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The '''FIFA Men's World Ranking''' is a ranking system for men's national teams in [[association football]], led by [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] {{as of|2024|December|lc=y}}.<ref name="FIFA World Rankings"/> The [[List of men's national football teams|men's teams of the member nations]] of [[FIFA]], football's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results with the most successful teams being ranked highest. The rankings were introduced in December 1992, and eight teams ([[Argentina national football team|Argentina]], [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]], [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]], [[France national football team|France]], [[Germany national football team|Germany]], [[Italy national football team|Italy]], the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] and [[Spain national football team|Spain]]) have held the top position, of which Brazil have spent the longest time ranked first.

A points system is used, with points being awarded based on the results of all FIFA-recognised full international matches. The ranking system has been revamped on several occasions, generally responding to criticism that the preceding calculation method did not effectively reflect the relative strengths of the national teams. Since 16 August 2018, the ranking system has adopted the [[Elo rating system]] used in [[chess]] and [[Go (game)|Go]].

The ranking is sponsored by [[The Coca-Cola Company|Coca-Cola]]; as such, the '''FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking''' name is also used. Coca-Cola also sponsors the [[FIFA Women's World Rankings|women's counterpart]].

==History==
In December 1992, FIFA first published a listing in rank order of its men's member associations to provide a basis for comparison of the relative strengths of these teams. From the following August, this list was more frequently updated, to be published most months.<ref name="FIFAcoke">{{cite web|title=FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking Procedure |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/procedure/men.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070604211354/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/procedure/men.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 June 2007 |publisher=FIFA |access-date=28 March 2008 }}</ref> Significant changes were implemented in January 1999 and again in July 2006, as a reaction to criticisms of the system.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Revised FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/releases/newsid=104405.html |publisher=FIFA |date=6 July 2006 |access-date=28 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612172351/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/releases/newsid%3D104405.html |archive-date=12 June 2008 }}</ref> Historical records of the rankings, such as listed at FIFA.com, reflect the method of calculation in use at the time, as the current method has not been applied retrospectively to rankings before July 2006. Membership of FIFA has expanded from 167 to 211 since the rankings began; 211 members are currently included in the rankings. The [[Cook Islands national football team|Cook Islands]] were temporarily removed from the ranking in the period from September 2019 until February 2022, after [[Cook Islands national football team results|not having played any matches]] between 4 September 2015 until 17 March 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking - Associations - Cook Islands - Men's  |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/associations/association/COK/men/ |website=FIFA.com |access-date=19 September 2019 |archive-date=6 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006021050/https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/associations/association/COK/men/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===1992–1998 calculation method===
The ranking formula used from December 1992 until December 1998, was devised by two Swiss [[lecturer]]s from [[University of Zurich]] (Markus Lamprecht and Dr. Hanspeter Stam). The first formula was the most simple one, compared to later revisions, but it still required complex calculation. The main concept was to award points for matches played between all FIFA-affiliated national A teams, based on their results over the past eight years in FIFA-recognised matches (friendly matches, qualifying and finals matches for the World Cup, and qualifying and final matches for a Continental championship):<ref name="Rankformula1992">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fifaranking.html|title=FIFA rankings: A Guide|author=Thomas Esamie|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|date=21 February 1995|access-date=7 June 2022|archive-date=11 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711201603/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fifaranking.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[three points for a win|3 points for a win]]<ref name="First rankingpoints">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5CBBDwAAQBAJ&dq=FIFA+Rank+calculation+formula+1993&pg=PA21|title=Football Development Index: Rationale, Methodology, and Application|publisher=Lexington Books|author=Anatoly Vorobyev, Ilya Solntsev, Nikita Osokin|date=December 2017|isbn=9781498555203|access-date=21 June 2022|archive-date=24 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124123701/https://books.google.com/books?id=5CBBDwAAQBAJ&dq=FIFA+Rank+calculation+formula+1993&pg=PA21|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 1 point for a draw<ref name="First rankingpoints"/>
* 0 point for a loss<ref name="First rankingpoints"/>
Results were not included from matches played by the FIFA association's: B teams, C teams, [[Denmark League XI national football team|League XI teams]], Women, U17, U20, U23 and [[Futsal|futsal teams]].<ref name="Rankformula1992"/>

The calculation formula was adjusted by the following factors:<ref name="Rankformula1992"/>
# '''Points for winning, drawing or losing:''' Compensatory factors for the relative strength of the two teams involved are included, so that a victory of a lower-ranked team over a higher-ranked team is awarded a higher number of winning-points compared to a victory of a higher-ranked team over a lower-ranked team. Likewise the points from a draw will be higher for the lower-ranked team compared to the higher-ranked team.
# '''Points for goals scored or conceded:''' Goals are granted the same number of points whether or not they were scored in ordinary time or extended time. Zero points were granted from goals scored or conceded in a [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]]. Goals scored by a higher-ranked team against a lower-ranked team was also given slightly fewer points, compared to goals scored by a lower-ranked team against a higher-ranked team. Moreover, it was decided that the first goal scored by a team would be awarded more points compared to the subsequently scored goals in the same match. The total number of points from goals being scored or conceded, would be of such small scale, that the points awarded from the match result (winning/drawing) would always be of a higher value.
# '''Bonus points for away matches:''' Regardless of the final match result, the away team is given 0.3 extra points for playing a match away from home. There will be no away bonus points for the teams, if the match is played on neutral grounds.
# '''Multiplying factors for various competitions:''' The importance of the match will affect the points awarded to the teams, so that the sum of points granted through the first three rules mentioned above, will be multiplied by the following factors:
## Friendly matches: × 1.00
## Qualifier for Continental championship: × 1.10
## Qualifier for World Cup: × 1.25
## Finals of Continental championship: × 1.25
## Finals of World Cup: × 1.50
# '''Regional strengths and weaknesses:''' Regional strength is finally also factored into the award of points. In matches between teams from different continents, the granted points are multiplied by a factor of 1.0. In matches between teams from the same continent, the granted points will be multiplied by a factor of: 1.0 for European and South American teams, 0.9 for African and North+Central American teams, 0.8 for Asian & Oceanian teams.
# '''Overall resulting in this FIFA Rank calculation formula:''' (Sum of points from rule 1+2+3) * Rule4 Factor * Rule5 Factor, calculated for each recognized match played in the past eight years, with the total number of ranking points being the sum of points calculated for those matches.

In example, despite being undefeated for all matches played in [[England national football team results (1980–1999)#1994|1994]], the world ranking of [[England national football team|England]] still dropped seven places from December 1993 to December 1994, because the team only scored points from six lower factored friendly games (as per rule 4). England did not play a single competitive match in 1994, because they had failed to qualify for the [[1994 FIFA World Cup]] and neither played qualifiers for the [[UEFA Euro 1996]] as an automatically qualified host.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamRank/RankFIFA1994.html|title=FIFA World Rankings 1994|publisher=England Football Online|date=17 August 2005|access-date=7 June 2022|archive-date=18 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518033609/http://englandfootballonline.com/TeamRank/RankFIFA1994.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The calculated results for the rankings published throughout 1992–1998, was at some point of time also rounded to the [[Rounding#Rounding to the nearest integer|nearest integer]] by the official FIFA website,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/men?dateId=id1|title=FIFA World Ranking - Men's Ranking (31 Dec 1992)|publisher=FIFA|access-date=7 June 2022|archive-date=7 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607135018/https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/men?dateId=id1|url-status=live}}</ref> although other websites opted to publish the unrounded points of the ranking.<ref name="Rankformula1992"/><ref name="1993ranking">{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamRank/RankFIFA1992-93.html|title=FIFA World Rankings 1992-93|publisher=England Football Online|date=17 August 2005|access-date=7 June 2022|archive-date=16 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516142913/http://englandfootballonline.com/TeamRank/RankFIFA1992-93.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===1999–2006 calculation method===
{{Main|FIFA World Ranking system (1999–2006)}}
In January 1999, FIFA introduced a revised system of ranking calculation, incorporating many changes in response to criticism of inappropriate rankings. For the ranking all matches, their scores and importance were all recorded, and were used in the calculation procedure. Only matches for the senior men's national team were included. Separate ranking systems were used for other representative national sides such as women's and junior teams, for example the [[FIFA Women's World Rankings]]. The women's rankings were, and still are, based on a procedure which is a simplified version of the Football Elo Ratings.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Women's World Ranking Procedure |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/procedure/women.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820005311/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/procedure/women.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 August 2007 |publisher=FIFA |access-date=28 March 2008 }}</ref>

The major changes were as follows:
* the point ranking was scaled up by a factor of ten
* the method of calculation was changed to take into account factors including:
** the number of goals scored or conceded
** whether the match was played at home or away
** the importance of a match or competition
** regional strength
* a fixed number of points were no longer necessarily awarded for a victory or a draw
* match losers were able to earn points

A contemporary website, described the 1999-revision of the calculation formula to be something that ''"slightly modified and more finely tuned the tried and tested method of calculation"'', with the most impactful revisions being that from now on only the seven best matches annually are taken into account (removing the previous advantage of playing additional matches) along with an adjustment of the regional strength factors for confederations and the match importance factors for various competitions.<ref>{{cite web|title=FIFA World Rankings 1999|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamRank/RankFIFA1999.html |date=17 August 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122120834/http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamRank/RankFIFA1999.html |url-status=|archive-date=22 November 2021 |publisher=England Football Online|access-date=9 June 2022}}</ref>

The new ranking system continued the practice of the previous one,<ref name="1993ranking"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/It-s-a-Draw-U-S-Crowds-To-See-Soccer-2955784.php|title=It's a Draw: U.S. Crowds To See Soccer|publisher=SFGATE|date=19 December 1996|quote=South Africa, which jumped from 40th to 21st place in the last 12 months, was selected "Best Mover of the Year" for 1996.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630060022/https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/It-s-a-Draw-U-S-Crowds-To-See-Soccer-2955784.php|archive-date=30 June 2022}}</ref> to annually grant the awards:
*[[#Team of the Year|Team of the Year]]
*[[#Best Mover of the Year|Best Mover of the Year]]

The changes made the ranking system more complex, but helped improve its accuracy by making it more comprehensive.

===2006–2018 calculation method===
{{Main|FIFA World Ranking system (2006–2018)}}
FIFA announced that the ranking system would be updated following the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 World Cup]]. The evaluation period was cut from eight to four years, and a simpler method of calculation was used to determine rankings.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Great expectations |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/news/newsid=104272.html |publisher=FIFA |date=17 May 2006 |access-date=28 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612172346/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/news/newsid%3D104272.html |archive-date=12 June 2008 }}</ref> Goals scored and home or away advantage were no longer taken into account, and other aspects of the calculations, including the importance attributed to different types of match, were revised. The first set of revised rankings and the calculation methodology were announced on 12 July 2006.

This change was rooted at least in part in widespread criticism of the previous ranking system. Many football enthusiasts felt it was inaccurate, especially when compared to other ranking systems and that it was not sufficiently responsive to changes in the performance of individual teams.

===2018 ranking system update===
In September 2017, FIFA announced they were reviewing the ranking system and would decide after the end of the [[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification]] whether any changes would be made to improve the ranking.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fifa to review rankings system after friendlies harm England's World Cup seeding |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/09/04/fifa-review-rankings-system-friendlies-harm-englands-world-cup/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/09/04/fifa-review-rankings-system-friendlies-harm-englands-world-cup/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Telegraph |date=4 September 2017 |access-date=4 October 2017 |first=Ben |last=Rumsby}}{{cbignore}}</ref> FIFA announced on 10 June 2018 that the ranking system would be updated following the [[2018 FIFA World Cup|2018 World Cup finals]]. The calculation method adopted closely modelled the [[Elo rating system]] (see [[#Calculation_method|calculation method]]). The weighting designated for each confederation for ranking purposes was abolished.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Price |first1=Steve |title=How FIFA's New Ranking System Will Change International Soccer |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveprice/2018/06/11/how-fifas-new-ranking-system-will-change-international-soccer/#18864e86c412 |access-date=12 June 2018 |work=Forbes |date=11 June 2018 |archive-date=27 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127071724/https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveprice/2018/06/11/how-fifas-new-ranking-system-will-change-international-soccer/#18864e86c412 |url-status=live }}</ref> The new methodology does not account for home or away games and margin of the victory, as in several popular unofficial Elo-based ranking systems.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.in/football/fifa-world-cup/story/3522329/fifa-world-ranking-gets-overhaul-to-stop-manipulation-for-draw-seedings|title=FIFA World Ranking gets overhaul to stop manipulation for draw seedings|date=11 June 2018|access-date=9 July 2018|archive-date=9 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709153816/http://www.espn.in/football/fifa-world-cup/story/3522329/fifa-world-ranking-gets-overhaul-to-stop-manipulation-for-draw-seedings|url-status=live}}</ref>

FIFA had intended to introduce the new ranking system in July 2018, but with no matches scheduled between the July and August ranking dates, delayed until August 2018. There was speculation from football journalists such as [[ESPN]]'s Dale Johnson that this was because projections of the new rankings had seen relatively little change in positions,<ref>{{cite web |title=FIFA Ranking: July 2018 final preview (new method) |url=http://www.football-rankings.info/2018/07/fifa-ranking-july-2018-final-preview.html |last=Rănghiuc |first=Eduard |publisher=Football-rankings |access-date=16 August 2018 |archive-date=16 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816053110/http://www.football-rankings.info/2018/07/fifa-ranking-july-2018-final-preview.html |url-status=live }}</ref> with Germany – who had been eliminated in the first round of the World Cup – remaining as the top ranked team.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Dale |title=Tweet sent 14:33, 20-07-18 |url=https://twitter.com/DaleJohnsonESPN/status/1020300705737867277 |publisher=Twitter |access-date=16 August 2018 |archive-date=7 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407051427/https://twitter.com/DaleJohnsonESPN/status/1020300705737867277 |url-status=live }}</ref> FIFA had originally planned to use existing world ranking points from June 2018 as the start value, but when the August rankings appeared, the starting points had been changed to an equal distribution of points between 1600 (Germany, as the previously top ranked team) and 868 (Anguilla, Bahamas, Eritrea, Somalia, Tonga and Turks and Caicos Islands, which had 0 points in June), according to the formula:

:<math>P_\text{seeding}=1600-(R-1)\times 4</math>,

where R is the rank in June 2018. When two or more teams had equal ranks, the following team received the next immediate rank possible, e.g. if two teams had R=11, the following team had R=12, not 13. Then the rating changes according to the games played after previous release were calculated.<ref name="Resources">{{cite web |title=Revision of the FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/f99da4f73212220/original/edbm045h0udbwkqew35a-pdf.pdf |website=digitalhub.fifa.com|access-date=16 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721173647/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/f99da4f73212220/original/edbm045h0udbwkqew35a-pdf.pdf|archive-date=21 July 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="August 18 rankings">{{cite web |title=August 2018 FIFA World Rankings |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/rank=288/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514095719/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/rank=288/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 May 2018 |publisher=FIFA |access-date=16 August 2018}}</ref> This produced a more dramatically altered ranking table, with Germany falling to 15th and 2018 World Cup champions France moving to the top of the ranking.<ref name="August 18 rankings" />

===2021 alteration===
Starting with the April 2021 rankings, the teams' points are now rounded to two decimal points, instead of being rounded to the nearest integer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Italy, Denmark climb as qualifiers make their mark |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/news/italy-denmark-climb-as-qualifiers-make-their-mark |website=FIFA.com |access-date=9 April 2021 |archive-date=8 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210408220119/https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/news/italy-denmark-climb-as-qualifiers-make-their-mark |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Leaders==
<div style="text-align:center;float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em"> '''FIFA World Men's Ranking Leaders'''<br />{{FIFA World Ranking leaders}}</div>
{| style="float:right; margin-left:1em" 
| style="vertical-align:top"|
{| class="wikitable"
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! No.
! Team
! Confederation
! Days at No. 1<ref name="FIFA World Rankings"/>
|-
|style="text-align:center"| 1 ||{{fb|BRA}}|| CONMEBOL || 5,070 days
|-
|style="text-align:center"| 2 ||{{fb|ESP}}|| UEFA || 1,959 days
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| style="text-align:center" | 3 ||{{fb|ARG}}|| CONMEBOL ||{{age in days|30 Nov 2023|{{extract|currentdate|add=1008d}}}} days{{efn|group=note|name=calc_until|Current leader as of {{Date}}.}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 4 ||{{fb|BEL}}|| UEFA || 1,442 days{{efn|group=note|name=BRA_FRA|Belgium and France jointly led for 35 days.}}
|- 
|style="text-align:center"| 5 ||{{fb|GER}}|| UEFA || 1,148 days
|-
|style="text-align:center"| 6 ||{{fb|FRA}}|| UEFA || {{0}}483 days{{efn|group=note|name=BRA_FRA}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"| 7 ||{{fb|ITA}}|| UEFA || {{0}}188 days
|-
|style="text-align:center"| 8 ||{{fb|NLD}}|| UEFA || {{0|00}}28 days
|-
|}
{{notelist|group=note}}
|}
When the system was introduced, [[Germany national football team|Germany]] debuted as the top-ranked team following their extended period of dominance in which they had reached the three previous FIFA World Cup finals, winning one of them. [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] took the lead in the run up to the [[1994 FIFA World Cup]] after winning eight and losing only one of nine qualification matches, while on the way scoring twenty goals and conceding just four. [[Italy national football team|Italy]] then led for a short time on the back of their own equally successful World Cup qualifying campaign, after which the top place was re-claimed by Germany.

Brazil's success in their lengthy qualifying campaign returned them to the lead for a brief period. Germany led again during the 1994 World Cup, until Brazil's victory in that competition gave them a large lead that would stand up for nearly seven years, until they were surpassed by a strong [[France national football team|France]] team that captured both the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]] and the [[2000 European Football Championship]].

Success at the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]] restored Brazil to the top position, where they remained until February 2007, when Italy returned to the top for the first time since 1993 following their [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] win in Germany. Just one month later, [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] replaced them, reaching the top for the first time, but Italy regained its place in April. After winning the [[Copa América 2007]] in July, Brazil returned to the top, but were replaced by Italy in September and then Argentina in October.

In July 2008, [[Spain men's national football team|Spain]] took over the lead for the first time, having won [[UEFA Euro 2008]]. Brazil began a sixth stint at the top of the rankings in July 2009 after winning the [[2009 FIFA Confederations Cup|2009 Confederations Cup]], and Spain regained the title in November 2009 after winning every match in qualification for the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]].

In April 2010, Brazil returned to the top of the table. After winning the [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010 World Cup]], Spain regained the top position and held it until August 2011, when the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] reached the top spot for the first time,<ref>{{cite web |title=FIFA Ranking: Netherlands dethrone Spain |url=http://www.football-rankings.info/2011/08/fifa-ranking-netherlands-dethrone-spain.html |last=Rănghiuc |first=Eduard |work=Football-Rankings.info |date=12 August 2011 |access-date=24 August 2011 |archive-date=19 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140619221506/http://www.football-rankings.info/2011/08/fifa-ranking-netherlands-dethrone-spain.html |url-status=live }}</ref> only to relinquish it the following month.

In July 2014, [[Germany national football team|Germany]] took over the lead once again, having won the [[2014 FIFA World Cup]]. In July 2015, [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] reached the top spot for the first time since 2008, after reaching the final of both the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2015 Copa America. In November 2015, [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] became the leader in the FIFA rankings for the first time, after topping their [[UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying|Euro 2016]] qualifying group. Belgium led the rankings until April 2016, when Argentina returned to the top. In April 2017, Brazil returned to the No. 1 spot for the first time since 2010,<ref>{{cite web |title=Brazil back on top of FIFA Ranking, Netherlands slump to record low |url=http://www.espnfc.com/blog/fifa/243/post/3091643/brazil-back-on-top-of-fifa-ranking-as-netherlands-slump-to-record-low |work=ESPN |date=29 March 2017 |access-date=29 March 2017 |archive-date=29 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329120552/http://www.espnfc.com/blog/fifa/243/post/3091643/brazil-back-on-top-of-fifa-ranking-as-netherlands-slump-to-record-low |url-status=live }}</ref> with Germany regaining the top spot in July after winning the [[2017 FIFA Confederations Cup|Confederations Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40517341|title=Fifa rankings: Northern Ireland reach highest point as Germany lead the way|work=BBC News|date=6 July 2017|access-date=8 July 2017|archive-date=9 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709173808/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40517341|url-status=live}}</ref>

In August 2018, FIFA updated their rating system by adopting the Elo rating system, with [[2018 FIFA World Cup]] winners [[France national football team|France]] regaining the top spot for the first time after nearly 16 years. One month later, for the first time, two teams were joint leaders as Belgium reached the same ranking as France.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/45586533|title=Belgium and France top Fifa world rankings to be first ever joint-leaders|work=BBC News|date=20 September 2018|access-date=20 September 2018|archive-date=21 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921004604/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/45586533|url-status=live}}</ref> This lasted only one month, as Belgium regained sole possession of the top spot in October 2018 and kept it for nearly four years (only Brazil and Spain have had longer continuous streaks). 

The current leader is [[2022 FIFA World Cup]] winner Argentina, since April 2023.

==Ranking schedule==
Rankings are published multiple times a year. The next update is scheduled for 3 April 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://inside.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/men|title=Latest Men's World Ranking|publisher=FIFA|date=19 December 2024|access-date=19 December 2024}}</ref>

==Uses of the rankings==
The rankings are used by FIFA to rank the progression and ability of the [[List of men's national association football teams|national football teams]] of its member nations, and claims that they create "a reliable measure for comparing national A-teams".<ref name="FIFAcoke" /> They are used as part of the calculation, or the entire grounds to [[Seed (sports)|seed]] competitions. In the [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification]] tournament, the rankings were used to seed the groups in the competitions involving [[CONCACAF]] members (using the May rankings), [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]] (with the July set of data), and [[UEFA]], using the specially postponed November 2007 ranking positions.

The October 2009 ranking was used to determine the seeds for the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]] final draw.<ref>{{cite web|title=FIFA Organising Committee approves Final Draw procedure |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/finaldraw/news/newsid=1142262/ |publisher=FIFA |access-date=13 April 2011 |date=2 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111225043322/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/finaldraw/news/newsid%3D1142262/ |archive-date=25 December 2011 }}</ref>
The March 2011 ranking was used to seed the draw for the [[2012 CAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament qualifying rounds#Second qualifying round|2012 CAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament second qualifying round]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympics – updated draw procedure, with teams |url=http://www.cafonline.com/football/news/8965-olympics--updated-draw-procedure-with-teams.html |work=CAFOnline.com |publisher=Confederation of African Football |access-date=13 April 2011 |date=12 April 2011 |archive-date=1 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501100440/http://www.cafonline.com/football/news/8965-olympics--updated-draw-procedure-with-teams.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The rankings are also used to determine the winners of the two annual awards national teams receive on the basis of their performance in the rankings.

[[The Football Association]] uses the average of the last 24 months of rankings as one of the criteria for player work permits.<ref>{{cite web |title=POINTS BASED SYSTEM GOVERNING BODY ENDORSEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR PLAYERS 2017/2018 SEASON |url=http://www.thefa.com/-/media/files/thefaportal/governance-docs/registrations/gbe-criteria-for-players-2017-2018.ashx |publisher=English Football Association |access-date=29 November 2017 |format=pdf |archive-date=7 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007193948/http://www.thefa.com/-/media/files/thefaportal/governance-docs/registrations/gbe-criteria-for-players-2017-2018.ashx |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Special releases==
To determine the seeding of teams in certain instances like [[FIFA World Cup qualification]], FIFA occasionally releases a list of special rankings for a particular confederation to determine the seeding of the teams. For instance, the seeding for the [[2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round|third round]] draw for [[2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|AFC qualifiers]] was based on a special release of the FIFA World Rankings for Asian teams on 18 June 2021.<ref name="ranking">{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/asia-world-cup-qualifying-what-s-next|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618080607/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/asia-world-cup-qualifying-what-s-next|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 June 2021|title=Asia World Cup qualifying: What's next?|publisher=FIFA|date=18 June 2021}}</ref>

==Criticism of pre-2018 methods==
Since their introduction in 1992, the FIFA World Rankings have been the subject of much debate, particularly regarding the calculation procedure and the resulting disparity between generally perceived quality and world ranking of some teams. The perceived flaws in the FIFA system have led to the creation of a number of alternative rankings from football statisticians.<ref name="BBC report" />

The initial system was very simple, with no weighting for the quality of opponent or importance of a match. This saw [[Norway national football team|Norway]] reach second in October 1993 and July–August 1995, a ranking that was criticised at the time.<ref name="BBC report">{{Cite news |title=The world rankings riddle |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1081551.stm |work=BBC Sport |date=21 December 2000 |access-date=2 June 2006 |archive-date=15 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415203838/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1081551.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> The rankings were [[FIFA World Ranking system (1999–2006)|adapted in 1999]] to include weightings based on the importance of the match and the strength of the opponent. A win over a weak opponent resulted in fewer points being awarded than a win over a much stronger one. Further [[FIFA World Ranking system (2006–2018)|adaptations in 2006]] were made to reduce the number of years' results considered from 8 to 4,<ref name="BBC report" /><ref name="travour">{{Cite news|title=FIFA Rankings |url=http://www.travour.com/fifa-world-cup-2006/fifa-rankings.html |publisher=Travour.com |date=1 June 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060614173120/http://www.travour.com/fifa-world-cup-2006/fifa-rankings.html |archive-date=14 June 2006 }}</ref> with greater reliance on matches from within the previous 12 months.

Still, criticisms of the rankings remained, with particular anomalies being noted including: the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]] rise to fourth in 2006, to the surprise of even their own players;<ref name="GnM">{{Cite news|title=FIFA adapting new world rankings |url=https://www.fctables.com/pdf/FIFA-adapting-new-world-rankings.pdf |agency=Associated Press |date=2 June 2006 |access-date=23 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117070310/https://www.fctables.com/pdf/FIFA-adapting-new-world-rankings.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Israel national football team|Israel]]'s climb to 15th in November 2008, which surprised the Israeli press;<ref>{{Cite news|title=FIFA chief praises IFA's work |url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1225199592139&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull |work=[[The Jerusalem Post]] |date=29 August 2008 |access-date=13 February 2009 |quote=Blatter was also asked about Israel's unrealistic FIFA ranking. Despite failing to qualify for a major tournament in 38 years, the national team is currently ranked number 16 in the world, ahead of such teams as Greece, Sweden and Denmark, and just two places below England. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427075653/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1225199592139&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull |archive-date=27 April 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Soccer: Quirky FIFA rankings system sees Israel climb to #15 |url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1226404717350&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull |work=[[The Jerusalem Post]] |date=13 November 2008 |access-date=13 February 2009 |quote=Israel continued its baffling rise up the FIFA rankings on Wednesday, climbing one more position to a best-ever 15th in the world. Amazingly, the national team, which hasn't reached a major tournament since the 1970 World Cup, is ahead of such teams as Greece (18), Nigeria (22), Sweden (29), Scotland (33), Denmark (34) and the Republic of Ireland (36) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081116144920/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1226404717350&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull |archive-date=16 November 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=The Last Word: It's time to get rid of the FIFA rankings |url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1226404731036&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull |work=[[The Jerusalem Post]] |date=14 November 2008 |access-date=13 February 2009 |quote=So the news this week that Israel has risen another place to number 15 in the latest FIFA rankings, above Mexico (25), Nigeria (22), the US (24) and Colombia (40), only serves to underline the futility of the ranking system. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081116143529/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1226404731036&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull |archive-date=16 November 2008 }}</ref> and [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]]'s rank of world number 1 in November 2015, even though Belgium had only played in one tournament final stage in the past 13 years.<ref>{{cite web|title=Belgium rise to No1 in Fifa world rankings after they beat Israel – despite playing one tournament in 13 years |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/belgium/11928595/Belgium-will-be-No1-in-Fifa-world-rankings-if-they-beat-Israel-despite-playing-one-tournament-in-13-years.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/belgium/11928595/Belgium-will-be-No1-in-Fifa-world-rankings-if-they-beat-Israel-despite-playing-one-tournament-in-13-years.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Telegraph |date=13 October 2015 |access-date=14 November 2015 |first=Alistair |last=Tweedale }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Further criticisms of the 2006–2018 formula included the inability of hosts of major tournaments to retain a high place in the rankings, as the team participated in only lower-value friendly matches due to their automatic qualification for the tournament. For example, [[2014 FIFA World Cup]] hosts Brazil fell to a record low ranking of 22nd in the world before that tournament,<ref>{{cite web|last=Cummings|first=Michael|title=FIFA World Rankings Place Brazil 18th, Reinforce Flawed Nature of System|website=[[Bleacher Report]]|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1488973-fifa-world-rankings-place-brazil-18th-reinforce-flawed-nature-of-system|access-date=21 May 2013|archive-date=15 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215200409/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1488973-fifa-world-rankings-place-brazil-18th-reinforce-flawed-nature-of-system|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Freitas|first=Paulo|title=Scolari blames FIFA for Brazil's poor ranking|date=9 June 2013|url=http://www.sambafoot.com/en/news/48211_scolari_blames_fifa_for_brazil_s_poor_ranking.html|access-date=16 June 2013|archive-date=13 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613090607/http://www.sambafoot.com/en/news/48211_scolari_blames_fifa_for_brazil_s_poor_ranking.html|url-status=live}}</ref> at which they then finished fourth. [[2018 FIFA World Cup]] hosts Russia had the lowest ranking (70th) at the tournament, where they reached the quarter-finals before bowing out to eventual finalists [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]] on penalties.

In the 2010s, teams realised the ranking system could be 'gamed', specifically by avoiding playing non-competitive matches, particularly against weaker opponents.<ref name = "Switzerland">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/oct/17/england-seeded-switzerland-world-cup-draw-friendlies |title=With a bit of planning England could have been seeded ahead of the Swiss |first=Simon |last=Burnton |work=The Guardian |date=17 October 2013 |access-date=15 June 2015 |archive-date=1 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401123019/http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/oct/17/england-seeded-switzerland-world-cup-draw-friendlies |url-status=live }}</ref> This was because the low weighting of friendlies meant that even victories could reduce a team's ''average'' score: in other words, a team could win a match and lose points. Before the seeding of the [[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|2018 World Cup preliminary draw]], Romania even appointed a ranking consultant, playing only one friendly in the year before the draw.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2015/07/23/romania-wales-set-to-be-surprise-world-cup-top-seeds/30563797/ |title=Romania, Wales set to be surprise World Cup top seeds |newspaper=USA Today |agency=Associated Press |date=23 July 2015 |access-date=29 July 2015 |quote=Romania took advice from a consultant who decoded some mysteries of a ranking system used by FIFA since 1992. |archive-date=28 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728222633/http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2015/07/23/romania-wales-set-to-be-surprise-world-cup-top-seeds/30563797/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.romanialibera.ro/sport/fotbal/exclusiv-rl--romania--in-top-10-mondial--cum-au-depasit-franta-burleanu-si--sfatuitorul-secret--384576 |title=Burleanu: "Am consultat specialiști în clasamentul FIFA." Cum a urcat România în TOP 10 mondial |newspaper=[[România Liberă]] |language=ro |date=5 July 2015 |access-date=29 July 2015 |first=Victor |last=Gavril |trans-title=Burleanu: "We have consulted FIFA ranking specialists." How Romania climbed in the World Top 10 |archive-date=1 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301224835/http://romanialibera.ro/sport/fotbal/exclusiv-RL--Romania--in-top-10-mondial--cum-au-depasit-franta-burleanu-si--sfatuitorul-secret--384576 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2018 FIFA World Cup: Preliminary draw pots for UEFA |url=http://www.football-rankings.info/2015/06/2018-fifa-world-cup-preliminary-draw.html |last=Rănghiuc |first=Eduard |work=Football-Rankings.info |date=26 June 2015 |access-date=29 July 2015 |quote=I've told Romanian FA officials in the spring of 2014 to avoid playing friendlies. Surprisingly, they heeded my advice. |archive-date=4 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704034230/http://www.football-rankings.info/2015/06/2018-fifa-world-cup-preliminary-draw.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Similar accusations had been made against [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]], who were a seeded team at the [[2014 FIFA World Cup]] having played only three friendly matches in the previous year,<ref name = "Switzerland"/> and [[Poland national football team|Poland]] before the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Dale |title=FIFA World Ranking gets overhaul to stop manipulation for draw seedings |date=11 June 2018 |url=http://www.espn.co.uk/football/fifa-world-cup/story/3522329/fifa-world-ranking-gets-overhaul-to-stop-manipulation-for-draw-seedings |publisher=ESPN |access-date=16 August 2018 |archive-date=9 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809030025/http://www.espn.co.uk/football/fifa-world-cup/story/3522329/fifa-world-ranking-gets-overhaul-to-stop-manipulation-for-draw-seedings |url-status=live }}</ref>

The use of regional strength multiplier in the ranking formula before 2018 was also accused of further reinforcing and perpetuating the bias for and against certain regions.<ref>{{cite web|last=Riff|first=Brandon|title=FIFA's Confederation Coefficient is Questionable|url=http://www.weglobalfootball.com/2014/07/09/fifas-confederation-coefficient-is-fraudulent/|website=We Global Football|access-date=6 November 2023|date=9 July 2014}}</ref>

==Calculation method==
On 10 June 2018, the new ranking system was approved by the FIFA Council. It is based on the [[Elo rating system]] and after each game points are added to or subtracted from a team's rating according to the formula:

:<math>P = P_\text{before}+I(W-W_e)</math>
where:

* ''P''<sub>before</sub> – the team's number of points before the game
* ''I'' – the importance coefficient:
** 5 – friendlies played outside the International Match Calendar windows
** 10 – friendlies played within the International Match Calendar windows
** 15 – Nations League matches (group stage)
** 25 – Nations League matches (play-offs and finals), Confederations' final competitions qualifiers, FIFA World Cup qualifiers
** 35 – Confederations' final competitions matches (before quarter-finals)
** 40 – Confederations' final competitions matches (quarter-finals and later)
** 50 – FIFA World Cup matches (before quarter-finals)
** 60 – FIFA World Cup matches (quarter-finals, semi-finals, third place play-off and final)
* ''W'' – the result of the game:
** 0 – loss after regular or extra time
** 0.5 – draw or loss in a [[penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]]
** 0.75 – win in a penalty shoot-out
** 1 – win after regular or extra time.
:: If a game ends with a winner, but still requires a penalty shoot-out (PSO) (i.e. in the second game of a [[two-legged tie]]), it is considered as a regular game and the PSO is disregarded.
* ''W<sub>e</sub>'' – the expected result of the game:
::<math>W_e = \frac{1}{10^{-\frac{\Delta}{c}} + 1}</math>
:where <math>\Delta</math> is the difference between two teams' ratings before the game, and <math>c=600</math> is a scale.

Negative points in knockout stages of final competitions do not affect teams' ratings.<ref name="Resources"/>

===Analysis of model properties===
The 2018 ranking is a clear improvement over the previous FIFA rankings, and it can be evaluated against well-defined numerical and statistical benchmarks.<ref name="Szczecinski"> L. Szczecinski, I.-I. Roatis "FIFA ranking: Evaluation and path forward", Journal of Sports Analytics, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 231-250, 2022, https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-sports-analytics/jsa200619</ref>

====Inflation====

The pure [[Elo rating system|Elo rating]] is described as a [[zero-sum game]], where the total number of ranking points stays constant: the points gained by the winner are taken away from the losing team. This happens when the results of the game <math>W</math> are defined in a symmetric manner, i.e., 
<math>W_\text{winner} + W_\text{loser} = 1</math>.

However, the above condition is not satisfied in the FIFA ranking in :
* The shootout wins, when <math>W_\text{winner}= 0.75</math>  and <math>W_\text{loser} = 0.5</math>, thus <math>W_\text{winner} + W_\text{loser} = 1.25</math>,
* The knockout stages of competitions where the teams cannot lose the points, i.e. <math>W-W_e</math> is forced to be non-negative, which is the same as increasing of <math>W</math>. Most often, this rule is applied for the losing team, but can be done for the winner in the shootouts when <math>W_e>0.75</math>.

As a consequence, the total number of points slowly grows over time, which is known as the ranking ''inflation''. As an example, between June 4, 2018 and March 31, 2022, there were 3,444 FIFA-recognized games, and the initial total value of points equal to 254,680 was increased by 2,099 points (approximately 0.8%) which was due to 24 games with the shootout points applied (but not the knockout), 90 games with the knockout rule (but not the shootout), and 30 games where both rules were applied.<ref name="Szczecinski"/>

====Probabilistic model====
Since the FIFA ranking is inspired by the [[Elo rating system|Elo rating]], it inherits its properties. In particular, the explicit probabilistic model of the game outcomes is not defined, that is, even if the expected result <math>W_{e}</math> is calculated from the difference between the rankings <math>\Delta</math>, the probability of observing the win, the draw or the loss is not specified. This makes difficult the assessment of how well the ranking predicts the future games. 

However, as explained in [[Elo_rating_system|Elo rating]] article, it is possible, to infer the implicit probabilistic model used by the algorithm. The obvious advantage of using such a model is that we can calculate the probability of the particular outcome of the game, and, more importantly, adjust the parameters to take into account the frequency of the draws. In the context of international FIFA games, this improves the prediction capacity by 2-3%.<ref name="Szczecinski"/>

====Home advantage====
Using the inferred probabilistic model, the statistical analysis indicates that introducing the [[home advantage]] parameter improves the prediction capacity of the ranking by approximately 3%.<ref name="Szczecinski"/> 

In fact, this should be uncontroversial because the [[FIFA Women's World Ranking]] already uses the home advantage parameter H=100 which is added to the ranking of the home team when calculating the ranking difference <math>\Delta</math>. The corresponding coefficient in men's ranking should be around H=300.<ref name="Szczecinski"/>

====Game importance coefficients====
From the statistical perspective, the importance coefficients <math>I</math>, which de facto change the ranking adaptation step, are counterproductive, that is, yield game prediction which are worse when compared to using the same step in all games.<ref name="Szczecinski"/>

==Awards==
Each year FIFA hands out two awards to its member nations, based on their rankings. They are:

===Team of the Year===
''Team of the Year'' is awarded each year to the first ranked team in the December-edition of the FIFA World Ranking. Except in 2000 and 2001, where a different calculation method determined the award instead should be given to: The national team with the highest average points score in their seven best matches of the recent year ended on 31 December.<ref name="TOTY2008">{{cite web|title=FIFA Awards (World Team of the Year - Winners)|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html|date=28 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530211809/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html#team|website=[[RSSSF]]|url-status=live |archive-date=30 May 2022}}</ref><ref name="BM2011"/>

[[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] are the most recent Team of the Year for the fourth time in the 31-year history of the rankings. [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] hold the records for most consecutive wins (seven, between 1994 and 2000) and most wins overall (thirteen). The table shows the three best teams of each year:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width="40"|Year!!style="width:180px"|First place!!style="width:180px"|Second place!!style="width:180px"|Third place
|-
|style="text-align:center"|1993||{{fb|GER}}||{{fb|ITA}}||{{fb|BRA}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|1994||{{fb|BRA}}||{{fb|ESP}}||{{fb|SWE}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|1995||{{fb|BRA}}||{{fb|GER}}||{{fb|ITA}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|1996||{{fb|BRA}}||{{fb|GER}}||{{fb|FRA}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|1997||{{fb|BRA}}||{{fb|GER}}||{{fb|CZE}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|1998||{{fb|BRA}}||{{fb|FRA}}||{{fb|GER}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|1999||{{fb|BRA}}||{{fb|CZE}}||{{fb|FRA}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2000||{{fb|BRA}}||{{fb|FRA}}||{{fb|ARG}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2001||{{fb|FRA}}||{{fb|ARG}}||{{fb|BRA}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2002||{{fb|BRA}}||{{fb|FRA}}||{{fb|ESP}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2003||{{fb|BRA}}||{{fb|FRA}}||{{fb|ESP}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2004||{{fb|BRA}}||{{fb|FRA}}||{{fb|ARG}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2005||{{fb|BRA}}||{{fb|CZE}}||{{fb|NED}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2006||{{fb|BRA}}||{{fb|ITA}}||{{fb|ARG}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2007||{{fb|ARG}}||{{fb|BRA}}||{{fb|ITA}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2008||{{fb|ESP}}||{{fb|GER}}||{{fb|NED}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2009||{{fb|ESP}}||{{fb|BRA}}||{{fb|NED}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2010||{{fb|ESP}}||{{fb|NED}}||{{fb|GER}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2011||{{fb|ESP}}||{{fb|NED}}||{{fb|GER}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2012||{{fb|ESP}}||{{fb|GER}}||{{fb|ARG}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2013||{{fb|ESP}}||{{fb|GER}}||{{fb|ARG}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2014||{{fb|GER}}||{{fb|ARG}}||{{fb|COL}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2015||{{fb|BEL}}||{{fb|ARG}}||{{fb|ESP}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2016||{{fb|ARG}}||{{fb|BRA}}||{{fb|GER}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2017||{{fb|GER}}||{{fb|BRA}}||{{fb|POR}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2018||{{fb|BEL}}||{{fb|FRA}}||{{fb|BRA}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2019||{{fb|BEL}}||{{fb|FRA}}||{{fb|BRA}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2020||{{fb|BEL}}||{{fb|FRA}}||{{fb|BRA}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2021||{{fb|BEL}}||{{fb|BRA}}||{{fb|FRA}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2022||{{fb|BRA}}||{{fb|ARG}}||{{fb|FRA}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2023||{{fb|ARG}}||{{fb|FRA}}||{{fb|ENG}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2024||{{fb|ARG}}||{{fb|FRA}}||{{fb|ESP}}
|}

====Performances by countries====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width="90"|Team!!style="width:280px"|First place!!style="width:280px"|Second place!!style="width:280px"|Third place
|-
|{{fb|BRA}}
|13 (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2022)
|5 (2007, 2009, 2016, 2017, 2021)
|5 (1993, 2001, 2018, 2019, 2020)
|-
|{{fb|ESP}}
|6 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
|1 (1994)
|4 (2002, 2003, 2015, 2024)
|-
|{{fb|BEL}}
|5 (2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
|0
|0
|-
|{{fb|ARG}}
|4 (2007, 2016, 2023, 2024)
|4 (2001, 2014, 2015, 2022)
|5 (2000, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2013)
|-
|{{fb|GER}}
|3 (1993, 2014, 2017)
|6 (1995, 1996, 1997, 2008, 2012, 2013)
|4 (1998, 2010, 2011, 2016)
|-
|{{fb|FRA}}
|1 (2001)
|10 (1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024)
|4 (1996, 1999, 2021, 2022)
|-
|{{fb|NED}}
|0
|2 (2010, 2011)
|3 (2005, 2008, 2009)
|-
|{{fb|ITA}}
|0
|2 (1993, 2006)
|2 (1995, 2007)
|-
|{{fb|CZE}}
|0
|2 (1999, 2005)
|1 (1997)
|-
|{{fb|SWE}}
|0
|0
|1 (1994)
|-
|{{fb|COL}}
|0
|0
|1 (2014)
|-
|{{fb|POR}}
|0
|0
|1 (2017)
|-
|{{fb|ENG}}
|0
|0
|1 (2023)
|}

===Best Mover of the Year===
The Best Mover of the Year is awarded to the team who made the best progress up the rankings over the course of the year. In the FIFA rankings, this is not simply the team that has risen the most places, but a calculation is performed in order to account for the fact that it becomes progressively harder to earn more points the higher up the rankings a team is.<ref name="FIFAcoke" />

The calculation done for the years 1993–2006, the era before the major [[FIFA World Ranking system (2006–2018)|FIFA World ranking calculation revision in July 2006]], is the number of points the team has at the end of the year (''z'') multiplied by the number of points it earned during the year (''y''). The team with the highest index on this calculation received the award. The 1993–2006 table shows the top three best movers for each year.<ref name="BM1993-2006">{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/awards/gala/bestmover.html|title=Best Mover of the Year|publisher=FIFA|date=2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720140712/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/awards/gala/bestmover.html |archive-date=20 July 2008}}</ref>

In the years from [[1993 FIFA World Player of the Year|1993]] until [[2006 FIFA World Player of the Year|2006]], an official ''Best Mover Award'' was handed over to the coach of the winning national football team at the annual [[FIFA World Player Gala]].<ref name="FIFAgala">{{cite web|url=http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/awards/gala/index.html|title=FIFA World Player gala (list of all awards 1992-2007)|publisher=FIFA|date=December 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080716232545/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/awards/gala/index.html|archive-date=16 July 2008}}</ref> For example, the coach of the [[Slovenia national football team]] ([[Srečko Katanec]]) received this official award at the ''FIFA World Player 1999 Awards Gala'', with the award granted a few days after the year had ended on 24 January 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-slovenias-coach-srecko-katanec-receives-the-award-for-the-best-mover-109012062.html|title=Slovenia's Coach Srecko Katanec receives the award for the Best Mover Team of the Year in the Coca Cola World Rankings|publisher=Alamy|author=Matthew Ashton|date=24 January 2000|access-date=29 June 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629143259/https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-slovenias-coach-srecko-katanec-receives-the-award-for-the-best-mover-109012062.html|archive-date=29 June 2022}}</ref> The award has not been an official part of the annual FIFA awards gala show, [[The Best FIFA Football Awards]], since the show for 2006.

{| class="wikitable"
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!width="40"|Year<ref name="BM1993-2006"/>!!style="width:180px"|First place!!style="width:180px"|Second place!!style="width:180px"|Third place
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|style="text-align:center"| 1993 || {{fb|COL}} || {{fb|POR}} || {{fb|MAR}}
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|style="text-align:center"| 1994 || {{fb|CRO}} || {{fb|BRA}} || {{fb|UZB}}
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|style="text-align:center"| 1995 || {{fb|JAM}} || {{fb|TRI}} || {{fb|CZE}}
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|style="text-align:center"| 1996 || {{fb|RSA}} || {{fb|PAR|1990}} || {{fb|CAN}}
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|style="text-align:center"| 1997 || {{fb|FR Yugoslavia}} || {{fb|BIH|1992}} || {{fb|IRN}}
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|style="text-align:center"| 1998 || {{fb|CRO}} || {{fb|FRA}} || {{fb|ARG}}
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|style="text-align:center"| 1999 || {{fb|SVN}} || {{fb|CUB}} || {{fb|UZB}}
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|style="text-align:center"| 2000 || {{fb|NGA}} || {{fb|HON|1949}} || {{fb|CMR}}
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|style="text-align:center"| 2001 || {{fb|CRC}} || {{fb|AUS}} || {{fb|HON|1949}}
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|style="text-align:center"| 2002 || {{fb|SEN}} || {{fb|WAL}} || {{fb|BRA}}
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|style="text-align:center"| 2003 || {{fb|BHR}} || {{fb|OMA}} || {{fb|TKM}}
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|style="text-align:center"| 2004 || {{fb|CHN}} || {{fb|UZB}} || {{fb|CIV}}
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|style="text-align:center"| 2005 || {{fb|GHA}} || {{fb|ETH}} || {{fb|SUI}}
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|style="text-align:center"| 2006 || {{fb|ITA}} || {{fb|GER}} || {{fb|FRA}}
|}

While an official award has not been made for national team movements since 2006, FIFA has continued each year to release a list of the 'Best Movers' in the rankings.<ref name="BM2007"/><ref name="BM1993-2008">{{cite web|url=http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/r&a-wr/71/25/61/ip-590%5f11a%5ftopteam-bestmover.pdf|title=Fact Sheet: Top Team and the Best Mover of the Year (1993-2008)|date=16 December 2008|publisher=FIFA|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090320020122/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/r&a-wr/71/25/61/ip-590%5f11a%5ftopteam-bestmover.pdf|archive-date=20 March 2009}}</ref><ref name="BM1993-2010">{{cite web|url=http://de.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/r&a-wr/71/25/61/fs-590_11a_topteam-bestmover.pdf|title=Fact Sheet: Top Team and the Best Mover of the Year (1993-2010)|date=16 December 2010|publisher=FIFA|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826041848/http://de.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/r&a-wr/71/25/61/fs-590_11a_topteam-bestmover.pdf|archive-date=26 August 2012}}</ref><ref name="BM2011"/> An example of the informal on-going "Mover of the Year" award is the recognition made by FIFA to Colombia in 2012 in an official press release.<ref name="BM2012">{{cite web|url=http://www.fifa.com/worldranking/news/newsid%3D1974233/index.html|title=Spain finish 2012 on top, Colombia in fifth|publisher=FIFA|date=19 December 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121222000355/http://www.fifa.com/worldranking/news/newsid=1974233/index.html|archive-date=22 December 2012}}</ref>

After implementation of the major [[FIFA World Ranking system (2006–2018)|FIFA World ranking calculation revision in July 2006]], the calculation methodology to decide the "Mover of the Year" ranking also changed in 2007, to simply the difference between the FIFA world ranking points by the end of the year compared to 12 months earlier.<ref name="BM2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.fifa.com/worldranking/news/newsid=1560354/index.html|title=Spain on top and Wales highest climber|publisher=FIFA|date=21 December 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107202941/http://www.fifa.com/worldranking/news/newsid=1560354/index.html|archive-date=7 January 2012}}</ref> The Best Mover results for all subsequent years are based on the same methodology.

{| class="wikitable"
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!width="40"|Year!!style="width:190px"|Best mover!!style="width:190px"|Second best!!style="width:240px"|Third best!!Ref.
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|style="text-align:center"| 2007 || {{fb|MOZ}}<ref name="BM1993-2010"/> <small>(+245 pts)</small> || {{fb|NOR}} <small>(+240 pts)</small> || {{fb|NCL}} <small>(+220 pts)</small> || <ref name="BM2007-top3">{{cite news|title=First award for Kaká brace for Marta|url=https://holaamericanews.com/first-award-for-kaka-brace-for-marta/|date=19 December 2007|publisher=Hola American News|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629130550/https://holaamericanews.com/first-award-for-kaka-brace-for-marta/|archive-date=29 June 2022}}</ref><ref name="BM2007">{{cite news|title=WR Awards 2007: Top Team 2007 - Argentina; Best Mover 2007 - Mozambique|url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/4e60fb1a9e135e7d/original/m7y5mdcdrxhgakq8awnb-pdf.pdf|date=17 December 2007|publisher=FIFA|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629113746/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/4e60fb1a9e135e7d/original/m7y5mdcdrxhgakq8awnb-pdf.pdf|archive-date=29 June 2022}}</ref>
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|style="text-align:center"| 2008 || {{fb|ESP}}<ref name="BM1993-2010"/> <small>(+314 pts)</small> || {{fb|MNE}} <small>(+245 pts)</small> || {{fb|RUS}} <small>(+242 pts)</small> || <ref name="BM2008">{{cite web|title=FIFA Awards|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html|date=28 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530211809/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html#improved|website=[[RSSSF]]|url-status=live |archive-date=30 May 2022}}</ref>
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|style="text-align:center"| 2009 || {{fb|BRA}}<ref name="BM1993-2010"/> <small>(+322 pts)</small><hr>{{fb|ALG}} <small>(+322 pts)</small> ||style="text-align:center"| — || {{fb|SVN}} <small>(+235 pts)</small> || <ref name="BM2009">{{cite web|title=FIFA World Ranking 2009: Algeria's team 26th ends year on a global high|url=https://www.echoroukonline.com/fifa-world-ranking-2009-algeriaaes-team-26th-ends-year-on-a-global-high|date=16 December 2009|publisher=echoroukonline|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629120114/https://www.echoroukonline.com/fifa-world-ranking-2009-algeriaaes-team-26th-ends-year-on-a-global-high|url-status=live|archive-date=29 June 2022}}</ref>
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|style="text-align:center"| 2010 || {{fb|NED}}<ref name="BM1993-2010"/> <small>(+435 pts)</small> || {{fb|MNE}} <small>(+368 pts)</small> || {{fb|BOT}} <small>(+316 pts)</small> || <ref name="BM2010">{{cite web|title=Finalists finish 2010 on top|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/news/newsid=1351535.html|date=15 December 2010|publisher=FIFA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218180552/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/news/newsid%3D1351535.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 December 2010}}</ref><ref name="BM2010points">{{cite web|title=FIFA-weltrangliste: Deutschland wieder dritter [FIFA world rankings: Germany third again]|url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/fifa-weltrangliste-deutschland-wieder-dritter-25890/|date=15 December 2010|publisher=Deutschen Fußball-Bundes|language=German|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629203254/https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/fifa-weltrangliste-deutschland-wieder-dritter-25890/|url-status=live|archive-date=29 June 2022}}</ref>
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|style="text-align:center"| 2011 || {{fb|WAL}} <small>(+330 pts)</small> || {{fb|SLE}} <small>(+302 pts)</small> || {{fb|BIH}} <small>(+287 pts)</small> || <ref name="BM2011"/>
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|style="text-align:center"| 2012 || {{fb|COL}} <small>(+455 pts)</small> || {{fb|ECU}} <small>(+365 pts)</small> || {{fb|MLI}} <small>(+337 pts)</small> || <ref name="BM2012"/>
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|style="text-align:center"| 2013 || {{fb|UKR}} <small>(+312 pts)</small> || {{fb|ARM}} <small>(+259 pts)</small> || {{fb|USA}} <small>(+237 pts)</small> || <ref>{{cite news|title=Spain on top, Ukraine highest climber |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldranking/news/newsid=2247360/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220004806/http://www.fifa.com/worldranking/news/newsid=2247360/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 December 2013 |date=19 December 2013 |access-date=19 December 2013 |work=fifa.com}}</ref>
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|style="text-align:center"| 2014 || {{fb|GER}} <small>(+407 pts)</small> || {{fb|SVK}} <small>(+334 pts)</small> || {{fb|BEL}} <small>(+317 pts)</small> || <ref>{{cite news|title=Germany conquer 2014, Belgium, Slovakia impress |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/news/y=2014/m=12/news=germany-conquer-2014-belgium-slovakia-impress-2493791.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218144627/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/news/y=2014/m=12/news=germany-conquer-2014-belgium-slovakia-impress-2493791.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 December 2014 |date=18 December 2014 |access-date=18 December 2014 |work=fifa.com}}</ref>
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|style="text-align:center"| 2015 || {{fb|TUR}} <small>(+329 pts)</small> || {{fb|HUN}} <small>(+313 pts)</small> || {{fb|NCA}} <small>(+295 pts)</small> || <ref>{{cite news|title=Belgium and Turkey claim awards, Hungary return |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/news/y=2015/m=12/news=belgium-and-turkey-claim-awards-hungary-return-2741598.html |date=3 December 2015 |access-date=15 December 2015 |work=FIFA.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721140211/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/news/y%3D2015/m%3D12/news%3Dbelgium-and-turkey-claim-awards-hungary-return-2741598.html |archive-date=21 July 2016 }}</ref>
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|style="text-align:center"| 2016 || {{fb|FRA}} <small>(+437 pts)</small> || {{fb|PER}} <small>(+321 pts)</small> || {{fb|POL}} <small>(+311 pts)</small> || <ref>{{cite news|title=Argentina and France take Ranking awards |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/news/y=2016/m=12/news=argentina-and-france-take-ranking-awards-2861406.html?intcmp=fifacom_hp_module_news_top |date=22 December 2016 |access-date=12 December 2016 |work=FIFA.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222224500/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/news/y%3D2016/m%3D12/news%3Dargentina-and-france-take-ranking-awards-2861406.html?intcmp=fifacom_hp_module_news_top |archive-date=22 December 2016 }}</ref>
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|style="text-align:center"| 2017 || {{fb|DEN}} <small>(+456 pts)</small> || {{fb|SWE}} <small>(+323 pts)</small> || {{fb|BOL}} <small>(+315 pts)</small> || <ref>{{cite news|title=Danes delighted with dynamic 2017|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/2018russia/news/danes-delighted-with-dynamic-2017-2925512 |date=28 December 2017 |access-date=9 June 2022 |work=FIFA.com |url-status=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609172301/https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/2018russia/news/danes-delighted-with-dynamic-2017-2925512|archive-date=9 June 2022}}</ref>
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|style="text-align:center"| 2018 || {{fb|FRA}} <small>(+165 pts)</small> || {{fb|URU}} <small>(+151 pts)</small> || {{fb|KOS}} <small>(+133 pts)</small> || <ref>{{cite news|title=Belgium end year on top, France 2018's top mover|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/news/belgium-end-year-on-top-france-2018-s-top-mover|publisher=[[FIFA]]|date=20 December 2018|access-date=20 December 2018|archive-date=8 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108115808/https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/news/belgium-end-year-on-top-france-2018-s-top-mover|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|style="text-align:center"| 2019 || {{fb|QAT}} <small>(+138 pts)</small> || {{fb|ALG}} <small>(+135 pts)</small> || {{fb|JPN}} <small>(+89 pts)</small> || <ref>{{cite news|title=Belgium crowned Team of the Year, Qatar 2019's biggest climber|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/news/belgium-crowned-team-of-the-year-qatar-2019-s-biggest-climber|publisher=[[FIFA]]|date=19 December 2019|access-date=19 December 2019|archive-date=23 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123145844/https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/news/belgium-crowned-team-of-the-year-qatar-2019-s-biggest-climber|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|style="text-align:center"| 2020 || {{fb|HUN}} <small>(+44 pts)</small> || {{fb|ECU}} <small>(+41 pts)</small> || {{fb|MLT}} <small>(+32 pts)</small> || <ref>{{cite news|title=Belgium and Hungary take 2020 honours|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/news/belgium-and-hungary-take-2020-honours|publisher=[[FIFA]]|date=10 December 2020|access-date=10 December 2020|archive-date=15 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615005443/https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/news/belgium-and-hungary-take-2020-honours|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|style="text-align:center"| 2021 || {{fb|CAN}} <small>(+130.32 pts)</small> || {{fb|ITA}} <small>(+115.77 pts)</small> || {{fb|ARG}} <small>(+108.51 pts)</small> || <ref>{{cite news|title=Belgium and Canada take 2021 honours in FIFA rankings|url=https://www.fifa.com/news/belgium-and-canada-take-2021-honours-in-fifa-rankings|publisher=[[FIFA]]|date=23 December 2021|access-date=23 December 2021|archive-date=26 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126223641/https://www.fifa.com/news/belgium-and-canada-take-2021-honours-in-fifa-rankings|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|style="text-align:center"| 2022 || {{fb|MAR}} <small>(+142.42 pts)</small> || {{fb|CRO}} <small>(+106.88 pts)</small> || {{fb|ARG}} <small>(+87.87 pts)</small> || <ref>{{cite news|title=Brazil hold on, Morocco on the up and up|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/men/news/article-greater-than-fifa-mens-ranking-december-2022-221222-ar-1|publisher=[[FIFA]]|date=22 December 2022|access-date=22 December 2022|archive-date=22 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222092156/https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/men/news/article-greater-than-fifa-mens-ranking-december-2022-221222-ar-1|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|style="text-align:center"| 2023 || {{fb|PAN}} <small>(+83.92 pts)</small> || {{fb|MDA}} <small>(+63.72 pts)</small> || {{fb|MYS}} <small>(+56.27 pts)</small> || <ref>{{cite news|title=Argentina peerless, Panama buoyant|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/news/argentina-peerless-panama-buoyant|publisher=[[FIFA]]|date=21 December 2023|access-date=21 December 2023}}</ref>

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|style="text-align:center"| 2024 || {{fb|ANG}} <small>(+128.43 pts)</small> || {{fb|ESP}} <small>(+120.63 pts)</small> || {{fb|JOR}} <small>(+103.28 pts)</small> || <ref>{{cite news|title=Annual FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking™ glee for Argentina and Angola|url=https://inside.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/men/news/coca-cola-mens-world-ranking-argentina-no-1-angola-rise|publisher=[[FIFA]]|date=19 December 2024|access-date=19 December 2024}}</ref>
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==See also==
*[[FIFA Women's World Ranking]]
*[[World Football Elo Ratings]]
*[[Statistical association football predictions]]
*[[Geography of association football]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fifaranking.html FIFA rankings: A Guide to the first '93 revision] ([[RSSSF]])
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070604211354/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/procedure/men.html How the FIFA men's rankings are calculated] (archived 4 June 2007)
*[http://www.statsilk.com/maps/fifa-football-ranking-interactive-world-map Interactive world map of the FIFA rankings]

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