2020–21 figure skating season
Date:July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021
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The 2020–21 figure skating season began on July 1, 2020, and ended on June 30, 2021. During this season, elite skaters competed at the 2021 World Championships, as well as at elite events such as the Grand Prix series and the Challenger Series.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Skating Union (ISU) cancelled the Junior Grand Prix series and the Grand Prix Final.[1][2] Additionally, the 2021 European Championships, Four Continents Championships, and World Junior Championships were all cancelled, although the 2021 World Championships were still held.[2][3][4]

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

On May 1, 2020, the International Skating Union established a working group, chaired by ISU Vice-president for Figure Skating Alexander Lakernik, to monitor the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Its responsibilities included determining the feasibility of holding events as scheduled, possibly behind closed doors, during the first half of the season, and the financial impact of any potential cancellations.[5] On August 31, the ISU published the official Guidelines for ISU Events During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

On July 9, the General Administration of Sport of China announced that no international sporting events would be held in China in 2020 except for 2022 Winter Olympics test events.[6] The Chinese Skating Association was scheduled to host several events during the season, including the Cup of China, the Grand Prix Final, and the World Junior Championships. While the Grand Prix Final, scheduled to be hosted in Beijing, was exempt from the Chinese government's ruling due to its status as the test event for the Olympic Games, the ISU had not yet discussed a contingency plan regarding Grand Prix event cancellations at the time of the Chinese government's announcement.[7] The ISU announced on July 13 that the Cup of China would remain as scheduled in Chongqing due to its connection to the Beijing test event: the Grand Prix Final.[8]

On July 20, the ISU officially cancelled the Junior Grand Prix series, citing increased travel and entry requirements between countries and potentially excessive sanitary & health care costs for hosting members.[1] Over half of the events of the 2020–21 ISU Challenger Series were also either cancelled by the host federations or postponed to an unspecified later date.

On August 4, the ISU confirmed that the Grand Prix series would proceed as scheduled during the fall, with a decision to be made regarding the Grand Prix Final at a later date.[9] The competitions were expected to feature skaters from the home country, skaters already training in the host nation, and skaters assigned to that event for geographic reasons; all officials would also be from the national organizing committee.[10] On September 25, U.S. Figure Skating announced that Skate America would be held without an audience in line with Nevada Gaming Control Board guidelines regarding the pandemic.[11] On September 30, the ISU announced that the Grand Prix Final would not be held as scheduled in Beijing on December 10–13, and that they were searching for an alternate host outside China for the event.[12] On October 14, Skate Canada announced the cancellation of the 2020 Skate Canada International due to the worsening situation in Ontario.[13] The French Federation of Ice Sports informed the ISU of the cancellation of the 2020 Internationaux de France on October 19.[14] In November, the Grand Prix Final was first removed from China altogether, before being definitively cancelled on December 10, 2020.[15][2] The ISU later rescheduled the Beijing test event to the 2021 Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy in October.[16]

On October 16, the ISU announced the cancellation of the 2021 Four Continents Championships.[3] On November 24, the 2021 World Junior Championships were also cancelled.[4] On December 10, the ISU announced the definitive cancellation of the Grand Prix Final alongside the cancellation of the 2021 European Championships.[17] The 2021 World Championships were held as scheduled in Stockholm, Sweden, on March 22–28, although three positive COVID-19 cases were detected during the event.[18] In addition, the ISU slightly modified the qualification rules to allow additional skaters the opportunity to meet the minimum TES requirements.[19]

Due to the vast difference in skaters' travel restrictions, the ISU determined that it would be unfair to award ISU world standings and season's world ranking points at the Challenger Series and Grand Prix events.[20][21] Thus, the 2021 World Championships were the only event to affect the 2020–21 ISU world standings. As the Junior Grand Prix and World Junior Championships were cancelled, junior skaters had no opportunities to earn World Standing Points for the season.[22]

Scores earned at the domestic Grand Prix events did not count as official ISU scores for the purposes of achieving minimum TES requirements or as personal/season's bests.[21] Thus, the season's best scores list was composed entirely of scores earned on the Challenger Series, where the 2020 Nebelhorn Trophy and 2020 Budapest Trophy were the only two of ten scheduled events to be held, the 2021 World Championships, and the 2021 World Team Trophy.

ISU member nations' response

Several countries postponed or cancelled their national championships. U.S. Figure Skating relocated the 2021 U.S. Championships to be able to create an isolated bubble environment.[23]

Season notes

Age eligibility

Skaters were eligible to compete in International Skating Union (ISU) events at the junior or senior levels according to their age. These rules may not have applied to non-ISU events such as national championships.

Level Date of birth
Junior (females in singles and pairs; males in singles) Born between July 1, 2001 & June 30, 2007
Junior (males in pairs) Born between July 1, 1999 & June 30, 2007
Junior (females in ice dance)[lower-alpha 1] Born between July 1, 2000 & June 30, 2007
Junior (males in ice dance)[lower-alpha 1] Born between July 1, 1998 & June 30, 2007
Senior (all disciplines) Born before July 1, 2005
  1. 1 2 Due to disturbances in skaters' training schedules resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the ISU extended the upper age limit for skaters in junior and novice ice dance by one year. However, the new age limit only applied to couples who competed together during the 2019–20 season and maintained the same programs for the 2020–21 season.[24]

Changes

If skaters of different nationalities team up, the ISU requires that they choose one country to represent.
Date refers to date when the change occurred or, if not available, the date when the change was announced.

Partnership changes

Date Skaters Disc. Type Notes Ref.
July 3, 2020 United States Lorraine McNamara / Anton Spiridonov Ice dance Formed [25]
France Lila-Maya Seclet Monchot / Martin Chardain [26]
July 6, 2020 Italy Federica Zamponi / Marco Zandron Pairs Dissolved [27]
July 9, 2020 United States Gracie Vainik / Daniel Brykalov Ice dance Formed For the United States [28]
July 16, 2020 Italy Chiara Calderone / Aleksei Dubrovin [29]
July 18, 2020 Russia Polina Kostiukovich / Aleksei Briukhanov Pairs [30]
July 24, 2020 Germany Amanda Peterson / Maximilian Pfisterer Ice dance Dissolved [31]
Germany Lara Luft / Maximilian Pfisterer Formed
July 26, 2020 Russia Alena Kanysheva / Andrei Pylin [32]
July 31, 2020 Russia Karina Akopova / Nikita Rakhmanin Pairs [33]
August 2, 2020 Canada Justine Brasseur / Zachary Daleman [34]
August 3, 2020 Russia Daria Boyarintseva / Maksim Shagalov [35]
August 16, 2020 Azerbaijan Ekaterina Kuznetsova / Oleksandr Kolosovskyi Ice dance For Azerbaijan [36]
Russia Lina Kudriavtseva / Ilia Spiridonov Pairs Dissolved [37]
Russia Valeria Ponosova / Dmitrii Ialin Formed
Russia Evgenia Tumanova / Georgy Kunitsa
Russia Stanislava Vislobokova / Andrey Shaderkov
August 21, 2020 Philippines Isabella Gamez / David-Alexandre Paradis Dissolved Paradis retired. [38]
August 27, 2020 United Kingdom Emily Rose Brown / James Hernandez Ice dance Brown retired. [39]
August 28, 2020 New Zealand Charlotte Lafond-Fournier / Richard Kam Formed For New Zealand [40][41]
September 15, 2020 Germany Elena Pavlova / Ruben Blommaert Pairs Dissolved [42]
Germany Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert Formed For Germany
September 16, 2020 Russia Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov Ice dance Dissolved [43]
September 21, 2020 China Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei Pairs [44]
China Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao
China Yu Xiaoyu / Wang Lei Formed
October 8, 2020 Russia Maria Pavlova / Ilia Spiridonov [45]
Russia Valeria Ponosova / Dmitrii Ialin Dissolved
Russia Stanislava Vislobokova / Dmitrii Ialin Formed
October 26, 2020 Turkey Yuliia Zhata / Berk Akalın Ice dance For Turkey [46]
October 30, 2020 Japan Haruno Yajima / Yoshimitsu Ikeda [47]
November 3, 2020 Canada Patricia Andrew / Steven Adcock Pairs [48]
November 13, 2020 Hungary Villő Marton / Danijil Szemko Ice dance Dissolved [49]
November 20, 2020 Italy Chiara Calderone / Aleksei Dubrovin [50]
Italy Chiara Calderone / Francesco Riva Formed
November 22, 2020 Estonia Darja Netjaga / Marko Jevgeni Gaidajenko Dissolved [51]
December 4, 2020 Belarus Viktoria Yatsenko / Daniil Parkman Pairs [52]
Georgia (country) Anastasiia Metelkina / Daniil Parkman Formed For Georgia
Uzbekistan Komila Faradjeva / Azizmurod Shabazov
Lithuania Paulina Ramanauskaitė / Deividas Kizala Ice dance [53]
December 7, 2020 United States Kate Finster / Balazs Nagy Pairs Dissolved [54]
December 10, 2020 United States Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea [55]
Poland Arina Klimova / Filip Bojanowski Ice dance Formed For Poland [56]
December 14, 2020 Germany Shari Koch / Christian Nüchtern Dissolved Nüchtern retired. [57]
December 15, 2020 Belgium Elvira Nikolova / Léo Baeten Formed For Belgium [58]
December 24, 2020 Spain Laura Barquero / Marco Zandron Pairs For Spain [59]
January 2, 2020 Ukraine Kateryna Dzitsiuk / Ivan Pavlov Dissolved Pavlov retired. [60]
January 3, 2021 Estonia Solène Mazingue / Marko Jevgeni Gaidajenko Ice dance Formed For Estonia [61]
January 11, 2021 Netherlands Liubov Efimenko / Dmitry Epstein Pairs Dissolved [62]
Netherlands Nika Osipova / Dmitry Epstein Formed For the Netherlands
January 17, 2021 United Kingdom Phebe Bekker / James Hernandez Ice dance [63]
January 18, 2021 Japan Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama Dissolved [64]
January 27, 2021 China Liu Jiaxi / Xie Zhong Pairs [65]
January 30, 2021 United States Megan Wessenberg / Blake Eisenach Formed [66]
Hungary Mariia Ignateva / Danijil Szemko Ice dance For Hungary [67]
February 12, 2021 Russia Stanislava Vislobokova / Dmitrii Ialin Pairs Dissolved [68]
February 19, 2021 United States Nadezhda Labazina / TJ Nyman [69]
United States Brynne McIsaac / TJ Nyman Formed
March 5, 2021 Russia Alena Kanysheva / Andrei Pylin Ice dance Dissolved [70]
Russia Anna Kolomenskaya / Andrei Pylin Formed
March 6, 2021 United States Laiken Lockley / Keenan Prochnow Pairs Dissolved [71]
March 13, 2021 Russia Nika Dayneko / Aleksandr Vaskovich Ice dance Formed [72]
Russia Ekaterina Katashinskaia / Matvey Grachev
Elise Montaner / Andrey Filatov Nationality pending [73]
March 14, 2021 Japan Ayumi Takanami / Shingo Nishiyama [74]
March 18, 2021 United States Cate Fleming / Chase Finster Pairs [75]
March 28, 2021 Canada Nadine Wang / Francis Boudreau-Audet Dissolved Wang retired. [76]
March 30, 2021 Croatia Lana Petranović / Antonio Souza-Kordeiru [77]
April 1, 2021 Spain Sofía Val / Nikita Vitryanyuk Ice dance Formed For Spain [78]
April 2, 2021 China Yu Xiaoyu / Wang Lei Pairs Dissolved Yu retired. [79]
April 19, 2021 Bosnia and Herzegovina Ekaterina Mitrofanova / Vladislav Kasinski Ice dance Formed For Bosnia and Herzegovina [80]
April 21, 2021 Canada Vanessa James / Eric Radford Pairs For Canada [81]
April 30, 2021 Russia Alena Kanysheva / Andrei Pylin Ice dance [82]
May 3, 2021 Russia Diana Mukhametzianova / Ilya Mironov Pairs Dissolved [83]
Russia Diana Mukhametzianova / Vladislav Antonyshev Formed
Russia Ekaterina Geinish / Ilya Mironov
May 5, 2021 Russia Ksenia Konkina / Pavel Drozd Ice dance Dissolved Konkina retired. [84][85]
Russia Angélique Abachkina / Pavel Drozd Formed For Russia
May 10, 2021 Japan Utana Yoshida / Seiji Urano For Japan [86]
May 14, 2021 United States Laiken Lockley / Jedidiah Isbell Pairs [87]
May 20, 2021 Italy Alyssa Montan / Manuel Piazza Dissolved [88]
Italy Anna Valesi / Filippo Clerici
Italy Alyssa Montan / Filippo Clerici Formed
Italy Anna Valesi / Manuel Piazza
May 25, 2021 Japan Nicole Takahashi / Shiloh Judd Ice dance For Japan [89]
June 1, 2021 Russia Elizaveta Osokina / Andrei Rud Pairs [90]
June 11, 2021 United States Brynne McIsaac / TJ Nyman Dissolved [91]
United States Aljona Savchenko / TJ Nyman Formed For the United States
June 13, 2021 Russia Nadezhda Labazina / Alexei Svyatchenko [92]
June 18, 2021 Latvia Aurelija Ipolito / Luke Russell Ice dance For Latvia [93]
June 25, 2021 Israel Anna Vernikov / Evgeni Krasnopolski Pairs Dissolved [94]
Israel Hailey Kops / Evgeni Krasnopolski Formed
June 26, 2021 United States Chelsea Liu / Danny O'Shea For the United States [95]
June 30, 2021 United States Kate Finster / Matej Silecky [96]

Retirements

Date Skater(s) Disc. Ref.
July 8, 2020 Russia Maria Sotskova Ladies [97]
July 15, 2020 United States Polina Edmunds [98]
July 23, 2020 Belarus Yuri Hulitski Ice dance [99]
July 27, 2020 Finland Viveca Lindfors Ladies [100]
Belarus Emiliya Kalehanova Ice dance [101]
August 3, 2020 Finland Sofia Sula Ladies [102]
September 1, 2020 Italy Valentina Marchei Pairs [103]
September 2, 2020 Russia Daria Panenkova Ladies [104]
September 11, 2020 Russia Sergei Voronov Men [105]
September 22, 2020 Russia Elena Radionova Ladies [106]
September 29, 2020 France Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès Pairs [107]
October 15, 2020 Russia Sofia Evdokimova Ice dance [108]
October 17, 2020 Netherlands Kyarha van Tiel Ladies [109]
November 7, 2020 Poland Igor Reznichenko Men [110]
Poland Oliwia Rzepiel Ladies
Poland Justyna Plutowska / Jérémie Flemin Ice dance
November 13, 2020 United States Sean Rabbitt Men [111]
December 2, 2020 United Kingdom Anna Litvinenko Ladies [112]
December 14, 2020 Germany Christian Nüchtern Ice dance [57]
December 15, 2020[lower-alpha 1] Japan Yuka Nagai Ladies [113]
December 26, 2020 Japan Ryuju Hino Men [114]
January 2, 2021 Ukraine Ivan Pavlov Pairs [60]
January 3, 2021 Germany Shari Koch Ice dance [115]
January 29, 2021 Russia Anastasia Shpilevaya [116]
February 18, 2021 China Zhang Hao Pairs [117]
March 19, 2021 Norway Sondre Oddvoll Bøe Men [118]
April 2, 2021 China Yu Xiaoyu Pairs [79]
April 30, 2021 Germany Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot [119]
May 3, 2021 South Korea Lee June-hyoung Men [120]
May 12, 2021 United States Alexei Krasnozhon [121]
May 19, 2021 Russia Ksenia Konkina Ice dance [85]
May 26, 2021 Canada Alaine Chartrand Ladies [122]
May 28, 2021 Canada Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe Pairs [123]
June 16, 2021 Japan Rika Hongo Ladies [124]
June 22, 2021 Switzerland Alexandra Herbríková / Nicolas Roulet Pairs [125]
  1. ↑ Nagai officially retired after the 2020–21 Japan Championships at the end of December.

Coaching changes

Date Skater(s) Disc. From To Ref.
July 2, 2020 Russia Alexey Erokhov Men Eteri Tutberidze & Sergei Dudakov Viktoria Butsaeva [126]
United States Yaroslav Paniot Tammy Gambill Todd Eldredge [127]
July 8, 2020 Lithuania Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius Ice dance Marina Zoueva, Rostislav Sinicyn & Martin Skotnický Romain Haguenauer & Maurizio Margaglio [128]
July 17, 2020 United States Courtney Hicks Ladies Christy Krall Tammy Gambill [129]
July 31, 2020 Russia Alena Kostornaia Eteri Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov & Daniil Gleikhengauz Evgeni Plushenko & Sergei Rozanov [130]
August 21, 2020 United States Bradie Tennell Denise Myers & Jeremy Allen Tom Zakrajsek [131]
September 16, 2020 Russia Evgenia Medvedeva Brian Orser & Tracy Wilson Eteri Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov & Daniil Gleikhengauz [132]
September 17, 2020 Russia Anastasia Tarakanova Svetlana Panova, Tatiana Moiseeva & Ilona Protasenia Ksenia Ivanova, Adian Pitkeev & Alexey Karpushov [133]
September 20, 2020 France Julia Wagret / Pierre Souquet-Basiege Ice dance Marina Zoueva & Alper Uçar Alper Uçar, John Kerr & Nadine Kerr [134]
September 21, 2020 United States Vincent Zhou Men Lee Barkell, Lori Nichol & Mie Hamada Christy Krall, Tom Zakrajsek & Mie Hamada [135]
September 24, 2020 United States Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea Pairs Dalilah Sappenfield & Larry Ibarra Jim Peterson & Amanda Evora [136][55]
October 5, 2020 Italy Matteo Rizzo Men Franca Bianconi & Valter Rizzo Lorenzo Magri & Valter Rizzo [137]
October 7, 2020 Japan Rika Kihira Ladies Brian Orser & Mie Hamada Stéphane Lambiel & Mie Hamada [138]
Japan Satoko Miyahara Lee Barkell & Mie Hamada Lee Barkell & Yuka Sato [139]
October 16, 2020 United States Andrew Torgashev Men Christy Krall, Erik Schultz & Joshua Farris Rafael Arutyunyan & Ilona Melnichenko [140]
United States Ting Cui Ladies Tom Zakrajsek Natalia Linichuk [141]
October 21, 2020 Russia Alexander Petrov Men Alexei Mishin Evgeni Plushenko & Sergei Rozanov [142]
November 16, 2020 Netherlands Lindsay van Zundert Ladies Ans Bocklandt Jorik Hendrickx & Carine Herrygers [143]
December 11, 2020 United States Alysa Liu Lee Barkell, Lori Nichol & Massimo Scali Jeremy Abbott, Lee Barkell, Lori Nichol & Massimo Scali [144]
December 12, 2020 Azerbaijan Ekaterina Ryabova Evgeni Plushenko & Alexander Volkov Alexei Ryabov [145]
January 12, 2021 Azerbaijan Vladimir Litvintsev Men Alexei Chetverukhin & Anastasia Kazakova Evgeni Plushenko & Sergei Rozanov [146]
January 13, 2021 Russia Stanislava Konstantinova Ladies Evgeni Plushenko & Alexander Volkov Viktoria Butsaeva [147]
January 21, 2021 United States Kate Finster Pairs Dalilah Sappenfield & Larry Ibarra Todd Sand & Jenni Meno [148]
January 26, 2021 Philippines Michael Christian Martinez Men Vyacheslav Zahorodnyuk Nikolai Morozov [149]
January 27, 2021 United States Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Ice dance Igor Shpilband, Pasquale Camerlengo, Adrienne Lenda & Natalia Deller Scott Moir [150]
February 26, 2021 Russia Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov Pairs Vladislav Zhovnirski, Arina Ushakova & Filip Tarasov Nina Mozer [151]
March 2, 2021 Lithuania Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius Ice dance Romain Haguenauer & Maurizio Margaglio Marie-France Dubreuil & Patrice Lauzon [152]
March 3, 2021 Russia Alena Kostornaia Ladies Evgeni Plushenko & Sergei Rozanov Eteri Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov & Daniil Gleikhengauz [153][154]
March 9, 2021 United States Hanna Harrell Alexei Letov & Olga Ganicheva Misha Ge & Jun Ge [155]
France Adelina Galyavieva / Louis Thauron Ice dance Anjelika Krylova Barbara Fusar-Poli, Roberto Pelizzola & Anjelika Krylova [156]
March 20, 2021 China Jin Boyang Men Xu Zhaoxiao & Fu Caishu Xu Zhaoxiao, Fu Caishu, Brian Orser & Tracy Wilson [157]
Poland Ekaterina Kurakova Ladies Brian Orser & Tracy Wilson Lorenzo Magri, Brian Orser & Tracy Wilson [158]
April 8, 2021 Japan Shingo Nishiyama Ice dance Andrew Hallam, Tracy Wilson, Joey Russell & Rie Arikawa Igor Shpilband [159]
April 10, 2021 Germany Denis Gurdzhi Men Julia Gnilozubova Lorenzo Magri [160]
April 13, 2021 Russia Artem Kovalev Alexander Volkov, Evgeni Plushenko & Martine Dagenais Alexander Volkov [161]
April 15, 2021 Russia Kseniia Akhanteva / Valerii Kolesov Pairs Ludmila Velikova, Nikolai Velikov, Vasilii Velikov & Denis Lunin Fedor Klimov [162]
Russia Polina Kostiukovich / Aleksei Briukhanov Ludmila Velikova, Nikolai Velikov & Vasilii Velikov Arina Ushakova, Vladislav Zhovnirski & Andrei Filonov [162][163]
April 27, 2021 Russia Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Marina Zoueva, Maxim Trankov & Sergei Voronov Eteri Tutberidze & Maxim Trankov [164]
April 29, 2021 Russia Alena Kanysheva / Andrei Pylin Ice dance Denis Samokhin, Maria Borovikova & Nikita Nazarov Ksenia Rumyantseva & Ekaterina Volobueva [82]
May 1, 2021 Russia Alexandra Trusova Ladies Evgeni Plushenko, Dmitri Mikhailov & Sergei Rozanov Eteri Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov & Daniil Gleikhengauz [165]
May 21, 2021 France Julia Wagret / Pierre Souquet-Basiege Ice dance Alper Uçar, John Kerr & Nadine Kerr Alexander Zhulin, Petr Durnev, Sergei Petukhov, Dmitri Ionov, Alper Uçar & John Kerr [166]
May 25, 2021 Russia Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko Pairs Pavel Sliusarenko & Valentina Tiukova Tamara Moskvina & Artur Minchuk [167]
June 7, 2021 Hungary Ivett Tóth Ladies Zsófia Tokaji-Kulcsár & Zoltán Tóth Ivana Reitmayerová [168]
June 11, 2021 Switzerland Alexia Paganini Stéphane Lambiel Gheorghe Chiper [169]
June 16, 2021 Canada Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker Ice dance Megan Wing & Aaron Lowe Scott Moir [170]
June 26, 2021 United States Danny O'Shea Pairs Jim Peterson & Amanda Evora Todd Sand & Jenni Meno [95]

Nationality changes

Date Skater(s) Disc. From To Notes Ref.
August 28, 2020 Richard Kam Ice dance  South Korea  New Zealand Partnering with Charlotte Lafond-Fournier [40]
September 15, 2020 Alisa Efimova Pairs  Russia  Germany Partnering with Ruben Blommaert [42]
October 22, 2020 Jessica Pfund / Joshua Santillan  United States   Switzerland [171]
December 1, 2020 Clare Seo Ladies  South Korea  United States [172]
December 3, 2020 Anastasiia Metelkina Pairs  Russia  Georgia Partnering with Daniil Parkman [52]
Daniil Parkman  Belarus Partnering with Anastasiia Metelkina
December 24, 2020 Marco Zandron  Italy  Spain Partnering with Laura Barquero [59]
January 3, 2021 Solène Mazingue Ice dance  France  Estonia Partnering with Marko Jevgeni Gaidajenko [61]
January 11, 2021 Nika Osipova Pairs  Russia  Netherlands Partnering with Dmitry Epstein [62]
January 24, 2021 Tomás Llorenç Guarino Sabaté Men   Switzerland  Spain [173]
January 30, 2021 Mariia Ignateva Ice dance  Russia  Hungary Partnering with Danijil Szemko [67]
April 21, 2021 Vanessa James Pairs  France  Canada Partnering with Eric Radford [81]
May 5, 2021 Angélique Abachkina Ice dance  Russia Partnering with Pavel Drozd [84][174]
May 18, 2021 Vladimir Samoilov Men  Russia  Poland [175]
May 27, 2021 Egor Murashov   Switzerland [176]
June 6, 2021 Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac Ice dance  France  Canada [177]
June 11, 2021 Aljona Savchenko Pairs  Germany  United States Partnering with TJ Nyman [178][91]
June 26, 2021 Chelsea Liu  China Partnering with Danny O'Shea [95]

Competitions

Scheduled competitions:[179]

Code key
Color key
  •   ISU Championships
  •   Grand Prix or Junior Grand Prix
  •   Challenger Series
  •   Other competition
2020–2021
Dates Event Type Level Disc. Location Results
September 23–26 Nebelhorn Trophy Challenger Senior All Oberstdorf, Germany Details
October 3 Japan Open[lower-alpha 1] Other S/J M/L Saitama, Japan Details
October 15–17 Budapest Trophy Challenger Senior M/L/D Budapest, Hungary Details
Other Junior M/L/D
October 23–25 Skate America Grand Prix Senior All Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Details
October 29 – November 1 Ice Star Other All All Minsk, Belarus Details
November 6–8 Cup of China Grand Prix Senior All Chongqing, China Details
Volvo Open Cup Other All M/L Riga, Latvia Details
November 20–22 Rostelecom Cup Grand Prix Senior All Moscow, Russia Details
November 26–29 NRW Autumn Trophy Other S/J All Dortmund, Germany Details
Santa Claus Cup Other All M/L/D Budapest, Hungary Details
November 27–29 NHK Trophy Grand Prix Senior M/L/D Osaka, Japan Details
December 11–13 Winter Star Other S/J All Minsk, Belarus Details
February 6–7 Egna Dance Trophy Other S/J D Egna, Italy Details
February 10–13 LuMi Dance Trophy Other All D Odesa, Ukraine Details
February 12–14 Celje Open Other Senior M/L Celje, Slovenia Details
February 18–21 Tallink Hotels Cup Other S/J M/L Tallinn, Estonia Details
February 25–28 International Challenge Cup Other Senior All The Hague, Netherlands Details
February 26 – March 3 Sofia Trophy Other All M/L Sofia, Bulgaria Details
March 22–28 World Championships Championships Senior All Stockholm, Sweden Details
April 1–3 Spring Talents Cup Ukraine Other Senior L Brovary, Ukraine Details
J/N M/L
April 8–11 Spring Star Other S/J All Minsk, Belarus Details
April 14–18 Skate Helena Other Senior L Belgrade, Serbia Details
J/N M/L
April 15–18 World Team Trophy Other Senior All Osaka, Japan Details
April 29 – May 2 Egna Spring Trophy Other All M/L Egna, Italy Details
  1. ↑ This competition featured two teams composed entirely of Japanese skaters rather than the traditional three teams drawn from their respective regions (Europe, Japan, and North America).[180]

Cancelled events

Numerous competitions were cancelled by either the ISU, the host federation, or the local government due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2021 Winter Universiade and the 2021 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, originally scheduled for January 21–31, 2021, and February 6–13, 2021, respectively, were both postponed to the following season.[181][182][183]

2020–2021
Dates Event Type Location Ref.
August 26–30 JGP Canada Grand Prix Richmond, British Columbia, Canada [184]
September 2–5 JGP Slovakia Grand Prix Košice, Slovakia [185]
September 9–10 JGP Hungary Grand Prix Budapest, Hungary [1]
September 9–13 Asian Open Trophy Challenger Beijing, China [186]
September 16–19 Nepela Memorial Challenger Bratislava, Slovakia [185]
JGP Japan Grand Prix Shin-Yokohama, Japan [187]
September 17–19 Autumn Classic International Challenger Oakville, Ontario, Canada [188][189]
September 23–26 JGP Czech Republic Grand Prix Ostrava, Czech Republic [1]
September 26 Tayside Trophy Other Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom [190]
September 30 – October 3 JGP Uzbekistan Grand Prix Tashkent, Uzbekistan [1]
October 7–10 JGP Slovenia Grand Prix Ljubljana, Slovenia [1]
October 8–11 Finlandia Trophy Challenger Espoo, Finland [191]
October 9–10 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur Other Nice, France [192]
October 14–17 JGP Latvia Grand Prix Riga, Latvia [1]
October 21–24 Crystal Skate of Romania Other Bucharest, Romania [193]
October 29–31 Autumn Talents Cup Ukraine Other Kyiv, Ukraine [194]
October 29 – November 1 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge Challenger Almaty, Kazakhstan [195]
October 30 – November 1 Skate Canada International Grand Prix Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [196]
November 6–8 Icelab International Cup Other Bergamo, Italy [197]
Pavel Roman Memorial Other Olomouc, Czech Republic [198]
Prague Ice Cup Other Prague, Czech Republic [199]
November 10–15 Denkova-Staviski Cup Other Sofia, Bulgaria [200]
November 12–15 Warsaw Cup Challenger Warsaw, Poland [201]
November 13–15 Internationaux de France Grand Prix Grenoble, France [202]
November 18–22 Open d'Andorra Other Canillo, Andorra [203]
November 25–28 Cup of Tyrol Challenger Innsbruck, Austria [204][205]
December 2–5 Golden Spin of Zagreb Challenger Zagreb, Croatia [206]
December 10–13 Grand Prix Final Grand Prix Beijing, China [207][2]
Christmas Magic Cup Other Bucharest, Romania [208]
December 11–13 Grand Prix of Bratislava Other Bratislava, Slovakia [209]
Latvian Trophy Other Mārupe, Latvia [210]
December 18–20 Sarajevo Open Other Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina [211]
January 5–10 Mentor Toruń Cup Other Toruń, Poland [212]
January 13–17 EduSport Trophy Other Bucharest, Romania [213]
January 25–31 European Championships Championship Zagreb, Croatia [2]
Bavarian Open Other Oberstdorf, Germany [214]
January 29–31 Reykjavik International Games Other Reykjavík, Iceland [215]
February 3–7 Nordic Championships Other Copenhagen, Denmark [216]
February 4–7 Dragon Trophy & Tivoli Cup Other Ljubljana, Slovenia [217]
February 8–14 Four Continents Championships Championship Sydney, Australia [3]
February 12–14 Jégvirág Cup Other Miskolc, Hungary [218]
February 25–28 Bellu Memorial Other Bucharest, Romania [219]
March 1–7 World Junior Championships Championship Harbin, China [4]
March 11–14 Tirnavia Ice Cup Other Trnava, Slovakia [220]
March 12–14 Coupe du Printemps Other Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg [221]
March 18–21 Skate Celje Other Celje, Slovenia [222]
March 26–27 Abu Dhabi Classic Trophy Other Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates [223]
April 7–11 Black Sea Ice Cup Other Kranevo, Bulgaria [224]
Triglav Trophy & Narcisa Cup Other Jesenice, Slovenia [225]
April 17–18 Kurbada Cup Other Riga, Latvia [226]
May 14–16 Uzbekistan Open Other Tashkent, Uzbekistan [227]

International medalists

Men's singles

Championships
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Sweden World Championships United States Nathan ChenJapan Yuma KagiyamaJapan Yuzuru HanyuDetails
Grand Prix
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
United States Skate America United States Nathan ChenUnited States Vincent ZhouCanada Keegan MessingDetails
China Cup of China China Jin BoyangChina Yan HanChina Chen YudongDetals
Russia Rostelecom Cup Russia Mikhail KolyadaGeorgia (country) Morisi KvitelashviliRussia Petr GumennikDetails
Japan NHK Trophy Japan Yuma KagiyamaJapan Kazuki TomonoJapan Lucas Tsuyoshi HondaDetails
Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy Latvia Deniss VasiļjevsItaly Gabriele FrangipaniSweden Nikolaj MajorovDetails
Hungary Budapest Trophy Italy Daniel GrasslTurkey Burak DemirboğaEstonia Aleksandr SelevkoDetails
Other international competitions
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Belarus Ice Star Russia Mikhail KolyadaBelarus Konstantin MilyukovRussia Evgeni SemenenkoDetails
Germany NRW Autumn Trophy Croatia Jari KesslerGermany Paul FentzSwitzerland Lukas BritschgiDetails
Hungary Santa Claus Cup Hungary András CsernochCzech Republic Jiří BělohradskýSpain Iker OyarzábalDetails
Belarus Winter Star France Kévin AymozBelarus Konstantin MilyukovSpain Arnau JolyDetails
Slovenia Celje Open Hungary András CsernochHungary Máté Böröcz No other competitors Details
Estonia Tallink Hotels Cup Estonia Aleksandr SelevkoFrance Romain PonsartBulgaria Larry LoupoloverDetails
Netherlands International Challenge Cup Russia Mikhail KolyadaFrance Romain PonsartFrance Adam Siao Him FaDetails
Bulgaria Sofia Trophy Bulgaria Larry LoupoloverMonaco Davide Lewton BrainKazakhstan Mikhail ShaidorovDetails
Belarus Spring Star Belarus Konstantin MilyukovBelarus Alexander LebedevNo other competitorsDetails
Italy Egna Spring Trophy Italy Gabriele FrangipaniItaly Alessandro FadiniSpain Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino SabatéDetails

Ladies' singles

Championships
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Sweden World Championships FSR Anna ShcherbakovaFSR Elizaveta TuktamyshevaFSR Alexandra TrusovaDetails
Grand Prix
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
United States Skate America United States Mariah BellUnited States Bradie TennellUnited States Audrey ShinDetails
China Cup of China China Chen HongyiChina Angel LiChina Jin MinzhiDetails
Russia Rostelecom Cup Russia Elizaveta TuktamyshevaRussia Alena KostornaiaRussia Anastasiia GuliakovaDetails
Japan NHK Trophy Japan Kaori SakamotoJapan Wakaba HiguchiJapan Rino MatsuikeDetails
Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy Estonia Eva-Lotta KiibusSwitzerland Alexia PaganiniFinland Jenni SaarinenDetails
Hungary Budapest Trophy Belgium Loena HendrickxEstonia Eva-Lotta KiibusBulgaria Alexandra FeiginDetails
Other international competitions
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Belarus Ice Star Belarus Viktoriia SafonovaRussia Anastasiia GuliakovaRussia Sofia SamodurovaDetails
Latvia Volvo Open Cup Latvia Angelīna KučvaļskaLatvia Anete Lāce No other competitors Details
Germany NRW Autumn Trophy Netherlands Lindsay van ZundertSweden Josefin TaljegårdFinland Jenni SaarinenDetails
Hungary Santa Claus Cup Hungary Júlia LángCyprus Emilea ZingasHungary Ivett TóthDetails
Belarus Winter Star Belarus Viktoriia SafonovaNetherlands Lindsay van ZundertFrance Maïa MazzaraDetails
Slovenia Celje Open Netherlands Lindsay van ZundertSlovenia Daša GrmHungary Regina SchermannDetails
Estonia Tallink Hotels Cup Estonia Eva-Lotta KiibusAustria Olga MikutinaSweden Josefin TaljegårdDetails
Netherlands International Challenge Cup Belgium Loena HendrickxChinese Taipei Emmy MaCyprus Emilea ZingasDetails
Bulgaria Sofia Trophy Austria Olga MikutinaBulgaria Alexandra FeiginSweden Anita ÖstlundDetails
Ukraine Spring Talents Cup Ukraine Ukraine Yelizaveta BabenkoSerbia Antonina DubininaUkraine Mariia AndriichukDetails
Belarus Spring Star Belarus Viktoriia SafonovaBelarus Aliaksandra Chepeleva No other competitors Details
Serbia Skate Helena Serbia Antonina DubininaBulgaria Kristina GrigorovaGreece Dimitra KorriDetails
Italy Egna Spring Trophy Italy Lucrezia BeccariItaly Roberta RodeghieroSlovenia Daša GrmDetails

Pairs

Championships
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Sweden World Championships FSR Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr GalliamovChina Sui Wenjing / Han CongFSR Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii KozlovskiiDetails
Grand Prix
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
United States Skate America United States Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Brandon FrazierUnited States Jessica Calalang / Brian JohnsonUnited States Audrey Lu / Misha MitrofanovDetails
China Cup of China China Peng Cheng / Jin YangChina Wang Yuchen / Huang YihangChina Zhu Daizifei / Liu YuhangDetails
Russia Rostelecom Cup Russia Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii KozlovskiiRussia Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr GalliamovRussia Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry RylovDetails
Japan NHK Trophy No pairs competition
Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy Italy Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo AmbrosiniGermany Annika Hocke / Robert KunkelFrance Cléo Hamon / Denys StrekalinDetails
Other international competitions
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Belarus Ice Star Belarus Bogdana Lukashevich / Alexander Stepanov No other competitors Details
Germany NRW Autumn Trophy Germany Annika Hocke / Robert KunkelGermany Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan SeegertNetherlands Daria Danilova / Michel TsibaDetails
Belarus Winter Star Belarus Bogdana Lukashevich / Alexander Stepanov No other competitors Details
Netherlands International Challenge Cup Russia Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir MorozovGermany Annika Hocke / Robert KunkelHungary Ioulia Chtchetinina / Márk MagyarDetails
Belarus Spring Star Belarus Bogdana Lukashevich / Alexander Stepanov No other competitors Details

Ice dance

Championships
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Sweden World Championships FSR Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita KatsalapovUnited States Madison Hubbell / Zachary DonohueCanada Piper Gilles / Paul PoirierDetails
Grand Prix
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
United States Skate America United States Madison Hubbell / Zachary DonohueUnited States Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc BakerUnited States Christina Carreira / Anthony PonomarenkoDetails
China Cup of China China Wang Shiyue / Liu XinyuChina Chen Hong / Sun ZhuomingChina Ning Wanqi / Wang ChaoDetails
Russia Rostelecom Cup Russia Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita KatsalapovRussia Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan GuerreiroRussia Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill AleshinDetails
Japan NHK Trophy Japan Misato Komatsubara / Tim KoletoJapan Rikako Fukase / Eichu ChoJapan Kana Muramoto / Daisuke TakahashiDetails
Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy Czech Republic Natálie Taschlerová / Filip TaschlerUnited Kingdom Sasha Fear / George WaddellUkraine Darya Popova / Volodymyr ByelikovDetails
Hungary Budapest Trophy Ukraine Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim NikitinGermany Katharina Müller / Tim DieckUnited Kingdom Sasha Fear / George WaddellDetails
Other international competitions
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Belarus Ice Star Belarus Viktoria Semenjuk / Ilya YukhimukBelarus Karina Sidarenka / Maksim Yalenich No other competitors Details
Germany NRW Autumn Trophy Germany Katharina Müller / Tim DieckSwitzerland Fiona Pernas / German ShamraevNetherlands Chelsea Verhaegh / Sherim van GeffenDetails
Hungary Santa Claus Cup Germany Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin SteffanGermany Lara Luft / Maximilian Pfisterer No other competitors Details
Belarus Winter Star Ukraine Darya Popova / Volodymyr ByelikovFrance Julia Wagret / Pierre SouquetBelarus Viktoria Semenjuk / Ilya YukhimukDetails
Italy Egna Dance Trophy Czech Republic Natálie Taschlerová / Filip TaschlerGermany Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin SteffanItaly Carolina Moscheni / Francesco FiorettiDetails
Ukraine LuMi Dance Trophy Ukraine Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim NikitinBelarus Viktoria Semenjuk / Ilya YukhimukTurkey Yuliia Zhata / Berk AkalınDetails
Netherlands International Challenge Cup France Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey BrissaudHungary Anna Yanovskaya / Ádám LukácsNetherlands Chelsea Verhaegh / Sherim van GeffenDetails
Belarus Spring Star Belarus Viktoria Semenjuk / Ilya YukhimukBelarus Natallia Pazhyvilka / Ilya Drantusau No other competitors Details

Season's best scores

Men's singles

Top 10 season's best scores in the men's combined total[228]
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Nathan Chen  United States 320.88 2021 World Championships
2 Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan 300.88 2021 World Team Trophy
3 Yuma Kagiyama 291.77 2021 World Championships
4 Shoma Uno 277.44
5 Mikhail Kolyada  Russia 274.14 2021 World Team Trophy
6 Keegan Messing  Canada 270.26 2021 World Championships
7 Kévin Aymoz  France 263.82 2021 World Team Trophy
8 Jason Brown  United States 262.17 2021 World Championships
9 Evgeni Semenenko  Russia 258.45
10 Cha Jun-hwan  South Korea 245.99
Top 10 season's best scores in the men's short program[229]
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Nathan Chen  United States 109.65 2021 World Team Trophy
2 Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan 107.12
3 Yuma Kagiyama 100.96 2021 World Championships
4 Jason Brown  United States 94.86 2021 World Team Trophy
5 Kévin Aymoz  France 94.69
6 Mikhail Kolyada  Russia 93.52 2021 World Championships
7 Keegan Messing  Canada 93.51
8 Shoma Uno  Japan 92.62
9 Cha Jun-hwan  South Korea 91.15
10 Roman Sadovsky  Canada 89.61 2021 World Team Trophy
Top 10 season's best scores in the men's free skating[230]
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Nathan Chen  United States 222.03 2021 World Championships
2 Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan 193.76 2021 World Team Trophy
3 Yuma Kagiyama 190.81 2021 World Championships
4 Shoma Uno 184.82
5 Mikhail Kolyada  Russia 180.72 2021 World Team Trophy
6 Keegan Messing  Canada 176.75 2021 World Championships
7 Evgeni Semenenko  Russia 171.59
8 Jason Brown  United States 170.92
9 Kévin Aymoz  France 169.13 2021 World Team Trophy
10 Daniel Grassl  Italy 163.38 2021 World Championships

Ladies' singles

Top 10 season's best scores in the ladies' combined total[231]
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Anna Shcherbakova  Russia 241.65 2021 World Team Trophy
2 Kaori Sakamoto  Japan 228.07
3 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  Russia 226.58
4 Alexandra Trusova 217.20 2021 World Championships
5 Karen Chen  United States 208.63
6 Loena Hendrickx  Belgium 208.44
7 Rika Kihira  Japan 205.70
8 Bradie Tennell  United States 200.59 2021 World Team Trophy
9 Olga Mikutina  Austria 198.77 2021 World Championships
10 Lee Hae-in  South Korea 193.44
Top 10 season's best scores in the ladies' short program[232]
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Anna Shcherbakova  Russia 81.07 2021 World Team Trophy
2 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 80.35
3 Rika Kihira  Japan 79.08 2021 World Championships
4 Kaori Sakamoto 77.78 2021 World Team Trophy
5 Karen Chen  United States 74.40 2021 World Championships
6 Kim Ye-lim  South Korea 73.63
7 Loena Hendrickx  Belgium 72.18 2020 Budapest Trophy
8 Bradie Tennell  United States 69.87 2021 World Championships
9 Lee Hae-in  South Korea 68.94
10 Madeline Schizas  Canada 68.77
Top 10 season's best scores in the ladies' free skating[233]
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Anna Shcherbakova  Russia 160.58 2021 World Team Trophy
2 Alexandra Trusova 152.38 2021 World Championships
3 Kaori Sakamoto  Japan 150.29 2021 World Team Trophy
4 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  Russia 146.23
5 Loena Hendrickx  Belgium 141.16 2021 World Championships
6 Karen Chen  United States 134.23
7 Bradie Tennell 133.19 2021 World Team Trophy
8 Rika Kihira  Japan 132.39
9 Olga Mikutina  Austria 131.59 2021 World Championships
10 Ekaterina Ryabova  Azerbaijan 125.35

Pairs

Top 10 season's best scores in the pairs' combined total[234]
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov  Russia 227.59 2021 World Championships
2 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong  China 225.71
3 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii  Russia 217.63
4 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov 212.76
5 Peng Cheng / Jin Yang  China 201.18
6 Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier  United States 199.31 2021 World Team Trophy
7 Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara  Japan 196.65
8 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro  Canada 195.29 2021 World Championships
9 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise  Italy 194.33 2021 World Team Trophy
10 Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc  United States 185.31 2021 World Championships
Top 10 season's best scores in the pairs' short program[235]
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii  Russia 80.16 2021 World Championships
2 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong  China 77.62
3 Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov  Russia 75.79
4 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov 71.46
5 Peng Cheng / Jin Yang  China 71.32
6 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise  Italy 66.09 2021 World Team Trophy
7 Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara  Japan 65.82
8 Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier  United States 65.68
9 Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc 64.94 2021 World Championships
10 Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer  Austria 64.01
Top 10 season's best scores in the pairs' free skating[236]
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov  Russia 151.80 2021 World Championships
2 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong  China 148.09
3 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov  Russia 141.30
4 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii 137.47
5 Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier  United States 133.63 2021 World Team Trophy
6 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro  Canada 131.84 2021 World Championships
7 Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara  Japan 130.83 2021 World Team Trophy
8 Peng Cheng / Jin Yang  China 129.86 2021 World Championships
9 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise  Italy 128.24 2021 World Team Trophy
10 Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc  United States 120.37 2021 World Championships

Ice dance

Top 10 season's best scores in the combined total (ice dance)[237]
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov  Russia 221.17 2021 World Championships
2 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue  United States 214.71
3 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier  Canada 214.35
4 Madison Chock / Evan Bates  United States 212.69
5 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin  Russia 208.77
6 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 207.68 2021 World Team Trophy
7 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson  Great Britain 196.92 2021 World Championships
8 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen  Canada 196.88
9 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker  United States 188.51
10 Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro  Russia 188.45
Top 10 season's best scores in the rhythm dance[238]
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov  Russia 88.15 2021 World Championships
2 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue  United States 86.05
3 Madison Chock / Evan Bates 85.15
4 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier  Canada 83.37
5 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin  Russia 83.02
6 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 82.93 2021 World Team Trophy
7 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen  Canada 77.87 2021 World Championships
8 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson  Great Britain 77.42
9 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker  United States 76.79 2021 World Team Trophy
10 Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev  Poland 76.12 2021 World Championships
Top 10 season's best scores in the free dance[239]
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov  Russia 133.02 2021 World Championships
2 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier  Canada 130.98
3 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue  United States 128.66
4 Madison Chock / Evan Bates 127.54
5 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin  Russia 125.75
6 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 124.75 2021 World Team Trophy
7 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson  Great Britain 119.50 2021 World Championships
8 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen  Canada 119.01
9 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker  United States 113.43
10 Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro  Russia 112.87

World standings

Men's singles

As of March 27, 2021.[240]

No. Skater Nation
1 Nathan Chen  United States
2 Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan
3 Shoma Uno
4 Jason Brown  United States
5 Alexander Samarin  Russia
6 Dmitri Aliev
7 Matteo Rizzo  Italy
8 Keegan Messing  Canada
9 Cha Jun-hwan  South Korea
10 Morisi Kvitelashvili  Georgia

Ladies' singles

As of March 26, 2021.[241]

No. Skater Nation
1 Rika Kihira  Japan
2 Anna Shcherbakova  Russia
3 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
4 Alexandra Trusova
5 Bradie Tennell  United States
6 Kaori Sakamoto  Japan
7 Satoko Miyahara
8 Alena Kostornaia  Russia
9 Alina Zagitova
10 Lim Eun-soo  South Korea

Pairs

As of March 25, 2021.[242]

No. Skater Nation
1 Peng Cheng / Jin Yang  China
2 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii  Russia
3 Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov
4 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
5 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro  Canada
6 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong  China
7 Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc  United States
8 Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin  Russia
9 Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer  Austria
10 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise  Italy

Ice dance

As of March 27, 2021.[243]

No. Skater Nation
1 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov  Russia
2 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue  United States
3 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier  Canada
4 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy
5 Madison Chock / Evan Bates  United States
6 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin  Russia
7 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron  France
8 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson  Great Britain
9 Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu  China
10 Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin  Spain

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