This article is a list of PSA women's number 1 ranked players in the Official Women's Squash World Ranking .
The Official Women's Squash World Ranking are the Professional Squash Association 's (PSA) merit-based method for determining the world rankings in women's squash. The top-ranked player is the player who, over the previous 12 months, has garnered the most PSA ranking points. Points are awarded based on how far a player advances in tournaments and the category of those tournaments. The WISPA , the WSA and the PSA has used a computerized system for determining the rankings since April 1984.
An updated rankings list is released each Monday.
Number 1 ranked Women's squash players
The statistics are updated only when the PSA website revises its rankings (Monday of every week). In August 2022, PSA changed the world rankings from monthly to weekly.
Key
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Current number 1[ 1]
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PSA Women's Ranking record
Nicol David has spent a total of 112 months and 109 consecutive months at the top of the women's world rankings , the most of any player.
No.
Country
Name
Start date
End date
Months
Accumulated total(months)
Days
Accumulated total (days)
1
AUS
Vicki Cardwell
April 1983
March 1984
12
12
366
366
2
NZL
Susan Devoy
April 1984
February 1988
47
47
1430
1430
3
ENG
Lisa Opie
March 1988
April 1988
2
2
61
61
NZL
Susan Devoy (2)
May 1988
February 1993
58
105
1765
3195
4
AUS
Michelle Martin
March 1993
October 1996
44
44
1341
1341
5
AUS
Sarah Fitz-Gerald
November 1996
October 1998
24
24
730
730
AUS
Michelle Martin (2)
November 1998
December 1999
14
58
426
1767
6
ENG
Cassie Jackman
January 2000
October 2000
10
10
305
305
7
NZL
Leilani Rorani
November 2000
September 2001
11
11
334
334
AUS
Sarah Fitz-Gerald (2)
October 2001
October 2002
13
37
396
1126
8
NZL
Carol Owens
November 2002
November 2002
1
1
30
30
AUS
Sarah Fitz-Gerald (3)
December 2002
February 2003
3
40
90
1216
NZL
Carol Owens (2)
March 2003
May 2003
3
4
92
122
9
USA
Natalie Grainger
June 2003
June 2003
1
1
30
30
NZL
Carol Owens (3)
July 2003
January 2004
7
11
215
307
ENG
Cassie Jackman (2)
February 2004
July 2004
6
16
182
487
10
AUS
Rachael Grinham
August 2004
November 2005
16
16
487
487
11
NED
Vanessa Atkinson
December 2005
December 2005
1
1
31
31
12
MAS
Nicol David
January 2006
March 2006
3
3
90
90
NED
Vanessa Atkinson (2)
April 2006
July 2006
4
5
122
153
MAS
Nicol David (2)
August 2006
August 2015
109 ↑
112 ↑
3318 ↑
3408 ↑
13
EGY
Raneem El Weleily
September 2015
December 2015
4
4
122
122
14
ENG
Laura Massaro
January 2016
April 2016
4
4
122
122
15
EGY
Nour El Sherbini
May 2016
November 2018
31
31
944
944
EGY
Raneem El Weleily (2)
December 2018
June 2020
19
23
547
669
16
EGY
Nouran Gohar
July 2020
October 2020
4
4
123
123
EGY
Nour El Sherbini (2)
November 2020
March 2022
17
48
516
1460
EGY
Nouran Gohar (2)
April 2022
Aug 28, 2022
5
9
150
273
No.
Country
Name
Start date
End date
Weeks
Accumulated total
Days
Accumulated total (days)
EGY
Nouran Gohar
Aug 29, 2022
May 7, 2023
36
36
252
525
EGY
Nour El Sherbini (3)
May 8, 2023
Jun 4, 2023
4
4
28
1488
EGY
Nouran Gohar (3)
Jun 5, 2023
Sep 3, 2023
13
51
91
616
EGY
Nour El Sherbini (4)
Sep 4, 2023
Present (May 19, 2024 )
37
41
259
1747
Accumulated totals are bolded on each player's final streak.
Days at number 1
As 19th of May 2024
Note: Active streak is in bold .
Days at no. 1 by country
As 19th of May 2024
Players who were ranked World no. 1 without having won a World Championship
As 19th of May 2024
See also
References
External links
WISPA-WSA-PSA Rankings incepted in April 1983
(year first held/year last held – number of months (m) & weeks (w))
Current World No. 1 in bold, as of July 30, 2023
World Championships World Series records Rankings Records Awards