Club World Rankings: Who are the top 50 clubs in the world right now

Club World Rankings: Who are the top 50 clubs in the world right now, Manchester United are placed 46th in the ranking.

In a recent list of club rankings, fans are shocked to see the positions of certain teams. Manchester United are placed at the 46th position and River Plate, a South American club has been given the 3rd rank.

There are several other clubs, who are not even from Europe are above Manchester United in this given ranking. On the other hand, Liverpool, who won the last edition of the Champions League is also not first.

Then, who has been given the first spot? If one thinks it is Manchester City, since they defeated the Reds to win the Premier League title, then it is false, as the Citizens are at 4th spot.

Then, who are at the first spot and how this ranking has been accumulated which has made this ranking so bizarre. The answer lies below as there is a company who rank clubs through statistics.

Football World Rankings explain how they rank the clubs on their website: “The calculation is set up equally to the ATP World Tennis Rankings, for example, meaning only the match result of the past 52 weeks are taken into account.”

It continues: “The match results are weighted when converted to World Ranking Points, because:

• Not every match is equally important
• Not every domestic competition of the international cup tournament is equally strong
• Not every domestic competition has the same number of matches
• Not every FIFA Confederation is equally strong”

Top 50 club rankings:

1. Lazio | Italy

2. Espanyol | Spain

3. Real Betis | Spain

4. Atalanta | Italy

5. Manchester United | England

6. Lokomotiv Moscow | Russia

7. RB Leipzig | Germany

8. Club America | Mexico

9. AS Roma | Italy

10. Benfica | Portugal

11. Junior | Colombia

12. Al Ahly | Egypt

13. Santos Laguna | Mexico

14. Inter Milan | Italy

15. Jeonbuk Motors | South Korea

16. Villarreal | Spain

17. Atletico Mineiro | Brazil

18. Getafe | Spain

19. Al Nassr | Saudi Arabia

20. Ulsan | South Korea

21. Kashima Antlers | Japan

22. Internacional | Brazil

23. Shanghai SIPG | China

24. Guangzhou Evergrande | China

25. FC Porto | Portugal

26. PSG | France

27. Napoli | Italy

28. Tottenham | England

29. Eintracht Frankfurt | Germany

30. Flamengo | Brazil

31. Ajax | Netherlands

32. Juventus | Italy

33. Monterrey | Mexico

34. Gremio | Brazil

35. Tigres UANL | Mexico

36. Sevilla | Spain

37. Al Hilal | Saudi Arabia

38. Bayern Munich | Germany

39. Atletico Madrid | Spain

40. Arsenal | England

41. Chelsea | England

42. Palmeiras | Brazil

43. Athletico Paranaense | Brazil

44. Boca Juniors | Argentina

45. Real Madrid | Spain

46. Valencia | Spain

47. Manchester City | England

48. River Plate | Argentina

49. Liverpool | England

50. Barcelona | Spain

With the criteria given above Barcelona ranks at the top of the table. However, with clubs like Bayern Munich and Juventus lowering below some non-European clubs still seems shocking.