Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

★ Best in the year

#	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	Σ	Δ pts
1	United States	United States	United States	United States	United States	18413	▲ +426
2	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	9078	▲ +308
3	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	4971	▲ +32
4	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	4765	▲ +29
5	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	4464	▲ +69
6	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	2921	▲ +47
7	China	China	China	China	China	2833	▲ +232
8	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	2503	▲ +177
9	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	2300	▲ +180
10	France	France	Italy	Italy	Italy	2273	▲ +192
11	Brazil	Italy	France	France	France	2068	▲ +189
12	Italy	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	1802	▲ +5
13	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	1270	▲ +5
14	New Zealand	New Zealand	England	England	England	1142	–
15	England	England	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	1117	▲ +37
16	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	944	▲ +3
17	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	793	▲ +31
18	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	633	▲ +44
19	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	471	▲ +27
20	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	371	▲ +39
21	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	Greece	320	▲ +68
22	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	Philippines	312	–
23	Austria	Austria	Austria	Austria	Scotland	311	–
24	Greece	Greece	Greece	Greece	Austria	306	▲ +34
25	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Spain	251	▲ +20
26	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	Singapore	241	–
27	Finland	Finland	Finland	Argentina	Argentina	211	–
28	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Finland	Finland	211	–
29	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Tunisia	Tunisia	191	▲ +5
30	Tunisia	Tunisia	Tunisia	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	167	–
31	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	155	–
32	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Romania	146	▲ +46
33	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Mexico	143	–
34	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	Belgium	127	▲ +1
35	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Croatia	118	–
36	Indonesia	Indonesia	Indonesia	Indonesia	Cuba	110	–
37	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	Romania	Romania	Indonesia	110	–
38	Slovenia	Slovenia	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	Switzerland	104	▲ +27
39	Denmark	Norway	Norway	Norway	New Caledonia	96	–
40	Norway	Denmark	Slovenia	Slovenia	Serbia	89	▲ +16
41	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Denmark	Denmark	Norway	86	–
42	Serbia	Serbia	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Slovenia	84	–
43	Suriname	Suriname	Serbia	Switzerland	Denmark	82	–
44	Israel	Israel	Suriname	Serbia	Lithuania	81	▲ +25
45	Papua New Guinea	Romania	Israel	Suriname	Chinese Taipei	78	–
46	Romania	Papua New Guinea	Switzerland	Israel	Suriname	73	–
47	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	Israel	72	▲ +4
48	India	India	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Ireland	69	▲ +57
49	Syria	Switzerland	India	Lithuania	Papua New Guinea	63	▲ +2
50	Puerto Rico	Syria	Lithuania	India	Hong Kong	60	–

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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