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: 35.42 - Stdev: 8.2

Best: Yokohama F. Marinos - 54.4 Worst: Kyoto Purple Sanga - 24.5

Team SPI
1. Yokohama F. Marinos 54.4
2. Kawasaki Frontale 47.6
3. Urawa Red Diamonds 45.3
4. Kashima Antlers 44.9
5. Sanfrecce Hiroshima 40.0
6. Cerezo Osaka 39.7
7. Sagan Tosu 37.0
8. Vissel Kobe 35.5
9. Nagoya Grampus Eight 34.3
10. Kashiwa Reysol 34.1
11. FC Tokyo 30.9
12. Gamba Osaka 30.7
13. Avispa Fukuoka 29.7
14. Shimizu S-Pulse 27.9
15. Shonan Bellmare 27.7
16. Jubilo Iwata 27.5
17. Consadole Sapporo 25.8
18. Kyoto Purple Sanga 24.5

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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