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	1174	▲ +15
2	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	925	▲ +22
3	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	676	▲ +32
4	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	599	▲ +5
5	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	400	▲ +3
6	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	381	–
7	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	369	–
8	Canada	Italy	Italy	Italy	China	330	▲ +20
9	Italy	Canada	China	China	Italy	330	▲ +14
10	China	China	Canada	Canada	Canada	259	▲ +4
11	England	England	England	England	England	209	▲ +4
12	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	202	▲ +8
13	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	152	–
14	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	141	–
15	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	130	–
16	New Zealand	New Zealand	France	France	France	107	–
17	France	Netherlands	New Zealand	Netherlands	Netherlands	107	▲ +6
18	Kazakhstan	France	Netherlands	New Zealand	New Zealand	101	–
19	Netherlands	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	81	–
20	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	71	–
21	Norway	Norway	Norway	Norway	Norway	64	–
22	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	45	–
23	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	44	–
24	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	37	–
25	Finland	Finland	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	34	–
26	Belarus	Belarus	Finland	Finland	Finland	34	–
27	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	26	–
28	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	South Korea	16	▲ +2
29	South Korea	South Korea	Poland	Poland	Argentina	14	–
30	Cuba	Cuba	South Korea	South Korea	Poland	14	–
31	Poland	Poland	Cuba	Spain	Spain	14	–
32	Fiji	Fiji	Spain	Turkey	Turkey	14	–
33	Austria	Austria	Turkey	Cuba	Cuba	13	–
34	Lithuania	Lithuania	Fiji	Fiji	Austria	11	▲ +1
35	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	Lithuania	Lithuania	Fiji	11	–
36	Switzerland	Switzerland	Austria	Austria	Jersey	11	▲ +11
37	Thailand	Thailand	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	Lithuania	11	–
38	Tonga	Tonga	Switzerland	Switzerland	New Caledonia	10	–
39	Colombia	Colombia	Thailand	Thailand	Switzerland	10	–
40	India	India	Tonga	Tonga	Thailand	10	–
41	Spain	Spain	Colombia	Colombia	Tonga	9	–
42	Singapore	Singapore	India	India	Colombia	8	–
43	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Singapore	Singapore	India	8	–
44	Guam	Guam	American Samoa	American Samoa	Kyrgyzstan	7	▲ +4
45	Portugal	Portugal	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Singapore	7	–
46	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Guam	Guam	American Samoa	6	–
47	Guyana	Guyana	Portugal	Hong Kong	Chinese Taipei	6	–
48	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Bulgaria	Portugal	Guam	6	–
49	Indonesia	Indonesia	Czech Republic	Vietnam	Hong Kong	6	–
50	Ireland	Ireland	Guyana	Bulgaria	Portugal	6	–

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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