All-time Highest Ratings
The following is a list of national football teams ranked by their highest Elo score ever reached.
| Rank | Nation | Points | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary | 2166 | 30 June 1954 |
| 2 | Brazil | 2153 | 17 June 1962 |
| 3 | Spain | 2140 | 11 July 2010 |
| 4 | Argentina | 2117 | 3 April 1957 |
| 5 | France | 2105 | 15 August 2001 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 2100 | 6 July 2010 |
| 7 | Germany | 2099 | 4 September 1974 (as West Germany) |
| 8 | Italy | 2079 | 20 July 1939 |
| 9 | Poland | 2046 | 1 September 1974 |
| 10 | England | 2041 | 22 October 1966 |
| 11 | Uruguay | 2035 | 13 June 1928 |
| 12 | Soviet Union | 2022 | 9 October 1983 |
| 13 | Czech Republic | 1999 | 27 June 2004 |
| 14 | Austria | 1998 | 31 May 1934 |
| 15 | Portugal | 1982 | 15 November 2000 |
| 16 | Croatia | 1967 | 11 July 1998 |
| 17 | Serbia | 1961 | 25 June 1998 (as FR Yugoslavia) |
| 18 | Denmark | 1960 | 13 June 1986 |
| 19 | Scotland | 1953 | 10 March 1888 |
| 20 | Sweden | 1950 | 25 June 1950 |
| 21 | East Germany | 1949 | 22 June 1974 |
| 22 | Mexico | 1936 | 19 June 2005 |
| 23 | Paraguay | 1932 | 21 February 1954 |
| 24 | Chile | 1918 | 12 July 2011 |
| 25 | Belgium | 1916 | 9 September 1981 |
| 26 | Norway | 1913 | 13 June 2000 |
| 27 | Colombia | 1912 | 5 June 1994 |
| 28 | Romania | 1908 | 9 June 1990 |
| 29 | Greece | 1896 | 18 August 2004 |
| 30 | Republic of Ireland | 1889 | 21 August 2002 |
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