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 at the beginning of each month.

Number 1 ranked Women's squash players

The statistics are updated only when the PSA website revises its rankings (usually every first of each month).

Key
*	Current number 1 player as of August, 2021[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
1	AUS	Vicki Cardwell	April 1983	March 1984	12	12
2	NZL	Susan Devoy	April 1984	February 1988	47	47
3	ENG	Lisa Opie	March 1988	April 1988	2	2
	NZL	Susan Devoy (2)	May 1988	February 1993	58	105
4	AUS	Michelle Martin	March 1993	October 1996	44	44
5	AUS	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	November 1996	October 1998	24	24
	AUS	Michelle Martin (2)	November 1998	December 1999	14	58
6	ENG	Cassie Jackman	January 2000	October 2000	10	10
7	NZL	Leilani Rorani	November 2000	September 2001	11	11
	AUS	Sarah Fitz-Gerald (2)	October 2001	October 2002	13	37
8	NZL	Carol Owens	November 2002	November 2002	1	1
	AUS	Sarah Fitz-Gerald (3)	December 2002	February 2003	3	40
	NZL	Carol Owens (2)	March 2003	May 2003	3	4
9	USA	Natalie Grainger	June 2003	June 2003	1	1
	NZL	Carol Owens (3)	July 2003	January 2004	7	11
	ENG	Cassie Jackman (2)	February 2004	July 2004	6	16
10	AUS	Rachael Grinham	August 2004	November 2005	16	16
11	NED	Vanessa Atkinson	December 2005	December 2005	1	1
12	MAS	Nicol David	January 2006	March 2006	3	3
	NED	Vanessa Atkinson (2)	April 2006	July 2006	4	5
	MAS	Nicol David (2)	August 2006	August 2015	109 ^↑	112 ^↑
13	EGY	Raneem El Weleily	September 2015	December 2015	4	4
14	ENG	Laura Massaro	January 2016	April 2016	4	4
15	EGY	Nour El Sherbini	May 2016	November 2018	31	31
	EGY	Raneem El Weleily (2)	December 2018	June 2020	19	23
16	EGY	Nouran Gohar	July 2020	October 2020	4	4
	EGY	Nour El Sherbini (2)	November 2020	Present	17	48

Accumulated totals are bolded on each player's final streak.
As of March, 2022.

Months at number 1

Key
Bold	The current World No. 1 player
	Active players

Rank	Player	Total
1.	Nicol David	112
2.	Susan Devoy	105
3.	Michelle Martin	58
4.	Nour El Sherbini	48
5	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	40
6.	Raneem El Weleily	23
7.	Rachael Grinham	16
=	Cassie Jackman	16
9.	Vicki Cardwell	12
10.	Leilani Rorani	11
=	Carol Owens	11
12.	Vanessa Atkinson	5
13.	Nouran Gohar	4
=	Laura Massaro	4
15.	Lisa Opie	2
16.	Natalie Grainger	1

Rank	Player	Consecutive
1.	Nicol David	109 (9 years & 1 month)
2.	Susan Devoy	58 (4 years & 10 months)
3.	Michelle Martin	44 (3 years & 8 months)
4.	Nour El Sherbini	31 (2 years & 7 months)
5.	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	24 (2 years)
6.	Raneem El Weleily	19 (1 year & 7 months)
7.	Rachael Grinham	16 (1 year & 4 months)
8.	Vicki Cardwell	12 (1 year)
9.	Leilani Rorani	11
10.	Cassie Jackman	10
11.	Carol Owens	7
12.	Nouran Gohar	4
=	Vanessa Atkinson	4
=	Laura Massaro	4
15.	Lisa Opie	2
16.	Natalie Grainger	1

As of March, 2022

Note: Active streak is in bold.

Months at no. 1 by country

	Country	No. of players	No. of months	Players
1.	New Zealand	3	128	Susan Devoy, Leilani Rorani, Carol Owens
2.	Australia	3	114	Michelle Martin, Sarah Fitz-Gerald, Rachael Grinham
3.	Malaysia	1	112	Nicol David
4.	Egypt	3	75	Nour El Sherbini, Raneem El Weleily, Nouran Gohar
5.	England	3	22	Cassie Jackman, Laura Massaro, Lisa Opie
6.	Netherlands	1	5	Vanessa Atkinson
7.	United States	1	1	Natalie Grainger

As of March, 2022

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

Key
	Active players

Player	First No. 1 position Date	Num. of months No. 1	First World Championship final	Number of finals
Lisa Opie	March, 1988	2	1985 (vs. Susan Devoy)	2
Leilani Rorani	November, 2000	11	2000 (vs. Carol Owens)	2
Natalie Grainger	June, 2003	1	2002 (vs. Sarah Fitz-Gerald)	1
Nouran Gohar	July, 2020	4	2020–21 (vs. Nour El Sherbini)	1

As of July, 2021.

References

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

External links

"Olympic Campaigner Nicol makes World Ranking history". September 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
Squashsite: Nicol overtakes Michelle

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