FIFA ranking October 2022: preview

Here are the minimum and maximum points for each team in the October 2022 ranking. FIFA will publish the ranking on October 6th.

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 Aug.	team	pts Aug.	min Oct.	max Oct.
1	Brazil	1838	1821	1841
2	Belgium	1822	1802	1832
3	Argentina	1771	1754	1774
4	France	1765	1745	1775
5	England	1737	1721	1751
6	Spain	1717	1700	1730
7	Italy	1714	1696	1726
8	Netherlands	1679	1665	1695
9	Portugal	1679	1662	1692
10	Denmark	1665	1651	1681
11	Germany	1659	1643	1673
12	Mexico	1650	1635	1655
13	Uruguay	1641	1629	1649
14	USA	1635	1622	1642
15	Croatia	1632	1616	1646
16	Switzerland	1621	1606	1636
17	Colombia	1604	1591	1611
18	Senegal	1585	1575	1585
19	Wales	1582	1570	1600
20	Sweden	1563	1546	1576
21	Peru	1562	1558	1568
22	Iran	1559	1554	1564
23	Morocco	1558	1548	1568
24	Japan	1555	1545	1565
25	Serbia	1550	1534	1564
26	Poland	1546	1534	1564
27	Ukraine	1543	1514	1559
28	Korea Republic	1526	1515	1535
29	Chile	1515	1505	1525
30	Tunisia	1508	1506	1516
31	Nigeria	1505	1498	1508
32	Czech Republic	1503	1492	1522
33	Austria	1502	1493	1523
34	Costa Rica	1500	1489	1509
35	Russia	1493	1493	1493
36	Norway	1489	1473	1503
37	Hungary	1487	1477	1507
38	Cameroon	1485	1471	1491
39	Australia	1484	1469	1489
40	Egypt	1483	1483	1483
41	Algeria	1481	1469	1489
42	Turkey	1475	1453	1483
43	Canada	1474	1465	1485
44	Ecuador	1464	1454	1474
45	Scotland	1463	1442	1487
46	Mali	1443	1431	1451
47	Republic of Ireland	1442	1425	1455
48	Qatar	1442	1435	1455
49	Greece	1441	1422	1452
50	Paraguay	1440	1434	1454
51	Slovakia	1440	1418	1448
52	Cote d'Ivoire	1436	1437	1437
53	Saudi Arabia	1436	1428	1448
54	Romania	1428	1412	1442
55	Burkina Faso	1426	1426	1426
56	Venezuela	1405	1405	1405
57	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1404	1389	1419
58	Northern Ireland	1399	1382	1412
59	Finland	1398	1383	1413
60	Ghana	1393	1383	1403
61	Panama	1389	1383	1393
62	Jamaica	1382	1379	1389
63	Iceland	1380	1372	1387
64	North Macedonia	1375	1358	1388
65	Slovenia	1372	1362	1392
66	Albania	1362	1347	1376
67	Montenegro	1355	1341	1371
68	South Africa	1351	1344	1344
69	United Arab Emirates	1346	1342	1352
70	Iraq	1339	1339	1339
71	El Salvador	1333	1333	1333
72	Congo DR	1333	1335	1335
73	Cape Verde Islands	1331	1326	1336
74	Bulgaria	1325	1306	1336
75	Oman	1323	1323	1323
76	Israel	1316	1302	1327
77	Uzbekistan	1307	1300	1320
78	China PR	1305	1305	1305
79	Gabon	1302	1302	1302
80	Honduras	1300	1292	1312
81	Bolivia	1299	1296	1306
82	Georgia	1296	1277	1307
83	Guinea	1295	1294	1304
84	Curacao	1293	1293	1293
85	Bahrain	1289	1281	1301
86	Jordan	1280	1280	1280
87	Zambia	1271	1261	1281
88	Haiti	1269	1269	1269
89	Syria	1265	1265	1265
90	Uganda	1265	1268	1268
91	Benin	1259	1259	1259
92	Armenia	1242	1234	1264
93	Luxembourg	1235	1221	1251
94	Palestine	1234	1234	1234
95	Kyrgyzstan	1233	1233	1233
96	Belarus	1227	1214	1244
97	Vietnam	1219	1207	1227
98	Equatorial Guinea	1215	1218	1218
99	Congo	1215	1214	1214
100	Lebanon	1212	1212	1212
101	Trinidad and Tobago	1206	1206	1206
102	Kenya	1202	1202	1202
103	New Zealand	1199	1194	1214
104	India	1199	1187	1207
105	Madagascar	1194	1195	1195
106	Kosovo	1184	1172	1202
107	Mauritania	1182	1187	1187
108	Cyprus	1181	1169	1199
109	Tajikistan	1179	1179	1179
110	Estonia	1177	1155	1185
111	Thailand	1171	1171	1171
112	Korea DPR	1170	1170	1170
113	Sierra Leone	1170	1167	1167
114	Kazakhstan	1166	1152	1182
115	Guinea-Bissau	1166	1161	1161
116	Mozambique	1165	1165	1165
117	Namibia	1164	1164	1164
118	Guatemala	1162	1157	1177
119	Niger	1155	1155	1155
120	Angola	1149	1156	1156
121	Libya	1148	1142	1162
122	Malawi	1145	1145	1145
123	Zimbabwe	1139	1139	1139
124	Gambia	1137	1137	1137
125	Faroe Islands	1136	1125	1155
126	Togo	1130	1130	1130
127	Comoros	1127	1127	1127
128	Azerbaijan	1127	1117	1147
129	Latvia	1125	1106	1136
130	Sudan	1125	1128	1128
131	Tanzania	1122	1118	1118
132	Antigua and Barbuda	1117	1117	1117
133	Central African Republic	1116	1117	1117
134	Philippines	1115	1115	1115
135	Turkmenistan	1100	1100	1100
136	Rwanda	1095	1092	1092
137	Solomon Islands	1093	1081	1101
138	Ethiopia	1088	1091	1091
139	Nicaragua	1079	1072	1092
140	St. Kitts and Nevis	1077	1077	1077
141	Burundi	1076	1076	1076
142	Lithuania	1074	1062	1092
143	Suriname	1072	1067	1077
144	Eswatini	1071	1071	1071
145	Lesotho	1061	1061	1061
146	Botswana	1060	1059	1059
147	Hong Kong	1058	1047	1067
148	Malaysia	1058	1058	1058
149	Kuwait	1053	1053	1053
150	Liberia	1051	1051	1051
151	Dominican Republic	1032	1032	1032
152	Andorra	1029	1013	1043
153	Yemen	1024	1024	1024
154	Afghanistan	1023	1023	1023
155	Indonesia	1019	1019	1019
156	Maldives	1018	1012	1022
157	Chinese Taipei	1018	1018	1018
158	Myanmar	1012	1003	1023
159	Singapore	1005	999	1018
160	New Caledonia	1000	993	1008
161	Papua New Guinea	998	993	1003
162	Tahiti	995	995	995
163	Fiji	993	987	1002
164	Vanuatu	991	986	996
165	South Sudan	984	984	984
166	Barbados	982	982	982
167	Cuba	979	979	979
168	Bermuda	977	977	977
169	Malta	975	968	993
170	Puerto Rico	974	974	974
171	Grenada	969	969	969
172	Guyana	969	969	969
173	St. Lucia	966	966	966
174	Cambodia	954	949	959
175	Belize	951	951	951
176	Nepal	950	945	955
177	Moldova	945	931	961
178	Montserrat	941	941	941
179	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	940	940	940
180	Mauritius	932	932	932
181	Chad	932	930	930
182	Macau	922	922	922
183	Laos	915	906	925
184	Mongolia	914	914	914
185	Dominica	912	912	912
186	Bhutan	911	911	911
187	Sao Tomé e Príncipe	908	908	908
188	American Samoa	900	900	900
189	Cook Islands	899	899	899
190	Brunei Darussalam	897	892	902
191	Samoa	894	894	894
192	Bangladesh	883	875	894
193	Djibouti	878	875	875
194	Liechtenstein	874	862	892
195	Pakistan	867	867	867
196	Cayman Islands	866	866	866
197	Tonga	862	862	862
198	Seychelles	860	855	865
199	Timor-Leste	860	860	860
200	Gibraltar	857	852	882
201	Eritrea	856	856	856
202	Aruba	855	855	855
203	Bahamas	855	855	855
204	Somalia	855	855	855
205	Guam	838	838	838
206	Turks and Caicos Islands	832	832	832
207	Sri Lanka	825	825	825
208	US Virgin Islands	824	824	824
209	British Virgin Islands	809	809	809
210	Anguilla	791	791	791
211	San Marino	764	757	782

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