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Current World Rankings

Based on matches up to 1st March 2023.

RankingFlagTeamPlayedWeightedPointsRating
1flag1Australia38285,774206
2flag2New Zealand46336,514197
3flag3England48346,108180
4flag4Jamaica40315,485177
5flag5South Africa65436,770157
6Malawi50344,408130
7flag10Tonga15141,677120
8ugandaUganda49333,941119
9flag8Wales30
232,699117
10flag10Scotland23192,088110
11bfb04946b73242949dc4a00a412b2390Trinidad & Tobago27212,03197
12northern-ireland Northern Ireland27191,66888
13zimbabweZimbabwe41282,39886
14photo_0163261340udvujoBarbados29221,76280
15sri-lankaSri Lanka141181774
16zambiaZambia25161,14071
17St Vincent & Grenadines131176069
18samoaSamoa22171,16669
19fijiFiji24211,43068
20Cook Islands13959366
21grenadaGrenada10951457
22Philippines6633756
23namibiaNamibia36241,30855
24botswanaBotswana241792554
25UAE9729843
26irelandIsle of Man221665941
27singapore-flagSingapore312391840
28canadaEswatini6621035
29malaysiaMalaysia141344034
30irelandIreland282274034
31St Lucia131136633
32USA111032733
33singapore-flagMalta9717825
34hong-kongBrunei6615025
35Kenya241534923
36Cayman Islands191634422
37Antigua & Barbuda241632220
38gibraltar Gibraltar191527118
39papuaPapua New Guinea201618111
40 width=Tanzania 1511555
41hong-kongHong Kong66224
42St Kitts & Nevis116193
43Lesotho6300
43st-maarten-small-imageSt Maarten11600
43Switzerland9700

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 2019) 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 six.

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 6 matches:

  • Canada
  • Chinese Taipei
  • Dominica
  • India
  • Israel
  • Maldives
  • 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:

  • Pakistan 
  • Cote d’Ivoire
  • Bermuda

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.

If you’d like to go back to our World Rankings Hub page, click here. 

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