# List of PSA women's number 1 ranked players

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 each Monday.

## Number 1 ranked Women's squash players

    The statistics are updated only when the PSA website revises its rankings (Monday of every week). In August 2022, PSA changed the world rankings from monthly to weekly.
Key :
| * | Current number 1 |
| $^↑$ | PSA Women's Ranking record |
| No. | Country | Name | Start date | End date | Months | Accumulated total (months) | Days | Accumulated total (days) |
| 1 | AUS | Vicki Cardwell | April 1983 | March 1984 | 12 | 12 | 366 | 366 |
| 2 | NZL | Susan Devoy | April 1984 | February 1988 | 47 | 47 | 1430 | 1430 |
| 3 | ENG | Lisa Opie | March 1988 | April 1988 | 2 | 2 | 61 | 61 |
| | NZL | Susan Devoy (2) | May 1988 | February 1993 | 58 | 105 | 1765 | 3195 |
| 4 | AUS | Michelle Martin | March 1993 | October 1996 | 44 | 44 | 1341 | 1341 |
| 5 | AUS | Sarah Fitz-Gerald | November 1996 | October 1998 | 24 | 24 | 730 | 730 |
| | AUS | Michelle Martin (2) | November 1998 | December 1999 | 14 | 58 | 426 | 1767 |
| 6 | ENG | Cassie Jackman | January 2000 | October 2000 | 10 | 10 | 305 | 305 |
| 7 | NZL | Leilani Rorani | November 2000 | September 2001 | 11 | 11 | 334 | 334 |
| | AUS | Sarah Fitz-Gerald (2) | October 2001 | October 2002 | 13 | 37 | 396 | 1126 |
| 8 | NZL | Carol Owens | November 2002 | November 2002 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| | AUS | Sarah Fitz-Gerald (3) | December 2002 | February 2003 | 3 | 40 | 90 | 1216 |
| | NZL | Carol Owens (2) | March 2003 | May 2003 | 3 | 4 | 92 | 122 |
| 9 | USA | Natalie Grainger | June 2003 | June 2003 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| | NZL | Carol Owens (3) | July 2003 | January 2004 | 7 | 11 | 215 | 307 |
| | ENG | Cassie Jackman (2) | February 2004 | July 2004 | 6 | 16 | 182 | 487 |
| 10 | AUS | Rachael Grinham | August 2004 | November 2005 | 16 | 16 | 487 | 487 |
| 11 | NED | Vanessa Atkinson | December 2005 | December 2005 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 31 |
| 12 | MAS | Nicol David | January 2006 | March 2006 | 3 | 3 | 90 | 90 |
| | NED | Vanessa Atkinson (2) | April 2006 | July 2006 | 4 | 5 | 122 | 153 |
| | MAS | Nicol David (2) | August 2006 | August 2015 | 109 $^↑$ | 112 $^↑$ | 3318 $^↑$ | 3408 $^↑$ |
| 13 | EGY | Raneem El Weleily | September 2015 | December 2015 | 4 | 4 | 122 | 122 |
| 14 | ENG | Laura Massaro | January 2016 | April 2016 | 4 | 4 | 122 | 122 |
| 15 | EGY | Nour El Sherbini | May 2016 | November 2018 | 31 | 31 | 944 | 944 |
| | EGY | Raneem El Weleily (2) | December 2018 | June 2020 | 19 | 23 | 547 | 669 |
| 16 | EGY | Nouran Gohar | July 2020 | October 2020 | 4 | 4 | 123 | 123 |
| | EGY | Nour El Sherbini (2) | November 2020 | March 2022 | 17 | 48 | 516 | 1460 |
| | EGY | Nouran Gohar (2) | April 2022 | Aug 28, 2022 | 5 | 9 | 150 | 273 |
| Country | Name | Start date | End date | Weeks | Accumulated total | Days | Accumulated total (days) |
| EGY | Nouran Gohar | Aug 29, 2022 | May 7, 2023 | 36 | 36 | 252 | 525 |
| EGY | Nour El Sherbini (3) | May 8, 2023 | Jun 4, 2023 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 1488 |
| EGY | Nouran Gohar (3) | Jun 5, 2023 | Sep 3, 2023 | 13 | 51 | 91 | 616 |
| EGY | Nour El Sherbini (4) | Sep 4, 2023 | Present (May 19, 2024) | 37 | 41 | 259 | 1747 |
Accumulated totals are bolded on each player's final streak.

## Days at number 1

Key :
| Bold | The current World No. 1 player |
| $^‡$ | Active players |
| Rank | Player | Total (months) | Total (weeks) | Total (days) |
| 1. | Nicol David | 112 | | 3408 |
| 2. | Susan Devoy | 105 | | 3195 |
| 3. | Michelle Martin | 58 | | 1767 |
| 4. | Nour El Sherbini $^‡$ | 48 | 41 | 1747 |
| 5 | Sarah Fitz-Gerald | 40 | | 1216 |
| 6. | Raneem El Weleily | 23 | | 669 |
| 7. | Nouran Gohar $^‡$ | 9 | 51 | 616 |
| 8. | Rachael Grinham | 16 | | 487 |
| = | Cassie Jackman | 16 | | 487 |
| 10. | Vicki Cardwell | 12 | | 366 |
| 11. | Leilani Rorani | 11 | | 334 |
| 12. | Carol Owens | 11 | | 307 |
| 13. | Vanessa Atkinson | 5 | | 153 |
| 14. | Laura Massaro | 4 | | 122 |
| 15. | Lisa Opie | 2 | | 61 |
| 16. | Natalie Grainger | 1 | | 30 |
| Rank | Player | Consecutive days |
| 1. | Nicol David | 3318 (109 months) |
| 2. | Susan Devoy | 1765 (58 months) |
| 3. | Michelle Martin | 1341 (44 months) |
| 4. | Nour El Sherbini $^‡$ | 944 (31 months) |
| 5. | Sarah Fitz-Gerald | 730 (24 months) |
| 6. | Raneem El Weleily | 547 (19 months) |
| 7. | Rachael Grinham | 487 (16 months) |
| 8. | Nouran Gohar $^‡$ | 402 (5 months & 36 weeks) |
| 9. | Vicki Cardwell | 366 (12 months) |
| 10. | Leilani Rorani | 334 (11 months) |
| 11. | Cassie Jackman | 305 (10 months) |
| 12. | Carol Owens | 215 (7 months) |
| 13. | Vanessa Atkinson | 122 (4 months) |
| = | Laura Massaro | 122 (4 months) |
| 15. | Lisa Opie | 61 (2 months) |
| 16. | Natalie Grainger | 30 (1 month) |
As 19th of May 2024
Note: Active streak is in bold.

## Days at no. 1 by country

| | Country | No. of players | No. of months | No. of weeks | No. of days | Players |
| 1. | New Zealand | 3 | 128 | | 3836 | Susan Devoy, Leilani Rorani, Carol Owens |
| 2. | Australia | 3 | 114 | | 3470 | Michelle Martin, Sarah Fitz-Gerald, Rachael Grinham |
| 3. | Malaysia | 1 | 112 | | 3408 | Nicol David |
| 4. | Egypt | 3 | 80 | 90 | 3032 | Nour El Sherbini, Raneem El Weleily, Nouran Gohar |
| 5. | England | 3 | 22 | | 560 | Cassie Jackman, Laura Massaro, Lisa Opie |
| 6. | Netherlands | 1 | 5 | | 153 | Vanessa Atkinson |
| 7. | United States | 1 | 1 | | 30 | Natalie Grainger |
As 19th of May 2024

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

Key :
| $^‡$ | Active players |
| Player | First No. 1 position Date | Num. of days No. 1 | First World Championship final | Number of finals |
| Lisa Opie | 1st of March 1988 | 61 (2 months) | 1985 (vs. Susan Devoy) | 2 |
| Leilani Rorani | 1st of November 2000 | 334 (11 months) | 2000 (vs. Carol Owens) | 2 |
| Natalie Grainger | 1st of June 2003 | 30 (1 month) | 2002 (vs. Sarah Fitz-Gerald) | 1 |
As 19th of May 2024