A clear target at the top of the club Elo ratings

Figures are current as of 5 October 2026. Bayern's Elo rating is 1873. Bayern are 65 Elo points ahead of Barça. Barça's Elo rating is 1808. Arsenal's Elo rating is 1797. The gap at the summit is much wider than the separation immediately below it. The leading rating has a substantial cushion, whereas the next pair are much closer together. A rating table presents these clubs in a neat order, but the distances deserve as much attention as the order itself. To move past a near neighbour and closing on the leader are different tasks, even when both would count as progress. The table makes that distinction visible without requiring a prediction about who will close the gap. Barça are 11 Elo points ahead of Arsenal. Man City's Elo rating is 1756. Man City are 5 Elo points ahead of PSG. PSG's Elo rating is 1751. The same point applies further down the ratings. The virtually level comparison between the neighbouring clubs is especially tight. To treat such a small separation as a strong verdict would give the ordering more authority than the figures warrant. The clubs clustered below them also invite comparison rather than isolated profiles. The level and the direction of movement are separate pieces of the account. Sporting CP's Elo rating is 1728. Real Madrid's Elo rating is 1713. Real Madrid are 1 Elo point ahead of Inter. Inter's Elo rating is 1712. The rising clubs illustrate how much a short stretch can change the picture. The largest increase listed belongs to a side whose emphatic victories also produced sizeable match gains. A further contender has climbed strongly with a narrow away victory among its examples. The results offer different routes to a higher rating. A large score is visible immediately, but the rating movement shows how the result affected the assessment. The gains describe results already played rather than football still to come. Como 1907's Elo rating is 1703. Roma's Elo rating is 1694. Dortmund's Elo rating is 1689. Porto's Elo rating is 1680. The contender's heavy away victories belong beside its overall increase, while the climber's away wins provide a different set of examples. The figures are concrete results behind the movement. The overall increase should not be read as the sum of only the matches selected here: the examples illustrate part of the period, while the period total describes the whole change supplied in the figures. Man United's Elo rating is 1638. Leverkusen's Elo rating is 1626. Brighton Hove's Elo rating is 1621. Real Betis's Elo rating is 1620. The falling clubs make the distinction between an overall change and an individual match change equally useful. A sharp decline can include a positive response, as the club's away victory shows. Both belong in the account. The other declines likewise sit beside specific defeats, giving the movement more substance than a bare rating arrow would provide. Monaco's Elo rating is 1618. Olympique Lyon's Elo rating is 1615. Liverpool's Elo rating is 1611. Atleti's Elo rating is 1605. The gains and losses attached to a shared match differ, as the heavy defeat demonstrates. Each figure belongs to the club whose rating is being measured. To keep them separate preserves the assessment rather than forcing a tidy balance onto it. The useful reading of this table joins current levels, recent movement and the results behind that movement. A club can remain highly rated while falling, or rise sharply while remaining well below the summit. The figures distinctions are the reason to report both the level and the change. Brighton Hove's Elo rating rose by 97 points since 1 August 2026. Brighton Hove's Elo rating rose by 45 points in the match Coventry City 0-5 Brighton Hove on 13 September 2026. Brighton Hove's Elo rating rose by 43 points in the match Brighton Hove 3-0 Arsenal on 19 September 2026. Man City's Elo rating rose by 90 points since 1 August 2026. Man City's Elo rating rose by 16 points in the match Man United 0-1 Man City on 13 September 2026. Barça's Elo rating rose by 73 points since 1 August 2026. Barça's Elo rating rose by 16 points in the match Valencia 0-5 Barça on 6 September 2026. Barça's Elo rating rose by 14 points in the match Elche 0-5 Barça on 23 August 2026. Monaco's Elo rating rose by 26 points in the match PSG 1-2 Monaco on 4 September 2026. Monaco's Elo rating rose by 18 points in the match Monaco 2-0 Marseille on 30 August 2026. Cagliari's Elo rating rose by 65 points since 1 August 2026. Cagliari's Elo rating rose by 23 points in the match Atalanta 1-2 Cagliari on 12 September 2026. Cagliari's Elo rating rose by 20 points in the match Parma 0-1 Cagliari on 22 August 2026. Valencia's Elo rating rose by 20 points in the match Alavés 0-1 Valencia on 15 September 2026. Coventry City's Elo rating fell by 76 points since 1 August 2026. Coventry City's Elo rating fell by 46 points in the match Coventry City 0-5 Brighton Hove on 13 September 2026. Coventry City's Elo rating fell by 22 points in the