Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

★ Best in the year

#	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Σ	Δ pts
1	United States	United States	United States	United States	United States	54	▼ -3
2	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Spain	45	▲ +12
3	Germany	Germany	France	France	England	42	▲ +6
4	France	France	England	England	Brazil	41	▼ -9
5	Argentina	Argentina	Germany	Germany	France	38	▲ +1
6	England	England	Argentina	Spain	Argentina	35	▲ +5
7	Sweden	Sweden	Spain	Argentina	Sweden	23	▼ -6
8	Netherlands	Netherlands	Sweden	Sweden	Netherlands	22	–
9	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	18	▼ -5
10	Chile	Japan	Netherlands	Netherlands	Germany	17	▼ -16
11	Japan	Spain	Chile	Croatia	Japan	15	▲ +3
12	Croatia	Chile	Japan	Colombia	Croatia	14	–
13	Nigeria	Colombia	Croatia	Japan	Morocco	14	▲ +4
14	Colombia	Croatia	Nigeria	Nigeria	Colombia	11	▼ -2
15	Italy	Nigeria	Colombia	Chile	Belgium	10	▲ +4
16	Portugal	Mexico	Portugal	Portugal	Italy	10	–
17	Spain	Portugal	Mexico	Italy	Mexico	10	–
18	Belgium	Australia	Australia	Mexico	Australia	8	▲ +1
19	Mexico	Belgium	Italy	Morocco	Norway	8	▲ +4
20	Australia	Italy	Morocco	Australia	Nigeria	7	▼ -5
21	New Zealand	New Zealand	Belgium	Belgium	Chile	6	▼ -5
22	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Peru	Uruguay	Portugal	6	▼ -5
23	Morocco	Morocco	Uruguay	New Zealand	Uruguay	6	–
24	Norway	Peru	New Zealand	Senegal	Cameroon	5	▲ +2
25	Peru	Cameroon	Denmark	Denmark	Senegal	5	–
26	Denmark	Denmark	Ivory Coast	Norway	Denmark	4	–
27	Uruguay	Ivory Coast	Jamaica	Papua New Guinea	New Zealand	4	▼ -1
28	Cameroon	Jamaica	Norway	Peru	Papua New Guinea	4	–
29	Jamaica	Norway	Qatar	Qatar	Peru	4	–
30	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	Russia	Russia	Qatar	4	–
31	Russia	Qatar	South Africa	South Africa	Russia	4	–
32	South Africa	Russia	Cameroon	Cameroon	South Africa	4	–
33	China	South Africa	China	China	Switzerland	4	▲ +4
34	Senegal	Uruguay	Egypt	Egypt	China	3	–
35	Algeria	China	Papua New Guinea	Jamaica	Egypt	3	–
36	Egypt	Senegal	Senegal	Solomon Islands	Jamaica	3	–
37	Fiji	Algeria	Algeria	Algeria	Solomon Islands	3	–
38	Ivory Coast	Egypt	Fiji	Fiji	Algeria	2	–
39	Qatar	Fiji	South Korea	Ivory Coast	Fiji	2	–
40	South Korea	South Korea	Wales	Wales	Ivory Coast	2	–
41	Wales	Wales	Austria	Austria	Austria	1	–
42	Austria	Austria	Ghana	Honduras	Iceland	1	–
43	Burkina Faso	Ecuador	Honduras	Iceland	Jordan	1	–
44	Ecuador	Ghana	Iceland	Jordan	Malawi	1	▲ +1
45	Ghana	Honduras	Jordan	Panama	Panama	1	–
46	Honduras	Iceland	Panama	Poland	Poland	1	–
47	Iceland	Jordan	Paraguay	South Korea	South Korea	1	–
48	Panama	Panama	Poland				–
49	Paraguay	Paraguay					–
50	Poland	Poland					–

New faces, gulfs in class and flawed drama: how 48 teams changed the World Cup

TheGuardian.com | 22.07.2026

The first 48-team World Cup had its positives and negatives – do we need to brace for a 64-team future?

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The greatest teams of all time: Hungary 1950–56

UEFA.com | 14.04.2026

ounded in Communism and a fluid approach that proved the harbinger of Total Football, the Magical Magyars redrew the football map in the 1950s, losing one in 50 at one stage.

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Ten reasons why the 1970 World Cup was the greatest ever

GQ-magazine.co.uk | 29.05.2020

From Rivelino’s moustache and Gerd Müller’s hair to Peru’s iconic kit and Pelé’s audacious dummy, no wonder Mexico ’70 was the greatest World Cup ever

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