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Nigeria 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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Nigeria

Rating 1766.5, rank 30; change since 2025: 56.5.

661 source matches. Last match: 2026-06-10. This is the MapifyStats model described below.

190020261400–1800 Elo
73 annual ratings for Nigeria
YearRatingRank
19541512.439
19551498.144
19561503.343
19571506.945
19581514.949
19591526.543
19601492.460
19611508.759
19621517.751
19631518.457
19641518.457
19651505.663
19661516.561
19671522.359
19681558.640
19691577.338
19701558.644
19711572.244
19721631.521
19731646.320
19741634.225
19751653.921
19761665.219
19771655.826
1978165127
19791655.124
19801689.318
19811627.732
19821606.444
1983160248
19841615.844
19851626.741
19861615.848
19871623.944
19881625.443
19891644.233
19901671.328
19911669.629
19921722.115
19931718.718
19941716.721
19951701.320
19961660.835
19971667.436
19981669.932
19991666.335
20001684.633
20011708.227
20021733.420
20031718.925
20041756.821
20051760.921
20061786.514
20071767.917
20081766.318
20091777.516
20101707.633
20111711.434
20121694.839
20131736.628
20141694.637
2015166354
20161690.241
20171700.241
2018170540
20191735.832
2020170740
2021169446
20221677.653
20231655.959
20241629.966
2025171043
20261766.530

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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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