World Cup champions Argentina, for the first time in six years, is at the top of the FIFA World Rankings.

In the March international break, Lionel Scaloni's team defeated Panama and Curacao in friendlies. Last year, they defeated France in an exciting final to earn their third world championship.

In both games, captain Lionel Messi reached two milestones: he scored his 800th career goal in a 2-0 victory over Panama and then registered his 100th international goal with a hat-trick in a 7-0 demolition of Curacao.

Argentina previously held the top spot in the standings in 2017, but the Albiceleste fell as far as 12th the year after a disappointing World Cup performance in Russia in 2018.

Argentina replace rivals Brazil at the summit after the Selecao suffered a surprise friendly loss to World Cup semi-finalists Morocco in March, a result which sees them drop to third.

France are second in the rankings after their Euro 2024 qualification wins over the Netherlands and the Republic of Ireland, while the rest of the top 10 remains unchanged.