Check Pakistan's Squash Players in the PSA World Ranking: Noor Zaman Is 30th
Noor Zaman is 30th, Ashab Irfan 49th, Asim Khan 77th and Nasir Iqbal 95th in the PSA men's ranking. See points, tournaments and what it means for Islamabad.
Short answer: Noor Zaman is Pakistan's best ranked squash player, 30th in the PSA men's world ranking with 302 points, up three places. Muhammad Ashab Irfan is 49th, Muhammad Asim Khan 77th and Nasir Iqbal 95th. No Pakistani woman appears in the PSA top 120.
Pakistan host the Asian Team Squash Championships in Islamabad from 3 to 7 November. The first seedings are due on 13 October, so the world ranking matters now. A player's place in this list helps decide how the team is ordered and seeded.
We opened the official PSA World Tour men's and women's ranking tables on 12 October 2026 and loaded the full top 120 of each. These are the Pakistani names we found.
Noor Zaman is Pakistan's best ranked squash player at 30th
Noor Zaman is 30th in the PSA men's world ranking with 302 points from 15 tournaments. The table marks him up three places. Egypt's Mostafa Asal leads the table with 2,441 points.
The top of the table is far away. Asal has more than eight times Noor's points, and Paul Coll of New Zealand is second on 1,684. But the top 30 is a solid place for a young player. His result at the Asian Games, a singles bronze and a team silver, came before this table, and our report on the Asian Games squash final against Malaysia has the details.
| PSA rank | Player | Tournaments | Points | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Noor Zaman | 15 | 302 | Up 3 |
| 49 | Muhammad Ashab Irfan | 12 | 202 | Up 1 |
| 77 | Muhammad Asim Khan | 17 | 116 | No arrow |
| 95 | Nasir Iqbal | 5 | 88 | Down 1 |
To see the scale, look at the top five. Mostafa Asal has 2,441 points, Paul Coll 1,684, Diego Elias of Peru 1,320, Karim Gawad of Egypt 1,210 and Victor Crouin of France 1,086. The tenth player, Aly Abou Eleinen, has 573. So Noor Zaman's 302 is roughly half of the tenth place total. Points fall quickly as you go down the list, which is why a few places can be a small gap in points.
Four Pakistani men sit in the top 100
Four Pakistani men are in the PSA top 100: Noor Zaman at 30th, Muhammad Ashab Irfan at 49th, Muhammad Asim Khan at 77th and Nasir Iqbal at 95th. Only Noor and Ashab are inside the top 50.
Muhammad Ashab Irfan has 202 points from 12 tournaments. Muhammad Asim Khan has played the most events of the four, 17, for 116 points. Nasir Iqbal has played only five tournaments, which may explain his lower points.
The table lists the number of tournaments beside each name, so you can see how many events sit behind a player's points. We do not guess what each player's schedule will be.
No Pakistani woman is in the PSA top 120
We read the PSA women's table down to 120 places and did not find a Pakistani name. Egypt's Amina Orfi leads on 2,138 points. The first Pakistani woman, if any, sits lower than that line, and the PSA page we read does not show them.
That is a statement about the table we could read, not about the whole squad. The Asian Team Championships have a women's event too, as our format, seeding and draw guide for the Asian Team Squash Championships explains. Pakistan may enter women's players who are ranked below 120 or not ranked at all.
Why the ranking matters for the Asian Team Championships in Islamabad
The Asian Squash Federation seeds teams by player strength, using rankings and recent results. The first seedings are due on 13 October, the final seedings on 20 October and the draw by 27 October. Pakistan are the hosts and the Asian Games silver medallists.
The ASF handbook says each team lists three or four players in order of strength. A team with a 30th and a 49th ranked player in its top two spots is strong on paper. We have not seen the ASF's seeding list, so we do not claim where Pakistan will be placed. The matches are at the Mushaf Squash Complex in Aabpara, as our Pakistan squash calendar for 2026-27 lists.
We read the table as it stood on 12 October 2026. The page does not show the date of its next update, so we do not give one.
How to check any squash player in the PSA ranking
The PSA site shows the top 20 first and a "Load more" button for the rest. The page lists rank, name, tournaments played and points. A small arrow marks a rise or fall since the previous list.
- Open psaworldtour.com and choose Rankings.
- Pick Men's or Women's.
- Press "Load more" until the list reaches 120 rows.
- Search the page for the surname and note the points and tournaments.
Search by surname, because the page does not sort by country.
Common questions
Who is Pakistan's top ranked squash player?
Noor Zaman, 30th in the PSA men's world ranking with 302 points.
How many Pakistani men are in the PSA top 100?
Four: Noor Zaman (30th), Muhammad Ashab Irfan (49th), Muhammad Asim Khan (77th) and Nasir Iqbal (95th).
Is any Pakistani woman in the PSA top 120?
We found none in the top 120 rows of the women's table on 12 October 2026.
Who is world number one in squash?
Mostafa Asal of Egypt leads the men's table with 2,441 points. Amina Orfi leads the women's table with 2,138.
When is the Asian Team Squash Championships in Islamabad?
From 3 to 7 November 2026 at the Mushaf Squash Complex in Aabpara.
How we verified this
What we checked, where we read it, and what we could not confirm.
We read the Professional Squash Association's world rankings page for men and women on 12 October 2026. The PSA changes the list when new results are processed, so open the page again before you quote a number.
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