Italy

Best Sports

2025

Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Tennis 38 100.0

2024

Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Swimming 599 18.6
2 Volleyball 462 14.3 3
3 Tennis 344 10.7 1
4 Shooting 216 6.7 23
5 Fencing 144 4.5 -3
6 Athletics 132 4.1
7 Artistic Gymnastics 117 3.6 17
8 Road Cycling 110 3.4 10
9 Alpine Skiing 98 3.0 -1
10 Track Cycling 84 2.6 9

2023

Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Swimming 235 8.3
2 Fencing 205 7.2 2
3 Karate 194 6.9
4 Tennis 156 5.5 1
5 Volleyball 135 4.8 -3
6 Athletics 110 3.9 1
7 Football 108 3.8
8 Alpine Skiing 104 3.7 -5
9 Ski Mountaineering 93 3.3
10 Judo 93 3.3

2022

Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Swimming 384 15.3 2
2 Volleyball 270 10.8 9
3 Alpine Skiing 196 7.8 9
4 Fencing 156 6.2 3
5 Tennis 133 5.3 9
6 Open Water Swimming 126 5.0
7 Athletics 82 3.3 2
8 Track Cycling 81 3.2
9 Road Cycling 78 3.1 4
10 Judo 71 2.8 5

2021

Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Karate 328 10.3
2 Football 288 9.0
3 Swimming 258 8.1
4 Basketball 196 6.1
5 Artistic Gymnastics 176 5.5
6 Ski Mountaineering 143 4.5
7 Fencing 134 4.2
8 Track Cycling 126 3.9 -5
9 Athletics 118 3.7
10 Canoe/Kayak Sprint 105 3.3

Italy Positions

2025

Global Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 2
Gender:Men 1
Continent:Europe 1

2024

Global Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 5
Gender:Men 3
Gender:Women 5
Continent:Europe 3
Per Capita Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 23
Gender:Men 25
Gender:Women 22
Continent:Europe 19

2023

Global Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 7
Gender:Men 4
Gender:Women 10
Continent:Europe 4
Per Capita Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 27
Gender:Men 28
Gender:Women 25
Continent:Europe 22

2022

Global Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 6
Gender:Men 3
Gender:Women 9
Continent:Europe 3
Per Capita Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 29
Gender:Men 25
Gender:Women 24
Continent:Europe 24

2021

Global Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 4
Gender:Men 3
Gender:Women 11
Continent:Europe 2
Per Capita Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 26
Gender:Men 26
Gender:Women 27
Continent:Europe 21
F.Pellegrini (Italy), Olympic and Swimming World Champ. gold medallist and women’s 200 m freestyle world record holder – AP/Lee

Profiling the world’s top sporting nations: Italy, Japan, Germany

Sport has come to a global standstill in April due to the Covid-19 pandemic and none of the monthly tournaments tracked by GSN have been staged.