RUGBYINTERNATIONAL.NET WORLD INTERNATIONAL RUGBY RANKINGS GWC SYSTEM 2022 STANDINGS As at 26 November, 2022												WORLD RUGBY RANKINGS WORLD TABLE 2022 STANDINGS As at 31 December, 2022 Note: World Rugby update their rankings on Mondays Greenich MT
2022	WORLD TABLE	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014			WORLD TABLE	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014		Moved up
1	FRANCE	5	2	8	8	8	11	8	11		1	IRELAND	90.63	86.53	84.65	84.45	91.17	86.39	84.62	81.17	85.48		Moved down
2	IRELAND	1	3	6	1	5	2	7	1		2	FRANCE	90.01	85.53	85.30	80.88	77.33	78.77	80.13	79.77	79.66		No Movement
3	NEW ZEALAND	6	6	3	2	4	1	1	4		3	NEW ZEALAND	88.98	88.75	88.95	92.11	92.54	93.99	94.78	96.10	93.70
4	SOUTH AFRICA	3	X	1	5	7	7	3	3		4	SOUTH AFRICA	88.97	90.61		94.19	84.58	83.81	81.79	87.66	88.23
5	ENGLAND	2	1	2	3	1	3	5	8		5	ENGLAND	83.66	87.83	89.45	88.82	86.22	90.87	90.46	79.77	84.85
6	GEORGIA	11	10	11	14	15	14	14	15		6	AUSTRALIA	81.80	83.92	83.08	81.90	82.40	85.49	86.35	89.33	82.95
7	AUSTRALIA	8	5	9	6	3	8	2	9		7	SCOTLAND	81.55	83.05	80.82	79.23	81.84	82.31	80.67	77.94	78.78
8	WALES	7	8	4	4	6	6	4	2		8	ARGENTINA	80.72	80.58	80.31	78.31	77.05	78.22	79.91	82.59	78.23
9	SCOTLAND	4	4	7	9	2	9	9	5		9	WALES	78.09	81.56	79.36	85.02	87.24	80.98	82.55	83.49	81.64
10	ARGENTINA	9	7	13	10	10	10	6	6		10	JAPAN	77.39	78.26		79.28	75.24	75.66	74.22	77.05	74.70
11	ITALY	19	13	14	12	11	5	11	7		11	SAMOA	76.03	73.59		70.72	68.78	69.03	71.25	70.36	75.39
12	SAMOA	24	X	15	17	16	15	13	10		12	ITALY	75.95	70.51	70.88	72.04	72.75	71.25	72.47	72.74	71.19
13	FIJI	10	9	10	7	12	12	12	12		13	GEORGIA	75.19	73.72	72.18	71.26	73.42	73.41	74.14	71.45	70.76
14	JAPAN	12	X	5	13	9	13	10	13		14	FIJI	74.84	76.62	76.87	76.21	77.95	77.93	76.46	76.96	74.57
15	TONGA	25	X	19	15	13	4	15	14		15	TONGA	71.22	67.72		71.44	73.02	71.87	71.94	71.60	74.12
16	SPAIN	14	11	18	18	19	18	23	21		16	SPAIN	67.17	66.20	67.51	68.16	62.24	63.15	60.17	61.96	60.65
17	URUGUAY	20	12	12	19	17	19	21	18		17	URUGUAY	66.24	66.40	67.02	67.41	66.82	63.15	60.66	62.11	63.58
18	ROMANIA	17	15	21	20	14	16	17	17		18	PORTUGAL	65.97	65.84	62.44	61.01	57.08	57.26	56.96	56.34	58.56
19	PORTUGAL	13	17	26	30	30	22	25	22		19	UNITED STATES	65.92	66.54		68.10	73.66	65.85	64.64	68.66	67.61
20	UNITED STATES	21	X	20	11	21	26	16	16		20	ROMANIA	64.79	67.91	65.33	66.69	65.45	70.91	69.39	66.59	67.38
21	CHILE	15	X	27	24	22	25	34	X		21	NAMIBIA	61.60	59.72		61.01	60.34	58.93	62.78	61.75
22	RUSSIA	16	14	16	21	20	28	20	19		22	CHILE	60.89	59.88		53.83	54.36	56.48	55.08	56.92
23	NAMIBIA	18	X	17	26	24	20	19	26		23	CANADA	60.46	61.80		61.12	62.95	59.47	63.95	62.65	66.83
24	CANADA	22	X	25	22	18	27	18	20		24	HONG KONG	59.66			61.23	58.11	59.66	56.50	57.17	55.79
25	BELGIUM	23	16	23	16	29	X	X	24		25	RUSSIA	58.06	58.60	62.12	63.09	65.20	64.12	63.25	63.54	64.12
26	ALGERIA	X	X	X	X	X	X	31	X		26	BELGIUM	55.97	54.86	57.17	55.74	58.09	56.94			54.50
27	ZIMBABWE	29	X	30	33	33	31	26	25		27	NETHERLANDS	53.12	56.82
28	NETHERLANDS	26	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		28	SOUTH KOREA	52.62			53.11	53.59	53.34	55.50	56.70
29	HONG KONG	X	X	22	27	25	29	24	23		29	ZIMBABWE	52.43	51.82		50.69	49.28	47.59	49.99	53.24	55.83
30	KENYA	28	X	29	28	26	21	22	X		30	KENYA	51.79	51.77		52.55	52.79	54.24	59.28	55.89
31	SOUTH KOREA	X	X	31	31	31	24	28	X		31	UGANDA	47.25				48.34	50.69	47.44
32	MALAYSIA	X	X	38	X	X	X	30	X		32	IVORY COAST	46.24			47.57	46.59
33	UGANDA	X	X	X	29	27	30	X	X		33	MALAYSIA	46.12			46.12	46.26			43.53
34	SENEGAL	X	X	X	39	38	X	X	X		34	SENEGAL	43.22				44.82	45.85	48.79
35	IVORY COAST	X	X	36	41	X	X	X	X		35	ALGERIA	36.25
36	BURKINA FASO	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		36	BURKINA FASO	31.05
37	BERMUDA	X	X	40	X	X	X	X	X		X	BRAZIL  *		53.31	57.71	58.89	56.81	55.91	50.67	48.44
38	GIBRALTAR	X	X	37	43	X	X	X	X		X	COLOMBIA *		51.87		51.92	49.84	48.36	47.97		46.37
39	JAMAICA	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	SWITZERLAND *				52.60	53.24
X	COLOMBIA  *	27	X	32	35	35	33	X	28		X	MEXICO *				47.55	45.66	45.12	45.62		41.47
X	BRAZIL  *	30	18	24	23	28	23	35	X		X	PARAGUAY *				46.90	49.59	48.54	49.46	50.46
X	GERMANY  *	X	X	28	25	23	17	27	27		X	CAYMAN ISLANDS *				42.99
X	MEXICO  *	X	X	33	37	36	34	X	29		X	GERMANY  *				54.26	57.83	60.04	58.99	56.69	56.32
X	PARAGUAY  *	X	X	34	36	34	32	33	X		X	TUNISIA *					48.53	47.26		49.11
X	SWITZERLAND  *	X	X	35	40	X	X	X	X		X	MOROCCO *					46.33
X	CAYMAN ISLANDS  *	X	X	39	X	X	X	X	X		X	COOK ISLANDS *					45.11
X	TUNISIA *	X	X	X	32	32	X	29	X		X	GUYANA *					43.15
X	MOROCCO *	X	X	X	34	X	X	X	X		X	PAPUA NEW GUINEA *							39.27
X	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES *	X	X	X	42	X	X	X	X		X	KAZAKHSTAN *								48.14
X	COOK ISLANDS *	X	X	X	44	X	X	X	X		* Did not qualify in 2022
X	GUYANA *	X	X	X	45	X	X	X	X
X	PAPUA NEW GUINEA *	X	X	X	38	37	35	X	X
X	KAZAKHSTAN *	X	X	X	X	X	X	32	X
	* Did not qualify in 2022