While club football was on a break, we also compiled our first Performance Index Ranking of the 2024/25 season. There were a few surprises, as the start of the season often brings in the rankings, but nothing too drastic.

INDEX RANKING:

The top five in our index ranking are made up of defending champions, with Barcelona (2nd) being the exception. Inter Milan comes in at 8th, Real Madrid is at 15th, and Bayer Leverkusen is in 41st.

Paris Saint-Germain tops our early ranking of the clubs in Europe’s top seven leagues. They share the podium with Barcelona and PSV Eindhoven. Manchester City comes in 4th, while Sporting CP rounds out the top five. Marseille, Liverpool, Inter Milan, Villarreal, and Heidenheim conclude the top ten.

Santa Clara is the highest-ranked of the recently promoted clubs, followed by Groningen and Parma.

Bochum, St. Pauli, and Saint-Étienne are at the bottom of the ranking.

It is a new domestic season, and we can see many signs that the defending champions are going to put up a good fight to keep hold of their title.

THE TOP TEN TEAMS ON THE RANKING:

1st | 🇫🇷 Paris Saint-Germain (French Ligue 1) – 86.33 points
2nd | 🇪🇸 Barcelona (Spanish La Liga) – 82.25 points
3rd | 🇳🇱 PSV Eindhoven (Dutch Eredivisie) – 60.5 points
4th | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manchester City (English Premier League) – 57 points
5th | 🇵🇹 Sporting CP (Portuguese Primeira Liga) – 52 points
6th | 🇫🇷 Marseille (French Ligue 1) – 51.67 points
7th | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liverpool (English Premier League) – 46.33 points
8th | 🇮🇹 Inter Milan (Italian Serie A) – 39.67 points
9th | 🇪🇸 Villarreal (Spanish La Liga) – 38.25 points
10th | 🇩🇪 Heidenheim (German Bundesliga) – 38 points

WHERE THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS ARE RANKED, and their POINTS:

1st | 🇫🇷 Paris Saint-Germain (French Ligue 1) – 86.33 points
3rd | 🇳🇱 PSV Eindhoven (Dutch Eredivisie) – 60.5 points
4th | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manchester City (English Premier League) – 57 points
5th | 🇵🇹 Sporting CP (Portuguese Primeira Liga) – 52 points
8th | 🇮🇹 Inter Milan (Italian Serie A) – 39.67 points
15th | 🇪🇸 Real Madrid (Spanish La Liga) – 30.25 points
41st | 🇩🇪 Bayer Leverkusen (German Bundesliga) – 18 points

WHERE THE RECENTLY PROMOTED ARE RANKED and their POINTS:

35th | 🇵🇹 Santa Clara (Portuguese Primeira Liga) – 19.63 points
46th | 🇳🇱 Groningen (Dutch Eredivisie) – 15.13 points
59th | 🇮🇹 Parma (Italian Serie A) – 11.67 points
69th | 🇪🇸 Leganés (Spanish La Liga) – 9.5 points
81st | 🇫🇷 Auxerre (French Ligue 1) – 7 points
83rd | 🇳🇱 Willem II (Dutch Eredivisie) – 6.75 points
85th | 🇪🇸 Espanyol (Spanish La Liga) – 6 points
88th | 🇵🇹 AVS Futebol SAD (Portuguese Primeira Liga) – 5.63 points
91st | 🇪🇸 Valladolid (Spanish La Liga) – 5.25 points
93rd | 🇵🇹 Nacional (Portuguese Primeira Liga) – 4.5 points
99th | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leicester City (English Premier League) – 3.33 points
111st | 🇩🇪 Holstein Kiel (German Bundesliga) – 2 points
113rd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ipswich Town (English Premier League) – 1.67 points
121st | 🇮🇹 Venezia (Italian Serie A) – 0.67 points
121st | 🇮🇹 Como (Italian Serie A) – 0.67 points
126th | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Southampton (English Premier League) – 0.33 points
126th | 🇫🇷 Angers (French Ligue 1) – 0.33 points
130th | 🇩🇪 St. Pauli (German Bundesliga) – 0 points
131st | 🇫🇷 Saint-Étienne (French Ligue 1) – 0 points

THE BOTTOM TEN TEAMS ON THE RANKING AND THEIR POINTS:

123rd | 🇳🇱 Almere City (Dutch Eredivisie) – 0.63 points
123rd | 🇵🇹 Estoril (Portuguese Primeira Liga) – 0.63 points
125th | 🇳🇱 RKC Waalwijk (Dutch Eredivisie) – 0.5 points
126th | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Southampton (English Premier League) – 0.33 points
126th | 🇫🇷 Angers (French Ligue 1) – 0.33 points
128th | 🇵🇹 Estrela da Amadora (Portuguese Primeira Liga) – 0.25 points
129th | 🇵🇹 Farense (Portuguese Primeira Liga) – 0.13 points
130th | 🇩🇪 Bochum (German Bundesliga) – 0 points
130th | 🇩🇪 St. Pauli (German Bundesliga) – 0 points
131st | 🇫🇷 Saint-Étienne (French Ligue 1) – 0 points

ROBUST DEFENSE – NO GOALS CONCEDED

🇳🇱 AZ ALKMAAR, 🇩🇪 BORUSSIA DORTMUND, 🇩🇪 HEIDENHEIM, 🇮🇹 JUVENTUS, AND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 LIVERPOOL.
Five teams have not conceded a goal as things stand. Liverpool (Premier League), Juventus (Serie A), and AZ Alkmaar (Eredivisie) are the only sides in their leagues to have not conceded a goal in their domestic competitions, while both Borussia Dortmund and Heidenheim have achieved the same in the Bundesliga.

MOST POINTS (12) :

🇪🇸 BARCELONA, 🇳🇱 PSV EINDHOVEN, AND 🇵🇹 SPORTING CP.
With four rounds played in Spain, the Netherlands, and Portugal, it is Barcelona, PSV Eindhoven, and Sporting CP that have picked up the most league points, with 12 each.

It has been a perfect start to the season in terms of wins for nine clubs among the 132 clubs in Europe’s top seven leagues.
Barcelona (Spanish La Liga), Paris Saint-Germain (French Ligue 1), PSV Eindhoven (Dutch Eredivisie), and Sporting CP (Portuguese Primeira Liga) are leading their league tables as the only teams with a 100% win record. Manchester City and Liverpool are the two teams in the Premier League with this record, while Heidenheim, Bayern Munich, and RB Leipzig are the three in the German Bundesliga with this achievement.

MOST GOALS SCORED:

🇳🇱 PSV EINDHOVEN (18), 🇵🇹 SPORTING CP (16), 🇪🇸 BARCELONA (13), 🇫🇷 PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN (13), 🇪🇸 CELTA VIGO (10), AND 🇫🇷 MARSEILLE (10)

PSV Eindhoven has been the most clinical in the attacking third, averaging 4.5 goals per game in the Eredivisie. Paris Saint-Germain follows closely with a scoring average of 4.3 goals per game in the French Ligue 1, while Sporting CP is averaging 4 goals per game in the Portuguese Primeira Liga.
Six clubs have scored double-digit league goals, with PSV Eindhoven leading the way with 18. Sporting CP is close behind with 16 goals, followed by Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, each with 13 goals. Marseille and Celta Vigo round out the list with 10 league goals each.

FRAGILE DEFENSE – LEAKING GOALS:

🇳🇱 ALMERE CITY (12), 🇳🇱 RKC WAALWIJK (12), 🇳🇱 NAC BREDA (11), 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 EVERTON (10), 🇵🇹 FARENSE (10), 🇫🇷 MONTPELLIER 10), AND 🇪🇸 VALLADOLID (10)

Almere City and RKC Waalwijk have each conceded 12 goals in the Eredivisie, the most among the top seven European leagues. NAC Breda follows closely with 11 goals conceded, also in the Eredivisie.
The next four teams that have conceded double-digit goals are Everton (Premier League), Farense (Primeira Liga), Montpellier (Ligue 1), and Valladolid (La Liga), each with 10 goals conceded. Everton and Montpellier are averaging the most goals conceded per game, at 3.33 goals.

ZERO LEAGUE POINTS:

🇵🇹 Farense (Portuguese Primeira Liga) and 🇳🇱 RKC Waalwijk (Dutch Eredivisie) are the only teams in their respective leagues with no points accumulated. In the French Ligue 1, 🇫🇷 Angers and Saint-Étienne share the same fate, while 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Everton and Southampton are the two in the English Premier League. In the German Bundesliga, 🇩🇪 Bochum, Holstein Kiel, and St. Pauli are the three teams yet to earn a point.

NO GOALS SCORED:
🇩🇪 Bochum and St. Pauli have yet to score in the German Bundesliga, while 🇫🇷 Saint-Étienne has also failed to find the net in the French Ligue 1. These three clubs are the only teams without a goal scored so far.