With the continuous victories of Team Melli in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, Iran regained its top ranking in Asia which Japan has occupied since Marc Wilmots took over Team Melli. With 11538 points, Iran sets at the top and climbed 4 places up in the FIFA ranking issued by the world governing body on Thursday 16th September 2021. In the AFC Ranking, both Iran and Australia managed a 16 points increase as a result of their perfect third-round performances in the Qualifiers. Under the Croat Dragan Skocic, Team Melli has won all its games a perfect 100% record.  

RanK		Team	Total Points	Previous Points	+/-
22		Iran	1538.08	1522.04	16.04
26		Japan	1520.46	1529.45	-8.99
32		Australia	1493.99	1477.21	16.78
36		Korea Republic	1479.41	1474.96	4.45
43		Qatar	1445.83	1455.23	-9.40

  Iran sets behind Senegal (20th) and Peru (21st) while renowned teams such as Chile, Poland, Ukraine, Serbia, and Austria are behind in the ranking.

FIFA World Ranking

20		Senegal	1555.37	1545.38	9.99
21		Peru	1548.78	1543.16	5.62
22		IR Iran	1538.08	1522.04	16.04
23		Chile	1536.53	1557.81	-21.28
24		Poland	1531.82	1516.27	15.55
25		Tunisia	1526.87	1515.3	11.57