 Arthur Zanetti Brazil Brazilian Championships AA 15.200
3 Lan Xingyu China Doha World Cup QF 15.166
4 You Hao China Melbourne World Cup EF 15.133
5 Courtney Tulloch Great Britain Backnang Friendly 15.100
6 Artur Dalaloyan Russia 5th Bundesliga 15.050
Dmitrii Lankin Russia 4th Bundesliga 15.050
8 Takuya Nagano Japan All-Japan Event Championships EF 15.033
9 Grigory Klimentiev Russia Voronin Cup EF 15.000
Ibrahim Colak Turkey Mersin Challenge Cup EF 15.000
Marco Lodadio Italy 2nd Italian Serie A 15.000
Ryuzo Sejima Japan Liukin Invitational 15.000

Best Single Vault Scores

Rank Athlete Nation Meet Score
1 Yang Hak-seon South Korea Doha World Cup EF 15.466
2 Keitaro Okubo Japan All-Japan Event Championships EF 15.400
3 Hidenobu Yonekura Japan All-Japan Championships QF 15.266
4 Shin Jea-hwan South Korea Zhaoqing Challenge Cup EF 15.250
5 Wataru Tanigawa Japan All-Japan Event Championships EF 15.233
6 James Bacueti Australia Doha World Cup QF 15.166
You Hao China Cottbus World Cup QF 15.166
8 Artur Dalaloyan Russia World Championships QF 15.133
9 Artur Davtyan Armenia European Games EF 15.100
Dmitrii Lankin Russia 6th Bundesliga 15.100
Marian Dragulescu Romania Backnang Friendly 15.100

Best Vault Average Scores

Rank Athlete Nation Meet Score
1 Yang Hak-seon South Korea Doha World Cup EF 15.266
2 Keitaro Okubo Japan All-Japan Event Championships EF 15.233
3 Hidenobu Yonekura Japan Szombathely Challenge Cup EF 15.049
4 Artur Davtyan Armenia European Games EF 15.016
Wataru Tanigawa Japan All-Japan Event Championships EF 15.016
6 Nikita Nagornyy Russia World Championships EF 14.966
7 Denis Abliazin Russia European Championships EF 14.950
Igor Radivilov Ukraine European Games QF 14.950
9 Artur Dalaloyan Russia World Championships EF 14.933
10 Loris Frasca France Melbourne World Cup EF 14.900

Best Parallel Bars Scores

Rank Athlete Nation Meet Score
1 Zou Jingyuan China Chinese Championships EF 16.467
2 Oleg Verniaiev Ukraine 5th Bundesliga 15.600
3 Yuya Kamoto Japan All-Japan Championships QF 15.533
4 Nikita Nagornyy Russia European Championships EF 15.466
5 David Belyavskiy Russia European Games AA 15.433
6 Artur Dalaloyan Russia Swiss Cup 15.400
You Hao China Cottbus World Cup EF 15.400
8 Vladislav Poliashov Russia Cottbus World Cup EF 15.366
9 Sam Mikulak United States U.S. Championships Day 1 15.350
10 Petro Pakhniuk Ukraine European Championships EF 15.333

Best High Bar Scores

Rank Athlete Nation Meet Score
1 Epke Zonderland Netherlands European Championships EF 15.266
2 Sam Mikulak United States Winter Cup Challenge AA 15.100
3 Hidetaka Miyachi Japan Cottbus World Cup EF 14.933
4 Tang Chia-Hung Chinese Taipei World Championships QF 14.933
5 Andreas Bretschneider Germany 5th Bundesliga 14.900
Arthur Mariano Brazil World Championships EF 14.900
Tin Srbic Croatia Paris Challenge Cup EF 14.900
8 Artur Dalaloyan Russia European Championships EF 14.800
Ivan Stretovich Russia 4th Bundesliga 14.800
Lin Chaopan China Chinese Championships EF 14.800

Best Floor Exercise Difficulty

Rank Athlete Nation Meet Score
1 Kenzo Shirai Japan Toyota International 6.9
2 Artem Dolgopyat Israel Osijek Challenge Cup EF 6.7
3 Kazuki Minami Japan Cottbus World Cup EF 6.6
Nikita Nagornyy Russia European Championships AA 6.6
Rayderley Zapata Spain 6th Bundesliga 6.6
6 Artur Dalaloyan Russia World Championships AA 6.5
Carlos Edriel Yulo Philippines World Championships EF 6.5
Deng Shudi China Doha World Cup QF 6.5
Dmitrii Lankin Russia European Games EF 6.5
Hayden Skinner Great Britain Cottbus World Cup EF 6.5

Best Pommel Horse Difficulty

Rank Athlete Nation Meet Score
1 Max Whitlock Great Britain World Championships EF 7.0
2 Kohei Kameyama Japan All-Japan Event Championships EF 6.9
3 Kaito Imabayashi Japan Cottbus World Cup EF 6.7
Oleg Verniaiev Ukraine World Championships TF 6.7
Takaaki Sugino Japan All-Japan Event Championships EF 6.7
6 Kazuma Kaya Japan World Championships EF 6.6
Tomomasa Hasegawa Japan All-Japan Championships AA 6.6
Weng Hao China Cottbus World Cup EF 6.6
Xiao Ruoteng China Chinese Championships EF 6.6
Zou Jingyuan China Doha World Cup EF 6.6

Best Still Rings Difficulty

Rank Athlete Nation Meet Score
1 Shunsuke Hirano Japan All-Japan Event Championships EF 6.7
2 Courtney Tulloch Great Britain European Championships EF 6.5
You Hao China Chinese Championships EF 6.5
4 Lan Xingyu China Asian Championships EF 6.4
Liu Yang China Cottbus World Cup EF 6.4
6 Arthur Zanetti Brazil Brazilian Championships AA 6.3
Denis Abliazin Russia World Championships EF 6.3
Eleftherios Petrounias Greece Cottbus World Cup EF 6.3
Igor Radivilov Ukraine World Championships QF 6.3
Lei Peng China Chinese Championships EF 6.3
Marco Lodadio Italy World Championships EF 6.3
Nikita Ignatyev Russia Korea Cup 6.3
Samir Aït Saïd France European Games EF 6.3
Takuya Nagano Japan Cottbus World Cup EF 6.3
Wu Jianfei China Chinese Championships QF 6.3

Best Two-Vault Difficulty Combination

Rank Athlete Nation Meet Score
1 Keisuke Asato Japan All-Japan Event Championships EF 12.0
Shek Wai Hung Hong Kong World Championships EF 12.0
3 Andrey Medvedev Israel Israeli Championships 11.6
Artur Dalaloyan Russia European Championships EF 11.6
Audrys Nin Reyes Dominican Republic Cottbus World Cup EF 11.6
Hidenobu Yonekura Japan Cottbus World Cup EF 11.6
Igor Radivilov Ukraine Szombathely Challenge Cup EF 11.6
James Bacueti Australia Baku World Cup QF 11.6
Keisuke Ogura Japan All-Japan Event Championships EF 11.6
Keitaro Okubo Japan All-Japan Event Championships EF 11.6
Mikito Endo Japan All-Japan Event Championships EF 11.6
Mizuki Hasegawa Japan All-Japan Event Championships EF 11.6
Shin Jea-hwan South Korea Zhaoqing Challenge Cup EF 11.6
Wataru Tanigawa Japan All-Japan Event Championships EF 11.6
Yang Hak-seon South Korea World Championships EF 11.6

Best Parallel Bars Difficulty

Rank Athlete Nation Meet Score
1 Zou Jingyuan China World Championships TF 7.0
2 You Hao China Cottbus World Cup EF 6.9
3 Yuya Kamoto Japan All-Japan Event Championships QF 6.8
4 Oleg Verniaiev Ukraine Cottbus World Cup EF 6.7
5 David Belyavskiy Russia European Games EF 6.6
Ferhat Arican Turkey Cottbus World Cup EF 6.6
Joe Fraser Great Britain World Championships EF 6.6
Sam Mikulak United States U.S. Championships Day 2 6.6
9 Artur Dalaloyan Russia European Championships AA 6.5
Deng Shudi China Chinese Championships AA 6.5
Petro Pakhniuk Ukraine World Championships EF 6.5
Shogo Nonomura Japan All-Japan Event Championships EF 6.5
Vladislav Poliashov Russia Cottbus World Cup EF 6.5

Best High Bar Difficulty

Rank Athlete Nation Meet Score
1 Epke Zonderland Netherlands European Championships EF 6.8
2 Hirohito Kohama Japan All-Japan Event Championships EF 6.6
3 Fusuke Maeda Japan All-Japan Event Championships QF 6.5
Lin Chaopan China World Championships TF 6.5
Sam Mikulak United States U.S. Championships Day 2 6.5
Zheng Chenglong China Baku World Cup EF 6.5
7 Bart Deurloo Netherlands Stuttgart World Cup 6.4
Hidetaka Miyachi Japan Cottbus World Cup EF 6.4
Pablo Brägger Switzerland Swiss Championships 6.4
9 Alexey Rostov Russia Cottbus World Cup EF 6.3
Andreas Bretschneider Germany 2nd Bundesliga 6.3
Andreas Toba Germany 7th Bundesliga 6.3
Arthur Mariano Brazil World Championships EF 6.3
Deng Shudi China Doha World Cup QF 6.3
Hirohito Kohama Japan All-Japan Event Championships QF 6.3
Hu Xuwei China Cottbus World Cup EF 6.3
Ivan Stretovich Russia World Championships TF 6.3
Sergei Eltsov Russia Paris Challenge Cup EF 6.3
Tang Chia-Hung Chinese Taipei World Championships TF 6.3
Tin Srbic Croatia Paris Challenge Cup EF 6.3