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, 1985 Using the latest rated game available before that date: May 6, 1985.

Ranking table

Rated through: May 6, 1985
Rated teams: 55
Strongest as of: Real Madrid· 1976

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Rank	Global rank	Team	Country	ELO	Games	Peak ELO
#1	#1	Real Madrid	Spain	1976	976	2069 Jan 30, 1975
#2	#2	Olimpia Milano	Italy	1917	430	1932 Mar 21, 1985
#3	#3	Cibona	Croatia	1904	331	1923 Apr 9, 1985
#4	#4	FC Barcelona	Spain	1863	750	1979 Jan 6, 1984
#5	#5	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Israel	1851	918	2034 Mar 7, 1982
#6	#6	Joventut Badalona	Spain	1819	815	1918 Jan 20, 1972
#7	#7	CSKA Moscu	Russia	1794	190	1846 Feb 7, 1973
#8	#8	Lyon-Villeurbanne	France	1773	138	1814 Jan 15, 1985
#9	#9	Anadolu Efes	Türkiye	1768	216	1845 Mar 20, 1983
#10	#10	Galatasaray	Türkiye	1766	491	1813 Oct 28, 1972
#11	#11	KK Crvena Zvezda	Serbia	1753	311	1809 Oct 27, 1984
#12	#12	Pau-Orthez	France	1745	63	1745 Jan 30, 1985
#13	#13	Cimberio Varese	Italy	1730	493	1925 Dec 11, 1975
#14	#14	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Israel	1712	776	1953 Dec 15, 1967
#15	#15	Fenerbahçe SK	Türkiye	1711	474	1819 Nov 14, 1971
#16	#16	Alba Berlin	Germany	1709	99	1732 Mar 16, 1985
#17	#17	Tisettanta Cantu'	Italy	1707	434	1909 Sep 29, 1981
#18	#18	KK Bosna	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1703	302	1849 Oct 1, 1978
#19	#19	Partizan	Serbia	1702	436	1880 Feb 27, 1979
#20	#20	Virtus Bologna	Italy	1675	599	1813 Nov 25, 1980
#21	#21	Zadar	Croatia	1668	401	1782 Mar 16, 1975
#22	#22	Karşıyaka	Türkiye	1667	331	1726 Oct 14, 1978
#23	#23	Aris	Greece	1664	44	1674 Feb 20, 1985
#24	#24	Hapoel Holon	Israel	1655	580	1699 Mar 14, 1969
#25	#26	Trieste	Italy	1652	140	1680 Feb 23, 1985
#26	#27	Zalgiris Kaunas	Lithuania	1644	19	1653 Feb 19, 1985
#27	#28	Oostende	Belgium	1635	36	1640 Nov 1, 1984
#28	#29	Panathinaikos AC	Greece	1633	101	1692 Nov 19, 1981
#29	#30	Venezia	Italy	1614	199	1705 Feb 27, 1982
#30	#32	Irony Kfar Hamaccabia Ramat Gan	Israel	1601	422	1720 Nov 6, 1974
#31	#33	Antibes	France	1600	58	1624 Feb 22, 1984
#32	#34	Reggiana	Italy	1597	44	1664 Jan 5, 1985
#33	#37	Budućnost VOLI	Montenegro	1586	118	1613 Jan 19, 1985
#34	#42	Brescia	Italy	1574	126	1692 Oct 18, 1980
#35	#43	Mechelen	Belgium	1573	68	1681 Mar 24, 1977
#36	#45	Tofas	Türkiye	1564	230	1795 Feb 4, 1979
#37	#47	Borac	Serbia	1560	241	1636 Dec 24, 1983
#38	#48	Treviso	Italy	1559	47	1594 Sep 19, 1984
#39	#49	Radnički Beograd	Serbia	1554	303	1707 Dec 13, 1978
#40	#50	Split	Croatia	1546	371	1874 Nov 6, 1977
#41	#53	Beşiktaş JK	Türkiye	1533	434	1865 Apr 4, 1976
#42	#55	Hapoel Galil	Israel	1522	147	1650 Jan 4, 1982
#43	#56	AEK Athens	Greece	1521	83	1663 Nov 22, 1977
#44	#58	PAOK	Greece	1517	32	1594 Oct 30, 1984
#45	#59	Pardubice	Czech Republic	1516	12	1522 Jan 31, 1984
#46	#60	Giessen	Germany	1510	344	1755 Nov 2, 1978
#47	#64	Bamberg	Germany	1504	170	1573 Nov 23, 1973
#48	#66	Sloga	Serbia	1499	27	1509 Mar 19, 1985
#49	#67	Cremona	Italy	1499	8	1517 Sep 19, 1984
#50	#70	Heidelberg	Germany	1480	259	1735 Feb 10, 1978

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