Eigenrankings

Ranking football clubs by the dominant eigenvector of the normalized points-won matrix.

England 1996-97

‹ 1995-96		1997-98 ›

		EP	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GP	PR
1	Manchester United	4.260	85	24	13	7	85	49	44	22
2	Wimbledon	3.660	86	23	17	13	67	56	53	20
3	Liverpool	3.117	78	22	12	10	75	47	44	33
4	Bolton Wanderers	3.098	112	32	16	6	120	64	54	3
5	Newcastle United	3.030	75	21	12	11	79	51	44	42
6	Arsenal	3.014	76	21	13	10	73	41	44	39
7	Chelsea	2.926	81	23	12	13	83	66	48	29
8	Sheffield Wednesday	2.620	67	17	16	11	61	56	44	59
9	Stockport County	2.461	128	37	17	13	93	62	67	1
10	Leicester City	2.381	75	20	15	16	64	61	51	43
11	Middlesbrough	2.288	77	21	14	19	92	73	54	35
12	Aston Villa	2.180	68	19	11	13	53	39	43	56
13	Derby County	1.659	56	14	14	16	55	66	44	82
14	Chesterfield	1.548	87	24	15	18	57	53	57	19
15	Blackburn Rovers	1.548	51	12	15	16	48	47	43	94
16	Coventry City	1.530	53	12	17	17	49	64	46	89
17	Leeds United	1.527	57	14	15	16	39	47	45	79
18	Luton Town	1.404	97	26	19	15	91	66	60	4
19	Southampton	1.363	56	14	14	19	69	70	47	80
20	Ipswich Town	1.338	92	25	17	14	86	62	56	8
21	West Ham United	1.303	51	12	15	18	48	55	45	96
22	Bury	1.292	94	27	13	14	75	50	54	6
23	Wrexham	1.271	87	22	21	15	72	66	58	17
24	Sunderland	1.256	47	12	11	20	40	58	43	106
25	Everton	1.221	46	11	13	18	52	64	42	109
26	Birmingham City	1.219	79	21	16	16	62	54	53	31
27	Barnsley	1.206	87	24	15	13	84	62	52	16
28	Tottenham Hotspur	1.189	53	15	8	20	51	61	43	88
29	Nottingham Forest	1.175	44	9	17	18	39	66	44	110
30	Crystal Palace	1.172	84	23	15	16	93	59	54	24
31	Blackpool	1.148	84	23	15	17	73	56	55	25
32	Brentford	1.108	96	27	15	17	71	55	59	5
33	Watford	1.069	85	22	19	16	60	48	57	23
34	Crewe Alexandra	1.069	94	28	10	20	75	62	58	7
35	Bristol City	1.066	88	25	13	20	89	68	58	14
36	Portsmouth	1.017	81	24	9	21	71	63	54	30
37	Gillingham	1.007	87	25	12	20	72	67	57	18
38	Carlisle United	0.990	117	34	15	12	93	51	61	2
39	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0.987	82	24	10	17	73	59	51	27
40	Burnley	0.986	82	23	13	20	84	66	56	26
41	Sheffield United	0.954	81	22	15	17	86	65	54	28
42	Port Vale	0.931	78	20	18	15	67	61	53	34
43	Oxford United	0.814	70	19	13	23	75	78	55	52
44	Walsall	0.809	76	21	13	19	62	62	53	41
45	Charlton Athletic	0.806	67	18	13	21	62	76	52	64
46	Stoke City	0.805	71	20	11	20	57	66	51	49
47	Tranmere Rovers	0.798	70	18	16	17	68	61	51	50
48	Preston North End	0.782	72	21	9	24	65	70	54	46
49	Reading	0.759	61	16	13	21	62	74	50	73
50	Queens Park Rangers	0.740	76	21	13	18	74	70	52	40
51	Plymouth Argyle	0.740	67	16	19	19	59	63	54	61
52	Manchester City	0.730	67	19	10	22	64	67	51	60
53	Bournemouth	0.712	60	15	15	20	44	54	50	75
54	Millwall	0.709	68	18	14	20	59	63	52	58
55	Huddersfield Town	0.687	65	16	17	20	59	71	53	67
56	Wycombe Wanderers	0.646	68	18	14	23	64	68	55	57
57	West Bromwich Albion	0.624	60	15	15	19	72	80	49	74
58	Norwich City	0.619	67	18	13	19	68	74	50	62
59	Bradford City	0.611	54	14	12	25	53	80	51	87
60	York City	0.604	70	18	16	23	61	79	57	53
61	Colchester United	0.586	88	23	19	16	79	65	58	15
62	Peterborough United	0.563	73	19	16	26	75	90	61	44
63	Swindon Town	0.552	60	17	9	26	59	80	52	76
64	Fulham	0.544	91	26	13	13	80	53	52	9
65	Bristol Rovers	0.537	59	16	11	23	51	58	50	77
66	Shrewsbury Town	0.508	54	13	15	25	57	84	53	86
67	Wigan Athletic	0.489	88	26	10	14	92	62	50	13
68	Northampton Town	0.489	90	26	12	19	79	53	57	11
69	Macclesfield Town	0.454	90	27	9	7	80	32	43	10
70	Grimsby Town	0.426	49	12	13	24	62	89	49	103
71	Notts County	0.425	47	10	17	27	41	66	54	107
72	Southend United	0.416	42	9	15	25	44	91	49	111
73	Oldham Athletic	0.406	50	12	14	26	55	72	52	102
74	Kidderminster Harriers	0.397	85	26	7	10	85	46	43	21
75	Cardiff City	0.382	79	23	10	21	64	64	54	32
76	Stevenage	0.369	89	26	11	9	93	58	46	12
77	Lincoln City	0.357	77	21	14	19	84	85	54	38
78	Chester City	0.341	77	20	17	17	61	59	54	36
79	Hednesford Town	0.329	69	19	12	15	58	54	46	54
80	Woking	0.328	72	20	12	15	78	68	47	45
81	Scunthorpe United	0.325	71	20	11	22	71	74	53	47
82	Rochdale	0.311	64	16	16	19	63	66	51	69
83	Rotherham United	0.289	35	7	14	29	40	77	50	114
84	Swansea City	0.281	77	22	11	22	67	66	55	37
85	Mansfield Town	0.275	67	17	16	18	51	59	51	63
86	Scarborough	0.268	71	18	17	19	73	80	54	48
87	Barnet	0.265	70	17	19	19	62	63	55	51
88	Leyton Orient	0.253	63	17	12	22	55	65	51	70
89	Cambridge United	0.247	69	19	12	20	57	66	51	55
90	Darlington	0.243	62	17	11	25	73	87	53	72
91	Hull City	0.235	65	15	20	18	60	69	53	66
92	Northwich Victoria	0.219	64	17	13	14	64	59	44	68
93	Farnborough	0.213	62	16	14	14	60	56	44	71
94	Morecambe	0.197	66	19	9	15	69	59	43	65
95	Exeter City	0.196	52	13	13	26	52	86	52	93
96	Hereford United	0.179	51	12	15	25	54	81	52	99
97	Hartlepool United	0.179	53	14	11	26	57	76	51	91
98	Doncaster Rovers	0.177	53	14	11	25	55	73	50	90
99	Torquay United	0.172	51	13	12	25	50	69	50	98
100	Brighton & Hove Albion	0.166	54	14	12	26	57	77	52	85
101	Gateshead	0.163	56	15	11	16	59	63	42	81
102	Telford United	0.150	58	16	10	16	46	56	42	78
103	Southport	0.146	55	15	10	18	52	63	43	83
104	Dover Athletic	0.146	50	12	14	16	57	68	42	101
105	Slough Town	0.136	50	12	14	16	62	65	42	100
106	Hayes	0.134	51	12	15	17	56	59	44	95
107	Stalybridge Celtic	0.130	52	14	10	19	53	61	43	92
108	Kettering Town	0.124	51	14	9	19	53	62	42	97
109	Rushden and Diamonds	0.124	54	14	12	18	64	67	44	84
110	Halifax Town	0.123	48	12	12	18	55	74	42	105
111	Welling United	0.118	48	13	9	21	50	63	43	104
112	Bath City	0.117	47	12	11	19	53	80	42	108
113	Bromsgrove Rovers	0.087	41	12	5	25	41	67	42	112
114	Altrincham	0.081	39	9	12	22	50	77	43	113
115	Boston United	0.018	3	1	0	1	3	1	2	117
116	Colwyn Bay	0.011	1	0	1	1	1	3	2	123
117	Enfield	0.010	4	1	1	1	5	6	3	116
118	Boreham Wood	0.008	4	1	1	1	5	5	3	115
119	Cheltenham Town	0.005	1	0	1	1	1	3	2	122
120	Sudbury Town	0.004	2	0	2	1	2	4	3	120
121	Whitby Town	0.002	1	0	1	1	4	8	2	124
122	St. Albans City	0	3	1	0	1	4	10	2	118
122	Dagenham & Redbridge	0	2	0	2	0	3	3	2	119
122	Ashford Town	0	2	0	2	1	3	8	3	121
122	Merthyr Tydfil	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	125
122	Wisbech Town	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	126
122	Bromley	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	127
122	Hendon	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	128
122	Newcastle Town	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	129
122	Runcorn Halton	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	130
122	Consett	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	131
122	Shepshed Dynamo	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	132

EigenPoints, Points, Wins, Draws, Losses, GoalsFor, GoalsAgainst, GamesPlayed, PointsRank.

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Includes league matches and play-offs from the top tiers of English football, the FA Cup (proper rounds), the League Cup, and the Community Shield. Matches decided on penalties are treated as ties.