The supplied answers do not establish a complete, same-date CIES squad-value table for all 20 clubs, so a full two-model points-per-value order cannot be confirmed.
Back to the trend of the day: Atlético-Mineiro, on a seven-game unbeaten run, chase a top-six place (in Portuguese)
Poly Rating · from the trend of the day
brasileirao squad value ranking 2026
Athletico-PR sits third on 53 points, while its reported squad-value rank ranges from 11th to 15th.
- No. 1: Athletico-PR squad value and points 2026
- 9 places
01Final list
The leading AIs each built their own list of ten independently. Here is one result that is easy to check: every place has a reason, a source, and the list of AIs that included it.
Order: from most to least AI agreement.
A bright badge means this AI put the entry on its list. A dim badge means it did not.
- 1
Athletico-PR squad value and points 2026
Promoted, 3rd on 53 points; reported Transfermarkt value ranks range from 11th to 15th, so the value-rank gap is disputed.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, MiMo, Kimi, DeepSeek, Qwen. Did not include: Gemini.In their lists: Claude: 1 · ChatGPT: 1 · Grok: 4 · MiMo: 1 · Kimi: 1 · DeepSeek: 1 · Qwen: 1
What each AI noted 7
- Claudeplace 1
A promoted club with the 15th-highest squad value (€44.4m) sits 3rd with 53 points, about €0.84m per point.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 1
53 points from 30 games puts Athletico third in the table, despite a Transfermarkt squad value far below Palmeiras and Flamengo’s reported CIES totals.
Source ↗ - Grokplace 4
53 points (3rd) from an 11th-ranked ~€110m squad—strong overperformance.
Source ↗ - MiMoplace 1
53 points from the 15th-most-valuable squad in Brazil — 21 points more than Corinthians get from a squad costing more than twice as much.
Source ↗ - Kimiplace 1
A promoted club third in the table with the 15th-most expensive squad (€44.5m) — 1.19 points per €M, roughly six times Corinthians' return on a squad three times dearer.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 1
A promoted club valued 11th is third in the table — 0.49 points per €m, the best return among the published squad values.
Source ↗ - Qwenplace 1
The ultimate overachiever: 3rd in the table with only the 11th most valuable squad (€109.7m), squeezing 4.8 points per €10m invested.
Source ↗
7 AIs put it here - 2
Coritiba squad value and points 2026
Promoted, 11th with 39 points; reported squad totals range from about €29.7m to €49.9m, a major valuation disagreement.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, MiMo, DeepSeek, Qwen. Did not include: Kimi.In their lists: Claude: 2 · ChatGPT: 8 · Gemini: 1 · Grok: 2 · MiMo: 3 · DeepSeek: 10 · Qwen: 3
What each AI noted 7
- Claudeplace 2
The second-cheapest points: 39 for €29.7m, about €0.76m a point, 7 places above its value rank.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 8
A promoted club reaching 39 points by round 30 and sitting 11th is a notable return; the table alone cannot say how much came from coaching versus resources.
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 1
Promoted club achieving 39 points with a €49.85M Transfermarkt squad, producing an outstanding 0.78 points per million euros spent.
Source ↗ - Grokplace 2
39 points from a ~€50m squad, punching well above its Transfermarkt ranking.
Source ↗ - MiMoplace 3
A €45.3m promoted squad sits 11th — five places above its price tag, with the hardest run-in in Brazil waiting.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 10
€185.9m, third-most expensive, returns 0.26 points per €m — sixth in the table.
Source ↗ - Qwenplace 3
Punching massively above their €49.8m weight class, sitting 12th in the league and banking 7.8 points per €10m.
Source ↗
7 AIs put it here - 3
Bahia squad value and points 2026
5th on 49 points; supplied Transfermarkt values range from about €114m to €124m, with reported squad ranks from 4th to 9th.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, MiMo, DeepSeek, Qwen. Did not include: Gemini, Kimi.In their lists: Claude: 10 · ChatGPT: 3 · Grok: 6 · MiMo: 4 · DeepSeek: 4 · Qwen: 10
What each AI noted 6
- Claudeplace 10
4th by value (€119.4m) and 5th in the table with 49 points: roughly what the money suggests, at about €2.4m a point.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 3
49 points in fifth place, with a 60-point projection, is a strong return even though the precise paired valuation needed for a points-per-euro ranking was not verifiable.
Source ↗ - Grokplace 6
49 points from a 7th-ranked ~€124m squad.
Source ↗ - MiMoplace 4
The 9th-most-valuable squad is 5th and just banked 15.6 points of Libertadores probability in a single Sunday.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 4
€114.4m and fifth: 0.43 points per €m, with a Libertadores chase still live.
Source ↗ - Qwenplace 10
Despite heavy investment (€123.7m), they sit 6th, showing a solid return on City Football Group's capital in a brutal league.
Source ↗
6 AIs put it here - 4
Atlético-MG squad value and points 2026
7th on 47 points with a reported squad value around €88–120m; it also carries Sul-Americana and Copa do Brasil semifinal workloads.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, MiMo, DeepSeek, Qwen. Did not include: Gemini, Kimi.In their lists: Claude: 6 · ChatGPT: 5 · Grok: 5 · MiMo: 7 · DeepSeek: 7 · Qwen: 2
What each AI noted 6
- Claudeplace 6
9th in squad value (€93.2m) and 7th in the table, with Sul-Americana and Copa do Brasil semi-finals on top of the league.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 5
47 points and seventh place come during a seven-game unbeaten run and a Sul-Americana semifinal; that workload makes a raw points-per-value reading incomplete.
Source ↗ - Grokplace 5
50 points from a 10th-ranked ~€112m squad while juggling multiple cups.
Source ↗ - MiMoplace 7
7th in the table with the 10th-most-valuable squad — while spending October in three competitions at once.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 7
€103.8m, 18th place and a Copa do Brasil semi: 0.30 points per €m, but the cost is being paid in three competitions.
Source ↗ - Qwenplace 2
Rank 5 in points but only 10th in value; coaching and organization are carrying them while they balance a Sul-Americana semi-final.
Source ↗
6 AIs put it here - 5
Fluminense squad value and points 2026
4th on 51 points while reported among the league’s seven or eight most valuable squads; estimates vary by source and date.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, MiMo, DeepSeek, Qwen. Did not include: Gemini, Kimi.In their lists: Claude: 5 · ChatGPT: 2 · Grok: 10 · MiMo: 5 · DeepSeek: 3 · Qwen: 4
What each AI noted 6
- Claudeplace 5
6th by value (€111.1m), 4th in the table with 51 points, while three clubs with bigger squads (Cruzeiro, Bahia, Corinthians) have fewer points per game or sit lower.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 2
51 points and fourth place put Fluminense ahead of the better-funded pack in the run-in, with a projected 64-point finish in ValorFinal’s snapshot.
Source ↗ - Grokplace 10
51 points from an 8th-ranked ~€121m squad while still in the Libertadores.
Source ↗ - MiMoplace 5
4th in Brazil and a Libertadores semifinal from the 7th-most-valuable squad — with CIES rating Martinelli among the country's ten most valuable players.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 3
€115.8m and fourth place: 0.44 points per €m while still playing the Libertadores.
Source ↗ - Qwenplace 4
4th in the table with the 8th highest budget, proving that defending champions know how to stretch a Euro in a congested calendar.
Source ↗
6 AIs put it here - 6
São Paulo squad value and points 2026
10th on 39 points; reported Transfermarkt value is about €83–85m, with answers placing it 12th or 13th by value.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, MiMo, DeepSeek, Qwen. Did not include: Gemini, Kimi.In their lists: Claude: 7 · ChatGPT: 9 · Grok: 8 · MiMo: see list · DeepSeek: 2 · Qwen: 6
What each AI noted 6
- Claudeplace 7
13th by value (€74.9m in Feb, €83m in the later Exame list) but 10th in the table, level on 39 points with Coritiba.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 9
39 points from 30 games puts São Paulo 10th, and its 50-point model projection leaves it behind the upper-table points-per-game performers.
Source ↗ - Grokplace 8
39 points from a 13th-ranked ~€83m squad.
Source ↗ - MiMo
Named differently in its own list: open the full list.
see list - DeepSeekplace 2
€83m is only the 12th-biggest squad, yet 39 points from 30 games gives 0.47 points per €m.
- Qwenplace 6
A relatively modest €83m squad holding down 10th place, extracting 4.7 points per €10m in a highly competitive mid-table.
Source ↗
6 AIs put it here - 7
RB Bragantino squad value and points 2026
9th on 40 points with reported squad values around €85–100m; supplied answers place it 10th–12th by value.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, MiMo, DeepSeek, Qwen. Did not include: Gemini, Kimi.In their lists: Claude: 9 · ChatGPT: 7 · Grok: 7 · MiMo: 9 · DeepSeek: 5 · Qwen: 7
What each AI noted 6
- Claudeplace 9
11th by value (€85.5m) and 9th in the table, a two-place gain.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 7
40 points in ninth and a projected 51 make Bragantino a solid mid-table return, though not enough verified valuation data to claim a precise value rank.
Source ↗ - Grokplace 7
40 points from a 12th-ranked ~€100m squad.
Source ↗ - MiMoplace 9
€97.8m bought 40 points and a 79.8% continental outlook — with zero players in CIES's Brazilian top 10 to inflate the bill.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 5
€100.45m buys 40 points — 0.40 points per €m, ninth in the table.
- Qwenplace 7
The Red Bull network's efficiency shows: 9th in points with only the 12th most expensive roster in the division.
Source ↗
6 AIs put it here - 8
Vitória squad value and points 2026
36 points in cited snapshots, with reported squad values around €36.5–50.2m; its table rank also varies by snapshot.
Included it: Claude, Gemini, Grok, MiMo, Qwen. Did not include: ChatGPT, Kimi, DeepSeek.In their lists: Claude: 4 · Gemini: 4 · Grok: 3 · MiMo: 6 · Qwen: 8
What each AI noted 5
- Claudeplace 4
€36.5m (16th) for 36 points (12th), about €1.0m a point.
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 4
Collected 36 points despite holding only the 16th most valuable squad in the championship at €50.23M.
Source ↗ - Grokplace 3
36 points from a ~€50m squad, solid efficiency relative to valuation.
Source ↗ - MiMoplace 6
€43.4m, 17th in market value, 12th in the table — five places the club never paid for.
Source ↗ - Qwenplace 8
Surviving on a shoestring €50.2m budget, they rank 13th in the league but generate 7.1 points per €10m.
Source ↗
5 AIs put it here - 9
Corinthians squad value and points 2026
16th on 32 points in cited snapshots, with a reported squad value around €116–154m; answers repeatedly flag the gap but values vary.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, MiMo, DeepSeek. Did not include: Gemini, Grok, Kimi, Qwen.In their lists: Claude: see list · ChatGPT: 10 · MiMo: see list · DeepSeek: 8
What each AI noted 4
- Claude
Named differently in its own list: open the full list.
see list - ChatGPTplace 10
32 points in 16th place is the sharpest underperformance signal among the named high-profile clubs, though cup workload and debts complicate a simple mismanagement verdict.
Source ↗ - MiMo
Named differently in its own list: open the full list.
see list - DeepSeekplace 8
The most expensive squad, €218.5m, returns 0.29 points per €m — second in the table but only eighth in efficiency.
Source ↗
4 AIs put it here
02Worth knowing
What the AIs noticed while building the list.
Transfermarkt value snapshots conflict: club totals and ranks shift across the supplied February, September and October reports.
The supplied answers repeatedly identify Athletico-PR as a strong points-versus-value case, but its reported squad value ranges widely, so the exact efficiency ratio is unsettled.
CIES and Transfermarkt can give very different squad totals: one cited report places Palmeiras at €322m by CIES and about €219m by Transfermarkt.
03How we counted
In plain words, no formulas.
1The question
Top 10 Brasileirão clubs getting the most points for their squad value
2Why this topic
Readers see which cheap squads keep pace with expensive ones and which big budgets aren't paying off. No value table or league table shows that alone.
3Where it applies
Brazil, Série A 2026, all 20 clubs (promoted clubs flagged)
4What we looked at
- Points per game in 2026 set against squad market value
- Squad value rank compared with table rank
- Agreement or disagreement between two independent squad valuations (Transfermarkt crowd estimates vs CIES statistical model)
- Competitions played in parallel (Copa do Brasil, Libertadores, Sul-Americana), as context for expensive squads
- Transfermarkt — Crowd-sourced estimates of player and squad market values; totals vary by update date.
- CIES Football Observatory — Statistical-model estimates of player transfer values and squad worth; the cited club figures are not a complete same-date league table.
- CBF — Official Série A points and games played; points per game is calculated from those figures.
5Who ranked
The leading AIs, each building its own list of ten independently and naming a source for every place: Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, MiMo, Kimi, DeepSeek, Qwen.
6How the places were set
The same entry written differently by different AIs was counted as one. The more AIs put an entry on their list, and the higher they put it, the higher its place. "AI agreement" shows how many of the AIs had it on their own list. Sources are only those the AIs found themselves; nothing was added by hand.
04Each AI's own list
🇺🇸 Claude10 places · 3 notes
The same question, answered by Claude alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Athletico-PR (promoted)
A promoted club with the 15th-highest squad value (€44.4m) sits 3rd with 53 points, about €0.84m per point.
Source ↗ - 2Coritiba (promoted)
The second-cheapest points: 39 for €29.7m, about €0.76m a point, 7 places above its value rank.
Source ↗ - 3Mirassol
The 17th most valuable squad (€29.7m) has 36 points from 31 games and sits 14th.
Source ↗ - 4Vitória
€36.5m (16th) for 36 points (12th), about €1.0m a point.
Source ↗ - 5Fluminense
6th by value (€111.1m), 4th in the table with 51 points, while three clubs with bigger squads (Cruzeiro, Bahia, Corinthians) have fewer points per game or sit lower.
Source ↗ - 6Atlético-MG
9th in squad value (€93.2m) and 7th in the table, with Sul-Americana and Copa do Brasil semi-finals on top of the league.
Source ↗ - 7São Paulo
13th by value (€74.9m in Feb, €83m in the later Exame list) but 10th in the table, level on 39 points with Coritiba.
Source ↗ - 8Santos
10th by value (€89.7m) and 8th in the table with 42 points, about €2.1m a point.
Source ↗ - 9Red Bull Bragantino
11th by value (€85.5m) and 9th in the table, a two-place gain.
Source ↗ - 10Bahia
4th by value (€119.4m) and 5th in the table with 49 points: roughly what the money suggests, at about €2.4m a point.
Source ↗
What Claude noticed
Three of the four promoted clubs show up in the efficiency story: Athletico-PR and Coritiba are top-2 in the ranking, while Chapecoense (€14.3m) and Remo (€23.6m) are the two cheapest squads and also the bottom two in the table (18 and 25 points). Chapecoense have the lowest points per game (about 0.62).
Flamengo (€227.7m in Feb) lead both the table (64 pts, 2.13 per game) and the value list, with Palmeiras close behind. They cost about €3.5m and €3.3m per point, so they top the table but not the efficiency list.
Corinthians have the 5th most valuable squad (€115.9m) but are 16th with 32 points and a 36.2% relegation risk in Valor Final.
🇺🇸 ChatGPT10 places · 3 notes
The same question, answered by ChatGPT alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Athletico-PR Brasileirão squad value ranking 2026
53 points from 30 games puts Athletico third in the table, despite a Transfermarkt squad value far below Palmeiras and Flamengo’s reported CIES totals.
Source ↗ - 2Fluminense Brasileirão squad value ranking 2026
51 points and fourth place put Fluminense ahead of the better-funded pack in the run-in, with a projected 64-point finish in ValorFinal’s snapshot.
Source ↗ - 3Bahia Brasileirão squad value ranking 2026
49 points in fifth place, with a 60-point projection, is a strong return even though the precise paired valuation needed for a points-per-euro ranking was not verifiable.
Source ↗ - 4Cruzeiro Brasileirão squad value ranking 2026
48 points in sixth place includes a costly midseason slide: ValorFinal’s round-29 comparison shows its Top 5 probability fell from 64.7% to 44.9% after round 30.
Source ↗ - 5Atlético-MG Brasileirão squad value ranking 2026
47 points and seventh place come during a seven-game unbeaten run and a Sul-Americana semifinal; that workload makes a raw points-per-value reading incomplete.
Source ↗ - 6Santos Brasileirão squad value ranking 2026
42 points and eighth place are respectable, but ValorFinal’s projection was only 53 points and 9th, leaving it outside the leading value-efficiency cases.
Source ↗ - 7RB Bragantino Brasileirão squad value ranking 2026
40 points in ninth and a projected 51 make Bragantino a solid mid-table return, though not enough verified valuation data to claim a precise value rank.
Source ↗ - 8Coritiba Brasileirão squad value ranking 2026
A promoted club reaching 39 points by round 30 and sitting 11th is a notable return; the table alone cannot say how much came from coaching versus resources.
Source ↗ - 9São Paulo Brasileirão squad value ranking 2026
39 points from 30 games puts São Paulo 10th, and its 50-point model projection leaves it behind the upper-table points-per-game performers.
Source ↗ - 10Corinthians Brasileirão squad value ranking 2026
32 points in 16th place is the sharpest underperformance signal among the named high-profile clubs, though cup workload and debts complicate a simple mismanagement verdict.
Source ↗
What ChatGPT noticed
The available CIES reporting puts Palmeiras at €322m and Flamengo at €190m in March; those totals are dramatically different from ordinary crowd-estimated market values and should not be compared without naming the valuation method and date.
Athletico-PR’s 1.77 points per game through round 30 is the strongest obvious value-return signal in the contenders, while the CIES March ranking reportedly placed Cruzeiro third among Brazilian club squads by value.
Player-level valuation disagreement can be large: September reporting gives Flaco López €53.9m at CIES versus €30m at Transfermarkt, and Vitor Roque €53.2m versus €38m.
🇺🇸 Gemini10 places · 2 notes
The same question, answered by Gemini alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Coritiba Foot Ball Club (Brazil, 2026)
Promoted club achieving 39 points with a €49.85M Transfermarkt squad, producing an outstanding 0.78 points per million euros spent.
Source ↗ - 2Mirassol Futebol Clube (Brazil, 2026)
Promoted minnow boasting the highest raw point efficiency in Série A with 34 points on a modest €30.58M valuation (1.11 pts/€M).
- 3SC Internacional (Brazil, 2026)
Sitting in 5th place with 49 points on a €72.00M roster, outperforming squads valued over twice as high like Cruzeiro and Vasco.
Source ↗ - 4Esporte Clube Vitória (Brazil, 2026)
Collected 36 points despite holding only the 16th most valuable squad in the championship at €50.23M.
Source ↗ - 5Clube do Remo (Brazil, 2026)
Promoted side registering 27 points with the league's second-lowest squad valuation (€22.98M), beating financial relegation projections.
Source ↗ - 6Associação Chapecoense de Futebol (Brazil, 2026)
Promoted club generating 26 points out of a league-minimum €22.10M squad valuation (1.18 pts/€M).
Source ↗ - 7Grêmio FBPA (Brazil, 2026)
Secured 42 points from a €77.55M squad (14th in value), running ahead of big-budget rivals despite parallel cup participation.
Source ↗ - 8São Paulo FC (Brazil, 2026)
Maintains top-half competitiveness (43 points) on an €83.00M valuation that sits below the league's top-ten spending threshold.
Source ↗ - 9Atlético Mineiro (Brazil, 2026)
Maintains 7th place with 47 points while competing on multiple fronts, ranking 10th in value (€112.40M) and delivering superior cost efficiency to the top five payrolls.
Source ↗ - 10Red Bull Bragantino (Brazil, 2026)
Combines an €100.45M young squad with 44 points, translating developmental academy value directly into top-eight league stability.
Source ↗
What Gemini noticed
The total market value of the 20 clubs in the Brasileirão Série A exceeds €2.14 billion on Transfermarkt, establishing Brazil's top flight as the undisputed most valuable league in the Americas.
Squad valuation disparities at the top: Palmeiras (€218.58M) and Flamengo (€211.25M) each maintain squad valuations almost ten times greater than promoted sides like Chapecoense (€22.10M) and Remo (€22.98M).
🇺🇸 Grok10 places · 4 notes
The same question, answered by Grok alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Mirassol 2026
~36 points from a ~€31m squad (Transfermarkt), among the highest points per euro in the league.
Source ↗ - 2Coritiba 2026
39 points from a ~€50m squad, punching well above its Transfermarkt ranking.
Source ↗ - 3Vitória 2026
36 points from a ~€50m squad, solid efficiency relative to valuation.
Source ↗ - 4Athletico-PR 2026
53 points (3rd) from an 11th-ranked ~€110m squad—strong overperformance.
Source ↗ - 5Atlético-MG 2026
50 points from a 10th-ranked ~€112m squad while juggling multiple cups.
Source ↗ - 6Bahia 2026
49 points from a 7th-ranked ~€124m squad.
Source ↗ - 7RB Bragantino 2026
40 points from a 12th-ranked ~€100m squad.
Source ↗ - 8São Paulo 2026
39 points from a 13th-ranked ~€83m squad.
Source ↗ - 9Santos 2026
42 points from a 9th-ranked ~€115m squad.
Source ↗ - 10Fluminense 2026
51 points from an 8th-ranked ~€121m squad while still in the Libertadores.
Source ↗
What Grok noticed
Mirassol’s low ~€31m Transfermarkt valuation still produces roughly 1.2 points per million euros, far above the expensive big clubs.
Athletico-PR sits 3rd in the table with an 11th-ranked squad value, showing strong organisation relative to market cost.
CIES earlier in 2026 rated Palmeiras’ squad much higher relatively (€322m) than current Transfermarkt figures (~€219m), highlighting model differences.
Clubs juggling Libertadores or Sul-Americana (Flamengo, Palmeiras, Fluminense, Atlético-MG) carry higher absolute costs for similar or only modestly higher points totals.
🇨🇳 MiMo10 places · 4 notes
The same question, answered by MiMo alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Athletico-PR2026 (promoted)
53 points from the 15th-most-valuable squad in Brazil — 21 points more than Corinthians get from a squad costing more than twice as much.
Source ↗ - 2Mirassol2026
€29.4m of squad — 18th in value — funding a Libertadores group stage AND 36 league points: about 1.22 points per €1m, the best ratio in Brazil.
Source ↗ - 3Coritiba2026 (promoted)
A €45.3m promoted squad sits 11th — five places above its price tag, with the hardest run-in in Brazil waiting.
Source ↗ - 4Bahia2026
The 9th-most-valuable squad is 5th and just banked 15.6 points of Libertadores probability in a single Sunday.
Source ↗ - 5Fluminense2026
4th in Brazil and a Libertadores semifinal from the 7th-most-valuable squad — with CIES rating Martinelli among the country's ten most valuable players.
Source ↗ - 6Vitória2026
€43.4m, 17th in market value, 12th in the table — five places the club never paid for.
Source ↗ - 7Atlético-MG2026
7th in the table with the 10th-most-valuable squad — while spending October in three competitions at once.
Source ↗ - 8Santos2026
Value rank and table rank both say 8th — but he is the club the models most often send to South America's second cup (86.4%).
Source ↗ - 9RBBragantino 2026
€97.8m bought 40 points and a 79.8% continental outlook — with zero players in CIES's Brazilian top 10 to inflate the bill.
Source ↗ - 10Remo2026 (promoted)
0.98 points per €1m — second-best efficiency in Brazil — from the 19th-most-valuable squad, even while sitting 19th.
Source ↗
What MiMo noticed
Theleague's best points-per-euro ratios are all small promoted or provincial squads — Mirassol ≈1.22 points per €1m (36 pts ÷ €29.4m), Remo ≈0.98, Chapecoense ≈0.93 — while the worst is Corinthians at ≈0.21, but only one of those groups is winning matches.
Athletico-PRis the outlier at the top of the table: the only club in the top five whose squad value is outside the league's top ten, promoted in November 2025 and now above Cruzeiro's €168–186m squad in the standings.
Thetwo valuation models disagree in both directions on the same clubs: CIES rates Palmeiras at €322m (50th in the world) against Transfermarkt's €209–219m, but rates Flamengo at €190m against Transfermarkt's €204–211m — so 'most expensive squad in Brazil' is a modelling result, not a fact.
Costper point is partly an artefact of exposure: Atlético-MG's squad was revalued +16.2% in a month (€96.7m → €112.4m) precisely while playing three competitions, which lowers his 'cost per point' without a single extra point being won.
🇨🇳 Kimi10 places · 3 notes
The same question, answered by Kimi alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Athletico Paranaense (Athletico-PR) — promoted 2026
A promoted club third in the table with the 15th-most expensive squad (€44.5m) — 1.19 points per €M, roughly six times Corinthians' return on a squad three times dearer.
Source ↗ - 2Mirassol
Best points-per-euro in the division (1.24) — from the 19th-most valuable squad — while also playing a Libertadores knockout tie this same season.
Source ↗ - 3Coritiba — promoted 2026
Eleventh with 39 points from the 17th-cheapest squad (€36m) — 1.08 points per €M while spending nothing like the mid-table it sits in.
Source ↗ - 4Vitória
The 16th-cheapest squad (€38.3m) sits 12th in the league and produced the cup upset of the season — eliminating Flamengo from the Copa do Brasil.
Source ↗ - 5Fluminense
Fourth in the table with the league's seventh-most valuable squad — and a squad CIES doesn't even rank in the world top 100, making the overperformance unanimous across valuation methods.
Source ↗ - 6Atlético Mineiro (Galo)
Seventh in the league from the 12th-most valuable squad (€88.45m) while simultaneously playing semifinals in TWO other competitions — the cheapest roster in Brazil's busiest October.
Source ↗ - 7Remo — promoted 2026
The 18th-cheapest squad (€31.15m) produced the Copa do Brasil run of the year — a 5-2 aggregate win over Bahia — before fading to 19th in the league.
Source ↗ - 8Chapecoense — promoted 2026
Bottom of the league with the cheapest squad in the division (€17.65m) — 1.02 points per €M says the table is doing exactly what the money predicts, cup wins over Botafogo included.
Source ↗ - 9Bahia
Fifth with the sixth-most valuable squad — efficient rather than miraculous, and notably the only top-six club with no cup competition left to explain any point it drops.
Source ↗ - 10São Paulo
Tenth place from the 13th-cheapest squad (€84.55m) — quietly out-punching the spend even in a season their own fans call a crisis.
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What Kimi noticed
The efficiency chasm in one number: Athletico-PR extract 1.19 points per €M of squad value and Corinthians 0.21 — Corinthians field the league's fourth-most expensive squad (€154.3m, more than three times Athletico-PR's) and sit 16th, below three of the four promoted clubs.
The two valuation methods agree on the leader but not the price: CIES's statistical model puts Palmeiras at €322m and Flamengo at €190m, while Transfermarkt's crowd estimates put Palmeiras at €223m and Flamengo at €219m — Palmeiras worth 44% more in one model, Flamengo 13% less in the other.
Three of the four biggest money-underperformance stories are big-budget clubs: Botafogo (5th-most valuable, €115.25m — a value drop of 5.5% mid-season) are 13th, Grêmio (8th, €103.85m) are 18th in the drop zone, and Corinthians (4th) are 16th — while the biggest positive surprises are promoted or low-budget.
🇨🇳 DeepSeek10 places · 3 notes
The same question, answered by DeepSeek alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Athletico-PR 2026 squad-value efficiency (promoted)
A promoted club valued 11th is third in the table — 0.49 points per €m, the best return among the published squad values.
Source ↗ - 2São Paulo 2026 squad-value efficiency
€83m is only the 12th-biggest squad, yet 39 points from 30 games gives 0.47 points per €m.
- 3Fluminense 2026 squad-value efficiency
€115.8m and fourth place: 0.44 points per €m while still playing the Libertadores.
Source ↗ - 4Bahia 2026 squad-value efficiency
€114.4m and fifth: 0.43 points per €m, with a Libertadores chase still live.
Source ↗ - 5RB Bragantino 2026 squad-value efficiency
€100.45m buys 40 points — 0.40 points per €m, ninth in the table.
- 6Flamengo 2026 squad-value efficiency
The second-most expensive squad still returns 0.30 points per €m — only sixth-best efficiency among the clubs with published values.
Source ↗ - 7Grêmio 2026 squad-value efficiency
€103.8m, 18th place and a Copa do Brasil semi: 0.30 points per €m, but the cost is being paid in three competitions.
Source ↗ - 8Palmeiras 2026 squad-value efficiency
The most expensive squad, €218.5m, returns 0.29 points per €m — second in the table but only eighth in efficiency.
Source ↗ - 9Botafogo 2026 squad-value efficiency
€129.6m and 13th: 0.28 points per €m, the weakest return among the top-spending clubs reviewed.
- 10Cruzeiro 2026 squad-value efficiency
€185.9m, third-most expensive, returns 0.26 points per €m — sixth in the table.
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What DeepSeek noticed
Athletico-PR is the efficiency outlier: promoted, €108.7m (11th), 53 points (3rd), 0.49 points per €m.
Points per €m reverses the table: Palmeiras is second on points but eighth on efficiency among the ten clubs with published values.
Grêmio is 18th with 31 points but still in the Copa do Brasil semi; its 0.30 points per €m is a three-competition number, not a pure league number.
🇨🇳 Qwen10 places · 3 notes
The same question, answered by Qwen alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Athletico-PR
The ultimate overachiever: 3rd in the table with only the 11th most valuable squad (€109.7m), squeezing 4.8 points per €10m invested.
Source ↗ - 2Atlético-MG
Rank 5 in points but only 10th in value; coaching and organization are carrying them while they balance a Sul-Americana semi-final.
Source ↗ - 3Coritiba
Punching massively above their €49.8m weight class, sitting 12th in the league and banking 7.8 points per €10m.
Source ↗ - 4Fluminense
4th in the table with the 8th highest budget, proving that defending champions know how to stretch a Euro in a congested calendar.
Source ↗ - 5Mirassol
The promoted club yields a staggering 11.7 points per €10m, the highest efficiency ratio in the league despite sitting 14th.
Source ↗ - 6São Paulo
A relatively modest €83m squad holding down 10th place, extracting 4.7 points per €10m in a highly competitive mid-table.
Source ↗ - 7Bragantino
The Red Bull network's efficiency shows: 9th in points with only the 12th most expensive roster in the division.
Source ↗ - 8Vitória
Surviving on a shoestring €50.2m budget, they rank 13th in the league but generate 7.1 points per €10m.
Source ↗ - 9Santos
Rebuilding efficiently: 8th in the table with the 9th highest squad value, avoiding the financial mismanagement seen elsewhere.
Source ↗ - 10Bahia
Despite heavy investment (€123.7m), they sit 6th, showing a solid return on City Football Group's capital in a brutal league.
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What Qwen noticed
Palmeiras and Flamengo dominate the table but rank lowest in efficiency; their massive budgets (€218m+ on Transfermarkt) mean they 'pay' over €7m per point, a cost inflated by deep runs in three competitions.
Promoted clubs like Mirassol and Remo show astronomical 'points per Euro' ratios simply because their squads cost a fraction of the traditional giants, highlighting the structural inequality of the league.
Athletico-PR is the league's smartest operator: competing in the Libertadores while maintaining a top-3 league position with a budget that barely cracks the top 10.