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Current World Rankings

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

Ranking	Team	Played	Weighted	Points	Rating
1	Australia	36	23	4,786	208
2	New Zealand	38	25	4,959	198
3	England	40	24	4,472	186
4	Jamaica	24	15	2,725	182
5	South Africa	43	29	4,803	166
6	Uganda	34	22	2,979	135
7	Wales	23	15	1,810	121
8	Tonga	28	14	1,671	119
9	Malawi	31	18	2,016	112
10	Scotland	23	15	1,608	107
11	Zimbabwe	36	24	2,242	93
12	Trinidad & Tobago	11	6	532	89
13	Samoa	20	10	858	86
14	Northern Ireland	21	14	1,103	79
15	Namibia	30	23	1,807	79
16	Fiji	27	14	1,093	78
17	Zambia	16	8	619	77
18	St Vincent & Grenadines	22	14	1,061	76
19	Barbados	27	17	1,243	73
20	Gibraltar	14	9	569	63
21	Bermuda	8	8	505	63
22	Kenya	36	26	1,601	62
23	Singapore	44	28	1,543	55
24	Grenada	18	12	593	49
25	Canada	15	11	514	47
26	UAE	21	14	646	46
27	Botswana	10	7	304	43
28	Sri Lanka	18	9	387	43
29	Papua New Guinea	28	17	711	42
30	Ireland	23	15	593	40
31	St Lucia	18	12	442	37
32	St Maarten	19	13	447	34
33	Cayman Islands	22	14	396	28
34	Hong Kong, China	10	5	134	27
35	Isle of Man	22	17	445	26
36	Malaysia	12	9	211	23
37	St Kitts & Nevis	11	6	130	22
38	France	18	13	241	19
39	Philippines	11	6	86	14
40	Malta	17	12	128	11
41	St Eustatius	15	11	110	10
42	Antigua & Barbuda	18	12	108	9
43	British Virgin Islands	17	12	21	2
44	Brunei	10	5	0	0
44	Dominica	18	12	0	0
44	Eswatini	10	5	0	0
44	Guadeloupe	11	9	0	0
44	Switzerland	17	12	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
India
Israel
Maldives
Saudi Arabia
Solomon Islands
Tanzania
Thailand
USA

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
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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