Updated through games of 5 Jul 2006
These rankings rank the national sides in football (known as "soccer" here in the States) using a computer program that analyzes
previous results, including home advantage, offense, defense, importance of game (e.g., World Cup results count more than
friendlies), and date of game (more recent results count more). See About for additional details.
NEW! These ratings have also been used to simulate the upcoming tournament in Germany and generate
World Cup odds for certain outcomes (e.g., team wins group, team advances to knockout
round, team wins World Cup).
| Rank |
Name |
Offense |
Defense |
Rating |
| 1. |
France |
4.330 |
4.761 |
2970 |
| 2. |
Brazil |
5.184 |
3.631 |
2712 |
| 3. |
Netherlands |
3.907 |
4.369 |
2459 |
| 4. |
Italy |
3.893 |
4.271 |
2395 |
| 5. |
Spain |
4.655 |
3.417 |
2292 |
| 6. |
England |
4.184 |
3.628 |
2187 |
| 7. |
Argentina |
4.819 |
3.063 |
2127 |
| 8. |
Portugal |
3.977 |
3.286 |
1883 |
| 9. |
Germany |
4.726 |
2.529 |
1722 |
| 10. |
Sweden |
3.570 |
3.091 |
1590 |
| 11. |
Czech Republic |
4.398 |
2.399 |
1520 |
| 12. |
Republic of Ireland |
2.935 |
3.224 |
1363 |
| 13. |
Croatia |
3.314 |
2.800 |
1337 |
| 14. |
Mexico |
3.474 |
2.622 |
1313 |
| 15. |
Denmark |
3.857 |
2.354 |
1308 |
| 16. |
USA |
2.872 |
2.656 |
1099 |
| 17. |
Nigeria |
2.956 |
2.564 |
1092 |
| 18. |
Switzerland |
2.997 |
2.523 |
1089 |
| 19. |
Romania |
3.345 |
2.251 |
1085 |
| 20. |
Australia |
3.352 |
2.245 |
1084 |
| 21. |
Colombia |
2.948 |
2.548 |
1082 |
| 22. |
Turkey |
3.451 |
2.154 |
1071 |
| 23. |
Uruguay |
3.401 |
2.182 |
1069 |
| 24. |
Norway |
2.921 |
2.423 |
1020 |
| 25. |
Côte d'Ivoire |
3.443 |
1.988 |
986 |
| 26. |
Poland |
3.189 |
2.087 |
959 |
| 27. |
Paraguay |
2.763 |
2.365 |
942 |
| 28. |
Japan |
2.901 |
2.245 |
938 |
| 29. |
Morocco |
2.224 |
2.907 |
932 |
| 30. |
Cameroon |
2.627 |
2.458 |
931 |
| 31. |
Greece |
2.512 |
2.506 |
907 |
| 32. |
Korea Republic |
2.651 |
2.298 |
877 |
| 33. |
Russia |
3.104 |
1.941 |
868 |
| 34. |
Ukraine |
2.294 |
2.622 |
867 |
| 35. |
Chile |
2.768 |
2.164 |
863 |
| 36. |
Ecuador |
2.642 |
2.233 |
850 |
| 37. |
Iran |
2.921 |
1.957 |
824 |
| 38. |
Belgium |
3.223 |
1.702 |
790 |
| 39. |
Egypt |
2.823 |
1.923 |
782 |
| 40. |
Tunisia |
2.815 |
1.906 |
773 |
| 41. |
Slovakia |
2.608 |
2.051 |
771 |
| 42. |
Israel |
2.983 |
1.784 |
767 |
| 43. |
Senegal |
2.438 |
2.127 |
747 |
| 44. |
Austria |
3.056 |
1.610 |
709 |
| 45. |
Peru |
2.784 |
1.749 |
702 |
| 46. |
Scotland |
2.364 |
2.000 |
681 |
| 47. |
Bulgaria |
2.885 |
1.630 |
678 |
| 48. |
Finland |
2.685 |
1.738 |
672 |
| 49. |
Honduras |
2.911 |
1.567 |
657 |
| 50. |
Serbia and Montenegro |
2.415 |
1.833 |
638 |
| 51. |
Costa Rica |
2.935 |
1.488 |
629 |
| 52. |
Hungary |
2.519 |
1.729 |
627 |
| 53. |
Ghana |
2.335 |
1.777 |
598 |
| 54. |
China PR |
2.138 |
1.895 |
584 |
| 55. |
Wales |
2.225 |
1.776 |
569 |
| 56. |
Bolivia |
2.537 |
1.542 |
564 |
| 57. |
Belarus |
2.689 |
1.452 |
563 |
| 58. |
Slovenia |
2.305 |
1.635 |
543 |
| 59. |
South Africa |
2.190 |
1.673 |
528 |
| 60. |
Guinea |
2.511 |
1.443 |
522 |
| 61. |
Saudi Arabia |
2.051 |
1.723 |
509 |
| 62. |
Venezuela |
2.326 |
1.482 |
497 |
| 63. |
Angola |
1.972 |
1.745 |
496 |
| 64. |
Zaire |
1.920 |
1.782 |
493 |
| 65. |
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
2.162 |
1.577 |
491 |
| 66. |
Iceland |
2.529 |
1.284 |
468 |
| 67. |
FYR Macedonia |
2.401 |
1.327 |
459 |
| 68. |
Mali |
2.080 |
1.516 |
454 |
| 69. |
Algeria |
2.037 |
1.515 |
445 |
| 70. |
Zambia |
1.963 |
1.568 |
443 |
| 71. |
Zimbabwe |
2.003 |
1.503 |
434 |
| 72. |
Canada |
1.718 |
1.714 |
424 |
| 73. |
Albania |
2.115 |
1.344 |
410 |
| 74. |
Qatar |
1.930 |
1.472 |
409 |
| 75. |
Oman |
1.899 |
1.476 |
404 |
| 76. |
Guatemala |
2.072 |
1.292 |
386 |
| 77. |
Jamaica |
1.921 |
1.360 |
376 |
| 78. |
Georgia |
2.229 |
1.168 |
375 |
| 79. |
Northern Ireland |
1.550 |
1.674 |
374 |
| 80. |
Kuwait |
1.898 |
1.354 |
370 |
| 81. |
Togo |
1.833 |
1.396 |
369 |
| 82. |
Jordan |
1.618 |
1.562 |
364 |
| 83. |
Iraq |
2.308 |
1.085 |
361 |
| 84. |
Uzbekistan |
2.256 |
1.107 |
360 |
| 85. |
Congo DR |
1.909 |
1.301 |
358 |
| 86. |
Bahrain |
1.948 |
1.259 |
353 |
| 87. |
Korea DPR |
1.810 |
1.314 |
343 |
| 88. |
Lithuania |
1.637 |
1.449 |
342 |
| 89. |
Libya |
1.669 |
1.374 |
331 |
| 90. |
Burkina Faso |
1.849 |
1.237 |
330 |
| 91. |
New Zealand |
1.692 |
1.343 |
327 |
| 92. |
Gabon |
1.741 |
1.260 |
316 |
| 93. |
Cyprus |
1.936 |
1.131 |
316 |
| 94. |
Trinidad and Tobago |
1.553 |
1.391 |
311 |
| 95. |
Latvia |
1.854 |
1.163 |
311 |
| 96. |
Moldova |
1.419 |
1.497 |
306 |
| 97. |
United Arab Emirates |
1.764 |
1.175 |
299 |
| 98. |
Syria |
1.903 |
1.074 |
294 |
| 99. |
Estonia |
1.616 |
1.207 |
281 |
| 100. |
Cuba |
1.644 |
1.156 |
274 |
| 101. |
Kenya |
1.571 |
1.189 |
269 |
| 102. |
Panama |
1.461 |
1.246 |
262 |
| 103. |
Armenia |
1.494 |
1.208 |
260 |
| 104. |
Cape Verde Islands |
1.529 |
1.164 |
256 |
| 105. |
Uganda |
1.396 |
1.179 |
237 |
| 106. |
Haiti |
1.577 |
1.041 |
237 |
| 107. |
Gambia |
1.350 |
1.175 |
229 |
| 108. |
Rwanda |
1.472 |
1.059 |
225 |
| 109. |
Chad |
1.560 |
0.994 |
223 |
| 110. |
Congo |
1.223 |
1.268 |
223 |
| 111. |
Malawi |
1.748 |
0.877 |
221 |
| 112. |
Guinea-Bissau |
1.656 |
0.910 |
217 |
| 113. |
El Salvador |
1.306 |
1.144 |
215 |
| 114. |
Lebanon |
1.438 |
1.018 |
211 |
| 115. |
Thailand |
1.730 |
0.827 |
206 |
| 116. |
Liberia |
1.481 |
0.966 |
206 |
| 117. |
Tajikistan |
1.095 |
1.302 |
205 |
| 118. |
Sudan |
1.432 |
0.982 |
203 |
| 119. |
Sierra Leone |
1.114 |
1.261 |
202 |
| 120. |
Mozambique |
1.108 |
1.250 |
200 |
| 121. |
Martinique |
1.822 |
0.746 |
196 |
| 122. |
Yemen PDR |
1.570 |
0.833 |
188 |
| 123. |
Ethiopia |
1.417 |
0.917 |
187 |
| 124. |
Benin |
1.466 |
0.879 |
186 |
| 125. |
Turkmenistan |
1.384 |
0.922 |
184 |
| 126. |
Kazakhstan |
1.269 |
0.989 |
181 |
| 127. |
Botswana |
0.923 |
1.332 |
177 |
| 128. |
Reunion Island |
1.114 |
1.042 |
167 |
| 129. |
Namibia |
1.370 |
0.830 |
164 |
| 130. |
Burundi |
1.066 |
1.022 |
157 |
| 131. |
Palestine |
1.128 |
0.960 |
156 |
| 132. |
Azerbaijan |
0.882 |
1.211 |
154 |
| 133. |
Guadeloupe |
1.014 |
1.040 |
152 |
| 134. |
Central African Republic |
1.264 |
0.797 |
145 |
| 135. |
Faroe Islands |
1.110 |
0.883 |
141 |
| 136. |
Madagascar |
1.072 |
0.899 |
139 |
| 137. |
Malta |
1.101 |
0.856 |
136 |
| 138. |
Mauritius |
1.177 |
0.794 |
135 |
| 139. |
Indonesia |
1.256 |
0.716 |
130 |
| 140. |
Solomon Islands |
1.452 |
0.603 |
126 |
| 141. |
Niger |
1.011 |
0.863 |
126 |
| 142. |
Lesotho |
1.031 |
0.841 |
125 |
| 143. |
Singapore |
0.975 |
0.888 |
125 |
| 144. |
Swaziland |
1.333 |
0.636 |
122 |
| 145. |
Fiji |
1.036 |
0.805 |
120 |
| 146. |
Equatorial Guinea |
0.966 |
0.833 |
116 |
| 147. |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
1.203 |
0.645 |
112 |
| 148. |
St. Lucia |
1.177 |
0.657 |
111 |
| 149. |
Liechtenstein |
0.985 |
0.779 |
111 |
| 150. |
Tanzania |
0.995 |
0.762 |
109 |
| 151. |
Mauritania |
0.792 |
0.930 |
106 |
| 152. |
Grenada |
1.547 |
0.474 |
106 |
| 153. |
Yemen |
1.223 |
0.594 |
105 |
| 154. |
Barbados |
1.074 |
0.663 |
103 |
| 155. |
Kyrgyzstan |
0.881 |
0.785 |
100 |
| 156. |
Malaysia |
1.042 |
0.654 |
98 |
| 157. |
Surinam |
0.927 |
0.733 |
98 |
| 158. |
New Caledonia |
0.903 |
0.748 |
97 |
| 159. |
Hong Kong |
0.837 |
0.746 |
90 |
| 160. |
St. Kitts and Nevis |
0.943 |
0.647 |
88 |
| 161. |
Eritrea |
0.692 |
0.880 |
88 |
| 162. |
Bermuda |
1.131 |
0.516 |
84 |
| 163. |
Andorra |
0.667 |
0.864 |
83 |
| 164. |
Vietnam |
0.867 |
0.660 |
82 |
| 165. |
Seychelles |
0.744 |
0.748 |
80 |
| 166. |
Vanuatu |
1.103 |
0.471 |
75 |
| 167. |
Netherlands Antilles |
0.813 |
0.615 |
72 |
| 168. |
Tahiti |
0.770 |
0.622 |
69 |
| 169. |
Guyana |
0.896 |
0.533 |
69 |
| 170. |
India |
0.823 |
0.568 |
67 |
| 171. |
Myanmar |
0.981 |
0.441 |
62 |
| 172. |
Nicaragua |
0.743 |
0.572 |
61 |
| 173. |
Belize |
0.706 |
0.564 |
57 |
| 174. |
Luxembourg |
0.599 |
0.646 |
56 |
| 175. |
Antigua and Barbuda |
0.803 |
0.409 |
47 |
| 176. |
Papua New Guinea |
0.899 |
0.354 |
46 |
| 177. |
São Tomé e Príncipe |
0.672 |
0.450 |
44 |
| 178. |
Maldives |
0.644 |
0.447 |
41 |
| 179. |
Dominica |
0.579 |
0.432 |
36 |
| 180. |
Dominican Republic |
0.466 |
0.532 |
36 |
| 181. |
Bangladesh |
0.465 |
0.510 |
34 |
| 182. |
Cayman Islands |
0.546 |
0.433 |
34 |
| 183. |
San Marino |
0.359 |
0.606 |
31 |
| 184. |
Djibouti |
0.857 |
0.235 |
29 |
| 185. |
Sri Lanka |
0.464 |
0.427 |
29 |
| 186. |
Chinese Taipei |
0.471 |
0.353 |
24 |
| 187. |
Laos |
0.595 |
0.261 |
22 |
| 188. |
Aruba |
0.738 |
0.196 |
21 |
| 189. |
Pakistan |
0.381 |
0.366 |
20 |
| 190. |
Somalia |
0.296 |
0.462 |
20 |
| 191. |
Puerto Rico |
0.479 |
0.276 |
19 |
| 192. |
Cambodia |
0.504 |
0.238 |
17 |
| 193. |
British Virgin Islands |
0.374 |
0.311 |
17 |
| 194. |
East Timor |
0.744 |
0.151 |
16 |
| 195. |
Nepal |
0.443 |
0.253 |
16 |
| 196. |
Bahamas |
0.387 |
0.255 |
14 |
| 197. |
Samoa |
0.315 |
0.246 |
11 |
| 198. |
Afghanistan |
0.407 |
0.188 |
11 |
| 199. |
Philippines |
0.252 |
0.265 |
10 |
| 200. |
Brunei Darussalam |
0.212 |
0.288 |
9 |
| 201. |
US Virgin Islands |
0.465 |
0.118 |
8 |
| 202. |
Macau |
0.234 |
0.228 |
8 |
| 203. |
Montserrat |
0.494 |
0.106 |
8 |
| 204. |
Anguilla |
0.311 |
0.138 |
6 |
| 205. |
Tonga |
0.231 |
0.161 |
5 |
| 206. |
Cook Islands |
0.219 |
0.160 |
5 |
| 207. |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
0.135 |
0.225 |
4 |
| 208. |
Mongolia |
0.154 |
0.166 |
4 |
| 209. |
Bhutan |
0.109 |
0.232 |
4 |
| 210. |
American Samoa |
0.148 |
0.063 |
1 |
| 211. |
Guam |
0.063 |
0.055 |
1 |