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, 1986 Using the latest rated game available before that date: May 10, 1986.

Ranking table

Rated through: May 10, 1986
Rated teams: 54
Strongest as of: Real Madrid· 2010

Showing 1-50 of 54 filtered teams Page 1 of 2.

Rank	Global rank	Team	Country	ELO	Games	Peak ELO
#1	#1	Real Madrid	Spain	2010	1027	2069 Jan 30, 1975
#2	#2	Olimpia Milano	Italy	1921	482	1958 Feb 22, 1986
#3	#3	Cibona	Croatia	1920	375	1991 Jan 25, 1986
#4	#4	FC Barcelona	Spain	1896	796	1979 Jan 6, 1984
#5	#5	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Israel	1896	959	2034 Mar 7, 1982
#6	#6	Joventut Badalona	Spain	1845	861	1918 Jan 20, 1972
#7	#7	CSKA Moscu	Russia	1803	198	1846 Feb 7, 1973
#8	#8	Galatasaray	Türkiye	1793	523	1813 Oct 28, 1972
#9	#9	Tisettanta Cantu'	Italy	1787	470	1909 Sep 29, 1981
#10	#10	Lyon-Villeurbanne	France	1786	147	1814 Jan 15, 1985
#11	#11	Zadar	Croatia	1773	439	1795 Apr 15, 1986
#12	#12	Zalgiris Kaunas	Lithuania	1767	33	1772 Feb 20, 1986
#13	#13	Anadolu Efes	Türkiye	1761	245	1845 Mar 20, 1983
#14	#14	Cimberio Varese	Italy	1734	539	1925 Dec 11, 1975
#15	#15	Virtus Bologna	Italy	1720	635	1813 Nov 25, 1980
#16	#16	Pau-Orthez	France	1719	69	1754 Dec 4, 1985
#17	#17	Partizan	Serbia	1703	480	1880 Feb 27, 1979
#18	#18	Split	Croatia	1691	409	1874 Nov 6, 1977
#19	#19	Aris	Greece	1690	50	1704 Oct 31, 1985
#20	#20	Hapoel Holon	Israel	1683	610	1708 Feb 17, 1986
#21	#21	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Israel	1674	814	1953 Dec 15, 1967
#22	#22	Alba Berlin	Germany	1668	118	1732 Mar 16, 1985
#23	#23	KK Crvena Zvezda	Serbia	1667	340	1809 Oct 27, 1984
#24	#24	Maccabi Netanya	Israel	1662	26	1669 Mar 12, 1986
#25	#26	Fenerbahçe SK	Türkiye	1652	500	1819 Nov 14, 1971
#26	#27	Reggiana	Italy	1642	78	1693 Feb 15, 1986
#27	#28	Oostende	Belgium	1638	38	1640 Nov 1, 1984
#28	#29	KK Bosna	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1638	328	1849 Oct 1, 1978
#29	#30	Antibes	France	1638	69	1667 Jan 29, 1986
#30	#31	Karşıyaka	Türkiye	1624	354	1726 Oct 14, 1978
#31	#32	Budućnost VOLI	Montenegro	1619	142	1656 Dec 21, 1985
#32	#33	Bamberg	Germany	1612	190	1612 Mar 13, 1986
#33	#34	Giessen	Germany	1611	364	1755 Nov 2, 1978
#34	#36	Panathinaikos AC	Greece	1602	105	1692 Nov 19, 1981
#35	#38	Hapoel Galil	Israel	1595	169	1650 Jan 4, 1982
#36	#39	Venezia	Italy	1595	201	1705 Feb 27, 1982
#37	#41	Brescia	Italy	1589	162	1692 Oct 18, 1980
#38	#42	Mechelen	Belgium	1586	72	1681 Mar 24, 1977
#39	#47	Trieste	Italy	1571	172	1680 Feb 23, 1985
#40	#50	Treviso	Italy	1560	83	1620 Oct 19, 1985
#41	#51	Tofas	Türkiye	1556	253	1795 Feb 4, 1979
#42	#53	PAOK	Greece	1553	42	1594 Oct 30, 1984
#43	#54	Beşiktaş JK	Türkiye	1548	455	1865 Apr 4, 1976
#44	#57	Borac	Serbia	1536	265	1636 Dec 24, 1983
#45	#58	Challans	France	1532	16	1572 Dec 4, 1985
#46	#60	Baskonia	Spain	1518	345	1547 Jan 9, 1977
#47	#64	Breogan	Spain	1505	227	1511 Mar 29, 1986
#48	#69	Irony Kfar Hamaccabia Ramat Gan	Israel	1495	444	1720 Nov 6, 1974
#49	#71	AEK Athens	Greece	1494	87	1663 Nov 22, 1977
#50	#74	Spartak Pleven	Bulgaria	1473	12	1518 Sep 28, 1983

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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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