FIFA World Cup 2026

World Cup 2026 power rankings

All 48 nations ranked by pedigree, tournament form and goal difference — who are the favourites.

Argentina top the FIFA World Cup 2026 power rankings with a score of 96, ahead of Spain and France. Rankings blend FIFA world ranking (35%), points per game (45%) and goal difference (20%).

1Argentina flagArgentina7–0–0 · GD +12 · FIFA #196
2Spain flagSpain6–1–0 · GD +12 · FIFA #390
3France flagFrance6–0–2 · GD +10 · FIFA #282
4England flagEngland6–1–1 · GD +8 · FIFA #482
5Brazil flagBrazil3–1–1 · GD +6 · FIFA #576
6Colombia flagColombia3–2–0 · GD +4 · FIFA #1173
7Mexico flagMexico4–0–1 · GD +7 · FIFA #2072
8Morocco flagMorocco4–1–1 · GD +5 · FIFA #1372
9Belgium flagBelgium3–2–1 · GD +7 · FIFA #871
10Netherlands flagNetherlands2–1–1 · GD +5 · FIFA #771
11Portugal flagPortugal2–2–1 · GD +5 · FIFA #669
12Germany flagGermany2–0–2 · GD +5 · FIFA #966
13USA flagUSA3–0–2 · GD +3 · FIFA #1564
14Switzerland flagSwitzerland3–2–1 · GD +4 · FIFA #1862
15Norway flagNorway4–0–2 · GD +2 · FIFA #2658
16Croatia flagCroatia2–0–2 · GD -1 · FIFA #1656
17Japan flagJapan1–2–1 · GD +3 · FIFA #1755
18Uruguay flagUruguay0–2–1 · GD -1 · FIFA #1444
19Egypt flagEgypt2–2–1 · GD +2 · FIFA #3744
20Ecuador flagEcuador1–1–2 · GD -2 · FIFA #2243
21Senegal flagSenegal1–0–3 · GD +1 · FIFA #2143
22Iran flagIran0–3–0 · GD +0 · FIFA #2542
23South Korea flagSouth Korea1–0–2 · GD -1 · FIFA #2442
24Austria flagAustria1–1–2 · GD -3 · FIFA #2341
25Türkiye flagTürkiye1–0–2 · GD -2 · FIFA #2540
26Australia flagAustralia1–1–2 · GD -1 · FIFA #2839
27Sweden flagSweden1–1–2 · GD -3 · FIFA #2739
28Canada flagCanada2–1–2 · GD +3 · FIFA #4635
29Ivory Coast flagIvory Coast2–0–2 · GD +1 · FIFA #4735
30Algeria flagAlgeria1–1–2 · GD -4 · FIFA #3333
31Paraguay flagParaguay2–1–2 · GD -2 · FIFA #5830
32Scotland flagScotland1–0–2 · GD -3 · FIFA #4127
33Czechia flagCzechia0–1–2 · GD -4 · FIFA #2925
34Congo DR flagCongo DR1–1–2 · GD +0 · FIFA #6325
35Ghana flagGhana1–1–2 · GD -1 · FIFA #5624
36South Africa flagSouth Africa1–1–2 · GD -2 · FIFA #6723
37Bosnia & Herzegovina flagBosnia & Herzegovina1–1–2 · GD -3 · FIFA #5623
38Cape Verde Islands flagCape Verde Islands0–3–1 · GD -1 · FIFA #7820
39Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia0–2–1 · GD -4 · FIFA #5916
40Qatar flagQatar0–1–2 · GD -8 · FIFA #3913
41Tunisia flagTunisia0–0–3 · GD -10 · FIFA #3510
42New Zealand flagNew Zealand0–1–2 · GD -6 · FIFA #1068
43Curaçao flagCuraçao0–1–2 · GD -8 · FIFA #846
44Panama flagPanama0–0–3 · GD -4 · FIFA #526
45Jordan flagJordan0–0–3 · GD -5 · FIFA #714
46Haiti flagHaiti0–0–3 · GD -6 · FIFA #1033
47Iraq flagIraq0–0–3 · GD -11 · FIFA #650
48Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan0–0–3 · GD -9 · FIFA #680

Power score blends FIFA ranking (35%), points per game (45%) and goal difference (20%). Updated live through the tournament.