Overall
| IRB World Rankings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Top 25 Rankings as of 26 November 2012 | |||
| Rank | Change* | Team | Points |
| 1 | New Zealand | 92.91 | |
| 2 | South Africa | 86.94 | |
| 3 | Australia | 86.31 | |
| 4 | France | 85.07 | |
| 5 | England | 81.07 | |
| 6 | 1 | Ireland | 80.22 |
| 7 | 1 | Wales | 78.95 |
| 8 | 1 | Samoa | 78.71 |
| 9 | 3 | Argentina | 78.71 |
| 10 | 1 | Italy | 76.24 |
| 11 | 1 | Tonga | 76.10 |
| 12 | 2 | Scotland | 75.83 |
| 13 | 1 | Fiji | 71.52 |
| 14 | 1 | Canada | 71.41 |
| 15 | Japan | 70.09 | |
| 16 | United States | 68.32 | |
| 17 | Georgia | 65.83 | |
| 18 | 1 | Spain | 63.09 |
| 19 | 1 | Romania | 62.12 |
| 20 | Russia | 61.49 | |
| 21 | Portugal | 59.63 | |
| 22 | Uruguay | 59.37 | |
| 23 | Belgium | 59.17 | |
| 24 | Namibia | 58.45 | |
| 25 | Chile | 57.02 | |
| Australia's Historical Rankings | |||
Australia have won 265 of 506 matches played, a win record of approximately 52%. When the World Rankings were introduced by the IRB in 2003 Australia were ranked fourth. Since then, the highest ranking Australia has achieved is second, and the lowest is fifth.
Australia contests a number of other trophies outside The Rugby Championship, Bledisloe Cup and World Cup. Since 1997 the winner of England-Australia encounters have been awarded the Cook Cup, and since 1999 the winner of Ireland-Australia Tests have won the Lansdowne Cup, with France since 1989, the Trophée des Bicentenaires is contested, and against Wales since 2007, the James Bevan Trophy is contested, and with Scotland since 1998, the Hopetoun Cup is awarded.
Their Test match record against all nations, updated to 22 October 2011, is as follows:
| Nation | Games | Won | Lost | Drawn | Percentage of wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 73.68% |
| British and Irish Lions | 20 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 25% |
| Barbarians | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.72% |
| Canada | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| England | 41 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 57.50% |
| Fiji | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 84.21% |
| France | 43 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 53.48% |
| Ireland | 30 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 66.67% |
| Italy | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Japan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| South Korea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Namibia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| New Zealand | 146 | 41 | 99 | 6 | 28.08% |
| New Zealand Māori | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 50.00% |
| Pacific Islanders | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Romania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Russia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Samoa | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80% |
| Scotland | 27 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 66.67% |
| South Africa | 76 | 33 | 42 | 1 | 43.42% |
| Spain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Tonga | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75% |
| United States | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Wales | 35 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 67.4% |
| Total | 530 | 279 | 234 | 16 | 52.64% |
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