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0commentsUpdated on 08/23/2026 at 07:00 PM

Algeria1467

The worldwide ranking generated by 9.5k votes

56 / 56

Algeria1467

Morocco1458

Nigeria1415

Senegal1411

Mali1397

Ivory Coast1394

Egypt1392

Tunisia1389

Democratic Republic of the Congo1375

#10

Cameroon1373

#11

South Africa1319

#12

Republic of the Congo1294

#13

Niger1284

#14

Guinea1276

#15

Angola1272

#16

Sudan1261

#17

Burkina Faso1259

#18

Ghana1250

#19

Guinea-Bissau1248

#20

Benin1234

#21

Gabon1224

#22

Cape Verde1212

#23

Libya1211

#24

Zambia1209

#25

Uganda1199

#26

Mauritania1185

#27

Comoros1184

#28

Chad1182

#29

Gambia1180

#30

Tanzania1167

#31

Togo1160

#32

Madagascar1157

#33

Equatorial Guinea1157

#34

Central African Republic1146

#35

Mozambique1146

#36

Zimbabwe1142

#37

South Sudan1122

#38

Eritrea1119

#39

Liberia1117

Kenya1112

Namibia1104

Ethiopia1092

Mauritius1092

Djibouti1091

#46

Malawi1086

#47

Seychelles1086

#48

São Tomé and Príncipe1081

#49

Somalia1079

#50

Botswana1073

#51

Rwanda1067

#52

Burundi1058

#53

Western Sahara1056

#54

Lesotho1035

#55

Eswatini995

#56

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha961

What the community says

Algeria leads with an ELO of 1,467, ahead of Morocco (1,458) and Nigeria (1,415). Ranked over 9,471 duels between 56 contenders, last updated August 23, 2026.

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How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.