AFG · National Team

Afghanistan ☆

Statistics
Team strength · Elo all ratings ›
Rating 1,325 everyone starts at 1500
Peak 1,576 reached 22 May 2014
Rank #297 of 336 national teams
Matches rated 147 last 10 Jun 2026

What this team's results have earned: every match in the database is replayed in date order, both sides start at 1500 and the winner takes points from the loser. The rating is the one it held after its last rated match, and the rank counts every national team ever rated, sides that no longer play included. A measure of strength, not a forecast of the next result. Computed 3 Nov 2026.

Longest no-draw runs all on the records page ›
By competition (all-time)
CompetitionPDDraw%
Friendly 36 8 22.2%
FIFA World Cup qualification 30 6 20.0%
AFC Asian Cup qualification 26 8 30.8%
SAFF Cup 25 4 16.0%
AFC Challenge Cup 10 5 50.0%
AFC Challenge Cup qualification 10 2 20.0%
Asian Games 4 0 0.0%
Diamond Jubilee International Football Tournament 3 0 0.0%
Merdeka Tournament 2 1 50.0%
CAFA Nations Cup 1 0 0.0%
By calendar year
YearPDDraw%Max
2026 3 0 0.0% 3
2025 5 2 40.0% 3
2024 6 2 33.3% 2
2023 8 2 25.0% 5
2022 4 1 25.0% 3
2021 6 3 50.0% 1
2019 7 2 28.6% 3
2018 2 0 0.0% 1
2017 8 3 37.5% 4
2016 6 1 16.7% 3
2015 14 1 7.1% 11
2014 8 4 50.0% 2
2013 9 2 22.2% 4
2011 12 2 16.7% 6
2010 1 0 0.0% 1
2009 2 0 0.0% 2
2008 10 4 40.0% 4
2007 2 0 0.0% 2
2006 2 2 100.0% 0
2005 4 0 0.0% 4
2003 7 0 0.0% 5
1984 4 1 25.0% 2
1979 1 0 0.0% 1
1977 1 0 0.0% 1
1976 3 1 33.3% 1
1975 6 1 16.7% 4
1954 2 0 0.0% 2
1951 2 0 0.0% 2
1950 1 0 0.0% 1
1941 1 0 0.0% 1

Over 147 matches (Aug 1941 – Jun 2026), Afghanistan drew 34 where the draw model expected 30.4 from those particular fixtures — about 4 more, or 0.7 standard errors, which is what the model expected, near enough.

A flat league average would have expected 29.4 instead — "more draws than the league" and "more draws than these fixtures deserved" are different claims. These matches were part of the model's own training set, so its chances were fitted already knowing the results.