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, 1974 Using the latest rated game available before that date: Jul 5, 1974.

Ranking table

Rated through: Jul 5, 1974
Rated teams: 43
Strongest as of: Real Madrid· 2015

Showing 1-43 of 43 filtered teams.

Rank	Global rank	Team	Country	ELO	Games	Peak ELO
#1	#1	Real Madrid	Spain	2015	523	2040 May 18, 1974
#2	#2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Israel	1938	499	1988 Nov 27, 1972
#3	#3	FC Barcelona	Spain	1855	353	1855 May 25, 1974
#4	#4	Joventut Badalona	Spain	1838	437	1918 Jan 20, 1972
#5	#5	Cimberio Varese	Italy	1821	69	1868 Feb 21, 1974
#6	#6	Olimpia Milano	Italy	1814	72	1849 Feb 14, 1973
#7	#7	CSKA Moscu	Russia	1748	82	1846 Feb 7, 1973
#8	#8	Galatasaray	Türkiye	1744	205	1813 Oct 28, 1972
#9	#9	Irony Kfar Hamaccabia Ramat Gan	Israel	1715	164	1715 Jul 5, 1974
#10	#10	Zadar	Croatia	1707	52	1721 Mar 30, 1974
#11	#11	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Israel	1685	466	1953 Dec 15, 1967
#12	#13	Giessen	Germany	1670	78	1702 Jan 11, 1974
#13	#14	Brno	Czech Republic	1667	74	1736 Nov 10, 1971
#14	#15	Beşiktaş JK	Türkiye	1652	164	1741 Apr 8, 1972
#15	#16	Lyon-Villeurbanne	France	1651	53	1651 Mar 12, 1974
#16	#17	Split	Croatia	1649	58	1674 Feb 23, 1974
#17	#18	Antwerp Giants	Belgium	1629	72	1700 Feb 19, 1970
#18	#19	AEK Athens	Greece	1628	51	1662 Nov 11, 1971
#19	#20	Tisettanta Cantu'	Italy	1625	17	1625 Feb 5, 1974
#20	#21	Panathinaikos AC	Greece	1625	39	1648 Mar 9, 1972
#21	#22	Denain-Voltaire	France	1600	14	1609 Nov 6, 1973
#22	#23	Radnički Beograd	Serbia	1594	38	1622 Feb 13, 1974
#23	#24	KK Crvena Zvezda	Serbia	1593	27	1598 Mar 2, 1974
#24	#25	Fenerbahçe SK	Türkiye	1582	191	1819 Nov 14, 1971
#25	#26	Heidelberg	Germany	1581	70	1614 Nov 8, 1973
#26	#28	Partizan	Serbia	1576	38	1626 Mar 16, 1974
#27	#29	KK Bosna	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1568	26	1588 Mar 23, 1974
#28	#30	Antibes	France	1566	24	1579 Nov 15, 1972
#29	#32	BC Balkan Botevgrad	Bulgaria	1562	14	1572 Dec 3, 1973
#30	#33	Slask Wroclaw	Poland	1559	9	1577 Dec 7, 1972
#31	#35	OKK Beograd	Serbia	1538	47	1621 Feb 1, 1972
#32	#36	Borac	Serbia	1537	26	1541 Mar 26, 1974
#33	#37	Bamberg	Germany	1537	40	1573 Nov 23, 1973
#34	#38	Mechelen	Belgium	1529	8	1550 Nov 13, 1973
#35	#42	Manresa	Spain	1523	161	1591 Apr 2, 1971
#36	#43	Baskonia	Spain	1512	64	1534 Dec 29, 1973
#37	#44	Olympiakos BC	Greece	1499	9	1501 Nov 28, 1973
#38	#50	FC Porto	Portugal	1456	6	1500 Dec 1, 1970
#39	#51	Metalac	Serbia	1442	26	1500 Oct 1, 1973
#40	#52	Hapoel Jerusalem	Israel	1438	373	1613 Dec 6, 1963
#41	#54	Benfica	Portugal	1420	25	1500 Dec 20, 1960
#42	#55	Breogan	Spain	1398	109	1504 Dec 20, 1970
#43	#57	FC Bayern München	Germany	1356	44	1500 Oct 8, 1966

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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