Five Premier League Teams in the Top 20
The highly-anticipated Champions League returns this Tuesday as the league phases kickoff. The reigning champions, Paris Saint-Germain, will begin their title defense against Atalanta on Wednesday evening, while an exciting match-up features Bayern Munich facing Chelsea in Germany. Four clubs will make their Champions League debuts this season, including Union Saint-Gilloise from Belgium, Kairat Almaty from Kazakhstan, Pafos FC from Cyprus, and Norway’s Bodø Glimt. Since the European Cup transitioned to the Champions League in the 1992/93 season, which teams have emerged as the dominant forces in this prestigious competition?
At Transfermarkt, we’ve compiled an all-time Champions League table from the 1992/93 season, calculating the points accumulated by each team. This includes knockout matches, awarding three points for a win and treating extra-time games as draws, thus granting one point to each team. This intriguing list reveals the impact clubs have made on UEFA’s elite competition over the past few decades, with five Premier League teams ranking in the top 20.
Ranking of Teams in the All-Time Champions League Table
Unsurprisingly, Real Madrid leads the way as the ultimate Champions League champions. With 15 titles, they have amassed a staggering 661 points from 331 matches since the 1992/93 season, outpacing any other team by over 50 points. Bayern Munich claims the second spot with 609 points from 308 games, followed closely by Barcelona, who has earned 607 points from 309 matches. Manchester United, currently absent from European competition, sits in fourth place with 445 points from 228 Champions League games.
In fifth place is Juventus, with 399 points from 230 matches, followed by Chelsea in sixth, who have 356 points from 197 games. Porto, representing the first non-top-five league, comes in seventh with 353 points from 228 games. AC Milan occupies the eighth spot with 340 points from 207 games, while Arsenal follows in ninth with 337 points from 201 matches. Rounding out the top 10 is Liverpool, with 301 points from 163 matches.
