The report credits Curaçao’s reserve design with a balanced use of soft yellow and strong blue sleeves, reinforced by a retro Adidas logo, shoulder stripes and a distinctive collar.
The leading group combines modern flair with recognisable national references:
Senegal’s home shirt completed the reported top five, while Uruguay was also highlighted among the strongest home designs.
The ranking reportedly favours the major manufacturers, with Adidas and Puma producing the strongest overall collections. Yet Jako provides the surprise, with Iraq’s away shirt reaching ninth.
The contrast between teams is just as striking. Brazil’s home shirt reportedly finished 33rd, while its away design ranked 69th. Argentina’s two kits landed at 61st and 93rd, showing how even iconic national colours can divide opinion when the execution changes.
The report says Haiti’s home and away shirts were initially rated 31st and 30th before censored them under rules concerning political symbols. That adds a regulatory dimension to a discussion usually driven by aesthetics, tradition and commercial appeal.
The same list placed Croatia’s home shirt 90th and South Korea’s 96th, proving that familiar visual identities are not automatically protected from criticism.
As the tournament approaches, the kits will face their real test: how they look under stadium lights, beside rival colours and on the players who turn designs into World Cup memories.