JPN · Club

Gamba Osaka ☆

Statistics
Team strength · Elo all ratings ›
Rating 1,598 everyone starts at 1500
Peak 1,774 reached 1 Jan 2016
Rank #544 of 14,598 clubs
Matches rated 555 last 24 Oct 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%
J1 League 468 115 24.6%
Emperor's Cup 80 20 25.0%
Club Friendlies 4 0 0.0%
FIFA Club World Cup 3 0 0.0%
By calendar year
YearPDDraw%Max
2026 12 5 41.7% 3
2025 41 7 17.1% 10
2024 44 13 29.5% 8
2023 35 7 20.0% 10
2022 38 11 29.0% 5
2021 43 9 20.9% 10
2020 35 5 14.3% 10
2019 36 11 30.6% 7
2018 35 7 20.0% 12
2017 37 10 27.0% 6
2016 37 8 21.6% 10
2015 41 11 26.8% 9
2014 40 6 15.0% 15
2013 3 1 33.3% 1
2012 39 12 30.8% 5
2011 2 1 50.0% 1
2010 6 2 33.3% 2
2009 6 1 16.7% 5
2008 7 2 28.6% 5
2007 5 2 40.0% 1
2006 4 1 25.0% 2
2005 3 1 33.3% 2
2004 3 0 0.0% 3
2003 1 1 100.0% 0
1993 1 0 0.0% 1
1991 1 1 100.0% 0

Over 434 matches (Mar 2015 – Oct 2026), Gamba Osaka drew 104 where the draw model expected 111.8 from those particular fixtures — about 8 fewer, or 0.9 standard errors, which is what the model expected, near enough.

A flat league average would have expected 106.3 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.