Breaking down the best football leagues in the world
The ‘best’ is always a very subjective matter, but according to Opta Power Ratings, there is one clear winner when it comes to the top league in global football.
The spending power of the Saudi Pro League over the summer months has dominated the football landscape as deep pocketed Al Hilal, Al Nassr, Al Ittihad and co. have acquired the likes of Neymar, Kante, Otavio, Mahrez, Bono, Henderson and even emerging talents such as Spain’s Gabri Veiga who turned down the chance of Champions League football with Serie A champions Napoli in favour of a move to Jeddah based Al Ahli.
Despite its emerging power the Roshn Saudi League is still some way off the pace when it comes to the best in the world and according to the latest figures from Opta, the SPL is ranked at 27 in the Top 30. This showing will inevitably change with future reports with the Saudi government determined to create a league that is talked about in the same conversation as existing elite European competitions such as the Premier League, LaLiga and Serie A.
The Premier League is the dominant league globally and in recent years, the English top-flight has begun to pull away from their rival European leagues due to the vast riches of the league and subsequently clubs. That dominance has been seen in European competitions in recent years. In five of the last six seasons, there has been an English side competing in the Champions League final with three English winners. Manchester City won the competition for the first time ever last season and are probably the strongest side in Europe right now. Meanwhile, West Ham United won the Europa Conference League last campaign.
It’s not LaLiga who comes second in the ranking but the German Bundesliga which ranks as the second
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