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: 07/10/2026

Rank	Team	Points	Évolution sur 6 mois
1	Spain	2012	▲ 1
2	Argentina	1973	▼ 1
3	France	1959	–
4	England	1926	–
5	Portugal	1808	–
6	Brazil	1807	–
7	Morocco	1805	–
8	Belgium	1779	▲ 1
9	Netherlands	1779	▼ 1
10	Mexico	1738	▲ 4
11	Colombia	1736	▲ 2
12	Switzerland	1725	▲ 7
13	Germany	1718	▼ 3
14	Croatia	1715	▼ 3
15	Italy	1713	▼ 3
16	United States	1705	▲ 1
17	Japan	1685	▲ 1
18	Senegal	1649	▼ 3
19	Norway	1638	▲ 12
20	Uruguay	1636	▼ 4
21	Denmark	1620	–
22	Austria	1601	▲ 2
23	Iran	1597	▼ 3
24	Ecuador	1587	▼ 1
25	Egypt	1586	▲ 4
26	Australia	1581	▲ 1
27	Canada	1575	▲ 3
28	Algeria	1575	–
29	Ivory Coast	1569	▲ 4
30	Nigeria	1568	▼ 4
31	Turkey	1564	▼ 9
32	Republic of Korea	1562	▼ 7
33	Paraguay	1552	▲ 8
34	Sweden	1544	▲ 4
35	Russia	1537	–
36	Ukraine	1535	▼ 4
37	Poland	1515	▼ 1
38	Hungary	1511	▲ 1
39	Wales	1510	▼ 2
40	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	1506	▲ 6
41	Greece	1499	▲ 7
42	Cameroon	1485	▲ 2
43	Scotland	1484	▼ 1
44	Serbia	1482	▼ 1
45	Slovakia	1477	▲ 2
46	Panama	1477	▼ 12
47	Mali	1474	▲ 8
48	South Africa	1469	▲ 12
49	Venezuela	1466	–
50	Chile	1459	▲ 1
51	Czech Republic	1457	▼ 11
52	Slovenia	1452	▲ 7
53	Peru	1451	▼ 1
54	Costa-Rica	1445	▼ 1
55	Saudi Arabia	1443	▲ 6
56	Republic of Ireland	1439	▲ 2
57	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1429	▲ 7
58	Romania	1429	▼ 4
59	Ouzbékistan	1417	▼ 9
60	Qatar	1416	▼ 4
61	Tunisia	1415	▼ 16
62	Burkina-Faso	1408	–
63	Iraq	1401	▼ 6
64	Northern Ireland	1384	▲ 6
65	United Arab Emirates	1377	▲ 3
66	Albania	1376	–
67	Honduras	1375	▼ 2
68	Cape Verde	1374	▼ 1
69	Jamaica U-17	1362	▲ 2
70	Ghana	1361	▲ 3
71	North Macedonia	1351	▼ 2
72	Jordan	1351	▼ 9
73	Iceland	1349	▲ 1
74	Georgia	1346	▼ 2
75	Finland	1341	–
76	Kosovo	1328	▲ 2
77	Israel	1326	▼ 1
78	Bolivia	1322	▼ 1
79	Montenegro	1315	▲ 1
80	Curacao	1305	▲ 2
81	Oman	1303	▼ 2
82	Guinea	1297	▼ 1
83	Angola	1282	▲ 5
84	Haiti	1281	▼ 1
85	Gabon	1280	▲ 1
86	Syrian Arab Republic	1280	▼ 2
87	Uganda	1278	▲ 2
88	New Zealand	1277	▼ 3
89	Benin	1266	▲ 4
90	Bulgaria	1263	▼ 3
91	Zambia	1261	▼ 1
92	Palestinia	1254	▲ 3
93	Thailand	1251	▲ 1
94	Belarus	1250	▲ 2
95	Guatemala	1245	▲ 2
96	China	1242	▼ 5
97	Bahrain	1240	▼ 5
98	Mozambique	1238	▲ 5
99	Vietnam	1231	–
100	Tajikistan	1219	▲ 1
101	Luxembourg	1219	▼ 3
102	El Salvador	1212	▼ 2
103	Equatorial Guinea	1200	▲ 2
104	Kyrgyzstan	1200	▲ 2
105	Trinidad and Tobago	1199	▼ 3
106	Madagascar	1197	▼ 2
107	Comoros	1192	▲ 1
108	Armenia	1183	▼ 1
109	Gambia	1183	▲ 7
110	Mauritania	1176	▲ 3
111	Niger	1173	▲ 3
112	Lebanon	1170	▲ 3
113	Libya	1169	▼ 3
114	Kenya	1169	▼ 5
115	Tanzania	1167	▼ 3
116	Indonesia	1167	▲ 2
117	Kazakhstan	1166	▼ 6
118	Sudan	1157	▼ 1
119	Rwanda	1156	▲ 9
120	Togo	1153	▼ 1
121	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	1151	▼ 1
122	Estonia	1147	▲ 5
123	Namibia	1146	▼ 2
124	Guinea-Bissau	1144	▲ 8
125	Cyprus	1142	▼ 1
126	Faroe Islands	1140	▼ 3
127	Azerbaijan	1139	▼ 1
128	Suriname	1138	▼ 3
129	Zimbabwe	1128	▲ 1
130	Sierra-Leone	1123	▼ 8
131	Malawi	1122	▼ 2
132	Congo	1102	▲ 2
133	Malaysia	1102	▲ 3
134	Kuwait	1099	▼ 1
135	Dominican Republic	1097	▲ 9
136	Philippines	1096	▼ 1
137	Nicaragua	1091	▼ 6
138	India	1086	–
139	Turkmenistan	1079	▲ 2
140	Burundi	1077	▲ 2
141	Botswana	1074	▲ 6
142	Guyana	1071	▲ 8
143	Latvia	1069	▼ 6
144	Yemen PDR	1068	▲ 1
145	Central African Republic	1065	▼ 6
146	Liberia	1065	▼ 6
147	Ethiopia	1064	▼ 4
148	Lithuania	1059	▲ 1
149	Singapore	1059	▼ 1
150	Lesotho	1053	▼ 4
151	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1041	▲ 1
152	Solomon Islands	1036	▲ 1
153	Hong Kong	1035	▲ 3
154	Fiji	1033	▲ 1
155	Puerto-Rico	1033	▼ 1
156	New Caledonia	1026	▼ 5
157	Tahiti	1016	–
158	Moldova	1016	▲ 1
159	Myanmar	1008	▼ 1
160	Malta	1007	▲ 1
161	Vanuatu	1006	▼ 1
162	Antigua and Barbuda	993	–
163	Cuba	990	▲ 1
164	Eswatini	979	▲ 1
165	Saint-Lucia	976	▲ 1
166	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	975	▲ 4
167	Papua New Guinea	969	▲ 1
168	Afghanistan	968	▲ 3
169	Grenada	968	▼ 6
170	South Sudan	960	▼ 1
171	Bermuda	951	▼ 4
172	Montserrat	939	▲ 4
173	Maldives	936	–
174	Barbados	935	▲ 5
175	Andorra	928	▼ 3
176	Taiwan	924	▼ 2
177	Cambodia	921	▼ 2
178	Nepal	915	▼ 1
179	Mauritius	906	▼ 1
180	Belize	900	–
181	Chad	897	▲ 2
182	Bangladesh	893	▼ 1
183	Eritrea	891	▲ 1
184	Sri Lanka	891	▲ 3
185	Aruba	890	▲ 4
186	Dominica	885	▼ 4
187	Cook Islands	880	▼ 1
188	Laos	880	▼ 3
189	Samoa	876	▼ 1
190	Mongolia	874	–
191	American Samoa	872	–
192	Bhutan	871	–
193	Macau	858	–
194	São Tomé and Príncipe	855	▲ 1
195	Djibouti	854	▲ 1
196	Brunei Darussalam	850	▼ 2
197	Pakistan	839	▲ 1
198	Cayman Islands	836	▼ 1
199	Tonga	836	▲ 1
200	Somalia	832	▼ 1
201	Gibraltar	829	▲ 1
202	Timor-Leste	823	▼ 1
203	Guam	820	–
204	Turks and Caicos	806	▲ 1
205	Seychelles	796	▼ 1
206	United States Virgin Islands	795	▲ 2
207	Liechtenstein	790	▼ 1
208	Bahamas	772	▼ 1
209	British Virgin Islands	753	–
210	Anguilla	737	–
211	San Marino	716	–

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