WCR Top 25 - May 21, 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) - TW: W 2-0 at Tottenham Hotspur; W 3-1 vs West Ham United.  NW:  Sat. 25/5 vs (25) Manchester United (FA Cup Final).

2. Real Madrid (Esp) (96 pts) (LW 2) - LW: W 5-0 vs Deportivo Alavés; D 4-4 at Villarreal.  NW: Sat. 25/5 vs Real Betis.

3. Inter Milan (Ita) (91 pts) (LW 3) - LW: D 1-1 vs Lazio.  NW: Sun. 26/5 at Hellas Verona.

4. Arsenal (Eng) (86 pts) (LW 5) - LW:  W 2-1 vs Everton.  NW:  Season Complete.

5. Bayer Leverkusen (Ger) (85 pts) (LW 4) - LW: W 2-1 vs Augsburg.  NW: Wed. 22/5 vs (12) Atalanta (Europa League); Sun. 26/5 vs Kaiserslautern (DFB Pokal Final).

6. Liverpool (Eng) (79 pts) (LW 7) - LW: W 2-0 vs Wolverhampton.  NW: Season Complete.

7. Bayern München (Ger) (72 pts) (LW 6) - LW: L 2-4 at Hoffenheim.  NW:  Season Complete.

8. Paris St. Germain (Fra) (70 pts) (LW 10) LW: W 2-1 at Nice; W 2-0 at Metz.  NW:  Sat. 25/5 vs Lyon (Coupe de France Final).

9. Barcelona (Esp) (69 pts) (LW 9) - LW: W 2-0 at Almeria; W 3-0 vs Rayo Vallecano.  NW: Sun. 26/5 at Sevilla.

10. Borussia Dortmund (Ger) (69 pts) (LW 8) - LW: W 4-0 vs Darmstadt.  NW: No matches this week.

11. RB Leipzig (Ger) (60 pts) (LW 11) - LW:  D 2-2 at Eintracht Frankfurt.  NW: Season Complete.

12. Atalanta (Ita) (57 pts) (LW 12) - LW: L 0-1 vs Juventus (Coppa Italia); W 2-0 at Lecce.  NW: Wed. 22/5 vs (5) Bayer Leverkusen (Europa League); Sun. 26/5 vs Torino.

13. Atlético Madrid (Esp) (40 pts) (LW 13) - LW:  W 3-0 at Getafe; L 1-4 vs Osasuna.  NW:  Sat. 25/5 at Real Sociedad.

14.  Sporting CP (Por) (39 pts) (LW 15) - LW: W 3-0 vs Chaves.  NW:  Sun. 19/5 vs (23) Porto (Taça da Portugal).

15. AC Milan (Ita) (37 pts) (LW 14) - LW: L 1-3 at Torino.  NW: Sat. 25/5 vs Salernitana.

16.Juventus (Ita) (33 pts) (LW 16) - LW: W 1-0 vs Atalanta (Coppa Italia); D 3-3 at Bologna. NW: Sat. 25/5 vs Monza.

17. VfB Stuttgart (Ger) (33 pts) (LW 17) - LW: W 4-0 vs Borussia Mönchengladbach.  NW: Season Complete.

18. Roma (Ita) (30 pts) (LW 18) - LW: W 1-0 vs Genoa.  NW:  Sun. 26/5 at Empoli.

19. Chelsea (Eng) (28 pts) (LW 20) - LW: W 2-1 at Brighton; W 2-1 vs Bournemouth.  NW: Season Complete.

20. Bologna (Ita) (23 pts) (LW 19) - LW: D 3-3 vs Juventus.  TW: Fri. 24/5 at Genoa.

21. PSV Eindhoven (Ned) (18 pts) (LW 21) - LW: W 3-1 vs RKC Waalwijk.  NW: Season Complete.

22. Girona (Esp) (15 pts) (LW 22) - LW: L 0-1 vs Villarreal; W 3-1 at Valencia.  NW: Fri. 24/5 vs Granada.

23. Porto (Por) (15 pts) (LW 24) - LW: W 1-0 at Braga.  NW: Sun. 26/5 vs (14) Sporting CP (Taça da Portugal).

24. Newcastle United (Eng) (11 pts) (LW 23) - LW: L 2-3 at Manchester United; W 4-2 at Brentford.  NW: Season Complete.

25.Manchester United (Eng) (9 pts) (LW NR) - LW: W 3-2 vs Newcastle United; W 2-0 at Brighton.  TW: Sat. 25/5 vs (1) Manchester City (FA Cup Final).

Also receiving points:  Real Sociedad (Esp) (8), Tottenham Hotspur (Eng) (7), Feyenoord (Ned) (7), Benfica (Por) (5), Lazio (Ita) (4), Napoli (Ita) (3), River Plate (Arg) (2).