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, 2021 Using the latest rated game available before that date: Jun 26, 2021.

Ranking table

Rated through: Jun 26, 2021
Rated teams: 285
Strongest as of: Anadolu Efes· 2161

Showing 1-50 of 285 filtered teams Page 1 of 6.

Rank	Global rank	Team	Country	ELO	Games	Peak ELO
#1	#1	Anadolu Efes	Türkiye	2161	2221	2194 Jan 24, 2020
#2	#2	FC Barcelona	Spain	2136	3172	2180 Jun 1, 2010
#3	#3	CSKA Moscu	Russia	2086	1438	2243 Nov 13, 2016
#4	#4	Real Madrid	Spain	2064	3325	2203 Nov 2, 2018
#5	#5	Virtus Bologna	Italy	2024	2780	2052 Oct 24, 1998
#6	#6	Nymburk	Czech Republic	2020	1291	2046 Sep 25, 2020
#7	#7	Zalgiris Kaunas	Lithuania	2018	1279	2084 Oct 7, 2018
#8	#8	Zenit Petersburg	Russia	1990	595	2029 Feb 22, 2021
#9	#9	Lyon-Villeurbanne	France	1983	1823	1983 Jun 26, 2021
#10	#10	Valencia Basket	Spain	1973	1626	2060 Oct 29, 2017
#11	#11	CB 1939 Canarias	Spain	1972	405	2002 Apr 21, 2021
#12	#12	Unics Kazan	Russia	1971	869	2027 Apr 27, 2014
#13	#13	Olimpia Milano	Italy	1949	2364	2039 Jan 28, 2021
#14	#14	PBK Lokomotiv Kuban	Russia	1931	686	2091 Jan 31, 2018
#15	#15	Fenerbahçe SK	Türkiye	1930	2347	2196 Dec 20, 2018
#16	#16	Panathinaikos AC	Greece	1930	1975	2153 Nov 6, 2011
#17	#17	Olympiakos BC	Greece	1926	1822	2126 Dec 22, 2012
#18	#18	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Israel	1925	2947	2071 Nov 6, 2005
#19	#19	KK Crvena Zvezda	Serbia	1925	1919	2083 Jan 30, 2017
#20	#20	Alba Berlin	Germany	1917	1946	1946 Nov 7, 2018
#21	#21	Budućnost VOLI	Montenegro	1911	1370	1932 Dec 27, 1999
#22	#22	Baskonia	Spain	1893	2447	2056 Jun 13, 2018
#23	#23	JDA Dijon	France	1891	1069	1931 Nov 3, 2020
#24	#24	FC Bayern München	Germany	1877	727	2031 Mar 6, 2018
#25	#25	San Pablo Burgos	Spain	1874	172	1980 Mar 27, 2021
#26	#26	Gran Canaria	Spain	1870	1315	1956 Feb 26, 2017
#27	#27	Cedevita Olimpija	Slovenia	1862	98	1886 Feb 27, 2021
#28	#28	Monaco	France	1854	509	1989 May 9, 2021
#29	#29	Joventut Badalona	Spain	1854	2456	1980 Jan 19, 1992
#30	#30	Ludwigsburg	Germany	1837	1124	1897 Apr 27, 2021
#31	#31	Karşıyaka	Türkiye	1835	1577	1909 Oct 17, 2015
#32	#32	Nizhny Novgorod	Russia	1835	467	1952 Dec 19, 2014
#33	#33	Strasbourg IG	France	1829	1151	1897 May 23, 2015
#34	#34	Tofas	Türkiye	1817	1228	1908 Jun 9, 2018
#35	#35	Igokea	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1816	295	1853 Apr 6, 2021
#36	#36	Basket Zaragoza 2002	Spain	1813	498	1896 Feb 4, 2020
#37	#37	BC Rytas	Lithuania	1803	1045	1961 Nov 17, 2009
#38	#38	Oostende	Belgium	1799	837	1857 Jan 17, 2015
#39	#39	BC Kalev/Cramo	Estonia	1798	596	1816 Oct 21, 2019
#40	#40	Festina Andorra	Andorra	1796	455	1891 Feb 2, 2019
#41	#41	Venezia	Italy	1796	848	1878 Oct 4, 2020
#42	#42	Ulm	Germany	1787	1119	1851 Dec 30, 2016
#43	#43	Dinamo Basket Sassari	Italy	1786	560	1902 Jan 4, 2020
#44	#44	UCAM Murcia CB	Spain	1778	864	1846 Dec 19, 2018
#45	#45	Unicaja	Spain	1778	1606	1990 May 21, 2017
#46	#46	Ostrow Wielkopolski	Poland	1777	492	1783 May 26, 2018
#47	#47	Hapoel Holon	Israel	1774	1544	1847 Apr 4, 2021
#48	#48	Partizan	Serbia	1764	2332	1970 Nov 1, 1992
#49	#49	VEF Riga	Latvia	1761	610	1850 Oct 15, 2019
#50	#50	AEK Athens	Greece	1761	1310	1928 Nov 10, 2001

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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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