I don't see the need for this stastical nonsense. You can make numbers say anything. The best thing is to cut through the BS and list teams according to their player budget. Of course some teams don't spend money wisely, but in general there is a positive relationship between money and quality of teams and leagues.
And if European clubs didn't play cloak and dagger with their financials, this would be a big factor. As it stands, though, there really isn't much to go on.
My study is now complete in its entirety. I have found that, much like in international hockey, there are a "Big Seven," and that one or two of this group of elites is starting to backslide into a position not as low as those below it, but not good enough to compete with their superiors.
Here is the first tier ranking:
1. KHL - 460
2. Elitserien - 447
3. NLA - 415
4. SM-Liiga - 414
5. O2 Extraliga - 411
6. DEL - 357
7. Slovak Extraliga - 298
As you can see, the Slovak Extraliga is far behind the other six. Now, for numerical mean teams:
1. KHL - 38
2. Elitserien - 37
3. NLA - 35
4. SM-Liiga - 34
5. O2 Extraliga - 34
6. DEL - 30
7. Slovak Extraliga - 25
And with that, the first tier is complete. Now, for the second tier. You should be warned beforehand, many of these numbers are drastically lower and it may be a bit staggering how big the gap is between the first and second tiers. Also, many of the teams in the second tier were not ranked in the 250; therefore, to prevent dramatic skewing of the numbers when determining league mean, each of these teams will be credited with a score of 5 points (the 250th team got 6.38 points, so I feel this number is fair). Also, again due to the enormous size of the Vysshaya Liga, and partly due to my unwillingness to go insane, I've simply performed the same procedure as I did on the KHL and numerous other leagues, paring back the data I had from the 22 ranked teams, and effectively turning the Vysshaya Liga into a 14 team league. Conversely, the EIHL, Get Ligaen, AL-Bank Ligaen, and Serie A have fewer than 12 teams, so their numbers have been "boosted" in a similar fashion, up to what amounts to a 12 team league.
First, allow me to familiarize you with the second-tier leagues.
1. národnà hokejová liga (Czech Repbulc)
2. Bundesliga (Germany)
AL-Bank Ligaen (Denmark)
Allsvenskan (Sweden)
Belarusian Extraliga (Belarus, Latvia, Ukraine)
Elite Ice Hockey League (United Kingdom)
Erste Bank Ligan (Austria)
Get Ligaen (Norway)
Ligue Magnus (France)
Mestis (Finland)
National Liga B (Switzerland)
Serie A (Italy)
Vysshaya Liga (Russia)
Here is the second tier ranking by point totals:
1. Allsvenskan - 201
2. Vysshaya Liga - 146
3. Belarusian Extraliga - 144
4. 1. národnà hokejová liga - 124
5. 2. Bundesliga - 121
6. Erste Bank Ligan - 118
7. Ligue Magnus - 110
8. Get Ligaen - 115
9. AL-Bank Ligaen - 113
10. Serie A - 100
11. NLB - 100
12. Mestis - 100
13. EIHL - 100
And now for club mean scores:
1. Allsvenskan - 14
2. Erste Bank Ligan - 12
3. Vysshaya Liga - 10
4. Belarusian Extraliga - 10
5. Get Ligaen - 10
6. Serie A - 10
7. AL-Bank Ligaen - 9
8. NLB - 9
9. 2. Bundesliga - 9
10. EIHL - 8
11. Ligue Magnus - 8
12. 1. národnà hokejová liga - 8
13. Mestis - 8
And there you go. That's how the top leagues of Europe break down. Enjoy.