SOTA Passage Reranking on BRIGHT and PapersWithCode

Method
R-Em. + gpt-oss-120b 2025.09	40.3	55.7	54.5	39.1	52.6	37	38.6	49	25.3	28.5	12.5	42	48.4	46.6	26.9	34.3
Diver + gpt-oss-120b 2025.09	39.1	54.9	53.5	38.5	51.6	29.9	34.2	45.2	26	32.6	11.6	41.4	49.4	44	29.3	34.1
ReasonRank 2025.08	38.03	58.17	48.9	36.64	53.27	33.88	38.68	45.97	25.78	20.93	9.41	38.46	46.28	-	-	-
GroupRank 2025.11	38	59	57.5	39.2	50	39.1	39	42.7	14.3	14.9	12.6	39	48.8	-	-	-
R-Em. + ReasonRank-32B 2025.09	38	58.4	51.3	40	51.8	39.2	37.4	45.6	21.1	13.9	9.4	42.2	45.8	46.2	17.5	32.5
Diver + ReasonRank-32B 2025.09	37.2	56.1	51.6	35.3	53.9	34.9	33.4	42.7	19.8	20.8	10.2	41	46.3	44	20.3	32.5
R-Em. 2025.09	36.9	54.5	54	34.4	46.1	34.6	35.9	37	37.1	12	11.3	40.7	45.5	42.4	24.6	32.5
ERank 2025.11	36.2	55.9	55.1	35.2	44.6	34.1	34.5	41.2	14.1	24.4	12.2	36.7	45.9	-	-	-
ReasonRank 2025.08	35.74	56.7	47.75	35.05	47.77	31.22	32.47	40.87	23.17	24.95	7.68	39.49	41.8	-	-	-
R-Em. + Qwen3-8B 2025.09	35.7	55.6	50	34.5	47.9	32.8	32.7	44.3	19.4	12.6	9.4	40.3	49.3	42.5	16	33
ReasonRank 2025.11	35.6	53.9	47.6	36.3	52.6	36.5	34.2	44.5	15.2	14.8	5.5	40.6	45.3	-	-	-
Diver + Qwen3-8B 2025.09	34.8	53.8	50.5	31.4	48.6	27.1	28.1	40	20.6	22.8	10.2	39.8	44.6	39.9	21.7	31.5
GroupRank 2025.11	34.3	52.7	51	33.8	44.5	32.1	33.9	38.1	16.3	17.3	8.7	40.7	42.4	-	-	-
S-v3 (w. BM25Q NAF) + gpt-oss-120b 2025.09	33.4	44	48.9	32.9	40.6	36.9	31.7	40.7	32.7	35.7	11.9	24.1	20.4	39.4	34.2	18.8
Rank-K 2025.11	33.3	51.1	42.3	33	44.5	33.1	28.4	41.6	12.8	21.6	8.5	39.3	43.2	-	-	-
Diver-Retriever 2025.11	32.9	52.5	53.6	33.8	45.2	28.4	30.4	35	13	14.7	9.8	42.5	36.3	-	-	-
Rank-K 2025.08	32.61	50.64	39.78	30.09	43.45	26.6	29.87	35.17	27.23	22.8	7.61	37.06	41	-	-	-
ReasonRank 2025.11	32.5	51.6	43.4	32.4	44	31	25.6	39.8	15.4	20.1	7	38.9	40.7	-	-	-
BGE (w. BM25Q NAF) + gpt-oss-120b 2025.09	31.9	43.1	46.5	33	36.6	33.7	32	37.9	33.8	29.3	11.6	25.7	19.9	37.5	31.6	19.1
ERank 2025.11	31.8	48.2	53	31	44.5	22.4	24.8	33.7	9.7	18.2	11.1	38.2	46.6	-	-	-
Rearank 2025.08	31.75	46.94	40.27	30.65	40.77	27.16	26.12	36.26	30.55	22.84	7.31	32.28	39.86	-	-	-
S-v3 (w. BM25Q NAF) + ReasonRank-32B 2025.09	30.9	42.4	47.4	31.2	41.3	36.4	30.7	37.8	25.3	23.5	12	24.3	18.3	38.2	24.4	18.2
Rank-R1 2025.11	30.8	49.6	41.2	27.6	40	28.5	28.2	43.8	7	18.5	7.9	34.8	43.1	-	-	-
ReasonIR 2025.08	30.59	43.49	43	32.65	39.57	20.82	30.96	27.34	31.69	19.55	7.37	33.93	36.68	-	-	-
BGE (w. BM25Q NAF) + ReasonRank-32B 2025.09	30.3	40.1	48.2	34.5	39.2	30.5	34.1	39.1	28.3	16.2	8.7	24.5	20.6	38	22.3	17.9
Rank-R1 2025.08	29.66	44.45	38.73	27.39	37.1	23.11	27.82	36.77	21.27	19.23	8.8	31.66	39.53	-	-	-
S-v3 (w. BM25Q NAF) + Qwen3-8B 2025.09	29.3	41.6	45.4	27.8	38.7	32.3	29	34.7	27.1	20.1	11.2	22.9	20.6	35.6	23.6	18.2
Diver 2025.09	29.1	42.1	46.8	22.4	34.4	21.5	20.9	25.1	37.8	12.9	10.3	37.7	38	30.4	25.4	28.6
Rank1 2025.08	28.34	42.43	37.97	25.43	34.85	17.14	23.82	31.18	12.2	40.98	4.79	29.28	39.95	-	-	-
BGE (w. BM25Q NAF) + Qwen3-8B 2025.09	27.9	36.6	48.2	28	39.2	25.2	30.2	33	28.1	14.6	8.7	23.4	19.8	34.3	21.4	17.3
Rank1 2025.08	27.23	39.91	38.91	25.34	35.32	16.77	24.81	33.47	12.71	28.14	2.58	30.67	38.18	-	-	-
RankZephyr 2025.08	22.64	34.9	17.36	19.87	24.72	12.35	13.35	22.34	29.29	32.37	6.05	28.98	30.07	-	-	-
RankZephyr 2025.11	22.5	42.6	19.5	18.7	29.8	13.8	13.3	29.2	12.9	19.3	7.4	31.1	31.6	-	-	-
Rank-R1 2025.11	21.4	40.9	31.4	23.2	32	19.8	11.2	35.5	3.8	6.6	5	17.2	30.1	-	-	-
Rank-R1 2025.08	20.57	36.7	27.91	20.19	30.22	18.13	11.32	29.28	17.13	9.35	3.23	14.43	28.98	-	-	-
BGE (w. BM25Q NAF) 2025.09	17.7	20.3	31.6	19.2	18.5	15.3	20.5	16.5	30.1	10.6	7.6	14.5	8.1	20.3	20.4	10.1
S-v3 (w. BM25Q NAF) 2025.09	17.5	23.7	30.9	16.5	16.5	15.7	18.6	16.4	28.8	15.5	8.6	11.9	7.3	19.8	22.1	9.3
rankT5 2025.08	16.6	13.62	22.11	11.35	11.4	10.94	11.35	15.96	27.45	38.05	9.24	18.27	9.46	-	-	-
RankT5 2025.11	15.7	33	22.8	18.9	8.6	2.2	10	23.9	11.9	16.9	8.9	19.6	11.7	-	-	-
Llama 3.1 8B 2026.02	0.2092	0.3295	0.415	0.257	0.2526	0.2214	0.1862	0.2114	0.2887	0.0392	0.108	0.1296	0.0716	-	-	-
Rank-R1-14B 2026.02	0.205	0.312	0.385	0.212	0.264	0.226	0.189	0.275	0.202	0.092	0.097	0.092	0.119	-	-	-
Qwen3 8B 2026.02	0.1999	0.3032	0.402	0.2101	0.2422	0.2029	0.167	0.2158	0.2902	0.0807	0.1167	0.1126	0.056	-	-	-
Qwen3 4B 2026.02	0.1986	0.3268	0.4037	0.2159	0.2306	0.1993	0.1644	0.191	0.2883	0.0784	0.1041	0.118	0.0627	-	-	-
Qwen3 0.6B 2026.02	0.1858	0.3093	0.3746	0.1936	0.2004	0.1846	0.1487	0.1773	0.2785	0.0821	0.1105	0.1148	0.0552	-	-	-
Mistral 7B 2026.02	0.176	0.3055	0.3431	0.2064	0.2143	0.165	0.1096	0.1712	0.2676	0.0403	0.113	0.1163	0.0597	-	-	-
Llama 3.1 8B 2026.02	0.175	0.3011	0.3759	0.2135	0.2263	0.1756	0.1292	0.1638	0.2183	0.0156	0.0993	0.1189	0.0621	-	-	-
RankGPT-4 2026.02	0.17	0.338	0.342	0.167	0.27	0.223	0.277	0.111	0.034	0.156	0.012	0.002	0.086	-	-	-
Rank-R1-7B 2026.02	0.164	0.26	0.285	0.172	0.242	0.191	0.104	0.242	0.198	0.043	0.043	0.083	0.109	-	-	-
Qwen3 0.6B 2026.02	0.1493	0.2994	0.3335	0.151	0.171	0.1322	0.0852	0.1615	0.2289	0.0258	0.0921	0.0923	0.0185	-	-	-
BM25 2026.02	0.1369	0.181	0.2808	0.1646	0.1341	0.1092	0.1619	0.1613	0.2473	0.0434	0.0645	0.0734	0.0213	-	-	-
Mistral 7B 2026.02	0.1341	0.2764	0.2881	0.1523	0.1572	0.1075	0.0467	0.1285	0.1918	0.0063	0.0945	0.1026	0.0575	-	-	-
Qwen3 4B 2026.02	0.1313	0.2286	0.2955	0.1145	0.1756	0.1332	0.0926	0.1406	0.169	0.0322	0.0747	0.0954	0.0242	-	-	-
RankZephyr-7B 2026.02	0.13	0.219	0.237	0.144	0.103	0.076	0.137	0.166	0.247	0.065	0.068	0.073	0.02	-	-	-
Qwen3 8B 2026.02	0.1258	0.2242	0.2768	0.1286	0.177	0.1381	0.0679	0.1289	0.1575	0.0351	0.0718	0.0857	0.0173	-	-	-

R-Em. + gpt-oss-120b

2025.09

40.3

55.7

54.5

39.1

52.6

37

38.6

49

25.3

28.5

12.5

42

48.4

46.6

26.9

34.3

Diver + gpt-oss-120b

2025.09

39.1

54.9

53.5

38.5

51.6

29.9

34.2

45.2

26

32.6

11.6

41.4

49.4

44

29.3

34.1

ReasonRank

2025.08

38.03

58.17

48.9

36.64

53.27

33.88

38.68

45.97

25.78

20.93

9.41

38.46

46.28

-

GroupRank

2025.11

38

59

57.5

39.2

50

39.1

39

42.7

14.3

14.9

12.6

39

48.8

-

R-Em. + ReasonRank-32B

2025.09

38

58.4

51.3

40

51.8

39.2

37.4

45.6

21.1

13.9

9.4

42.2

45.8

46.2

17.5

32.5

Diver + ReasonRank-32B

2025.09

37.2

56.1

51.6

35.3

53.9

34.9

33.4

42.7

19.8

20.8

10.2

41

46.3

44

20.3

32.5

R-Em.

2025.09

36.9

54.5

54

34.4

46.1

34.6

35.9

37

37.1

12

11.3

40.7

45.5

42.4

24.6

32.5

ERank

2025.11

36.2

55.9

55.1

35.2

44.6

34.1

34.5

41.2

14.1

24.4

12.2

36.7

45.9

-

ReasonRank

2025.08

35.74

56.7

47.75

35.05

47.77

31.22

32.47

40.87

23.17

24.95

7.68

39.49

41.8

-

R-Em. + Qwen3-8B

2025.09

35.7

55.6

50

34.5

47.9

32.8

32.7

44.3

19.4

12.6

9.4

40.3

49.3

42.5

16

33

ReasonRank

2025.11

35.6

53.9

47.6

36.3

52.6

36.5

34.2

44.5

15.2

14.8

5.5

40.6

45.3

-

Diver + Qwen3-8B

2025.09

34.8

53.8

50.5

31.4

48.6

27.1

28.1

40

20.6

22.8

10.2

39.8

44.6

39.9

21.7

31.5

GroupRank

2025.11

34.3

52.7

51

33.8

44.5

32.1

33.9

38.1

16.3

17.3

8.7

40.7

42.4

-

S-v3 (w. BM25Q NAF) + gpt-oss-120b

2025.09

33.4

44

48.9

32.9

40.6

36.9

31.7

40.7

32.7

35.7

11.9

24.1

20.4

39.4

34.2

18.8

Rank-K

2025.11

33.3

51.1

42.3

33

44.5

33.1

28.4

41.6

12.8

21.6

8.5

39.3

43.2

-

Diver-Retriever

2025.11

32.9

52.5

53.6

33.8

45.2

28.4

30.4

35

13

14.7

9.8

42.5

36.3

-

Rank-K

2025.08

32.61

50.64

39.78

30.09

43.45

26.6

29.87

35.17

27.23

22.8

7.61

37.06

41

-

ReasonRank

2025.11

32.5

51.6

43.4

32.4

44

31

25.6

39.8

15.4

20.1

7

38.9

40.7

-

BGE (w. BM25Q NAF) + gpt-oss-120b

2025.09

31.9

43.1

46.5

33

36.6

33.7

32

37.9

33.8

29.3

11.6

25.7

19.9

37.5

31.6

19.1

ERank

2025.11

31.8

48.2

53

31

44.5

22.4

24.8

33.7

9.7

18.2

11.1

38.2

46.6

-

Rearank

2025.08

31.75

46.94

40.27

30.65

40.77

27.16

26.12

36.26

30.55

22.84

7.31

32.28

39.86

-

S-v3 (w. BM25Q NAF) + ReasonRank-32B

2025.09

30.9

42.4

47.4

31.2

41.3

36.4

30.7

37.8

25.3

23.5

12

24.3

18.3

38.2

24.4

18.2

Rank-R1

2025.11

30.8

49.6

41.2

27.6

40

28.5

28.2

43.8

7

18.5

7.9

34.8

43.1

-

ReasonIR

2025.08

30.59

43.49

43

32.65

39.57

20.82

30.96

27.34

31.69

19.55

7.37

33.93

36.68

-

BGE (w. BM25Q NAF) + ReasonRank-32B

2025.09

30.3

40.1

48.2

34.5

39.2

30.5

34.1

39.1

28.3

16.2

8.7

24.5

20.6

38

22.3

17.9

Rank-R1

2025.08

29.66

44.45

38.73

27.39

37.1

23.11

27.82

36.77

21.27

19.23

8.8

31.66

39.53

-

S-v3 (w. BM25Q NAF) + Qwen3-8B

2025.09

29.3

41.6

45.4

27.8

38.7

32.3

29

34.7

27.1

20.1

11.2

22.9

20.6

35.6

23.6

18.2

Diver

2025.09

29.1

42.1

46.8

22.4

34.4

21.5

20.9

25.1

37.8

12.9

10.3

37.7

38

30.4

25.4

28.6

Rank1

2025.08

28.34

42.43

37.97

25.43

34.85

17.14

23.82

31.18

12.2

40.98

4.79

29.28

39.95

-

BGE (w. BM25Q NAF) + Qwen3-8B

2025.09

27.9

36.6

48.2

28

39.2

25.2

30.2

33

28.1

14.6

8.7

23.4

19.8

34.3

21.4

17.3

Rank1

2025.08

27.23

39.91

38.91

25.34

35.32

16.77

24.81

33.47

12.71

28.14

2.58

30.67

38.18

-

RankZephyr

2025.08

22.64

34.9

17.36

19.87

24.72

12.35

13.35

22.34

29.29

32.37

6.05

28.98

30.07

-

RankZephyr

2025.11

22.5

42.6

19.5

18.7

29.8

13.8

13.3

29.2

12.9

19.3

7.4

31.1

31.6

-

Rank-R1

2025.11

21.4

40.9

31.4

23.2

32

19.8

11.2

35.5

3.8

6.6

5

17.2

30.1

-

Rank-R1

2025.08

20.57

36.7

27.91

20.19

30.22

18.13

11.32

29.28

17.13

9.35

3.23

14.43

28.98

-

BGE (w. BM25Q NAF)

2025.09

17.7

20.3

31.6

19.2

18.5

15.3

20.5

16.5

30.1

10.6

7.6

14.5

8.1

20.3

20.4

10.1

S-v3 (w. BM25Q NAF)

2025.09

17.5

23.7

30.9

16.5

15.7

18.6

16.4

28.8

15.5

8.6

11.9

7.3

19.8

22.1

9.3

rankT5

2025.08

16.6

13.62

22.11

11.35

11.4

10.94

11.35

15.96

27.45

38.05

9.24

18.27

9.46

-

RankT5

2025.11

15.7

33

22.8

18.9

8.6

2.2

10

23.9

11.9

16.9

8.9

19.6

11.7

-

Llama 3.1 8B

2026.02

0.2092

0.3295

0.415

0.257

0.2526

0.2214

0.1862

0.2114

0.2887

0.0392

0.108

0.1296

0.0716

-

Rank-R1-14B

2026.02

0.205

0.312

0.385

0.212

0.264

0.226

0.189

0.275

0.202

0.092

0.097

0.092

0.119

-

Qwen3 8B

2026.02

0.1999

0.3032

0.402

0.2101

0.2422

0.2029

0.167

0.2158

0.2902

0.0807

0.1167

0.1126

0.056

-

Qwen3 4B

2026.02

0.1986

0.3268

0.4037

0.2159

0.2306

0.1993

0.1644

0.191

0.2883

0.0784

0.1041

0.118

0.0627

-

Qwen3 0.6B

2026.02

0.1858

0.3093

0.3746

0.1936

0.2004

0.1846

0.1487

0.1773

0.2785

0.0821

0.1105

0.1148

0.0552

-

Mistral 7B

2026.02

0.176

0.3055

0.3431

0.2064

0.2143

0.165

0.1096

0.1712

0.2676

0.0403

0.113

0.1163

0.0597

-

Llama 3.1 8B

2026.02

0.175

0.3011

0.3759

0.2135

0.2263

0.1756

0.1292

0.1638

0.2183

0.0156

0.0993

0.1189

0.0621

-

RankGPT-4

2026.02

0.17

0.338

0.342

0.167

0.27

0.223

0.277

0.111

0.034

0.156

0.012

0.002

0.086

-

Rank-R1-7B

2026.02

0.164

0.26

0.285

0.172

0.242

0.191

0.104

0.242

0.198

0.043

0.083

0.109

-

Qwen3 0.6B

2026.02

0.1493

0.2994

0.3335

0.151

0.171

0.1322

0.0852

0.1615

0.2289

0.0258

0.0921

0.0923

0.0185

-

BM25

2026.02

0.1369

0.181

0.2808

0.1646

0.1341

0.1092

0.1619

0.1613

0.2473

0.0434

0.0645

0.0734

0.0213

-

Mistral 7B

2026.02

0.1341

0.2764

0.2881

0.1523

0.1572

0.1075

0.0467

0.1285

0.1918

0.0063

0.0945

0.1026

0.0575

-

Qwen3 4B

2026.02

0.1313

0.2286

0.2955

0.1145

0.1756

0.1332

0.0926

0.1406

0.169

0.0322

0.0747

0.0954

0.0242

-

RankZephyr-7B

2026.02

0.13

0.219

0.237

0.144

0.103

0.076

0.137

0.166

0.247

0.065

0.068

0.073

0.02

-

Qwen3 8B

2026.02

0.1258

0.2242

0.2768

0.1286

0.177

0.1381

0.0679

0.1289

0.1575

0.0351

0.0718

0.0857

0.0173

-

Passage Reranking on BRIGHT

Evaluation Results