The raw data behind the stories "Club Soccer Predictions" https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/soccer-predictions/ and "Global Club Soccer Rankings" https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/global-club-soccer-rankings/.
spi_global_rankings
A data frame with 453 rows representing soccer rankings and 7 variables:
The name of the soccer club.
The name of the league to which the club belongs.
A club's current global ranking.
A club's previous global ranking
Offensive rating for a given team (the higher the value the stronger the team's offense).
Defensive rating for a given team (the lower the value the stronger the team's defense).
A club's SPI score.