Football club and player rankings
The best clubs and players in world football, ranked every nightOur 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.
The best goalkeepers 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.
| 1 | new | HS Hou SenBeijing Guoan · CHN · 6,426 in the world | GK | 2,610 | 0 | 0 | 28.9 | Open |
| 2 | new | YJ Yan JunlingSHANGHAI SIPG · CHN · 7,380 in the world | GK | 3,171 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | Open |
| 3 | new | DW Dalei WangShandong Luneng · CHN · 9,047 in the world | GK | 1,718 | 0 | 0 | 23.4 | Open |
| 4 | new | YB Yan BingliangTianjin Teda · CHN · 10,112 in the world | GK | 2,299 | 0 | 0 | 21.2 | Open |
| 5 | new | HY Haoyang YaoChongqing Tongliang Long · CHN · 11,280 in the world | GK | 2,352 | 0 | 0 | 18.7 | Open |
| 6 | new | LD Liu DianzuoChengdu Better City · CHN · 11,739 in the world | GK | 2,705 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | Open |
| 7 | new | WL Weiguo LiuDalian Zhixing · CHN · 11,777 in the world | GK | 1,440 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | Open |
| 8 | new | ZH Zihao HuangDalian Zhixing · CHN · 12,774 in the world | GK | 1,170 | 0 | 0 | 15.2 | Open |
| 9 | new | QX Qinghao XueShanghai Shenhua · CHN · 13,227 in the world | GK | 2,690 | 0 | 0 | 13.8 | Open |
| 10 | new | PP Peng PengSichuan Jiuniu · CHN · 13,586 in the world | GK | 2,070 | 0 | 0 | 12.8 | Open |
| 11 | new | GW Gouming WangHenan Jianye · CHN · 14,145 in the world | GK | 1,980 | 0 | 0 | 10.8 | Open |
| 12 | new | ZW Zhifeng WangYunnan Yukun · CHN · 14,210 in the world | GK | 1,620 | 0 | 0 | 10.6 | Open |
| 13 | new | JF Jingqi FangWuhan Three Towns · CHN · 14,410 in the world | GK | 1,620 | 0 | 0 | 9.8 | Open |
| 14 | new | BZ Bo ZhaoHangzhou Greentown · CHN · 14,588 in the world | GK | 2,070 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | Open |
| 15 | new | YB Yaxiong BaoYunnan Yukun · CHN · 14,651 in the world | GK | 1,260 | 0 | 0 | 8.8 | Open |
| 16 | new | PM Pengfei MuQingdao Jonoon · CHN · 15,431 in the world | GK | 2,447 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | Open |
| 17 | new | YZ Yan ZhangShenyang Urban · CHN · 15,799 in the world | GK | 1,719 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | Open |
| 18 | new | GJ Guo JiayuWuhan Three Towns · CHN · 15,823 in the world | GK | 908 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | Open |
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.
The same rankings, one call away
Four endpoints on the Live & Archive plan. Pick one to see the call and what it answers tonight.
Put the rankings in your own product
Every ranked club and player, by country, competition, club or role, with a history you can chart. Rebuilt every night before you wake up.