As a soccer fan you can hear it everywhere “Home of the best league: The premier league”, “The best league in the world is the premier league” … . Many people, but also professionals such as journalists and commentators regard the premier league as the best league in the world.

As a follower of both international UEFA leagues (Champions League and Euro League) I was confused about these statements. In my opinion, it was not clear which league is the best in the world and I would rather say it varies from year to year. The first thing I did to find it out was to look at the overall international titles that the various countries gathered. In the following, I only regard four leagues: Serie A, Bundesliga, LaLiga, and Premier League. If you are into soccer, you might know why only these four leagues are considered. Taking a look at all titles and finalists in the last 10 to 20 years these four leagues represent above 90% of all titleholders and finalists.

Taking a look at the graphic below its obvious that the Spanish league LaLiga is by far the most successful league with a total of 30 titles. In this statistic the Bundesliga of my home country Germany is far behind at the end with only 14 titles. The premier league is in the middle with 22 titles close to Italy with 21 titles.

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