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Current World Rankings

Based on matches up to 26th November 2024

Ranking	Team	Played	Weighted	Points	Rating
1	Australia	52	39	7,967	204
2	New Zealand	56	41	7,866	192
3	Jamaica	44	30	5,670	189
4	England	58	43	8,065	188
5	South Africa	59	38	6,075	160
6	Uganda	50	33	4,224	128
7	Malawi	50	34	4,262	125
8	Tonga	35	29	3,601	124
9	Wales	37	27	3,275	121
10	Scotland	27	19	1,975	104
11	Trinidad & Tobago	28	20	1,844	92
12	Northern Ireland	29	22	2,018	92
13	Zimbabwe	46	33	2,748	83
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	Sri Lanka	25	22	1,095	50
23	Singapore	47	40	1,926	48
22	Botswana	24	15	698	47
25	Ireland	36	27	1,089	40
26	Kenya	35	26	986	38
27	Gibraltar	29	20	757	38
28	Malaysia	18	13	483	37
29	USA	8	4	146	37
30	St Maarten	14	12	423	35
31	Papua New Guinea	30	25	853	34
32	France	10	10	312	31
33	Isle of Man	32	21	583	28
34	St Lucia	25	19	463	24
35	Philippines	17	14	327	23
36	Cook Islands	11	9	210	23
37	Hong Kong, China	16	13	278	21
38	Antigua & Barbuda	30	21	418	20
39	Cayman Islands	29	23	420	18
40	St Kitts & Nevis	16	14	215	15
41	India	10	8	100	13
42	Eswatini	12	9	112	12
43	Malta	19	15	141	9
44	Dominica	17	15	128	9
45	British Virgin Islands	10	10	83	8
46	Brunei	16	13	70	5
47	Canada	9	9	41	5
48	Israel	10	8	32	4
49	Tanzania	15	8	29	4
50	Chinese Taipei	9	7	0	0
50	Maldives	12	10	0	0
50	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:

Guadeloupe
Saudi Arabia
Solomon Islands
St Eustatius
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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