World's most financially powerful clubs - See where Liverpool rank

The clubs were rated by a football finance index score based on fixed assets, their economic power for future investments and net debts

The analysis is based on balance sheets and annual reports published by clubs as well as sources from as far afield as UEFA, The Financial Times, Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance, Forbes, Transfermarkt and Hooevers. This edition analyzes the financial year 2017-18.

The report ranks the financial potentials of each club and develops a methodology that looks at the performance of clubs in the five key variables, weighted against that variable's percentage of the accumulative total, thereby giving an FFI score.

According to the SoccerEx Football Finance 100 for 2020 published, PSG are the most financially inclined club in  the world with an FFI score of 5.318 and second-placed Manchester City have 5.197.

World's most financially powerful football clubs - Top 20

(20) Monaco (France) – 1.443

(19) Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) – 1.551

(18) Los Angeles (USA) – 1.657

(17) Napoli (Italy) – 1.67

(16) Manchester United (UK) – 1.743

(15) Guangzhou Evergrande (China) – 1.853

(14) Hoffenheim (Germany) – 1.922

(13) RB Leipzig (Germany) – 1.949

(12) Barcelona (Spain) – 2.036

(11) Atletico Madrid (Spain) – 2.049

(10) Borussia Dortmund (Germany) – 2.154

(9) Juventus (Italy) – 2.195

(8) Liverpool (UK) – 2.616

(7) Chelsea (UK) – 2.893

(6) Arsenal (UK) – 3.150

(5) Real Madrid (Spain) – 3.336

(4) Tottenham Hotspur (UK) – 3.441

(3) Bayern Munich (Germany) – 3.888

(2) Manchester City (England)  – 5.197

(1) Paris Saint-Germain (France) – 5.318