Issue No. 2 · September 2026
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    Issue No. 2 · September 2026

    The most famous groups and teams

    Top 100 of 180 ranked · September 2026 · See today's live standing →

    First issue under methodology v5.70. Movement begins with the next issue frozen under the same version.

    The most famous groups and teams is the September 2026 edition of the ranking, frozen and published by iFAMOUS, the monthly journal of the iFANN Global Fame Rankings.

    RankNameScore
    1
    Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
    ESsports team
    		60.4
    2
    FC Barcelona
    ESsports team
    		59.0
    3
    Manchester United F.C.
    sports team
    		54.3
    4
    Paris Saint-Germain FC
    sports team
    		53.4
    5
    Manchester City F.C.
    sports team
    		53.4
    6
    Arsenal F.C.
    sports team
    		53.1
    7
    Bayern Munich
    DEsports team
    		52.8
    8
    Liverpool FC
    GBsports team
    		52.6
    9
    Chelsea FC
    GBsports team
    		52.0
    10
    Inter Milan
    ITsports team
    		51.3
    11
    Juventus FC
    ITsports team
    		49.3
    12
    Tottenham Hotspur
    GBsports team
    		49.1
    13
    AC Milan
    ITsports team
    		48.7
    14
    Galatasaray SK
    TRsports team
    		47.6
    15
    Atlético Madrid
    ESsports team
    		47.6
    16
    Fenerbahçe SK
    TRsports team
    		47.3
    17
    Aston Villa
    GBsports team
    		47.2
    18
    Inter Miami CF
    USsports team
    		47.0
    19
    Al-Nassr
    SAsports team
    		46.9
    20
    Borussia Dortmund
    DEsports team
    		46.2
    21
    AS Roma
    ITsports team
    		45.8
    22
    Newcastle United
    GBsports team
    		44.1
    23
    SSC Napoli
    ITsports team
    		44.0
    24
    Como 1907
    ITsports team
    		43.9
    25
    S.C. Corinthians Paulista
    BRsports team
    		43.9
    26
    Clube de Regatas do Flamengo
    BRsports team
    		43.5
    27
    Los Angeles Lakers
    sports team
    		43.4
    28
    West Ham United
    GBsports team
    		43.2
    29
    SL Benfica
    PTsports team
    		43.1
    30
    Olympique de Marseille
    FRsports team
    		43.0
    31
    Crystal Palace F.C.
    GBsports team
    		42.9
    32
    Real Betis Balompié
    ESsports team
    		42.7
    33
    Germany men's national association football team
    DEsports team
    		42.6
    34
    Athletic Bilbao
    ESsports team
    		42.1
    35
    Boca Juniors
    ARsports team
    		41.7
    36
    Everton F.C.
    GBsports team
    		41.2
    37
    FC Porto
    PTsports team
    		41.2
    38
    Sevilla FC
    ESsports team
    		41.1
    39
    São Paulo FC
    BRsports team
    		41.1
    40
    Sporting CP
    PTsports team
    		41.1
    41
    Sunderland A.F.C.
    GBsports team
    		41.0
    42
    River Plate
    ARsports team
    		40.9
    43
    Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
    GBsports team
    		40.8
    44
    Feyenoord Rotterdam
    NLsports team
    		40.8
    45
    Nottingham Forest F.C.
    GBsports team
    		40.6
    46
    Bayer Leverkusen
    DEsports team
    		40.5
    47
    Trabzonspor
    TRsports team
    		40.4
    48
    Olympique Lyonnais
    FRsports team
    		40.2
    49
    Clube Atlético Mineiro
    BRsports team
    		40.2
    50
    PSV Eindhoven
    NLsports team
    		40.2
    51
    Valencia CF
    ESsports team
    		40.1
    52
    Brentford F.C.
    GBsports team
    		40.0
    53
    Al Hilal SFC
    SAsports team
    		39.9
    54
    Brazil men's national football team
    BRsports team
    		39.8
    55
    SS Lazio
    ITsports team
    		39.8
    56
    New York Knicks
    USsports team
    		39.7
    57
    Celtic FC
    GBsports team
    		39.6
    58
    Fulham F.C.
    GBsports team
    		39.5
    59
    CR Vasco da Gama
    BRsports team
    		39.4
    60
    Atalanta BC
    ITsports team
    		39.4
    61
    Fluminense F.C.
    BRsports team
    		39.1
    62
    RB Leipzig
    DEsports team
    		39.0
    63
    Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
    GBsports team
    		38.7
    64
    Eintracht Frankfurt
    DEsports team
    		38.6
    65
    Chicago Bulls
    USsports team
    		38.3
    66
    Boston Celtics
    USsports team
    		38.3
    67
    Leicester City F.C.
    GBsports team
    		38.0
    68
    Grêmio FBPA
    BRsports team
    		37.8
    69
    Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras
    BRsports team
    		37.2
    70
    Philadelphia 76ers
    USsports team
    		36.9
    71
    New England Patriots
    USsports team
    		36.8
    72
    AFC Ajax
    NLsports team
    		36.7
    73
    Oklahoma City Thunder
    USsports team
    		36.7
    74
    Rangers FC
    GBsports team
    		36.7
    75
    FK Bodø/Glimt
    NOsports team
    		36.0
    76
    Kansas City Chiefs
    USsports team
    		35.9
    77
    Dallas Cowboys
    USsports team
    		35.8
    78
    Los Angeles FC
    USsports team
    		35.5
    79
    Cleveland Cavaliers
    USsports team
    		35.5
    80
    Denver Nuggets
    USsports team
    		35.4
    81
    Club Brugge K.V.
    BEsports team
    		35.3
    82
    Buffalo Bills
    USsports team
    		35.1
    83
    Torino FC
    ITsports team
    		34.9
    84
    Villarreal CF
    ESsports team
    		34.9
    85
    Miami Heat
    USsports team
    		34.8
    86
    AFC Bournemouth
    GBsports team
    		34.8
    87
    Portland Trail Blazers
    sports team
    		34.8
    88
    Truth
    IDgroup
    		34.8
    89
    SV Werder Bremen
    DEsports team
    		34.8
    90
    Dallas Mavericks
    USsports team
    		34.8
    91
    Charlotte Hornets
    USsports team
    		34.6
    92
    Tigres UANL
    MXsports team
    		34.5
    93
    Atlanta Braves
    USsports team
    		34.2
    94
    Seattle Mariners
    USsports team
    		34.2
    95
    Toronto Raptors
    CAsports team
    		34.1
    96
    Detroit Pistons
    USsports team
    		34.1
    97
    Houston Rockets
    USsports team
    		34.0
    98
    Birmingham City F.C.
    GBsports team
    		33.9
    99
    Spain men's national football team
    ESsports team
    		33.8
    100
    Green Bay Packers
    USsports team
    		33.8

    About this list

    This list ranks the most famous groups and teams in the world as of September 2026, by overall global fame rather than one month's attention: the top 100 of 180 the rankings measured, frozen as the permanent record of that edition.

    Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is No. 1 on this list for September 2026. Behind Real Madrid Club de Fútbol come FC Barcelona and Manchester United F.C..

    What famous means here

    Fame, in iFAMOUS, is how widely the world knows a name: how recognisable a person's name, face or work is, and how well people know who they are. It is assessed from extensive historical and current public data, some of it reaching back more than twenty years, and it is not merit, talent, importance or popularity on iFANN. The rankings model real-world global fame, not internet fame; the data is the instrument, not the subject. Activity on iFANN itself is excluded.

    The month in the title is the date of this edition, not the period measured. The list is a snapshot of overall fame as it stood when the issue was frozen: a name does not lose its place because one month was quiet, and a trending moment alone does not put a name here. Trending attention is published separately on ifann.net.

    How the list was ranked

    The iFANN Global Fame Rankings combine worldwide Wikipedia readership across languages, worldwide news coverage and search interest anchored against stable reference names, with search history reaching back to 2004. A twelve-month baseline sits behind the current reading and short-lived surges are capped, so the list reflects durable recognition rather than one week of headlines. Rankings are computed daily on ifann.net and frozen on the second day of the following month as that month's issue; a published issue never changes.

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    iFAMOUS is published by iFANN and powered by the iFANN Global Fame Rankings v5.70. Today's live standing for this list is on ifann.net; the journal freezes it once a month so it can be cited permanently.

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    Cite as
    "Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, No. 1 on The most famous groups and teams", iFAMOUS No. 2 (September 2026), ifamous.org

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