Every sport. One table.
Which country is the best at sport?
Based on 65 official world rankings, USA is currently the best sporting country, ahead of Australia and Japan.
The answer combines 41 national-team rankings and 24 individual and pair rankings, all taken from the official governing bodies. Every list counts the same.
Top 10 sporting countries
- 1🇺🇸 USA5,273
- 2🇦🇺 Australia5,014
- 3🇯🇵 Japan4,616
- 4🇨🇦 Canada4,454
- 5🇩🇪 Germany4,372
- 6🇫🇷 France4,238
- 7🇳🇱 Netherlands4,108
- 8🇮🇹 Italy4,098
- 9🇪🇸 Spain4,085
- 10🇳🇿 New Zealand3,747
Leaders by type of sport
- Best in team sports: USA.
- Best in individual sports: USA.
- Best in men's sport: USA.
- Best in women's sport: USA.
How is this calculated?
In each world ranking, #1 earns 100 points and the rest get less in proportion to the size of that list (unranked earns 0). Highest total wins. In individual sports each country is placed by its best-ranked player or pair, so countries do not win just by having more players.