Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

★ Best in the year

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

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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