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	559	▼ -69
2	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	402	▼ -8
3	China	China	China	China	China	246	▼ -36
4	Russia	Russia	Canada	Russia	Russia	200	▼ -7
5	Canada	Canada	Russia	Canada	Canada	199	▲ +12
6	Japan	Japan	Hungary	Hungary	Italy	118	▲ +8
7	Hungary	Hungary	Italy	Italy	Japan	96	▲ +5
8	France	Great Britain	Japan	Japan	Hungary	85	▼ -64
9	Great Britain	New Zealand	Great Britain	Great Britain	South Africa	75	▲ +27
10	New Zealand	France	New Zealand	New Zealand	Great Britain	62	▼ -2
11	Italy	Italy	France	France	Greece	59	▲ +7
12	Poland	Brazil	Poland	Greece	France	52	▼ -2
13	Brazil	Poland	Greece	South Africa	New Zealand	40	▼ -22
14	England	England	Brazil	Poland	Poland	32	▼ -9
15	South Africa	Netherlands	South Africa	Brazil	Netherlands	28	▲ +3
16	Netherlands	South Africa	Netherlands	Netherlands	England	27	▲ +16
17	Denmark	Chinese Taipei	Spain	Chinese Taipei	Brazil	26	▼ -4
18	Chinese Taipei	Denmark	Chinese Taipei	Spain	South Korea	26	▲ +12
19	Wales	Wales	Switzerland	Switzerland	Chinese Taipei	24	–
20	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	Spain	22	–
21	Romania	Romania	Romania	Ireland	Switzerland	17	–
22	Germany	Germany	Samoa	Romania	Ireland	13	–
23	Greece	Greece	Ukraine	Samoa	Romania	13	–
24	Ukraine	Spain	Denmark	Ukraine	Samoa	9	▼ -4
25	Spain	Hawaii	England	England	Germany	8	–
26	Hawaii	Kazakhstan	Ireland	Denmark	India	8	–
27	Kazakhstan	Samoa	Germany	Germany	Portugal	8	▲ +3
28	Samoa	Ukraine	Sweden	India	Ukraine	7	▼ -5
29	Sweden	Sweden	Hawaii	Sweden	Czech Republic	6	▲ +5
30	Belarus	Argentina	Portugal	Hawaii	Scotland	6	▲ +4
31	Czech Republic	Belarus	Argentina	Portugal	Sweden	6	–
32	Israel	Israel	Belarus	Argentina	Argentina	4	–
33	Austria	Switzerland	Israel	Belarus	Kazakhstan	4	–
34	Fiji	Austria	Wales	Kazakhstan	Thailand	4	–
35	Indonesia	Fiji	Papua New Guinea	Thailand	Wales	4	–
36	Ireland	Indonesia	Tonga	Wales	Belarus	3	▼ -1
37	Papua New Guinea	Ireland	Austria	Israel	Hawaii	3	▼ -2
38	Scotland	Papua New Guinea	Indonesia	Papua New Guinea	Tonga	3	–
39	Trinidad and Tobago	Scotland	Scotland	Tonga	Austria	2	–
40	Vietnam	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	Austria	Estonia	2	–
41	Croatia	Vietnam	Belgium	Estonia	Trinidad and Tobago	2	–
42	Finland	Croatia	Croatia	Indonesia	Belgium	1	–
43	Lithuania	Finland	Fiji	Scotland	Fiji	1	–
44	New Caledonia	Lithuania	Finland	Trinidad and Tobago	Finland	1	–
45	Northern Marianas	New Caledonia	Lithuania	Belgium	Papua New Guinea	1	▼ -2
46	Switzerland	Northern Marianas	New Caledonia	Croatia			–
47				Czech Republic			–
48				Fiji			–
49				Finland			–
50				Lithuania			–

Paris 2026: Records re-written at momentous European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026

EuropeanAquatics.org | 17.08.2026

As the last ripples flow from an outstanding European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026 its legacy in terms of world and continental swimming can be partly expressed by the list of records broken during the seven-day programme at the Olympic Aquatic Centre.

Read article