World Football Elo Ratings leaders

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The following is the list of nations that would have held the number one position on the World Football Elo Ratings since the first international match in 1872. The rankings were first calculated in 1997.

Contents 1 Progressive Leader's Chart 2 Ranking by Days as Leader 3 Other Statistics

[edit] Progressive Leader's Chart

Start Date	Nation	# of days
November 30, 1872	England	1190
March 04, 1876	Scotland	5845
March 05, 1892	England	21
March 26, 1892	Scotland	7
April 02, 1892	England	4349
February 29, 1904	Scotland	12
March 12, 1904	England	2563
March 19, 1911	Netherlands	371
March 24, 1912	England	97
June 29, 1912	Netherlands	3
July 02, 1912	Denmark	2979
August 28, 1920	Uruguay	1
August 29, 1920	Netherlands	3
September 01, 1920	Uruguay	5
September 06, 1920	Spain	12
September 18, 1920	Uruguay	386
October 09, 1921	Spain	959
May 25, 1924	Czechoslovakia	1
May 26, 1924	Uruguay	446
August 15, 1925	Spain	4
August 19, 1925	Uruguay	39
September 27, 1925	Spain	384
October 16, 1926	Argentina	8
October 24, 1926	Uruguay	583
May 29, 1928	Argentina	1
May 30, 1928	Uruguay	382
June 16, 1929	Argentina	96
September 20, 1929	Uruguay	42
November 01, 1929	Argentina	610
July 04, 1931	Uruguay	5
July 09, 1931	Argentina	1053
May 27, 1934	Austria	10
June 06, 1934	Italy	2090
February 25, 1940	Argentina	144
July 18, 1940	Italy	209
February 12, 1941	Argentina	417
April 05, 1942	Italy	50
May 25, 1942	Argentina	229
January 09, 1943	Italy	85
April 04, 1943	Argentina	98
July 11, 1943	Italy	178
January 05, 1944	Argentina	3
January 08, 1944	Italy	367
January 09, 1945	Argentina	33
February 11, 1945	Italy	4
February 15, 1945	Argentina	142
July 07, 1945	Italy	127
November 11, 1945	Argentina	39
December 20, 1945	Italy	735
December 25, 1947	Argentina	1907
March 15, 1953	Brazil	4
March 19, 1953	Argentina	251
November 25, 1953	Hungary	949
July 01, 1956	Argentina	77
September 16, 1956	Hungary	193
March 28, 1957	Argentina	9
April 06, 1957	Hungary	67
June 12, 1957	Argentina	116
October 06, 1957	Hungary	77
December 22, 1957	Argentina	105
April 06, 1958	Hungary	67
June 12, 1958	Brazil	637
March 10, 1960	Argentina	50
April 29, 1960	Brazil	27
May 26, 1960	Argentina	3
May 29, 1960	Brazil	1036
March 31, 1963	USSR	391
April 25, 1964	Hungary	35
May 30, 1964	Brazil	4
June 03, 1964	Argentina	389
June 27, 1965	Hungary	7
July 04, 1965	Brazil	56
August 29, 1965	Argentina	231
April 17, 1966	Brazil	3
April 20, 1966	Argentina	52
June 11, 1966	Brazil	6
June 17, 1966	Argentina	5
June 22, 1966	Brazil	23
July 15, 1966	Argentina	1
July 16, 1966	USSR	9
July 25, 1966	West Germany	5
July 30, 1966	England	1408
June 07, 1970	Brazil	752
June 28, 1972	West Germany	11
July 09, 1972	Brazil	129
November 15, 1972	West Germany	91
February 14, 1973	Brazil	484
June 13, 1974	West Germany	9
June 22, 1974	Brazil	11
July 03, 1974	West Germany	465
October 11, 1975	Poland	4
October 15, 1975	West Germany	960
June 01, 1978	Netherlands	6
June 07, 1978	West Germany	3
June 10, 1978	Netherlands	1
June 11, 1978	West Germany	3
June 14, 1978	Brazil	504
October 31, 1979	West Germany	434
January 07, 1981	Brazil	25
February 01, 1981	West Germany	21
February 22, 1981	Brazil	66
April 29, 1981	West Germany	13
May 12, 1981	Brazil	155
October 14, 1981	West Germany	243
June 14, 1982	Brazil	486
October 13, 1983	USSR	335
September 12, 1984	France	232
May 02, 1985	USSR	34
June 05, 1985	West Germany	7
June 12, 1985	France	91
September 11, 1985	USSR	161
February 19, 1986	France	103
June 02, 1986	USSR	7
June 09, 1986	France	16
June 25, 1986	Brazil	4
June 29, 1986	Argentina	346
June 10, 1987	Brazil	23
July 03, 1987	England	57
August 29, 1987	USSR	74
November 11, 1987	England	214
June 12, 1988	USSR	5
June 17, 1988	West Germany	1
June 18, 1988	USSR	7
June 25, 1988	Netherlands	715
June 10, 1990	West Germany	9
June 19, 1990	Brazil	5
June 24, 1990	West Germany	129
October 31, 1990	Germany	604
June 26, 1992	Netherlands	75
September 09, 1992	Brazil	37
October 16, 1992	Argentina	247
June 20, 1993	Germany	49
August 08, 1993	Argentina	7
August 15, 1993	Germany	313
June 24, 1994	Brazil	3
June 27, 1994	Germany	12
July 09, 1994	Brazil	708
June 16, 1996	Germany	3
June 19, 1996	Brazil	4
June 23, 1996	Germany	311
April 30, 1997	Brazil	30
May 30, 1997	Germany	11
June 10, 1997	Brazil	397
July 12, 1998	France	328
June 05, 1999	Brazil	389
June 28, 2000	France	708
June 06, 2002	Argentina	1
June 07, 2002	France	4
June 11, 2002	Netherlands	1
June 12, 2002	Spain	4
June 16, 2002	Netherlands	5
June 21, 2002	Brazil	351
June 07, 2003	Netherlands	4
June 11, 2003	Brazil	8
June 19, 2003	Netherlands	83
September 10, 2003	France	291
June 27, 2004	Czech Republic	4
July 01, 2004	France	10
July 11, 2004	Brazil	3
July 14, 2004	France	35
August 18, 2004	Argentina	290
June 04, 2005	Czech Republic	4
June 08, 2005	Argentina	21
June 29, 2005	Brazil	102
October 09, 2005	Netherlands	3
October 12, 2005	Brazil	265
July 04, 2006	Italy	43
August 16, 2006	France	52
October 07, 2006	Brazil	122
February 06, 2007	France	1
February 07, 2007	Brazil	140
June 27, 2007	France	14
July 11, 2007	Argentina	4
July 15, 2007	Brazil	-

[edit] Ranking by Days as Leader

Nation	# of days	Last Date as Leader
England	9899	11 June 1988
Brazil	6999 [1]	Current
Argentina	6927	14 July 2007
Scotland	5864	11 March 1904
Italy	3888	15 August 2006
Germany	3707 [2]	9 June 1997
Denmark	2979	27 August 1920
Uruguay	1889	8 July 1931
France	1885	10 July 2007
Hungary	1388	3 July 1965
Spain	1363	15 June 2002
Netherlands	1265	9 October 2005
Russia	1023 [3]	24 June 1988
Austria	10	5 June 1934
Czech Republic	9 [4]	7 June 2005
Poland	4	14 October 1975

1. ^ Does not include current period as rankings leader
2. ^ Germany was also called "West Germany" from 1949-1990
3. ^ Includes the record of USSR
4. ^ Includes the record of Czechoslovakia

[edit] Other Statistics

• Longest single reign at the top: 5845 days ( Scotland, 4 March 1876 - 5 March 1892)
• Shortest single reign at the top: 1 day ( Uruguay, 28 August 1920;  Czechoslovakia, 25 May 1924;  Argentina, 29 May 1928, 15 July 1966, 6 June 2002;  Netherlands, 10 June 1978, 11 June 2002;  West Germany, 17 June 1988;  France, 6 February 2007)
• Most separate occasions as leader: 37  Brazil (including current)
• Fewest separate occasions as leader: 1  Poland,  Denmark,  Austria
• Highest Elo rating ever: 2165  Hungary, 30 June 1954