Squash

What is squash?

Squash is the enclosed-court racquet sport — two players alternating shots off a four-walled court, points to 11 — famed as one of the most physically punishing games there is, its rallies mixing retrieval, deception and geometry. The WSF governs; the PSA runs the professional tour; and after decades of campaigning, squash debuts at the Olympics at LA28.^[1] [2]

How does the professional game work?

The PSA World Tour runs men's and women's events at tiers from Challenger to Platinum, feeding monthly world rankings that seed everything — with the World Championships and Tour Finals the season's summits. National federations select teams for the WSF's World Team Championships, and the college game (U.S. intercollegiate squash) has grown into a real pathway.^[2] [3]

Where is squash strong?

Egypt is the modern dynasty — Cairo and Alexandria clubs producing both reigning world champions and most of the world's top ten — with England, France, Peru, Malaysia (Nicol David's legacy), New Zealand, Wales and the United States (whose junior and college systems are booming) behind.^[2] [4]

How is squash awarded?

• PSA world rankings — monthly, points-based: the sport's objective ladder.^[3]
• World Championship and major titles — the British Open squash's oldest crown.^[2]
• WSF world team championships and national-team selection.^[1]
• Olympic qualification from LA28 — a new credential for the sport.^[4]

Who has won the most in squash?

World Championship titles from the World Squash Federation's own roll of honour and record PDFs, which stop at 2024, so the 2025 and 2026 rows rest on the PSA tour; British Open titles from the championship's own history. The separate amateur world championship of 1967–1983 is excluded, following WSF's asterisk convention — counting it as well would tie Jansher and Jahangir Khan on eight, which is the trap in most published lists. Two gaps are left visible rather than resolved: WSF's summary table omits Geoff Hunt's 1977 world title that its own other documents record, so his four could be five; and the official site's pre-war women's British Open years are internally inconsistent, so one disputed entry is left out. The team table ranks countries on men's and women's titles combined, with the split shown.

Most World Championship titles — men (1976 – 2025-26)

Most World Championship titles — women (1976 – 2025-26)

Most British Open titles — men (1930–2026)

Most British Open titles — women (1922–2026)

Most World Team Championship titles by country (men 1967–, women 1979–)

Medal lists rank on total medals, then gold, then silver; title lists rank on titles. Equal totals share a rank, and every table states the period and the last event it includes. Verified September 2026.^{[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}