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	3832	▲ +48
2	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	1570	▲ +26
3	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	1297	–
4	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	1042	▲ +24
5	China	China	China	China	China	792	▲ +51
6	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	715	▲ +26
7	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	653	▲ +5
8	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	579	▲ +5
9	France	Great Britain	France	France	France	349	▲ +10
10	Great Britain	France	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	339	▲ +6
11	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	267	–
12	England	England	England	England	England	262	▲ +16
13	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	239	▲ +3
14	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	216	–
15	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Italy	Italy	Italy	174	▲ +9
16	Brazil	Brazil	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	South Africa	152	▲ +27
17	Romania	Romania	Brazil	Brazil	Zimbabwe	140	–
18	Austria	Italy	Romania	Romania	Brazil	137	–
19	Italy	Austria	Austria	South Africa	Romania	126	–
20	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	Austria	Austria	118	–
21	Denmark	Denmark	Poland	Poland	Poland	102	–
22	Poland	Poland	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	99	–
23	South Korea	South Korea	Greece	Greece	South Korea	90	▲ +12
24	Cuba	Cuba	South Korea	South Korea	Greece	87	▲ +8
25	Croatia	Croatia	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	69	–
26	Sweden	Sweden	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	62	–
27	Wales	Wales	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	52	–
28	Ukraine	Ukraine	Sweden	Sweden	Czech Republic	51	▲ +5
29	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Wales	Wales	Sweden	51	–
30	Greece	Greece	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Wales	49	–
31	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	Scotland	38	▲ +4
32	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	Philippines	36	–
33	Iceland	Iceland	Iceland	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	28	–
34	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Iceland	Iceland	23	–
35	Malaysia	Malaysia	Switzerland	Switzerland	Switzerland	22	–
36	Belarus	Belarus	Malaysia	Malaysia	Malaysia	21	–
37	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	20	–
38	Israel	Israel	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	20	–
39	Singapore	Singapore	Israel	Israel	Israel	20	–
40	Hawaii	Argentina	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	14	–
41	Indonesia	Hawaii	Samoa	Ireland	Ireland	13	–
42	Papua New Guinea	Indonesia	Argentina	Samoa	Samoa	13	–
43	Slovenia	Papua New Guinea	Hawaii	Argentina	Argentina	12	–
44	Argentina	Slovenia	Ireland	Hawaii	Hawaii	12	–
45	Belgium	Switzerland	Papua New Guinea	India	India	12	–
46	Kazakhstan	Belgium	Indonesia	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	12	–
47	Lithuania	Kazakhstan	Slovenia	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	11	–
48	Mexico	Lithuania	Belgium	Indonesia	Indonesia	10	–
49	Samoa	Mexico	Kazakhstan	Slovenia	Slovenia	10	–
50	Finland	Samoa	Lithuania	Belgium	Belgium	9	–

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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