Club · VBET League (Ukraine) · Tier 3

Shakhtar Donetsk

The short answerShakhtar Donetsk are 64th in the world on The Beaumont Index, rated 1544, with a plausible range of 37th to 120th. That makes them 0.24 goals per 90 minutes better than an average club from Europe's top five leagues, and 1st of 16 in the VBET League (Ukraine).

Our verdictA top-200 club in the world, the best side in its league on our numbers. Results are running well ahead of the football, so expect some regression. The trend is down.

Club profile

What this club is made of

World rank64Likely range 37–120

Rating1544

League rank1 of 16

Points per game2.50

Expected points per game1.74

Points vs expected+7.6

Trend falling

Confidencemedium

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

Lowest pillar

Squad age curve

How many minutes go to players in their peak years

Strongest 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 2.50 points a game from 10 matches, while their performances have been worth 1.74. That is 7.6 points more than the football deserved, which our model calls lucky. Their opponents this season have averaged a rating of 1243, a tougher schedule than the VBET League (Ukraine) average.

For context, the next one below is Polissya, rated 1416. Their lead over the second-best side is 128 rating points.

Compared with the rest of their league, their style stands out for very high passes completed close to goal, very low direct, long passing and very high touches in the opposition box.

On rating, they play like a tier-1 side, 2 tiers above the level of their own league.

The VBET League (Ukraine) itself is 45th in our world league ranking, where its average club is 1.72 goals per 90 worse than the top-five average.

How sure are we? Confidence in this rating is medium: the range of 37th to 120th 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

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