World number 1 or world no. 1 refers to the highest world ranking in several competitive sports:
- list of FIDE chess world number ones, in chess
- list of WTA number 1 ranked players, in women's tennis
- world-number-one male tennis-player rankings, in men's tennis
- list of ATP number 1 ranked players, in men's tennis
- List of WISPA number 1 ranked players, women's squash
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