Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

★ Best in the year

#	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	Σ	Δ pts
1	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	3353	▲ +80
2	France	France	France	France	France	2281	▲ +76
3	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	1296	–
4	China	China	China	China	China	1254	▲ +8
5	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	843	▲ +42
6	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	773	▲ +12
7	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	750	▲ +34
8	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	653	▲ +3
9	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	593	▲ +33
10	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Italy	484	▲ +45
11	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy	Belgium	478	▲ +6
12	Spain	Spain	Mongolia	Mongolia	Mongolia	397	▲ +37
13	Mongolia	Mongolia	Spain	Spain	Spain	360	▲ +2
14	United States	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	346	▲ +7
15	Russia	United States	United States	United States	United States	335	▲ +1
16	North Korea	North Korea	North Korea	North Korea	North Korea	294	▲ +2
17	Austria	Austria	Austria	Austria	Canada	274	▲ +31
18	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	270	▲ +23
19	Poland	Poland	Canada	Canada	Austria	264	▲ +6
20	Canada	Canada	Poland	Kosovo	Kosovo	243	▲ +28
21	Romania	Kosovo	Kosovo	Poland	Poland	212	▲ +6
22	Kosovo	Romania	Romania	Romania	Romania	171	–
23	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Israel	157	▲ +31
24	Argentina	Argentina	Portugal	Israel	Chinese Taipei	141	▲ +1
25	Venezuela	Portugal	Argentina	Portugal	Portugal	132	▲ +7
26	Colombia	Venezuela	Venezuela	Argentina	Argentina	122	–
27	Hungary	Colombia	Hungary	Venezuela	Venezuela	118	–
28	Portugal	Hungary	Colombia	Hungary	Hungary	114	▲ +1
29	Algeria	Algeria	Algeria	Colombia	Colombia	113	▲ +2
30	Tunisia	Tunisia	Tunisia	Algeria	Kazakhstan	108	▲ +5
31	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Tunisia	Algeria	105	–
32	Ukraine	Ukraine	Israel	Kazakhstan	Tunisia	105	–
33	Israel	Israel	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	102	▲ +4
34	Puerto Rico	Turkey	Turkey	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	84	▲ +28
35	Turkey	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Croatia	72	▲ +25
36	Cameroon	Ecuador	Uzbekistan	Turkey	Turkey	65	▲ +10
37	Egypt	Cameroon	Croatia	Croatia	Puerto Rico	57	▲ +2
38	Ecuador	Egypt	Ecuador	Australia	Mexico	54	▲ +12
39	Australia	Australia	Australia	Ecuador	Australia	46	▲ +3
40	Switzerland	Switzerland	Cameroon	Mexico	Ecuador	42	–
41	Mexico	Mexico	Egypt	Cameroon	Sweden	41	▲ +9
42	Sweden	Uzbekistan	Switzerland	Egypt	Cameroon	40	–
43	Nigeria	Sweden	Mexico	Switzerland	Egypt	40	–
44	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	Sweden	Sweden	Switzerland	37	–
45	Belarus	Nigeria	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	30	–
46	Dominican Republic	Belarus	Nigeria	Nigeria	Dominican Republic	30	▲ +2
47	Uzbekistan	Dominican Republic	Belarus	Dominican Republic	Nigeria	29	–
48	Gabon	Gabon	Dominican Republic	Belarus	Belarus	27	–
49	Senegal	Senegal	Gabon	Gabon	Gabon	23	–
50	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Senegal	Senegal	Senegal	23	–

Baku 2026: Fourteen World Champions, a Thousand Stories and One Shared Passion

IJF.org | 11.10.2026

After seven days of individual competition, and with the mixed team tournament now under way, the verdict is in. We know the names of the 14 individual world champions who will be proud to wear the coveted red backpatch until the 2027 edition that will be organised in Astana, Kazakhstan.

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