23 out of the 54 Indian para-athletes at Tokyo Paralympics are ranked top 10 in the world

While neither Sonal nor Bhavina won their match, they did give a good account of themselves at the biggest of all stages.

Over the next two weeks a total of 52 more Indian Para athletes would be in action across eight different in Tokyo.

The 54 member contingent is the biggest-ever India has sent to any edition of Paralympics Games in history. And it is possibly the strongest ever. Yes, there is a reason why the Chef de Mission of India for the Tokyo Paralympics proclaimed that the country will return from Tokyo with at least 15 medals!

Out of the total Indian 54 athletes who have qualified for the Tokyo Paralympics, a whopping 23 are ranked amongst the top 10 in the world. That's a massive 42.5% of the contingent!

There are multiple athletes like shuttler Pramod Bhagat, javelin thrower Navdeep and others who are ranked number 1 in their respective categories.

Name	Sport	Event	Category	World Rank
Ajeet Singh	Athletics	Men's Javelin Throw	F46	3
Sundar Singh Gurjar	Athletics	Men's Javelin Throw	F46	6
Sumit Antil	Athletics	Men's Javelin Throw	F64	1
Navdeep	Athletics	Men's Javelin Throw	F41	1
Nishad Kumar	Athletics	Men's High Jump	T47	3
Ram Pal	Athletics	Men's High Jump	T47	9
Soman Rana	Athletics	Men's Shot Put	F57	6
Arvind	Athletics	Men's Shot Put	F35	4
Kashish Lakra	Athletics	Women's Club Throw	F51	7
Yogesh Khatuniya	Athletics	Men's Discus Throw	F56	7
Pramod Bhagat	Badminton	Men's Singles	SL3	1
Manoj Sarkar	Badminton	Men's Singles	SL3	3
Suhas Yathiraj	Badminton	Men's Singles	SL4	3
Tarun Dhillon	Badminton	Men's Singles	SL4	2
Palak Kohli	Badminton	Women's Singles	SU5	10
Parul Parmar	Badminton	Women's Doubles	SL3-SU5	6
Krishna Nagar	Badminton	Men's Singles	SH6	1
Manish Narwal	Shooting	Men's 10m Pistol	SH1	4
Singhraj	Shooting	Men's 10m Pistol	SH1	5
Rubina Francis	Shooting	Women's 10m Pistol	SH1	5
Avani Lekhara	Shooting	Women's 10m Rifle	SH1	5
Rahul Jakar	Shooting	Mixed 25m Pistol	SH1	2
Sidhartha Babu	Shooting	Mixed 50m Rifle Prone	SH1	6

Besides, multiple athletes from the country are ranked in the top 10 in more than one event.

Name	Sport	Event	Category	World Rank
Palak Kohli	Badminton	Women's Doubles	SL3-SU5	6
Manish Narwal	Shooting	Mixed 50m Pistol	SH1	2
Singhraj	Shooting	Mixed 50m Pistol	SH1	4
Avani Lekhara	Shooting	Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions	SH1	6

Note – The Badminton rankings considered for the article is the Race to Tokyo Paralympics Rankings, since the world rankings have not been updated since 2019. The rest are as per the latest 2021 rankings.