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Current World Rankings

Based on matches up to 11:59pm GMT 1st September 2026.

Ranking	Team	Played	Weighted	Points	Rating
1	Australia	43	30	6,269	209
2	New Zealand	45	32	6,503	203
3	England	47	31	5,744	185
4	Jamaica	35	26	4,730	182
5	South Africa	49	35	5,811	166
6	Uganda	40	28	3,827	137
7	Tonga	34	20	2,352	118
8	Malawi	37	24	2,778	116
9	Wales	29	21	2,361	112
10	Scotland	29	21	2,262	108
11	Zimbabwe	36	24	2,242	93
12	Trinidad & Tobago	21	16	1,393	87
13	Samoa	20	10	858	86
14	Namibia	30	23	1,807	79
15	Northern Ireland	27	20	1,562	78
16	Fiji	27	14	1,093	78
17	Zambia	16	8	619	77
18	St Vincent & Grenadines	22	14	1,061	76
19	Barbados	31	21	1,436	68
20	Gibraltar	14	9	569	63
21	Kenya	36	26	1,601	62
22	Singapore	51	35	1,998	57
23	Bermuda	12	12	593	49
24	Grenada	18	12	593	49
25	UAE	21	14	646	46
26	St Lucia	22	16	729	46
27	Botswana	10	7	304	43
28	Ireland	26	18	779	43
29	Sri Lanka	25	16	691	43
30	Canada	18	14	587	42
31	Papua New Guinea	28	17	711	42
32	St Maarten	19	13	447	34
33	Hong Kong, China	17	12	364	30
34	Malaysia	19	16	464	29
35	Cayman Islands	22	14	396	28
36	Isle of Man	22	17	445	26
37	St Kitts & Nevis	11	6	130	22
38	France	21	16	337	21
39	Philippines	11	6	86	14
40	USA	9	9	90	10
41	St Eustatius	15	11	110	10
42	Antigua & Barbuda	18	12	108	9
43	Maldives	13	10	71	7
44	Switzerland	20	15	52	3
45	Malta	20	15	37	2
46	British Virgin Islands	17	12	21	2
47	Dominica	18	12	0	0
47	Eswatini	10	5	0	0
47	Guadeloupe	11	9	0	0
47	India	12	9	0	0

Points:

The number of points earned by a team for any match depends on two factors. The result (won, drawn, lost) and the opponent against whom the result was achieved. The higher an opponent’s rating the more points are earned for beating them.

If a team wins a match, they will earn 50 points more than their opponent’s rating. But if they lose, they will earn 50 points less than their opponent’s rating. Worked numerical examples, including when this rule doesn’t apply, appear in our Frequently Asked Questions.

Rating Period:

It is not meaningful for a team to claim a world ranking if they have only played a small number of matches. As soon as a team has played minimum international test matches over the rating period (the current rating period started on the 1st March 2023) then they will have earned an official world ranking. If a team has played fewer than the minimum matches, they will still have a rating, but without a corresponding ranking. To have a ranking the team must have played at least 2 games against a rated team. The current minimum number of matches is eight.

To find out more about a rating period, visit our Frequently Asked Questions.

The following teams (in alphabetical order) currently have a rating in the system and could become ranked once they have played 8 matches:

Chinese Taipei
Cook Islands
Israel
Saudi Arabia
Solomon Islands
Tanzania

The next group of teams are full World Netball Members that are eligible to play WN ranked matches but have not yet done so, meaning they don’t have a rating or a ranking. These include:

Anguilla
Argentina
Burundi
Cote d’Ivoire
Italy
Nigeria
Pakistan

Since its inception in 2007 the WN World Rankings methodology has been reviewed regularly by the WN Board to ensure it remains a robust and reliable ranking system that presents a true reflection of the quality and standing of the performances of international teams and that this system can be used with confidence for qualification purposes.

For more definitions and explanations regarding our World Rankings please visit our Frequently Asked Questions Page on the website, where you will be able to find written examples from our statistician David Kendix.

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