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, 2003 Using the latest rated game available before that date: Jun 28, 2003.

Ranking table

Rated through: Jun 28, 2003
Rated teams: 111
Strongest as of: FC Barcelona· 1992

Showing 1-50 of 111 filtered teams Page 1 of 3.

Rank	Global rank	Team	Country	ELO	Games	Peak ELO
#1	#1	FC Barcelona	Spain	1992	1886	2026 Feb 4, 1989
#2	#2	Treviso	Italy	1969	940	2045 May 9, 2003
#3	#3	Anadolu Efes	Türkiye	1959	1084	1988 Oct 3, 1993
#4	#4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Israel	1931	1798	2034 Mar 7, 1982
#5	#5	CSKA Moscu	Russia	1928	445	1963 Apr 15, 2003
#6	#6	Panathinaikos AC	Greece	1911	839	2036 Feb 9, 2002
#7	#8	Pau-Orthez	France	1893	889	1937 May 23, 1996
#8	#9	Partizan	Serbia	1851	1283	1970 Nov 1, 1992
#9	#10	Valencia Basket	Spain	1816	616	1861 Mar 9, 2003
#10	#11	Unicaja	Spain	1796	542	1890 Jun 5, 2002
#11	#12	AEK Athens	Greece	1794	692	1928 Nov 10, 2001
#12	#13	Anwil Wloclawek	Poland	1791	184	1791 Jun 14, 2003
#13	#14	Peristeri	Greece	1785	502	1851 Mar 17, 2001
#14	#15	Lyon-Villeurbanne	France	1784	881	1901 Oct 9, 1996
#15	#16	Baskonia	Spain	1779	1218	1950 Sep 28, 2002
#16	#17	Cibona	Croatia	1777	794	1993 Feb 17, 1987
#17	#18	Unics Kazan	Russia	1777	58	1794 Mar 25, 2003
#18	#19	Tisettanta Cantu'	Italy	1768	1103	1909 Sep 29, 1981
#19	#20	Olympiakos BC	Greece	1767	774	2018 Dec 3, 1994
#20	#21	BC Rytas	Lithuania	1760	81	1821 Jan 14, 2003
#21	#22	Zalgiris Kaunas	Lithuania	1748	199	1897 Apr 22, 1999
#22	#23	Asseco Arka Gdynia	Poland	1742	93	1778 Mar 14, 2003
#23	#24	Virtus Bologna	Italy	1739	1974	2052 Oct 24, 1998
#24	#25	Le Mans	France	1735	411	1755 Apr 4, 2003
#25	#26	Alba Berlin	Germany	1725	866	1896 Oct 20, 2000
#26	#27	KK Crvena Zvezda	Serbia	1725	876	1813 May 10, 1994
#27	#28	Zadar	Croatia	1719	779	1799 Jan 8, 1992
#28	#29	Gravelines-Dunkerque	France	1712	508	1753 Oct 7, 1992
#29	#30	Gran Canaria	Spain	1701	416	1730 May 17, 2003
#30	#31	Fenerbahçe SK	Türkiye	1694	1181	1854 Mar 20, 1991
#31	#32	KK Krka Novo mesto	Slovenia	1693	112	1810 Feb 16, 2002
#32	#33	Maroussi	Greece	1682	222	1749 Oct 13, 2001
#33	#34	Nymburk	Czech Republic	1680	134	1692 Jun 4, 2003
#34	#35	Budućnost VOLI	Montenegro	1679	629	1932 Dec 27, 1999
#35	#36	Opava	Czech Republic	1678	138	1819 Feb 18, 2003
#36	#38	Olimpia Milano	Italy	1674	1291	1970 Nov 16, 1996
#37	#39	Aris	Greece	1673	725	1921 Feb 2, 1991
#38	#40	Joventut Badalona	Spain	1671	1698	1980 Jan 19, 1992
#39	#41	Iraklis	Greece	1669	471	1821 Sep 30, 1995
#40	#42	Real Madrid	Spain	1666	2052	2069 Jan 30, 1975
#41	#44	Breogan	Spain	1661	686	1677 May 15, 2003
#42	#45	Cholet	France	1661	660	1801 Jan 11, 1992
#43	#46	Novy Jicin	Czech Republic	1657	160	1763 May 15, 2002
#44	#47	Bamberg	Germany	1656	773	1756 Mar 2, 1991
#45	#48	Avtodor Saratov	Russia	1653	81	1712 Oct 22, 2002
#46	#50	Turk Telekom	Türkiye	1642	317	1749 Nov 12, 1997
#47	#51	Slask Wroclaw	Poland	1637	221	1743 Nov 8, 2002
#48	#52	PAOK	Greece	1635	734	1978 Apr 25, 1994
#49	#53	Cimberio Varese	Italy	1630	1202	1925 Dec 11, 1975
#50	#54	JDA Dijon	France	1626	403	1714 Mar 2, 2002

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