K League's 'No. 3 in Asia and No. 38 in the World' Evaluation, Japan Drops to No. 2 in 亞

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• International Football Historical Statistics Federation Announced

The professional soccer K-League ranked 38th in the top 100 of the world league rankings in 2025 as evaluated by the International Federation of Football History Statistics (IFFHS).

According to IFFHS's recently released 2025 global league ranking, the K-League ranked 38th with 438.75 points, down six notches from the previous year.

It is the third in Asia after the Saudi Professional League (13th, 868.75 points) and Japan's J-League (18th, 700.75 points).

As of 2024, Asia's No. 1 ranking was Japan (20th at the time) and Saudi Arabia (21st), but Asia's No. 1 position changed as the Saudi league rose eight notches in a year.

IFFHS explained that Saudi Arabia has risen to the top of the Asian league for the first time in 25 years. South Korea has maintained its third place in Asia after 2024.

The K-League ranking was higher than that of the U.S. Major League Soccer (40th) or the Australian A-League (73rd), but lower than that of Azerbaijan (37th) and Peru (34th).

The world's No. 1 league was dominated by the English Premier League (EPL.2359) and the Spanish Primera Liga (2073 points) and the Brazilian league (1999 points), respectively.

While Italy's Serie A (1,572 points), which was the No. 1 league in 2024, fell to fourth place, EPL rose from third place to first place, and Brazil rose from fourth to third.

The top five leagues by continent were ▲Asia Saudi (13th), Japan (18th), South Korea (38th), the United Arab Emirates (42nd), Thailand (47th) ▲Europe England (1st), Spain (2nd), Italy (4th) -Germany (5th) -France (6th) ▲South America Brazil (3rd), Argentina (8th) -Colombia (10th) - Ecuador (14th) and Paraguay (19th).

▲Africa Egypt (16th), Morocco (39th), South Africa (45th), Algeria (46th), Tunisia (51st) ▲ North and Central America Mexico (22nd), Costa Rica (28th), the United States (40th), Nicaragua (55th) and Honduras (57th). Oceania was in the order of New Zealand and Tahiti, but both were out of the top 100.

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