FIFA ranking April 2021: preview

Here are the minimum and maximum points for each team in the April 2021 ranking. FIFA will publish the ranking on April 8th.

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. 

Feb. rank	Team	Feb. pts	min. pts	max. pts
1	Belgium	1780	1721	1796
2	France	1755	1695	1770
3	Brazil	1743	1743	1743
4	England	1670	1612	1687
5	Portugal	1662	1604	1679
6	Spain	1645	1586	1661
7	Argentina	1642	1642	1642
8	Uruguay	1639	1639	1639
9	Mexico	1632	1620	1640
10	Italy	1625	1568	1643
11	Croatia	1617	1556	1631
12	Denmark	1614	1557	1632
13	Germany	1610	1560	1635
14	Netherlands	1609	1548	1623
15	Colombia	1601	1601	1601
16	Switzerland	1593	1550	1605
17	Chile	1567	1567	1567
18	Wales	1562	1535	1595
19	Poland	1559	1512	1587
20	Senegal	1558	1518	1568
20	Sweden	1558	1514	1569
22	USA	1548	1536	1556
23	Austria	1531	1486	1561
24	Ukraine	1521	1479	1553
25	Peru	1512	1512	1512
26	Tunisia	1503	1463	1513
27	Japan	1502	1474	1510
28	Venezuela	1501	1501	1501
29	Iran	1496	1496	1496
30	Serbia	1492	1451	1526
31	Algeria	1488	1449	1499
32	Turkey	1487	1443	1518
33	Morocco	1481	1442	1492
34	Slovakia	1478	1425	1500
35	Paraguay	1476	1476	1476
36	Nigeria	1474	1437	1487
37	Romania	1466	1424	1499
38	Korea Republic	1465	1460	1470
39	Russia	1461	1413	1488
40	Hungary	1460	1407	1482
41	Australia	1457	1457	1457
42	Republic of Ireland	1456	1422	1481
42	Czech Republic	1456	1422	1497
44	Norway	1450	1402	1477
45	Northern Ireland	1440	1413	1473
46	Iceland	1438	1390	1465
47	Jamaica	1437	1433	1443
48	Scotland	1436	1392	1467
49	Egypt	1432	1395	1445
50	Costa Rica	1427	1418	1439
50	Cameroon	1427	1392	1442
52	Ghana	1424	1388	1438
53	Greece	1413	1384	1444
54	Mali	1412	1376	1426
55	Finland	1411	1387	1442
56	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1410	1387	1447
57	Ecuador	1409	1409	1409
58	Qatar	1391	1373	1404
58	Burkina Faso	1391	1356	1406
60	Congo DR	1386	1351	1401
61	Cote d'Ivoire	1384	1348	1398
62	Slovenia	1379	1345	1420
63	Montenegro	1370	1319	1394
64	Honduras	1367	1356	1376
65	North Macedonia	1362	1324	1399
66	Albania	1360	1312	1387
67	Saudi Arabia	1353	1330	1364
68	Bulgaria	1350	1326	1401
69	Iraq	1348	1348	1348
70	El Salvador	1344	1304	1354
71	South Africa	1341	1313	1363
72	Guinea	1334	1307	1357
73	Canada	1332	1291	1341
74	United Arab Emirates	1326	1320	1330
75	China PR	1323	1323	1323
76	Syria	1313	1313	1313
76	Curacao	1313	1273	1323
78	Panama	1312	1272	1322
79	Bolivia	1307	1307	1307
80	Cape Verde Islands	1306	1281	1331
81	Oman	1303	1294	1309
82	Benin	1302	1277	1327
83	Uganda	1301	1274	1324
84	Haiti	1285	1246	1296
85	Uzbekistan	1283	1285	1285
86	Gabon	1280	1254	1304
87	Israel	1279	1246	1321
88	Belarus	1269	1247	1307
89	Georgia	1267	1246	1321
90	Congo	1265	1243	1293
90	Zambia	1265	1242	1292
92	Lebanon	1263	1251	1271
93	Vietnam	1258	1258	1258
94	Madagascar	1257	1226	1276
95	Jordan	1243	1229	1254
96	Kyrgyzstan	1240	1234	1244
97	Bahrain	1238	1233	1243
98	Luxembourg	1235	1220	1280
99	Armenia	1233	1199	1274
100	Cyprus	1224	1203	1278
101	Mauritania	1207	1187	1237
102	Palestine	1206	1197	1222
103	Trinidad and Tobago	1200	1164	1214
104	Kenya	1187	1157	1221
104	India	1187	1179	1199
106	Mozambique	1185	1161	1211
107	Faroe Islands	1183	1153	1228
108	Azerbaijan	1180	1168	1228
108	Estonia	1180	1162	1217
110	Thailand	1178	1178	1178
111	Libya	1177	1156	1206
112	Zimbabwe	1176	1151	1201
113	Niger	1172	1153	1203
114	Central African Republic	1171	1145	1195
115	Korea DPR	1170	1170	1170
116	Sierra Leone	1165	1141	1191
117	Kosovo	1155	1141	1202
118	New Zealand	1149	1149	1149
119	Guinea-Bissau	1146	1121	1171
120	Tajikistan	1144	1126	1151
121	Namibia	1143	1118	1168
122	Kazakhstan	1142	1130	1191
123	Malawi	1140	1115	1165
124	Philippines	1136	1136	1136
125	Angola	1134	1110	1160
126	Antigua and Barbuda	1127	1092	1141
127	Sudan	1124	1099	1149
128	Togo	1115	1091	1142
129	Lithuania	1114	1102	1162
130	Guatemala	1112	1080	1129
130	Comoros	1112	1094	1144
132	Turkmenistan	1107	1107	1107
133	Rwanda	1103	1087	1137
134	Equatorial Guinea	1097	1080	1130
135	Tanzania	1087	1061	1121
136	Latvia	1082	1068	1143
137	Myanmar	1081	1081	1081
138	Chinese Taipei	1078	1078	1078
138	Burundi	1078	1063	1113
140	St. Kitts and Nevis	1074	1042	1091
141	Suriname	1073	1040	1089
141	Solomon Islands	1073	1073	1073
143	Lesotho	1072	1057	1107
143	Hong Kong	1072	1072	1072
145	Yemen	1071	1071	1071
146	Botswana	1066	1052	1102
146	Ethiopia	1066	1052	1102
148	Kuwait	1057	1051	1071
149	Nicaragua	1055	1021	1070
150	Afghanistan	1052	1052	1052
151	Andorra	1048	1034	1109
152	Liberia	1047	1047	1047
153	Malaysia	1040	1040	1040
153	Eswatini	1040	1027	1077
155	Maldives	1038	1038	1038
156	New Caledonia	1035	1035	1035
157	Gambia	1034	1019	1069
158	Singapore	1020	1020	1020
159	Dominican Republic	1018	987	1036
160	Grenada	1015	993	1043
161	Tahiti	1014	1014	1014
162	Barbados	1009	986	1036
163	South Sudan	998	983	1037
164	Fiji	996	996	996
164	Vanuatu	996	996	996
166	Papua New Guinea	991	991	991
167	Guyana	988	966	1016
168	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	986	964	1014
169	Bermuda	983	963	1013
170	Belize	974	953	1003
171	Nepal	968	968	968
172	Mauritius	965	965	965
173	Indonesia	964	964	964
173	Cambodia	964	964	964
175	St. Lucia	953	938	988
176	Malta	951	943	1018
177	Moldova	950	936	1011
178	Chad	947	935	985
179	Puerto Rico	942	926	976
180	Cuba	936	923	973
181	Liechtenstein	924	911	986
182	Macau	922	922	922
183	Montserrat	921	908	958
184	Djibouti	919	919	919
184	Dominica	919	904	954
186	Bangladesh	917	917	917
187	Sao Tomé e Príncipe	914	903	953
188	Laos	912	912	912
189	Bhutan	911	911	911
190	Mongolia	906	897	947
191	Brunei Darussalam	904	904	904
192	American Samoa	900	900	900
193	Cayman Islands	897	884	934
194	Samoa	894	894	894
195	Gibraltar	888	880	955
196	Bahamas	880	861	912
197	Timor-Leste	879	879	879
197	Somalia	879	879	879
199	Guam	873	873	873
200	Aruba	867	850	900
200	Pakistan	867	867	867
202	Seychelles	866	866	866
203	Tonga	862	862	862
203	Turks and Caicos Islands	862	843	894
205	Eritrea	856	856	856
206	Sri Lanka	853	853	853
207	US Virgin Islands	844	829	879
208	British Virgin Islands	842	826	876
209	Anguilla	821	805	855
210	San Marino	810	804	879

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