FIFA Men's World Ranking

The FIFA World Ranking compares men's national football teams. It was created in December 1992 and became operational in August 1993. The results of the last four years are taken into account to elaborate the FIFA ranking.

Latest update: 2022-10-28

Rank	Team	Points
1	Brazil	1841.03
2	Belgium	1816.71
3	Argentina	1773.88
4	France	1759.78
5	England	1728.47
6	Italy	1726.14
7	Spain	1715.22
8	Netherlands	1694.51
9	Portugal	1676.56
10	Denmark	1666.57
11	Germany	1650.21
12	Croatia	1645.64
13	Mexico	1644.89
14	Uruguay	1638.71
15	Switzerland	1635.92
16	United States	1627.48
17	Colombia	1611.04
18	Senegal	1584.38
19	Wales	1569.82
20	Iran	1564.61
21	Serbia	1563.62
22	Morocco	1563.5
23	Peru	1561.01
24	Japan	1559.54
25	Sweden	1553.33
26	Poland	1548.59
27	Ukraine	1536.99
28	Republic of Korea	1530.3
29	Chile	1509.61
30	Tunisia	1507.54
31	Costa-Rica	1503.59
32	Nigeria	1498.47
33	Russia	1496.11
34	Austria	1492.95
35	Czech Republic	1492.21
36	Hungary	1492.2
37	Algeria	1489.1
38	Australia	1488.72
39	Egypt	1486.44
40	Scotland	1479.53
41	Canada	1475
42	Norway	1473.04
43	Cameroon	1471.44
44	Ecuador	1464.39
45	Turkey	1460.14
46	Mali	1448.85
47	Paraguay	1448.77
48	Côte d'Ivoire	1443.06
49	Republic of Ireland	1440.19
50	Qatar	1439.89
51	Saudi Arabia	1437.78
52	Greece	1437.06
53	Romania	1434.68
54	Burkina-Faso	1432.25
55	Slovakia	1425.59
56	Finland	1405.6
57	Venezuela	1404.37
58	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1403.51
59	Northern Ireland	1396.55
60	Panama	1393.28
61	Ghana	1393
62	Iceland	1384.41
63	Slovenia	1384.04
64	Jamaica	1378.86
65	North Macedonia	1358.51
66	Albania	1354.11
67	South Africa	1349.59
68	Iraq	1343.01
69	Montenegro	1341.03
70	United Arab Emirates	1337.57
71	Cape Verde	1336.05
72	Bulgaria	1335.36
73	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	1333.92
74	El Salvador	1330.51
75	Oman	1320.29
76	Israel	1316.55
77	Ouzbékistan	1309.98
78	Georgia	1307.34
79	China	1305.06
80	Honduras	1301.98
81	Gabon	1301.84
82	Bolivia	1296.28
83	Guinea	1290.47
84	Jordan	1289.99
85	Bahrain	1280.64
86	Curacao	1278.64
87	Haiti	1269.07
88	Zambia	1267.41
89	Uganda	1260.69
90	Syrian Arab Republic	1255.92
91	Benin	1247.47
92	Luxembourg	1243.8
93	Armenia	1233.93
94	Palestinia	1233.72
95	Kyrgyzstan	1230.22
96	Vietnam	1226.65
97	Belarus	1221.6
98	Equatorial Guinea	1215.66
99	Lebanon	1211.71
100	Congo	1212.67
101	Kenya	0
102	Madagascar	1200.74
103	Mauritania	1197.58
104	Trinidad and Tobago	1195.29
105	New Zealand	1193.98
106	India	1192.09
107	Kosovo	1187.01
108	Tajikistan	1185.7
109	Estonia	1184.64
110	Cyprus	1183.82
111	Thailand	1174.92
112	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	1169.96
113	Kazakhstan	1166.63
114	Mozambique	1165.22
115	Namibia	1164.13
116	Guinea-Bissau	1160.71
117	Sierra-Leone	1160.31
118	Guatemala	1156.7
119	Angola	1155.9
120	Libya	1154.25
121	Niger	1152.8
122	Faroe Islands	1147.17
123	Azerbaijan	1146.72
124	Malawi	1144.97
125	Zimbabwe	1138.56
126	Gambia	1137.47
127	Togo	1128.92
128	Sudan	1127.34
129	Comoros	1123.18
130	Tanzania	1119.89
131	Antigua and Barbuda	1117.01
132	Central African Republic	1116.97
133	Philippines	1115.13
134	Latvia	1114.21
135	Turkmenistan	1100.47
136	Solomon Islands	1095.7
137	Rwanda	1093.66
138	Ethiopia	1091.19
139	Suriname	1077.03
140	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1076.91
141	Burundi	1076.26
142	Nicaragua	1071.83
143	Eswatini	1070.89
144	Lithuania	1069.75
145	Hong Kong	1062.39
146	Malaysia	1062.32
147	Lesotho	1061.4
148	Botswana	1056.46
149	Kuwait	1053.41
150	Liberia	968
151	Andorra	0
152	Indonesia	1033.9
153	Dominican Republic	1031.86
154	Maldives	1026.09
155	Yemen PDR	1023.52
156	Afghanistan	1023.04
157	Taiwan	1017.78
158	Myanmar	1007.89
159	Papua New Guinea	1007.46
160	Singapore	1003.5
161	New Caledonia	995.58
162	Tahiti	995.11
163	Fiji	989.43
164	Vanuatu	985.62
165	South Sudan	983.99
166	Barbados	982.27
167	Cuba	978.65
168	Malta	977.92
169	Bermuda	977.47
170	Puerto-Rico	974.32
171	Guyana	968.74
172	Saint-Lucia	965.66
173	Grenada	963.72
174	Moldova	961.23
175	Nepal	954.86
176	Belize	950.88
177	Cambodia	948.62
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	945.25
179	Montserrat	940.78
180	Mauritius	932.02
181	Chad	930.22
182	Macau	922.1
183	Mongolia	913.55
184	Dominica	911.51
185	Bhutan	910.96
187	Laos	905.51
188	American Samoa	900.27
190	Brunei Darussalam	898.41
191	Samoa	894.26
192	Bangladesh	884.45
193	Djibouti	875.05
194	Pakistan	866.81
195	Cayman Islands	865.72
196	Liechtenstein	862.39
197	Tonga	861.81
198	Timor-Leste	860.06
199	Seychelles	859.56
200	Eritrea	856.56

How is the Fifa World Ranking calculated?

Since 2018, the Fifa men's world ranking is based on an Elo system, which gives more or less points to a winning team depending on the level of the other team. For example, a low-ranked team that beats a high-ranked team receives a large number of points; conversely, a high-ranked team that beats a low-ranked team receives a relatively small number of points.

Note that there is a weighting according to the importance of the international match: a friendly match has only a small impact on the Fifa ranking, unlike a match during the final stages of the World Cup.

Has France ever been top of the Fifa ranking?

Yes, the French football team was number one in the Fifa football rankings from 1 May 2001 to 31 May 2001, i.e. 396 consecutive days. This first place also enabled the Tricolores to receive the 2001 Team of the Year award, a title given by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) to the team that finished the year at the top of the ranking.

Why isn't the reigning World Cup champion necessarily the top team in the Fifa rankings?

The Football World Cup is a major event in the Fifa ranking, but it is not the only one that counts for the classification of teams: any international match is counted.

This explains why France, the winner of the 2018 Football World Cup in Russia, was only ranked second in the Fifa ranking for the same year, behind Belgium. Similarly, France's 1998 World Cup victory did not allow Les Bleus to dethrone the Brazilian team, which remained at the top of the ranking until 2001.

What are the records of the Fifa football ranking?

Here are some figures about the Fifa ranking, which has existed since 1992:

• Brazil's football team has topped the ranking the most times, winning the Team of the Year award 12 times and staying on top for almost 4,731 days, including 2,496 consecutive days between 1994 and 2000.
• The Belgian football team is the only team to have topped the ranking without winning a World Cup. The team nicknamed Les Diables Rouges (the Red Devils) went from 57th place in the Fifa ranking in 2010 to first place in 2015 and then in 2018.
• The Dutch football team, 3 times finalist of the World Cup and winner of the European Football Championship in 1988, has never reached the first place of the ranking.
• One notable variation: Poland's football team, 78th in November 2013, reached 5th place in August 2017, before gradually dropping to 27th place in 2021;

See also: Fifa women's ranking