Based on data from AGA rating system, of rated-tournaments in 2025, here are the strong players (5.0D+) with the highest win-percentage: (Criteria: Played at least 15 rated games in 2025) 1st: Guanyu Song (CA), 7.8D/1P, 91.7%, 22W-2L (won NAGF Professional Qualification, Silicon Value Go Club fall tournament, Tech Time winter) 2nd: DoHyup Kim (S. Korea), 8.1D, 83.3%, 15W-3L (won Chicago Open) 3rd: Jeremy Chiu (NY), 8.0D, 80.0%, 36W-9L (won Gotham Go (fall), Chicago Rapid, NGC Cherry Blossom, 5th Midwest Open in OH) 4th: Michael ZhaoNian Chen (NJ), 8.3D/2P, 78.6%, 33W-9L (won: NY State Championship, Maryland Open, Gotham Go (spring)) 5th: Tianyuan Zhang (IA), 6.2D, 77.3%, 17W-5L (won Iowa Spring Flower Viewing, USA representative in the 34th International Amateur Pair Go Championship) 6th: Ninghan Duan (FL), 7.8D, 74.2%, 23W-8L (won MacArthur Go Festival in NJ) 7th: TIENCHU Liu (TX), 7.2D, 70.8%, 17W-7L (won South Central go tournament in TX) 8th: Hongkui Zheng (CA), 7.4D, 69.2%, 27W-12L (won Tech Time spring tournament, BadukPop Open, Mass Go State Championship) 9th: Soren Jaffe (OH), 6.1D, 68.8%, 11W-5L (won Ann Arbor Autumn Open) 10th: Joel Kenny (NY), 5.5D, 67.6%, 25W-12L (won Providence Spring in RI) Tied-11th: Hongyu Sun (NY), 7.3D, 66.7%, 10W-5L Bowei Xu (TX), 6.5D, 66.7%, 10W-5L 13th: Moxuan Liu (CA), 6.9D, 65.0%, 13W-7L (won San Diego Go Championship) 14th: Alexander Qi (NJ), 7.7D/3P, 64.7%, 22W-12L (won 40th World Youth Go Championship) 15th: Alan Huang (NY), 7.9D, 64.3%, 18W-10L (won Pandanet-AGA City League with NYC team, USA representative in the 45th WAGC) Congratulations to these elite players!
