World Rugby Women's World Rankings

This article is about the women's rankings. For the men's rankings, see World Rugby Rankings.
Women's
World Rugby Rankings
Top 20 rankings as of 30 September 2024[1]
Rank Change* Team Points
1 Steady  England 096.90
2 Increase1  Canada 089.90
3 Decrease1  New Zealand 087.32
4 Steady  France 086.50
5 Steady  Scotland 077.92
6 Increase1  Ireland 077.25
7 Decrease1  Australia 076.67
8 Steady  United States 074.97
9 Increase1  Italy 073.21
10 Decrease1  Wales 073.09
11 Increase1  South Africa 067.07
12 Decrease1  Japan 066.89
13 Steady  Spain 064.10
14 Increase1  Fiji 061.54
15 Decrease1  Russia 061.10
16 Steady  Netherlands 059.76
17 Increase1  Samoa 058.62
18 Decrease1  Hong Kong 057.49
19 Steady  Kazakhstan 055.23
20 Steady  Sweden 052.72
*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 at any given time.

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.

  1. ^ "Women's World Rankings". World Rugby. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  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.