Football League Rankings

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What is "Football League Rankings"?

"Football League Rankings" is a list of professional football leagues in the world and their strength

All teams

League Average SPI Stdev Best Team Worst Team
1. Barclays Premier League 72.40 9.8 Manchester City: 92.3 Nottingham Forest: 54.4
2. German Bundesliga 68.71 8.2 Bayern Munich: 89.2 VfL Bochum: 55.8
3. Spanish Primera Division 67.87 9.2 Barcelona: 86.3 Elche: 53.0
4. Italy Serie A 62.87 11.1 Napoli: 85.1 Salernitana: 45.1
5. French Ligue 1 61.42 10.9 Paris Saint-Germain: 82.6 Troyes: 43.1
6. Dutch Eredivisie 52.88 13.2 Ajax: 77.4 Excelsior: 33.9
7. Portuguese Liga 52.34 12.8 Benfica: 81.8 Santa Clara: 36.7
8. Brasileiro Série A 52.30 9.6 Flamengo: 71.6 Goiás: 37.7
9. Mexican Primera Division Torneo Clausura 47.17 9.0 Monterrey: 64.0 Mazatlán FC: 34.1
10. Russian Premier Liga 44.38 11.5 Zenit St Petersburg: 74.5 Torpedo Moskow: 26.1
11. English League Championship 43.82 8.8 Burnley: 61.1 Huddersfield Town: 31.2
12. Belgian Jupiler League 43.30 13.1 Genk: 63.0 RFC Seraing: 21.0
13. Turkish Turkcell Super Lig 42.87 11.5 Fenerbahce: 67.6 Hatayspor: 25.0
14. Austrian T-Mobile Bundesliga 42.84 12.8 FC Salzburg: 74.2 Cashpoint SC Rheindorf Altach: 26.7
15. Major League Soccer 40.94 6.6 Los Angeles FC: 56.7 Real Salt Lake: 29.8
16. Danish SAS-Ligaen 40.84 9.3 FC Copenhagen: 62.5 Lyngby: 29.3
17. Scottish Premiership 40.03 15.5 Celtic: 76.1 Kilmarnock: 24.8
18. Argentina Primera Division 38.73 6.8 River Plate: 59.6 Arsenal Sarandi: 29.9
19. Swiss Raiffeisen Super League 38.19 11.0 Young Boys: 66.9 Winterthur: 24.8
20. Japanese J League 34.81 8.7 Yokohama F. Marinos: 50.1 Yokohama FC: 19.8
21. Norwegian Tippeligaen 33.69 12.2 Bodo/Glimt: 59.2 FK Jerv: 16.4
22. French Ligue 2 33.22 7.4 Metz: 48.0 Niort: 22.4
23. Spanish Segunda Division 33.14 5.4 Granada: 42.1 Lugo: 20.4
24. Italy Serie B 32.95 7.6 Frosinone: 47.5 Cosenza: 19.6
25. Greek Super League 32.54 15.4 Olympiacos: 62.9 Lamia: 13.3
26. German 2. Bundesliga 31.85 7.1 FC St. Pauli: 42.6 SV Sandhausen: 19.2
27. Swedish Allsvenskan 27.98 11.4 Hammarby: 45.4 GIF Sundsvall: 8.1
28. English League One 23.62 10.7 Barnsley: 43.7 Accrington Stanley: 7.5
29. Australian A-League 20.22 5.9 Melbourne City: 35.6 Macarthur FC: 13.0
30. United Soccer League 16.97 5.8 Louisville City FC: 30.7 Loudoun United FC: 7.6
31. South African ABSA Premier League 16.16 8.5 Mamelodi Sundowns: 44.3 Maritzburg Utd: 8.4
32. Chinese Super League 13.45 6.9 Guangzhou Evergrande: 28.2 Guizhou Renhe: 4.9
33. English League Two 10.43 3.5 Salford City: 20.1 Rochdale: 5.7

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Football League Rankings uses data from the awesome Global Club Soccer Rankings by FiveThirtyEight!

How does it work?

Pretty simple! It takes the rankings of all clubs from FiveThirtyEight, groups them into what league they belong too, and calculates the average SPI (Soccer Power Index) and the standard deviation of the values!

For more information about SPI ratings and how the ratings work in general - check out FiveThirtyEight's overview here.


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