Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

★ Best in the year

#	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Σ	Δ pts
1	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	3516	▲ +64
2	France	France	France	France	France	2344	▲ +39
3	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	1296	–
4	China	China	China	China	China	1282	▲ +16
5	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	886	▲ +23
6	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	782	▲ +4
7	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	774	▲ +6
8	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	655	▲ +2
9	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	618	▲ +13
10	Belgium	Belgium	Italy	Italy	Italy	528	▲ +18
11	Italy	Italy	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	478	–
12	Mongolia	Mongolia	Mongolia	Mongolia	Mongolia	430	▲ +24
13	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	388	▲ +21
14	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	360	▲ +13
15	United States	United States	United States	United States	United States	337	–
16	North Korea	North Korea	North Korea	North Korea	North Korea	311	▲ +14
17	Austria	Austria	Canada	Canada	Canada	287	▲ +3
18	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	271	▲ +1
19	Canada	Canada	Austria	Austria	Austria	270	▲ +6
20	Poland	Kosovo	Kosovo	Kosovo	Kosovo	263	▲ +7
21	Kosovo	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	213	▲ +1
22	Romania	Romania	Romania	Romania	Israel	174	▲ +15
23	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Israel	Israel	Romania	171	–
24	Portugal	Israel	Chinese Taipei	Portugal	Portugal	144	–
25	Argentina	Portugal	Portugal	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	142	–
26	Venezuela	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Hungary	128	▲ +7
27	Hungary	Venezuela	Venezuela	Hungary	Kazakhstan	124	▲ +8
28	Colombia	Hungary	Hungary	Venezuela	Argentina	122	–
29	Algeria	Colombia	Colombia	Kazakhstan	Venezuela	120	▲ +2
30	Tunisia	Algeria	Kazakhstan	Colombia	Colombia	117	▲ +2
31	Kazakhstan	Tunisia	Algeria	Algeria	Algeria	105	–
32	Israel	Kazakhstan	Tunisia	Tunisia	Tunisia	105	–
33	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	103	–
34	Turkey	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	99	▲ +13
35	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	83	▲ +4
36	Uzbekistan	Turkey	Turkey	Turkey	Turkey	65	–
37	Croatia	Croatia	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	58	▲ +1
38	Ecuador	Australia	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	54	–
39	Australia	Ecuador	Australia	Australia	Australia	48	–
40	Cameroon	Mexico	Ecuador	Ecuador	Ecuador	43	–
41	Egypt	Cameroon	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	41	–
42	Switzerland	Egypt	Cameroon	Cameroon	Cameroon	40	–
43	Mexico	Switzerland	Egypt	Egypt	Egypt	40	–
44	Sweden	Sweden	Switzerland	Switzerland	Switzerland	39	▲ +2
45	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	Dominican Republic	32	▲ +2
46	Nigeria	Nigeria	Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	Azerbaijan	30	–
47	Belarus	Dominican Republic	Nigeria	Nigeria	Nigeria	29	–
48	Dominican Republic	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	27	–
49	Gabon	Gabon	Gabon	Gabon	Georgia	26	▲ +10
50	Senegal	Senegal	Senegal	Senegal	Czech Republic	25	▲ +3

Baku 2026: Fourteen World Champions, a Thousand Stories and One Shared Passion

IJF.org | 11.10.2026

After seven days of individual competition, and with the mixed team tournament now under way, the verdict is in. We know the names of the 14 individual world champions who will be proud to wear the coveted red backpatch until the 2027 edition that will be organised in Astana, Kazakhstan.

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