Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

★ Best in the year

#	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Σ	Δ pts
1	China	China	China	China	China	11505	▲ +162
2	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	3231	▲ +95
3	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	2689	–
4	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	2042	▲ +14
5	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	1886	▲ +18
6	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Germany	1524	▲ +6
7	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	Czech Republic	1519	–
8	Austria	Austria	Austria	Austria	Austria	856	–
9	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Brazil	Brazil	783	▲ +25
10	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Yugoslavia	France	734	▲ +82
11	England	England	France	France	Yugoslavia	728	–
12	France	France	England	England	Chinese Taipei	560	▲ +43
13	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	England	558	–
14	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	485	▲ +19
15	United States	United States	United States	United States	United States	407	▲ +2
16	North Korea	North Korea	North Korea	North Korea	North Korea	345	–
17	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	312	–
18	Poland	Poland	Poland	Egypt	Egypt	220	▲ +2
19	Egypt	Egypt	Egypt	Poland	Australia	219	▲ +12
20	Russia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Poland	210	–
21	Australia	Russia	Canada	Canada	Russia	191	▲ +10
22	Canada	Canada	Russia	Russia	Canada	183	–
23	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	160	▲ +4
24	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	156	–
25	Nigeria	Nigeria	Nigeria	Argentina	Argentina	148	–
26	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Nigeria	Nigeria	140	–
27	Vietnam	Portugal	Portugal	Portugal	Portugal	112	–
28	Portugal	Vietnam	Vietnam	Vietnam	Vietnam	109	–
29	Romania	Romania	Romania	Romania	Romania	94	–
30	Greece	Chile	Chile	Chile	Chile	92	–
31	India	Greece	Greece	Greece	India	90	▲ +4
32	Chile	India	India	India	Greece	88	–
33	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	65	–
34	Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	61	–
35	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	58	–
36	New Zealand	New Zealand	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	54	▲ +8
37	Serbia	Serbia	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	36	–
38	Slovenia	Slovenia	Serbia	Serbia	Serbia	33	–
39	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy	21	–
40	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	17	–
41	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	16	–
42	Indonesia	Indonesia	Indonesia	Indonesia	Indonesia	16	–
43	Iran	Iran	Iran	Iran	Iran	16	–
44	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	Spain	16	▲ +2
45	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Spain	Philippines	14	–
46	Vanuatu	Vanuatu	Vanuatu	Netherlands	Netherlands	13	–
47	Paraguay	Paraguay	Spain	Vanuatu	Vanuatu	13	–
48	Congo	Congo	Paraguay	Paraguay	Paraguay	11	–
49	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Congo	Congo	Congo	9	–
50	Spain	Spain	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	9	–

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PaddleWorldwide.com/ | 14.09.2026

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ICC-cricket.com | 13.09.2026

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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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