This is a list Brian has been keeping and updating once a year for several years.
- It is only updated following the CrossFit Games each year.
- It only factors in what happened AT the CrossFit Games in each athlete’s career.
- Athletes must compete in a minimum of three CrossFit Games to even be eligible for consideration on the list.
Below you will see last year’s top-40 contrasted with this year’s top-40:
- There is only one new athlete on the list this year: Arielle Loewen
- There are five athletes who move up on relative to last year’s ranking
- Laura Horvath, Gabriela Migala, Danielle Brandon, Emily Rolfe, and Bethany Shadburne
Main factors considered, and please note that these are weighed carefully but there is no perfect science:
- Appearances
- Championships, podiums, top-ten finishes
- Average finish (excluding some WD years)
- Event Wins
- Era (or years) competed during- relative strength of field
Top-40 Female CrossFitters, 2022 vs 2023:
| 2022 | 2023 | |
| Athlete | Rank | Athlete |
| Tia-Clair Toomey | 1 | Tia-Clair Toomey |
| Annie Thorisdottir | 2 | Annie Thorisdottir |
| Katrin Davidsdottir | 3 | Laura Horvath* |
| Kara Saunders | 4 | Katrin Davidsdottir |
| Samantha Briggs | 5 | Kara Saunders |
| Kristin Holte | 6 | Samantha Briggs |
| Sara Sigmundsdottir | 7 | Kristin Holte |
| Kristan Clever | 8 | Sara Sigmundsdottir |
| Kari Pearce | 9 | Kristan Clever |
| Brooke Wells | 10 | Kari Pearce |
| Laura Horvath | 11 | Brooke Wells |
| Haley Adams | 12 | Haley Adams |
| Krisit Eramo O’Connell | 13 | Krisit Eramo O’Connell |
| Julie Foucher | 14 | Julie Foucher |
| Camille Leblanc-Bazinet | 15 | Camille Leblanc-Bazinet |
| Rebecca Voigt | 16 | Rebecca Voigt |
| Jamie Simmonds | 17 | Jamie Simmonds |
| Alessandra Pichelli | 18 | Gabriela Migala* |
| Valerie Voboril | 19 | Danielle Brandon* |
| Danielle Brandon | 20 | Alessandra Pichelli |
| Amanda Barnhart | 21 | Valerie Voboril |
| Gabriela Migala | 22 | Amanda Barnhart |
| Emma McQuaid | 23 | Arielle Loewen* |
| Michelle Letendre | 24 | Emma McQuaid |
| Lindsey Valenzuela | 25 | Michelle Letendre |
| Chyna Cho | 26 | Lindsey Valenzuela |
| Michelle Kinney | 27 | Chyna Cho |
| Christy (Adkins) Phillips | 28 | Michelle Kinney |
| Elizabeth Akinwale | 29 | Christy (Adkins) Phillips |
| Stacie Tovar | 30 | Elizabeth Akinwale |
| Thuri Helgadottir | 31 | Stacie Tovar |
| Margaux Alvarez | 32 | Emily Rolfe* |
| Tennil Beuerlein | 33 | Tennil Beuerlein |
| Carey Kepler | 34 | Bethany Shadburne* |
| Anna Tobias | 35 | Margaux Alvarez |
| Carol-Ann Reason-Thibault | 36 | Thuri Helgadottir |
| Bethany Shadburne | 37 | Carey Kepler |
| Talayna Fortunato | 38 | Anna Tobias |
| Emily Bridgers | 39 | Carol-Ann Reason-Thibault |
| Emily Rolfe | 40 | Talayna Fortunato |
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