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	3710	▲ +41
2	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	3709	▲ +43
3	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	1755	–
4	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	1079	▲ +11
5	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	1033	▲ +18
6	Romania	Romania	Romania	Romania	Romania	697	–
7	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	659	▲ +21
8	Belarus	Canada	Belarus	Belarus	Australia	552	▲ +22
9	Canada	Belarus	New Zealand	Australia	Belarus	552	▲ +6
10	Italy	Australia	Australia	New Zealand	Denmark	531	▲ +17
11	Australia	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	New Zealand	525	▲ +4
12	Denmark	Italy	Canada	Canada	Canada	500	–
13	Norway	New Zealand	Italy	Italy	Italy	500	▲ +9
14	New Zealand	Norway	Norway	Norway	Norway	444	–
15	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	China	China	415	▲ +49
16	China	China	China	Great Britain	Great Britain	349	–
17	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	Portugal	299	▲ +27
18	United States	United States	United States	United States	Slovakia	293	▲ +1
19	France	France	Czech Republic	Portugal	United States	277	–
20	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	France	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	276	▲ +9
21	Finland	Finland	Portugal	France	France	249	–
22	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Finland	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	236	▲ +14
23	Austria	Portugal	Kazakhstan	Finland	Finland	217	–
24	Uzbekistan	Austria	Austria	Austria	Uzbekistan	209	▲ +16
25	Bulgaria	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Austria	201	–
26	Portugal	Serbia and Montenegro	Ukraine	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	187	▲ +4
27	Serbia and Montenegro	Bulgaria	Serbia and Montenegro	Ukraine	Ukraine	182	–
28	Ukraine	Ukraine	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	173	–
29	Cuba	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	138	–
30	Argentina	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	128	–
31	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	108	–
32	Lithuania	Lithuania	Lithuania	Lithuania	Lithuania	103	–
33	Iran	Iran	Iran	Iran	Iran	85	▲ +1
34	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Japan	South Korea	81	▲ +14
35	Japan	Japan	Japan	Yugoslavia	Japan	77	▲ +4
36	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	Yugoslavia	73	–
37	Israel	Israel	Israel	Israel	Israel	56	–
38	Belgium	Mexico	Mexico	Slovenia	Slovenia	48	▲ +1
39	Slovenia	Belgium	Belgium	Mexico	Mexico	43	–
40	Brazil	Slovenia	Slovenia	Belgium	Belgium	42	–
41	Mexico	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	38	–
42	South Africa	Latvia	Latvia	South Africa	South Africa	22	▲ +4
43	Switzerland	South Africa	South Africa	Latvia	Latvia	14	–
44	Latvia	Switzerland	Switzerland	Switzerland	Switzerland	14	–
45	West Germany (not to ranking)	West Germany (not to ranking)	West Germany (not to ranking)	West Germany (not to ranking)	West Germany (not to ranking)	12	–
46	East Germany (not to ranking)	East Germany (not to ranking)	East Germany (not to ranking)	East Germany (not to ranking)	East Germany (not to ranking)	11	–
47	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	10	–
48	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	9	–
49	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	8	–
50	North Korea	North Korea	North Korea	North Korea	North Korea	8	–

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Dostal proves even himself wrong - he can still win Olympic gold

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Carrington cements legend status - and is already looking to LA

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Lisa Carrington on Friday stared down one of biggest challenges to her paddling supremacy, and in doing so locked away an eighth Olympic gold to move alongside the biggest name in the sport’s history for most Games victories.

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