Bestads Rankings for 2012

Best Ads Ranking works like this: Every TV ad that makes it into the Week's Best scores two points for all those involved in the ad: agency; production company; client; creatives and country. Every Print Outdoor, Radio and Interactive scores one point.

You have to be in to win it - submit your latest work now. The BestAds rankings below are based on work selected for Week's Best during 2012 (current as at Feb 4, 2012).

Important note: as of January 1st 2009, all TV spots count for 2 points while all other ads count for 1 point.

Agency rankings

Creative rankings Chris Watson 4 Rufus Wedderburn 4 Huang Feng 3 Pierre Jouffray 3 Brigid Alkema 2 Marcos Almirante 2 Sezay Altinok 2 Jørgen Bøhle Bakke 2 Tim Brown 2 Pete Buckley 2 Dave Canning 2 Cyrus Coulter 2 Ben Davidson 2 Edward Harrison 2 Ester Hjellum 2 Tim Holmes 2 Steven Iannello 2 Andy Kelly 2 Brock Kirby 2 Theo Korf 2 Andrew Maaldrink 2 Alex Metson 2 Anantha Narayan 2 Emerson Navarrete 2 See all creatives ranked

Director rankings Rankin 2 Russell Bates 2 David Denneen 2 Suresh Eriyat 2 Jody Hill 2 bruce hunt 2 Dave Klaiber 2 Hans Knaapen 2 Tom Kuntz 2 Rodrigo Lewkowicz 2 See all directors ranked Client rankings Nike 5 New York Lottery 3 Subaru 3 Weight Watchers 3 Audi 2 Axe 2 British Heart 2 Direc TV 2 ESPN 2 Google India 2 See all clients ranked

Executive creative director rankings Mark Fitzloff 4 Susan Hoffman 4 Fred & Farid 3 Matt Eastwood 3 Menno Kluin 3 Daniel Barnes 2 Russel Barrett 2 alvaro becker 2 Tim Brown 2 Pete Buckley 2 See all executive creative directors ranked

Creative director rankings Fred & Farid 6 Mark Fitzloff 4 Susan Hoffman 4 Ryan O'Rourke 4 Alberto Ponte 4 Chris Watson 4 Rufus Wedderburn 4 Matt Eastwood 3 Menno Kluin 3 Rich Sharp 3 See all creative directors ranked

Production co rankings @radical.media 2 A52 2 Bacon 2 Biscuit 2 Blink 2 Caviar Content 2 Crossroads Films UK 2 Electric Zoo 2 Filmgraphics 2 Goodoil Films 2 See all production companies ranked

Country rankings United States of 27 Australia 15 United Kingdom 13 Brazil 8 Netherlands 6 France 5 India 4 New Zealand 4 Sweden 4 Argentina 3 See all countries ranked