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Niger ☆

Statistics
Team strength · Elo all ratings ›
Rating 1,569 everyone starts at 1500
Peak 1,612 reached 27 Mar 2026
Rank #137 of 336 national teams
Matches rated 261 last 6 Oct 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 108 37 34.3%
African Cup of Nations qualification 81 12 14.8%
FIFA World Cup qualification 43 6 14.0%
West African Cup 11 3 27.3%
African Cup of Nations 6 1 16.7%
Tournament Burkina Faso 5 0 0.0%
African Friendship Games 4 1 25.0%
Morocco, Capital of African Football 2 1 50.0%
TIFOCO Tournament 1 1 100.0%
By calendar year
YearPDDraw%Max
2026 7 2 28.6% 4
2025 10 2 20.0% 5
2024 8 1 12.5% 4
2023 8 1 12.5% 5
2022 8 4 50.0% 2
2021 13 2 15.4% 9
2020 4 0 0.0% 4
2019 7 2 28.6% 3
2018 6 1 16.7% 5
2017 3 1 33.3% 2
2016 4 0 0.0% 4
2015 10 2 20.0% 5
2014 9 4 44.4% 3
2013 10 3 30.0% 4
2012 12 2 16.7% 7
2011 9 3 33.3% 3
2010 6 3 50.0% 2
2008 7 0 0.0% 7
2007 5 1 20.0% 4
2006 3 2 66.7% 1
2003 7 1 14.3% 6
2002 5 2 40.0% 3
2000 2 0 0.0% 2
1998 7 1 14.3% 3
1996 1 1 100.0% 0
1994 6 1 16.7% 3
1993 9 2 22.2% 4
1992 8 2 25.0% 3
1991 5 1 20.0% 4
1990 3 0 0.0% 3
1988 5 0 0.0% 5
1987 3 0 0.0% 3
1986 6 1 16.7% 3
1984 2 0 0.0% 2
1983 6 3 50.0% 3
1982 7 5 71.4% 1
1981 4 0 0.0% 4
1980 5 2 40.0% 3
1979 2 1 50.0% 1
1976 2 0 0.0% 2
1975 3 0 0.0% 3
1971 1 0 0.0% 1
1970 3 1 33.3% 2
1969 3 1 33.3% 2
1967 4 0 0.0% 4
1966 1 0 0.0% 1
1963 3 0 0.0% 3
1961 1 1 100.0% 0

Over 263 matches (Dec 1961 – Oct 2026), Niger drew 62 where the draw model expected 63.1 from those particular fixtures — about 1 fewer, or 0.2 standard errors, which is what the model expected, near enough.

A flat league average would have expected 64.6 instead — "more draws than the league" and "more draws than these fixtures deserved" are different claims. 2 of the matches carry no model probability and are left out. These matches were part of the model's own training set, so its chances were fitted already knowing the results.