| World Football |
Europe | Asia | Africa | N & C America & Caribbean |
South America | Oceania |
World Football Ranking Table 1946 - 1957.
| Rank | Team | Mat- ches |
Wins | Draws | Los- ses |
Goals Fore |
Goals Against |
Points | Rating Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina | 32 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 103 | 24 | 80 | 100.000 |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 14 | 41 | 94.522 |
| 3 | Brazil | 46 | 30 | 6 | 10 | 143 | 50 | 96 | 94.029 |
| 4 | Austria | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 16 | 26 | 89.386 |
| 5 | Uruguay | 54 | 30 | 6 | 18 | 132 | 90 | 96 | 84.572 |
| 6 | Sweden | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 25 | 17 | 83.563 |
| 7 | Paraguay | 47 | 23 | 9 | 15 | 90 | 76 | 78 | 83.328 |
| 8 | France | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 46 | 16 | 27 | 81.582 |
| 9 | Spain | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 27 | 25 | 78.724 |
| 10 | Peru | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 68 | 61 | 53 | 77.197 |
| 11 | England | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 50 | 22 | 35 | 75.615 |
| 12 | Chile | 52 | 19 | 6 | 27 | 89 | 107 | 63 | 72.592 |
| 13 | Scotland | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 28 | 19 | 70.385 |
| 14 | Switzerland | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 32 | 17 | 66.598 |
| 15 | Bolivia | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 35 | 97 | 25 | 63.859 |
| 16 | Mexico | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 61 | 24 | 40 | 62.341 |
| 17 | Italy | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 18 | 59.127 |
| 18 | Republic of Ireland | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 54.962 |
| 19 | Colombia | 24 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 75 | 11 | 54.570 |
| 20 | Portugal | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 6 | 53.705 |
| 21 | Ecuador | 31 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 96 | 9 | 50.880 |
| 22 | Costa Rica | 35 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 116 | 35 | 84 | 46.036 |
| 23 | Northern Ireland | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 8 | 44.009 |
| 24 | U.S. of America | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 24 | 53 | 13 | 40.093 |
| 25 | Luxembourg | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 46 | 0 | 35.514 |
| 26 | Haiti | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 12 | 34.351 |
| 27 | Guatemala | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 58 | 52 | 37 | 29.946 |
| 28 | Honduras | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 44 | 32 | 32 | 26.322 |
| 29 | Netherlands Antilles | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 53 | 43 | 38 | 25.189 |
| 30 | El Salvador | 25 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 39 | 55 | 32 | 20.094 |
| 31 | Panama | 27 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 46 | 67 | 30 | 17.427 |
| 32 | Nicaragua | 15 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 71 | 6 | 1.198 |
| 33 | Cuba | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 39 | 1 | 1.000 |
| . | Germany | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 17 | 25 | . |
| . | South Korea | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 26 | 23 | . |
| . | Hungary | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 14 | 21 | . |
| . | Czechoslovakia | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 19 | . |
| . | Belgium | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 25 | 18 | . |
| . | Romania | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 13 | . |
| . | Soviet Union | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 12 | . |
| . | Turkey | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 10 | . |
| . | Poland | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | . |
| . | Wales | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 8 | . |
| . | Netherlands | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | . |
| . | Malaysia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 7 | . |
| . | Bulgaria | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 7 | . |
| . | Greece | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 7 | . |
| . | Canada | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | . |
| . | Egypt | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | . |
| . | Israel | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 6 | . |
| . | South Vietnam | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | . |
| . | Norway | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 5 | . |
| . | Indonesia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | . |
| . | Sudan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | . |
| . | China | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | . |
| . | Saar | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | . |
| . | Aruba | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | . |
| . | East Germany | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 3 | . |
| . | Finland | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 36 | 3 | . |
| . | Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | . |
| . | Japan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | . |
| . | Syria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | . |
| . | Ethiopia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | . |
| . | Taiwan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | . |
| . | Philippines | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | . |
| . | Cambodia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 0 | . |
| . | Denmark | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 0 | . |
| . | Iceland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 0 | . |