Barista Rankings is the world ranking of competition baristas, built from the results of the fourteen championships that matter the most. Every result earns points. Bigger events earn more, higher placings earn more, and points fade as they age. Add up what your results are worth today and that's your ranking.
What counts
Fourteen competitions: the seven World Coffee Championships, plus the independent circuits where people compete under published rules against an open field. A competition has to be international, into at least its third season, and publish a podium. Only finals count. Roasting is in the database but not the ranking; this is a barista ranking.
National titles in Barista, Brewers Cup and Cup Tasters are inferred. Everyone at a world final won their national to get there, so each gets credit for it, dated to the quarter before the final and marked as inferred on their page. As national bodies share real results, those replace the inferred ones.
How much is the event worth?
Competitions are weighted by how many people you're up against, how far they've come to be there, and how directly the format tests making coffee. The World Barista Championship anchors the scale at 100.
| Tier | What winning gets you | Events | Win |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A world title | World Barista Championship | 100 |
| 1 | A world title | World Brewers Cup, World Cup Tasters, World AeroPress Championship | 80 |
| 1 | A world title | World Coffee in Good Spirits, World Cezve/Ibrik, World Latte Art | 65 |
| 2 | An international open title | Coffee Masters (London, New York), V60 World Championship final, Origami Cup world final | 40 |
| 2 | An international open title | World Siphonist Championship | 20 |
| 3 | A place at a Tier 1 final | National Barista Championships (inferred), V60 and Origami national finals (Origami from 2026) | 25 |
| 3 | A place at a Tier 1 final | National Brewers Cup and Cup Tasters (inferred), WAC national championships | 20 |
| 3 | A place at a Tier 1 final | Japan Siphonist Championship | 6 |
| 4 | A place at a Tier 3 final | WAC regionals, V60 regionals, Coffee Fest Latte Art Open shows | 12 |
| 5 | A trophy and a good night | Barista League, Comandante Championships, Coffee Fest qualifiers, Origami Cup before 2026 | 6 |
Where did you place?
A win earns the full weight. Everything below earns a slice, and the slices shrink quickly, so one title outweighs a handful of near misses.
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100% | 55% | 40% | 30% | 22% | 16% | 12% | 8% | 5% | 3% |
World finals pay down to tenth. Everywhere else, podium only. Ties go to the better single result, then the more recent one.
How long ago was it?
Results count for five years and lose value the whole way, a little each quarter.
| Same quarter | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years | 4 years | 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100% | 90% | 75% | 50% | 20% | 0% |
That's long enough to keep a world champion near the top through a quiet season, and short enough that someone who stopped competing isn't still ranked above this year's finalists.
Adding it up
score = Σ event weight × placing share × age share
As of Q4 2026, Jack Simpson has three WBC finals in the window: third in 2023, now worth 14.0; second in 2024, 34.4; the 2025 win, 90.0. That's 138.4, and first in the world.
Updates and gaps
The board is published mid-January, May, July and November, a few weeks after each block of world finals. Between releases nothing moves.
Competitors are matched across events by name and country; where two records might be the same person, they stay separate until we're sure. Nationals in Latte Art, Coffee in Good Spirits and Cezve/Ibrik aren't in yet. If a result is wrong or missing, send the published source and it's fixed in the next release.