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One of the soccer fans’ favorite things to debate is how strong one league is compared to another. A club winning La Liga, such as Real Madrid this season, is not the same task as one of the three clubs battling it out in the Premier League. Given the differences in the quality of the opposition and the fact that these are domestic leagues, it is nearly impossible to directly compare leagues.
One way to compare the two is to use Opta’s power rankings. Opta, a British sports analytics firm, assigns an ability score to each team worldwide. On this scale, the top team in the world, Manchester City, has an ability score of 100. By contrast, the worst team in the world has an ability score of zero. Clubs earn points on their Elo rating by beating teams ranking higher than them. Consequently, losing to teams with a lower rating deducts more points from a side’s ability score.
It is a vastly technical process that the number wizards at Opta have been practicing for some time. While there will never be a perfect way to analyze clubs and leagues across competitions, this is perhaps the best holistic approach.
The top 30 men’s soccer leagues in the world
The following ratings are the average club rating for every team in a domestic league as of April 3, 2024. These numbers constantly change with the world’s leagues in action. With continental competition, for example, these numbers change often.
RANKLEAGUEAVERAGE CLUB RATING1Premier League87.592La Liga84.83Serie A84.74Bundesliga84.35Ligue 183.66Primeira Liga77.477English Championship76.388Superligaen76.129La Liga 2 (Segunda)75.4810Brasileirao75.3111Liga MX75.1612Russian Premier League75.1513Major League Soccer75.114Swiss Super League74.8115Eredivisie74.7916Turkish Super Lig74.5417Argentine Primera74.53182. Bundesliga74.3919Austrian Bundesliga74.2120HNL Croatia74.0321K League73.4922J League73.3923Eliteserien72.9924Allsvenskan72.1825Cyprus First Division72.0826Saudi Pro League72.0127Czech First…
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Author : Kyle Fansler
Publish date : 2024-04-03 21:45:20
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