Two seasons ago Paris Saint-Germain were a 23-point club in Europe. Then they produced 37.5, and then 40.5 — the two highest single-season returns in this entire database, higher than anything Bayern München or Real Madrid managed in the same period. Those two seasons alone (78 points) are worth almost as much as their previous four combined (93).
Season by Season
- 2018-19 · 19
- 2019-20 · 31
- 2020-21 · 24
- 2021-22 · 19
- 2022-23 · 19
- 2023-24 · 23
- 2024-25 · 37.5
- 2025-26 · 40.5 ★ best
- 2026-27 · 6 (in progress)
Why They Are Still Third
Because the five-year window still contains the lean years. PSG's current total carries 19 from 2022-23 and 23 from 2023-24 — two modest campaigns that Bayern and Real both beat comfortably at the time. A rolling window does not care that a club has transformed; it only cares what sits inside the five years it happens to be looking at.
And Why They Will Not Be for Long
When 2022-23 rolls out of the window, each club loses exactly what it scored that season. PSG lose 19. Bayern lose 27. Real Madrid lose 29. Nobody plays a match, and the order changes:
- 🇫🇷 Paris Saint-Germain · 126 → 107 · 1st
- 🇩🇪 Bayern München · 130.5 → 103.5 · 2nd
- 🇪🇸 Real Madrid · 128.5 → 99.5 · 3rd
That is the whole mechanism. PSG do not need to improve — they need the calendar to turn. France sit 5th in the country coefficient on 67.8 with 7 clubs in Europe, and PSG are the engine of that number. One caveat: this assumes the coming season is played out evenly. A deep run by Bayern or Real, or an early exit for PSG, changes the sums — the subtraction is fixed, next season's additions are not.
Snapshot as of 14 August 2026. All figures from this site's own coefficient database; season-by-season points are stitched from several five-year windows, since each window exposes only its own five seasons. The projection subtracts each club's actual 2022-23 return from its current total and adds nothing — it shows the effect of the window moving, not a forecast of next season's results. The 2026/27 figure is still accumulating.