World Rugby Women's World Rankings

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Top 20 rankings as of 15 September 2025 [1]
RankChange*TeamPoints
1Steady2.svgFlag of England.svg  England 97.76
2Steady2.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 90.13
3Steady2.svgFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 88.76
4Steady2.svgFlag of France.svg  France 86.42
5Steady2.svgIRFU flag.svg  Ireland 78.20
6Steady2.svgFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 77.39
7Steady2.svgFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 75.46
8Steady2.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States 72.90
9Steady2.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Italy 72.37
10Steady2.svgFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 71.62
11Steady2.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Japan 69.72
12Steady2.svgFlag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 66.13
13Steady2.svgFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 63.98
14Steady2.svgFlag of Spain.svg  Spain 62.42
15Steady2.svgFlag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 59.72
16Steady2.svgFlag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 57.56
17Steady2.svgFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 57.42
18Steady2.svgFlag of Russia.svg  Russia 55.10
19Steady2.svgFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 53.88
20Steady2.svgFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 50.68
*Change from the previous week

The World Rugby Women's World Rankings is a ranking system for women's national teams in rugby union, managed by World Rugby, the sport's governing body. [2] Led by England as of June 2023, [3] they attempt to compare the strength of internationally active women's national teams at any given time.

Contents

As a follow-on to the existing World Rugby Men's World Rankings, the teams of World Rugby's member nations are ranked based on their game results, with the most successful teams being ranked highest. The top step of the women's rankings have been notably less volatile than the equivalent men's rankings, with only two teams, New Zealand and England reaching that mark.

List of rankings leader

TeamStart dateEnd dateWeeksTotal
Weeks
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 8 September 20033 December 2012482482
Flag of England.svg  England 3 December 201211 February 20131010
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 11 February 201319 June 2017227709
Flag of England.svg  England 19 June 201721 August 2017919
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 21 August 201716 November 2020221930
Flag of England.svg  England 16 November 2020Present [a] 261280

Summary

TeamTotal WeeksMost Consecutive

Weeks

Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 930482
Flag of England.svg  England 280261

See also

Notes

  1. As of 20 November 2025.

References

  1. "Women's World Rankings". World Rugby. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  2. "The World Rugby Rankings in numbers". World Rugby . 4 August 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  3. "Rugby Football Union announces enhanced and extended contracts for England's Red Roses players". Sky Sports . 8 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.