Who are the world’s best sportspeople each week?
We solve that question with our weekly “Global Edition” newsletter. Here you can find all the sportspeople and nations that have been featured in the weekly “Global Podium” series.
Global Podium: The world's best athletes of the week
List of the World's best athletes per week.
Nations’ Table (starting June 2020)
| Position | Nation | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Points |
| 1 | United States of America | 10.91594 | 11.57 | 8.5 | 64.38782 |
| 2 | England | 8.293 | 7 | 4 | 42.879 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 7.092 | 2 | 1 | 26.276 |
| 4 | Germany | 2.891 | 4 | 5 | 21.673 |
| 5 | Norway* | 2.25 | 3 | 5 | 17.75 |
| 6 | Japan | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Italy | 4 | 0.25 | 1 | 13.5 |
| 8 | Australia | 1.355 | 2 | 4 | 12.065 |
| 9 | France | 1.343 | 3 | 2 | 12.029 |
| 10 | Spain | 1.2192 | 3 | 2 | 11.6576 |
| 11 | Brazil | 2.073 | 1 | 3 | 11.219 |
| 12 | Russian Federation | 0.3846 | 3.5 | 1 | 9.1538 |
| 13 | Switzerland | 2 | 0.25 | 2 | 8.5 |
| 14 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 14 | Serbia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 16 | New Zealand | 0.843 | 2 | 1 | 7.529 |
| 17 | Canada | 1.09118 | 2 | 0.2 | 7.47354 |
| 18 | Puerto Rico | 1 | 0.125 | 2 | 5.25 |
| 18 | México | 1 | 0.125 | 2 | 5.25 |
| 20 | Northern Ireland | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 21 | Kenya | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 22 | Portugal | 1.043 | 0 | 1 | 4.129 |
| 23 | Poland | 0.073 | 1.593 | 0 | 3.405 |
| 24 | Scotland | 1 | 0.03125 | 0 | 3.0625 |
| 25 | Nepal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 26 | Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 26 | Ireland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 28 | Venezuela | 0 | 1.25 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 29 | Belarus | 0.0762 | 1 | 0 | 2.2286 |
| 30 | Honduras | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | Uganda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | Isle of Man | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | Latvia | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 |
| 36 | Belgium | 0.0762 | 0 | 1 | 1.2286 |
| 37 | Croatia | 0.03 | 0 | 1 | 1.09 |
| 38 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Perú | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | People’s Republic of China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Wales | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Costa Rica | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Cyprus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 44 | Turkey | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 |
| 45 | Hungary | 0.1524 | 0 | 0 | 0.4572 |
| 46 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 0.125 | 0 | 0.25 |
| 47 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 0.0762 | 0 | 0 | 0.2286 |
| 48 | Cameroon | 0.043 | 0 | 0 | 0.129 |
| 49 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.031 | 0 | 0 | 0.093 |
| 50 | Austria | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0.09 |
| 51 | Jordan | 0 | 0.03125 | 0 | 0.0625 |
| 51 | Ecuador | 0 | 0.03125 | 0 | 0.0625 |
| 51 | Republic of China | 0 | 0.03125 | 0 | 0.0625 |
| 54 | Belize | 0.01818 | 0 | 0 | 0.05454 |
| 55 | Curaçao | 0 | 0.0263 | 0 | 0.0526 |
| *One third place is of an athlete Norwegian born and raised that identifies as Norwegian. Does not possess the nationality. |
| **When the winners are teams, all of the competitor’s nationalities are displayed, although in decimal numbers in proportion to their representation on the team, for a total of 1 place per event for all sportspeople in the team. |
Horses
| Position | Horse | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| 1 | Stradivarius (IRL) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Contral (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Enable (ENG) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Tiz the Law (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Gran Alegria (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Serpentine (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
