🇭🇷 HNL
Croatia · 339 rated players
Avg Top 200: 1582
Median: 1437
Mean: 1434
Style over time
How HNL has played across eras (2021–2026)
Descriptive — on-pitch character, not quality. Each polygon = the league vs the average league of that era.
League style
How this league plays vs other leagues (2024–2026)
Overlaid with the two leagues that play most like this one. Descriptive: on-pitch character, not quality.
low-scoring7th lowest-scoring of 64 leagues
Top 25 Players
Coaches
Season Simulation
5,000Monte-Carlo runs of our v6 player-Elo model · 2026 season
Provisional — the 2026season hasn't kicked off yet; squads are projected from last season's line-ups.
| # | Club | Team Elo | Pld | Title % | Pred Pts | Cur Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinamo Zagreb | 1958.0 | 0 | 98.5 | 85.5 | 0 |
| 2 | HNK Hajduk Split | 1669.0 | 0 | 1.2 | 62.7 | 0 |
| 3 | HNK Rijeka | 1586.0 | 0 | 0.2 | 57.1 | 0 |
| 4 | NK Varazdin | 1542.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 53.0 | 0 |
| 5 | Istra 1961 | 1522.0 | 0 | 0.1 | 50.0 | 0 |
| 6 | NK Osijek | 1495.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 48.3 | 0 |
| 7 | NK Slaven Belupo | 1398.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 40.4 | 0 |
| 8 | NK Lokomotiva Zagreb | 1332.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 37.0 | 0 |
| 9 | HNK Gorica | 1347.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 36.9 | 0 |
| 10 | Rudes | 1170.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 23.9 | 0 |
Finishing-position probabilities
Each row sums to ~100%. Columns are final league positions (1 = champion).
| Club | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dinamo Zagreb | 99 | |||||||||
| HNK Hajduk Split | 57 | 23 | 11 | 5 | ||||||
| HNK Rijeka | 23 | 31 | 21 | 13 | 8 | |||||
| NK Varazdin | 10 | 21 | 24 | 21 | 14 | 7 | ||||
| Istra 1961 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 6 | |||
| NK Osijek | 9 | 16 | 22 | 23 | 16 | 8 | ||||
| NK Slaven Belupo | 8 | 14 | 26 | 25 | 18 | |||||
| NK Lokomotiva Zagreb | 9 | 18 | 28 | 30 | 8 | |||||
| HNK Gorica | 9 | 17 | 25 | 32 | 9 | |||||
| Rudes | 14 | 80 |