World Football Elo Ratings - Strongest Teams Since The Mid To Late 1960s

Strongest Teams Since The Mid To Late 1960s

Time averaged Elo or Elo-like scores are routinely used to compare chess player strengths. The following is a list of the national teams with the highest average Elo score from 1 January 1970 to 1 May 2013. Before this time intercontinental play was fairly limited and many nations in Africa, North America, and Asia had played too few games yet to create a representative Elo score. Since Elo scores reflect past accomplishments, the table represents the relative strength of national teams since the mid to late 1960s.

Rank Country Avg Elo
1 Brazil 2010.7
2 (West) Germany 1974.2
3 Italy 1923.5
4 Netherlands 1923.2
5 England 1922.8
6 Spain 1905.4
7 Argentina 1900.4
8 France 1881.8
9 USSR → Russia 1852.8
10 Czechoslovakia/Czechia 1834.4
11 Yugoslavia → Serbia 1819.4
12 Portugal 1815.4
13 Sweden 1798.2
14 Romania 1782.9
15 Poland 1775.4
16 Mexico 1774.4
17 Uruguay 1769.9
18 Belgium 1760.3
Rank Country Avg Elo
19 Denmark 1757.4
20 Scotland 1740.7
21 Paraguay 1727.8
22 Republic of Ireland 1721.0
23 Chile 1713.7
24 Bulgaria 1710.3
25 Australia 1695.6
26 Austria 1689.6
27 Hungary 1686.2
28 Switzerland 1683.3
29 Colombia 1677.7
30 Iran 1675.8
31 South Korea 1665.2
32 Wales 1655.7
33 Egypt 1654.4
34 Greece 1652.4
35 Nigeria 1650.6
Rank Country Avg Elo
36 Morocco 1647.1
37 Israel 1644.3
38 Peru 1642.2
39 Cameroon 1639.2
40 Norway 1637.9
41 Ivory Coast 1633.9
42 Turkey 1633.3
43 Northern Ireland 1613.3
44 Ghana 1609.2
45 Tunisia 1603.7
46 United States 1598.6
47 Iraq 1597.4
48 Costa Rica 1593.9
49 Japan 1587.0
50 Ecuador 1576.8
51 Algeria 1569.1
52 Zambia 1561.2

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