May 6, 2025—Following an update to the Longines Rankings published today, the U.S.’s Kent Farrington has been confirmed as the new world number one, taking the lead in the show jumping world rankings with 3,269 points.

Farrington has enjoyed a string of strong performances on home soil in Wellington, Florida, and Lexington, Kentucky. His most recent triumph, a commanding win at the CSI5* in Lexington, earned him crucial ranking points that propelled him to the top of the Longines Rankings. After months of chasing Sweden’s Henrik von Eckermann, Farrington now claims the coveted world number-one spot.

This is the second time in Farrington’s career that he has led the global standings. He first reached the top spot in May 2017, overtaking fellow American show jumper McLain Ward. He held the leading position for a full year before ceding it to the Netherlands’ Harrie Smolders in May 2018. To date, Farrington and Ward remain the only American athletes to have held the top spot in the Longines Rankings*.

This marks the end of a significant era for the discipline of jumping, as von Eckermann has been at the top for the longest consecutive period—since August 2022—and held the widest gap registered in the last 14 years*, when he had a 593-point advantage from France’s Julien Epaillard in May 2023.

Behind Farrington, Ben Maher (GBR) climbs to number two with 3,064 points, followed by former number-one, von Eckermann who is now third on 3,026 points. Olympic champion Christian Kukuk (GER) drops to fourth position with 2,928 points, while Steve Guerdat (SUI) maintains his fifth position with a tally of 2,886 points.

*The FEI Database only contains Jumping World Rankings from the last 15 years (Ranking No. 114)

You can view the full list of Longines Rankings here.

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