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 98, ahead of France and Germany. Rankings blend FIFA world ranking (35%), points per game (45%) and goal difference (20%).

1Argentina flagArgentina2–0–0 · GD +5 · FIFA #198
2France flagFrance2–0–0 · GD +5 · FIFA #298
3Germany flagGermany2–0–0 · GD +7 · FIFA #994
4USA flagUSA2–0–0 · GD +5 · FIFA #1588
5Colombia flagColombia2–0–0 · GD +3 · FIFA #1188
6Mexico flagMexico2–0–0 · GD +3 · FIFA #2081
7Spain flagSpain1–1–0 · GD +4 · FIFA #380
8Portugal flagPortugal1–1–0 · GD +5 · FIFA #680
9Norway flagNorway2–0–0 · GD +4 · FIFA #2678
10Netherlands flagNetherlands1–1–0 · GD +4 · FIFA #777
11Brazil flagBrazil1–1–0 · GD +3 · FIFA #577
12England flagEngland1–1–0 · GD +2 · FIFA #476
13Switzerland flagSwitzerland2–1–0 · GD +4 · FIFA #1872
14Japan flagJapan1–1–0 · GD +4 · FIFA #1770
15Morocco flagMorocco1–1–0 · GD +1 · FIFA #1368
16Belgium flagBelgium0–2–0 · GD +0 · FIFA #855
17Croatia flagCroatia1–0–1 · GD -1 · FIFA #1655
18Egypt flagEgypt1–1–0 · GD +2 · FIFA #3752
19Austria flagAustria1–0–1 · GD +0 · FIFA #2351
20South Korea flagSouth Korea1–0–1 · GD +0 · FIFA #2451
21Uruguay flagUruguay0–2–0 · GD +0 · FIFA #1451
22Sweden flagSweden1–0–1 · GD +0 · FIFA #2749
23Australia flagAustralia1–0–1 · GD +0 · FIFA #2848
24Iran flagIran0–2–0 · GD +0 · FIFA #2542
25Ghana flagGhana1–1–0 · GD +1 · FIFA #5642
26Algeria flagAlgeria1–0–1 · GD -2 · FIFA #3341
27Scotland flagScotland1–0–1 · GD +0 · FIFA #4138
28Canada flagCanada1–1–1 · GD +5 · FIFA #4638
29Ecuador flagEcuador0–1–1 · GD -1 · FIFA #2236
30Ivory Coast flagIvory Coast1–0–1 · GD +0 · FIFA #4734
31Czechia flagCzechia0–1–1 · GD -1 · FIFA #2930
32Paraguay flagParaguay1–0–1 · GD -2 · FIFA #5829
33Bosnia & Herzegovina flagBosnia & Herzegovina1–1–1 · GD -1 · FIFA #5629
34Senegal flagSenegal0–0–2 · GD -3 · FIFA #2125
35Cape Verde Islands flagCape Verde Islands0–2–0 · GD +0 · FIFA #7825
36Türkiye flagTürkiye0–0–2 · GD -3 · FIFA #2522
37Congo DR flagCongo DR0–1–1 · GD -1 · FIFA #6316
38South Africa flagSouth Africa0–1–1 · GD -2 · FIFA #6714
39New Zealand flagNew Zealand0–1–1 · GD -2 · FIFA #10614
40Qatar flagQatar0–1–2 · GD -8 · FIFA #3913
41Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia0–1–1 · GD -4 · FIFA #5911
42Tunisia flagTunisia0–0–2 · GD -8 · FIFA #3510
43Curaçao flagCuraçao0–1–1 · GD -6 · FIFA #848
44Panama flagPanama0–0–2 · GD -2 · FIFA #527
45Jordan flagJordan0–0–2 · GD -3 · FIFA #715
46Haiti flagHaiti0–0–2 · GD -4 · FIFA #1033
47Iraq flagIraq0–0–2 · GD -6 · FIFA #650
48Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan0–0–2 · GD -7 · FIFA #680

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