List of PSA women's number 1 ranked players

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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 10 41

Accumulated totals are bolded on each player's final streak.
As of August, 2021.

Months at number 1[]

Key
Bold The current World No. 1 player
double-dagger Active players

As of August, 2021

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 68 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 August, 2021

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

Key
double-dagger Active players
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