Belgium national team: how have they maintained top spot on FIFA ranking despite not winning a trophy?

The Belgian national team have been leading the FIFA ranking for three years despite not winning anything and their golden generation having nothing to show for their dominance of world football.

The Red Devils have been top of world football governing body rankings since 2018 and many have questioned why they have been above countries like France and Portugal who have both won two trophies each in the last five years.

France reached the Euro 2016 final on home soil and lost to Portugal, they won the 2018 FIFA World in Russia. They were knocked out of the Euro 2020 in the quarter final and have won the UEFA Nations League 2020/21 season.

Portugal in this time have won the Euro 2016, reached the round of 16 of the 2018 World Cup and won the UEFA Nations League 2018/19 season. Within this time, Belgium's best outing was placing third in the 2018 World Cup and the UEFA Nations League 2020/21 season.