WCR Top 25 - April 9, 2024

All of the rankings are below.  If you don’t like the list, please feel free to check out our methodology page, which includes links to all of the source data we are using. 

1.  Manchester City (Eng) (100 pts) (4 first place votes) (LW 1) - W 4-1 vs  Aston Villa; W 4-2 at Crystal Palace.  NW:  Tue. 9/4 at (2) Real Madrid (Champions League); Sat. 13/4 vs Luton Town.

2. Real Madrid (Esp) (94 pts) (LW 2) - LW: No matches.  NW: Tue. 9/4 vs (1) Manchester City (Champions League); Sat. 13/4 at Mallorca.

3. Inter Milan (Ita) (92 pts) (LW 4) - LW: W 2-1 at Udinese.  NW: Sun. 15/4 vs Cagliari.

4. Liverpool (Eng) (87 pts) (LW 3) - LW: W 3-1 vs Sheffield United; D 2-2 at Manchester United.  NW: Thu. 11/4 vs (18) Atalanta (Europa League); Sun. 14/4 vs Crystal Palace.

5. Arsenal (Eng) (87 points) (LW 5) - LW:  W 2-0 vs Luton Town; W 3-0 at Brighton.  NW:  Tue. 9/4 vs (6) Bayern München (Champions League); Sun. 14/4 vs (17) Aston Villa.

6. Bayer Leverkusen (Ger) (75 pts) (LW 7) - LW: W 4-0 vs Fortuna Düsseldorf (DFB Pokal); Sat. 6/4 W 1-0at Union Berlin.  NW: Thu. 11/4 vs West Ham United (Europa League); Sun. 14/4 vs Werder Bremen.

7. Paris St. Germain (Fra) (75 pts) (LW 8) LW: W 1-0 vs Rennes (Coupe de France); D 1-1 vs Clermont Foot.  NW:  Wed. 10/4 vs (9) Barcelona (Champions League).

8. Bayern München (Ger) (72 pts) (LW 6) - LW: L 2-3 at Heidenheim.  NW:  Tue. 9/4 at (5) Arsenal (Champions League); Sat. 13/4 vs Köln.

9. Barcelona (Esp) (72 pts) (LW 9) - LW: No matches.  NW: Wed. 10/4 at (7) Paris St.-Germain (Champions League); Sat. 13/4 at Cadíz.

10. Borussia Dortmund (Ger) (67 pts) (LW 10) - LW: L 0-1 vs VfB Stuttgart.  NW: Wed. 10/4 at (12) Atlético Madrid (Champions League); Sat. 13/4 at Borussia Mönchengladbach.

11. AC Milan (Ita) (61 pts) (LW 11) - LW: W 3-0 vs Lecce.  NW: Thu. 10/4 vs (23) Roma (Europa League); Sun. 14/4 at Sassuolo.

12. Atlético Madrid (Esp) (54 pts) (LW 12) - LW:  No matches.  NW:  Wed. 10/4 vs (10) Borussia Dortmund (Champions League); Sat. 13/4 vs Girona.

13. RB Leipzig (Ger) (52 pts) (LW 13) - LW:  W 4-1 at Freiburg.  NW: Sat. 13/4 vs Wolfsburg.

14. Tottenham Hotspur (Eng) (44 pts) (LW 15) - LW:  D 1-1 at West Ham United; W 3-1 vs Nottingham Forest.  NW:  Sat. 13/4 at (20) Newcastle United.

15. Juventus (Ita) (33 pts) (LW 20) - LW: W 2-0 vs Lazio (Coppa Italia); W 1-0 vs Fiorentina. NW: Sat. 13/4 at Torino.

16. Sporting CP (Por) (28 pts) (LW 21) - LW: D 2-2 at Benfica (Taça da Portugal); W 2-1 vs (18) Benfica.  NW:  Fri. 12/4 at Gil Vicente.

17. Aston Villa (Eng) (26 pts) (LW 16) - LW: L 1-4 at (1) Manchester City; D 3-3 vs Brentford.  NW:  Thu. 11/4 vs Lille (Conference League); Sun. 14/4 at (5) Arsenal.

18. Atalanta (Ita) (24 pts) (LW 14) - LW: L0-1 at Fiorentina (Coppa Italia); L 1-2 at Cagliari.  NW: Thu. 11/4 at (4) Liverpool (Europa League); Mon. 15/4 vs Hellas Verona.

19. Manchester United (Eng) (24 pts) (LW 19) - LW: L 3-4 at Chelsea; D 2-2 vs Liverpool..  NW: Sat. 13/4 at Bournemouth.

20. Newcastle United (Eng) (21 pts) (LW 22) - LW: D 1-1 vs Everton; W 1-0 at Fulham.  NW: Sat. 13/4 vs (14) Tottenham Hotspur.

21. Benfica (Por) (17 pts) (LW 17) - LW: D 2-2 vs Sporting CP (Taça da Portugal); L 1-2 at Sporting CP.  NW:  Thu. 11/4 vs Marseille (Europa League); Mon. 15/4 vs Moreirense.

22. Napoli (Ita) (16 pts) (LW 25) - LW: W 4-2 at Monza.  NW:  Sat. 14/4 vs Frosinone.

23. Roma (Ita) (16 pts) (LW 23) - LW: W 1-0 vs Lazio.  NW:  Thu. 11/4 at (11) AC Milan (Europa League); Sun. 14/4 at Udinese.

24. PSV Eindhoven (Ned) (13 pts) (LW NR) - LW: W 2-0 at Excelsior; W 5-1 vs AZ Alkmaar.  NW: Sat. 13/4 vs Vitesse. 

25. Porto (Por) (10 pts) (LW 18) - LW: W 1-0 at Vítoria de Guimarães (Taça de Portugal); L 1-2 vs Vítoria de Guimarães.  NW: Sat. 13/4 vs Famalicão.

Also receiving points:  Chelsea (Eng) (10), VfB Stuttgart (Ger) (8), Real Sociedad (Esp) (7), Athletic Club (Esp) (5), Girona (Esp) (5), Feyenoord (Ned) (4), West Ham United (Eng) (4), Bologna (Ita) (1).