World rankings, Top 10 in all categories
LAUSANNE, April 11, 2026 - After another stunning ceremony in Lausanne, which you can relive here, the AIPS Sport Media Awards are proud to announce this year's world ranking across all categories.
The rankings feature the top 10 of each category. Some rankings might feature more than 10 names due to equal number of votes received in the shortlist meeting, and some rankings might not have 10th position due to a tie.
During the ceremony, which was streamed on the AIPS YouTube channel, the top ten rankings were shown on the screen after each category was presented.
AUDIO
1 Farzad Sabouri, Seyedeh Nahid Saadati (Iran), The Snowy Galaxy - YouTube
2 Ronny Blaschke (Germany), Tribunes of Terror – The Stadium under National Socialism - Deutschlandfunk Kultur
3 Adam Leventhal, Abi Paterson (United Kingdom), The story of the Guinea stadium disaster - The Athletic
4 Valentina Clemente, Dario Ricci (Italy), The NBA and the fight for civil rights - Radio24-IlSole24Ore - Skytg24
5 Moritz Cassalette (Germany), Robert Enke - Norddeutscher Rundfunk
6 Carys Wall, Jac Phillimore (United Kingdom), Bill Walton's The Grateful Team - BBC World Service
7 Tara Penny (South Africa), The Annapurna Ascent - Hot1027
8 Kai Dambach (United States of America), The World Transplant Games - Deutsche Welle
9 Marcela Mora y Araujo (Argentina), Maradona and the trial transfixing Argentina - BBC
10 Kreisz Bálint, Miklós Szűcs (Hungary), The day that changed the Olympic Movement forever - Újratöltve Magazine #4 (Refilled Magazine #4) - Nemzeti Sportrádió
PHOTOGRAPHY SPORT ACTION
1 Ray Giubilo (Italy), It's not Halloween - Tennisitaliano.it / Sportweek
2 Aaron Gillions (New Zealand), Tupaea on fire - Action Press / Smartframe
3 Valéry Hache (France), Kick - AFP
4 Tom Weller (Germany), Jump into the night - Tom Weller
5 André Coelho (Brazil), Botafogo Fans: Pride and Glory - Agência EFE
6 Gang Li (China), Men's 3000m steeplechase heats - Tokyo 2025 - Xinhua
7 Mariano García (Argentina), How it Started - Photosniper Agency
8 Pawel Kopczynski (Poland), Duplantis soars on his way to more history - Guardian
9 Roman Vondrouš (Czech Republic), Touching the Star - Czech News Agency
10 Geert van Erven (Netherlands), Shocked by the anthem’s power — Italy vs Germany - Getty Images
10 Nikolaos Zagas (Greece), Stroke Sparks - Instagram
PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO
1 Loïc Venance (France), Tour de France 2025 - AFP
2 Joe Wakefield (Canada), Mountain Bike Mastery - Pinkbike
3 Valéry Hache (France), Dakar 2025 - AFP
4 Adam Pretty (Australia) From the Deep - World Aquatics, World Records - Getty Images
5 Hassan Wamwayi (Uganda), Rugby with a mix of deep emotions and unstoppable action - X / Hwamwayi
6 David Gray (Australia), The Beauty of Sport - AFP
7 Adam Warzawa (Poland), Magic Champion - Polish Press Agency
8 Bartlomiej Zborowski (Poland), Heroes - Polish Paralympic Committee
9 Julian Finney (United Kingdom), Sport Portfolio - Getty Images
9 Andrej Isakovic (Serbia), Golden Athletes - AFP
9 Enkhjargal Sugarjav (Mongolia) If a son is born, he will be a wrestler... - Enkhjargal Sugarjav
VIDEO ATHLETE PROFILE
1 Guillaume Priou, Laurie Delhostal (France), Laure ! Laure ! Laure ! - Chengyu Prod/Canal+
2 Marc Sauvourel (France), Samir Nasri, rebel - Canal+
3 Jürgen Schmidt, Laura Trust (Germany), Being Franziska van Almsick - ARD Mediathek
4 Marine Clerc (France), Ksenia Chasteau - Rebounds - Canal+
5 Andreia Figueiroa (Portugal ), The Giant of Nazaré - Sport Tv
6 Clement Repellin (France), Little Big Fred - Canal+
7 Leon Tom Gerntke (Germany), Rosalin Kuiper: Ocean Mum mit Herz & Segel - ARD / Norddeutscher Rundfunk
8 Pierre Esquer (France) - Loïs Boisson: Resilience - Amazon Prime Video
9 Máté Szabó (Hungary), Tales of the Court Sport TV, Hungary - AMC Networks Central Europe Kft.
10 Steve Bower (United Kingdom), The big Interview: Micky van de Ven - IMG/Premier League
VIDEO DOCUMENTARY
1 Fabien Douillard (France), Crash – Peloton Under Pressure - L'Equipe
2 Marie Lasserre, Katrin Hafemann (Germany), My Father, HSV and the Nazis – Football Under Fascists - NDR Fernsehen/ ARD Mediathek
3 Ian Brackley (Spain), Tom Daley: 1.6 seconds - Olympic Channel / Warner Bros. Discovery
4 Etienne Pidoux (France), L'Odyssée du Top 14 - CANAL +
5 Theo Lee Ray (United Kingdom), Beacon of Hope: The Grenfell Athletic Story - TNT Sports / Warner Bros. Discovery
6 Christoph Nahr (Germany) Rise and Fall of 1860 Munich - Bayerischer Rundfunk/ARD
7 Jim Nantz, Jessica Chiarello (United States of America), The Legend of Bernhard Langer - CBS
8 Mahmoud Molaei (Iran) Tehran Amjadieh - Orimond Media
9 Faycel Abdelghani Salah (Algeria) The Ultimate Goal – Independence: Escape of the Heroes, The Complete Story - AL24NEWS
10 Mohammed Alnakhala (Palestine), Palestine: One Jersey, Many Roots - beIN Sports
VIDEO SHORT FEATURE
1 Henrique Arcoverde (Brazil), Galeguinho - The Backwards Runner - Tv Globo
2 Alison Mayer (Brazil), A Snapshot of Thrills - Tv Globo
3 Lena Smirnova (Canada), Ink on Blades: The making of an Olympic skate program - Olympic Channel
4 Clement Repellin (France) Ferrari aux quatre coins du monde/Ferrari: the machine around the globe - Canal+
5 Daniel Nilsson (Sweden) - The shortest season - Offside
6 Mohammed Alnakhala (Palestine), In Gaza, Hope Always Rises from the Rubble - beIN SPORTS News
7 András Killyéni (Romania), A Polish Hero of Borșa - Sport History Horizon
8 Mariano Amiune (Spain), Tara & Hunter Woodhall: Two Golds, One Love | Wait for it: Paris 2024 - Olympic Channel
9 Ryan Pierse (Australia), Lewis Hamilton First Ferrari Test - Getty Images
10 Jing Xia (China), Running on the Roof of the World: A Journey of Self-discovery in the Himalayas - Great Sports Media
WRITING BEST COLOUR PIECE
1 Christine Thomas (France), Mystery of Everest: who will find the Kodak Vest Pocket? - L'Equipe Explore
2 Gaétan Scherrer (France), Bradley Wiggins, of gold and misery - L'Equipe Magazine
3 Yu Zhao (China) Sentenced to 20 Years: The True Colors of Former China National Football Team Coach Li Tie - Lanxiong sports
4 Adam Leventhal (United Kingdom) Guinea stadium disaster special report: ‘This door here, it’s the door to hell’ - The Athletic
5 Natalie Berry (United Kingdom), In the Shadow of the Mountain - The Fence
6 Andy Mcgrath (United Kingdom), The Fully Circle - Alvento
7 Jonathan W. Rosen (United States of America), The curse of Kenya's long-distance runners - 1843 Magazine/The Economist
8 Nicolas Herbelot (France), Le couple Woodhall, Deux de l'Olympe / The Woodhall couple, two of Olympus - L'Equipe Magazine
9 Fadi Hijazi (Palestine), "The Pelé of Palestine"... from a Star of the Pitch to a Funeral in the Hunger Line Fadi Hijazi - Mostafa Syam / Shehabnews
10 Sid Lowe (United Kingdom), Santi Cazorla and Real Oviedo pull off the most romantic of returns to La Liga - The Guardian
WRITING BEST OPINION COLUMN
1 Tianhao Shen (China), A Zebra in the Oval Office: A Surreal Comedy of Power and Football - Titan Sports
2 Ariel Scher Argentina) Miguel's lesson - La Diaria
3 Danilo Díaz (Chile), Horror, brutality and criminal negligence - En Cancha
4 Batoul Rahmani (Iran), Sound - tasvir 8
5 Roberto Ricardo Vasconcellos (Ecuador) Government intervention against autonomy of national sport - El Universo
6 Francesco Caremani (Italy) Sinner, Italy’s Un-Italian Champion - Today.it
7 Igor Rabiner (Russia), No pity for Promes. Pity for the people who made him their first idol -Sport-Express
8 Paul Radley (United Arab Emirates), Cricket is poorer because of ugly Asia Cup 2025, whatever its bank balance says - The National
9 Yixing Dong (China) Do androids dream of their own Olympics? - Xinhua News Agency
10 Qinbo Wang (China), Football is Round, not Oval — A Letter to Gianni Infantino on the Meaning of the Game - Titan Sports Daily, Football Weekly Magazine
YOUNG REPORTERS BROADCASTING
1 Charlie Courrent (France) Alexandre Müller, Fire in his belly - L'Equipe Explore
2 Cosmas Mulenga (Zambia) She fought with men. She fought the odds. And she won. - Diamond Tv Zambia
3 Megan Leybourne (Austria), 20 Years of Red Bull Racing – From a Party Team to a World Champion Team - ORF 1
4 Andreu Rauet Munté (Spain) Laporta Gate - The Reus Case 2 - Andreu Rauet Munté
5 Raphael Späth (Germany) FIFA Opens Doors for Afghanistan’s Female Footballers in Exile - Deutschlandfunk
YOUNG REPORTERS PHOTOGRAPHY
1 Eric Wu (Australia), In Sync - World Athletics Media Academy / WCH Tokyo25 edition
2 Matteo Arnoul (Italy), Defeat - FISU
3 Nyerere Julius Joshua (Uganda), Locked In Battle,United in Strength - Uganda Rugby Union
4 Will Palmer (United Kingdom), Ripped with Glory - Will Palmer Photography
5 Anthony Hanc (United Kingdom), To Infinity and Beyond - Anthony Hanc
YOUNG REPORTERS WRITING
1 Salma Niazi (Afghanistan), ‘You Will Not Grow Up in Silence’: A Former Athlete Mother’s Fight for Freedom - The Afghan Times
2 Camila Alves (Brazil) "Nothing will be harder than prison": who is the refugee who left her country to win an Olympic medal - Globo
3 Louis Boulay (France), Loïs Boisson : The first day of the rest of her life - L'Equipe
4 Sabina Aliyeva (Belarus) Die Zerrissenheit der Aryna Sabalenka/Tennis ace Aryna Sabalenka: Enormously powerful on the court… - Der Spiegel
5 Yaya Sow (Senegal) Mafia des faux agents : quand le rêve de jeunes footballeurs vire à l’escroquerie ! - Le Soleil