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: 35.57 - Stdev: 9.3

Best: Yokohama F. Marinos - 55.4 Worst: Jubilo Iwata - 19.8

Team SPI
1. Yokohama F. Marinos 55.4
2. Kawasaki Frontale 50.5
3. Urawa Red Diamonds 46.8
4. Sanfrecce Hiroshima 45.7
5. Cerezo Osaka 40.5
6. Kashima Antlers 39.7
7. FC Tokyo 38.3
8. Sagan Tosu 35.5
9. Vissel Kobe 35.3
10. Nagoya Grampus Eight 33.6
11. Shimizu S-Pulse 31.8
12. Consadole Sapporo 31.5
13. Kashiwa Reysol 31.3
14. Avispa Fukuoka 26.9
15. Shonan Bellmare 26.8
16. Kyoto Purple Sanga 26.5
17. Gamba Osaka 24.3
18. Jubilo Iwata 19.8

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.