Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

★ Best in the year

#	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	Σ	Δ pts
1	United States	United States	United States	United States	United States	7687	▲ +81
2	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	4100	▲ +241
3	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	2281	–
4	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	2106	▲ +19
5	China	China	China	China	China	1489	▲ +70
6	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	1395	▲ +62
7	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	1294	–
8	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	1036	▲ +18
9	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	962	▲ +33
10	France	France	France	France	France	948	▲ +41
11	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	715	–
12	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	651	▲ +46
13	England	England	England	Italy	Italy	501	▲ +47
14	Hungary	Hungary	Italy	England	England	477	▲ +51
15	Italy	Italy	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	382	▲ +12
16	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	336	–
17	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	331	–
18	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	231	–
19	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	157	▲ +23
20	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	South Korea	112	▲ +21
21	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Philippines	101	–
22	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	Singapore	96	–
23	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	90	–
24	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	79	–
25	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	73	–
26	New Caledonia	Greece	Greece	Greece	Greece	68	▲ +1
27	Greece	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	62	–
28	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	58	▲ +2
29	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	46	–
30	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	44	–
31	Austria	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Poland	44	▲ +11
32	Kazakhstan	Austria	Austria	Austria	Mexico	38	–
33	Uzbekistan	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Austria	36	–
34	Indonesia	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Romania	36	▲ +15
35	Slovakia	Indonesia	Indonesia	Poland	Kazakhstan	35	–
36	Fiji	Slovakia	Poland	Indonesia	Uzbekistan	35	–
37	Belgium	Fiji	Slovakia	Slovakia	Indonesia	30	–
38	Mexico	Poland	Fiji	Fiji	Slovakia	28	–
39	Poland	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Fiji	27	–
40	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Finland	Finland	Belgium	26	–
41	Hawaii	Hawaii	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Finland	25	–
42	Romania	Romania	Hawaii	Hawaii	Puerto Rico	24	–
43	Ukraine	Ukraine	Romania	Romania	Hawaii	23	–
44	Finland	Finland	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	21	–
45	India	India	India	India	India	19	–
46	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	18	–
47	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	17	–
48	Switzerland	Switzerland	Switzerland	Switzerland	Trinidad and Tobago	12	▲ +1
49	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	Switzerland	11	–
50	Bahamas	Bahamas	Bahamas	Bahamas	Bahamas	10	–

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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