Kenya

Best Sports

2025
2024
2023
2022
2021

2025

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Marathon	462	65.1
2	Athletics	248	34.9

2024

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Marathon	636	70.9
2	Athletics	261	29.1

2023

	Top Positions	Points	%
1	Marathon	594	62.5
2	Athletics	352	37.0
3	Boxing (Amateur)	5	0.5

2022

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Marathon	714	78.5
2	Athletics	196	21.5

2021

	Top Positions	Points	%
1	Marathon	450	58.6
2	Athletics	265	34.5
3	Rugby Union	48	6.3
4	Taekwondo	5	0.6

Kenya Tournaments


Chicago Marathon	12 Oct 2025
Berlin Marathon	21 Sep 2025
Athletics: World Champi...	21 May 2025
London Marathon	27 Apr 2025
Boston Marathon	21 Apr 2025
Tokyo Marathon	2 Mar 2025
New York Marathon	3 Nov 2024
Chicago Marathon	13 Oct 2024
Berlin Marathon	29 Sep 2024
Olympics	11 Aug 2024
London Marathon	21 Apr 2024
Boston Marathon	15 Apr 2024
Tokyo Marathon	3 Mar 2024

2025

Global Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	19
Gender:Men	22
Gender:Women	18
Continent:Africa	1

Per Capita Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	44
Gender:Men	43
Gender:Women	37
Continent:Africa	1

2024

Global Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	20
Gender:Men	21
Gender:Women	17
Continent:Africa	1

Per Capita Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	43
Gender:Men	44
Gender:Women	38
Continent:Africa	1

2023

Global Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	18
Gender:Men	25
Gender:Women	18
Continent:Africa	1

Per Capita Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	44
Gender:Men	46
Gender:Women	35
Continent:Africa	1

2022

Global Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	19
Gender:Men	21
Gender:Women	18
Continent:Africa	1

Per Capita Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	43
Gender:Men	41
Gender:Women	36
Continent:Africa	1

2021

Global Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	27
Gender:Men	35
Gender:Women	22
Continent:Africa	2

Per Capita Cup Positions
Category	Position
Overall	49
Gender:Men	50
Gender:Women	47
Continent:Africa	1

Kenya won the 2024 London and Boston marathons – pic.: val 172619 from Pixabay

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Kenya and Ethiopia dominated the Boston and London marathons – pic.: wal 172619 from Pixabay

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Global Cup

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	4437	9.2
2	Italy	2646	5.5
3	China	2437	5.1	2
4	Japan	2397	5.0
5	France	2350	4.9	-2
6	Great Britain	1895	3.9	2
7	Germany	1855	3.9	-1
8	Canada	1599	3.3	-1
9	Australia	1552	3.2
10	Spain	1414	2.9	2

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	6894	10.5
2	France	4549	6.9
3	China	3550	5.4
4	Germany	3240	4.9	2
5	Italy	3226	4.9	2
6	Australia	2929	4.5	2
7	Japan	2829	4.3	-2
8	Great Britain	2727	4.2	-4
9	Netherlands	2346	3.6	2
10	Canada	2319	3.5

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	6018	9.1
2	France	3291	5.0
3	China	3114	4.7
4	Great Britain	3030	4.6
5	Japan	2949	4.5	3
6	Germany	2834	4.3	3
7	Italy	2831	4.3	-1
8	Australia	2751	4.2	-1
9	Spain	2439	3.7	8
10	Canada	2173	3.3	-5

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	6137	10.3
2	France	3223	5.4	1
3	China	2822	4.7	2
4	Great Britain	2766	4.6	3
5	Canada	2710	4.5	4
6	Italy	2502	4.2	-2
7	Australia	2463	4.1	3
8	Japan	2372	4.0	-6
9	Germany	2311	3.9	-3
10	Netherlands	1661	2.8	1

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	7329	9.7
2	Japan	4433	5.9	11
3	France	4040	5.4	1
4	Italy	3194	4.2	3
5	China	3173	4.2	20
6	Germany	2920	3.9	-3
7	Great Britain	2831	3.8	4
8	Spain	2404	3.2	7
9	Canada	2280	3.0	1
10	Australia	2254	3.0	2

Per Capita Cup

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Norway	3992
2	Switzerland	6321
3	Slovenia	6632
4	New Zealand	7857
5	Sweden	9177
6	Denmark	11251	2
7	Hungary	11348	-1
8	Croatia	12041	5
9	Jamaica	12882	-2
10	Mongolia	13311	-1

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Slovenia	4419	2
2	Norway	4517	-1
3	New Zealand	5111	1
4	Netherlands	7316	8
5	Switzerland	7805	2
6	Denmark	8114	3
7	Australia	8429	6
8	Sweden	8511	-3
9	Latvia	9414	-7
10	Serbia	9899	-2

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Norway	3235
2	Latvia	4142	22
3	Slovenia	4233
4	New Zealand	4986
5	Sweden	5672	1
6	Jamaica	6193	1
7	Switzerland	7271	-2
8	Serbia	7672	2
9	Denmark	8046	16
10	Lithuania	8352	4

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Norway	3635	1
2	Croatia	5326	10
3	Slovenia	5480	-2
4	New Zealand	6200	4
5	Switzerland	6931
6	Sweden	7738	-3
7	Jamaica	7939	7
8	Finland	8821	13
9	Australia	10023	7
10	Serbia	10274	-3

	Top Positions	People Per Point	Chg
1	Slovenia	2775	2
2	Norway	3048	-1
3	Sweden	4969	6
4	Denmark	5216	9
5	Switzerland	5428	-3
6	Georgia	6281
7	Serbia	6520
8	New Zealand	6671	-3
9	Hungary	7221
10	Netherlands	7985	-4

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Global Cup - Men

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	2051	8.9
2	France	1299	5.7
3	Italy	1265	5.5
4	Japan	1037	4.5
5	China	860	3.7	3
6	Germany	835	3.6	-1
7	Great Britain	795	3.5	2
8	Norway	782	3.4	-2
9	Switzerland	685	3.0	-2
10	Spain	643	2.8

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	2771	8.4
2	France	2708	8.2	1
3	Italy	1607	4.9	1
4	Germany	1573	4.8	-2
5	Great Britain	1482	4.5
6	Japan	1393	4.2
7	China	1279	3.9	3
8	Spain	1252	3.8	-1
9	Australia	1172	3.5	-1
10	Netherlands	931	2.8	3

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	2964	8.7
2	Germany	1668	4.9	6
3	France	1610	4.7	-1
4	Italy	1467	4.3	-1
5	Great Britain	1389	4.1	-1
6	Japan	1279	3.8	-1
7	Spain	1137	3.3	6
8	Australia	1131	3.3	1
9	Canada	1081	3.2	2
10	China	1057	3.1

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	2300	8.0
2	France	1899	6.6
3	Italy	1353	4.7
4	Great Britain	1260	4.4	3
5	Japan	1032	3.6	-1
6	Argentina	981	3.4	24
7	Norway	974	3.4	4
8	Germany	887	3.1	-2
9	Australia	852	3.0	1
10	China	834	2.9	-2

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3271	8.2	1
2	France	2390	6.0	1
3	Italy	2002	5.0	9
4	Japan	1994	5.0	11
5	Spain	1636	4.1	9
6	Germany	1517	3.8	-2
7	Great Britain	1509	3.8	1
8	China	1141	2.9	26
9	Brazil	1060	2.7
10	Australia	981	2.5	1

Global Cup - Women

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	2179	9.5
2	China	1397	6.1
3	Japan	1224	5.4
4	Italy	1134	5.0
5	Great Britain	1037	4.5	2
6	Canada	997	4.4	-1
7	Australia	975	4.3	-1
8	France	880	3.9
9	Germany	843	3.7
10	Netherlands	782	3.4

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3832	13.1
2	China	2008	6.9
3	France	1648	5.6
4	Australia	1599	5.5
5	Italy	1394	4.8	5
6	Germany	1393	4.8	5
7	Canada	1324	4.5	5
8	Japan	1309	4.5	-2
9	Netherlands	1307	4.5
10	Great Britain	1035	3.5	-5

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	2798	9.8
2	China	1812	6.3
3	France	1528	5.3	4
4	Australia	1504	5.2
5	Great Britain	1477	5.2
6	Japan	1472	5.1
7	Spain	1229	4.3	13
8	Sweden	1170	4.1	3
9	Netherlands	1111	3.9	1
10	Italy	1096	3.8	-1

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3589	12.6
2	China	1809	6.3	1
3	Canada	1769	6.2	2
4	Australia	1513	5.3	3
5	Great Britain	1268	4.4	5
6	Japan	1249	4.4	-4
7	France	1188	4.2	-3
8	Germany	1174	4.1
9	Italy	996	3.5	2
10	Netherlands	916	3.2	-4

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	United States	3852	11.9
2	Japan	2232	6.9	7
3	China	1830	5.6	18
4	France	1483	4.6	10
5	Canada	1403	4.3	5
6	Netherlands	1225	3.8	-1
7	Australia	1168	3.6	1
8	Germany	1167	3.6	-6
9	Sweden	1124	3.5	4
10	Great Britain	1112	3.4	1

Global Cup - Continents

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Europe	23939	49.7
2	Asia	9497	19.7	1
3	Americas	9062	18.8	-1
4	Africa	3143	6.5
5	Oceania	2498	5.2

	Top Positions	Points	%	Chg
1	Europe	32392	49.4
2	Americas	13485	20.6
3	Asia	11465	17.5
4	Oceania	4225	6.4	1
5	Africa	3943	6.0	-1

	Top Positions	Points	%
1	Europe	34178	51.8
2	Americas	12167	18.5
3	Asia	11667	17.7
4	Africa	3992	6.1
5	Oceania	3919	5.9
6	-	6	0.0

	Top Positions	Points	%
1	Europe	28984	48.4
2	Americas	13504	22.6
3	Asia	9179	15.3
4	Africa	4365	7.3
5	Oceania	3808	6.4

	Top Positions	Points	%
1	Europe	39365	52.2
2	Americas	15317	20.3
3	Asia	14306	19.0
4	Africa	3238	4.3
5	Oceania	3118	4.1

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