The tables below give a summary of where Britain's swimmers are currently ranked long course in the world's top 100 as shown on the FINA world rankings combined with data extracted from the rankings compiled by SwimSwam and those maintained by British Swimming. The number one ranking is also shown for comparison purposes.
As this is dependent on the three data sources being updated with meet results, and showing nationalities correctly, there may be omissions. If you see an issue please get in contact.
By default the current year is shown, but you can also see previous year's rankings below.
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2011 Rankings
50m Freestyle
1 | Cesar Cielo | 21.52 |
16 | Adam Brown | 22.08 |
29 | Simon Burnett | 22.24 |
80 | Richard Shafers | 22.63 |
87 | Owen Morgan | 22.67 |
100 | Andy Bushell | 22.72 |
100m Freestyle
1 | James Magnussen | 47.49 |
32 | Adam Brown | 48.84 |
50 | Simon Burnett | 49.09 |
61 | Grant Turner | 49.30 |
83 | Robbie Renwick | 49.53 |
200m Freestyle
1 | Ryan Lochte | 1:44.44 |
18 | Ross Davenport | 1:47.31 |
23 | Robbie Renwick | 1:47.46 |
36 | David Carry | 1:47.96 |
89 | Ieuan Lloyd | 1:49.27 |
97 | Jak Scott | 1:49.40 |
400m Freestyle
1 | Yang Sun | 3:40.29 |
22 | Robbie Renwick | 3:48.60 |
24 | David Carry | 3:48.89 |
72 | Lewis Smith | 3:52.27 |
84 | Ieuan Lloyd | 3:52.62 |
88 | Joshua Walsh | 3:52.74 |
94 | Daniel Fogg | 3:53.02 |
800m Freestyle
1 | Yang Sun | 7:38.57 |
35 | Tom Allen | 8:00.25 |
53 | Daniel Fogg | 8:02.85 |
60 | David Davies | 8:03.64 |
67 | Lewis Smith | 8:04.75 |
74 | Matthew Johnson | 8:05.83 |
1500m Freestyle
1 | Yang Sun | 14:34.14 |
22 | David Davies | 15:06.44 |
26 | Daniel Fogg | 15:08.15 |
42 | Tom Allen | 15:15.66 |
96 | Joel Knight | 15:28.86 |
50m Backstroke
1 | Camille Lacourt | 24.36 |
2 | Liam Tancock | 24.50 |
74 | Luke Wood | 25.95 |
100m Backstroke
1 | Camille Lacourt | 52.44 |
8 | Liam Tancock | 53.25 |
35 | Chris Walker-Hebborn | 54.47 |
47 | Marco Loughran | 54.83 |
82 | Craig McNally | 55.24 |
98 | Ryan Bennett | 55.44 |
200m Backstroke
1 | Ryan Lochte | 1:52.96 |
8 | James Goddard | 1:57.08 |
10 | Chris Walker-Hebborn | 1:57.20 |
27 | Marco Loughran | 1:58.34 |
69 | Ryan Bennett | 2:00.32 |
86 | Charlie Boldison | 2:00.98 |
91 | Craig McNally | 2:01.14 |
50m Breaststroke
1 | Cameron van der Burgh | 26.90 |
18 | Daniel Sliwinski | 27.76 |
47 | Matt Shead | 28.12 |
97 | Craig Benson | 28.44 |
100m Breaststroke
1 | Alexander Dale Oen | 58.71 |
30 | Michael Jamieson | 1:00.79 |
36 | Kristopher Gilchrist | 1:00.99 |
42 | Daniel Sliwinski | 1:01.15 |
54 | Craig Benson | 1:01.34 |
69 | Richard Webb | 1:01.57 |
87 | Andrew Willis | 1:01.79 |
200m Breaststroke
1 | Tommy Tomita | 2:08.25 |
9 | Kristopher Gilchrist | 2:10.16 |
12 | Michael Jamieson | 2:10.40 |
14 | Andrew Willis | 2:10.49 |
58 | Richard Webb | 2:13.11 |
76 | James Kirton | 2:13.77 |
50m Butterfly
1 | Cesar Cielo | 22.98 |
21 | Antony James | 23.74 |
76 | Jack Marriott | 24.26 |
100m Butterfly
1 | Michael Phelps | 50.71 |
16 | Antony James | 52.13 |
39 | Michael Rock | 52.70 |
61 | Simon Burnett | 53.04 |
87 | Joe Roebuck | 53.28 |
200m Butterfly
1 | Michael Phelps | 1:53.34 |
18 | Michael Rock | 1:56.26 |
24 | Joe Roebuck | 1:56.67 |
47 | Roberto Pavoni | 1:58.03 |
67 | Iain Macmillan | 1:58.89 |
91 | Adam Mallett | 1:59.35 |
200m Individual Medley
1 | Ryan Lochte | 1:54.00 |
6 | James Goddard | 1:57.79 |
7 | Joe Roebuck | 1:58.28 |
51 | Xavier Mohammed | 2:00.94 |
58 | Ieuan Lloyd | 2:01.17 |
70 | Dan Wallace | 2:01.61 |
92 | Lewis Smith | 2:02.42 |
400m Individual Medley
1 | Ryan Lochte | 4:07.13 |
11 | Roberto Pavoni | 4:13.37 |
14 | Joe Roebuck | 4:14.02 |
24 | Lewis Smith | 4:16.26 |
27 | Tom Haffield | 4:16.52 |
41 | Matthew Johnson | 4:18.54 |
44 | Xavier Mohammed | 4:18.86 |
61 | Dan Wallace | 4:20.60 |
96 | Matthew Allison | 4:22.07 |
97 | Adam Harrington | 4:22.12 |
50m Freestyle
1 | Therese Alshammar | 24.14 |
6 | Fran Halsall | 24.60 |
59 | Amy Smith | 25.45 |
100m Freestyle
1 | Sarah Sjostrom | 53.05 |
4 | Fran Halsall | 53.48 |
44 | Amy Smith | 54.93 |
86 | Rebecca Turner | 55.52 |
200m Freestyle
1 | Missy Franklin | 1:55.06 |
22 | Joanne Jackson | 1:57.92 |
38 | Caitlin McClatchey | 1:58.56 |
41 | Rebecca Turner | 1:58.66 |
46 | Rebecca Adlington | 1:58.90 |
50 | Jazmin Carlin | 1:59.03 |
68 | Hannah Miley | 1:59.34 |
73 | Keri-Anne Payne | 1:59.42 |
93 | Hayley Towner | 1:59.80 |
400m Freestyle
1 | Federica Pellegrini | 4:01.97 |
2 | Rebecca Adlington | 4:02.84 |
9 | Jazmin Carlin | 4:05.51 |
22 | Joanne Jackson | 4:07.88 |
23 | Keri-Anne Payne | 4:07.93 |
39 | Hannah Miley | 4:09.49 |
58 | Anne Bochmann | 4:10.33 |
59 | Eleanor Faulkner | 4:10.34 |
65 | Hayley Towner | 4:10.83 |
85 | Sasha Matthews | 4:12.30 |
88 | Megan Gilchrist | 4:12.63 |
94 | Rebecca Turner | 4:13.20 |
800m Freestyle
1 | Rebecca Adlington | 8:17.51 |
11 | Jazmin Carlin | 8:25.67 |
21 | Keri-Anne Payne | 8:29.98 |
26 | Eleanor Faulkner | 8:31.55 |
29 | Cassie Patten | 8:32.32 |
40 | Joanne Jackson | 8:34.54 |
50 | Hannah Miley | 8:35.30 |
69 | Megan Gilchrist | 8:38.26 |
72 | Danielle Hall-Jackson | 8:39.30 |
75 | Jessica Thielmann | 8:39.77 |
1500m Freestyle
1 | Lotte Friis | 15:49.59 |
8 | Keri-Anne Payne | 16:06.67 |
14 | Eleanor Faulkner | 16:15.29 |
15 | Cassie Patten | 16:15.33 |
38 | Megan Gilchrist | 16:27.49 |
46 | Aynsley Heseltine | 16:31.20 |
58 | Danielle Hall-Jackson | 16:34.84 |
74 | Aisha Thornton | 16:41.35 |
89 | Aimee Willmott | 16:48.39 |
50m Backstroke
1 | Aya Terakawa | 27.79 |
1 | Anastasia Fesikova | 27.79 |
6 | Georgia Davies | 27.96 |
42 | Gemma Spofforth | 28.75 |
44 | Lauren Quigley | 28.76 |
44 | Emma Saunders | 28.76 |
78 | Elizabeth Simmonds | 29.12 |
100m Backstroke
1 | Jing Zhao | 59.05 |
10 | Elizabeth Simmonds | 59.80 |
12 | Georgia Davies | 59.95 |
24 | Gemma Spofforth | 1:00.52 |
74 | Rachel Lefley | 1:01.67 |
76 | Lauren Quigley | 1:01.71 |
200m Backstroke
1 | Missy Franklin | 2:05.10 |
4 | Elizabeth Simmonds | 2:07.49 |
19 | Stephanie Proud | 2:09.41 |
49 | Karley Mann | 2:11.40 |
58 | Georgia-Mae Hohmann | 2:11.92 |
59 | Rachel Lefley | 2:11.99 |
72 | Gemma Spofforth | 2:12.48 |
87 | Georgia Davies | 2:13.00 |
98 | Natasha Hofton | 2:13.31 |
50m Breaststroke
1 | Jessica Hardy | 30.17 |
17 | Kate Haywood | 31.30 |
80 | Georgina Heyn | 32.16 |
90 | Kathryn Johnstone | 32.27 |
100m Breaststroke
1 | Rebecca Soni | 1:04.91 |
65 | Stacey Tadd | 1:09.08 |
70 | Kate Haywood | 1:09.19 |
200m Breaststroke
1 | Rebecca Soni | 2:21.03 |
33 | Stacey Tadd | 2:26.73 |
54 | Molly Renshaw | 2:27.67 |
74 | Hannah Miley | 2:28.95 |
50m Butterfly
1 | Therese Alshammar | 25.52 |
19 | Fran Halsall | 26.45 |
48 | Ellen Gandy | 27.01 |
51 | Jemma Lowe | 27.02 |
83 | Jessica Sylvester | 27.37 |
92 | Rachael Kelly | 27.43 |
100m Butterfly
1 | Dana Vollmer | 56.47 |
6 | Jemma Lowe | 57.43 |
7 | Fran Halsall | 57.44 |
8 | Ellen Gandy | 57.55 |
57 | Rachael Kelly | 59.33 |
64 | Jessica Sylvester | 59.45 |
86 | Amy Smith | 59.83 |
94 | Jessica Dickons | 59.94 |
200m Butterfly
1 | Zige Liu | 2:04.40 |
3 | Jemma Lowe | 2:05.36 |
4 | Ellen Gandy | 2:05.59 |
12 | Jessica Dickons | 2:07.68 |
47 | Elena Sheridan | 2:10.40 |
92 | Rachael Kelly | 2:12.23 |
94 | Georgia Barton | 2:12.27 |
200m Individual Medley
1 | Shiwen Ye | 2:08.90 |
9 | Hannah Miley | 2:10.95 |
31 | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor | 2:13.26 |
36 | Keri-Anne Payne | 2:13.50 |
44 | Aimee Willmott | 2:13.83 |
52 | Sophie Allen | 2:14.15 |
56 | Lucy Spencer | 2:14.36 |
60 | Sophie Smith | 2:14.50 |
61 | Stacey Tadd | 2:14.52 |
77 | Emma Smithurst | 2:15.14 |
400m Individual Medley
1 | Elizabeth Beisel | 4:31.78 |
4 | Hannah Miley | 4:34.22 |
14 | Aimee Willmott | 4:38.63 |
65 | Emma Smithurst | 4:45.74 |
77 | Kate Hutchinson | 4:46.55 |
78 | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor | 4:46.61 |
79 | Lucy Spencer | 4:46.68 |
81 | Sophie Smith | 4:46.73 |
87 | Anne Bochmann | 4:47.00 |
Last updated: January 21, 2017, 7:15 pm