Combat sports: world ranking of nations

World ranking of nations in combat sports, compiled by the IXAGON World Sports Index from 12 disciplines and 99 nations that score points in them (edition v26.26.1, 7 November 2026). Japan leads with 964.8 points.

Ranking of nations

#	Nation	Points	Men	Women
1	Japan	964.8	518.5	446.3
2	Iran	458.4	365.9	92.5
3	France	407.5	192.0	215.5
4	China	406.0	119.7	286.3
5	South Korea	375.8	212.6	163.2
6	Uzbekistan	322.8	222.6	100.2
7	Italy	318.2	135.5	182.7
8	United States	313.8	149.6	164.2
9	Türkiye	296.5	117.9	178.6
10	Azerbaijan	289.5	285.0	4.5
11	Georgia	238.9	213.0	25.9
12	Kazakhstan	231.1	183.0	48.1
13	Ukraine	187.3	100.4	86.9
14	Brazil	178.2	76.2	102.0
15	Spain	155.3	61.4	93.9
16	Hungary	154.2	51.2	103.0
17	Egypt	150.9	116.7	34.2
18	Hong Kong, China	141.1	76.8	64.3
19	Tunisia	102.2	68.7	33.5
20	Israel	86.1	9.5	76.6
21	Germany	82.5	6.9	75.6
22	United Arab Emirates	82.3	39.3	43.0
23	Thailand	78.6	45.9	32.7
24	Croatia	77.6	19.1	58.5
25	Bulgaria	76.9	58.0	18.9
26	Chinese Taipei	73.5	5.2	68.3
27	Kyrgyzstan	70.5	48.8	21.7
28	Malaysia	70.0	22.0	48.0
29	Cuba	64.5	52.6	11.9
30	India	60.8	6.0	54.8
31	Canada	57.7	5.0	52.7
32	Mexico	55.0	27.1	27.9
33	Jordan	54.8	49.3	5.5
34	Poland	54.5	16.3	38.2
35	Moldova	52.8	35.0	17.8
36	Great Britain	50.6	35.9	14.7
37	Mongolia	47.9	9.1	38.8
38	Belgium	46.6	6.6	40.0
39	Armenia	45.7	45.7	0.0
40	Czechia	44.5	30.0	14.5
41	Serbia	44.1	16.8	27.3
42	Kosovo	43.8	14.8	29.0
43	Austria	42.3	10.3	32.0
44	Vietnam	41.4	8.9	32.5
45	Slovenia	41.3	1.5	39.8
46	Algeria	37.6	9.7	27.9
47	Philippines	34.3	11.9	22.4
48	Macau, China	31.1	19.0	12.1
49	Greece	30.4	22.7	7.7
50	Saudi Arabia	27.8	11.4	16.4
51	Indonesia	27.2	20.3	6.9
52	Turkmenistan	26.1	22.9	3.2
53	Ireland	26.0	4.5	21.5
54	Switzerland	22.2	18.1	4.1
55	Côte d'Ivoire	21.9	5.5	16.4
56	Australia	21.2	3.9	17.3
57	Portugal	21.1	0.0	21.1
57	Singapore	21.1	10.8	10.3
59	Tajikistan	19.6	19.6	0.0
60	Sweden	18.4	0.0	18.4
61	Finland	17.9	2.0	15.9
62	Ecuador	17.8	0.0	17.8
63	Puerto Rico	16.5	3.0	13.5
64	North Korea	15.8	8.9	6.9
65	Slovakia	15.4	0.2	15.2
66	Bahrain	14.8	14.8	0.0
67	Romania	14.5	10.8	3.7
68	Morocco	14.3	13.8	0.5
69	Chile	13.7	8.9	4.8
70	Panama	11.7	0.0	11.7
71	Estonia	9.5	0.0	9.5
72	Denmark	8.6	8.4	0.2
73	Iraq	8.3	8.3	0.0
74	Dominican Republic	7.8	7.8	0.0
75	Montenegro	7.1	0.9	6.2
76	Norway	6.9	0.0	6.9
77	Netherlands	6.8	0.2	6.6
78	Albania	5.9	5.9	0.0
78	Venezuela	5.9	0.0	5.9
80	Nigeria	5.5	0.0	5.5
81	Yemen	4.8	4.8	0.0
82	Colombia	4.2	1.2	3.0
83	Cabo Verde	3.9	3.9	0.0
84	Brunei	3.5	3.5	0.0
85	Cameroon	3.1	2.6	0.5
86	Angola	2.4	0.9	1.5
87	North Macedonia	2.1	1.2	0.9
88	Guatemala	1.9	0.7	1.2
89	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.8	0.8	1.0
90	Palestine	1.3	1.3	0.0
91	Argentina	1.0	1.0	0.0
91	Syria	1.0	0.0	1.0
93	Lithuania	0.7	0.5	0.2
94	DR Congo	0.3	0.3	0.0
95	Latvia	0.2	0.2	0.0
95	Liechtenstein	0.2	0.0	0.2
95	New Zealand	0.2	0.0	0.2
95	South Africa	0.2	0.2	0.0
95	Senegal	0.2	0.2	0.0

Disciplines in this category

Discipline	CSI	N	Value of a title	Top three nations
Judo	0.75	15	36.31	Japan · France · Georgia
Taekwondo	0.68	18	27.25	South Korea · Türkiye · Iran
Karate	0.60	16	22.50	Japan · Egypt · Iran
Wrestling	0.57	30	14.83	Japan · Iran · United States
Boxing	0.53	13	19.48	Uzbekistan · China · France
Wushu	0.47	41	8.62	China · Hong Kong, China · Iran
Fencing	0.45	12	14.61	Italy · France · South Korea
Muay Thai	0.36	24	6.61	Türkiye · Kazakhstan · Thailand
Sumo	0.24	4	7.20	Japan · Ukraine · United States
Kickboxing	0.23	114	1.24	Türkiye · Italy · Croatia
Sambo	0.22	28	2.29	Kazakhstan · Uzbekistan · Turkmenistan
Ju-jitsu	0.19	36	1.50	United Arab Emirates · Italy · Kazakhstan

Value of a title: points for a gold medal at a current-year world championship (J × 0.50). N: number of distinct medal events in the discipline.

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