Women's
World Rugby Rankings

Top 20 rankings as of 25 November 2024^[1]

Rank	Change*	Team	Points
1		England	097.56
2		Canada	089.31
3		New Zealand	088.64
4		France	085.11
5		Australia	078.10
6		Ireland	078.03
7		Scotland	076.82
8		Italy	074.75
9		United States	074.20
10		Wales	072.58
11		Japan	066.41
12		South Africa	066.18
13		Spain	065.42
14		Russia	061.10
15		Samoa	060.56
16		Netherlands	060.20
17		Fiji	059.14
18		Hong Kong	056.20
19		Kazakhstan	055.23
20		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. 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.

Team	Start Date	End Date	Weeks	Total Weeks
New Zealand	8 September 2003	3 December 2012	482	482
England	3 December 2012	11 February 2013	10	10
New Zealand	11 February 2013	19 June 2017	227	709
England	19 June 2017	21 August 2017	9	19
New Zealand	21 August 2017	16 November 2020	221	930
England	16 November 2020	Present[a]	210	229

Summary

Team	Total Weeks	Most Consecutive Weeks
New Zealand	930	482
England	229	210

• World Rugby Men's World Rankings

• Official World Rankings for Women's Teams