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Current World Rankings

Based on matches up to 6th October 2024

Ranking	Team	Played	Weighted	Points	Rating
1	Australia	48	35	7,305	209
2	England	54	39	7,369	189
3	New Zealand	52	37	6,942	188
4	Jamaica	40	26	4,863	187
5	South Africa	56	35	5,546	158
6	Uganda	50	33	4,224	128
7	Malawi	47	31	3,936	127
8	Tonga	35	29	3,601	124
9	Wales	31	21	2,423	115
10	Scotland	23	15	1,558	104
11	Northern Ireland	25	18	1,836	102
12	Trinidad & Tobago	28	20	1,844	92
13	Zimbabwe	40	27	2,199	81
14	Fiji	39	31	2,448	79
15	Zambia	31	22	1,671	76
16	Barbados	43	32	2,398	75
17	St Vincent & Grenadines	29	23	1,670	73
18	Samoa	27	21	1,440	69
19	Namibia	41	26	1,608	62
20	Grenada	20	16	957	60
21	UAE	24	20	1,161	58
22	Botswana	24	15	698	47
23	Sri Lanka	18	15	689	46
24	Singapore	41	34	1,471	43
25	Ireland	36	27	1,089	40
26	Kenya	35	26	986	38
27	Gibraltar	29	20	757	38
28	USA	8	4	146	37
29	Papua New Guinea	30	25	853	34
30	France	10	10	312	31
31	Malaysia	11	6	171	29
32	Isle of Man	32	21	583	28
33	St Lucia	25	19	463	24
34	Cook Islands	11	9	210	23
35	St Maarten	9	7	142	20
36	Antigua & Barbuda	30	21	418	20
37	Philippines	10	7	133	19
38	Cayman Islands	29	23	420	18
39	Hong Kong, China	10	7	119	17
40	St Kitts & Nevis	16	14	215	15
41	Eswatini	12	9	112	12
42	Brunei	10	7	74	11
43	Malta	19	15	141	9
44	Dominica	17	15	128	9
45	Canada	9	9	41	5
46	Israel	10	8	32	4
47	Tanzania	15	8	29	4
48	Switzerland	19	15	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 July 2020) 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:

British Virgin Islands
Chinese Taipei
Guadeloupe
India
Maldives
Solomon Islands
Thailand

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:

Argentina
Bermuda
Burundi
Cote d’Ivoire
Ghana
Lesotho
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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