WAL · National Team

Wales ☆

Statistics
Team strength · Elo all ratings ›
Rating 1,746 everyone starts at 1500
Peak 1,892 reached 16 Jun 2021
Rank #59 of 336 national teams
Matches rated 730 last 4 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%
British Home Championship 260 59 22.7%
Friendly 167 41 24.6%
FIFA World Cup qualification 136 30 22.1%
UEFA Euro qualification 116 25 21.6%
UEFA Nations League 26 5 19.2%
UEFA European Championship 10 1 10.0%
FIFA World Cup 8 4 50.0%
Nations Cup 3 0 0.0%
Kirin Cup 2 0 0.0%
Chinese FA Cup 2 0 0.0%
By calendar year
YearPDDraw%Max
2026 8 3 37.5% 5
2025 10 1 10.0% 8
2024 10 5 50.0% 1
2023 10 4 40.0% 3
2022 12 3 25.0% 3
2021 16 6 37.5% 4
2020 8 2 25.0% 3
2019 10 2 20.0% 6
2018 9 1 11.1% 6
2017 8 3 37.5% 5
2016 13 4 30.8% 9
2015 7 1 14.3% 3
2014 6 2 33.3% 3
2013 9 3 33.3% 3
2012 7 0 0.0% 7
2011 10 0 0.0% 10
2010 6 0 0.0% 6
2009 10 0 0.0% 10
2008 10 0 0.0% 10
2007 12 5 41.7% 5
2006 9 2 22.2% 5
2005 9 1 11.1% 5
2004 8 3 37.5% 2
2003 9 3 33.3% 4
2002 7 3 42.9% 3
2001 7 4 57.1% 2
2000 7 2 28.6% 5
1999 5 0 0.0% 5
1998 6 1 16.7% 5
1997 6 1 16.7% 5
1996 6 1 16.7% 5
1995 6 2 33.3% 3
1994 7 0 0.0% 7
1993 7 2 28.6% 2
1992 9 1 11.1% 7
1991 8 2 25.0% 4
1990 6 0 0.0% 6
1989 6 2 33.3% 3
1988 6 1 16.7% 5
1987 6 2 33.3% 3
1986 6 2 33.3% 2
1985 6 2 33.3% 3
1984 8 2 25.0% 3
1983 9 3 33.3% 4
1982 7 2 28.6% 5
1981 8 3 37.5% 3
1980 6 0 0.0% 6
1979 8 2 25.0% 4
1978 6 1 16.7% 2
1977 9 5 55.6% 2
1976 8 1 12.5% 5
1975 6 2 33.3% 2
1974 6 0 0.0% 6
1973 6 1 16.7% 5
1972 4 1 25.0% 2
1971 8 2 25.0% 5
1970 4 3 75.0% 1
1969 7 2 28.6% 3
1968 3 1 33.3% 1
1967 3 1 33.3% 2
1966 6 1 16.7% 4
1965 8 1 12.5% 4
1964 5 0 0.0% 4
1963 4 1 25.0% 2
1962 7 0 0.0% 4
1961 6 2 33.3% 2
1960 4 0 0.0% 3
1959 2 1 50.0% 1
1958 10 5 50.0% 3
1957 7 2 28.6% 5
1956 3 2 66.7% 1
1955 4 0 0.0% 3
1954 5 0 0.0% 5
1953 5 1 20.0% 3
1952 3 0 0.0% 2
1951 5 1 20.0% 3
1950 3 1 33.3% 2
1949 7 0 0.0% 4
1948 3 0 0.0% 2
1947 3 0 0.0% 2
1946 2 0 0.0% 2
1945 1 0 0.0% 1
1939 2 0 0.0% 2
1938 3 0 0.0% 2
1937 3 0 0.0% 2
1936 4 0 0.0% 2
1935 2 1 50.0% 1
1934 2 0 0.0% 2
1933 4 2 50.0% 1
1932 3 1 33.3% 1
1931 4 0 0.0% 3
1930 3 1 33.3% 1
1929 3 1 33.3% 2
1928 3 0 0.0% 2
1927 4 3 75.0% 1
1926 3 0 0.0% 2
1925 4 1 25.0% 2
1924 3 0 0.0% 3
1923 3 1 33.3% 2
1922 2 0 0.0% 2
1921 3 1 33.3% 1
1920 3 2 66.7% 1
1914 3 1 33.3% 1
1913 3 1 33.3% 1
1912 3 0 0.0% 3
1911 3 1 33.3% 1
1910 3 0 0.0% 3
1909 3 0 0.0% 3
1908 3 0 0.0% 3
1907 3 1 33.3% 2
1906 3 1 33.3% 2
1905 3 1 33.3% 2
1904 3 2 66.7% 1
1903 3 0 0.0% 3
1902 3 1 33.3% 1
1901 3 1 33.3% 2
1900 3 1 33.3% 2
1899 3 0 0.0% 3
1898 3 0 0.0% 3
1897 3 1 33.3% 1
1896 3 0 0.0% 3
1895 3 3 100.0% 0
1894 3 0 0.0% 3
1893 2 0 0.0% 2
1892 3 1 33.3% 2
1891 3 0 0.0% 3
1890 3 0 0.0% 3
1889 3 1 33.3% 1
1888 3 0 0.0% 3
1887 3 0 0.0% 3
1886 3 0 0.0% 3
1885 3 1 33.3% 2
1884 3 0 0.0% 3
1883 3 1 33.3% 2
1882 3 0 0.0% 3
1881 2 0 0.0% 2
1880 2 0 0.0% 2
1879 2 0 0.0% 2
1878 1 0 0.0% 1
1877 1 0 0.0% 1
1876 1 0 0.0% 1

Over 121 matches (Mar 2015 – Oct 2026), Wales drew 35 where the draw model expected 27.9 from those particular fixtures — about 7 more, or 1.6 standard errors, a gap most teams show over a stretch this long.

As unusual as a coin landing the same way 3 times running. A flat league average would have expected 27.9 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.