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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Rankings as of Jul 31, 2018 Using the latest rated game available before that date: Jun 24, 2018.

Ranking table

Rated through: Jun 24, 2018
Rated teams: 258
Strongest as of: CSKA Moscu· 2166

Showing 1-50 of 258 filtered teams Page 1 of 6.

Rank	Global rank	Team	Country	ELO	Games	Peak ELO
#1	#1	CSKA Moscu	Russia	2166	1250	2243 Nov 13, 2016
#2	#2	Real Madrid	Spain	2153	3105	2195 Mar 9, 2014
#3	#3	Fenerbahçe SK	Türkiye	2135	2156	2184 Oct 7, 2017
#4	#4	Panathinaikos AC	Greece	2072	1792	2153 Nov 6, 2011
#5	#5	Zalgiris Kaunas	Lithuania	2071	1067	2075 Jun 9, 2018
#6	#6	Baskonia	Spain	2022	2242	2056 Jun 13, 2018
#7	#7	Olympiakos BC	Greece	2002	1696	2126 Dec 22, 2012
#8	#8	Nymburk	Czech Republic	1985	1125	1992 Mar 10, 2018
#9	#9	Khimki M.	Russia	1962	604	2071 Feb 27, 2014
#10	#10	FC Bayern München	Germany	1945	513	2031 Mar 6, 2018
#11	#11	PBK Lokomotiv Kuban	Russia	1942	559	2091 Jan 31, 2018
#12	#12	FC Barcelona	Spain	1938	2950	2180 Jun 1, 2010
#13	#13	Unics Kazan	Russia	1932	726	2027 Apr 27, 2014
#14	#14	Zenit Petersburg	Russia	1916	459	2021 May 27, 2017
#15	#15	KK Crvena Zvezda	Serbia	1911	1723	2083 Jan 30, 2017
#16	#16	Tofas	Türkiye	1894	1106	1908 Jun 9, 2018
#17	#17	Anadolu Efes	Türkiye	1887	2027	2048 Mar 30, 2017
#18	#18	Budućnost VOLI	Montenegro	1885	1222	1932 Dec 27, 1999
#19	#19	Alba Berlin	Germany	1878	1741	1899 Jun 3, 2018
#20	#20	BC Rytas	Lithuania	1871	890	1961 Nov 17, 2009
#21	#21	Valencia Basket	Spain	1870	1432	2060 Oct 29, 2017
#22	#22	Olimpia Milano	Italy	1868	2166	1970 Nov 16, 1996
#23	#23	Gran Canaria	Spain	1862	1166	1956 Feb 26, 2017
#24	#24	CB 1939 Canarias	Spain	1857	246	1914 Feb 15, 2018
#25	#25	Unicaja	Spain	1844	1452	1990 May 21, 2017
#26	#26	Monaco	France	1840	352	1936 Jan 16, 2018
#27	#27	Bamberg	Germany	1827	1691	2024 Oct 23, 2016
#28	#28	Strasbourg IG	France	1825	1005	1897 May 23, 2015
#29	#29	Festina Andorra	Andorra	1817	302	1836 May 27, 2018
#30	#30	Trento	Italy	1817	197	1841 Jun 11, 2018
#31	#31	Beşiktaş JK	Türkiye	1816	1681	1942 Dec 9, 2017
#32	#32	PAOK	Greece	1812	1340	1978 Apr 25, 1994
#33	#33	Ludwigsburg	Germany	1800	999	1878 Mar 11, 2018
#34	#34	Le Mans	France	1799	1164	1814 Feb 6, 2010
#35	#35	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Israel	1798	2741	2071 Nov 6, 2005
#36	#36	AEK Athens	Greece	1794	1174	1928 Nov 10, 2001
#37	#37	UCAM Murcia CB	Spain	1792	754	1837 Apr 12, 2018
#38	#38	Venezia	Italy	1789	710	1846 Nov 1, 2017
#39	#39	Partizan	Serbia	1781	2180	1970 Nov 1, 1992
#40	#40	Oostende	Belgium	1774	695	1857 Jan 17, 2015
#41	#41	Zadar	Croatia	1772	1448	1811 May 12, 2018
#42	#42	Anwil Wloclawek	Poland	1767	804	1808 Oct 17, 2003
#43	#43	Neptunas	Lithuania	1767	591	1840 Jan 4, 2018
#44	#44	Nizhny Novgorod	Russia	1763	333	1952 Dec 19, 2014
#45	#45	Oldenburg	Germany	1751	844	1787 Mar 31, 2018
#46	#46	Ventspils	Latvia	1748	626	1783 Oct 18, 2014
#47	#47	Ostrow Wielkopolski	Poland	1741	382	1783 May 26, 2018
#48	#48	FMP Beograd	Serbia	1739	315	1767 Jun 8, 2016
#49	#49	Avtodor Saratov	Russia	1738	261	1886 Apr 13, 2016
#50	#50	Lyon-Villeurbanne	France	1731	1632	1901 Oct 9, 1996

ELO ratings guide

Who is the best basketball team in Europe?

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.

Ratings start at 1,500 and update after every rated result using a versioned, published model. Read the basketball ELO formula and assumptions.

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