If pairs and ice dance couples officially split up, their partnership will be removed from the Standings and Ranking.

The ISU Council had implemented the former world standings system for single & pair skating and ice dance for several seasons before 2010.

The standings will also guarantee objectivity and a help for the process of individual entries to ISU events.

As a result, it is possible for a skater/team who regularly scores higher to end up with a much lower world standing.

The ISU World Standings order will be updated after each event mentioned in the following table.

Distribution of Points (10% Steps)[3] The remainder of this section is a complete list, by discipline, of all skaters who are the No.

The remainder of this section is a complete list, by discipline, of all skaters who are in the top 3 of the season's rankings ordered chronologically.

The remainder of this section is a complete list, by level, of all teams who are in the top 3 of the season-end standings ordered chronologically.