How many people are on the ASP World Tour?
The ASP World Tour consists of the top 45 men and 17 women competitive surfers in the world. Each season’s Men’s ASP World Tour seed list is made up of the top 27 rated World Tour surfers from the previous year, the top 15 rated ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) surfers from the previous year, and potentially three ASP World Tour surfers who were awarded the ASP Wildcard by the World Professional Surfers (WPS) the previous year. Each season’s Women’s ASP World Tour seed list is made up of 17 surfers (the top 10 rated ASP World Tour surfers, the top 6 rated WQS surfers, and 1 ASP Wildcard).