The Top 500 clubs in CONCACAF

In order to be the best, you've gotta beat the best. But how do you determine who's the best? We think we've come up with a way using mathematics to weight games and competitions. We've compiled the data going back to 2011, and have stacked the teams up against one another. So who can lay claim to being the best in CONCACAF?

As explored in our previous article about the top 10 leagues in CONCACAF, it should be no surprise that Liga Bancomer MX is the top league, and thus it's no surprise that the number one team - Club América - plays in Liga MX. América is as storied a club as you get, having won Liga MX a record twelve times in addition to eight FIFA recognized club trophies. They won titles most recently in the 2013 Clausura and 2014 Apertura, and top our list at 1,659 points. The top twelve teams in fact play in Liga MX, and the lowest rated Liga MX team - Veracruz - is ranked 31 thanks to it being in the Ascenso MX (Mexican Second Division) until being promoted in 2013.

The highest ranked non-Liga MX team is the LA Galaxy, who come in at thirteenth. The Galaxy have won three of the last four MLS Cups and come in just beneath their cross border rivals in Tijuana.Coming in just behind LA at fourteenth is Costa Rican giants Deportivo Saprissa. Saprissa has won the  Primera División de Costa Rica a record 31 times and always does well in the CONCACAF Champions League matches.Two of the next three teams are Costa Rican, with Alajuelense and Herediano bookending Liga MX team Querétaro.

As you can see though, this goes far beyond the traditional CONCACAF powerhouses and gets into some of the more obscure teams and leagues. From teams like Bermuda's Flanagan's Onions FC to leagues like the Surinamese Eerste Klasse, CONCACAF is full of teams great and small.