World rankings

Every team on one scale, computed from the full match history. Rating runs 1–99, with the underlying Glicko-2 value beside it. Teams with too few matches to rate confidently are listed but not ranked. World Rugby's official position is shown for comparison and never feeds the model — how the two systems differ.


1	South Africa	85	2108	±78	1
2	New Zealand	79	1982	±72	2
3	Ireland	74	1884	±77	3
4	France	72	1842	±74	4
5	England	68	1763	±71	5
6	Scotland	66	1730	±74	6
7	Argentina	61	1617	±71	7
8	Australia	59	1583	±72	8
9	Wales	51	1425	±75	10+1
10	Fiji	51	1412	±84	9-1
11	Italy	48	1367	±76	11
12	Japan	46	1310	±85	12
13	Georgia	41	1215	±89	13
14	Chile	40	1202	±102	16+2
15	Uruguay	39	1177	±87	18+3
16	Samoa	38	1150	±84	20+4
17	Portugal	36	1121	±105	15-2
18	USA	34	1088	±88	14-4
19	Spain	33	1064	±95	17-2
20	Tonga	27	938	±89	19-1
21	Namibia	27	930	±120	26+5
22	Romania	19	788	±83	21-1
23	Canada	13	661	±91	24+1

Rating over time

GB Ratings at each month's end, over the last 2 years. A flat stretch is a team that did not play: a Glicko rating moves on results, not on the calendar.

Provisional — 62 teams

Too few matches on record to place. The rating is real, but it could move a long way on one result.


—	Poland	—	2451	±196	30
—	Denmark	—	2426	±205	58
—	Tunisia	—	2222	±301	48
—	Colombia	—	2171	±227	41
—	Sweden	—	2106	±167	34
—	Czechia	—	2095	±148	29
—	Barbados	—	2082	±215	60
—	Sri Lanka	—	1992	±292	49
—	Serbia	—	1895	±236	69
—	Trinidad & Tobago	—	1894	±191	52
—	Mexico	—	1882	±172	37
—	Moldova	—	1864	±202	57
—	Austria	—	1864	±264	64
—	Cayman Islands	—	1840	±203	42
—	Malta	—	1780	±268	44
—	Venezuela	—	1759	±259	76
—	Latvia	—	1658	±250	65
—	Switzerland	—	1647	±257	28
—	Qatar	—	1569	±324	98
—	Jamaica	—	1554	±272	62
—	Turkey	—	1539	±233	84
—	Zimbabwe	—	1529	±162	25
—	Bermuda	—	1463	±216	70
—	Croatia	—	1456	±140	56
—	Finland	—	1437	±248	77
—	Luxembourg	—	1391	±210	53
—	Andorra	—	1341	±208	79
—	Ukraine	—	1333	±190	51
—	Lithuania	—	1326	±149	54
—	St Lucia	—	1302	±312	95
—	Bulgaria	—	1297	±227	73
—	Israel	—	1216	±274	63
—	Peru	—	1184	±208	80
—	Kenya	—	1082	±169	36
—	Chinese Taipei	—	1059	±319	61
—	Belgium	—	1003	±188	22
—	Slovenia	—	981	±253	82
—	Paraguay	—	963	±175	31
—	India	—	953	±276	85
—	Hong Kong China	—	937	±151	—
—	Thailand	—	934	±350	71
—	Algeria	—	875	±257	45
—	Guyana	—	864	±228	74
—	Germany	—	863	±272	35
—	Netherlands	—	811	±330	27
—	Senegal	—	757	±227	47
—	Costa Rica	—	735	±228	91
—	Korea	—	711	±225	38
—	Uganda	—	608	±178	50
—	Singapore	—	537	±319	72
—	Cote D'Ivoire	—	523	±238	68
—	Bahamas	—	520	±291	96
—	United Arab Emirates	—	515	±220	40
—	Brazil	—	510	±146	33
—	Norway	—	433	±259	101
—	Russia	—	425	±156	32
—	St Vincent and the Grenadines	—	346	±293	83
—	Malaysia	—	256	±237	55
—	Hungary	—	120	±224	86
—	Zambia	—	-208	±287	66
—	Bosnia & Herzegovina	—	-232	±261	93
—	Burkina Faso	—	-622	±337	87

Not comparable — 2 teams

These teams have never played the ones above, so their ratings cannot be ranked against them. It is not a judgement about how good they are.


—	Botswana	—	2143	±291	78
—	Eswatini	—	857	±291	97

World rankings

Rating over time

Provisional — 62 teams

Not comparable — 2 teams

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