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 defenders in Finland
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 | JN J. NiskaInter Turku · FIN · 1,602 in the world | DEF | 1,567 | 1 | 1 | 44.0 | Open |
| 2 | new | FØ F. Østigård NessFF Jaro · FIN · 3,211 in the world | DEF | 1,255 | 1 | 4 | 37.3 | Open |
| 3 | new | VT V. TikkanenHJK Helsinki · FIN · 3,307 in the world | DEF | 1,067 | 1 | 0 | 37.0 | Open |
| 4 | new | TM T. MiettunenIlves · FIN · 3,312 in the world | DEF | 929 | 1 | 0 | 37.0 | Open |
| 5 | new | CA C. AntwiKuPS · FIN · 3,461 in the world | DEF | 1,653 | 1 | 3 | 36.5 | Open |
| 6 | new | MR M. RaleIlves · FIN · 3,589 in the world | DEF | 1,135 | 1 | 1 | 36.1 | Open |
| 7 | new | LM L. MontanoHJK Helsinki · FIN · 3,815 in the world | DEF | 1,049 | 1 | 3 | 35.4 | Open |
| 8 | new | RI R. IvanovInter Turku · FIN · 4,038 in the world | DEF | 1,659 | 1 | 0 | 34.7 | Open |
| 9 | new | MB M. BogićevićHJK Helsinki · FIN · 4,081 in the world | DEF | 916 | 1 | 0 | 34.6 | Open |
| 10 | new | LK L. KuittinenInter Turku · FIN · 5,378 in the world | DEF | 1,431 | 0 | 0 | 31.3 | Open |
| 11 | new | TH T. HämäläinenKuPS · FIN · 5,482 in the world | DEF | 1,340 | 0 | 0 | 31.1 | Open |
| 12 | new | EO E. OkerekeVPS · FIN · 5,585 in the world | DEF | 1,326 | 0 | 0 | 30.9 | Open |
| 13 | new | JP J. PirinenAC Oulu · FIN · 5,716 in the world | DEF | 1,260 | 0 | 0 | 30.5 | Open |
| 14 | new | NA N. AlhoHJK Helsinki · FIN · 5,971 in the world | DEF | 1,423 | 2 | 1 | 29.9 | Open |
| 15 | new | MO M. OgungbaroFF Jaro · FIN · 6,023 in the world | DEF | 1,129 | 0 | 0 | 29.8 | Open |
| 16 | new | FC Facundo CostantiniSJK · FIN · 6,356 in the world | DEF | 1,980 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | Open |
| 17 | new | PG P. GnanouGnistan · FIN · 6,494 in the world | DEF | 970 | 0 | 0 | 28.7 | Open |
| 18 | new | VK V. KumpuIlves · FIN · 6,695 in the world | DEF | 947 | 0 | 0 | 28.3 | Open |
| 19 | new | NN N. NurmiMariehamn · FIN · 7,019 in the world | DEF | 904 | 0 | 0 | 27.7 | Open |
| 20 | new | TK T. KaukuaAC Oulu · FIN · 7,375 in the world | DEF | 1,151 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | Open |
| 21 | new | AO A. ObileyeGnistan · FIN · 7,561 in the world | DEF | 913 | 1 | 0 | 26.6 | Open |
| 22 | new | OV O. VäistöSJK · FIN · 7,802 in the world | DEF | 920 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | Open |
| 23 | new | AL A. LötjönenKuPS · FIN · 8,029 in the world | DEF | 1,011 | 0 | 0 | 25.6 | Open |
| 24 | new | JB J. BrunellFF Jaro · FIN · 9,073 in the world | DEF | 905 | 0 | 0 | 23.4 | Open |
| 25 | new | EA E. Arko-MensahGnistan · FIN · 9,138 in the world | DEF | 953 | 0 | 2 | 23.2 | Open |
| 26 | new | MN M. NiemiVPS · FIN · 9,200 in the world | DEF | 918 | 0 | 0 | 23.1 | Open |
| 27 | new | AB A. BjonbäckFF Jaro · FIN · 11,534 in the world | DEF | 1,083 | 0 | 0 | 18.1 | 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
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