FIFA ranking February 2021: preview

Here are the minimum and maximum points for each team in the February 2021 ranking. FIFA will publish the ranking on February 18th.

Minimum and maximum points per team are determined with a small piece of software which calculates per match the minimum and maximum possible points for each participating team, given the minimum and maximum starting values of both teams before the match.

Note that only scheduled (and included) matches with both teams known at calculation time are incorporated in this analysis. 

Dec. Rank	team	Dec. Pts	min. pts	max. pts
1	Belgium	1780	1780	1780
2	France	1755	1755	1755
3	Brazil	1743	1743	1743
4	England	1670	1670	1670
5	Portugal	1662	1662	1662
6	Spain	1645	1645	1645
7	Argentina	1642	1642	1642
8	Uruguay	1639	1639	1639
9	Mexico	1632	1632	1632
10	Italy	1625	1625	1625
11	Croatia	1617	1617	1617
12	Denmark	1614	1614	1614
13	Germany	1610	1610	1610
14	Netherlands	1609	1609	1609
15	Colombia	1601	1601	1601
16	Switzerland	1593	1593	1593
17	Chile	1567	1567	1567
18	Wales	1562	1562	1562
19	Poland	1559	1559	1559
20	Senegal	1558	1558	1558
20	Sweden	1558	1558	1558
22	USA	1545	1544	1549
23	Austria	1531	1531	1531
24	Ukraine	1521	1521	1521
25	Peru	1512	1512	1512
26	Tunisia	1503	1503	1503
27	Japan	1502	1502	1502
28	Venezuela	1501	1501	1501
29	Iran	1496	1496	1496
30	Serbia	1495	1488	1498
31	Algeria	1488	1488	1488
32	Turkey	1487	1487	1487
33	Slovakia	1478	1478	1478
34	Paraguay	1476	1476	1476
35	Nigeria	1474	1474	1474
35	Morocco	1474	1462	1477
37	Romania	1466	1466	1466
38	Korea Republic	1465	1465	1465
39	Russia	1461	1461	1461
40	Hungary	1460	1460	1460
41	Australia	1457	1457	1457
42	Republic of Ireland	1456	1456	1456
42	Czech Republic	1456	1456	1456
44	Norway	1450	1450	1450
45	Northern Ireland	1440	1440	1440
46	Iceland	1438	1438	1438
47	Jamaica	1437	1437	1437
48	Scotland	1436	1436	1436
49	Egypt	1432	1432	1432
50	Cameroon	1428	1420	1435
51	Costa Rica	1427	1427	1427
52	Ghana	1424	1424	1424
53	Greece	1413	1413	1413
54	Finland	1411	1411	1411
55	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1410	1410	1410
56	Ecuador	1409	1409	1409
57	Mali	1408	1400	1415
58	Burkina Faso	1391	1383	1398
58	Qatar	1391	1391	1391
60	Congo DR	1386	1376	1391
61	Cote d'Ivoire	1384	1384	1384
62	Slovenia	1379	1379	1379
63	Montenegro	1370	1370	1370
64	Honduras	1367	1367	1367
65	North Macedonia	1362	1362	1362
66	Albania	1360	1360	1360
67	Saudi Arabia	1353	1353	1353
68	Bulgaria	1350	1350	1350
69	Iraq	1347	1347	1347
70	El Salvador	1346	1344	1344
71	South Africa	1341	1341	1341
72	Canada	1332	1332	1332
73	Guinea	1329	1320	1335
74	United Arab Emirates	1326	1326	1326
75	China PR	1323	1323	1323
76	Syria	1313	1313	1313
76	Curacao	1313	1313	1313
78	Panama	1311	1311	1311
79	Uganda	1307	1298	1313
79	Bolivia	1307	1307	1307
81	Cape Verde Islands	1306	1306	1306
82	Oman	1303	1303	1303
83	Benin	1302	1302	1302
84	Haiti	1285	1285	1285
85	Uzbekistan	1283	1283	1283
86	Gabon	1280	1280	1280
87	Israel	1279	1279	1279
88	Belarus	1269	1269	1269
89	Georgia	1267	1267	1267
90	Zambia	1265	1256	1271
91	Congo	1264	1257	1272
92	Lebanon	1263	1263	1263
93	Vietnam	1258	1258	1258
94	Madagascar	1257	1257	1257
95	Jordan	1244	1244	1244
96	Kyrgyzstan	1240	1240	1240
97	Bahrain	1238	1238	1238
98	Luxembourg	1235	1235	1235
99	Armenia	1233	1233	1233
100	Cyprus	1224	1224	1224
101	Mauritania	1207	1207	1207
102	Palestine	1204	1201	1206
103	Trinidad and Tobago	1201	1201	1201
104	Kenya	1187	1187	1187
104	India	1187	1187	1187
106	Mozambique	1185	1185	1185
107	Faroe Islands	1183	1183	1183
108	Zimbabwe	1181	1176	1191
109	Azerbaijan	1180	1180	1180
109	Estonia	1180	1180	1180
111	Thailand	1178	1178	1178
111	Libya	1178	1172	1187
113	Niger	1173	1167	1182
114	Central African Republic	1171	1171	1171
115	Korea DPR	1170	1170	1170
116	Sierra Leone	1165	1165	1165
117	Kosovo	1155	1155	1155
118	New Zealand	1149	1149	1149
119	Namibia	1147	1141	1156
120	Guinea-Bissau	1146	1146	1146
121	Tajikistan	1143	1143	1143
122	Kazakhstan	1142	1142	1142
123	Malawi	1140	1140	1140
124	Philippines	1136	1136	1136
125	Angola	1134	1134	1134
126	Antigua and Barbuda	1127	1127	1127
127	Sudan	1124	1124	1124
128	Togo	1115	1110	1125
129	Lithuania	1114	1114	1114
130	Comoros	1112	1112	1112
131	Guatemala	1111	1104	1114
132	Turkmenistan	1107	1107	1107
133	Rwanda	1099	1094	1109
134	Equatorial Guinea	1097	1097	1097
135	Tanzania	1085	1080	1095
136	Latvia	1082	1082	1082
137	Myanmar	1081	1081	1081
138	Chinese Taipei	1078	1078	1078
138	Burundi	1078	1078	1078
140	St. Kitts and Nevis	1074	1074	1074
141	Suriname	1073	1073	1073
141	Solomon Islands	1073	1073	1073
143	Lesotho	1072	1072	1072
143	Hong Kong	1072	1072	1072
145	Yemen	1071	1071	1071
146	Botswana	1066	1066	1066
146	Ethiopia	1066	1066	1066
148	Kuwait	1060	1058	1063
149	Nicaragua	1055	1055	1055
150	Afghanistan	1052	1052	1052
151	Andorra	1048	1048	1048
152	Liberia	1047	1047	1047
153	Malaysia	1040	1040	1040
153	Eswatini	1040	1040	1040
155	Maldives	1038	1038	1038
156	New Caledonia	1035	1035	1035
157	Gambia	1034	1034	1034
158	Singapore	1020	1020	1020
159	Dominican Republic	1019	1016	1026
160	Grenada	1015	1015	1015
161	Tahiti	1014	1014	1014
162	Barbados	1009	1009	1009
163	South Sudan	998	998	998
164	Fiji	996	996	996
164	Vanuatu	996	996	996
166	Papua New Guinea	991	991	991
167	Guyana	988	988	988
168	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	986	986	986
169	Bermuda	983	983	983
170	Belize	974	974	974
171	Nepal	968	968	968
172	Mauritius	965	965	965
173	Indonesia	964	964	964
173	Cambodia	964	964	964
175	St. Lucia	953	953	953
176	Malta	951	951	951
177	Moldova	950	950	950
178	Chad	947	947	947
179	Puerto Rico	941	936	950
180	Cuba	936	936	936
181	Liechtenstein	924	924	924
182	Macau	922	922	922
183	Montserrat	921	921	921
184	Djibouti	919	919	919
184	Dominica	919	919	919
186	Bangladesh	917	917	917
187	Sao Tomé e Príncipe	914	914	914
188	Laos	912	912	912
189	Bhutan	911	911	911
190	Mongolia	906	906	906
191	Brunei Darussalam	904	904	904
192	American Samoa	900	900	900
193	Cayman Islands	897	897	897
194	Samoa	894	894	894
195	Gibraltar	888	888	888
196	Bahamas	880	880	880
197	Timor-Leste	879	879	879
197	Somalia	879	879	879
199	Guam	873	873	873
200	Aruba	867	867	867
200	Pakistan	867	867	867
202	Seychelles	866	866	866
203	Tonga	862	862	862
203	Turks and Caicos Islands	862	862	862
205	Eritrea	856	856	856
206	Sri Lanka	853	853	853
207	US Virgin Islands	844	844	844
208	British Virgin Islands	842	842	842
209	Anguilla	821	821	821
210	San Marino	810	810	810

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