2Q June 2025 AFC Ranking

the KA Leagues Ranking

2Q 2025 Performance ranking of Asian leagues, based on international club competitions – derived ELO method

June 30, 2025

	League (s)		Clubs	Clubs	Pts	RPS_PIF	ex pos.	diff.	Zone/Region
1	Saudi Arabia	KSA	🇸🇦		43,144	160,235	1	≡	AFC Middle East
2	Japan	JPN	🇯🇵		25,452	94,528	2	≡	Asia-Pacific
3	South Korea	KOR	🇰🇷		23,058	85,636	3	≡	Asia-Pacific
4	United Arab Emirates	UAE	🇦🇪		21,515	79,906	4	≡	AFC Middle East
5	Qatar	QAT	🇶🇦		18,514	68,760	5	≡	AFC Middle East
6	Thailand	THA	🇹🇭		18,242	67,750	8	+2	Asia-Pacific
7	Uzbekistan	UZB	🇺🇿		15,554	57,767	6	-1	AFC Middle East
8	Iran	IRN	🇮🇷		14,448	53,659	7	-1	AFC Middle East
9	China	CHN	🇨🇳		11,734	43,580	9	≡	Asia-Pacific
10	Jordan	JOR	🇯🇴		10,039	37,284	11	+1	AFC Middle East
11	Malaysia	MAS	🇲🇾		9,910	36,805	12	+1	Asia-Pacific
12	Singapore	SIN	🇸🇬 🇯🇵 🇧🇳		7,976	29,623	16	+4	Asia-Pacific
13	Australia	AUS	🇦🇺🇳🇿		7,919	29,411	10	-3	Asia-Pacific
14	Tajikistan	TJK	🇹🇯		7,675	28,505	14	≡	AFC Middle East
15	Iraq	IRQ	🇮🇶		7,252	26,934	13	-2	AFC Middle East
16	Kuwait	KUW	🇰🇼		6,952	25,819	15	-1	AFC Middle East
17	Hong Kong	HKG	🇭🇰		4,187	15,550	17	≡	Asia-Pacific
18	Turkmenistan	TKM	🇹🇲		3,643	13,530	23	+5	AFC Middle East
19	Vietnam	VIE	🇻🇳		3,479	12,921	22	+3	Asia-Pacific
20	Lebanon	LIB	🇱🇧		3,466	12,873	18	-2	AFC Middle East
21	Bahrain	BHR	🇧🇭		2,617	9,719	19	-2	AFC Middle East
22	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	🇰🇬		2,082	7,732	21	-1	AFC Middle East
23	Cambodia	CAM	🇰🇭		2,044	7,591	26	+3	Asia-Pacific
24	Indonesia	IDN	🇮🇩		1,959	7,276	20	-4	Asia-Pacific
25	Philippines	PHI	🇵🇭		1,475	5,478	24	-1	Asia-Pacific
26	Myanmar	MYA	🇲🇲		0,551	2,046	27	+1	Asia-Pacific
27	Oman	OMA	🇴🇲		0,486	1,805	25	-2	AFC Middle East
28	India	IND	🇮🇳		0,195	0,724	28	≡	Asia-Pacific
29	Yemen	YEM	🇾🇪		0,165	0,613	29	≡	AFC Middle East
30	Bhutan	BHU	🇧🇹		0,093	0,345	30	≡	Asia-Pacific
31	Palestine	PLE	🇵🇸		0,036	0,134	32	+1	AFC Middle East
32	Laos	LAO	🇱🇦		0,035	0,130	34	+2	Asia-Pacific
33	Mongolia	MNG	🇲🇳		0,032	0,119	31	-2	Asia-Pacific
34	Bangladesh	BAN	🇧🇩		0,029	0,108	33	-1	Asia-Pacific
35	Syria	SYR	🇸🇾		0,011	0,041	35	≡	AFC Middle East
36	Chinese Taipei	TPE	🇹🇼		0,010	0,037	37	+1	Asia-Pacific
37	Brunei Darussalam	BRU	🇧🇳		0,005	0,019	36	-1	Asia-Pacific
38	Afghanistan	AFG	🇦🇫		0,001	0,004	38	≡	AFC Middle East
39	Nepal	NEP	🇳🇵		0,001	0,004	39	≡	Asia-Pacific

Club Ranking ↓

Notes
Importance of continental rankings relative to global rankings
The Asian continental rankings (ELO Ranking Asia), solely depict the position of a league or club based on international cups, like the Champions League. These rankings are highly technical in nature. For a more precise evaluation of football strength and quality, you should refer to the KA Football Leagues Global Rating or the KA Football Club Global Rating. Global rankings differ from continental rankings by considering more factors. A global league rating takes into account the level of attractiveness and reputation of a league, as measured by the number of players from that league who feature in top national teams (AIF), regardless of the performance of clubs in international competitions. Furthermore, we consider a nation’s general football reputation, evaluated through national team historical results and the most esteemed individual football awards (NFRI). The global club ranking exhibits a greater disparity from the continental ranking. It considers additionally a club’s standing in domestic league competitions in tandem with the global rating of league. As a result, clubs playing in highly ranked leagues but rarely participating in continental competitions may also feature in the global club rankings, occasionally achieving respectable positions.
ELO AFC – International Matches Leagues & Clubs Performance Rankings
Clubs earn points for match results under the ELO method scheme. Points are determined based on the relative strength of each opponent, with the expected score factor calculated first. A point value is then determined using factors specific to the match, including the match importance, score, and goal difference, which either increase or decrease the base value. Each of the continental rankings covers international matches arranged or recognized by FIFA or the continental federation. For Asia, this includes the Champions League, Champions League Elite, Champions League Two, AFC Cup, AFC Challenge League as well as the FIFA Club World Cup, FIFA Intercontinental Cup, and possibly also other sub-continental or inter-continental competitions, like: AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League, ASEAN Club Championship, the Arab Club Champions Cup, SAFF Club Championship, J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship or Lusail Super Cup, if they appear on the calendar during the season. The full list of games taken into account can be found under this link (tab: Competitions covered by Rankings in the Season).

Depreciation

The classic ELO method assigns points to a base value, either adding or subtracting them. However, this distorts the evaluation of a club when they do not play matches, as its ranking value remains constant. Therefore, in the KA system, we utilise an additional depreciation algorithm in ELO rankings. This algorithm gradually reduces the point value of a club that does not play matches. As a result, such a club after some time acquires a zero or negative value and drops out of the ranking. This can impact the national league’s total score, leading to some countries not being displayed in the ranking table.

Multinational Leagues

Some countries have more than one flag displayed (on desktop screens: the small one in the corner of the bigger). This means that clubs from other countries can participate in the league systems of these countries, although only those countries where foreign clubs are usually present in the first or second division are marked in this way.

Australia / New Zealand

New Zealand club Wellington Phoenix competes in the Australian A-League. New Zealand’s newly formed club Auckland FC starts playing  in the A-League from the 2024/25 season.

Singapore / Japan / Brunei / Malaysia

There have been two non-Singaporean clubs that compete in the Singapore Premier League – Albirex Niigata is a satellite team of the Japanese club of the same name and DPMM of the Brunei. On 26 March 2025, DPMM announced their intention to return to Malaysia Super League after 17 years of absence.

India

Previously I-League was the highest tier league in the Indian football system. The new Indian Super League (ISL), franchise-based league was officially launched on 21 October 2013. Initially AFC was recognising the ISL as a tournament, not a league. The ISL has been granted official recognition by the AFC in 2017, that was meaning there were two collateral top divisions in India from 2017/18. India clubs agreed to work together on league roadmap, according to it, among others, since season 2019-20, the ISL will attain the status of premiere league competition in Indian football and not later then season 2024-25, it will be implemented of a fully promotion and relegation system into the top league, and there will be an abolition of two parallel leagues. Indian Super League become the sole top-tier league in the country from 2022–23 season. I-League has lost the top-tier status, although the champion of the I-League will stand a chance to be promoted to the ISL with no participation fee. The first season of ISL with the new status started to be played from 7 October 2022.

Palestine

Palestine is a member of FIFA & AFC. Due to political reason the football division system is parted into two: the West Bank league system, with the West Bank Premier League, as the top division, and the Gaza Strip system, with the Gaza Strip Premier League as of the highest level division on this territory (presently doesn’t work because of war).

the Ranking Points, RPS and IC3

Ranking points (ELO points) are calculated according to the ELO method. In terms of leagues, these points are derived from the values obtained by clubs. The tables also show values labeled RPS_PIF and IC3. RPS (Relative Point Score) is a value obtained by converting ELO points acquired in a ranking according to the same formula used throughout the KA system. This practice enables the comparison of values from different continental rankings. Each RPS assigned to a certain league is multiplied by PIF (Power Index Federation), which allows for the determination of the KA Football Leagues Global Rating. The Inter-Continental Club Coefficient (IC3) is solely dedicated to clubs and is determined by their continental ranking points, taking into consideration the PIF (Power Index Federation) of the continent, as well as the AIF value. It is a crucial indicator for determining the KA Football Club Global Rating.

Leagues Ranking ↑

the KA Club Ranking

2Q 2025 Performance ranking of Asian clubs, based on international club competitions – ELO method

June 30, 2025

	Club	Country	Country	League	Pts	IC3	diff. pos.	Zone/Region	diff. pts.
1	Al-Hilal Saudi FC	KSA 🇸🇦		KSA	55,213	1,616	≡	AFC West Asian	-1,357
2	Al-Ahli Saudi FC	KSA 🇸🇦		KSA	46,128	1,344	+7	AFC West Asian	+19,591
3	Kawasaki Frontale	JPN 🇯🇵		JPN	44,033	1,278	+1	AFC East Asian	+5,495
4	Al-Nassr Saudi FC	KSA 🇸🇦		KSA	39,826	1,165	-1	AFC West Asian	+0,506
5	Al-Sadd	QAT 🇶🇦		QAT	30,945	0,907	+2	AFC West Asian	-0,384
6	Yokohama F. Marinos	JPN 🇯🇵		JPN	29,957	0,870	≡	AFC East Asian	-1,604
7	Gwangju FC	KOR 🇰🇷		KOR	28,838	0,837	+12	AFC East Asian	+10,608
8	Ulsan HD	KOR 🇰🇷		KOR	28,026	0,817	-3	AFC East Asian	-8,694
9	Buriram United	THA 🇹🇭		THA	27,206	0,790	+17	AFC Southeast Asian	+11,678
10	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	KOR 🇰🇷		KOR	27,091	0,789	-8	AFC East Asian	-17,846
11	Johor Darul Ta'zim	MAS 🇲🇾		MAS	26,893	0,783	-3	AFC Southeast Asian	-0,526
12	Persepolis	IRN 🇮🇷		IRN	25,540	0,745	-1	AFC Central Asian	-0,353
13	Urawa Red Diamonds	JPN 🇯🇵		JPN	24,204	0,703	-3	AFC East Asian	-1,751
14	Sharjah FC	UAE 🇦🇪		UAE	22,344	0,649	-1	AFC West Asian	+1,151
15	Al-Duhail	QAT 🇶🇦		QAT	21,966	0,642	-3	AFC West Asian	-2,950
16	Al-Ain	UAE 🇦🇪		UAE	20,156	0,587	≡	AFC West Asian	+0,958
17	Nasaf Qarshi	UZB 🇺🇿		UZB	19,544	0,568	-3	AFC Central Asian	-0,775
18	Pohang Steelers	KOR 🇰🇷		KOR	19,382	0,563	-3	AFC East Asian	-0,268
19	Vissel Kobe	JPN 🇯🇵		JPN	18,701	0,543	-2	AFC East Asian	-0,042
20	Shandong Taishan	CHN 🇨🇳		CHN	18,248	0,530	-2	AFC East Asian	-0,252
21	Esteghlal	IRN 🇮🇷		IRN	17,484	0,508	-1	AFC Central Asian	-0,039
22	Pakhtakor	UZB 🇺🇿		UZB	16,394	0,478	≡	AFC Central Asian	-0,037
23	Istiklol	TJK 🇹🇯		TJK	16,184	0,472	-2	AFC Central Asian	-0,642
24	Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai	UAE 🇦🇪		UAE	15,967	0,464	≡	AFC West Asian	=
25	Bangkok Glass	THA 🇹🇭		THA	15,192	0,441	-2	AFC Southeast Asian	-1,075
26	Kuwait SC	KUW 🇰🇼		KUW	15,153	0,440	-1	AFC West Asian	-0,385
27	Sydney FC	AUS 🇦🇺		AUS	14,695	0,437	+2	Australia and Oceania	-0,292
28	Lion City Sailors	SIN 🇸🇬		SIN	14,588	0,437	+8	AFC Southeast Asian	+1,236
29	Al-Rayyan	QAT 🇶🇦		QAT	14,454	0,439	+2	AFC West Asian	-0,033
30	Sepahan	IRN 🇮🇷		IRN	14,203	0,439	≡	AFC Central Asian	-0,361
31	Shanghai Shenhua	CHN 🇨🇳		CHN	14,121	0,437	+1	AFC East Asian	-0,032
32	Al-Wasl FC	UAE 🇦🇪		UAE	14,041	0,437	+1	AFC West Asian	-0,032
33	Al-Shabab Riyadh	KSA 🇸🇦		KSA	13,662	0,441	-6	AFC West Asian	-1,835
34	Al-Wehdat	JOR 🇯🇴		JOR	13,593	0,439	≡	AFC West Asian	-0,188
35	Al Wahda Abu Dhabi	UAE 🇦🇪		UAE	13,446	0,437	-7	AFC West Asian	-1,806
36	Shanghai Port	CHN 🇨🇳		CHN	12,661	0,437	+1	AFC East Asian	-0,029
37	Al-Taawoun	KSA 🇸🇦		KSA	12,198	0,437	+6	AFC West Asian	+2,593
38	Al-Ittihad	KSA 🇸🇦		KSA	11,957	0,440	-3	AFC West Asian	-1,606
39	Bangkok United	THA 🇹🇭		THA	11,892	0,437	≡	AFC Southeast Asian	-0,095
40	Kitchee	HKG 🇭🇰		HKG	11,039	0,431	-2	AFC East Asian	-1,482
41	Al-Shorta	IRQ 🇮🇶		IRQ	9,807	0,428	≡	AFC West Asian	-0,136
42	Al-Gharafa	QAT 🇶🇦		QAT	9,775	0,422	≡	AFC West Asian	-0,078
43	Daegu FC	KOR 🇰🇷		KOR	9,666	0,414	-3	AFC East Asian	-1,298
44	Al-Hussein Irbid	JOR 🇯🇴		JOR	9,287	0,410	+2	AFC West Asian	-0,128
45	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	IRQ 🇮🇶		IRQ	9,180	0,403	-1	AFC West Asian	-0,364
46	Al-Fayha	KSA 🇸🇦		KSA	8,381	0,397	-1	AFC West Asian	-1,126
47	Muangthong United	THA 🇹🇭		THA	8,000	0,397	+4	AFC Southeast Asian	-0,111
48	Navbahor Namangan	UZB 🇺🇿		UZB	7,775	0,397	-1	AFC Central Asian	-1,044
49	Al-Ahed	LIB 🇱🇧		LIB	7,658	0,399	-1	AFC West Asian	-1,028
50	Ventforet Kofu	JPN 🇯🇵		JPN	7,499	0,397	-1	AFC East Asian	-1,007
51	Incheon United	KOR 🇰🇷		KOR	7,418	0,397	-1	AFC East Asian	-0,996
52	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	JPN 🇯🇵		JPN	6,676	0,397	+3	AFC East Asian	-0,027
53	Central Coast Mariners	AUS 🇦🇺		AUS	6,555	0,397	+1	Australia and Oceania	-0,164
54	Melbourne City	AUS 🇦🇺		AUS	6,435	0,397	-2	Australia and Oceania	-0,959
55	Al-Khaldiya	BHR 🇧🇭		BHR	5,961	0,397	+1	AFC West Asian	-0,199
56	Selangor	MAS 🇲🇾		MAS	5,361	0,397	+1	AFC Southeast Asian	-0,759
57	Al-Faisaly Amman	JOR 🇯🇴		JOR	5,334	0,400	-4	AFC West Asian	-1,409
58	Cong An Ha Noi FC	VIE 🇻🇳		VIE	5,257	0,397	+8	AFC Southeast Asian	+1,686
59	Zhejiang Professional	CHN 🇨🇳		CHN	4,320	0,397	+1	AFC East Asian	-0,679
60	Duhok SC	IRQ 🇮🇶		IRQ	3,920	0,397	+11	AFC West Asian	+0,687
61	PSM Makassar	IDN 🇮🇩		IDN	3,588	0,397	+2	AFC Southeast Asian	-0,837
62	Cerezo Osaka	JPN 🇯🇵		JPN	3,337	0,397	-4	AFC East Asian	-2,022
63	Abdysh-Ata Kant	KGZ 🇰🇬		KGZ	3,258	0,397	-1	AFC Central Asian	-1,190
64	Arkadag FK	TKM 🇹🇲		TKM	3,234	0,397	+17	AFC Central Asian	+0,867
65	Kaya	PHI 🇵🇭		PHI	3,163	0,397	+7	AFC Southeast Asian	=
66	Al-Faisaly	KSA 🇸🇦		KSA	3,129	0,397	-7	AFC West Asian	-2,064
67	Tractor	IRN 🇮🇷		IRN	3,085	0,397	+1	AFC Central Asian	-0,239
68	Altyn Asyr	TKM 🇹🇲		TKM	3,067	0,397	-1	AFC Central Asian	-0,443
69	Port FC	THA 🇹🇭		THA	3,052	0,397	≡	AFC Southeast Asian	-0,238
70	Nassaji Mazandaran	IRN 🇮🇷		IRN	2,843	0,397	-9	AFC Central Asian	-2,113
71	Al-Qadsia	KUW 🇰🇼		KUW	2,794	0,397	+3	AFC West Asian	-0,264
72	Svay Rieng	CAM 🇰🇭		CAM	2,784	0,397	+6	AFC Southeast Asian	+0,147
73	Al-Nasr Dubai	UAE 🇦🇪		UAE	2,594	0,397	+2	AFC West Asian	-0,223
74	Al-Ettifaq	KSA 🇸🇦		KSA	2,547	0,399	+2	AFC West Asian	-0,221
75	Nam Dinh	VIE 🇻🇳		VIE	2,397	0,397	+4	AFC Southeast Asian	-0,214
76	Terengganu	MAS 🇲🇾		MAS	2,376	0,397	-6	AFC Southeast Asian	-0,899
77	Tampines Rovers	SIN 🇸🇬		SIN	2,117	0,397	≡	AFC Southeast Asian	-0,613
78	Wuhan Three Towns	CHN 🇨🇳		CHN	1,780	0,397	-14	AFC East Asian	-2,167
79	Foolad	IRN 🇮🇷		IRN	1,674	0,397	-14	AFC Central Asian	-2,158
80	Persib Bandung	IDN 🇮🇩		IDN	1,614	0,397	+2	AFC Southeast Asian	-0,531
81	Al-Riffa	BHR 🇧🇭		BHR	1,346	0,399	+4	AFC West Asian	-0,474
82	Al-Wakrah	QAT 🇶🇦		QAT	1,218	0,399	+5	AFC West Asian	-0,443
83	Hà Nội FC	VIE 🇻🇳		VIE	1,091	0,397	-10	AFC Southeast Asian	-2,026
84	Ravshan Kulob	TJK 🇹🇯		TJK	0,967	0,397	+4	AFC Central Asian	-0,561
85	Dong A Thanh Hoa	VIE 🇻🇳		VIE	0,917	0,397	+5	AFC Southeast Asian	-0,540
86	Al-Arabi Kuwait	KUW 🇰🇼		KUW	0,889	0,397	+9	AFC West Asian	-0,212
87	Shan United	MYA 🇲🇲		MYA	0,869	0,397	+11	AFC Southeast Asian	=
88	Borneo Samarinda	IDN 🇮🇩		IDN	0,748	0,397	+4	AFC Southeast Asian	-0,466
89	Kashima Antlers	JPN 🇯🇵		JPN	0,653	0,397	-9	AFC East Asian	-1,788
90	Cebu FC	PHI 🇵🇭		PHI	0,649	0,397	+7	AFC Southeast Asian	-0,272
91	Madura United	IDN 🇮🇩		IDN	0,639	0,397	-2	AFC Southeast Asian	-0,872
92	Al-Seeb	OMA 🇴🇲		OMA	0,568	0,397	+4	AFC West Asian	-0,375
93	East Bengal	IND 🇮🇳		IND	0,539	0,397	+6	AFC South Asian	-0,232
94	Al-Nahda	OMA 🇴🇲		OMA	0,474	0,397	-11	AFC West Asian	-1,624
95	Lee Man FC	HKG 🇭🇰		HKG	0,402	0,397	+6	AFC East Asian	-0,180
96	Kuala Lumpur City	MAS 🇲🇾		MAS	0,376	0,397	+4	AFC Southeast Asian	-0,265
97	Al-Kahrabaa	IRQ 🇮🇶		IRQ	0,375	0,397	-13	AFC West Asian	-1,505
98	United City FC	PHI 🇵🇭		PHI	0,332	0,397	-12	AFC Southeast Asian	-1,446
99	Eastern	HKG 🇭🇰		HKG	0,325	0,397	+3	AFC East Asian	-0,148
100	Dhofar	OMA 🇴🇲		OMA	0,324	0,397	+3	AFC West Asian	-0,148
101	Al-Arabi	QAT 🇶🇦		QAT	0,321	0,399	+4	AFC West Asian	-0,147
102	Ahli Sanaa	YEM 🇾🇪		YEM	0,258	0,397	+5	AFC West Asian	-0,119
103	Nagoya Grampus	JPN 🇯🇵		JPN	0,191	0,397	-12	AFC East Asian	-1,187
104	Paro FC	BHU 🇧🇹		BHU	0,146	0,397	+4	AFC South Asian	-0,174
105	Macarthur	AUS 🇦🇺		AUS	0,135	0,397	-12	Australia and Oceania	-1,047
106	Beijing Guoan	CHN 🇨🇳		CHN	0,121	0,397	-12	AFC East Asian	-1,004
107	Nejmeh	LIB 🇱🇧		LIB	0,087	0,397	+3	AFC West Asian	-0,170
108	Hilal Al-Quds	PLE 🇵🇸		PLE	0,056	0,397	+4	AFC West Asian	-0,113
109	Young Elephants	LAO 🇱🇦		LAO	0,055	0,397	+5	AFC Southeast Asian	-0,068
110	Falcons	MNG 🇲🇳		MNG	0,050	0,397	+1	AFC East Asian	-0,175
111	Al-Ahli Manama	BHR 🇧🇭		BHR	0,049	0,397	+4	AFC West Asian	-0,061
112	Bashundhara Kings	BAN 🇧🇩		BAN	0,046	0,397	+1	AFC South Asian	-0,092
113	Al-Fotuwa	SYR 🇸🇾		SYR	0,017	0,397	+7	AFC West Asian	-0,036
114	Tainan City FC	TPE 🇹🇼		TPE	0,016	0,397	+9	AFC East Asian	-0,020
115	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	KOR 🇰🇷		KOR	0,013	0,397	-11	AFC East Asian	-0,455
116	Jeonnam Dragons	KOR 🇰🇷		KOR	0,013	0,397	-10	AFC East Asian	-0,451
117	Kasuka FC	BRU 🇧🇳		BRU	0,008	0,397	+5	AFC Southeast Asian	-0,032
118	Mohun Bagan	IND 🇮🇳		IND	0,006	0,397	≡	AFC South Asian	-0,060
119	Odisha FC	IND 🇮🇳		IND	0,002	0,397	-10	AFC South Asian	-0,291
120	Attack Energy	AFG 🇦🇫		AFG	0,002	0,397	+5	AFC Central Asian	-0,016
121	Church Boys United	NEP 🇳🇵		NEP	0,001	0,397	+7	AFC South Asian	-0,014

*Australia & Oceania Region (according to rules of the KA System) includes clubs from both AFC and OFC (and it works in the Global Ranking). When you select the Australia & Oceania Region from the drop-down list of regions in the table above, you will potentially see only clubs from AFC countries and territories: Australia, West Papua (Indonesia), Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.

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