Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

★ Best in the year

#	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	Σ	Δ pts
1	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	696	▲ +1
2	United States	United States	United States	United States	United States	592	▲ +15
3	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	414	▲ +25
4	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	264	–
5	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	260	▲ +2
6	China	China	China	China	China	209	▲ +10
7	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	180	–
8	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	160	–
9	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	123	▲ +5
10	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	Canada	106	▲ +12
11	Canada	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	Belarus	101	–
12	Egypt	Canada	Canada	Canada	New Caledonia	99	–
13	New Caledonia	Egypt	Egypt	Egypt	Egypt	94	▲ +2
14	Tajikistan	Tajikistan	Tajikistan	Tajikistan	Tajikistan	90	–
15	Romania	Romania	Romania	Romania	New Zealand	69	▲ +9
16	Algeria	Algeria	Algeria	Algeria	Romania	69	▲ +4
17	England	England	England	England	Algeria	64	▲ +2
18	Slovenia	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	England	63	▲ +3
19	New Zealand	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	57	–
20	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	57	▲ +5
21	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	50	–
22	Finland	Finland	Finland	Finland	Finland	47	–
23	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	44	–
24	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	34	–
25	Samoa	France	Norway	Norway	Norway	34	▲ +4
26	Kuwait	Samoa	France	France	France	24	–
27	Tunisia	Kuwait	Samoa	Samoa	Samoa	24	–
28	India	Tunisia	Kuwait	Kuwait	Kuwait	22	–
29	France	India	Tunisia	Tunisia	Tunisia	22	–
30	Italy	Italy	India	India	India	19	–
31	Norway	Norway	Italy	Italy	Italy	19	▲ +1
32	Senegal	Senegal	Senegal	Senegal	Senegal	17	–
33	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	17	–
34	Pakistan	Pakistan	Pakistan	Pakistan	Nigeria	16	▲ +3
35	Mauritius	Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	Pakistan	16	–
36	Slovakia	Chile	Chile	Chile	Burkina Faso	15	–
37	Great Britain	Mauritius	Mauritius	Mauritius	Chile	14	–
38	Morocco	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	Mauritius	14	–
39	Yugoslavia	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Slovakia	14	–
40	Burkina Faso	Nigeria	Nigeria	Nigeria	Great Britain	13	–
41	French Polynesia	Morocco	Morocco	Morocco	Morocco	12	–
42	Nigeria	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	12	–
43	Scotland	French Polynesia	French Polynesia	French Polynesia	French Polynesia	11	–
44	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	Qatar	10	▲ +2
45	Guam	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	Venezuela	10	–
46	American Samoa	Qatar	Qatar	Qatar	Scotland	9	–
47	Cook Islands	Guam	Guam	Guam	Uzbekistan	8	▲ +1
48	Qatar	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Guam	7	–
49	South Korea	American Samoa	American Samoa	American Samoa	South Korea	7	▲ +1
50	Uganda	Cook Islands	Cook Islands	Cook Islands	American Samoa	6	–

Seven meeting records set on final night of Diamond League season

WorldAthletics.org | 06.09.2026

A total of seven meeting records were set on the final night of the Wanda Diamond League season in Brussels on Saturday.

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Masai Russell breaks women's 100m hurdles world record with 12.09 at 2026 Zurich Diamond League

Olympics.com | 27.08.2026

The Olympic champion took 0.03 off Tobi Amusan's mark with no wind at all, less than 40 minutes after Alison dos Santos set a world record of his own in Zurich.

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Britain’s Amy Hunt wins record 4th gold medal at European championships. ‘Mondo’ victorious again

APnews.com | 17.08.2026

Amy Hunt won a record fourth gold medal in a single edition of the European championships when Britain clinched victory in the mixed 4x100 relay on Sunday.

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