World football rankings
The live international football ladder
World Football Ladder ranks all 211 FIFA member men's national teams through a direct challenge system: beat a higher-placed nation in an eligible match and swap places. These are independent world football rankings, not the official FIFA points table. In-play changes remain provisional until the result is verified.
Spain currently holds #1 in the published ladder, with 211 nations ranked. Compare the ladder with FIFA rankings.
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How these international football rankings work
A lower-placed winner takes the higher-placed loser's position; the loser takes the winner's previous position. The nations do not need to be neighbours. A draw or a win by the higher-placed nation leaves their positions unchanged.
For example, if #30 beats #8, they exchange places: #30 becomes #8 and #8 becomes #30. The nations between them do not move. This is a rule example, not a reported match result.
Eligibility, starting order and full ladder rulesWorld football rankings: ladder or FIFA?
FIFA measures accumulated rating points using match importance and expected outcomes. WFL records earned positions through head-to-head challenges. One upset can produce a large ladder move without an equivalent move in FIFA's table; a ladder position is not a prediction of who will win next.
FIFA ranking vs the international football ladder · Compare FIFA, Elo and WFL
The published standings are also available as an open JSON dataset.