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| # | skater | laps led | laps raced | % led | races |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elise Christie GBR | 345 | 603 | 57.2% | 68 |
| 2 | Wang Meng CHN | 234 | 321 | 72.9% | 57 |
| 3 | Shim Suk Hee KOR | 233 | 487 | 47.8% | 48 |
| 4 | Olga Belyakova RUS | 185 | 493 | 37.5% | 49 |
| 5 | Jorien ter Mors NED | 170 | 483 | 35.2% | 56 |
| 6 | Marianne St-Gelais CAN | 154 | 359 | 42.9% | 55 |
| 7 | Tatiana Borodulina RUS | 153 | 366 | 41.8% | 59 |
| 8 | Kexin Fan CHN | 145 | 326 | 44.5% | 56 |
| 9 | Valerie Maltais CAN | 143 | 420 | 34.0% | 47 |
| 10 | Yui Sakai JPN | 143 | 378 | 37.8% | 53 |
| 11 | Qiuhong Liu CHN | 126 | 320 | 39.4% | 54 |
| 12 | Ayuko Ito JPN | 115 | 336 | 34.2% | 37 |
| 13 | Deanna Lockett AUS | 109 | 599 | 18.2% | 58 |
| 14 | Arianna Fontana ITA | 107 | 419 | 25.5% | 59 |
| 15 | Han Xiao CHN | 104 | 211 | 49.3% | 22 |
| 16 | Nina Evteeva RUS | 98 | 336 | 29.2% | 33 |
| 17 | Seung-Hi Park KOR | 94 | 304 | 30.9% | 42 |
| 18 | Bernadett Heidum HUN | 87 | 482 | 18.0% | 46 |
| 19 | Han Yu Tong CHN | 86 | 200 | 43.0% | 24 |
| 20 | Jessica Hewitt CAN | 79 | 384 | 20.6% | 42 |
| 21 | Marie-Eve Drolet CAN | 76 | 372 | 20.4% | 36 |
| 22 | Caroline Truchon CAN | 74 | 212 | 34.9% | 40 |
| 23 | Patrycja Maliszewska POL | 71 | 283 | 25.1% | 45 |
| 24 | Min-Jung Kim KOR | 66 | 401 | 16.5% | 43 |
| 25 | Jessica Kooreman USA | 66 | 325 | 20.3% | 37 |
| 26 | Lana Gehring USA | 63 | 264 | 23.9% | 26 |
| 27 | Alyson Dudek USA | 63 | 245 | 25.7% | 38 |
| 28 | Biba Sakurai JPN | 62 | 315 | 19.7% | 31 |
| 29 | Cecilia Maffei ITA | 60 | 386 | 15.5% | 38 |
| 30 | Ekaterina Baranok RUS | 60 | 306 | 19.6% | 27 |
| 31 | Jessica Gregg CAN | 55 | 253 | 21.7% | 33 |
| 32 | Evgeniya Zakharova RUS | 54 | 170 | 31.8% | 22 |
| 33 | Ji Hyun Choi KOR | 53 | 242 | 21.9% | 29 |
| 34 | Noh Do Hee KOR | 52 | 121 | 43.0% | 14 |
| 35 | Yasuko Sakashita JPN | 50 | 172 | 29.1% | 19 |
| 36 | Agne Sereikaite LTU | 49 | 213 | 23.0% | 31 |
| 37 | Martina Valcepina ITA | 48 | 334 | 14.4% | 47 |
| 38 | Charlotte Gilmartin GBR | 47 | 291 | 16.2% | 47 |
| 39 | Katerina Novotna CZE | 46 | 337 | 13.6% | 37 |
| 40 | Xue Kong CHN | 46 | 276 | 16.7% | 28 |
| 41 | Bianca Walter GER | 46 | 256 | 18.0% | 34 |
| 42 | Jianrou Li CHN | 45 | 341 | 13.2% | 32 |
| 43 | Sayuri Shimizu JPN | 43 | 276 | 15.6% | 40 |
| 44 | Ha-Ri Cho KOR | 42 | 236 | 17.8% | 22 |
| 45 | Tatiana Bodova SVK | 40 | 266 | 15.0% | 34 |
| 46 | Sangjeong Kong KOR | 37 | 87 | 42.5% | 11 |
| 47 | Yue Lin CHN | 35 | 75 | 46.7% | 10 |
| 48 | Yang Zhou CHN | 34 | 178 | 19.1% | 19 |
| 49 | Yara van Kerkhof NED | 33 | 240 | 13.8% | 43 |
| 50 | Andrea Keszler HUN | 32 | 247 | 13.0% | 42 |
| 51 | Lia Stepanova RUS | 32 | 202 | 15.8% | 35 |
| 52 | Zsofia Konya HUN | 31 | 336 | 9.2% | 36 |
| 53 | Ranya Ezzi SWE | 29 | 290 | 10.0% | 26 |
| 54 | Natalia Maliszewska POL | 29 | 246 | 11.8% | 30 |
| 55 | Alang Kim KOR | 29 | 117 | 24.8% | 13 |
| 56 | Geneve Belanger CAN | 26 | 75 | 34.7% | 9 |
| 57 | Sarah Chen USA | 25 | 199 | 12.6% | 28 |
| 58 | Szandra Lajtos HUN | 24 | 163 | 14.7% | 25 |
| 59 | Marina Georgieva-Nikolova BUL | 22 | 245 | 9.0% | 35 |
| 60 | Vera Antanenka BLR | 20 | 161 | 12.4% | 20 |
| 61 | Julia Riedel GER | 20 | 157 | 12.7% | 15 |
| 62 | Audrey Phaneuf CAN | 20 | 67 | 29.9% | 7 |
| 63 | Safiya Vlasova UKR | 19 | 254 | 7.5% | 32 |
| 64 | Elena Viviani ITA | 19 | 152 | 12.5% | 29 |
| 65 | Volha Talayeva BLR | 19 | 135 | 14.1% | 16 |
| 66 | Sumire Kikuchi JPN | 19 | 71 | 26.8% | 9 |
| 67 | Rianne de Vries NED | 18 | 199 | 9.0% | 19 |
| 68 | Kimberly Derrick USA | 18 | 194 | 9.3% | 26 |
| 69 | Marie Yoshida JPN | 18 | 145 | 12.4% | 16 |
| 70 | Gabrielle Williamson-Derraugh CAN | 18 | 99 | 18.2% | 18 |
| 71 | Emily Scott USA | 16 | 265 | 6.0% | 29 |
| 72 | Lucia Peretti ITA | 16 | 126 | 12.7% | 12 |
| 73 | Kyoko Tatsumi JPN | 16 | 42 | 38.1% | 5 |
| 74 | Lee So Yeon KOR | 15 | 259 | 5.8% | 43 |
| 75 | Olena Korinchuk UKR | 15 | 232 | 6.5% | 30 |
| 76 | Christin Priebst GER | 15 | 131 | 11.5% | 12 |
| 77 | Rozsa Darazs HUN | 14 | 116 | 12.1% | 20 |
| 78 | Veronika Windisch AUT | 13 | 168 | 7.7% | 18 |
| 79 | Fumi Kitabuki JPN | 13 | 63 | 20.6% | 9 |
| 80 | Elisabeth Witt GER | 12 | 135 | 8.9% | 15 |
| 81 | Sanne van Kerkhof NED | 12 | 76 | 15.8% | 19 |
| 82 | Xinyue Wang HKG | 12 | 52 | 23.1% | 9 |
| 83 | Ekaterina Strelkova RUS | 11 | 99 | 11.1% | 13 |
| 84 | Emina Malagich RSU | 11 | 63 | 17.5% | 7 |
| 85 | Julie Jung AUS | 10 | 153 | 6.5% | 29 |
| 86 | Oliwia Gawlica POL | 10 | 42 | 23.8% | 5 |
| 87 | Tina Grassow GER | 9 | 248 | 3.6% | 34 |
| 88 | Gergana Patsova BUL | 9 | 177 | 5.1% | 19 |
| 89 | Lara van Ruijven NED | 9 | 159 | 5.7% | 21 |
| 90 | Suzanne Schulting NED | 9 | 67 | 13.4% | 8 |
| 91 | Aafke Soet NED | 9 | 25 | 36.0% | 3 |
| 92 | Tifany Huot Marchand FRA | 8 | 71 | 11.3% | 8 |
| 93 | Katalin Kristo ROU | 8 | 50 | 16.0% | 6 |
| 94 | Maria Orlova RUS | 8 | 47 | 17.0% | 5 |
| 95 | Alex Stanley GBR | 8 | 42 | 19.0% | 4 |
| 96 | Anastassiya Krestova KAZ | 7 | 50 | 14.0% | 6 |
| 97 | Katrin Manoilova BUL | 7 | 46 | 15.2% | 5 |
| 98 | Nicole Martinelli ITA | 7 | 42 | 16.7% | 5 |
| 99 | Petra Sulovska SVK | 7 | 25 | 28.0% | 3 |
| 100 | Lilia Dzhustrova BUL | 7 | 25 | 28.0% | 3 |
| 101 | Ylenia Tota ITA | 6 | 207 | 2.9% | 20 |
| 102 | Tünde Balázs ROU | 6 | 71 | 8.5% | 8 |
| 103 | Elisa Lenke GER | 6 | 50 | 12.0% | 8 |
| 104 | April Shin USA | 6 | 46 | 13.0% | 5 |
| 105 | Tereza Kolesarikova CZE | 6 | 29 | 20.7% | 4 |
| 106 | Dariya Volokitina KAZ | 5 | 186 | 2.7% | 20 |
| 107 | Rosalie Huisman NED | 5 | 125 | 4.0% | 10 |
| 108 | Joanie Gervais CAN | 5 | 50 | 10.0% | 6 |
| 109 | Nikola Mazur POL | 5 | 37 | 13.5% | 5 |
| 110 | Barbara Kobylakiewicz POL | 5 | 34 | 14.7% | 4 |
| 111 | Natallia Tsaulika BLR | 5 | 25 | 20.0% | 3 |
| 112 | Xeniya Motova KAZ | 4 | 133 | 3.0% | 16 |
| 113 | Aida Bella POL | 4 | 106 | 3.8% | 18 |
| 114 | Inna Simonova KAZ | 4 | 104 | 3.8% | 17 |
| 115 | Aurelie Monvoisin FRA | 4 | 50 | 8.0% | 6 |
| 116 | Lexi Burkholder USA | 4 | 38 | 10.5% | 4 |
| 117 | Ieva Haino LAT | 4 | 38 | 10.5% | 4 |
| 118 | Karyna Hryschanka BLR | 4 | 25 | 16.0% | 3 |
| 119 | Raya Zaharieva BUL | 3 | 155 | 1.9% | 18 |
| 120 | Alix-Myra Anderson AUS | 3 | 71 | 4.2% | 7 |
| 121 | Natalia Plugina RUS | 3 | 60 | 5.0% | 13 |
| 122 | Toko Nanri JPN | 3 | 33 | 9.1% | 4 |
| 123 | Alica Porubská SVK | 3 | 29 | 10.3% | 4 |
| 124 | Samra Selimbegovic BIH | 3 | 25 | 12.0% | 3 |
| 125 | Marta Wojcik POL | 2 | 125 | 1.6% | 16 |
| 126 | Michaela Kuncirova CZE | 2 | 38 | 5.3% | 4 |
| 127 | Melanie Brantner AUT | 2 | 33 | 6.1% | 4 |
| 128 | Jacqueline Chen USA | 2 | 33 | 6.1% | 4 |
| 129 | Gulnur Ganiyeva KAZ | 2 | 30 | 6.7% | 3 |
| 130 | Anna Seidel GER | 2 | 29 | 6.9% | 4 |
| 131 | Katsiarina Skliarenka BLR | 2 | 25 | 8.0% | 3 |
| 132 | Marta Paskevica LAT | 2 | 25 | 8.0% | 3 |
| 133 | Darya Goncharova KAZ | 2 | 25 | 8.0% | 3 |
| 134 | Patricia Toth HUN | 1 | 150 | 0.7% | 16 |
| 135 | Evita Krievane LAT | 1 | 74 | 1.4% | 11 |
| 136 | Hitomi Saito JPN | 1 | 47 | 2.1% | 5 |
| 137 | Michaela Hruzova CZE | 1 | 38 | 2.6% | 4 |
| 138 | Vira-Nika Khomenko UKR | 1 | 33 | 3.0% | 4 |
| 139 | Arianna Valcepina ITA | 0 | 99 | 0.0% | 13 |
| 140 | Zornica Pencheva BUL | 0 | 93 | 0.0% | 11 |
| 141 | Paula Bzura POL | 0 | 92 | 0.0% | 9 |
| 142 | Lenka Zahumenska CZE | 0 | 56 | 0.0% | 9 |
| 143 | Lucia Ana Ilijic CRO | 0 | 50 | 0.0% | 6 |
| 144 | Ainara Equisoain ESP | 0 | 50 | 0.0% | 6 |
| 145 | Magdalena Szwajlik POL | 0 | 42 | 0.0% | 4 |
| 146 | Anne-Sophie Davreux BEL | 0 | 42 | 0.0% | 4 |
| 147 | Tamara Frederick USA | 0 | 39 | 0.0% | 3 |
| 148 | Mariya Dolgopolova UKR | 0 | 38 | 0.0% | 4 |
| 149 | Margaux Maurice FRA | 0 | 37 | 0.0% | 5 |
| 150 | Kathryn Thomson GBR | 0 | 26 | 0.0% | 2 |
| 151 | Deanna See SGP | 0 | 25 | 0.0% | 3 |
| 152 | Iulia Kromido UKR | 0 | 25 | 0.0% | 3 |
| 153 | Katarina Buric CRO | 0 | 25 | 0.0% | 3 |
every competition in the archive that stores a position for each lap — 253 of them, 2003 onwards. Positions are not stored everywhere: 2007 carries none at all and 2006 very few, so a season is only as complete as its source. Individual races only — relays carry no lap positions. Skaters with fewer than 20 laps in the season are left out.