Global Creative Rankings

Individual creatives are ranked within each credit title as well as the full list of all individuals, regardless of title.
For additional information on rankings and point allocation, view more details directly below.


In order to receive points for the Creative rankings, a credited individual must meet the following:

  • Creatives must be credited under one of the following credit types:
    Animator, Architect, Art Director, Chief Creative Officer, Chief Design Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Cinematographer, Composer, Copywriter, Creative Director, Creative Technologist, Data Scientist, Designer, Digital Artist, Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Executive Creative Director, Executive Producer, Freelancer, Graphic Designer, Group Creative Director, Illustrator, Information Architect, Interior Designer, Lighting Designer, Motion Designer, Music Supervisor, Photo Editor, Photographer, Producer, Product Designer, Product Manager, Programmer, Social Media Manager, Sound Designer, Strategist, Type Designer, Typographer, User Experience Designer, User Interface Designer, Writer

MULTIPLE AWARDS WITHIN A DISCIPLINE
If the same piece of work won multiple awards within a Discipline, the points for the one (1) highest award* in that discipline were counted.
*For work that received a Best of Discipline honor, the points for both the Gold win and Best of Discipline win were counted within that Discipline.


AWARDS IN MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES
If the same piece of work won awards across multiple Disciplines, the points for the highest award per discipline were counted.


The rankings were determined based on the point values listed on this chart:

GLOBAL
THE ONE SHOW
AWARD
Gold Pencil
Silver Pencil
Bronze Pencil
Merit
Fusion Pencil
CMO Pencil
SDG Pencil
Green Pencil
Penta Pencil
Best of Discipline
Best of Show
 
POINTS
45
21
9
3
90
90
90
90
150
90
135
ADC AWARDS
AWARD
Gold Cube
Silver Cube
Bronze Cube
Merit
Fusion Cube
Designism Cube
Best of Discipline
Best of Show
 
POINTS
45
21
9
3
90
90
90
135
TDC AWARDS
AWARD
Winner
 
POINTS
20

REGIONAL
ONE ASIA
AWARD
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Merit
CMO Award
Green Award
Cultural Driver Award
SDG Award
Best of Discipline
Best of Show
 
POINTS
30
14
6
2
60
60
60
60
60
90
ADC EUROPE
AWARD
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Shortlist
Special Awards
Grand Prix
 
POINTS
30
14
6
2
60
90

NATIONAL
DENVER AWARDS
AWARD
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Merit
Best of Show
 
POINTS
15
7
3
1
45
SAN DIEGO AWARDS
AWARD
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Merit
Best of Show
 
POINTS
15
7
3
1
45
MIAMI AWARDS
AWARD
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Merit
 
POINTS
15
7
3
1

Rank

Creative

Points

8

Derek Blais

498

13

Simon Higby

342

15

Morten Grubak

327

16

Andrés Villalobos

321

18

Hermeti Balarin

300

20

Ant Nelson

267

21

Mike Sutherland

267

23

JD Jurentkuff

255

24

John Petty

231

25

Matt Zavala

213

26

Megan Skelly

213

30

Joe Abou Khaled

183

32

Marie Claire Maalouf

183

33

Maria Devereux

165

34

Angela Mears

162

37

Patricio Elfi

156

38

McKay Hathaway

150

39

Cedric Astrella

144

40

André Toledo

141

41

Saulo Rocha

141

44

Josefine Richards

138

45

Markus Ahlm

138

47

Daniel Fisher

135

48

Han Gao

135

49

Mo Chen

135

50

Diogo Borges

132

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