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Leeds United may be top of the Championship, but just how do they measure up, not only against the rest of English football, but the world too?

According to leading pollster FiveThirtyEight’s Global Club Soccer Rankings, the Whites sit outside the top 100 in the global game, despite an impressive season under Marcelo Bielsa and they’re not even the best team in their own division.

United currently occupy 112th in the chart, four places behind title rivals Sheffield United, with Chris Wilder’s Blades in 108th.

They are, however, comfortably ahead of nearest challengers and next opponents Norwich City though, with Daniel Farke’s Canaries down in 139th.

They are also ahead of their local Premier League rivals Huddersfield Town too, with the beleaguered Terriers in 125th.

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FiveThirtyEight’s rankings are calculated through various means, including the Monte Carlo method, and typically estimate the relative strength of a team’s offensive and defensive capabilities, updated after each respective round of a competition.

Premier League champions Manchester City sit currently atop the pile, leading the side whom they trail at the summit of the top flight, Liverpool, while Tottenham and Chelsea also feature in the last two spots of the top ten.

Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich, Ligue 1 holders Paris Saint-Germain, La Liga leaders Barcelona and Serie A powerhouse Juventus make up the next four spots, from third through sixth, with the Spanish capital pair of Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid in seventh and eighth respectively.

English teams fare generally poorly on the current ranking, with Crystal Palace the next highest in 45th.

United host Norwich on Saturday at Elland Road as they look to go six points clear at the top of the table.