Brazil · Football economics
How Brazil’s 2026 men’s club rankings count five seasons
Flamengo led the CBF’s 2026 men’s club ranking with 16,314 points, 1,384 ahead of Corinthians. The ranking counts five years of results and gives the most recent year five times the weight of the oldest.
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Four of the ten highest-ranked clubs came from Rio de Janeiro state.
Two domestic champions led the table
Flamengo won the 2025 Série A and led the CBF ranking for a sixth consecutive year. Corinthians won the Copa do Brasil and rose from fourth to second. Cruzeiro made the largest climb among these 20 clubs, gaining eight places to finish eleventh. Source 1 Source 3
How the CBF weights each season
The CBF counts the top four men’s national league divisions and the Copa do Brasil. It multiplies scores from the newest season by five and then steps down to four, three, two and one for earlier seasons. The most recent results carry the greatest weight as the five-year window moves. Source 2
League divisions carry different scores
The scoring schedule gives 800 base points for a Série A title and 400 for a Série B title. Before weighting, a Copa do Brasil title is worth 600 points. Those are competition scores. The chart shows the total across all qualifying seasons and competitions. Source 2
State federations have a separate ranking
The CBF also ranks state federations. Its release lists São Paulo first in that ranking, ahead of Rio de Janeiro. The federation table helps allocate places in competitions including the Copa do Brasil and Série D, under each competition’s own rules. Source 3