Football League Rankings

Japanese J League

What is this?

This is a list of the teams in the league, Japanese J League, ranked by their SPI. This is not the current standings.

Average: 34.33 - Stdev: 11.9

Best: Kawasaki Frontale - 62.1 Worst: Yokohama FC - 18.5

Team SPI
1. Kawasaki Frontale 62.1
2. Yokohama F. Marinos 57.1
3. Kashima Antlers 51.1
4. Vissel Kobe 46.8
5. Urawa Red Diamonds 39.9
6. Nagoya Grampus Eight 39.7
7. Sanfrecce Hiroshima 35.8
8. FC Tokyo 35.7
9. Avispa Fukuoka 34.3
10. Cerezo Osaka 33.1
11. Consadole Sapporo 32.7
12. Sagan Tosu 31.1
13. Gamba Osaka 26.8
14. Kashiwa Reysol 26.4
15. Shonan Bellmare 25.8
16. Shimizu S-Pulse 25.5
17. Oita Trinita 22.8
18. Tokushima Vortis 21.2
19. Vegalta Sendai 20.3
20. Yokohama FC 18.5

Histogram of teams in: Japanese J League




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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