Which TOP FIVE European League is the Most COMPETITIVE? 

This is science, and should be taken very seriously.

You should check the algerian 14-15 league table. The last placed team could still mathematically win the league just a few 5 games before the season ended. It ended up being a 15 point gap between 1st and 16th (16 teams in the league)

My view of the Prem is that the race to escape relegation is more interesting than the race for the top. It's just that dynamic.

Not a top 5 league, but League One in England has been so competitive this season. 23/24 teams could’ve changed position on the final day. The top 7 all got 80+ points, play off sides had between 80-89 points, top two got 90 & 92 points. Closest it’s been for years and promotion and relegation went to the final game

The Brazilian First Division is very underrated in terms of competitiveness. Although the quality of the football is not on par with Serie A, La Liga or the Prem, it definitely is much more interesting to watch and follow than Bundesliga or Ligue 1. And with many matches having better quality football too, specially compared to Ligue 1.

Serie A in more recent times

Nice video, but would be cool be cool if included more leagues, like eredivise and primeira liga

Not a real league but I think if you mix up The Eredivisie and Belgian Pro League you would get quite an interesting and competitive league with A LOT of exciting youngsters going at each other.

Honestly would have been interesting to expand it to the top 10 leagues. Although looking at the austrian Bundesliga as an austrian is depressing: - Only 2 league champions in the last decade (Austria Vienna 1x, Red Bull Salzburg 9x in a row) and 5 in the last two decades (GAK 1x, Sturm Graz 1x, Rapid Vienna 2x, Austria Vienna 3x, Red Bull Salzburg 13x) - Points gap in top 10 (after 22 games in regular season; it split up after that and points were halved): 33 points at an average of 3.6 points - Title contenders this year: 1

Hey Adrian, great video as always! Please a part 2 of this where you rank other or lower leagues some of which you mentioned towards the end.

Germany is the toughest league race for who's coming in 2nd every year. Lol

Funny though that to "round down" the winners of Serie A of the last 20 years to three, exacty the 99-2000 and 2000-01 seasons had to be left out of the count, because otherwise it would have been 5, with Lazio winning in 2000 and Roma winning in 2001. Just two years really made a big difference from that pov. Also one year before this one would have been enough to add Milan to the winners of the last decade. So we went from 3 winners in the last 10 years / 5 winners in the last 20 years to 2 in 10y/3 in 20y in just two seasons P.S: I would have added Eredivisie and Liga Nos to this, too

Yeah I pretty much agree. 1. Premier league, 2. Serie A, 3. La Liga, 4. League 1, 5. Bundesliga. If it wasn't because of Bayern bundesliga could've been the most exciting league but they're just unreasonably above everyone else it doesn't even make sense anymore. Thankfully Milan and Inter picked up and didn't let the same thing happen to Serie A.

As of this year , I would make a case for this rank - EPL ( no question , talent , competition, fair , and passion filled stadiums ) La Liga ( I don't have a super strong case for La Liga , right now they're going through changes so it's difficult to define > they could be in 2nd place , but not the hottest year although Barcelona is climbing once again ) Serie A ( I LOVE THIS NEW LOOK !! Napoli winning is a breath of fresh air , and the top teams are all great ) Bundesliga ( VERY HIGH TALENT - 4 teams fighting their way through to the UCL Round of 16 ) Primeira Liga ( i love these new Benfica and Porto teams, Sporting even looking bright ! ) Ligue 1 ( i think they're cooking somewhere overtime , but just hopefully it won't forever be a PSG definite )

Well the title says “Which top five european league IS the most competitive”, so we should talk about this season and imo serie a is by far the most fun to watch (there’s competition for the title, for the european spots and also in the relegation zone)

The fact that you put Bundesliga 2 in S Tier makes me somehow unbelievable happy as a fan of a team that is in that league :D

I own a moderate sized farm in southern France that operates in the summer months and I can confirm during our off season most of my employees go off to play in Ligue 1

Adrian, As a fellow North American, I think you should review the MLS. Sure it's not up to Quality as the Top 5 Leagues, but 9 Different League Winners in the last 10 years shows a lot of Parity. There also our Salary Structure where it keeps it competitive.

I agree completely with this list. My problem online is only that people often mistake competitiveness with quality. I agree that the Bundesliga isn't a competitive league but because of that prem fans don't rate Bundesliga players which is a logical flaw in my opinion. Just because Bayern are super consistent and one of the best teams in the world doesn't means that the quality of the rest is exponential worse than other leagues like Serie a or Prem. If Juventus and Psg would be run as good as Bayern it would be the same picture.

I appreciate how you noted the year to year dynamics and money flow for the league - that makes a lot of what is the joy of the Premier and the burden that Ligue 1 carries - I personally enjoy watching highlights from the Premier League most , and I believe in their teams a lot more than any other league for those reasons , and it's all entertainment at the end of the day , so I choose to watch the most fair football : )

I think you should added European competition as well, how far they get.

I would probably have expanded this to include virtually every european top flight. I dunno, a tier list with 5 options might aswell just get ranked from Least to Most competitive.

My list: 1) Premier league 2) Bundesliga 3) Serie A 4) La liga 5) Ligue 1 Although not a top 5 league one of my absolute favourite leagues is the 2.Bundesliga. Just incredible.

Great shirt Adrian. Back in the time it was considered the ugliest Dutch kit but then again we won our only cup with it so it has become quite iconic.

This is awesome and Id love to see the list include some other major leagues.

In the last 20 years 50% of European titles have been won by Spanish team In the last 10 years: 20 Spanish titles (61%) 8 English titles (24%) 5 German titles (15%) Spanish teams have been finalist in 28 times of 33 European finals in the last 10 years

I demand you do one with the concacaf leagues and rank MLS above liga MX .

Adrian, this is a good video. Competitiveness is very subjective as it is a multivariate function as alluded to in the video. The EPL is the original super league in Concept. Especially, with the influx of foreign money since the early '00s. EPL teams typically have over 60% of their starting 11 are foreigners. They repeatedly farm players from the competition for Bayern, PSG etc, thus leaving those teams in a perpetual rebuilding cycle.

Another great video! By far the most underrated and under-appreciated football RU-vidr out there

You should do tier lists of leagues outside of the big 5. For example Netherlands, Portugal, Austria, Belgium and Turkey.

I also wanna add that the Portuguese has gained much more power among the big teams ! Benfica & Porto rank among UCL-QF teams and Sporting gave a nice shake in their group which felt pretty even this year ! I would rank it side to side with or slightly below Serie A !

Serie A by far

May the 4th be with you! Another quality video my guy.

The only S tier league that ever existed would have to be Serie A during the 90s and early 2000s.

I looked up Bundesliga winners in the 90's i was surprised that Bayern didn't dominate.

If you want a close competition in Germany, watch the 2nd Division. It is always insanely tight at the top! I mean this season alone there are like 6 teams still in the run for promotion. The 1st Liga ist lame AF. Bayern dominating, Dortmund bored at 2nd place and then Leipzig + one team battling it out for the CL. Edit: OK while watching I saw he mentionend that in the End. Good man!

I know this might require a Asia sized load of research, but how about the rest of Europe's Leagues as I'm curious to know where you'd place them (We all know where the San Marinese League is gonna go)

1. Premier League 2. La Liga 3. Serie A 4. Ligue 1 5. Bundesliga

Would MLS be considered S tier by this criteria? Seems like it would be. Otherwise, I have complaints about the rankings, as they are definitive and done by an expert with a degree in tier-making

you should do it with conmeball leagues, they are more competitive

Great video bro! Will want you to make these kind of tier videos for the top 5 leagues in all the continents. I think that will take quite a bit of research to do hahahaha!

What other league apart from Serie A has had 4 different title winners in the past 4 years? None. That makes Serie A the most competitive league in Europe right now.

The Premier League is the best, there is no other league that is as fast paced and full of constant action as it.

I would make a rule for all leagues to make them competitive. A team that wins more than 2 consecutive years will have to start with a handicap next season. It will be calculated like this: If club A wins the league in 2022, and then in 2023 that club will start season 2024 with minus -3 points instead of 0. If they win 2024 too they will start 2025 season with -6 and so on.

For me, a great flaw in the competitiveness in all of those top european leagues is the high number of "limbo places", since most of them grants no prize qualification from 8th to 17th places! So, other than a little extra cash for finishing higher, a lot of teams have no incentive to play the last 3-4 matches of the competition. Here in Brazil, instead of 10 limbo places, we have only 4: from 13th to 16th - with the same 20 teams overall. Because of that every single team has something to fight for to the last match, with great drama in the last rounds. They should think about that in Europe, especially now with the advent of Conference League which could grant more qualification spots to the top leagues.

Valencia won La Liga both in 01/02, and 03/04. Strange that a football expert wouldn't know that.

I think the league's performance in the European competitions should have been added.

Hey Rabona! Check out the Chilean league, teams seem to land anywhere anytime! Since Colo-Colo's dominance I have no idea how they'll do from year to year. Take some time to check the results out for the past few years at least, its worth it.

I’d say as 2023 seasons come to an end that the list would go like this: S: A: Serie A B: Premier League C: Bundesliga, La Liga D: F: Ligue 1

So going invincible in Primier league is more impressive than the other leagues since The Primier league is ranked higher than the rest

Most "competitive" is overrated imo. Don't get me wrong, I like competitive leagues because the games matter more and the title races are more exciting but it has no factor on how good the level of the league actually is. Just take a look at Serie A for proof. It's the most competitive out of the 5 big leagues. Yet it's not the strongest league out of the 5. Imo it's currently 4th or maybe even 5th. Italian teams have been a disgrace in European competitions for over a decade. Forget winning the CL they can't even win the Europa League. AC Milan will probably win Serie A this year and they were beaten by Liverpool's reserves. The best team they've had over the last decade were those Juventus sides which made the CL finals twice. And that happened when it was one of the LEAST competitive leagues when Juventus won 9 straight. Lastly, having a more competitive league doesn't = being better suited for winning the CL. This is the excuse used for PSG or Bayern slipping up. But AGAIN look at Serie A. Super competitive, yet their teams have been failing miserably in Europe. When it comes to the CL there is no science to it or perfect formula. The strongest squads and collections of talent typically win. Bayern have been dominating Germany for 10 years straight and still won the CL twice. It's all about who has the talent, who has the luck go their way and who shows up on the given day in a knockout competition. Not being tested enough because you play in a weaker league CAN be a factor, but it doesn't have to be. Similarly a competitive and grueling league season CAN be a detriment in Europe because managers rest their stars less and might prioritize league fixtures, but again, it doesn't have to be. There is no formula because there are examples of winning and losing with every scenario.

1) PL 2) S 3) L 4) no one 5) no one 6) L1 7) B

I loved this video idea You should make part 2 with now other Leagues in top 20 As croatian, i put My league in D tier, its just that bad, but last 2 seasons shows promises in end of Dinamo Zagreb's rain

Actually I'm really curious about other Leagues now. Like in Brazil, Mexico, Netherlands. Give me the top 20-25 leagues.

English Premier League, hands down.

MLS is S tier. If you look at how their system/salary caps, their NBA format system. It balances out all the clubs making it more competitive and enjoyable. You dont see super teams and stacked lineups like PSG. Theyre all balanced out very well

One of these for leagues outside the top 5? (like Portugal 👀)

1 Serie A 2 Premier League 3 La Liga 4 Ligue 1 5 Bundesliga

Please make this a regular each season 🙏

I think right now....Serie A is the most competitive. It's not the BEST league in terms of quality and Finances..but you had 3 teams legitimately going for the title this year...last year it was a 2 way battle until the last few weeks...the year before that was Juve's last of 9 in a row...you have the top 4 being Fluid...with Napoli, Roma, Atalanta getting in or out. Right now..it's a open as it gets...next year Juve, Inter, Milan, Napoli and possibly even Roma will have legitimate title aspirations..there's no other league in Europe that has at least 4 real Title contenders right now. The EPL is dominated by Liverpool and Man City......It has the best finaces..meaning that Everton has a bigger Budget than say AC Milan..but $$$$ does not make it competitive...it's a closed duopoly of 2 teams for the title and just 2-3 of the remaining 18 can consistently be in the top 4 Bundesliga and Ligue 1 are 1 team leagues...so is the Eredivisie to certain extent...The Portuguese league is more open now with Benfica and Porto slightly falling off and Sporting being decent..but Serie A is where you find REAL competitiveness

Depends how u view it. In terms of title races best in the last 5 years is Seria A last 10 years the prem. In terms of table variability it’s the prem.

Another great video Adrian 👍🏽 thank Paco for me!

That legendary sm57 instrumental dynamic mic sounds shockingly good as a podcast mic . Anyway - I agree with your list , let’s go Manchester United ❤❤👍🏼✌🏽

Love the content. Ngl that bundesliga one is brutally honest that bundesliga fans need to hear

1. Epl 2. La liga 3. Serie a 4. Bundesliga 5. Ligue 1

La liga past year season was very competitive it was four horses race

The French league is not in the top 5, portugal is in that place

Bundesliga 2 recognition. Respect 🙌

How is the premier League competitive if the top 2 are 20ish point's ahead of the others competing for uefa places?in Italy and Germany teams win league 10 year's in a row and in France PSG lost the league to Lille last year but that's not happening any time soon,in Spain is also a top 2 race

I’d have to say la liga, this title race of Liverpool and man city you can’t figure out where either would drop even a single point. On the other hand Real Madrid are on their way to champions league finals proving they deserve there lead in the league they amassed. Yet every single league game is suspenseful.

2. buli supremacy!!

I enjoy Bundesliga. Bayern domination aside that is. I find the games entertaining to watch.

La liga has been the most competitive especially recently people can say we’ll only three different winners but in all leagues nowadays it’s only 2-4 teams that can actually compete for it regularly but Roman abramovich may buy Valencia which can put it back to a 4 team league while Villarreal Real Betis Sevilla Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao that always compete it can really become a very interesting league with more equal funding now for the past years and with another impressive generation of Spanish players coming through la liga will go back to being the number 1 league again

With the criteria that you described, I feel that Ligue 1 would be bottom B tier, everything was in favour for them, the league is just biased against based on PSG winning 8/10 but it wasn't anything like Serie A or Bunderliga (9 in a row and 10 in a row) PSG's domination has been 4 in a row and 3 in a row. The entire league table is a lot closer and more competitive as shown in you analysis, so personally it's up to the bottom of B tier for me. (Also the "winning the league by a lot of points" argument, City won by 12 points last year in the prem, Liverpool by 18 points the year before, City by 19 points the year of 100 points, so it happens in other leagues too)

La Liga and it’s not even close

I love bundesliga that's it. Remaining I rarely watch.

English championship is ridiculously unpredictable

American Sports fans: “Every european football league is an F for competitiveness”

Another banger as per

Hoped that you would have done more than 5, championship, eredivisie, Belgium,turkey ,

That's one Dope Adidas shirt. Also awesome vid

Deffo prem

Pinsoglio getting a deserved shout up! This is why I love Adrian❤

Great vid should have added Dutch and Portuguese leagues too tho

I sincerely believe La Liga will be the most competitive in about 5 years. Big clubs are stumbling, but we know it won't last too long and the continental dominance and El Classico craziness will be back soon with a few strong competitors rising through this phase. EPL is for now the most competitive with clubs like Chelsea and Arsenal very much being able to compete with a little bit of luck, but the two horse thing is getting a little stale and we can't rely on luck to save us from Pep and his wallet. Anyway...great video! See you on the stream tonight! PS: my offer for a little pro-bono emoji work will always be on the table. Anything you have, big or small will really help me flesh out my portfolio. I'm actually rebuilding our website and need a shit ton of work to show. I mostly get corporate stuff so my portfolio is way too dull and when you do what I do to pay the bills, you start to lose a little creativity and joy. Actually why I started my now stagnant channel lol

LIGUE1 HAS ONE BEST TEAM NAMED PARIS BUNDESLIGA HAS TWO BEST TEAM NAMED DORTMUND BAYERN LALIGA HAS THREE BEST TEAM NAMED MADRID MADRID BARCELONA SERIAA HAS FOUR BEST TEAM NAMED MILAN MILAN JUVENTUS NAPOLI PREMIERLEAUGE HAS FIVE BEST TEAM NAMED MANCHESTER ARSENAL CHELSEA LIVERPOOL SPURS

Bundesliga, obviously

With all do respect, I think we have a little anglo bias here. There is indeed one S tier league in Europe, and that's La Liga. La Liga has 6 of the best teams in Europe, UCL winners Real Madrid & Barcelona, as well as UEL winners Athletico Madrid, Seville, Valencia & Villarreal. And entertaining to watch? La Liga was home to 9 out of the last 10 Ballon D'Or winners, as well as 12 out of the last 20 runners up. No league dominates Europe more than La Liga. 6 out of the last 10 UCL champions were from La Liga. And the winningest team in UCL, is Real Madrid with 14 titles. The next best team has half as many titles. And 7 out of the last 10 winners of UEL were from La Liga, Seville being the winningest team with 6 titles. And again, the next best team have half as many titles. Of course La Liga is going to be dominated by two teams, those same 2 teams dominate all of Europe. The fact that Athletico Madrid was able to make off with the title twice in the last 10 years is a testament to how competitive La Liga can be. As is the fact that fourth place team Seville dominates in UEL. But no La Liga feat is greater IMO than lowly Villarreal besting the mighty Manchester United to win UEL last year. S tier and then some. No doubt about it.

Premiere League and la Liga are the most competitive.

Bundesliga 2 has been very competitive this season

MLS is the only truly competitive league. Deal with it. 😉 Honestly, most leagues have suffered from excessive dominance. England is not some bastion of competition. This year included. Because even though the title race is great, calling it a "Big 6" is a laugh. And from 10th down, despite the money, the actual quality of games is scarcely higher than the Championship. And that's not praising the EFC's quality. But yes, as a Bundesliga fan, Bayern's dominance, and the way people like Watzke simply wave off even trying to compete, is disgusting. It's hilarious to me that what was, for almost 20yrs, a painful league to watch is now easily the best in the Serie A.

Ahhh yes yes, gimme those tier list videos 🔥

PREMIER LEAUGE HAS 5 BEST TEAMS SERIA A HAS 4 BEST TEAMS LA LIGA HAS 3 BEST TEAMS BUNDESLIGA HAS 2 BEST TEAMS LIGUE 1 HAS 1 BEST TEAMS PL=MANUTD MANCITY LIVERPOOL SPURS CHELSEA SERIA=JUVENTUS NAPOLLI INTER ACMILAN LALIGA=BARCELONA REALMADRID A.MADRID. BUNDESLIGA=DORTMUND B.MUNICH LIGUE 1 == P.S.G

this with other leagues would be nice

City just became a One team league with City.

What city and Liverpool is doing right now barca and real Madrid did in this entire decade till 2017, and in between Atletico also were in race in 2 season which was 3 horse race till last day

Prem is an all star league.

Outside the #1 spot, Bundesliga is the most competitive league. The only league you can be relegated and playing in the Europa League during the same season

I'd probably agree with the list. COYS.

europe should be taken into consideration, la ligas dominance in europe over the last 10-20 years on budgets less than prem league.