Tottenham avoided relegation on the final day, but a new global ranking shows just how much rebuilding still lies ahead.
It was a disastrous 2025/26 season for Tottenham Hotspur, one that very nearly ended in relegation before the club secured survival on the final day by a margin of just two points.
Spurs endured one problem after another throughout the campaign. Three different managers occupied the dugout, the club suffered the worst injury crisis in its history, and a lack of recruitment in key transfer windows left the squad desperately short of quality and depth.
It was a position few would have imagined Tottenham finding themselves in, given this is a club that is part of the Premier League’s ‘Big Six’, and one that had ended the previous campaign by finally getting its hands on a long-awaited European trophy.
Instead of building on that success, Tottenham spent most of the season looking over their shoulder at the relegation zone. And while Roberto De Zerbi deserves enormous credit for dragging the club to safety, the damage done across the season has inevitably affected how Spurs are viewed from the outside.
Tottenham’s place in Opta’s latest power rankings revealed
Opta have now released their latest global power rankings, which attempt to measure the strength of football clubs around the world using a rating system that assigns every team a score between zero and 100.
The rankings compare almost 13,500 men’s clubs from more than 180 countries, with the highest-rated side in world football awarded a score of 100 and every other team ranked relative to them. The system is updated daily and takes into account results, opposition strength and overall performance levels to create a global leaderboard.
Following the 2025/26 season, Tottenham find themselves down in 30th place, below the likes of Club Brugge, Brentford and Fulham. Even more frustrating for Spurs supporters will be the fact that their North London rivals Arsenal sit at the very top of the rankings.
| Rank | Team | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 100.0 |
| 2 | Bayern München | 99.8 |
| 3 | Manchester City | 98.0 |
| 4 | Paris Saint-Germain | 97.3 |
| 5 | Barcelona | 96.2 |
| 6 | Manchester United | 95.2 |
| 7 | Aston Villa | 95.2 |
| 8 | Real Madrid | 95.0 |
| 9 | Internazionale | 94.3 |
| 10 | Liverpool | 94.1 |
| 11 | AFC Bournemouth | 93.6 |
| 12 | Borussia Dortmund | 92.6 |
| 13 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 92.5 |
| 14 | Newcastle United | 92.4 |
| 15 | Sporting CP | 92.3 |
| 16 | Brentford | 92.1 |
| 17 | Benfica | 91.9 |
| 18 | Nottingham Forest | 91.7 |
| 19 | Chelsea | 91.7 |
| 20 | Atlético de Madrid | 91.6 |
| 21 | Bayer Leverkusen | 91.2 |
| 22 | Club Brugge | 91.1 |
| 23 | Roma | 91.0 |
| 24 | Fulham | 90.9 |
| 25 | Crystal Palace | 90.5 |
| 26 | Napoli | 90.4 |
| 27 | Porto | 90.4 |
| 28 | Everton | 90.4 |
| 29 | Juventus | 90.2 |
| 30 | Tottenham Hotspur | 90.1 |
Tottenham cannot afford to repeat the same mistakes
The last two seasons have provided Tottenham with plenty of lessons, and the club simply cannot afford to ignore them.
The consequences have already been visible. Reports have suggested Spurs’ commercial value has taken a significant hit, while their reputation on the pitch has suffered even more after consecutive campaigns spent fighting near the bottom of the table.
If Tottenham are serious about returning to European competition, they must properly back De Zerbi this summer with the players he wants and, just as importantly, enough players to build genuine squad depth.
The encouraging sign for supporters is that the club already appear active in the market, with multiple names linked and several deals reportedly progressing behind the scenes.
However, transfer links alone solve nothing, as what actually matters is turning those links into completed signings
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