2021–22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating

2021–22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
Type:Grand Prix
Date:October 22 – December 12, 2021
Season:2021–22
Previous:
2020–21 Grand Prix
Next:
2022–23 Grand Prix

The 2021–22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was a series of senior international competitions organized by the International Skating Union that were held from October 2021 through December 2021. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points based on their placements at each event and the top six in each discipline qualified to compete at the Grand Prix Final in Osaka, Japan, although the Grand Prix Final was ultimately cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The corresponding series for junior-level skaters was the 2021–22 ISU Junior Grand Prix.

Schedule

The Chinese Skating Association informed the ISU that they could no longer host the Cup of China due to travel restrictions and quarantine requirements related to the COVID-19 pandemic and cancelled the event on August 16, 2021. The Gran Premio d'Italia was announced as the replacement on August 27, 2021.[1][2]

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Grand Prix Final was cancelled on December 2, 2021, with the possibility of a postponement, before it was definitively cancelled on December 17, 2021.[3][4]

The series included the following events.[5]

Date Event Location Results
October 22–24 2021 Skate America Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Details
October 29–31 2021 Skate Canada International Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Details
November 5–7 2021 Cup of China Cancelled
2021 Gran Premio d'Italia Turin, Italy Details
November 12–14 2021 NHK Trophy Tokyo, Japan Details
November 19–21 2021 Internationaux de France Grenoble, France Details
November 26–28 2021 Rostelecom Cup Sochi, Russia Details
December 10–12 2021–22 Grand Prix Final Cancelled

Requirements

Skaters were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit if they had reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2021. They were also required to have earned a minimum total score at certain international events.[6]

Assignments

Assignments were released on June 29, 2021.[7][8]

Men's singles

Nation Skater Assignment(s)
 Canada Keegan Messing Skate Canada International Internationaux de France
Nam Nguyen Skate America NHK Trophy
Roman Sadovsky Skate Canada International Rostelecom Cup
 Czech Republic Michal Březina Skate America
 France Kévin Aymoz Internationaux de France
Adam Siao Him Fa
 Georgia Morisi Kvitelashvili Skate Canada International Rostelecom Cup
 Italy Gabriele Frangipani Gran Premio d'Italia Internationaux de France
Daniel Grassl Skate America Gran Premio d'Italia
Matteo Rizzo NHK Trophy Rostelecom Cup
 Japan Yuma Kagiyama Gran Premio d'Italia Internationaux de France
Shun Sato Skate America
Keiji Tanaka Skate Canada International Rostelecom Cup
Kazuki Tomono Gran Premio d'Italia
Shoma Uno Skate America NHK Trophy
Sōta Yamamoto Skate Canada International
 Latvia Deniss Vasiļjevs Gran Premio d'Italia Internationaux de France
 Russia Dmitri Aliev
Artur Danielian Skate America
Mikhail Kolyada Gran Premio d'Italia Rostelecom Cup
Makar Ignatov Skate Canada International NHK Trophy
Alexander Samarin
Evgeni Semenenko Rostelecom Cup
 South Korea Cha Jun-hwan Gran Premio d'Italia NHK Trophy
 United States Jason Brown Skate Canada International Internationaux de France
Nathan Chen Skate America Skate Canada
Tomoki Hiwatashi Skate Canada International NHK Trophy
Camden Pulkinen NHK Trophy Rostelecom Cup
Vincent Zhou Skate America NHK Trophy
 Australia Brendan Kerry Rostelecom Cup
 Canada Conrad Orzel Skate Canada International
 China Chen Yudong Gran Premio d'Italia
Jin Boyang
 France Romain Ponsart Internationaux de France
 Georgia Nika Egadze Rostelecom Cup
 Germany Paul Fentz Gran Premio d'Italia
 Japan Kao Miura NHK Trophy
 Russia Petr Gumennik Gran Premio d'Italia
Mark Kondratiuk Rostelecom Cup
Andrei Mozalev Internationaux de France
 United States Jimmy Ma Skate America

Women's singles

Nation Skater Assignment(s)
 Azerbaijan Ekaterina Ryabova Internationaux de France Rostelecom Cup
 Belgium Loena Hendrickx Gran Premio d'Italia
 Canada Madeline Schizas Skate Canada International
 Germany Nicole Schott Gran Premio d'Italia NHK Trophy
 Japan Wakaba Higuchi Skate Canada International Internationaux de France
Mana Kawabe NHK Trophy
Rino Matsuike NHK Trophy Rostelecom Cup
Mai Mihara Skate Canada International Gran Premio d'Italia
Satoko Miyahara Skate America
Kaori Sakamoto NHK Trophy
Yuhana Yokoi Internationaux de France
 Poland Ekaterina Kurakova Rostelecom Cup
 Russia Maiia Khromykh Gran Premio d'Italia
Alena Kostornaia Skate Canada International Internationaux de France
Anna Shcherbakova Gran Premio d'Italia
Kseniia Sinitsyna Skate America
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Skate Canada International Rostelecom Cup
Kamila Valieva
 South Korea Kim Ye-lim Skate America Gran Premio d'Italia
Lee Hae-in Skate Canada International Internationaux de France
Lim Eun-soo Gran Premio d'Italia NHK Trophy
You Young Skate America
 United States Starr Andrews Internationaux de France
Mariah Bell Internationaux de France Rostelecom Cup
Karen Chen Skate Canada International Internationaux de France
Amber Glenn Skate America NHK Trophy
Alysa Liu Skate Canada International
 Austria Olga Mikutina Rostelecom Cup
 Belarus Viktoriia Safonova
 Canada Emily Bausback Skate Canada International
Alison Schumacher
 China Zhu Yi Gran Premio d'Italia
 Estonia Eva-Lotta Kiibus Rostelecom Cup
 France Léa Serna Internationaux de France
 Italy Lucrezia Beccari Gran Premio d'Italia
Lara Naki Gutmann
 Russia Sofia Samodurova
Alexandra Trusova Skate America
Daria Usacheva
 South Korea Park Yeon-jeong Internationaux de France
Wi Seo-yeong NHK Trophy
 United States Audrey Shin Skate America

Pairs

Nation Team Assignment(s)
 Canada Vanessa James / Eric Radford Skate Canada International Internationaux de France
Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Rostelecom Cup
Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud Skate America NHK Trophy
 China Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Skate Canada International Gran Premio d'Italia
 Germany Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert NHK Trophy
 Hungary Ioulia Chtchetinina / Márk Magyar Internationaux de France Rostelecom Cup
 Italy Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Gran Premio d'Italia
Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini Internationaux de France
 Japan Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara Skate America NHK Trophy
 Russia Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev Gran Premio d'Italia Internationaux de France
Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Skate America
Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov NHK Trophy Rostelecom Cup
Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin Skate Canada International
Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov Skate America Gran Premio d'Italia
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov NHK Trophy
 United States Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc Skate Canada International
Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier Skate America Internationaux de France
Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov NHK Trophy Rostelecom Cup
 Austria Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer Rostelecom Cup
 Canada Lori-Ann Matte / Thierry Ferland Skate Canada International
 China Peng Cheng / Jin Yang Gran Premio d'Italia
 France Coline Keriven / Noël-Antoine Pierre Internationaux de France
Camille Kovalev / Pavel Kovalev
 Germany Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel Gran Premio d'Italia
 Great Britain Zoe Jones / Christopher Boyadji Skate Canada International
 Italy Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii Gran Premio d'Italia
 Russia Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko Rostelecom Cup
 United States Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson Skate America
Chelsea Liu / Danny O'Shea

Ice dance

Nation Team Assignment(s)
 Canada Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Skate America Rostelecom Cup
Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Skate Canada International Internationaux de France
Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha NHK Trophy
Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus Skate America Gran Premio d'Italia
 France Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud Gran Premio d'Italia Internationaux de France
Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
 Great Britain Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson Skate Canada International NHK Trophy
 Italy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Rostelecom Cup
 Japan Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto Skate America NHK Trophy
 Lithuania Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius Internationaux de France Rostelecom Cup
 Russia Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin Skate America Internationaux de France
Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov NHK Trophy Rostelecom Cup
Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Gran Premio d'Italia Internationaux de France
 Spain Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin NHK Trophy Rostelecom Cup
Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz Skate America Skate Canada
 United States Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Skate Canada International Internationaux de France
Madison Chock / Evan Bates Skate America NHK Trophy
Caroline Green / Michael Parsons Skate Canada International Gran Premio d'Italia
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Skate America
 Canada Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker Skate Canada International
 China Chen Hong / Sun Zhuoming Gran Premio d'Italia
Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu
 Finland Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis Internationaux de France
 France Loïcia Demougeot / Théo Le Mercier
 Germany Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan
Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck Gran Premio d'Italia
 Italy Carolina Moscheni / Francesco Fioretti
 Japan Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi NHK Trophy
 Poland Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev Skate America
 Russia Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin Skate Canada International
Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Egor Bazin Rostelecom Cup
Elizaveta Shanaeva / Devid Naryzhnyy Skate Canada International
Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko NHK Trophy
Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin Rostelecom Cup
 Ukraine Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin NHK Trophy
 United States Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov Skate America
Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Rostelecom Cup

Changes to preliminary assignments

Skate America

Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref.
Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s)
Men September 2 Yaroslav Paniot Host picks [9]
Women Audrey Shin
Pairs Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson
Ice dance Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov
Men October 11 Daniil Samsonov Medical reasons[10] [11]
Yaroslav Paniot October 11 Jimmy Ma [12]
Ice dance October 13 Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro Hospitalization (Zahorski)[13] [14]
Women October 18 Bradie Tennell October 18 Starr Andrews Injury [15]

Skate Canada International

Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref.
Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s)
Men September 16 Conrad Orzel Host pick [16]
Women September 28 Alexia Paganini September 30 Mana Kawabe [17]
October 18 Rika Kihira October 19 Mai Mihara Injury[18]

Gran Premio d'Italia

Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref.
Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s)
Men September 21 Yan Han October 1 Gabriele Frangipani Host picks [19]
Women Lin Shan Lara Naki Gutmann [20]
Pairs Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii [21]
Ice dance Carolina Portesi Peroni / Michael Chrastecky [22]
October 11 Carolina Portesi Peroni / Michael Chrastecky October 11 Carolina Moscheni / Francesco Fioretti Injury (Portesi Peroni)[23]
Women October 19 Chen Hongyi October 20 Lucrezia Beccari Host pick [20]
October 26 Bradie Tennell October 27 Nicole Schott Injury[24]

NHK Trophy

Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref.
Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s)
Men September 15 Kao Miura Host picks [25]
Women Rino Matsuike [26]
Ice dance Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto [27]
October 6 Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu October 6 Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko
Men October 27 Daniil Samsonov [25]
Women Olga Mikutina Injury recovery[28] [26]
Pairs Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer Lack of preparation after injury[29] [30]
Men November 4 Yuzuru Hanyu November 5 Sōta Yamamoto Injury[31] [25]
Women November 5 Rika Kihira November 8 Mana Kawabe Injury[32] [26]
November 7 Alexandra Trusova Injury[33]
Ice dance Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Concussion (Hawayek)[34] [27]

Internationaux de France

Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref.
Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s)
Men September 16 Romain Ponsart Host picks [35]
Pairs Coline Keriven / Noël-Antoine Pierre [36]
Ice dance Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud [37]
Pairs October 18 Cléo Hamon / Denys Strekalin October 18 Camille Kovalev / Pavel Kovalev Hamon & Strekalin split.[38] [36]
October 19 Peng Cheng / Jin Yang October 21 Ioulia Chtchetinina / Márk Magyar
Wang Yuchen / Huang Yihang Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini
Ice dance November 2 Adelina Galyavieva / Louis Thauron November 3 Loïcia Demougeot / Théo Le Mercier Galyavieva & Thauron split.[39] [37]
Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro November 8 Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis Hospitalization (Zahorski)
Women November 3 Maé-Bérénice Méité Yuhana Yokoi Injury recovery [40]
November 8 Maïa Mazzara Park Yeon-jeong

Rostelecom Cup

Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref.
Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s)
Men September 16 Mark Kondratiuk Host picks [41]
Women Maiia Khromykh [42]
Pairs Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko [43]
Ice dance Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Egor Bazin [44]
Women September 16 Elizabet Tursynbaeva September 29 Viktoriia Safonova Retirement[45] [42]
Ice dance November 2 Adelina Galyavieva / Louis Thauron November 3 Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius Galyavieva & Thauron split.[39] [44]
Men November 15 Maxim Naumov November 17 Brendan Kerry Injury[46] [41]
Ice dance November 16 Maria Kazakova / Georgy Reviya Doctor's recommendations[47] [44]
Men November 17 Yuzuru Hanyu November 18 Nika Egadze Injury [41]
Pairs Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel Ioulia Chtchetinina / Márk Magyar Injury recovery (Kunkel)[48] [43]
Ice dance November 22 Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev [44]

Medal summary

Event Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Skate America Men Vincent Zhou Shoma Uno Nathan Chen
Women Alexandra Trusova Daria Usacheva You Young
Pairs Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii
Ice dance Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Madison Chock / Evan Bates Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen
Event Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Skate Canada International Men Nathan Chen Jason Brown Evgeni Semenenko
Women Kamila Valieva Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Alena Kostornaia
Pairs Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc
Ice dance Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz
Event Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Gran Premio d'Italia Men Yuma Kagiyama Mikhail Kolyada Daniel Grassl
Women Anna Shcherbakova Maiia Khromykh Loena Hendrickx
Pairs Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Peng Cheng / Jin Yang Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev
Ice dance Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
Event Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
NHK Trophy Men Shoma Uno Vincent Zhou Cha Jun-hwan
Women Kaori Sakamoto Mana Kawabe You Young
Pairs Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara
Ice dance Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov Madison Chock / Evan Bates Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson
Event Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Internationaux de France Men Yuma Kagiyama Shun Sato Jason Brown
Women Anna Shcherbakova Alena Kostornaia Wakaba Higuchi
Pairs Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier
Ice dance Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
Event Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Rostelecom Cup Men Morisi Kvitelashvili Mikhail Kolyada Kazuki Tomono
Women Kamila Valieva Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Maiia Khromykh
Pairs Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko
Ice dance Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen

Medal standings

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia1111830
2 Japan44311
3 United States35412
4 China2103
5 France2002
6 Canada1124
7 Georgia1001
8 Italy0213
9 South Korea0033
10 Belgium0011
 Great Britain0011
 Spain0011
Totals (12 entries)24242472

Qualification

At each event, skaters earned points toward qualification for the Grand Prix Final. Following the sixth event, the top six highest-scoring skaters/teams advanced to the Final. The points earned per placement were as follows:

Placement Singles Pairs/Ice dance
1st 15 15
2nd 13 13
3rd 11 11
4th 9 9
5th 7 7
6th 5 5
7th 4
8th 3

There were originally seven tie-breakers in cases of a tie in overall points:

  1. Highest placement at an event. If a skater placed 1st and 3rd, the tiebreaker is the 1st place, and that beats a skater who placed 2nd in both events.
  2. Highest combined total scores in both events. If a skater earned 200 points at one event and 250 at a second, that skater would win in the second tie-break over a skater who earned 200 points at one event and 150 at another.
  3. Participated in two events.
  4. Highest combined scores in the free skating/free dance portion of both events.
  5. Highest individual score in the free skating/free dance portion from one event.
  6. Highest combined scores in the short program/short dance of both events.
  7. Highest number of total participants at the events.

If a tie remained, it was considered unbreakable and the tied skaters all advanced to the Grand Prix Final.

Qualification standings

Points Men[49] Women[50] Pairs[51] Ice dance[52]
30 Yuma Kagiyama Kamila Valieva Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
Anna Shcherbakova Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
28 Shoma Uno Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
Vincent Zhou Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
26 Nathan Chen Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Madison Chock / Evan Bates
Mikhail Kolyada Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri
24 Jason Brown Kaori Sakamoto Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara
Maiia Khromykh Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev
Alena Kostornaia
22 Shun Sato You Young Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen
20 Morisi Kvitelashvili Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz
Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc
18 Cha Jun-hwan Loena Hendrickx Vanessa James / Eric Radford Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin
Deniss Vasiļjevs Mai Mihara
Makar Ignatov
16 Kazuki Tomono Wakaba Higuchi Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov Caroline Green / Michael Parsons
Evgeni Semenenko Alysa Liu
Kseniia Sinitsyna
15 Daniel Grassl Alexandra Trusova
14 Matteo Rizzo Mariah Bell Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud
13 Mana Kawabe Peng Cheng / Jin Yang
Daria Usacheva
12 Keegan Messing Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha
Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin
11 Satoko Miyahara Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson
10 Lim Eun-soo Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov
Ioulia Chtchetinina / Márk Magyar
9 Roman Sadovsky Amber Glenn Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu
8 Alexander Samarin Kim Ye-lim
Sōta Yamamoto Madeline Schizas
Rino Matsuike
7 Dmitri Aliev Karen Chen Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko
Jimmy Ma Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker
Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin
5 Michal Březina Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin
Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi
4 Camden Pulkinen Ekaterina Ryabova
Andrei Mozalev Lee Hae-in
Jin Boyang Viktoriia Safonova
Sofia Samodurova
3 Petr Gumennik Nicole Schott
Mark Kondratiuk Park Yeon-jeong
Kao Miura
Nam Nguyen
Adam Siao Him Fa

Qualifiers

No. Men[49] Women[50] Pairs[51] Ice dance[52]
1 Yuma Kagiyama Kamila Valieva Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
2 Shoma Uno Anna Shcherbakova Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
3 Vincent Zhou Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
4 Nathan Chen Kaori Sakamoto Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
5 Mikhail Kolyada Maiia Khromykh Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin Madison Chock / Evan Bates
6 Jason Brown Alena Kostornaia Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri
Alternates
No. Men Women Pairs Ice dance
1 Shun Sato You Young Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
2 Morisi Kvitelashvili Loena Hendrickx Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen
3 Cha Jun-hwan Mai Mihara Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz

Records and achievements

Records

The following new ISU best scores were set during this season:

Disc. Segment Skater(s) Score Event Date Ref.
Women's singles Short program Kamila Valieva 87.42 2021 Rostelecom Cup November 26, 2021 [53]
Free skating 185.29 November 27, 2021 [54]
Total score 272.71 [55]

Achievements

Top scores

Men's singles

Top 10 best scores in the men's combined total
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Nathan Chen  United States 307.18 2021 Skate Canada International
2 Vincent Zhou 295.56 2021 Skate America
3 Shoma Uno  Japan 290.15 2021 NHK Trophy
4 Yuma Kagiyama 286.41 2021 Internationaux de France
5 Mikhail Kolyada  Russia 273.55 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
6 Daniel Grassl  Italy 269.00
7 Morisi Kvitelashvili  Georgia 266.33 2021 Rostelecom Cup
8 Shun Sato  Japan 264.99 2021 Internationaux de France
9 Jason Brown  United States 264.20
10 Kazuki Tomono  Japan 264.19 2021 Rostelecom Cup
Top 10 best scores in the men's short program
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Nathan Chen  United States 106.72 2021 Skate Canada International
2 Shoma Uno  Japan 102.58 2021 NHK Trophy
3 Yuma Kagiyama 100.64 2021 Internationaux de France
4 Vincent Zhou  United States 99.51 2021 NHK Trophy
5 Jin Boyang  China 97.89 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
6 Cha Jun-hwan  South Korea 95.92 2021 NHK Trophy
7 Kazuki Tomono  Japan 95.81 2021 Rostelecom Cup
8 Daniel Grassl  Italy 95.67 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
9 Morisi Kvitelashvili  Georgia 95.37 2021 Rostelecom Cup
10 Jason Brown  United States 94.00 2021 Skate Canada International
Top 10 best scores in the men's free skating
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Nathan Chen  United States 200.46 2021 Skate Canada International
2 Vincent Zhou 198.13 2021 Skate America
3 Yuma Kagiyama  Japan 197.49 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
4 Shoma Uno 187.57 2021 NHK Trophy
5 Mikhail Kolyada  Russia 181.25 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
6 Andrei Mozalev 179.77 2021 Internationaux de France
7 Shun Sato  Japan 177.17
8 Jason Brown  United States 174.81
9 Daniel Grassl  Italy 173.33 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
10 Matteo Rizzo 173.02 2021 Rostelecom Cup

Women's singles

Top 10 best scores in the women's combined total
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Kamila Valieva  Russia 272.71 2021 Rostelecom Cup
2 Anna Shcherbakova 236.78 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
3 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 232.88 2021 Skate Canada International
4 Alexandra Trusova 232.37 2021 Skate America
5 Maiia Khromykh 226.35 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
6 Kaori Sakamoto  Japan 223.34 2021 NHK Trophy
7 Alena Kostornaia  Russia 221.85 2021 Internationaux de France
8 Loena Hendrickx  Belgium 219.05 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
9 Daria Usacheva  Russia 217.31 2021 Skate America
10 You Young  South Korea 216.97
Top 10 best scores in the women's short program
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Kamila Valieva  Russia 87.42 2021 Rostelecom Cup
2 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 81.24 2021 Skate Canada International
3 Anna Shcherbakova 77.94 2021 Internationaux de France
4 Alexandra Trusova 77.69 2021 Skate America
5 Daria Usacheva 76.71
6 Kaori Sakamoto  Japan 76.56 2021 NHK Trophy
7 Alena Kostornaia  Russia 76.44 2021 Internationaux de France
8 Mana Kawabe  Japan 73.88 2021 NHK Trophy
9 Alysa Liu  United States 73.63 2021 Skate Canada International
10 Loena Hendrickx  Belgium 73.52 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
Top 10 best scores in the women's free skating
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Kamila Valieva  Russia 185.29 2021 Rostelecom Cup
2 Anna Shcherbakova 165.05 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
3 Maiia Khromykh 154.97 2021 Rostelecom Cup
4 Alexandra Trusova 154.68 2021 Skate America
5 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 151.64 2021 Skate Canada International
6 Kaori Sakamoto  Japan 146.78 2021 NHK Trophy
7 You Young  South Korea 146.24 2021 Skate America
8 Loena Hendrickx  Belgium 145.53 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
9 Alena Kostornaia  Russia 145.41 2021 Internationaux de France
10 Mai Mihara  Japan 144.49 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia

Pairs

Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov  Russia 227.28 2021 NHK Trophy
2 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong  China 224.55 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
3 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov  Russia 222.50 2021 Skate America
4 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii 216.96 2021 Internationaux de France
5 Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin 212.59 2021 Rostelecom Cup
6 Peng Cheng / Jin Yang  China 211.86 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
7 Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara  Japan 209.42 2021 NHK Trophy
8 Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev  Russia 205.15 2021 Internationaux de France
9 Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier  United States 202.97 2021 Skate America
10 Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc 202.79 2021 NHK Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the pairs' short program
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov  Russia 80.36 2021 Skate America
2 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong  China 80.07 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
3 Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov  Russia 78.40 2021 NHK Trophy
4 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii 77.17 2021 Internationaux de France
5 Peng Cheng / Jin Yang  China 76.71 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
6 Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara  Japan 73.98 2021 NHK Trophy
7 Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin  Russia 73.91 2021 Rostelecom Cup
8 Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev 73.02 2021 Internationaux de France
9 Vanessa James / Eric Radford  Canada 71.84
10 Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc  United States 70.75 2021 NHK Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the pairs' free skating
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov  Russia 153.34 2021 Rostelecom Cup
2 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong  China 145.11 2021 Skate Canada International
3 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov  Russia 142.14 2021 Skate America
4 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii 139.79 2021 Internationaux de France
5 Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin 138.68 2021 Rostelecom Cup
6 Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier  United States 136.60 2021 Skate America
7 Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara  Japan 135.57
8 Peng Cheng / Jin Yang  China 135.15 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
9 Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev  Russia 132.13 2021 Internationaux de France
10 Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc  United States 132.04 2021 NHK Trophy

Ice dance

Top 10 season's best scores in the combined total (ice dance)
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron  France 221.25 2021 Internationaux de France
2 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov  Russia 215.44 2021 NHK Trophy
3 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier  Canada 210.97 2021 Skate Canada International
4 Madison Chock / Evan Bates  United States 210.78 2021 NHK Trophy
5 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue 209.54 2021 Skate America
6 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 203.71 2021 Rostelecom Cup
7 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin  Russia 202.18 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
8 Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz  Spain 192.93 2021 Skate Canada International
9 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson  Great Britain 191.91 2021 NHK Trophy
10 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen  Canada 191.40 2021 Rostelecom Cup
Top 10 season's best scores in the rhythm dance
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron  France 89.08 2021 Internationaux de France
2 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov  Russia 86.81 2021 Rostelecom Cup
3 Madison Chock / Evan Bates  United States 86.02 2021 NHK Trophy
4 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier  Canada 85.65 2021 Skate Canada International
5 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue  United States 84.79 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
6 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin  Russia 81.47
7 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 79.56 2021 Rostelecom Cup
8 Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz  Spain 76.97 2021 Skate Canada International
9 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson  Great Britain 76.43 2021 NHK Trophy
10 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen  Canada 76.39 2021 Rostelecom Cup
Top 10 season's best scores in the free dance
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron  France 132.61 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
2 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov  Russia 129.11 2021 NHK Trophy
3 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue  United States 125.96 2021 Skate America
4 Madison Chock / Evan Bates 125.68
5 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier  Canada 125.32 2021 Skate Canada International
6 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 124.15 2021 Rostelecom Cup
7 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin  Russia 120.71 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
8 Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz  Spain 115.96 2021 Skate Canada International
9 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson  Great Britain 115.48 2021 NHK Trophy
10 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen  Canada 115.01 2021 Rostelecom Cup

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