European professional basketball club rankings explained

The European professional basketball club rankings are determined by the results of the professional basketball clubs in the EuroLeague and the EuroCup over the previous three seasons, excluding the competition's qualifying rounds. This ranking is exhaustive and does not include all the European club as it is based on closed ligue participation. The FIBA proposes its own alternative rankings.[1]

The clubs receive two points for a win and one point for a tie or loss, in games of the main stages (and onwards) of the EuroLeague and the EuroCup. Qualifying round results are not taken into account. Clubs also receive 2 bonus points for reaching the Top 16 stage of the EuroCup, 2 bonus points for reaching the last 8 stage, one bonus point for reaching the last 4 stage, and 1 bonus point for reaching the Finals.[2]

In case of a tie, the club with more wins in the last three seasons will rank higher. Should a tie persist, the ranking in the last EuroLeague or EuroCup season will determine the positions.

Current ranking

The top clubs in the current rankings are as follows (updated to 21 June 2024):

Rank 2025Rank
2024
Mvmt. Club Country 2022-232023-242024-25Points
11 Real Madrid Spain72721441
22 Olympiacos Greece72661382
34 +1Monaco France6766133
43 −1FC Barcelona Spain65651303
56 +1Fenerbahçe Turkey59641234
65 −1Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel59631225
710 +3Panathinaikos Greece39731126
812 +4Partizan Serbia6348111
98 −1Baskonia Spain50601107
1014 +4Žalgiris Lithuania56481048
1111 Virtus Bologna Italy4855103
127 −5Anadolu Efes Turkey49511009
139 −4Olimpia Milano Italy49499810
1415 +1Valencia Basket Spain474895
1516 +1Crvena zvezda Serbia494594
1613 −3Bayern Munich Germany45448911
1718 +1ASVEL France42438512
1827 +9Paris Basketball France344983
1917 −2ALBA Berlin Germany443882
2028 +8Prometey Ukraine4235077
2119 −2Gran Canaria Spain443377
2230 +8Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel383876
2322 −1JL Bourg France294675
2421 −3Turk Telekom Turkey442973
2532 +7London Lions United Kingdom2941070
2620 −6Joventut Spain393170
2723 −4ratiopharm Ulm Germany362763
2836 +8U-BT Cluj-Napoca Romania233659
2925 −4Reyer Venezia Italy302555
3026 −4Lietkabelis Lithuania312455
3124 −7Budućnost Montenegro292554
3234 +2Aquila Basket Trento Italy222547
3331 −2Hamburg Towers Germany262046
3429 −5Cedevita Olimpija Slovenia211940
3535 WKS Śląsk Wrocław Poland1920039
3638 +2Beşiktaş Turkey03838
3737 Promitheas Greece360036
3841 +3Aris Greece03030
3933 −6Bursaspor Turkey290029
4042 +2Brescia Italy290029
4143 +2Wolves Lithuania02626
42N/AN/ABahcesehir Koleji Turkey000
43N/AN/AHapoel Jerusalem Israel000
44N/AN/ATrefl Sopot Poland000
4544 −1CSKA Moscow Russia000013
Notes
  • Panathinaikos were docked two wins as a punishment by Euroleague Basketball for breaching Financial Fair Play regulations.[3] CSKA Moscow is suspended from season 2021-22 because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

    Minimum points ranking

    Minimum points ranking is a method for calculating points for every country association participated in Euroleague and Eurocup competitions in the last three-year period. It represents results of the worst-performing team from each country/league that will be added together every year to create a position for that country/league. This is the lowest possible position that any club from that country/league can occupy in the draw. Main purpose is to rank teams (that haven't participated in the last three-year period) for the Eurocup draw.[4]

    Country 2021-222022-232023-24Points
    Israel553838131
    Spain313931101
    France24294396
    Greece21363087
    Turkey27292985
    Lithuania28312483
    Ukraine0423577
    Germany25262071
    ABA League31211971
    United Kingdom0294170
    Italy16222563
    Poland22192061
    Romania0233659
    Russia0*000

    Top club by period

    The top-ranked clubs in each 3-year period listed by year:

    YearsClubRanking
    2008–2011 FC Barcelona132
    2009–2012131
    2010–2013144
    2011–2014 CSKA Moscow164
    2012–2015178
    2013–2016178
    2014–2017186
    2015–2018193
    2016–2019205

    See also

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Club Ranking .
    2. https://archive.today/20130102123726/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/100342/3735/regular-season-draw-seeds-and-procedure Eurocupbasketball.com Regular Season Draw: Seeds and Procedure.
    3. Web site: Settlement reached between Panathinaikos and Management Control Commission for breaching Financial Fair Play Regulations. Euroleague Basketball. 14 April 2023. 14 April 2023.
    4. Web site: 2017-10-06 . 7DAYS EuroCup draw set to take place on July 6 - Latest - Welcome to 7DAYS EuroCup . 2023-07-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171006012745/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/7wrksx3l3av5igkr . 2017-10-06 .