Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

★ Best in the year

#	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Σ	Δ pts
1	United States	United States	United States	United States	United States	1610	▲ +33
2	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	902	▲ +22
3	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	704	–
4	Japan	Canada	Canada	Canada	China	464	▲ +31
5	Canada	Japan	Japan	China	Canada	448	▲ +13
6	China	China	China	Japan	Japan	437	▲ +6
7	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	365	–
8	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	248	▲ +6
9	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	228	▲ +3
10	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	162	–
11	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	150	–
12	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	France	144	▲ +10
13	France	France	France	France	Zimbabwe	140	–
14	England	England	England	England	England	130	▲ +2
15	Romania	Romania	Romania	Romania	Romania	98	–
16	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	81	–
17	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	79	–
18	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	54	▲ +4
19	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Italy	51	▲ +5
20	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy	Brazil	49	–
21	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	45	▲ +2
22	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	41	–
23	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	36	–
24	Wales	Wales	Wales	Wales	Wales	27	–
25	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	22	–
26	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	20	–
27	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	19	–
28	Philippines	Philippines	Poland	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	12	–
29	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Samoa	Poland	Poland	12	–
30	Mexico	Mexico	Philippines	Samoa	Samoa	12	–
31	Samoa	Samoa	Ireland	Philippines	Scotland	12	▲ +4
32	Scotland	Scotland	Kazakhstan	Ireland	Philippines	9	–
33	Singapore	Singapore	Mexico	Mexico	Ireland	8	–
34	Poland	Sweden	Scotland	Scotland	Mexico	8	–
35	Slovenia	Poland	Singapore	Singapore	Portugal	8	▲ +3
36	Sweden	Slovenia	Sweden	Sweden	Singapore	8	–
37	Vietnam	Vietnam	Slovenia	Slovenia	Sweden	7	–
38	Hawaii	Hawaii	Vietnam	Vietnam	Slovenia	6	–
39	Guatemala	Guatemala	Hawaii	Hawaii	Vietnam	6	–
40	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	Portugal	Portugal	Hawaii	5	–
41	Fiji	Fiji	Guatemala	Guatemala	Guatemala	4	–
42	Austria	Austria	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	4	–
43	Finland	Finland	Fiji	Thailand	Thailand	4	–
44	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Greece	Fiji	Fiji	3	–
45	Indonesia	Indonesia	Austria	Greece	Greece	3	–
46			Finland	Austria	Austria	2	–
47			Hong Kong	Finland	Finland	2	–
48			Indonesia	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	2	–
49			Belgium	Indonesia	Indonesia	2	–
50			Papua New Guinea	Belgium	Belgium	1	–

Paris 2026: Records re-written at momentous European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026

EuropeanAquatics.org | 17.08.2026

As the last ripples flow from an outstanding European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026 its legacy in terms of world and continental swimming can be partly expressed by the list of records broken during the seven-day programme at the Olympic Aquatic Centre.

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