List of world number one in women's squash

At 112 months at the top of the squash world rankings, Nicol David is the most successful player in the all-time ranking. It led the world rankings from August 2006 to August 2015.

The list of world number one in women's squash lists all the leaders of the individual classification of the squash world rankings of the PSA with the ladies since the introduction of the rankings in April 1983rd

The site initially lists all world number one in chronological order. In the other tables, the respective number one at the end of the year and the leaders according to the number of weeks at the top of the ranking are listed.

Since the introduction of the rating, a total of 15 players have topped the squash world rankings. The first world number leader was Vicki Cardwell , the current leader is Nouran Gohar . At 112 months, Nicol David was the world's number one for the longest time. Nicol David (109 months) also holds the record for the longest uninterrupted period at the top of the ranking. Nicol David and Susan Devoy (9 each) hold the record for most seasons that ended in first place.

World number one in the course of the year

Player : Indicates the name of the player. The number in brackets after the name indicates how many athletes the player was at the top of the world rankings.
from : Indicates the month in which the player reached the top position.
to : Indicates the month in which the player was last leader of the world rankings within the respective series.
Month number : Indicates the number of months that the player topped the world rankings within the respective series.

Player	from	to	Month number
Vicki Cardwell (1)	April 1, 1983	March 1, 1984	012
Susan Devoy (2)	April 1, 1984	February 1, 1993	047
Lisa Opie (3)	March 1, 1988	April 1, 1988	002
Susan Devoy	May 1, 1988	February 1, 1993	058
Michelle Martin (4)	March 1, 1993	October 1, 1996	044
Sarah Fitz-Gerald (5)	November 1, 1996	October 1, 1998	024
Michelle Martin	November 1, 1998	December 1, 1999	014th
Cassie Jackman (6)	January 1, 2000	October 1, 2000	010
Leilani Joyce (7)	November 1, 2000	September 1, 2001	011
Sarah Fitz-Gerald	October 1, 2001	October 1, 2002	013
Carol Owens (8)	November 1, 2002	November 1, 2002	001
Sarah Fitz-Gerald	December 1, 2002	February 1, 2003	003
Carol Owens	March 1, 2003	May 1, 2003	003
Natalie Grainger (9)	June 1, 2003	June 1, 2003	001
Carol Owens	July 1, 2003	January 1, 2004	007th
Cassie Jackman	February 1, 2004	July 1, 2004	006th
Rachael Grinham (10)	August 1, 2004	October 1, 2005	016
Vanessa Atkinson (11)	December 1, 2005	December 1, 2005	001
Nicol David (12)	January 1, 2006	March 1, 2006	003
Vanessa Atkinson	April 1, 2006	July 1, 2006	004th
Nicol David	August 1, 2006	August 1, 2015	109
Raneem El Weleily (13)	September 1, 2015	1st December 2015	004th
Laura Massaro (14)	January 1, 2016	April 1, 2016	004th
Nour El Sherbini (15)	May 1, 2016	1st November 2018	031
Raneem El Weleily	1st December 2018	June 1, 2020	019th
Nouran Gohar (16)	July 1, 2020	current	002

As of August 1, 2020

World number one at the end of the year

Note: The number in brackets after the player's name indicates how many times the player was able to finish a season at the top of the world rankings at any given time.

year	Player	year	Player	year	Player
1983	Vicki Cardwell	1998	Michelle Martin (4)	2013	Nicol David (8)
1984	Susan Devoy	1999	Michelle Martin (5)	2014	Nicol David (9)
1985	Susan Devoy (2)	2000	Leilani Joyce	2015	Raneem El Weleily
1986	Susan Devoy (3)	2001	Sarah Fitz-Gerald (3)	2016	Nour El Sherbini
1987	Susan Devoy (4)	2002	Sarah Fitz-Gerald (4)	2017	Nour El Sherbini (2)
1988	Susan Devoy (5)	2003	Carol Owens	2018	Raneem El Weleily (2)
1989	Susan Devoy (6)	2004	Rachael Grinham	2019	Raneem El Weleily (3)
1990	Susan Devoy (7)	2005	Vanessa Atkinson
1991	Susan Devoy (8)	2006	Nicol David
1992	Susan Devoy (9)	2007	Nicol David (2)
1993	Michelle Martin	2008	Nicol David (3)
1994	Michelle Martin (2)	2009	Nicol David (4)
1995	Michelle Martin (3)	2010	Nicol David (5)
1996	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	2011	Nicol David (6)
1997	Sarah Fitz-Gerald (2)	2012	Nicol David (7)

Player at the top of the world rankings after weeks

Player : Indicates the name of the player. The current leader is highlighted in bold.
First time on : Indicates the date on which the player was at the top of the world ranking for the first time.
Months : Indicates the number of months the player was at the top of the world rankings. The position in the table is also based on this value.
Streak : Indicates the number of months the player has been at the top of the world rankings without interruption during his longest streak.

	Player	first on	Months	series
01.	Nicol David	August 1, 2006	112	109
02.	Susan Devoy	April 1, 1984	105	058
03.	Michelle Martin	March 1, 1993	058	044
04th	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	November 1, 1996	040	024
05.	Nour El Sherbini	May 1, 2016	031	031
06th	Raneem El Weleily	September 1, 2015	023	017th
07th	Rachael Grinham	August 1, 2004	016	016
07th	Cassie Jackman	March 1, 2000	016	008th
09.	Vicki Cardwell	April 1, 1983	012	012
10.	Leilani Joyce	November 1, 2000	011	011
10.	Carol Owens	November 1, 2002	011	007th
12.	Vanessa Atkinson	December 1, 2005	005	004th
13.	Laura Massaro	January 1, 2016	004th	004th
14th	Nouran Gohar	July 1, 2020	002	002
14th	Lisa Opie	March 1, 1988	002	002
16.	Natalie Grainger	June 1, 2003	001	001

As of August 1, 2020

See also

• List of world number one in the men's squash

Web links

• World ranking on psaworldtour.com (English)
• World ranking on squashsite.co.uk (English)