Club · Brazilian Serie A · Tier 3

São Paulo

The short answerSão Paulo are 171st in the world on The Beaumont Index, rated 1415, with a plausible range of 106th to 274th. That makes them 0.46 goals per 90 minutes worse than an average club from Europe's top five leagues, and 7th of 20 in the Brazilian Serie A.

Our verdictA top-200 club in the world, mid-table quality in the Brazilian Serie A. The football deserves more than the points so far. Form is steady.

Club profile

What this club is made of

World rank171Likely range 106–274

Rating1415

League rank7 of 20

Points per game1.34

Expected points per game1.44

Points vs expected−3.1

Trend steady

Confidencehigh

Strongest pillar

First XI

How good the usual starting eleven is

Squad depth

How much quality there is beyond the first eleven

Star spread

How evenly quality is shared. Low means the team leans on one or two stars

Club smarts

Transfer record: signings that work out, resale gains and buying young

Squad age curve

How many minutes go to players in their peak years

Lowest pillar

Manager

Results under the current head coach against what the squad suggested

Percentiles from 0 to 100: 90 means better than 90% of clubs in the league, or in the world. Higher means more of that quality. The profile describes the club. It is not part of the score. Missing bars mean there is not enough data yet. How the profile works.

This season they are taking 1.34 points a game from 32 matches, while their performances have been worth 1.44. That is 3.1 points fewer than the football deserved, which our model calls unlucky. Their opponents this season have averaged a rating of 1284, a tougher schedule than the Brazilian Serie A average.

For context, the next club above them in the Brazilian Serie A is Fluminense, rated 1415, and the next one below is Athletico Paranaense, rated 1411. The gap to the strongest side in the division, Flamengo, is 152 rating points.

The Brazilian Serie A itself is 12th in our world league ranking, where its average club is 1.05 goals per 90 worse than the top-five average.

How sure are we? Confidence in this rating is high: the range of 106th to 274th is where the club's true world rank sits four times in five. Results to 25 Oct 2026.

World club ranking · World league ranking · How it works

Nearest in the Brazilian Serie A

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154	Santos Brazilian Serie A · Brazil	1427	101–246	high
169	Vasco da Gama Brazilian Serie A · Brazil	1416	106–274	high
170	Fluminense Brazilian Serie A · Brazil	1415	106–274	high