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	2045	▲ +22
2	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	1752	▲ +17
3	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	1139	–
4	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	794	–
5	Romania	Romania	Romania	Romania	Romania	513	–
6	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	446	▲ +10
7	Norway	Norway	Norway	Norway	Norway	422	–
8	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	416	▲ +7
9	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	391	▲ +13
10	Belarus	Denmark	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	327	▲ +4
11	Denmark	Belarus	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	324	▲ +4
12	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Italy	Italy	282	▲ +7
13	Italy	Italy	Italy	Great Britain	Great Britain	271	–
14	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	267	▲ +1
15	Canada	Canada	Canada	Portugal	Portugal	259	▲ +27
16	France	France	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	227	▲ +7
17	New Zealand	New Zealand	Portugal	Canada	Canada	214	–
18	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	France	France	France	203	–
19	United States	United States	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	186	–
20	Finland	Portugal	United States	United States	United States	179	–
21	Portugal	Finland	Finland	Finland	Finland	153	–
22	Austria	Austria	Austria	Austria	Kazakhstan	135	▲ +2
23	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Uzbekistan	135	▲ +4
24	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Austria	134	–
25	Serbia	Serbia	Serbia	Serbia	Serbia	133	▲ +4
26	China	China	China	China	China	132	▲ +9
27	Lithuania	Argentina	Argentina	Lithuania	Lithuania	103	–
28	Argentina	Lithuania	Lithuania	Argentina	Argentina	102	–
29	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	87	–
30	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	81	–
31	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	78	–
32	Iran	Iran	Iran	Iran	Iran	61	–
33	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	South Korea	52	▲ +2
34	Israel	Israel	South Korea	South Korea	Yugoslavia	51	–
35	South Korea	South Korea	Israel	Israel	Israel	46	–
36	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	40	–
37	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	36	–
38	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	35	–
39	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	26	–
40	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	15	–
41	Latvia	Latvia	Latvia	Latvia	Latvia	11	–
42	Ecuador	Ecuador	Ecuador	Ecuador	South Africa	8	▲ +4
43	West Germany (not to ranking)	West Germany (not to ranking)	West Germany (not to ranking)	Georgia	Ecuador	7	–
44	Indonesia	Indonesia	Georgia	West Germany (not to ranking)	Georgia	7	–
45	Thailand	Georgia	Indonesia	Indonesia	West Germany (not to ranking)	6	–
46	Croatia	Thailand	Thailand	South Africa	Indonesia	5	–
47	East Germany (not to ranking)	Croatia	Croatia	Thailand	Kyrgyzstan	4	▲ +1
48	North Korea	East Germany (not to ranking)	East Germany (not to ranking)	Kyrgyzstan	Thailand	4	–
49	Chinese Taipei	North Korea	North Korea	Croatia	Croatia	2	–
50	Kyrgyzstan	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	East Germany (not to ranking)	East Germany (not to ranking)	2	–

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PaddleWorldwide.com/ | 14.09.2026

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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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