European basketball club rankings and ELO ratings

Compare basketball clubs across Europe in one results-based ranking covering domestic leagues and international competitions.

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Min games

Rankings as of Jul 31, 1979 Using the latest rated game available before that date: May 6, 1979.

Ranking table

Rated through: May 6, 1979
Rated teams: 46
Strongest as of: Maccabi Tel Aviv· 1979

Showing 1-46 of 46 filtered teams.

Rank	Global rank	Team	Country	ELO	Games	Peak ELO
#1	#1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Israel	1979	665	1988 Nov 27, 1972
#2	#2	Real Madrid	Spain	1951	720	2069 Jan 30, 1975
#3	#3	Partizan	Serbia	1841	219	1880 Feb 27, 1979
#4	#4	FC Barcelona	Spain	1833	513	1896 Nov 29, 1978
#5	#5	Cimberio Varese	Italy	1784	259	1925 Dec 11, 1975
#6	#6	Split	Croatia	1784	237	1874 Nov 6, 1977
#7	#7	KK Bosna	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1781	152	1849 Oct 1, 1978
#8	#8	Joventut Badalona	Spain	1777	612	1918 Jan 20, 1972
#9	#9	Tisettanta Cantu'	Italy	1766	179	1831 Feb 26, 1976
#10	#10	Anadolu Efes	Türkiye	1747	27	1747 May 3, 1979
#11	#11	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Israel	1736	589	1953 Dec 15, 1967
#12	#13	Lyon-Villeurbanne	France	1706	103	1731 Jan 10, 1979
#13	#14	Cibona	Croatia	1704	102	1721 Jan 20, 1979
#14	#15	Tofas	Türkiye	1702	74	1795 Feb 4, 1979
#15	#16	Mechelen	Belgium	1669	46	1681 Mar 24, 1977
#16	#17	Panathinaikos AC	Greece	1662	55	1674 Nov 24, 1977
#17	#18	Karşıyaka	Türkiye	1657	169	1726 Oct 14, 1978
#18	#20	Caen	France	1650	32	1676 Jan 30, 1979
#19	#21	Olimpia Milano	Italy	1648	205	1849 Feb 14, 1973
#20	#22	Virtus Bologna	Italy	1646	245	1796 Jan 5, 1977
#21	#23	Brno	Czech Republic	1637	100	1736 Nov 10, 1971
#22	#24	Beşiktaş JK	Türkiye	1633	279	1865 Apr 4, 1976
#23	#25	Giessen	Germany	1624	192	1755 Nov 2, 1978
#24	#26	Radnički Beograd	Serbia	1622	187	1707 Dec 13, 1978
#25	#29	USK Prague	Czech Republic	1593	96	1740 Jan 15, 1970
#26	#30	Borac	Serbia	1588	124	1611 Mar 3, 1979
#27	#31	KK Crvena Zvezda	Serbia	1586	154	1669 Dec 21, 1974
#28	#33	Olympiakos BC	Greece	1569	45	1607 Jan 10, 1979
#29	#35	Heidelberg	Germany	1557	180	1735 Feb 10, 1978
#30	#36	Venezia	Italy	1554	104	1631 Nov 29, 1977
#31	#37	Manresa	Spain	1553	280	1591 Apr 2, 1971
#32	#38	Zadar	Croatia	1542	200	1782 Mar 16, 1975
#33	#40	Antibes	France	1540	46	1592 Feb 3, 1976
#34	#44	Metalac	Serbia	1509	152	1536 Feb 21, 1979
#35	#45	Slask Wroclaw	Poland	1507	25	1577 Dec 7, 1972
#36	#48	Maroussi	Greece	1500	2	1500 Nov 7, 1978
#37	#49	Galatasaray	Türkiye	1499	316	1813 Oct 28, 1972
#38	#50	Challans	France	1498	6	1527 Nov 7, 1978
#39	#52	Irony Kfar Hamaccabia Ramat Gan	Israel	1494	268	1720 Nov 6, 1974
#40	#53	Kvarner	Croatia	1492	83	1570 Nov 18, 1978
#41	#54	Baskonia	Spain	1491	185	1547 Jan 9, 1977
#42	#56	Pau-Orthez	France	1486	12	1536 Nov 21, 1978
#43	#57	Hapoel Holon	Israel	1484	427	1699 Mar 14, 1969
#44	#60	Fenerbahçe SK	Türkiye	1466	300	1819 Nov 14, 1971
#45	#64	Bamberg	Germany	1448	128	1573 Nov 23, 1973
#46	#66	Sporting CP	Portugal	1396	14	1500 Nov 6, 1969

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This European club ranking connects results from domestic and international competitions in one ELO pool. It provides a broader comparison than a single league table while keeping the model, game history, and assumptions visible.

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