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: 34.42 - Stdev: 12.0

Best: Kawasaki Frontale - 61.4 Worst: Yokohama FC - 17.4

Team SPI
1. Kawasaki Frontale 61.4
2. Yokohama F. Marinos 56.6
3. Kashima Antlers 50.0
4. Vissel Kobe 43.3
5. Urawa Red Diamonds 40.5
6. Nagoya Grampus Eight 40.2
7. Sanfrecce Hiroshima 39.3
8. FC Tokyo 38.2
9. Avispa Fukuoka 37.2
10. Sagan Tosu 34.3
11. Cerezo Osaka 34.1
12. Kashiwa Reysol 31.4
13. Gamba Osaka 28.6
14. Consadole Sapporo 28.0
15. Shonan Bellmare 26.0
16. Shimizu S-Pulse 24.8
17. Vegalta Sendai 19.5
18. Tokushima Vortis 19.0
19. Oita Trinita 18.7
20. Yokohama FC 17.4

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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