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FIFA ranking vs Formline vs World Elo: the men's tables side by side

Three ways of ranking the same men's national teams, all worked out here from the same results, as of 5 November 2026:

Formline: its own ratings, built on the last 12 years of results and how strong each opponent was.
FIFA method: FIFA's own ranking formula, calculated by Formline from FIFA's June 2018 ranking onwards, as FIFA did. It is our calculation, not FIFA's published ranking.
World Elo: the World Football Elo Ratings formula, best known from eloratings.net, calculated by Formline. It is not eloratings.net's published table.

All three count places among the same 211 teams, the ones Formline ranks. 8 of Formline's top 10 are also in the FIFA method's top 10. Where they disagree, it is mostly down to how each formula weighs friendlies and opponents, and how far back it looks.

Formline rates higher than FIFA's formula

Team	Formline	FIFA method
Malta	126th	159th
Gambia	81st	112th
Zimbabwe	99th	129th
Togo	98th	126th
Kosovo	49th	74th
Gibraltar	168th	193rd
Estonia	97th	119th
Suriname	109th	131st
Burundi	118th	140th
Liberia	129th	150th

FIFA's formula rates higher than Formline

Team	Formline	FIFA method
Tajikistan	141st	99th
El Salvador	136th	101st
Lebanon	144th	110th
Kyrgyz Republic	135th	103rd
Antigua and Barbuda	193rd	161st
China PR	125th	96th
Trinidad and Tobago	131st	102nd
Qatar	89th	62nd
Bahrain	124th	98th
Thailand	117th	93rd

All ranked teams

Team	Formline	FIFA method	World Elo
Spain	1	1	1
Argentina	2	2	2
France	3	3	4
England	4	4	3
Portugal	5	5	5
Netherlands	6	9	9
Brazil	7	6	6
Belgium	8	8	10
Colombia	9	11	7
Switzerland	10	12	8
Germany	11	15	14
Italy	12	13	12
Morocco	13	7	11
Norway	14	20	15
Denmark	15	21	21
Croatia	16	14	19
Austria	17	22	22
Uruguay	18	19	17
Japan	19	17	13
Senegal	20	18	25
Russia	21	36	28
Mexico	22	10	16
Ecuador	23	25	18
Greece	24	40	26
Türkiye	25	29	34
Algeria	26	27	30
Sweden	27	34	32
Paraguay	28	33	20
USA	29	16	24
Ukraine	30	35	41
Hungary	31	37	42
Canada	32	31	29
IR Iran	33	23	27
Australia	34	26	23
Scotland	35	41	39
Serbia	36	42	48
Korea Republic	37	32	31
Poland	38	38	50
Côte d'Ivoire	39	28	33
Slovenia	40	49	43
Nigeria	41	30	36
Czechia	42	51	57
Egypt	43	24	35
Republic of Ireland	44	55	44
Wales	45	39	52
Chile	46	52	38
Slovakia	47	45	55
Venezuela	48	50	37
Kosovo	49	74	45
Northern Ireland	50	64	58
Mali	51	46	51
Bosnia and Herzegovina	52	57	53
Congo DR	53	43	40
Georgia	54	73	65
Peru	55	53	47
Cameroon	56	44	56
Uzbekistan	57	61	49
South Africa	58	48	59
Panama	59	47	46
Tunisia	60	60	77
Israel	61	77	68
Albania	62	66	69
Romania	63	58	80
Iceland	64	69	73
Burkina Faso	65	59	75
Saudi Arabia	66	56	54
Finland	67	75	86
Jordan	68	76	61
Cabo Verde	69	67	76
Costa Rica	70	54	60
North Macedonia	71	72	85
Iraq	72	63	72
Ghana	73	70	79
Angola	74	83	81
Bolivia	75	78	63
Belarus	76	92	83
United Arab Emirates	77	65	66
Montenegro	78	79	94
Haiti	79	87	62
Guinea	80	82	89
Gambia	81	112	87
Zambia	82	90	93
Jamaica	83	71	67
Uganda	84	85	91
Benin	85	89	92
Honduras	86	68	70
New Zealand	87	86	64
Gabon	88	84	95
Qatar	89	62	88
Bulgaria	90	88	99
Guatemala	91	95	71
Palestine	92	94	78
Oman	93	81	90
Mozambique	94	97	96
Curaçao	95	80	74
Libya	96	111	102
Estonia	97	119	117
Togo	98	126	111
Zimbabwe	99	129	112
Syria	100	91	84
Madagascar	101	109	106
Rwanda	102	116	103
Comoros	103	106	113
Kazakhstan	104	108	122
Equatorial Guinea	105	105	124
Luxembourg	106	100	144
Mauritania	107	114	126
Kenya	108	115	127
Suriname	109	131	82
Guinea-Bissau	110	123	121
Niger	111	117	108
Faroe Islands	112	128	125
Armenia	113	107	143
Sudan	114	121	119
Namibia	115	122	137
Vietnam	116	104	98
Thailand	117	93	97
Burundi	118	140	130
Malawi	119	133	131
Cyprus	120	124	147
Azerbaijan	121	127	148
Sierra Leone	122	130	136
Botswana	123	141	142
Bahrain	124	98	123
China PR	125	96	104
Malta	126	159	155
Korea DPR	127	120	107
Tanzania	128	125	151
Liberia	129	150	145
Indonesia	130	118	115
Trinidad and Tobago	131	102	109
Malaysia	132	113	110
Ethiopia	133	144	149
Lesotho	134	146	150
Kyrgyz Republic	135	103	120
El Salvador	136	101	116
Lithuania	137	143	157
Kuwait	138	135	128
Dominican Republic	139	134	101
Moldova	140	158	156
Tajikistan	141	99	132
Central African Republic	142	142	159
Guyana	143	147	100
Lebanon	144	110	133
Latvia	145	145	166
Martinique	146	–	118
Congo	147	132	160
Nicaragua	148	136	139
Eswatini	149	168	170
French Guiana	150	–	129
Guadeloupe	151	–	140
Cuba	152	165	138
Turkmenistan	153	138	154
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	154	166	135
Yemen	155	148	158
South Sudan	156	169	171
India	157	139	169
Singapore	158	152	162
Hong Kong, China	159	149	161
Philippines	160	137	164
Puerto Rico	161	156	153
Chad	162	183	177
New Caledonia	163	157	105
Andorra	164	176	185
St. Lucia	165	163	165
Mauritius	166	172	180
St. Kitts and Nevis	167	151	163
Gibraltar	168	193	183
Montserrat	169	174	168
Tahiti	170	153	114
Fiji	171	154	141
Djibouti	172	191	191
São Tomé and Príncipe	173	194	181
Vanuatu	174	160	134
Bermuda	175	171	173
Solomon Islands	176	155	152
Papua New Guinea	177	167	146
Saint Martin	178	–	167
Belize	179	179	172
Afghanistan	180	162	179
Grenada	181	170	178
Myanmar	182	164	182
Aruba	183	182	176
Barbados	184	175	174
Sint Maarten	185	–	175
Nepal	186	181	190
Pakistan	187	192	189
Bangladesh	188	180	187
Chinese Taipei	189	173	193
Sri Lanka	190	188	194
Cambodia	191	178	192
Liechtenstein	192	201	200
Antigua and Barbuda	193	161	186
Dominica	194	184	188
Seychelles	195	200	198
San Marino	196	205	205
Maldives	197	177	196
Bonaire	198	–	184
Mongolia	199	185	197
Cayman Islands	200	195	195
Laos	201	187	204
Guam	202	197	199
Timor-Leste	203	196	207
Brunei Darussalam	204	186	208
British Virgin Islands	205	203	203
Bhutan	206	189	209
Turks and Caicos Islands	207	198	201
US Virgin Islands	208	199	202
Macau	209	190	211
Bahamas	210	202	206
Anguilla	211	204	210

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