The United States Women’s National Team end the 2022 calendar year the way they began it: at #1 in the FIFA World Rankings. However, the gap between it and the 2nd ranked team has essentially evaporated, meaning it will take a lot for the USWNT to hang on to the top ranking in the world in 2023.
In the World Rankings that were released this morning, the final rankings in 2022, the USWNT had 2078.5 points, just 4.77 points ahead of 2nd ranked Germany and 20.6 points ahead of #3 Sweden. In the December 2021 World Rankings, the USWNT gap was 29.