FIFA ranking October 2021: preview

Here are the minimum and maximum points for each team in the October 2021 ranking. FIFA will publish the ranking on October 21st.

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. 

pos Sep	team	pts Sep	min Oct pts	max Oct pts
1	Belgium	1832	1832	1843
2	Brazil	1812	1759	1834
3	England	1755	1713	1763
4	France	1754	1754	1769
5	Italy	1736	1736	1747
6	Argentina	1725	1677	1752
7	Portugal	1675	1647	1682
8	Spain	1674	1674	1688
9	Mexico	1666	1611	1686
10	Denmark	1658	1619	1669
11	Netherlands	1648	1602	1652
12	Uruguay	1645	1613	1688
13	USA	1643	1590	1665
14	Germany	1628	1592	1642
15	Switzerland	1623	1584	1634
16	Colombia	1618	1581	1656
17	Croatia	1608	1572	1622
18	Sweden	1606	1569	1619
19	Wales	1564	1529	1579
20	Senegal	1555	1515	1565
21	Peru	1549	1509	1584
22	Iran	1538	1508	1558
23	Chile	1537	1496	1571
24	Poland	1532	1492	1542
25	Tunisia	1527	1488	1538
26	Japan	1520	1492	1542
27	Ukraine	1520	1490	1540
28	Serbia	1516	1478	1528
29	Austria	1505	1476	1526
30	Algeria	1499	1459	1509
31	Czech Republic	1495	1466	1516
32	Australia	1494	1465	1515
33	Morocco	1493	1455	1505
34	Nigeria	1492	1453	1503
35	Paraguay	1484	1449	1524
36	Korea Republic	1479	1452	1502
37	Russia	1475	1447	1497
38	Slovakia	1463	1441	1491
39	Norway	1462	1434	1484
40	Hungary	1457	1436	1486
41	Turkey	1455	1423	1473
42	Romania	1452	1426	1476
43	Qatar	1446	1437	1458
44	Costa Rica	1438	1402	1477
45	Scotland	1436	1402	1452
46	Greece	1435	1410	1460
47	Northern Ireland	1435	1412	1462
48	Egypt	1435	1398	1448
49	Venezuela	1434	1406	1481
50	Republic of Ireland	1419	1396	1431
51	Canada	1416	1383	1458
52	Ecuador	1415	1380	1455
53	Ghana	1411	1375	1425
54	Cote d'Ivoire	1411	1375	1425
55	Finland	1407	1379	1429
56	Saudi Arabia	1406	1382	1432
57	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1405	1377	1427
58	Cameroon	1404	1369	1419
59	Jamaica	1402	1370	1445
60	Iceland	1397	1360	1410
61	Mali	1397	1363	1413
62	Burkina Faso	1394	1351	1401
63	Honduras	1372	1343	1418
64	Slovenia	1370	1340	1390
65	El Salvador	1370	1336	1411
66	Albania	1369	1349	1399
67	Congo DR	1365	1333	1383
68	Panama	1359	1329	1404
69	United Arab Emirates	1358	1337	1387
70	Bulgaria	1354	1325	1375
71	Montenegro	1353	1321	1371
72	Iraq	1349	1321	1371
73	South Africa	1349	1312	1362
74	North Macedonia	1345	1318	1368
75	China PR	1335	1309	1359
76	Guinea	1326	1292	1342
77	Cape Verde Islands	1314	1278	1328
78	Oman	1312	1286	1340
79	Curacao	1310	1294	1319
80	Israel	1310	1281	1331
81	Syria	1297	1274	1324
82	Benin	1291	1258	1308
83	Bolivia	1284	1260	1335
84	Uzbekistan	1282	1275	1285
85	Zambia	1280	1248	1298
86	Uganda	1280	1248	1298
87	Haiti	1268	1268	1268
88	Gabon	1267	1235	1285
89	Armenia	1262	1245	1295
90	Belarus	1255	1233	1283
91	Bahrain	1251	1241	1261
92	Congo	1248	1216	1266
93	Jordan	1246	1239	1249
94	Luxembourg	1245	1234	1284
95	Vietnam	1244	1223	1273
96	Georgia	1241	1219	1269
97	Lebanon	1234	1213	1263
98	Kyrgyzstan	1231	1231	1231
99	Palestine	1211	1211	1211
100	Madagascar	1211	1193	1243
101	Trinidad and Tobago	1208	1208	1208
102	Kenya	1205	1189	1239
103	Cyprus	1203	1180	1230
104	Mauritania	1201	1189	1239
105	Guinea-Bissau	1187	1175	1225
106	Namibia	1185	1175	1225
107	India	1181	1153	1193
108	Sierra Leone	1178	1178	1178
109	Kosovo	1176	1161	1211
110	Libya	1175	1161	1211
111	Estonia	1174	1159	1209
112	Korea DPR	1170	1170	1170
113	Zimbabwe	1161	1147	1197
114	Faroe Islands	1160	1148	1198
115	Malawi	1160	1146	1196
116	Mozambique	1159	1144	1194
117	Azerbaijan	1158	1146	1196
118	Tajikistan	1158	1158	1158
119	Niger	1156	1145	1195
120	Kazakhstan	1151	1137	1187
121	New Zealand	1149	1142	1162
122	Thailand	1149	1149	1149
123	Guatemala	1138	1142	1142
124	Central African Republic	1136	1126	1176
125	Philippines	1132	1132	1132
126	Antigua and Barbuda	1131	1131	1131
127	Sudan	1131	1115	1165
128	Rwanda	1129	1111	1161
129	Angola	1118	1100	1150
130	Turkmenistan	1118	1118	1118
131	Equatorial Guinea	1116	1099	1149
132	Tanzania	1115	1098	1148
133	Comoros	1112	1112	1112
134	Ethiopia	1093	1079	1129
135	Latvia	1092	1085	1135
136	Togo	1091	1073	1123
137	Lithuania	1082	1073	1123
138	St. Kitts and Nevis	1078	1078	1078
139	Suriname	1078	1078	1078
140	Solomon Islands	1073	1073	1073
141	Burundi	1071	1071	1071
142	Kuwait	1065	1065	1065
143	Nicaragua	1064	1064	1064
144	Liberia	1061	1047	1097
145	Lesotho	1058	1058	1058
146	Myanmar	1057	1057	1057
147	Eswatini	1054	1054	1054
148	Hong Kong	1053	1053	1053
149	Gambia	1053	1053	1053
150	Botswana	1052	1052	1052
151	Chinese Taipei	1046	1017	1067
152	Yemen	1046	1046	1046
153	Afghanistan	1045	1045	1045
154	Malaysia	1041	1035	1055
155	New Caledonia	1035	1035	1035
156	Andorra	1033	1014	1064
157	Dominican Republic	1029	1029	1029
158	Maldives	1028	1009	1044
159	Tahiti	1014	1014	1014
160	Singapore	1000	1000	1000
161	Fiji	996	996	996
162	Barbados	996	996	996
163	Vanuatu	996	996	996
164	Papua New Guinea	991	991	991
165	South Sudan	983	983	983
166	Bermuda	982	982	982
167	Grenada	974	974	974
168	Nepal	971	953	993
169	Belize	967	967	967
170	Mauritius	965	965	965
171	Malta	963	952	1002
172	Puerto Rico	963	963	963
173	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	961	961	961
174	Guyana	959	959	959
175	Indonesia	957	936	986
176	St. Lucia	953	953	953
177	Montserrat	951	951	951
178	Cambodia	950	921	971
179	Cuba	947	947	947
180	Moldova	940	934	984
181	Chad	935	935	935
182	Macau	922	922	922
183	Dominica	917	917	917
184	Mongolia	917	917	917
185	Djibouti	913	906	956
186	Laos	912	912	912
187	Bhutan	911	911	911
188	Liechtenstein	911	903	953
189	Bangladesh	907	893	928
190	Brunei Darussalam	904	904	904
191	Sao Tomé e Príncipe	903	903	903
192	American Samoa	900	900	900
193	Samoa	894	894	894
194	Timor-Leste	879	879	879
195	Somalia	874	874	874
196	Cayman Islands	874	874	874
197	Gibraltar	868	863	913
198	Pakistan	867	867	867
199	Seychelles	863	863	863
200	Tonga	862	862	862
201	Aruba	860	859	864
202	Bahamas	859	859	859
203	Guam	858	838	888
204	Eritrea	856	856	856
205	Sri Lanka	847	835	870
206	Turks and Caicos Islands	840	840	840
207	US Virgin Islands	816	816	816
208	British Virgin Islands	813	813	813
209	Anguilla	792	792	792
210	San Marino	791	783	833

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