In 2016 the 14 judoka representing 10 countries, who ended
2016 as the world number ones were:
MUNKHBAT Urantsetseg (MGL) -- 48kg
Majlinda KELMENDI (KOS) -- 52kg
DORSUREN Sumiya (MGL) -- 57kg
Tina TRSTENJAK (SLO) -- 63kg
Kim POLLING (NED) -70kg
Kayla HARRISON (USA) -78kg
Idalys ORTIZ (CUB) +78kg
Orkhan SAFAROV (AZE) -60kg
An BAUL (KOR) -66kg
Rustam ORUJOV (AZE) -73g
NAGASE Takanori (JPN) -81kg
BAKER Mashu (JPN) -90kg
Elmar GASIMOV (AZE) -100kg
Teddy RINER (FRA) +100kg
There are still a handful of events before the end of 2017 as Abu Dhabi Grand Slam is about to take place in the upcoming week and will be followed by the The Hague Grand Prix in the Netherlands, the Tokyo Grand Slam in Japan and the World Judo Masters in St. Petersburg, Russia.
In November the International Judo Federation will also organise the Open World Championships in Marrakech, Morocco. While this event is not part of the IJF World Judo Tour that offers points for the World Ranking List it does boast a record amount of prize money of 500,000 which will be divided across the men's and women's openweight medallists.