How each sport grades its tournaments
Rules for How each sport grades its tournaments are being written.
badminton
Between the big championships, the BWF World Tour runs through the year, its tournaments graded by level. The higher the level, the more ranking points and prize money, so the best players go where the level is highest.
| Level | In 2026 |
|---|---|
| World Tour Finals | The season's last event, for the top eight in each event |
| Super 1000 | 4: the Malaysia Open, All England Open, Indonesia Open and China Open |
| Super 750 | 6, among them the India Open in New Delhi |
| Super 500 | 9 |
| Super 300 | 10, among them the Syed Modi International |
| Super 100 | 10 |
The World Championships and the Olympic Games sit above the whole tour.
tennis
Every tournament on the men's and women's tours carries its points in its name. The four Grand Slams are worth the most.
| Level | Winner's points | In 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slams | 2,000 | 4: the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open |
| ATP and WTA Finals | Up to 1,500 | The year's last event, for the top eight |
| ATP Masters 1000 and WTA 1000 | 1,000 | 9 for men, 10 for women |
| ATP 500 and WTA 500 | 500 | 16 for men, 17 for women |
| ATP 250 and WTA 250 | 250 | 29 for men, 22 for women |
Below them, Challenger and ITF events give from 175 points down to 15.
table-tennis
World Table Tennis (WTT) grades its series of events by the ranking points they give.
| Level | Winner's points |
|---|---|
| WTT Grand Smash (and the Olympic Games and World Championships) | 2,000 |
| WTT Finals | 1,500 |
| WTT Champions | 1,000 |
| WTT Star Contender | 600 |
| WTT Contender | 400 |
squash
The PSA Squash Tour grades its tournaments by prize money, and the ranking points follow.
| Level | Winner's points |
|---|---|
| World Championships | 3,500 |
| Diamond | 3,100 |
| Platinum | 2,800 |
| Gold | 1,800 |
| Silver | 1,350 |
| Bronze | 900 |
| Copper | 500 |
| Challenger | 60 to 300 |
The season ends with the PSA Squash Tour Finals for the top eight.
athletics
Outside the Olympics and the World Championships, the year's one-day meetings are graded. The Diamond League is the top series, ending in the Diamond League Final. Below it, the World Athletics Continental Tour has four levels: Gold, Silver, Bronze and Challenger, set by the quality of the field and the prize money; there are 11 Gold meetings in 2026.
The grade matters to athletes because the world rankings give more points for a place at a higher-graded meeting: a Diamond League meeting counts with the World Indoor Championships, and a Continental Tour Gold meeting with the Asian and Commonwealth Games.
golf
Men's golf has four majors: the Masters, the PGA Championship, the US Open and the Open Championship. In the world ranking a major gives its winner 100 points, the Players Championship 80, and no other event more than 80.