Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

★ Best in the year

#	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Σ	Δ pts
1	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	2077	▲ +22
2	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	1768	▲ +17
3	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	1156	–
4	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	818	–
5	Romania	Romania	Romania	Romania	Romania	528	–
6	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	460	▲ +10
7	Norway	Norway	Norway	Norway	Norway	438	–
8	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	429	▲ +7
9	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	409	▲ +13
10	Belarus	Denmark	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	336	▲ +4
11	Denmark	Belarus	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	331	▲ +4
12	Great Britain	Great Britain	Italy	Italy	Italy	295	▲ +7
13	Italy	Italy	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	280	–
14	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	267	▲ +1
15	France	Canada	Czech Republic	Portugal	Portugal	264	▲ +27
16	Canada	France	Canada	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	238	▲ +7
17	New Zealand	United States	France	Canada	Canada	214	–
18	Czech Republic	New Zealand	Portugal	France	France	213	–
19	United States	Czech Republic	United States	United States	United States	194	–
20	Portugal	Portugal	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	192	–
21	Finland	Finland	Finland	Finland	Finland	154	–
22	Austria	Austria	Austria	Austria	Uzbekistan	142	▲ +8
23	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Austria	137	–
24	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	136	▲ +3
25	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	China	135	▲ +11
26	China	China	China	China	Serbia and Montenegro	133	▲ +4
27	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	110	–
28	Lithuania	Lithuania	Lithuania	Lithuania	Lithuania	103	–
29	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	87	–
30	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	81	–
31	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	78	–
32	Iran	Iran	Iran	Iran	Iran	62	▲ +1
33	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	South Korea	62	▲ +12
34	Israel	Israel	Israel	Israel	Yugoslavia	56	–
35	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	South Korea	Israel	51	–
36	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	Netherlands	Netherlands	49	–
37	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Japan	38	▲ +3
38	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	Brazil	36	–
39	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	31	–
40	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	15	–
41	Latvia	Latvia	Latvia	Latvia	Latvia	14	–
42	Ecuador	Ecuador	Ecuador	Ecuador	South Africa	8	▲ +4
43	West Germany (not to ranking)	West Germany (not to ranking)	West Germany (not to ranking)	Georgia	Ecuador	7	–
44	Indonesia	Indonesia	Georgia	West Germany (not to ranking)	Georgia	7	–
45	Thailand	Georgia	Indonesia	Indonesia	West Germany (not to ranking)	6	–
46	Croatia	Thailand	Thailand	South Africa	Indonesia	5	–
47	East Germany (not to ranking)	Croatia	Croatia	Thailand	Kyrgyzstan	4	▲ +1
48	North Korea	East Germany (not to ranking)	East Germany (not to ranking)	Kyrgyzstan	Thailand	4	–
49	Chinese Taipei	North Korea	North Korea	Croatia	Croatia	2	–
50	Kyrgyzstan	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	East Germany (not to ranking)	East Germany (not to ranking)	2	–

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