Top 10 Ice Dance Teams 1989 to present

[longingfornia]

1 Marina Klimova & Seegei Ponomarenko Russia
2 Marina Anissina & Gwendal Peizerat France
3 Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov Russia
4 Isabelle & Paul Duchesnay France
5 Angelika Krylova & Oleg Ovsiannikov Russia
6 Maya Usova & Alexander Zhulin Russia
7 Tessa VIRTUE & Scott MOIR Canada
8 Tatiana NAVKA & Roman KOSTOMAROV Russia
9 Albena DENKOVA & Maxim STAVISKI Bulgaria
10 Oksana DOMNINA & Maxim SHABALIN Russia

HM
1 Irina LOBACHEVA & Ilia AVERBUKH Russia
2 Shae-Lynn Bourne & Victor Kraatz Canada
3 Susanna Rahkamo & Petri Kokko Finland

[judgejudy27]

1. Marina Klimova & Seegei Ponomarenko Russia
2. Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov Russia
3. Marina Anissina & Gwendal Peizerat France
4. Tatiana NAVKA & Roman KOSTOMAROV Russia
5. Tessa VIRTUE & Scott MOIR Canada
6. Angelika Krylova & Oleg Ovsiannikov Russia
7. Maya Usova & Alexander Zhulin Russia
8. Albena DENKOVA & Maxim STAVISKI Bulgaria
9. Tanith Belbin & Benjamin Agosto U.S
10. Isabelle Delobel & Olivier Schoenfelder France

[pumba]

Based on medal record + my bised preferances
1. Grischuk/Platov - Russia
2. Klimova/Ponomarenko - Russia (The best ice dance couple ever for me)
3. Usova/Zhulin - Russia
4. Navka/Kostomarov - Russia
5. Krylova/Ovsiannikov - Russia
6. Domnina/Shabalin - Russia
7,8. Anisina/Peizerat - France
8,7. Virtue/Moir - Canada (I prefer V/M)
9. Denkova/Staviski - Bulgaria (for representing a small federation. Could have been Rakhamo/ Kokko, or Drobiazko/Vanagas though)
10. Duchesnay/Duchesnay - France - (only for their programmes. Would not have even made my top 50 list, if it was about skating skills)

[Aussie Willy]

Hmmm let's see:

1. K&P
2. U&Z
then the rest who have been mentioned above but in no particular order - too hard to decide.

[essence_of_soy]

My favourite ten in no particular order are:

Punsalan / Swallow
Virtue / Moir
Klimova / Ponomarenko
Rahkamo / Kokko
Wynne / Druer
Bourne / Kraatz
Winkler / Lohse
Dubriel / Lauzon
Wing / Lowe
Usova / Zhulin

[wustfan]

1. Klimova & Ponomarenko
2. Usova & Zhulin
3. Grishuk & Platov
4. Krylova & Ovsiannikov
5. Anissina & Peizerat
6. Navka & Kostomarov
7. Denkova & Staviski
8. Rahkamo & Kokko
9. Delobel & Schoenfelder
10. Davis & White

[IRIS1975]

1.Klimova/Ponomarenko (the best of the best for me)
2.Anisina/Peizerat
3. Grishchuk/Platov
4. Navka/Kostomarov
5.Usova/Zhulin
6.Grushina/Goncharov
7. Bourne/Kraatz
8. Delobel/Schoenfelder
9. Krylova/Ovsyannikov
10. Domnina/Shabalin

[casken]

1. Klimova and Ponoramenko
2. Grishuk and Platov
3. Krylova and Ovsiannikov
4. Usova and Zhulin
5. Anissina and Peizerat
6. Delobel and Schoenfelder
7. Denkova and Staiviski
8. Virtue and Moir
9. Navka and Kostomarov
10. Bourne and Kraatz

There should be a " Top ten individual male and female ice dancers" poll. That would be interesting.

[HSGP21]

1. Kilmova and Ponoramenko- amazing
2. Grishuk and Platov- 2x olympians, lots of attention
3. Anissina and Peizarat- dynamic, 2x olympic medalists
4. Usova and Zhulin-
5. Bourne and Kratz- public about the judging bloc, started the NA surge
6. Belbin and Agosto- really started the NA surge, lots of attention
7. Virtue and Moir- 1st North American gold
8. Navka and Kostomarov
9. Delobel and Schonefelder- beautiful and classical
10. Denkova and Staiviski

[briancoogaert]

1-Grishuk&Platov
2-Klimova&Ponomarenko
3-Anissina&Peizerat
4-Delobel&Schoenfelder
5-Virtue&Moir

Many more greats dance teams but they don't have the same skills or class, IMO

[museksk8r]

In no particular order:

Marina Klimova & Sergei Ponomarenko - Russia
Isabelle Delobel & Olivier Schoenfelder - France
Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir - Canada
Tatiana Navka & Roman Kostomarov - Russia
Marina Anissina & Gwendal Peizerat - France
Angelika Krylova & Oleg Ovsiannikov - Russia
Maya Usova & Alexander Zhulin - Russia
Shae-Lynn Bourne & Victor Kraatz - Canada
Meryl Davis & Charlie White - U.S.
Marie-France Dubreuil & Patrice Lauzon - Canada

There should be a " Top ten individual male and female ice dancers" poll. That would be interesting.

I agree! Then, Evgeny Platov would have definitely made my list. Sorry to her fans, but I can't stand Pasha.

[BellaSTRARSSA!]

In a sort of order, but K&P are a definite #1 for me:

Klimova & Ponomarenko
Grishuk & Platov
Anissina & Peizerat
Virtue & Moir
Usova & Zhulin
Krylova & Ovsiannikov
Denkova & Staviyski
Delobel & Schoenfelder
Navka & Kostamarov
Belbin & Agosto

HM: Bourne & Kraatz, Rahkamo & Kokko, Punsalan & Swallow, Davis & White, Dubreuil & Lauzon

[longingfornia]

2001,2003,2007 and 2008 all had questionable placings imho
4 Isabelle & Paul Duchesnay France
pumba
10. Duchesnay/Duchesnay - France - (only for their programmes. Would not have even made my top 50 list, if it was about skating skills)
Yesterday 08:46 PM

I agree 100% but their Fs's in 89 to 91 where amazing

cheers

[BlueAranjuez]

just my favorites in no particular order:
-Virtue/Moir
-Davis/White
-Grishuk/Platov
-Anissina/Pezirat
-Belbin/Agosto
-Bourne/Kraatz
-Punsalan/Swallow
-Usova/Zhulin
-Navka/Kostamarov
-Dubreiul/Lauzon

[nuge]

1.Klimova/Ponomarenko Olympic medals of every colour !
2.Grishuk/Platov TWO olympic golds!
3.Anissina/Pezerait Olympic bronze /gold Passion drama
4.Krylova/Ovsiannikov Olympic silver Not my cuppa tea but great team .
5.Usova/Zhulin Olympic silver beautiful team .
6.Navka/Kostomarov Olympic gold.Classy russians
7.Virtue/Moir Olympic gold.Sooo young what an achievement!
8.Denkova/Staviski Two world golds so original /different .
9.Delobel/Shoenfelder One world gold Mature smooth gorgeous skating .
10.Belbin/Agosto Olympic silver

Special mentions to B/K and D/W

[blue_idealist]

It's too hard to make a definite order, so here are my top 10 in no particular order. Well, it might end up being kind of chronological based on years of competition.

Klimova & Ponomarenko
Grishuk & Platov
Usova & Zhulin
Duschesnay & Duschesnay
Anissina & Peizerat
Krylova & Ovsiannikov
Belbin & Agosto
Bourne & Kraatz
Virtue & Moir
Navka & Kostomarov

Honourable mentions:
Denkova & Staviyski (at first I had them on the list, but then I realized I forgot N&K!)
Delobel & Schoenfelder
Davis & White
Lobacheva & Averbukh
Fusar-Poli & Margaglio
Drobiazko & Vanagas
Dubreuil & Lauzon

[gk_891]

I'll go by both my preferences and results (although more with the former than the latter).

1. Grishuk & Platov (tie)
1. Klimova & Ponomarenko (tie)
3. Virtue & Moir
4. Anissina & Peizerat
5. Denkova & Staviyski
6. Krylova & Ovsiannikov
7. Delobel & Schoenfelder
8. Drobiazko & Vanagas
9. Navka & Kostomarov (I actually hate this couple but I can't deny her abilities)
10. Belbin & Agosto

[caseyedwards]

What about Torville and Dean for the 1993-1994 season?

[TalentedButHumble]

What about Torville and Dean for the 1993-1994 season?

Good grief, I was just going to say that!

[icedance21]

These are my top 3 for their creativity...

1 Denkova/Staviyski (I lurve to death their 2006 worlds Adagio FD)
2 Duchesnay/Duchesnay
3 Krylova/Ovsyannikov (1999 worlds African Dance FD was just brilliant)
...
4 Grishuk/Platov
5 Anissina/Peizerat
6 Virtue/Moir

The rest...I'll have to think about.