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Athletic Bilbao ☆

Statistics
Team strength · Elo all ratings ›
Rating 1,868 everyone starts at 1500
Peak 2,043 reached 21 Dec 2024
Rank #87 of 14,598 clubs
Matches rated 1,607 last 1 Nov 2026

What this team's results have earned: every match in the database is replayed in date order, both sides start at 1500 and the winner takes points from the loser. The rating is the one it held after its last rated match, and the rank counts every club ever rated, sides that no longer play included. A measure of strength, not a forecast of the next result. Computed 3 Nov 2026.

Longest no-draw runs all on the records page ›
By competition (all-time)
CompetitionPDDraw%
La Liga 1272 357 28.1%
UEFA Europa League 150 28 18.7%
Copa del Rey 107 30 28.0%
UEFA Champions League 34 9 26.5%
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 28 4 14.3%
Supercopa de España 8 2 25.0%
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 6 2 33.3%
Club Friendlies 2 0 0.0%
By calendar year
YearPDDraw%Max
2026 38 8 21.1% 11
2025 55 14 25.5% 11
2024 51 15 29.4% 6
2023 48 11 22.9% 10
2022 43 10 23.3% 6
2021 51 23 45.1% 4
2020 42 10 23.8% 18
2019 42 11 26.2% 7
2018 42 17 40.5% 6
2017 55 14 25.5% 17
2016 55 8 14.5% 13
2015 62 15 24.2% 7
2014 51 14 27.5% 8
2013 40 9 22.5% 9
2012 65 16 24.6% 8
2011 50 13 26.0% 9
2010 42 9 21.4% 15
2009 59 12 20.3% 14
2008 44 11 25.0% 6
2007 40 12 30.0% 6
2006 39 13 33.3% 5
2005 38 12 31.6% 10
2004 46 11 23.9% 9
2003 40 11 27.5% 7
2002 35 7 20.0% 8
2001 40 12 30.0% 7
2000 37 11 29.7% 6
1999 40 15 37.5% 7
1998 43 12 27.9% 5
1997 47 18 38.3% 8
1996 41 16 39.0% 5
1995 41 13 31.7% 14
1994 43 10 23.3% 8
1993 16 3 18.8% 6
1988 4 0 0.0% 4
1986 4 0 0.0% 4
1985 6 0 0.0% 6
1984 2 1 50.0% 1
1983 4 1 25.0% 2
1982 2 1 50.0% 1
1978 2 0 0.0% 2
1977 6 1 16.7% 5
1976 12 4 33.3% 4
1973 4 1 25.0% 3
1971 4 1 25.0% 3
1970 2 1 50.0% 1
1969 2 1 50.0% 1
1968 8 2 25.0% 2
1967 6 0 0.0% 6
1966 2 0 0.0% 2
1964 10 1 10.0% 9
1957 2 0 0.0% 2
1956 4 1 25.0% 3

Over 584 matches (Jan 2015 – Nov 2026), Athletic Bilbao drew 156 where the draw model expected 150.4 from those particular fixtures — about 6 more, or 0.5 standard errors, which is what the model expected, near enough.

A flat league average would have expected 148.6 instead — "more draws than the league" and "more draws than these fixtures deserved" are different claims. These matches were part of the model's own training set, so its chances were fitted already knowing the results.