Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

★ Best in the year

#	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Σ	Δ pts
1	United States	United States	United States	United States	United States	2856	▲ +36
2	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	1666	▲ +15
3	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	China	962	▲ +23
4	China	China	China	China	Germany	957	–
5	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	915	▲ +8
6	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Canada	Canada	592	▲ +13
7	Canada	Canada	Canada	Sweden	Sweden	533	–
8	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	452	▲ +1
9	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	293	–
10	Netherlands	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	272	–
11	South Africa	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Poland	266	▲ +7
12	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	Netherlands	264	▲ +1
13	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	France	259	▲ +22
14	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	France	New Zealand	253	–
15	Denmark	France	France	Great Britain	Great Britain	210	–
16	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Denmark	Denmark	185	▲ +5
17	England	Denmark	Denmark	Brazil	Brazil	176	–
18	France	England	England	England	England	168	–
19	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	135	–
20	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	131	–
21	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	128	–
22	Slovakia	Slovakia	Italy	Italy	Italy	91	▲ +3
23	Suriname	Suriname	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	73	–
24	Italy	Italy	Suriname	Suriname	Suriname	73	–
25	Serbia	Serbia	Serbia	Serbia	Serbia	57	–
26	Philippines	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	53	–
27	South Korea	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	46	–
28	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	Switzerland	45	▲ +17
29	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	Venezuela	44	–
30	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Greece	Papua New Guinea	43	–
31	Croatia	Croatia	Greece	Switzerland	Greece	30	–
32	Greece	Greece	Mexico	Portugal	Chinese Taipei	28	▲ +18
33	Hawaii	Hawaii	Croatia	Argentina	Kazakhstan	27	▲ +21
34	Mexico	Mexico	Switzerland	Mexico	Portugal	27	–
35	Finland	Finland	Hawaii	Croatia	Argentina	23	–
36	Scotland	Scotland	Finland	Hawaii	Mexico	21	–
37	Ireland	Ireland	Scotland	Austria	Belgium	20	▲ +10
38	Belarus	Switzerland	Ireland	Finland	Croatia	20	–
39	Wales	Belarus	Belarus	Scotland	Hawaii	18	–
40	Hong Kong	Wales	Wales	Ireland	Austria	17	–
41	Norway	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Belarus	Ireland	16	▲ +2
42	Slovenia	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Finland	15	–
43	Ecuador	Norway	Norway	Wales	Scotland	15	–
44	Romania	Slovenia	Slovenia	Belgium	India	14	▲ +6
45	India	Ecuador	Ecuador	Chinese Taipei	Belarus	13	–
46	Indonesia	Romania	Romania	Hong Kong	Bosnia and Herzegovina	13	–
47	Switzerland	India	India	Norway	Wales	13	–
48	Kenya	Indonesia	Indonesia	Slovenia	Hong Kong	10	–
49	Trinidad and Tobago	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Ecuador	Norway	10	–
50	Chinese Taipei	Kenya	Kenya	Egypt	Slovenia	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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