Editing Elo rating system (section)

=== Athletic sports ===
The Elo rating system is used in the chess portion of [[chess boxing]]. In order to be eligible for professional chess boxing, one must have an Elo rating of at least 1600, as well as competing in 50 or more matches of amateur boxing or martial arts.

[[College football|American college football]] used the Elo method as a portion of its [[Bowl Championship Series]] rating systems from [[1998 NCAA Division I-A football season|1998]] to [[2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2013]] after which the BCS was replaced by the [[College Football Playoff]]. [[Jeff Sagarin]] of ''[[USA Today]]'' publishes team rankings for most American sports, which includes Elo system ratings for college football. The use of rating systems was effectively scrapped with the creation of the [[College Football Playoff]] in 2014.

In other sports, individuals maintain rankings based on the Elo algorithm. These are usually unofficial, not endorsed by the sport's governing body. The [[World Football Elo Ratings]] is an example of the method applied to men's [[association football|football]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lyons |first1=Keith |title=What are the World Football Elo Ratings? |url=https://theconversation.com/what-are-the-world-football-elo-ratings-27851 |website=The Conversation |date=10 June 2014 |access-date=3 July 2019 |language=en |archive-date=15 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190615101903/http://theconversation.com/what-are-the-world-football-elo-ratings-27851 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2006, Elo ratings were adapted for [[Major League Baseball]] teams by [[Nate Silver]], then of [[Baseball Prospectus]].<ref>{{Cite web 
| last = Silver | first = Nate
| author-link= Nate Silver
|date=2006-06-28 |title=Lies, Damned Lies: We are Elo? |url=https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/5247/lies-damned-lies-we-are-elo/ |access-date=2023-01-13
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060822122806/http://baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=5247|archive-date=2006-08-22}}</ref> Based on this adaptation, both also made Elo-based [[Monte Carlo method|Monte Carlo]] simulations of the odds of whether teams will make the playoffs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baseballprospectus.com/statistics/ps_oddselo.php |title=Postseason Odds, ELO version |publisher=Baseballprospectus.com |access-date=2012-02-19 |archive-date=2012-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307174118/http://www.baseballprospectus.com/statistics/ps_oddselo.php |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2014, Beyond the Box Score, an [[SB Nation]] site, introduced an Elo ranking system for international baseball.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2014/8/15/5989787/elo-rankings-for-international-baseball |title=Elo rankings for international baseball |last1=Cole |first1=Bryan |date=August 15, 2014 |work=Beyond the Box Score |access-date=4 November 2015|publisher=[[SB Nation]] |archive-date=2 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102111843/http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2014/8/15/5989787/elo-rankings-for-international-baseball |url-status=live}}</ref>

In tennis, the Elo-based Universal Tennis Rating (UTR) rates players on a global scale, regardless of age, gender, or nationality. It is the official rating system of major organizations such as the [[Intercollegiate Tennis Association]] and [[World TeamTennis]] and is frequently used in segments on the [[Tennis Channel]]. The algorithm analyzes more than 8 million match results from over 800,000 tennis players worldwide. On May 8, 2018, [[Rafael Nadal]]—having won 46 consecutive sets in clay court matches—had a near-perfect clay UTR of 16.42.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.universaltennis.com/2018/05/08/is-rafa-the-goat-of-clay/|title=Is Rafa the GOAT of Clay?|date=8 May 2018|access-date=22 August 2018|archive-date=27 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227064453/https://blog.universaltennis.com/2018/05/08/is-rafa-the-goat-of-clay/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In [[pool (cue sports)|pool]], an Elo-based system called Fargo Rate is used to rank players in organized amateur and professional competitions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fargorate.com/|title=Fargo Rate|access-date=31 March 2022}}</ref>

One of the few Elo-based rankings endorsed by a sport's governing body is the [[FIFA Women's World Rankings]], based on a simplified version of the Elo algorithm, which [[FIFA]] uses as its official ranking system for national teams in [[women's association football|women's football]]. From the first ranking list after the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]], FIFA has also used Elo for their [[FIFA Men's World Rankings]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/revision-of-the-fifa-coca-cola-world-ranking.pdf?cloudid=jgxjkdrj1jfwyunjbkha |title=Revision of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking |publisher=FIFA |date=June 2018 |access-date=2020-06-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141237/https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/revision-of-the-fifa-coca-cola-world-ranking.pdf?cloudid=jgxjkdrj1jfwyunjbkha |archive-date=2018-06-12 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2015, Nate Silver, editor-in-chief of the statistical commentary website [[FiveThirtyEight]], and Reuben Fischer-Baum produced Elo ratings for every [[National Basketball Association]] team and season through the 2014 season.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Silver |first1=Nate |last2=Fischer-Baum |first2=Reuben |date=May 21, 2015 |title=How We Calculate NBA Elo Ratings |url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-we-calculate-nba-elo-ratings/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523164940/http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-we-calculate-nba-elo-ratings/ |archive-date=2015-05-23 |url-status=live |publisher=[[FiveThirtyEight]]}}</ref><ref>Reuben Fischer-Baum and Nate Silver, "The Complete History of the NBA," ''FiveThirtyEight,'' May 21, 2015.[http://fivethirtyeight.com/interactives/the-complete-history-of-every-nba-team-by-elo/#bulls] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523115345/http://fivethirtyeight.com/interactives/the-complete-history-of-every-nba-team-by-elo/#bulls|date=2015-05-23}}</ref> In 2014 FiveThirtyEight created Elo-based ratings and win-projections for the American professional [[National Football League]].<ref>{{cite web| first = Nate | last = Silver
| title=Introducing NFL Elo Ratings
|url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/introducing-nfl-elo-ratings/
| date = September 4, 2014
| publisher= FiveThirtyEight
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912084549/https://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/introducing-nfl-elo-ratings/ |archive-date=September 12, 2015 }}{{pb}}{{ cite web
| first = Neil | last = Paine
| title=NFL Elo Ratings Are Back | publisher = FiveThirtyEight
| url =https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/nfl-elo-ratings-are-back/
| date =September 10, 2015 
| url-status = live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911100901/http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/nfl-elo-ratings-are-back/ 
|archive-date=September 11, 2015 }}.
</ref>

The English [[Korfball]] Association rated teams based on Elo ratings, to determine handicaps for their cup competition for the 2011/12 season.

An Elo-based ranking of [[National Hockey League]] players has been developed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hockeystatsrevolution.com/|title=Hockey Stats Revolution – How do teams pick players? |website=Hockey Stats Revolution |access-date=2016-09-29 |archive-date=2016-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002040358/http://www.hockeystatsrevolution.com/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The hockey-Elo metric evaluates a player's overall two-way play: scoring AND defense in both even strength and power-play/penalty-kill situations.

Rugbyleagueratings.com uses the Elo rating system to rank international and club [[rugby league]] teams.

Hemaratings.com was started in 2017 and uses a Glicko-2 algorithm to rank individual [[Historical European martial arts]] fencers worldwide in different categories such as [[Longsword]],[[ Rapier]], historical [[Sabre]] and Sword & [[Buckler]].<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Ratings - Hema Ratings |url=https://hemaratings.com/about-ratings/ |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=Hemaratings}}</ref>