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Japan football strength history

Follow national-team strength over time with a reproducible MapifyStats Elo model calculated from archived international results.

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Archived data snapshot: 2026-10-02. The saved map and downloads work without JavaScript.

National-team strength map for the saved selection; exact records and selected-place details follow.

227 locations drawn; 255 records in this saved view. Current boundaries; unknown values are distinct from zero. Exact source records remain in the table.

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Japan

Rating 1865.3, rank 15; change since 2025: 11.3.

794 source matches. Last match: 2026-06-29. This is the MapifyStats model described below.

190020261300–1900 Elo
102 annual ratings for Japan
YearRatingRank
19211417.929
19221417.935
19231390.642
19241390.644
1925137346
1926137352
19271389.951
19281389.949
19291389.952
19301413.552
19311413.554
19321413.551
19331413.553
19341416.654
19351416.654
19361416.652
19371416.654
19381416.660
19391447.251
19401474.340
19411474.342
1942151130
1943151130
1944151120
1945151123
1946151128
19511509.640
19521509.637
19531509.639
19541462.371
19551472.757
19561472.765
19571472.765
19581421.690
19591446.481
19601435.993
19611429.697
19621411103
19631474.382
19641484.880
19651536.444
19661576.132
19671599.926
19681602.927
19691582.335
19701609.327
19711602.330
19721582.342
19731534.364
19741541.562
19751537.261
19761531.864
19771511.272
19781477.785
19791542.768
19801558.659
19811567.259
19821608.843
19831610.744
19841642.132
19851643.432
19861627.843
1987162443
19881541.169
19891555.663
19901512.282
19911513.884
1992158355
19931655.640
19941621.249
19951616.947
19961694.127
19971700.925
1998162750
19991591.465
20001705.225
20011733.321
20021710.229
20031699.131
20041776.815
20051755.222
20061709.432
20071735.927
20081753.924
20091770.218
20101765.816
2011178317
20121802.516
20131764.222
20141742.923
20151765.620
20161762.723
20171738.227
20181748.424
20191762.625
20201767.224
2021179022
20221828.515
20231854.213
20241866.512
2025185415
20261865.315

Compare source records

25 of 255 source records shown. The complete CSV contains every matching record.

NameMapifyStats Elo ratingCoverage note
Spain2,107.9
Argentina2,079.3
France1,999.7
England1,990.8
Brazil1,947.7
Colombia1,946.2
Portugal1,936.5
Netherlands1,910
Morocco1,898.5
Germany1,887.3
Belgium1,886.4
Mexico1,879.1
Italy1,869.7
Ecuador1,865.5
Japan1,865.3
Croatia1,861.7
Switzerland1,861.4
Norway1,854.6
Uruguay1,838.5
Turkey1,824.4
Denmark1,822.4
Iran1,811.1
Paraguay1,807.2
Australia1,806.3
Algeria1,797.5

What this map measures

MapifyStats Elo is a calculated model, not the official FIFA ranking or eloratings.net series. Start at 1500, use a logistic expectation with divisor 400, add a 100-point home advantage at non-neutral venues, and use K=40 for World Cup finals, 20 for friendlies, 30 for other games. Draws score 0.5; shootouts remain draws.

Annual snapshots start in 1900 after training on results from 1872. Teams need five career source matches and a match in the preceding five calendar years to receive a rank. The 2026 snapshot ends August 26, not December 31. Identities follow Mart Jürisoo’s successor-team naming; historic borders are not reconstructed.

Sources and downloads

These are frozen snapshots, retrieved 2026-10-02. Source versions and checksums; Wikidata enrichment archive; complete football dataset.

Historical data attribution: © 2023 Joshua C. Fjelstul, Ph.D.. Roster facts: 2022 Wikipedia contributors and 2026 Wikipedia contributors. Derived data is published under CC BY-SA 4.0; fields have been selected, joined, normalized and aggregated. International match results, Wikidata structured facts, and Natural Earth geography retain their source licenses.

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