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	7361	–
2	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	4943	▲ +82
3	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	2346	▲ +17
4	China	China	China	China	China	1799	–
5	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	1561	–
6	Russia	Russia	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	1261	▲ +47
7	Great Britain	Great Britain	Russia	Russia	Russia	1158	▲ +6
8	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada	1040	–
9	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy	716	▲ +5
10	France	France	France	France	France	679	▲ +14
11	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	519	–
12	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	485	▲ +3
13	New Zealand	Brazil	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	483	▲ +12
14	Hungary	New Zealand	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	464	–
15	England	Hungary	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	458	▲ +12
16	Brazil	England	England	England	England	450	▲ +28
17	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	410	–
18	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Romania	Romania	Romania	181	▲ +5
19	Romania	Romania	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	146	–
20	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	127	–
21	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	114	–
22	Denmark	Denmark	Hong Kong	Philippines	Philippines	112	–
23	Argentina	Argentina	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	99	–
24	Singapore	Singapore	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	93	–
25	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	88	–
26	Austria	Austria	Austria	Austria	Austria	83	–
27	South Africa	South Africa	Poland	Poland	Poland	83	–
28	Poland	Poland	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	76	–
29	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	60	–
30	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	52	–
31	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	51	–
32	Finland	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Lithuania	48	▲ +3
33	Mexico	Tunisia	Tunisia	Tunisia	Mexico	48	–
34	Tunisia	Finland	Lithuania	Lithuania	Tunisia	47	–
35	Indonesia	Ireland	Finland	Finland	Finland	44	–
36	Ireland	Venezuela	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	40	–
37	Chinese Taipei	Indonesia	Venezuela	Thailand	Thailand	40	–
38	Ukraine	Chinese Taipei	Indonesia	Venezuela	Venezuela	39	–
39	Venezuela	Ukraine	Chinese Taipei	Indonesia	Indonesia	38	–
40	Thailand	Thailand	Ukraine	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	37	–
41	Greece	Greece	Greece	Ukraine	Ukraine	37	–
42	Slovenia	Slovenia	Thailand	Greece	Greece	36	–
43	Hawaii	Hawaii	Slovenia	Slovenia	Czech Republic	31	▲ +5
44	Belarus	Belarus	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Slovenia	28	–
45	Lithuania	Lithuania	Hawaii	Hawaii	Wales	28	▲ +10
46	Wales	Czech Republic	Belarus	Belarus	Hawaii	26	–
47	Czech Republic	Wales	Wales	India	Belarus	24	–
48	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Belgium	Wales	India	22	–
49	Belgium	Belgium	Israel	Belgium	Belgium	17	–
50	Cayman Islands	Cayman Islands	Yugoslavia	Israel	Israel	17	–

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.

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