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: 2022-02-10

Rank	Team	Points
1	Belgium	1828.45
2	Brazil	1823.42
3	France	1786.15
4	Argentina	1766.99
5	England	1755.52
6	Italy	1740.77
7	Spain	1704.75
8	Portugal	1660.25
9	Denmark	1654.54
10	Netherlands	1653.73
11	Germany	1648.33
12	Mexico	1647.9
13	United States	1643.34
14	Switzerland	1642.83
15	Croatia	1620.74
16	Uruguay	1614.05
17	Sweden	1588.26
18	Senegal	1587.78
19	Colombia	1585.89
20	Wales	1578.01
21	Iran	1572.89
22	Peru	1563.45
23	Japan	1549.82
24	Morocco	1547.42
25	Serbia	1547.38
26	Chile	1543.16
27	Ukraine	1535.08
28	Poland	1530.62
29	Republic of Korea	1522.85
30	Austria	1511.56
31	Czech Republic	1510.42
32	Nigeria	1509.91
33	Canada	1497.82
34	Egypt	1497.05
35	Russia	1493.42
36	Tunisia	1489.92
37	Australia	1486.86
38	Cameroon	1480.82
39	Turkey	1472.72
40	Scotland	1471.82
41	Hungary	1465.62
42	Costa-Rica	1464.06
43	Algeria	1460.93
44	Ecuador	1458.63
45	Norway	1455.43
46	Slovakia	1455.36
47	Romania	1453.18
48	Mali	1446.49
49	Republic of Ireland	1444.29
50	Paraguay	1440.53
51	Côte d'Ivoire	1439.62
52	Qatar	1437.91
53	Saudi Arabia	1433.95
54	Northern Ireland	1424.97
55	Greece	1421.99
56	Burkina-Faso	1418.58
57	Finland	1411.77
58	Venezuela	1411.45
59	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1391.19
60	Iceland	1382.81
61	Ghana	1381.45
62	Jamaica	1378.62
63	Panama	1375.56
64	Slovenia	1375.42
65	Albania	1374.98
66	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	1369.53
67	North Macedonia	1367.23
68	South Africa	1358.24
69	United Arab Emirates	1353.1
70	El Salvador	1346.04
71	Bulgaria	1345.47
72	Montenegro	1342.89
73	Cape Verde	1336.88
74	Iraq	1325.44
75	China	1313.81
76	Bolivia	1308.12
77	Israel	1306.7
78	Honduras	1303.96
79	Oman	1301
80	Curacao	1298.39
81	Guinea	1292.58
82	Gabon	1290.65
83	Benin	1282.53
84	Uganda	1279.18
85	Uzbekistan	1277.02
86	Georgia	1269.24
87	Haiti	1268.05
88	Zambia	1264.64
89	Bahrain	1263.61
90	Jordan	1259.84
91	Syrian Arab Republic	1251.22
92	Armenia	1242.24
93	Luxembourg	1236.45
94	Belarus	1233.43
95	Lebanon	1228.97
96	Kyrgyzstan	1228.69
97	Congo	1221.4
98	Vietnam	1218.55
99	Equatorial Guinea	1210.07
100	Palestinia	1208.9
101	Trinidad and Tobago	1205.99
102	Madagascar	1205.61
103	Kenya	1202.26
104	India	1182.75
105	Cyprus	1178.65
106	Estonia	1176.5
107	Sierra-Leone	1173.81
108	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	1169.96
109	Kosovo	1163.05
110	Namibia	1162.93
111	New Zealand	1161.66
112	Thailand	1160.14
113	Guinea-Bissau	1158.62
114	Niger	1158.39
115	Tajikistan	1152.56
116	Mauritania	1152.52
117	Mozambique	1151
118	Libya	1149.51
119	Malawi	1145.08
120	Kazakhstan	1140.71
121	Azerbaijan	1139.02
122	Zimbabwe	1138.56
123	Guatemala	1138.4
124	Faroe Islands	1136.99
125	Gambia	1135.18
126	Togo	1133.24
127	Angola	1131.72
128	Antigua and Barbuda	1131.07
129	Philippines	1129.91
130	Central African Republic	1127.2
131	Comoros	1126.2
132	Tanzania	1118.76
133	Sudan	1118.31
134	Turkmenistan	1117.6
135	Latvia	1100.03
136	Rwanda	1097.16
137	Lithuania	1091.77
138	Ethiopia	1081.24
139	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1077.76
140	Suriname	1077.57
141	Burundi	1075.82
142	Solomon Islands	1072.78
143	Kuwait	1065.56
144	Nicaragua	1062.21
145	Liberia	1058.28
146	Lesotho	1057.62
147	Eswatini	1054.14
148	Hong Kong	1053.39
149	Botswana	1051.59
150	Afghanistan	1049.77
151	Yemen PDR	1046.26
152	Myanmar	1044.56
153	New Caledonia	1035.12
154	Malaysia	1034.53
155	Andorra	1030.28
156	Dominican Republic	1029.42
157	Maldives	1021.58
158	Taiwan	1017.78
159	Tahiti	1014.27
160	Indonesia	1001.61
161	Singapore	1000.78
162	Fiji	996.27
163	Barbados	995.94
164	Vanuatu	995.62
165	Papua New Guinea	990.55
166	Bermuda	982.43
167	Nepal	982.22
168	South Sudan	977.81
169	Grenada	974.03
170	Belize	967.42
171	Cambodia	966.61
172	Puerto-Rico	962.77
173	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	960.71
174	Malta	958.95
175	Guyana	958.87
176	Mauritius	955.18
177	Saint-Lucia	953.45
178	Montserrat	950.71
179	Cuba	948.96
180	Chad	935
181	Moldova	926.85
182	Macau	922.1
183	Dominica	916.72
184	Mongolia	916.68
185	Bhutan	910.96
186	Bangladesh	907.83
187	Laos	904.6
188	Brunei Darussalam	903.9
189	São Tomé and Príncipe	903.31
190	American Samoa	900.27
191	Liechtenstein	899.52
192	Djibouti	896.62
193	Samoa	894.26
194	Somalia	873.71
195	Cayman Islands	873.64
196	Seychelles	870.63
197	Pakistan	866.81
198	Timor-Leste	865.47
199	Tonga	861.81
200	Aruba	859.97
201	Bahamas	858.5
202	Eritrea	855.56
203	Gibraltar	853.6
204	Sri Lanka	842.93
205	Turks and Caicos	839.84
206	Guam	838.33
207	United States Virgin Islands	816.13
208	British Virgin Islands	812.94
209	Anguilla	792.34
210	San Marino	780.33

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