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	1813	▲ +22
2	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	1461	▲ +17
3	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	937	–
4	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	596	–
5	Romania	Romania	Romania	Romania	Romania	456	–
6	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	411	▲ +10
7	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	408	▲ +7
8	Norway	Norway	Australia	Australia	Australia	351	▲ +13
9	Australia	Australia	Norway	Norway	Norway	324	–
10	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	296	▲ +4
11	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	264	–
12	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	254	–
13	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	249	–
14	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy	247	▲ +7
15	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	214	–
16	New Zealand	New Zealand	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	204	▲ +7
17	France	France	New Zealand	New Zealand	Portugal	194	▲ +16
18	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	France	Portugal	New Zealand	180	–
19	United States	United States	Portugal	France	France	165	–
20	Kazakhstan	Portugal	United States	United States	United States	146	–
21	Uzbekistan	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Serbia	133	▲ +4
22	Serbia	Serbia	Uzbekistan	Serbia	China	132	▲ +9
23	China	Uzbekistan	Serbia	Uzbekistan	Kazakhstan	132	▲ +1
24	Portugal	China	China	China	Uzbekistan	129	▲ +2
25	Austria	Lithuania	Lithuania	Lithuania	Lithuania	103	–
26	Lithuania	Argentina	Austria	Austria	Austria	100	–
27	Argentina	Austria	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	98	–
28	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	87	–
29	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	81	–
30	Finland	Finland	Finland	Finland	Finland	79	–
31	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	78	–
32	Iran	Iran	Iran	Iran	Iran	55	–
33	Israel	Israel	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	52	▲ +2
34	South Korea	South Korea	Israel	Israel	Israel	46	–
35	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	36	–
36	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	35	–
37	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	34	–
38	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	22	–
39	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	19	–
40	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	15	–
41	Latvia	Latvia	Latvia	Latvia	Latvia	11	–
42	Ecuador	Ecuador	Ecuador	Ecuador	Ecuador	7	–
43	West Germany (not to ranking)	West Germany (not to ranking)	West Germany (not to ranking)	Georgia	Georgia	7	–
44	Indonesia	Indonesia	Georgia	West Germany (not to ranking)	West Germany (not to ranking)	6	–
45	Thailand	Georgia	Indonesia	Indonesia	Indonesia	5	–
46	Croatia	Thailand	Thailand	Thailand	Kyrgyzstan	4	▲ +1
47	East Germany (not to ranking)	Croatia	Croatia	Kyrgyzstan	Thailand	4	–
48	North Korea	East Germany (not to ranking)	East Germany (not to ranking)	Croatia	Croatia	2	–
49	Chinese Taipei	North Korea	North Korea	East Germany (not to ranking)	East Germany (not to ranking)	2	–
50	Kyrgyzstan	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	North Korea	North Korea	2	–

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

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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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