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	8199	▲ +306
2	France	France	France	France	France	4432	▲ +224
3	Russia	Russia	South Korea	Russia	South Korea	2704	▲ +102
4	South Korea	South Korea	Russia	South Korea	Russia	2643	▲ +30
5	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	1974	▲ +37
6	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	1913	▲ +5
7	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Brazil	Brazil	1723	▲ +77
8	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Netherlands	Netherlands	1652	▲ +15
9	China	China	China	China	China	1373	▲ +8
10	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Georgia	Georgia	1132	▲ +105
11	Georgia	Georgia	Georgia	Great Britain	Great Britain	1019	▲ +3
12	Mongolia	Mongolia	Mongolia	Mongolia	Mongolia	915	▲ +54
13	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Italy	802	▲ +56
14	United States	United States	Italy	Italy	Belgium	786	▲ +9
15	Italy	Italy	United States	United States	United States	732	▲ +3
16	Poland	Poland	Poland	Canada	Uzbekistan	601	▲ +54
17	Spain	Spain	Spain	Poland	Canada	593	▲ +43
18	Canada	Canada	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Spain	564	▲ +18
19	Austria	Uzbekistan	Canada	Spain	Poland	555	▲ +6
20	Hungary	Austria	Austria	Austria	Kazakhstan	483	▲ +35
21	Uzbekistan	Hungary	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Azerbaijan	468	▲ +70
22	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Hungary	Hungary	Austria	461	▲ +7
23	North Korea	North Korea	North Korea	Azerbaijan	Hungary	438	▲ +4
24	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	North Korea	North Korea	389	▲ +3
25	Algeria	Algeria	Algeria	Israel	Israel	356	▲ +37
26	Romania	Romania	Israel	Algeria	Slovenia	306	▲ +26
27	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	Algeria	288	–
28	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	283	▲ +4
29	Egypt	Israel	Romania	Romania	Romania	269	▲ +1
30	Tunisia	Tunisia	Tunisia	Tunisia	Kosovo	251	▲ +28
31	Argentina	Egypt	Egypt	Argentina	Chinese Taipei	238	▲ +9
32	Israel	Argentina	Argentina	Egypt	Tunisia	237	–
33	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Argentina	236	–
34	Iran	Iran	Kosovo	Kosovo	Egypt	236	–
35	Portugal	Portugal	Portugal	Portugal	Portugal	214	▲ +7
36	Czech Republic	Kosovo	Iran	Iran	Iran	197	–
37	Venezuela	Czech Republic	Turkey	Czech Republic	Turkey	186	▲ +14
38	Kosovo	Turkey	Czech Republic	Venezuela	Czech Republic	177	▲ +4
39	Turkey	Venezuela	Venezuela	Turkey	Venezuela	173	–
40	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	Switzerland	Switzerland	143	▲ +3
41	Switzerland	Switzerland	Switzerland	Belarus	Belarus	137	–
42	Colombia	Colombia	Colombia	Colombia	Colombia	132	▲ +2
43	Greece	Greece	Greece	Greece	Greece	130	▲ +8
44	Puerto Rico	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Mexico	98	▲ +12
45	Senegal	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Tajikistan	91	▲ +18
46	Bulgaria	Senegal	Senegal	Mexico	Puerto Rico	89	▲ +2
47	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Senegal	Bulgaria	87	–
48	Estonia	Estonia	Estonia	Estonia	Senegal	83	–
49	Cameroon	Ecuador	Ecuador	Tajikistan	Croatia	75	▲ +25
50	Nigeria	Cameroon	Cameroon	Ecuador	Sweden	74	▲ +9

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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