International Football's Highest Rated Matches
The Mighty Magyars feature in three of the top 10 highest rated matches all-time. A list of the 10 matches between teams with the highest combined Elo ratings (the nation's points before the matches are given) as of July 16, 2010.
| Rank | Combined points |
Nation 1 | Elo 1 | Nation 2 | Elo 2 | Score | Date | Occasion | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4211 | Netherlands | 2100 | Spain | 2111 | 0 : 1 | 2010-07-11 | World Cup F | Johannesburg |
| 2 | 4161 | West Germany | 1995 | Hungary | 2166 | 3 : 2 | 1954-07-04 | World Cup F | Bern |
| 3 | 4157 | Netherlands | 2050 | Brazil | 2107 | 2 : 1 | 2010-07-02 | World Cup QF | Cape Town |
| 4 | 4148 | West Germany | 2068 | Brazil | 2080 | 0 : 1 | 1973-06-16 | Friendly | Berlin |
| 5 | 4129 | Spain | 2085 | Germany | 2044 | 1 : 0 | 2010-07-07 | World Cup SF | Durban |
| 6 | 4119 | Brazil | 2050 | West Germany | 2069 | 1 : 0 | 1982-03-21 | Friendly | Rio de Janeiro |
| 7 | 4118 | Hungary | 2108 | Brazil | 2010 | 4 : 2 | 1954-06-27 | World Cup QF | Bern |
| 8 | 4116 | Hungary | 2141 | Uruguay | 1975 | 4 : 2 | 1954-06-30 | World Cup SF | Lausanne |
| 9 | 4113 | West Germany | 2079 | Netherlands | 2034 | 2 : 1 | 1974-07-07 | World Cup F | Munich |
| 10 | 4108 | Brazil | 2015 | West Germany | 2093 | 1 : 1 | 1977-06-12 | Friendly | Rio de Janeiro |
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