The 30 biggest clubs in world football, including Manchester United, Liverpool, and Barcelona

There are a variety of factors that determine what makes a big club, trophies won, legendary players, stadium capacity and so on.

The end result usually causes plenty of debate among supporters, keen to put forward their argument as to what makes their beloved club the best.

Thankfully, France Football have managed to compile a list of the 30 biggest clubs in the world and have based the end results on ten specific reasons, with each worth points.

They are:

Number of players in the squad to have won a World Cup
Continent level titles won (eg; Champions League),
Shirts sold per year
Annual revenue
Record transfer fee paid
Average attendance
Market value of current squad
Ballon d’Or trophies won since 1956
Social media followers
Clubs with the biggest mythical status

So, who were deemed the biggest? Take a look at the list below.

27= Santos FC – 18 points

27= Club America – 18 points

27= Independiente – 18 points

27= Galatasaray – 18 points

24= AS Monaco – 21 points

24= AS Roma – 21 points

24= VfB Stuttgart – 21 points

23. Schalke 04 – 22 points

21= Al Ahly – 23 points

21= Celtic – 23 points

19= Borussia Monchengladbach – 24 points

19= Benfica – 24 points

18. Boca Juniors – 31 points

17. Marseille – 35 points

16. Ajax – 37 points

15. Inter Milan – 60 points

14. Tottenham Hotspur – 61 points

13. Atletico Madrid – 67 points

12. Borussia Dortmund – 70 points

11. AC Milan – 78 points

10. Arsenal – 88 points

9. Manchester City – 89 points

8. Chelsea – 91 points

7. Paris Saint-Germain – 94 points

6. Juventus – 107 points

5. Liverpool – 120 points

4. Bayern Munich – 135 points

3. Manchester United – 151 points

2. FC Barcelona – 177 points

1. Real Madrid – 184 points