Fifa World Rankings April 2026

Fifa's World Rankings for April 2026 were released in real time from FIFA HQ in Zurich in Switzerland following a raft of play off games for World Cup 2026 plus a round of international friendlies.

The second rankings of the year with just two months to go to World Cup 2026 saw some significant changes in the top 20 teams since January.

France leapfrog Euro 2024 winners Spain and 2022 World Cup winners Argentina second to top the rankings for the first time since September 2018. England are unchanged in fourth despite drawing with Uruguay and losing to Japan in friendlies at Wembley.

Next comes Portugal, Brazil, The Netherlands, "losing" Afcon finalists Morocco, Belgium, then Germany in 10th. Croatia are 11th with Euro 2020 winners Italy 12th, despite failing to make the finals in the USA, Mexico and Canada. Afcon "winners" Senegal drop 2 spots to 14th.

Wales are 37th. The USA are in 16th place.

Australia are unchanged in 27th place; Japan, who have already qualified for World Cup 2026 as have Australia, are in 18th position. South Korea are 25th.

Scotland who have qualified for the World Cup for the first time since 1998 are in the 43rd spot after losing to both Japan and Ivory Coast in friendlies. The Republic of Ireland are still in 59th place, while Northern Ireland are in 70th. The lowest-ranked team is San Marino in 211th place with Eritrea previously unranked now 184th.

1 France
2 Spain
3 Argentina
4 England
5 Portugal
6 Brazil
7 The Netherlands
8 Morocco
9 Belgium
10 Germany
11 Croatia
12 Italy
13 Colombia
14 Senegal
15 Mexico
16 USA
17 Uruguay
18 Japan
19 Switzerland
20 Denmark