Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

★ Best in the year

#	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Σ	Δ pts
1	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	3346	▲ +41
2	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	3244	▲ +35
3	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	1526	–
4	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	958	▲ +18
5	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	806	▲ +2
6	Romania	Romania	Romania	Romania	Spain	615	▲ +21
7	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	Romania	605	–
8	Canada	Canada	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	501	▲ +4
9	Belarus	New Zealand	Canada	Canada	Canada	494	–
10	New Zealand	Australia	Belarus	Australia	Australia	476	▲ +22
11	Italy	Belarus	Australia	Belarus	Belarus	453	▲ +5
12	Australia	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	441	▲ +13
13	Denmark	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy	423	▲ +9
14	Norway	Norway	Norway	China	China	378	▲ +27
15	China	China	China	Norway	Norway	327	–
16	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	287	–
17	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	283	–
18	United States	United States	United States	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	231	▲ +7
19	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Czech Republic	United States	Kazakhstan	222	▲ +6
20	France	France	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	United States	222	–
21	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	France	Portugal	Portugal	208	▲ +16
22	Uzbekistan	Serbia	Ukraine	France	France	190	–
23	Bulgaria	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Serbia	Serbia	187	▲ +4
24	Serbia	Bulgaria	Serbia	Ukraine	Uzbekistan	185	▲ +5
25	Ukraine	Ukraine	Bulgaria	Uzbekistan	Ukraine	181	–
26	Austria	Austria	Portugal	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	172	–
27	Finland	Portugal	Austria	Austria	Austria	159	–
28	Cuba	Finland	Finland	Finland	Finland	137	–
29	Portugal	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	128	–
30	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	126	–
31	Lithuania	Lithuania	Lithuania	Lithuania	Lithuania	103	–
32	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	88	–
33	Iran	Iran	Iran	Iran	Iran	76	–
34	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	72	–
35	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	68	▲ +2
36	Israel	Israel	Israel	Israel	Israel	50	–
37	Brazil	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	43	–
38	Mexico	Brazil	Brazil	Slovenia	Slovenia	42	▲ +1
39	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Slovenia	Brazil	Brazil	38	–
40	Slovenia	Slovenia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	34	–
41	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	28	–
42	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	14	–
43	Switzerland	Switzerland	Switzerland	Switzerland	Switzerland	13	–
44	West Germany (not to ranking)	West Germany (not to ranking)	West Germany (not to ranking)	West Germany (not to ranking)	West Germany (not to ranking)	12	–
45	East Germany (not to ranking)	East Germany (not to ranking)	East Germany (not to ranking)	East Germany (not to ranking)	East Germany (not to ranking)	11	–
46	Croatia	Latvia	Latvia	Latvia	Latvia	11	–
47	Latvia	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	10	–
48	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	8	–
49	North Korea	North Korea	North Korea	North Korea	North Korea	8	–
50	Ecuador	Ecuador	Ecuador	Ecuador	Ecuador	7	–

Five things we learnt from La Seu 2026

PaddleWorldwide.com/ | 14.09.2026

The curtain came down on the 2026 Canoe Slalom World Cup Series with an action-packed four days of racing in La Seu d’Urgell, Spain.

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India cruise to record-extending eighth Women's Asia Cup title

ICC-cricket.com | 13.09.2026

Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana powered India to 183/5 before their spinners dismantled Sri Lanka for a comprehensive victory in the Final.

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Alexander Zverev defeats Ben Shelton to win 2026 US Open

USopen.org | 13.09.2026

Alexander Zverev captured his second Grand Slam title—and second major of the year—by defeating American Ben Shelton in the 2026 US Open men's singles final, 6-3, 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-2, on Sunday.

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