Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

★ Best in the year

#	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	Σ	Δ pts
1	United States	United States	United States	United States	United States	1552	▲ +21
2	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	579	–
3	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	521	▲ +3
4	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	298	–
5	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	277	–
6	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	Hungary	Hungary	274	▲ +1
7	China	China	Hungary	South Africa	South Africa	262	–
8	New Zealand	Hungary	China	China	China	244	–
9	Great Britain	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	Canada	189	▲ +6
10	Canada	Great Britain	Great Britain	Canada	New Zealand	186	–
11	Hungary	Canada	Canada	Great Britain	Great Britain	173	–
12	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Brazil	161	▲ +8
13	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Sweden	154	–
14	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	131	–
15	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	128	▲ +6
16	France	France	France	France	France	119	▲ +24
17	England	England	England	England	England	92	–
18	Suriname	Suriname	Suriname	Singapore	Singapore	77	–
19	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Suriname	Suriname	73	–
20	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	57	–
21	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	Italy	51	▲ +11
22	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Venezuela	44	–
23	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	Denmark	42	–
24	Spain	Spain	Spain	Italy	Papua New Guinea	42	–
25	Philippines	Philippines	Italy	Spain	Spain	37	–
26	South Korea	Italy	Philippines	South Korea	South Korea	28	–
27	Croatia	South Korea	South Korea	Philippines	Philippines	25	–
28	Mexico	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	20	–
29	Argentina	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Switzerland	20	▲ +6
30	Finland	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Mexico	15	–
31	Greece	Finland	Finland	Finland	Argentina	14	–
32	Italy	Greece	Greece	Switzerland	Finland	14	–
33	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Greece	Greece	13	–
34	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	Netherlands	Netherlands	11	–
35	Ecuador	Ecuador	Ecuador	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	10	–
36	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	Slovenia	Slovenia	10	–
37	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	Ecuador	Ecuador	9	–
38	India	India	India	Scotland	Scotland	9	–
39	Kenya	Kenya	Switzerland	Belarus	Belarus	8	–
40	Romania	Romania	Kenya	India	India	8	–
41	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Romania	Kenya	Kenya	7	–
42	Indonesia	Indonesia	Trinidad and Tobago	Romania	Portugal	7	▲ +6
43	Trinidad and Tobago	Switzerland	Chinese Taipei	Trinidad and Tobago	Romania	7	–
44	Czech Republic	Trinidad and Tobago	Indonesia	Indonesia	Trinidad and Tobago	7	–
45	Guatemala	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Kazakhstan	Indonesia	6	–
46	Israel	Guatemala	Guatemala	Czech Republic	Kazakhstan	6	–
47	Wales	Israel	Israel	Guatemala	Czech Republic	4	–
48	Austria	Wales	Wales	Israel	Guatemala	4	–
49	Colombia	Austria	Austria	Wales	Israel	4	–
50	Kazakhstan	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Austria	Wales	4	–

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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