We're NOT number one on The Curling News Top 15?!

We're NOT number one on The Curling News Top 15?!

The Curling News Top 15 is a weekly ranking of the best curling team performances as they occurred around the world, for both men and women, and utilizes savvy curling knowledge, complex mathematical theorems, and plain old subjectivity.

Read the comments under each team name for hints and tips on our line of thinking; and if you disagree, or believe we're missing a notable team performance entirely, send us a message via the contact page and we'll consider your input.

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Top 15 Men

Updated Apr 1

  1. Kevin Martin (Edmonton)

    Olympic champs win Victoria after a month off the ice

  2. Thomas Ulsrud (Norway)

    Pants controversy rages on the eve of Cortina Worlds

  3. Kevin Koe (Edmonton)

    Big Brier win, off to Italy, then Dawson Creek

  4. Glenn Howard (Coldwater)

    Sigh

  5. Brad Gushue (St. John's)

    Wanted more at the Brier

  6. Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg)

    Definitely wanted more at the Brier

  7. Mike McEwen (Winnipeg)

    Qualified in Victoria, gunning for big Players' bucks

  8. Markus Eggler (Switzerland)

    Already announced retirement, along with Stoeckli

  9. Wayne Middaugh (Toronto)

    Runner-up in Victoria, bust out the golf clubs

  10. Randy Ferbey (Edmonton)

    Will Dawson Creek be this illustrious team's swan song?

  11. Niklas Edin (Sweden)

    Impressive Olympians lose Swedish men's final - oops

  12. Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste. Marie)

    Did their bronze Brier run save Northern Ontario?

  13. Pat Simmons (Davidson)

    Pocketed semifinal cash in Victoria

  14. Kerry Burtnyk (Winnipeg)

    Almost gone but never forgotten

  15. Jim Armstrong (Vancouver)

    World wheelchair champ takes Paralympic gold - congrats to the Gentle Giant

Top 15 Women

Updated Apr 1

  1. Anette Norberg (Sweden)

    Makes history with second straight Olympic gold

  2. Cheryl Bernard (Calgary)

    Near-perfect team performance made believers of us all

  3. Eve Muirhead (Scotland)

    Recovered from poor Olympics to grab great Worlds silver

  4. Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg)

    Good bronze comeback; one more event before the big re-think

  5. Andrea Schoepp (Germany)

    Name the last World and European champion to be ranked fifth

  6. Bingyu Wang (China)

    Difficult Olympic bronze followed by Worlds collapse

  7. Mirjam Ott (Switzerland)

    She was missed in Swift Current

  8. Kathy O'Rourke (Charlottetown)

    Young teammates making the rounds at celebrity charity spiels

  9. Shannon Kleibrink (Calgary)

    Wins downsized women's title in Victoria

  10. Krista McCarville (Thunder Bay)

    A bronze season

  11. Amber Holland (Kronau)

    Clutch shots went missing at the Soo Scotties

  12. Cathy King (Edmonton)

    Will Kaitlyn Lawes stay, or will she go?

  13. Cissi Ostlund (Sweden)

    The Next Norberg gets a good start in Speedy Creek

  14. Kelly Scott (Kelowna)

    Last hurrah at the Players' Championship?

  15. Eve Belisle (Quebec)

    Pretty good year