WRCES

Ranked Sports & their Disciplines

Every sport and discipline that counts towards the World Ranking of Countries in Elite Sport.

115
Sports ranked
277
Disciplines
42
Multi-discipline

Below are the 115 sports the WRCES ranks and their 277 disciplines, from automobile with 16 disciplines to single-discipline sports such as chess, padel and sumo.

Search for a sport or discipline, or jump to a letter.

Showing 115 sports · 277 disciplines

Ranked as a single discipline

A

Air Sports

12 disciplines
  • Aeromodelling
  • Ballooning
  • Gliding
  • Hang Gliding
  • Skydiving
  • Paragliding
  • Drones
  • General Aviation
  • Microlights and paramotors
  • Power and glider aerobatics
  • Rotorcraft
  • Space

American Football

3 disciplines
  • American Football
  • Flag Football
  • Beach Flag

Aquatics

6 disciplines
  • Swimming
  • Diving
  • High Diving
  • Artistic Swimming
  • Open Water
  • Water Polo

Athletics

4 disciplines
  • Athletics
  • Ultra Running
  • Mountain Running
  • Cross Country Running

Automobile

16 disciplines
  • Formula 1
  • WRC
  • Indy
  • NASCAR
  • WTCC
  • Formula E
  • WEC
  • Rally Dakar
  • GT
  • Cross Country Rally
  • Rallycross
  • Karting
  • Drifting
  • Supercars
  • Hill Climbing
  • Masters Historic
  • Archery
  • Armwrestling
  • Australian Football
B

Baseball/Softball

3 disciplines
  • Baseball
  • Softball
  • Baseball 5

Basketball

2 disciplines
  • Basketball
  • 3v3 Basketball

Billiards

3 disciplines
  • Snooker
  • Pool
  • Carom

Bobsleigh

2 disciplines
  • Bobsled
  • Skeleton

Boules

3 disciplines
  • Petanque
  • Bocce
  • Boules Lyonnaise
  • Badminton
  • Bandy
  • Biathlon
  • BJJ
  • Bodybuilding
  • Bowling
  • Boxing
  • Bridge
C

Canoe/Kayak

9 disciplines
  • Sprint
  • Marathon
  • Slalom
  • Polo
  • Ocean Racing
  • SUP
  • Wildwater
  • Freestyle
  • Dragon Boat

Climbing and Mountaineering

3 disciplines
  • Mountaineering
  • Ice Climbing
  • Skyrunning

Cycling

8 disciplines
  • Road Cycling
  • Track Cycling
  • Mountain Bike
  • Cyclo Cross
  • BMX
  • Trial
  • Indoor
  • Gravel
  • Casting
  • Cheer
  • Chess
  • Cricket
  • CrossFit
  • Curling
D

Dancing

2 disciplines
  • Dancing
  • Breakdance
  • Darts
  • Dodgeball
  • Dragon Boat
  • Draughts
E

Equestrian

6 disciplines
  • Jumping
  • Dressage
  • Eventing
  • Driving
  • Endurance
  • Vaulting
  • Esports
F

Flying Disc

3 disciplines
  • Ultimate
  • Guts
  • Disc Golf

Football

3 disciplines
  • Football
  • Futsal
  • Beach Soccer
  • Fencing
  • Field Hockey
  • Fistball
  • Floorball
  • Footgolf
G

Gymnastics

6 disciplines
  • Artistic
  • Rhythmic
  • Trampoline
  • Aerobic
  • Acrobatic
  • Parkour
  • Go
  • Golf
H

Handball

2 disciplines
  • Handball
  • Beach Handball
  • Horse Racing
I
  • Ice Hockey
  • Ice Stock Sport
J

Jujitsu

3 disciplines
  • Duo
  • Fighting System
  • Ne Waza
  • Judo
  • Jump Rope
K

Kickboxing

7 disciplines
  • K-1
  • Low Kick
  • Full Contact
  • Kick Light
  • Light Contact
  • Point Fighting
  • Musical Forms
  • Kabaddi
  • Karate
  • Kendo
  • Kettlebell Lifting
  • Korfball
L

Lacrosse

2 disciplines
  • Indoor
  • Outdoor
  • Lifesaving
  • Luge
M

Modern Pentathlon

5 disciplines
  • Modern Pentathlon
  • Biathle
  • Triathle
  • Laser Run
  • Obstacle

Motorcycling

7 disciplines
  • Moto GP
  • Motocross
  • Enduro
  • Circuit Racing
  • Rallies
  • Track
  • Trial
  • Mini Golf
  • MMA
  • Muay Thai
N
  • Netball
O

Orienteering

5 disciplines
  • Foot
  • Sprint
  • Ski
  • Mountain Bike
  • Trail
  • Obstacle Racing
P
  • Padel
  • Para Sports
  • Pelota Vasca
  • Poker
  • Pole Sports
  • Polo
  • Powerboating
  • Powerlifting
  • Practical Shooting
R

Roller Sports

12 disciplines
  • Artistic
  • Freestyle
  • Inline Alpine
  • Inline Downhill
  • Inline Freestyle
  • Inline Hockey
  • Derby
  • Hockey
  • Skateboarding
  • Scooter
  • Speed
  • Skate Cross

Rowing

3 disciplines
  • Outdoor
  • Indoor
  • Coastal Rowing

Rugby Union

2 disciplines
  • Rugby XV
  • Rugby Sevens
  • Racquetball
  • Rafting
  • Rugby League
S

Sailing

4 disciplines
  • Fleet Racing
  • Match Racing
  • Americas Cup
  • Ocean Racing

Sambo

2 disciplines
  • Sambo
  • Beach Sambo

Skating

4 disciplines
  • Figure Skating
  • Synchronized Skating
  • Speed Skating
  • Short Track Speed Skating

Skiing

9 disciplines
  • Alpine
  • Cross Country
  • Ski Jumping
  • Snowboarding
  • Freestyle
  • Nordic Combined
  • Speed
  • Grass
  • Telemark

Sport Climbing

2 disciplines
  • Indoor
  • Outdoor

Sport Fishing

3 disciplines
  • Eau Douce
  • Mer
  • Fly Fishing

Surfing

5 disciplines
  • Surfing
  • SUP
  • Wakesurfing
  • Longboard
  • Bodyboard
  • Savate
  • Sepak Takraw
  • Shooting
  • Ski Mountaineering
  • Sleddog
  • Soft Tennis
  • Squash
  • Strong Man
  • Sumo
T

Taekwondo

2 disciplines
  • Sparring
  • Poomsae

Tennis

2 disciplines
  • Tennis
  • Beach Tennis

Triathlon

6 disciplines
  • Triathlon
  • Winter Triathlon
  • Long Distance
  • Duathlon
  • Aquathlon
  • Aquabike
  • Table Soccer
  • Table Tennis
  • Teqball
  • Tug of War
U

Underwater Sports

11 disciplines
  • Apnoea
  • Aquathlon
  • Finswimming
  • Hockey
  • Orienteering
  • Rugby
  • Spearfishing
  • Sport Diving
  • Visual
  • Free Diving
  • Target Shooting
V

Volleyball

2 disciplines
  • Volleyball
  • Beach Volleyball
W

Waterskiing

2 disciplines
  • Waterskiing
  • Wakeboarding

Wrestling

8 disciplines
  • Freestyle
  • Greco Roman
  • Women
  • Grappling
  • Pankration
  • Belt
  • Pahlavani
  • Beach
  • Weightlifting
  • Wushu

See how countries perform across all of these sports

The WRCES combines results in every sport above into one score for each of the 206 countries.

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