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: 2023-06-30

Rank	Team	Points
1	Argentina	1843.73
2	France	1843.54
3	Brazil	1828.27
4	England	1797.39
5	Belgium	1788.55
6	Croatia	1742.55
7	Netherlands	1731.23
8	Italy	1726.58
9	Portugal	1718.25
10	Spain	1703.45
11	United States	1673.34
12	Switzerland	1661.12
13	Morocco	1655.5
14	Mexico	1639.19
15	Germany	1636.32
16	Uruguay	1633.13
17	Colombia	1624.91
18	Senegal	1612.61
19	Denmark	1597.37
20	Japan	1595.96
21	Peru	1561.2
22	Iran	1556.59
23	Sweden	1547.11
24	Ukraine	1541.25
25	Serbia	1539.03
26	Poland	1536.99
27	Australia	1530.45
29	Austria	1528.06
30	Scotland	1520.24
31	Tunisia	1516.66
32	Chile	1511.31
33	Algeria	1511.23
34	Egypt	1509.89
35	Wales	1506.04
36	Hungary	1504.57
38	Russia	1495.53
39	Nigeria	1486.48
40	Ecuador	1486.47
41	Turkey	1484.47
42	Costa-Rica	1478.3
43	Cameroon	1470.97
44	Norway	1458.47
45	Canada	1454.12
46	Slovakia	1447.05
47	Romania	1443.98
48	Paraguay	1442.64
49	Greece	1441.06
50	Mali	1438.01
51	Côte d'Ivoire	1433.38
53	Saudi Arabia	1421.46
54	Finland	1419.47
55	Burkina-Faso	1419.18
56	Venezuela	1417.23
57	Panama	1399.23
58	Qatar	1393.52
59	Ghana	1391.13
60	Slovenia	1391.04
62	South Africa	1369.49
63	Jamaica	1367.83
64	Northern Ireland	1361.17
65	Albania	1357.39
66	Cape Verde	1354.65
67	Iceland	1352.98
69	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	1350.11
70	Iraq	1345.21
73	Oman	1332.45
76	El Salvador	1317.64
77	Bulgaria	1315.48
79	China	1304.78
81	Honduras	1296.42
82	Jordan	1296.26
83	Bolivia	1295.09
84	Zambia	1290.2
85	Gabon	1285.25
89	Luxembourg	1262.72
92	Uganda	1250.32
94	Syrian Arab Republic	1241.62
95	Vietnam	1238.23
96	Palestinia	1233.02
98	Belarus	1212.28
99	Mauritania	1205.18
100	India	1204.9
102	Lebanon	1201.74
104	Kazakhstan	1198.24
105	Kenya	1191.07
106	Congo	1190.63
107	Madagascar	1186.09
108	Kosovo	1179.69
109	Tajikistan	1179.54
110	Estonia	1179.3
112	Namibia	1175.14
114	Angola	1170.76
116	Guatemala	1166.6
117	Mozambique	1165.85
118	Cyprus	1163.73
119	Gambia	1159.82
120	Sierra-Leone	1156.11
122	Togo	1140.88
123	Tanzania	1138.79
124	Zimbabwe	1138.56
126	Malawi	1133.17
127	Libya	1130.75
128	Niger	1129.67
130	Comoros	1122.82
131	Sudan	1116.21
132	Antigua and Barbuda	1107.51
134	Latvia	1096.19
135	Philippines	1095.66
136	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1092.03
137	Malaysia	1091.57
139	Rwanda	1089.46
140	Burundi	1085.06
142	Nicaragua	1076.11
144	Suriname	1073.57
145	Lithuania	1069.97
146	Eswatini	1058.82
147	Botswana	1052.37
148	Liberia	1049.94
152	Lesotho	1035.1
153	Taiwan	1028.18
154	Maldives	1024.72
155	Andorra	1022.3
157	Afghanistan	1020.32
158	Singapore	1014.78
160	Myanmar	1000.26
162	Tahiti	995.11
163	Puerto-Rico	993.8
164	Moldova	990.73
165	Vanuatu	986.44
166	Cuba	984.84
167	Barbados	984.05
168	South Sudan	983.35
169	Guyana	981.69
170	Fiji	980.48
171	Saint-Lucia	978.91
172	Malta	972.86
173	Bermuda	966.27
174	Grenada	960.77
176	Cambodia	942.97
177	Belize	939.96
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	938.28
179	Montserrat	938.02
180	Mauritius	936.03
181	Chad	930.22
182	Macau	913.68
183	Mongolia	908.71
184	Bhutan	906.36
185	Dominica	904.88
188	Laos	899.58
190	Samoa	894.26
191	Brunei Darussalam	891.12
192	Bangladesh	889.5
193	Djibouti	889.2
194	Tonga	861.81
195	Timor-Leste	860.45
196	Seychelles	860.13
199	Somalia	854.72
200	Bahamas	852.87
201	Pakistan	852.13
202	Gibraltar	851.64
203	Aruba	850.88
204	Liechtenstein	848.82
206	Guam	838.33
207	Sri Lanka	825.25
210	Anguilla	785.69
211	San Marino	753.11

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