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Football club and player rankings

The best clubs and players in world football, ranked every night

Our own rankings, over the last twelve months of club football. Every result in 131,441 matches, weighed by who it came against and where. The top 50 of each, free to read; every ranked club and player by API.

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7,939clubs ranked
15,832players ranked
12months counted
10:18UTC, rebuilt nightly
The top 50

The best forwards in China

Ranked over the twelve months to 29 October 2026. Narrow it to a country and it shows that country's best, with each player's place in the world beside it.
1new
C
CryzanShandong Luneng · CHN · 111 in the world
FWD1,8492010
64.4
Open
2new
FA
Fábio AbreuBeijing Guoan · CHN · 683 in the world
FWD2,102187
51.3
Open
3new
VQ
Valeri QazaishviliShandong Luneng · CHN · 795 in the world
FWD2,4511310
50.2
Open
4new
OT
Oscar Taty MarituYunnan Yukun · CHN · 1,050 in the world
FWD2,471199
47.9
Open
5new
FS
Felipe SilvaChengdu Better City · CHN · 1,305 in the world
FWD2,093183
45.9
Open
6new
G
GustavoHenan Jianye · CHN · 1,843 in the world
FWD2,186146
42.7
Open
7new
RR
Rafael RatãoShanghai Shenhua · CHN · 1,879 in the world
FWD2,853221
42.6
Open
8new
JC
Jhonder CádizWuhan Three Towns · CHN · 2,507 in the world
FWD2,518207
39.8
Open
9new
WM
Wesley MoraesSichuan Jiuniu · CHN · 2,557 in the world
FWD2,260134
39.6
Open
10new
GS
Gustavo SauerWuhan Three Towns · CHN · 2,598 in the world
FWD2,07386
39.5
Open
11new
C
CléberYunnan Yukun · CHN · 2,713 in the world
FWD2,230184
39.0
Open
12new
J
JeffinhoShenyang Urban · CHN · 3,104 in the world
FWD2,219122
37.7
Open
13new
BA
Bunyamin AbdusalamYunnan Yukun · CHN · 3,549 in the world
FWD91653
36.2
Open
14new
L
LeonardoSHANGHAI SIPG · CHN · 3,668 in the world
FWD2,099124
35.8
Open
15new
ZY
Zhang YuningBeijing Guoan · CHN · 3,712 in the world
FWD2,396167
35.7
Open
16new
AQ
Alberto QuilesTianjin Teda · CHN · 3,923 in the world
FWD2,576125
35.0
Open
17new
LA
Luís AsuéShanghai Shenhua · CHN · 4,544 in the world
FWD1,775114
33.4
Open
18new
Z
ZecaShandong Luneng · CHN · 4,993 in the world
FWD1,898104
32.2
Open
19new
CM
Cephas MaleleDalian Zhixing · CHN · 7,188 in the world
FWD1,55684
27.3
Open
20new
FC
Felippe CardosoHangzhou Greentown · CHN · 7,333 in the world
FWD1,60775
27.1
Open
21new
GM
Guy MbenzaShenyang Urban · CHN · 7,460 in the world
FWD1,630111
26.8
Open
22new
ND
Nany DimataChongqing Tongliang Long · CHN · 9,150 in the world
FWD2,11883
23.2
Open
23new
GS
Guilherme SchettineTianjin Teda · CHN · 9,333 in the world
FWD1,923113
22.8
Open
24new
AK
Ange KouaméShenyang Urban · CHN · 11,634 in the world
FWD2,07353
17.9
Open
25new
LX
Liu XinxiangSHANGHAI SIPG · CHN · 12,240 in the world
FWD1,20152
16.5
Open
26new
LZ
Liu ZhurunSHANGHAI SIPG · CHN · 12,537 in the world
FWD1,54834
15.8
Open
27new
BA
Baihelamu AbuduwailiChengdu Better City · CHN · 12,912 in the world
FWD91640
14.7
Open
28new
CS
Carlos StrandbergQingdao Jonoon · CHN · 14,291 in the world
FWD1,69141
10.3
Open
29new
WZ
Wang ZimingChengdu Better City · CHN · 14,821 in the world
FWD95503
8.0
Open
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How it works

Four things decide a place

Our method is our own and we keep the detail to ourselves. This is what goes into it, in plain words.

Results

Every win, draw and defeat, and by how much. A club is judged on what it did, not on its name or its wage bill.

Who it came against

Beating a strong side counts for more than beating a weak one, and the level of the competition counts too, so a European night weighs what it should.

How recent

Twelve months, rolling, with the latest matches counting for the most. Last spring still matters; last week matters more.

For players, the minutes

What a player did with his time on the pitch, judged against others in the same role, at the level he did it, and how his side fared while he played.

10matches in the twelve months for a club to be ranked
900minutes in the twelve months for a player
180days without a match and a club or player drops out
Clubsonly: national-team matches, youth sides and friendlies are left out
The endpoint

The same rankings, one call away

Four endpoints on the Live & Archive plan. Pick one to see the call and what it answers tonight.

Documentation

        
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