List of PSA women's number 1 ranked players

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

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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
* Current number 1[1]
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

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Key
Bold The current World No. 1 player
Active players

As 19th of May 2024

Note: Active streak is in bold.

Days at no. 1 by country

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Country No. of
players
No. of
months
No. of
weeks
No. of
days
Players
1.   New Zealand 3 128 3836 Susan Devoy, Leilani Rorani, Carol Owens
2.   Australia 3 114 3470 Michelle Martin, Sarah Fitz-Gerald, Rachael Grinham
3.   Malaysia 1 112 3408 Nicol David
4.   Egypt 3 80 90 3032 Nour El Sherbini, Raneem El Weleily, Nouran Gohar
5.   England 3 22 560 Cassie Jackman, Laura Massaro, Lisa Opie
6.   Netherlands 1 5 153 Vanessa Atkinson
7.   United States 1 1 30 Natalie Grainger

As 19th of May 2024

Players who were ranked World no. 1 without having won a World Championship

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Key
Active players

As 19th of May 2024

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "PSA World Rankings". psaworldtour.com. Professional Squash Association (PSA). Retrieved 23 October 2014.
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