Basketball Champions League rankings


The Basketball Champions League rankings are the competition's criteria for ordering teams and leagues according to their performance with the aim to give an objective process for determining the participation of clubs each season.

Ranking calculation

The clubs receive 2 points for a win and no points for a defeat from the regular season and the following stages. Bonus points are added to the number of points scored in a season. Since the 2020–21 season, 3 points were awarded instead of 2 points for a regular season win due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the change of competition format.
Bonus points are allocated for:
  • Clubs that are eliminated in the qualifying rounds
  • Clubs that qualify for the regular season of the Champions League.
  • Clubs that qualify for the Play-in round of the Champions League.
  • Clubs that qualify for the round of 16 of the Champions League. Since the 2021–22 season, only the 8 group winners.
  • Clubs that qualify for the quarterfinals of the Champions League.
  • Clubs that qualify for the Final Four of the Champions League.

Country coefficient

The country coefficient is used to rank the basketball leagues of Europe, and thus determine the maximum number of clubs from an association that will participate in the Basketball Champions League. This coefficient is determined by the results of the clubs of the leagues in the Basketball Champions League games over the past three seasons. The number of points awarded each season is divided by the number of clubs that participated for that association in that season. This number is then rounded up to one decimal place.

Current ranking

The ranking below takes into account of each league's performance in European competitions from 2022–23 to 2024–25.
As of May 2025 the ranking is as follows:
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Top leagues by period

The following data indicates the three top-ranked leagues in each three-year period.

Club ranking

The club coefficient is either the sum of the points earned by the club in the Basketball Champions League over the previous three seasons. This ranking is used by the BCL to determine a club's seeding in club competition draws.

Current ranking

The top 25 clubs as of October 2025 are as follows:

Top club by period

The following data indicate the top-ranked clubs in each 3-year period.