Vijay has 2871 points compared to top-ranked Pupo Leuris' 3690 -- he won the gold medal at the Games.
Bronze winner Ding Feng of China was fourth with 2699 points, a place behind Russia's Alexei Klimov who has 2856 to his name.
Reitz Christian of Germany completed the top-5 with 2475 points.
Two other Indians -- Pemba Tamang (159 points) and Gurpreet Singh (76) -- were ranked 23rd and 34th respectively in the list.