United have chopped and changed managers since Ferguson’s departure in a bid to climb back to the top of England’s top-flight league.

David Moyes, Louis van Gaal, Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer have all been shown the door at United, with Erik ten Hag now in the Old Trafford hotseat.

FiveThirtyEight released the latest update for its worldwide rankings for clubs, with 643 international teams compared using its Soccer Power Index (SPI).

Man United climbed up one place in the table to 22nd, with the Premier League club receiving an SPI score of 76.4.

Posted below are the 50 best teams in world football right now, according to FiveThirtyEight.

50. Lille (Ligue 1): SPI — 69.3

49. Flamengo (Brasileirao): SPI — 69.4

48. Lens (Ligue 1): SPI — 69.5

47. Crystal Palace (Premier League): SPI — 69.5

46. Lazio (Serie A): SPI — 70.1

45. Borussia Monchengladbach (Bundesliga): SPI — 70.4

44. Real Betis (La Liga): SPI — 70.4

43. Celta Vigo (La Liga): SPI — 70.4

42. Celtic (Scottish Premiership): SPI — 70.8

41. Union Berlin (Bundesliga): SPI — 71.3

40. Atalanta (Serie A): SPI — 71.7

39. SC Freiburg (Bundesliga): SPI — 71.7

38. Valencia (La Liga): SPI — 71.8

37. Sporting CP (Primeira Liga): SPI — 72.0

36. Lyon (Ligue 1): SPI — 72.1

35. Monaco (Ligue 1): SPI — 72.1

34. Aston Villa (Premier League): SPI — 72.6

33. West Ham United (Premier League): SPI — 72.9

32. Feyenoord (Eredivisie): SPI — 73.0

31. Rennes (Ligue 1): SPI — 74.2

30. Roma (Serie A): SPI — 74.3

29. Bayer Leverkusen (Bundesliga): SPI — 74.3

28. Marseille (Ligue 1): SPI — 74.7

27. Real Sociedad (La Liga): SPI — 74.9

26. PSV (Eredivisie): SPI — 75.1

25. Zenit Saint Petersburg (Russian Premier League): SPI — 75.4

24. Athletic Bilbao (La Liga): SPI — 75.4

23. Newcastle United (Premier League): SPI — 75.6

22. Manchester United (Premier League): SPI — 76.4

21. RB Salzburg (Austrian Bundesliga): SPI — 77.1

20. Brighton and Hove Albion (Premier League): SPI — 77.2

19. AC Milan (Serie A): SPI — 78.0

18. Villarreal (La Liga): SPI — 78.6

17. Inter Milan (Serie A): SPI — 79.1

16. Benfica (Primeira Liga): SPI — 79.4

15. RB Leipzig (Bundesliga): SPI — 79.4

14. Porto (Primeira Liga): SPI — 79.6

13. Atletico Madrid (La Liga): SPI — 79.7

12. Borussia Dortmund (Bundesliga): SPI — 80.0

11. Tottenham Hotspur (Premier League): SPI — 80.7

10. Ajax (Eredivisie): SPI — 82.1

9. Napoli (Serie A): SPI — 82.4

8. Arsenal (Premier League): SPI — 83.9

7. Chelsea (Premier League): SPI — 84.0

6. Barcelona (La Liga): SPI — 87.1

5. Real Madrid (La Liga): SPI — 87.5

4. Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1): SPI — 88.3 

3. Liverpool (Premier League): SPI — 88.6

2. Bayern Munich (Bundesliga): SPI — 92.0

1. Manchester City (Premier League): SPI — 93.1