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Sports Rankings & Standings 2026

Prime Hunt Daily’s live rankings hub. Below are the current world rankings and standings across every sport we cover, gathered from the official governing bodies. Rankings change regularly — figures here are accurate as of 7 September 2026; always check the official source (linked in each section) for the very latest.

⚽ Football — FIFA World Ranking

#Team
1Spain 🇪🇸 (World Cup 2026 champions)
2Argentina 🇦🇷
3France 🇫🇷
4England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
5Brazil 🇧🇷
6Morocco 🇲🇦
Spain, the FIFA World Cup 2026 champions, sit at world No. 1, with beaten finalists Argentina 2nd. Brazil and Morocco complete the top six; Portugal are 7th, Belgium 8th, the Netherlands 9th and Mexico 10th after their World Cup run. This is the 20 July 2026 edition — the next FIFA release is due on 7 October 2026. Full list at the official FIFA World Ranking.

🏎️ Formula 1 — 2026 Championship Standings

Drivers’ Championship

#DriverPoints
1Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)267
2George Russell (Mercedes)201
3Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)191
4Lando Norris (McLaren)171
5Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)155
6Max Verstappen (Red Bull)127
7Oscar Piastri (McLaren)116
8Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)71
9Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)51
10Pierre Gasly (Alpine)41

Constructors’ Championship

#TeamPoints
1Mercedes468
2Ferrari346
3McLaren287
4Red Bull Racing204
5Racing Bulls75
6Alpine62
Standings after the Italian Grand Prix (round 13 of 23) on 6 September. Kimi Antonelli won at Monza from 19th on the grid — his seventh victory of the season and the first by an Italian at Monza since 1966 — to stretch his lead over Mercedes team-mate George Russell to 66 points, with Lewis Hamilton 76 adrift in third. Max Verstappen was third on the day ahead of the McLarens of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri. Full table at Formula1.com.

🏏 Cricket — ICC Rankings

Men’s Test — Team Top 10

#TeamRating
1Australia126
2South Africa119
3New Zealand106
4India105
5England99
6Bangladesh78
7Sri Lanka75
8Pakistan75
9West Indies74
10Ireland25

Test — Batting / Bowling / All-Rounder (Top 5)

#BattingBowlingAll-Rounder
1Harry Brook (ENG) 856Mitchell Starc (AUS) 872Ravindra Jadeja (IND) 422
2Steve Smith (AUS) 840Matt Henry (NZ) 861Marco Jansen (SA) 344
3Joe Root (ENG) 820Jasprit Bumrah (IND) 853Mehidy Hasan Miraz (BAN) 314
4Travis Head (AUS) 811Pat Cummins (AUS) 841Ben Stokes (ENG) 289
5Temba Bavuma (SA) 775Ollie Robinson (ENG) 831Mitchell Starc (AUS) 276
Harry Brook has replaced Joe Root at the top of the Test batting list, while Mitchell Starc leads the bowlers after Jasprit Bumrah — sidelined since mid-July with a knee injury — slipped to third. Ollie Robinson climbed six places to fifth after eight wickets against Pakistan. Rishabh Pant is India’s highest-ranked batter at 7th, with captain Shubman Gill down to 9th and Yashasvi Jaiswal 11th.

Men’s ODI — Team Top 5

#TeamRating
1India116
2New Zealand109
3Australia102
4South Africa102
5Pakistan100

ODI — Batting / Bowling / All-Rounder (Top 5)

#BattingBowlingAll-Rounder
1Shubman Gill (IND) 801Rashid Khan (AFG) 714Azmatullah Omarzai (AFG) 337
2Daryl Mitchell (NZ) 794Abrar Ahmed (PAK) 675Mehidy Hasan Miraz (BAN) 260
3Virat Kohli (IND) 767Jofra Archer (ENG) 649Sikandar Raza (ZIM) 258
4Rohit Sharma (IND) 758Keshav Maharaj (SA) 645Michael Bracewell (NZ) 250
5Ibrahim Zadran (AFG) 719Mitchell Santner (NZ) 644Mitchell Santner (NZ) 247

Men’s T20I — Team Top 3

#TeamRating
1India268
2England268
3Australia260

T20I — Batting / Bowling / All-Rounder (Leaders)

CategoryNo. 1No. 2
BattingIshan Kishan (IND) 910Sahibzada Farhan (PAK) 848
BowlingRashid Khan (AFG) 753Abrar Ahmed (PAK) 736
All-RounderSikandar Raza (ZIM) 316Saim Ayub (PAK) 275
India and England are level on 268 rating points at the top of the T20I team table, with India ahead on the decimal split. In the batting list Abhishek Sharma is 3rd and Tilak Varma 7th, while South Africa’s Dewald Brevis has climbed to 4th; Varun Chakaravarthy is India’s leading T20I bowler in 8th and Hardik Pandya is 5th among all-rounders.

Women’s Team Rankings

FormatNo. 1India
ODIAustralia (163)3rd (124)
T20IAustralia (291) — T20 World Cup 2026 winners3rd (263)
Full team and player rankings for all formats — men’s & women’s batting, bowling and all-rounder lists — at the official ICC Rankings.

🎾 Tennis — ATP & WTA Rankings

ATP (Men’s Singles) — Top 8

#Player
1Jannik Sinner 🇮🇹 (Wimbledon champion)
2Carlos Alcaraz 🇪🇸
3Alexander Zverev 🇩🇪
4Félix Auger-Aliassime 🇨🇦
5Novak Djokovic 🇷🇸
6Ben Shelton 🇺🇸
7Daniil Medvedev 🇷🇺
8Alex de Minaur 🇦🇺

WTA (Women’s Singles) — Top 10

#Player
1Aryna Sabalenka
2Elena Rybakina
3Jessica Pegula 🇺🇸
4Coco Gauff 🇺🇸
5Mirra Andreeva
6Linda Nosková 🇨🇿 (Wimbledon champion)
7Karolína Muchová 🇨🇿
8Iga Świątek 🇵🇱
9Elina Svitolina 🇺🇦
10Amanda Anisimova 🇺🇸
Rankings as of 7 September 2026, with the US Open into its second week — expect significant movement once the New York points are counted. Full lists at ATP and WTA.

⛳ Golf — Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR)

#Player
1Scottie Scheffler 🇺🇸
2Rory McIlroy 🇬🇧
3Cameron Young 🇺🇸
4Matt Fitzpatrick 🇬🇧
5Wyndham Clark 🇺🇸
6Russell Henley 🇺🇸
7Chris Gotterup 🇺🇸
8Tommy Fleetwood 🇬🇧
9Sam Burns 🇺🇸
10Xander Schauffele 🇺🇸
Scottie Scheffler remains a dominant world No. 1 after winning the season-ending Tour Championship, with an average of 18.48 points to Rory McIlroy’s 9.10. Seven Americans now sit in the top 10; Wyndham Clark, Russell Henley and Sam Burns have moved up, while Collin Morikawa (11th), Justin Rose (15th) and J.J. Spaun (17th) have dropped out. Full list at the Official World Golf Ranking.

♟️ Chess — FIDE World Rankings (Classical)

#Player
1Magnus Carlsen 🇳🇴 2823 (only 2800+ player)
2Hikaru Nakamura 🇺🇸 2792
3Fabiano Caruana 🇺🇸 2789
4Javokhir Sindarov 🇺🇿 2778
5Wesley So 🇺🇸 2774
September 2026 list. Magnus Carlsen (2823) remains the only 2800+ player, with Hikaru Nakamura back up to No. 2. Wesley So returned to the top five for the first time in four years after winning the Sinquefield Cup. R. Praggnanandhaa has overtaken Arjun Erigaisi as India’s No. 1, rising to World No. 8 (2761) after winning the Grand Chess Tour, with Erigaisi 9th (2759), Viswanathan Anand 14th and world champion Gukesh Dommaraju 32nd. Vincent Keymer is 6th. Full list at FIDE.

⚾ Baseball — MLB 2026 Standings (Division Leaders)

DivisionLeaderRecord
AL EastTampa Bay Rays82-54
AL CentralChicago White Sox72-64
AL WestHouston Astros69-68
NL EastAtlanta Braves82-55
NL CentralMilwaukee Brewers85-51
NL WestLos Angeles Dodgers81-55
The Brewers hold the best record in MLB, and the Astros lead a tight AL West. The Yankees, Red Sox and Blue Jays currently occupy the three AL wild-card places, with Cleveland close behind; the Cubs, Phillies, Padres and Diamondbacks are scrapping over the NL spots. Full standings at MLB.com.

🏀 Basketball — NBA

The NBA is in its offseason — regular-season standings return when the 2026-27 campaign tips off in October. In the meantime, see our basketball coverage for offseason trades and Summer League. This section will update live once the season begins.

🚴 Cycling — UCI World Ranking (Men, Individual)

#RiderPoints
1Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)11,321.8
2Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe)7,356.6
3Jonas Vingegaard (Visma–Lease a Bike)6,866.4
4Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)6,623.5
5Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM)4,800.7
6Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin–Premier Tech)4,532.6
7Tom Pidcock (Pinarello–Q36.5)4,365.9
8Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl–Trek)3,243.8
9Lenny Martinez (Bahrain–Victorious)3,087.4
10Felix Gall (Decathlon CMA CGM)3,005.0
Tadej Pogačar continues to dominate the individual ranking, leading Remco Evenepoel by almost 4,000 points; Isaac del Toro sits 4th and teenager Paul Seixas holds a top-five place, while sprinter Jasper Philipsen is 6th and Mathieu van der Poel remains outside the top ten. The Vuelta a España is still in progress and will reshape the lower half of the table. Full standings at the UCI Rankings.

🏸 Badminton — BWF World Rankings (No. 1s)

DisciplineWorld No. 1
Men’s SinglesJonatan Christie 🇮🇩
Women’s SinglesAn Se-young 🇰🇷
Men’s DoublesKim Won-ho / Seo Seung-jae 🇰🇷
Women’s DoublesHsu Ya Ching / Sung Yu-Hsuan 🇹🇼
Mixed DoublesFeng Yanzhe / Huang Dongping 🇨🇳
Full top-10 lists for every discipline (singles, doubles, mixed) at the BWF World Rankings.

Accuracy & sources: All figures are compiled from official governing bodies (FIFA, Formula 1, ICC, ATP, WTA, OWGR, FIDE, MLB, UCI, BWF) and are correct as of 7 September 2026. Rankings and standings update frequently — please use the official links above for real-time figures. Prime Hunt Daily updates this page regularly.