Head to head

Japan vs United States

If they played today

Japan at home

55% / 23% / 21%

Japan win / draw / United States win

Japan–United States

1–0 11.2%
1–1 11.1%
2–0 9.9%
2–1 9.8%
0–0 6.4%

Neutral venue

47% / 25% / 27%

Japan win / draw / United States win

Japan–United States

1–1 12.0%
1–0 10.6%
2–1 9.3%
2–0 8.3%
0–1 7.7%

United States at home

39% / 26% / 34%

Japan win / draw / United States win

Japan–United States

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.9%
0–1 9.2%
2–1 8.5%
1–2 7.8%

Probabilities come from each team's current Elo rating, so they answer “if they met today” rather than predicting a scheduled fixture. See the methodology for how the model works and where it is weakest.

Elo since debut

Side by side

	Japan	United States
Current Elo	1973	1842
Elo rank	15th	33rd
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	1973 (2021)
Matches played	794	795
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	354W 161D 280L
Goals for	1451	1211
Goals against	915	1056
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	8–0 vs Barbados · 2008-06-15 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	0–11 vs Norway · 1948-08-06 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.21

When they've met

Meetings

Japan 2W 0D 2L

Goals

7–6

Japan first

First meeting

3–1

Japan won · 1993-03-14 · Kirin Cup

Most recent

0–2

United States won · 2025-09-09 · Friendly

Japan's biggest win

3–1

1993-03-14 · Kirin Cup

United States' biggest win

2–0

2025-09-09 · Friendly

Current run

Won the last meeting

United States · since 2025-09-09

4 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-09-09	0–2	United States home	Friendly
2022-09-23	2–0	Neutral	Kirin Challenge Cup
2006-02-10	2–3	United States home	Friendly
1993-03-14	3–1	Japan home	Kirin Cup