Argentina (1st, up 2), the reigning world champions, will begin their title defence as the world’s top-ranked team, with the June FIFA Men’s World Ranking published just hours before the biggest-ever FIFA World Cup™ gets under way.
Following a series of pre-FIFA World Cup™ friendlies that marked the second period in which the FIFA Men’s World Ranking was updated in real time during international matches, Argentina surged back to the summit after victories in both their warm-up fixtures, against Iceland and Honduras.
They replace France (3rd, down 2), who slipped behind after losing to Côte d’Ivoire before beating Northern Ireland, and Spain (2nd, unchanged), who were held to a draw by Iraq and then beat Peru.
Further down the top ten, Morocco (7th, up 1) continue their rise, reaching their highest-ever position since the FIFA Men’s World Ranking was introduced in August 1993. In doing so, they overtake the Netherlands (8th, down 1), whilst elsewhere in the top 20, Mexico (14th, up 1) and Uruguay (16th, up 1) move above Senegal (15th, down 1) and the USA (17th, down 1), with IR Iran (20th, up 1) entering the top 20.
Hungary (39th, up 3), Chile (51st, up 3) and China PR (91st, up 3) are the biggest climbers in the top 100, with Serbia (41st, down 4), Mali (55th, down 3) and Benin (93rd, down 3) registering the biggest drops. Outside the top 100, Lebanon (115th, down 7) and Bhutan (192nd, down 6) suffer the biggest drops.
The FIFA Men’s World Ranking will also serve as the tiebreaker, according to the Competition Regulations, to confirm the ranking within the group of two or more teams at the end of group stage and to determine which eight teams are the best third-placed teams to advance to the Round of 32 if multiple third-ranked teams are still tied after applying the criteria in steps 1 and 2.
The full ranking can be found on Inside FIFA.The next edition of the FIFA Men’s World Ranking will be published on 20 July 2026.
(With inputs from FIFA)
