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30 Best Football Teams in the World [Ranked]
Apr 8, 2025
Summary
Opta have ranked the 30 best football teams in the world using their power rankings.
Teams like Manchester United and Tottenham don't even make the top 20 despite their status as one of the Premier League's 'big six.'
The top 10 teams include Manchester City and Newcastle United following the latter's Carabao Cup success.
What makes a team the best in the world? It's a rather subjective question. Sure, the amount of wins and trophies a club has won in recent times can be a good indicator, but in a sport where anyone could beat anyone, it feels like a tough ask to pick just one team that trumps the rest. After all, comparing teams from different leagues requires pure guesswork.
As a prime example, Manchester United have never locked horns with Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr. And while many may think the former would easily come out on top, it’s practically impossible to know full well. Admittedly, it’s subjective and there is technically no right or wrong answer – but everyone could use some help from the folks over at Opta, who have calculated – and recently updated – their Power Rankings.
Using an Elo algorithm which analyses results from over 2.5 million games, a rating is then assigned to that team which is comparable to other sides across the world. Points are determined by in-league ratings, the overall rating of a division, a country's rating among others and the rating of the continent a team plays in.
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