Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

★ Best in the year

#	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Σ	Δ pts
1	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	8581	▲ +188
2	France	France	France	France	France	4533	▲ +49
3	South Korea	Russia	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	2801	▲ +38
4	Russia	South Korea	Russia	Russia	Russia	2761	▲ +54
5	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	2011	▲ +6
6	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	1924	▲ +5
7	Netherlands	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	1776	▲ +17
8	Brazil	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	1664	▲ +6
9	China	China	China	China	China	1412	▲ +27
10	Great Britain	Georgia	Georgia	Georgia	Georgia	1273	▲ +59
11	Georgia	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	1021	▲ +2
12	Mongolia	Mongolia	Mongolia	Mongolia	Mongolia	972	▲ +42
13	Belgium	Belgium	Italy	Italy	Italy	866	▲ +25
14	Italy	Italy	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	787	–
15	United States	United States	United States	United States	United States	742	▲ +6
16	Poland	Canada	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	667	▲ +42
17	Spain	Poland	Canada	Canada	Canada	610	▲ +3
18	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Spain	Spain	Spain	598	▲ +27
19	Canada	Spain	Poland	Poland	Poland	556	▲ +1
20	Austria	Austria	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	529	▲ +36
21	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	528	▲ +42
22	Hungary	Hungary	Austria	Austria	Austria	467	▲ +6
23	North Korea	Azerbaijan	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	452	▲ +7
24	Azerbaijan	North Korea	North Korea	North Korea	North Korea	406	▲ +14
25	Algeria	Israel	Israel	Israel	Israel	374	▲ +16
26	Israel	Algeria	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	307	▲ +1
27	Slovenia	Slovenia	Algeria	Algeria	Algeria	288	–
28	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	284	–
29	Romania	Romania	Romania	Romania	Kosovo	271	▲ +7
30	Tunisia	Tunisia	Kosovo	Kosovo	Romania	270	▲ +1
31	Egypt	Argentina	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	243	▲ +2
32	Argentina	Egypt	Tunisia	Argentina	Argentina	237	–
33	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Argentina	Tunisia	Tunisia	237	–
34	Kosovo	Kosovo	Egypt	Egypt	Egypt	236	–
35	Portugal	Portugal	Portugal	Portugal	Portugal	226	–
36	Iran	Iran	Iran	Iran	Iran	197	–
37	Turkey	Czech Republic	Turkey	Turkey	Czech Republic	190	▲ +8
38	Czech Republic	Venezuela	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Turkey	188	▲ +2
39	Venezuela	Turkey	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	175	▲ +2
40	Belarus	Switzerland	Switzerland	Switzerland	Switzerland	145	▲ +2
41	Switzerland	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	137	–
42	Colombia	Colombia	Colombia	Colombia	Colombia	136	▲ +2
43	Greece	Greece	Greece	Greece	Greece	132	–
44	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Mexico	Tajikistan	Tajikistan	130	▲ +18
45	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Tajikistan	Mexico	Mexico	98	–
46	Senegal	Mexico	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	90	▲ +1
47	Mexico	Senegal	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	88	–
48	Estonia	Estonia	Senegal	Senegal	Croatia	86	▲ +4
49	Ecuador	Tajikistan	Croatia	Croatia	Senegal	83	–
50	Cameroon	Ecuador	Sweden	Dominican Republic	United Arab Emirates	81	▲ +30

Baku 2026: Fourteen World Champions, a Thousand Stories and One Shared Passion

IJF.org | 11.10.2026

After seven days of individual competition, and with the mixed team tournament now under way, the verdict is in. We know the names of the 14 individual world champions who will be proud to wear the coveted red backpatch until the 2027 edition that will be organised in Astana, Kazakhstan.

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