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The Highest Scores at the 2026 Gymnastics World Championships

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The highest score at the 2026 World Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam was 15.733, by Zou Jingyuan of China on parallel bars in the apparatus final on October 25. Kaylia Nemour of Algeria posted the highest women’s score, 15.333 on uneven bars in her final the day before.

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Elite gymnastics scores have no fixed maximum. Each score adds a difficulty score, the D-score, for the skills performed, to an execution score, the E-score, which starts from 10.0 and loses points for errors. Any bonus is added and any penalty taken away. How FIG scoring works explains the full calculation.

This page ranks the best scores from every round in Rotterdam: qualification (October 17–19), the team finals (October 20–21), the all-around finals (October 22–23) and the apparatus finals (October 24–25). Each score belongs to one routine or one vault, and every number comes from the official results sheets. Men and women compete under separate Codes of Points, so scores are best compared on the same apparatus.

The Highest Scores at a Glance

Women Men
Highest score 15.333, Kaylia Nemour (Algeria), uneven bars final 15.733, Zou Jingyuan (China), parallel bars final
Highest E-score 9.466, Rebeca Andrade (Brazil), second vault in qualification 9.633, Zou Jingyuan, parallel bars final
Highest all-around total 55.999, Kaylia Nemour, qualification 85.998, Daiki Hashimoto (Japan), all-around final
Highest team total 165.764, China, team final 254.529, Japan, qualification
Scores of 15.000 or more 3 6

Zou’s 15.733 was the only score above 15.5 all week, and it came with the best execution score of the championships. The cleanest routine in Rotterdam was also its highest-scoring one.

Every Score of 15.000 or More

Only nine scores reached 15.000 in Rotterdam: six by men and three by women.

Score Gymnast Apparatus and round D-score E-score Bonus
15.733 Zou Jingyuan, China Parallel bars, final 6.000 9.633 0.1
15.466 Zou Jingyuan, China Parallel bars, qualification 5.800 9.566 0.1
15.366 Zou Jingyuan, China Parallel bars, team final 6.000 9.266 0.1
15.333 Kaylia Nemour, Algeria Uneven bars, final 7.000 8.333 –
15.300 Hamlet Manukyan, Armenia Pommel horse, final 5.900 9.400 –
15.233 Gabriele Targhetta, Italy Pommel horse, final 5.900 9.333 –
15.100 Zhang Qingying, China Balance beam, qualification 6.800 8.300 –
15.066 Zhang Qingying, China Balance beam, team final 6.800 8.266 –
15.000 Mamikon Khachatryan, Armenia Pommel horse, final 5.800 9.200 –

Zou passed 15 every time he competed on parallel bars. Each of his three scores includes a 0.1 bonus: the men’s Code of Points awards it for a stuck landing after a dismount valued C or higher, and after vaults with saltos, on every apparatus except pommel horse.

The pommel horse final produced three of the nine scores. All three medalists passed 15, each with an E-score of 9.200 or better.

Only two women reached 15. Nemour did it in the bars final, and Zhang Qingying did it twice on beam, in qualification and in the team final. In the beam final Zhang started from a lower 6.500 D-score, scored 14.566 and lost the gold to Nemour on a tie-break.

Highest Women’s Scores by Apparatus

Apparatus Highest score Gymnast and round D-score E-score
Vault 14.600 Yeo Seojeong, South Korea (first vault in the final) 5.400 9.200
Uneven bars 15.333 Kaylia Nemour, Algeria (final) 7.000 8.333
Balance beam 15.100 Zhang Qingying, China (qualification) 6.800 8.300
Floor exercise 13.933 Claire Pease, United States (team final) 6.000 7.933

Only on uneven bars did the highest score of the week also win the final.

Vault: the best single vault did not win

The vault final works differently from the other events. Each gymnast performs two vaults and the two scores are averaged. A 0.20 bonus is added when the vaults’ saltos go in different directions, one backward and one forward, and neither vault ends in a fall.

Yeo Seojeong’s first vault in the final, 14.600, was the best single vault by a woman all week. Her second vault scored 12.833 and earned no bonus, so she placed seventh with 13.716. Rebeca Andrade won with 14.400 and 14.133 plus the bonus: 14.466. How vault scoring works compares the elite rules with other programs.

Uneven bars and beam: two scores above 15

Nemour had the three highest bars scores of the championships: 14.933 in qualification, 14.866 in the all-around final and 15.333 in the final. Her bars qualification already showed the difficulty behind them.

Chinese gymnasts posted the three highest beam scores: Zhang’s 15.100 and 15.066, then Qiu Qiyuan’s 14.966 in qualification.

Floor: no score reached 14

Floor had the lowest top score of the four women’s events. Pease’s 13.933 in the team final was the best, and she won the final with 13.866.

Highest Men’s Scores by Apparatus

Apparatus Highest score Gymnast and round D-score E-score Bonus
Floor exercise 14.700 Arsenii Dukhno, Russia (qualification) 5.900 8.700 0.1
Pommel horse 15.300 Hamlet Manukyan, Armenia (final) 5.900 9.400 –
Rings 14.766 Lan Xingyu, China (final) 6.000 8.766 –
Vault 14.900 Jake Jarman, Great Britain (qualification, all-around final and first vault in the final) 5.600 9.300 –
Vault 14.900 Artur Davtyan, Armenia (second vault in the final) 5.200 9.600 0.1
Parallel bars 15.733 Zou Jingyuan, China (final) 6.000 9.633 0.1
High bar 14.966 Tang Chia-Hung, Chinese Taipei (final) 6.600 8.366 –

On pommel horse, rings, parallel bars and high bar, the highest score of the week also won the final. Dukhno competes for Russia: World Gymnastics’ official results list him under RUS, while the USA Gymnastics copies of the results print WG2.

Parallel bars: execution made the gap

Zou’s 15.733 came from the same 6.000 D-score as Illia Kovtun of Croatia, who took silver with 14.900. The 0.833 gap came from execution, 9.633 against 8.900, and Zou’s stuck-landing bonus.

Vault, floor, rings and high bar

Jake Jarman scored 14.900 three times with his first vault, and Artur Davtyan matched it with his second vault in the final, on a 9.600 E-score. The men’s vault final also averages the two vaults, so Davtyan won with 14.850. Jarman’s second vault scored 14.400, which left him second with 14.650.

Dukhno’s 14.700 in qualification was the best floor score, but he scored 13.666 in the final, which Frederick Richard of the United States won with 14.633. Lan Xingyu had the three highest rings scores: 14.766 in the final and 14.733 in both qualification and the team final.

On high bar, Ángel Barajas of Colombia had the highest D-score of the championships, 6.800 in the team final, where he scored 14.900. In the final both he and Tang started from 6.600; Tang won with 14.966 and Barajas placed seventh. The 2026 Worlds apparatus finals results list every medalist.

The Cleanest Routines: Highest Execution Scores

The E-score is the clearest measure of how well a routine was performed. It starts from 10.0, and the judges deduct for errors such as bent legs, extra steps on landing and falls.

Zou’s 9.633 in the parallel bars final was the highest E-score of the championships. Artur Davtyan’s 9.600 on his second vault, in both qualification and the final, came next.

Among women, every E-score above 8.466 came on vault, where the judges assess a single vault instead of a full routine. Rebeca Andrade’s 9.466 on her second vault in qualification was the best. Away from vault, the top marks were Qiu Qiyuan’s 8.466 on beam in qualification, Helen Kevric’s 8.433 in the bars final and Aiko Sugihara’s 8.100 on floor in the team final.

Highest All-Around and Team Totals

Competition Highest total Round Final won with
Women’s all-around 55.999, Kaylia Nemour Qualification Skye Blakely, 55.733
Men’s all-around 85.998, Daiki Hashimoto Final Daiki Hashimoto, 85.998
Women’s team 165.764, China Team final China, 165.764
Men’s team 254.529, Japan Qualification Japan, 251.928

Nemour’s 55.999 in qualification was the best women’s all-around total, but a 12.366 vault in the final left her fourth with 54.998. Skye Blakely of the United States won with 55.733; the women’s all-around results show where the medals were decided. Hashimoto’s 85.998 was the best men’s total, while Shinnosuke Oka led qualification with 85.098 (men’s all-around results).

Japan’s best team total came in qualification, not the final. In qualification, up to four gymnasts compete on each apparatus and the three highest scores count, so one weaker routine can be dropped. In the team final, three compete and all three scores count. Japan still won the final with 251.928, as Japan’s team gold explains apparatus by apparatus. China’s women posted their best total in the team final, 165.764, finishing 0.233 ahead of the United States.

What the Top Scores Have in Common

Difficulty raises what a routine can earn. Every score of 15.000 or more came with a D-score of at least 5.800, and the only two women to pass 15 had the highest women’s D-scores of the championships: Nemour on bars and Zhang on beam.

Execution decided how much of that difficulty turned into points. These pairs from Rotterdam show a lower D-score beating a higher one:

Routine D-score E-score Score
Nemour, bars, qualification 7.100 7.833 14.933
Nemour, bars, final 7.000 8.333 15.333
Pease, first vault, final 5.600 8.766 14.366
Andrade, first vault, final 5.000 9.400 14.400
Jarman, floor, final 6.300 8.300 14.600
Richard, floor, final (plus 0.1 bonus) 5.700 8.833 14.633

Nemour gave up 0.1 of difficulty in the final and gained 0.5 in execution. Andrade’s vault was worth 0.6 less than Pease’s and still scored higher, and Richard won floor from a D-score 0.6 below Jarman’s. For the difficulty side alone, how high gymnastics D-scores go lists the highest D-scores in every 2026 final and in qualification.

Frequently Asked Questions

What was the highest score at the 2026 Gymnastics World Championships?

Zou Jingyuan’s 15.733 on parallel bars in the apparatus final on October 25. He also scored 15.466 in qualification and 15.366 in the team final.

What was the highest women’s score at the 2026 Worlds?

Kaylia Nemour’s 15.333 on uneven bars in the final on October 24. Zhang Qingying was the only other woman to pass 15, with 15.100 and 15.066 on beam.

Did any gymnast get a perfect 10 for execution?

No. The E-score starts from 10.0, but every routine received some deductions; the highest was Zou’s 9.633. The highest possible score in gymnastics explains how scoring limits differ between elite, college and club gymnastics.

Why are men’s scores higher than women’s?

They are not on the same scale. Men and women compete on different apparatus under separate Codes of Points. In Rotterdam the best men’s score, 15.733, was higher than the best women’s, 15.333, and men’s all-around totals are much higher because men compete on six apparatus and women on four.

Final Takeaway

The highest score at the 2026 World Championships was Zou Jingyuan’s 15.733 on parallel bars, which also carried the best execution score of the week, 9.633. Kaylia Nemour’s 15.333 on uneven bars was the highest women’s score.

Only nine scores reached 15.000. All of them needed big difficulty, but in the finals the cleaner routine beat the harder one more than once.

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