The raw data behind the stories "Club Soccer Predictions" https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/soccer-predictions/ and "Global Club Soccer Rankings" https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/global-club-soccer-rankings/.

spi_global_rankings

Format

A data frame with 453 rows representing soccer rankings and 7 variables:

name

The name of the soccer club.

league

The name of the league to which the club belongs.

rank

A club's current global ranking.

prev_rank

A club's previous global ranking

off

Offensive rating for a given team (the higher the value the stronger the team's offense).

def

Defensive rating for a given team (the lower the value the stronger the team's defense).

spi

A club's SPI score.

Source

See https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data/blob/master/soccer-spi/README.md

See also