Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

★ Best in the year

#	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Σ	Δ pts
1	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	1930	▲ +26
2	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	1623	▲ +19
3	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	599	–
4	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	Poland	571	▲ +8
5	Canada	Canada	New Zealand	New Zealand	New Zealand	333	▲ +4
6	New Zealand	New Zealand	Canada	Canada	Canada	286	–
7	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	China	271	▲ +32
8	China	China	China	China	Sweden	261	▲ +11
9	Italy	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	228	▲ +14
10	Spain	Italy	Belarus	Belarus	Belarus	205	▲ +2
11	Belarus	Belarus	Italy	Italy	Italy	205	▲ +2
12	Romania	Romania	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	198	▲ +13
13	Denmark	Denmark	Romania	Romania	Romania	169	–
14	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	132	▲ +9
15	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	104	–
16	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Kazakhstan	96	▲ +10
17	United States	United States	United States	Kazakhstan	Bulgaria	92	–
18	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	United States	United States	83	–
19	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	Great Britain	69	–
20	Austria	Austria	Austria	Austria	Uzbekistan	65	▲ +8
21	Finland	Finland	Finland	Finland	Austria	64	–
22	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Finland	63	–
23	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Netherlands	59	–
24	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	54	–
25	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Slovenia	Slovenia	48	▲ +1
26	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	Cuba	Cuba	41	–
27	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	37	–
28	France	France	France	France	Czech Republic	36	▲ +2
29	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	France	36	–
30	Slovakia	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	28	–
31	Argentina	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	28	–
32	Iran	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	26	–
33	Mexico	Iran	Iran	Iran	Iran	23	–
34	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	17	–
35	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	17	–
36	South Africa	South Africa	Portugal	Portugal	Portugal	14	–
37	Switzerland	Switzerland	South Africa	South Africa	South Africa	14	–
38	Belgium	Belgium	Switzerland	Switzerland	Switzerland	13	–
39	East Germany (not to ranking)	Portugal	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	11	–
40	Ireland	East Germany (not to ranking)	East Germany (not to ranking)	East Germany (not to ranking)	East Germany (not to ranking)	9	–
41	Portugal	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	9	–
42	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	8	–
43	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	8	–
44	North Korea	North Korea	North Korea	North Korea	North Korea	6	–
45	West Germany (not to ranking)	West Germany (not to ranking)	West Germany (not to ranking)	Norway	Norway	6	–
46	Israel	Israel	Israel	West Germany (not to ranking)	West Germany (not to ranking)	6	–
47	Turkey	Turkey	Norway	Israel	Israel	5	–
48	Venezuela	Venezuela	Turkey	Turkey	Turkey	4	–
49	Brazil	Brazil	Venezuela	Singapore	Singapore	3	–
50	Singapore	Singapore	Brazil	Venezuela	Venezuela	3	–

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