Eigenrankings

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

England 1997-98

‹ 1996-97		1998-99 ›

		EP	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GP	PR
1	Arsenal	5.904	107	31	14	7	88	44	52	4
2	Manchester United	3.873	85	25	10	9	87	37	44	24
3	Liverpool	3.508	77	22	11	11	78	48	44	31
4	Chelsea	2.819	75	23	6	17	86	56	46	33
5	Ipswich Town	2.769	105	29	18	12	94	53	59	5
6	Leeds United	2.691	74	22	8	16	75	56	46	40
7	Nottingham Forest	2.573	101	30	11	10	95	50	51	8
8	Middlesbrough	2.518	113	34	11	12	93	50	57	2
9	West Ham United	2.497	75	21	12	16	76	68	49	35
10	Blackburn Rovers	2.474	70	19	13	13	74	59	45	51
11	Coventry City	2.444	69	17	18	12	61	51	47	52
12	Sunderland	2.369	103	30	13	11	102	62	54	6
13	Aston Villa	2.278	64	19	7	17	56	54	43	64
14	Leicester City	2.137	56	14	14	13	56	47	41	85
15	Charlton Athletic	2.102	99	29	12	13	92	62	54	9
16	Derby County	1.907	67	20	7	17	62	53	44	56
17	Sheffield United	1.887	98	25	23	13	89	68	61	11
18	Newcastle United	1.843	66	18	12	18	47	51	48	61
19	Southampton	1.621	57	17	6	20	58	61	43	83
20	Wimbledon	1.580	58	14	16	16	49	55	46	80
21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1.528	88	25	13	20	76	63	58	15
22	Birmingham City	1.515	89	24	17	13	76	47	54	13
23	Watford	1.482	102	27	21	8	77	52	56	7
24	Tottenham Hotspur	1.442	54	14	12	18	55	65	44	91
25	Sheffield Wednesday	1.414	49	13	10	20	56	75	43	103
26	Grimsby Town	1.389	118	33	19	16	92	53	68	1
27	Everton	1.338	46	11	13	18	48	61	42	106
28	Bolton Wanderers	1.204	47	11	14	18	51	69	43	105
29	Stockport County	1.182	74	22	8	22	85	84	52	42
30	Bristol City	1.112	98	29	11	14	77	48	54	10
31	West Bromwich Albion	1.081	72	19	15	19	61	68	53	47
32	Walsall	0.978	91	26	13	23	77	70	62	12
33	Barnsley	0.969	52	15	7	25	54	94	47	96
34	Tranmere Rovers	0.919	69	18	15	21	65	63	54	54
35	Norwich City	0.904	58	15	13	21	55	76	49	82
36	Crystal Palace	0.898	43	11	10	23	45	75	44	109
37	Oxford United	0.856	71	20	11	22	75	76	53	49
38	Preston North End	0.848	84	23	15	20	75	73	58	27
39	Reading	0.820	62	16	14	28	56	89	58	71
40	Bristol Rovers	0.805	88	25	13	20	84	76	58	16
41	Bradford City	0.805	58	14	16	19	48	64	49	81
42	Huddersfield Town	0.801	63	17	12	23	55	78	52	69
43	Wrexham	0.790	78	20	18	15	63	59	53	30
44	Bury	0.749	57	12	21	19	52	70	52	84
45	Northampton Town	0.744	87	22	21	16	70	55	59	21
46	Stoke City	0.743	56	14	14	24	56	82	52	88
47	Port Vale	0.732	52	13	13	24	59	70	50	95
48	Queens Park Rangers	0.728	53	11	20	19	55	70	50	92
49	Fulham	0.715	87	25	12	21	76	59	58	19
50	Blackpool	0.684	75	21	12	22	69	78	55	37
51	Gillingham	0.668	71	19	14	18	54	56	51	50
52	Crewe Alexandra	0.656	60	18	6	25	64	73	49	76
53	Bournemouth	0.647	85	24	13	20	73	61	57	26
54	Manchester City	0.630	54	14	12	24	60	60	50	90
55	Chesterfield	0.624	75	19	18	17	54	56	54	36
56	Portsmouth	0.594	51	13	12	25	56	70	50	97
57	Swindon Town	0.554	53	14	11	24	44	78	49	93
58	Oldham Athletic	0.552	71	18	17	18	67	63	53	48
59	Notts County	0.552	110	32	14	8	91	53	54	3
60	York City	0.545	67	16	19	19	63	70	54	57
61	Wigan Athletic	0.545	74	21	11	22	75	75	54	43
62	Wycombe Wanderers	0.517	66	15	21	16	62	66	52	60
63	Burnley	0.494	67	17	16	24	69	83	57	58
64	Millwall	0.488	61	16	13	24	50	68	53	73
65	Luton Town	0.479	68	17	17	20	69	74	54	55
66	Brentford	0.422	56	12	20	21	60	84	53	87
67	Peterborough United	0.409	87	24	15	18	80	65	57	20
68	Plymouth Argyle	0.391	51	12	15	24	61	81	51	99
69	Torquay United	0.369	89	25	14	18	82	75	57	14
70	Halifax Town	0.368	87	25	12	5	74	43	42	18
71	Mansfield Town	0.306	72	18	18	16	73	66	52	44
72	Macclesfield Town	0.302	86	24	14	13	68	56	51	23
73	Colchester United	0.296	85	23	16	17	81	69	56	25
74	Cheltenham Town	0.292	86	25	11	11	70	48	47	22
75	Southend United	0.291	50	13	11	29	53	89	53	102
76	Carlisle United	0.286	56	16	8	30	72	85	54	86
77	Lincoln City	0.252	82	21	19	13	71	64	53	28
78	Rotherham United	0.236	74	18	20	15	81	77	53	41
79	Scunthorpe United	0.233	88	25	13	19	69	68	57	17
80	Cardiff City	0.225	63	12	27	16	60	64	55	67
81	Hartlepool United	0.221	65	14	23	14	69	64	51	63
82	Cambridge United	0.221	66	15	21	17	70	66	53	59
83	Leyton Orient	0.217	78	21	15	18	74	61	54	29
84	Morecambe	0.207	75	21	12	11	81	68	44	34
85	Rushden and Diamonds	0.206	74	23	5	14	79	57	42	39
86	Barnet	0.205	76	21	13	20	69	64	54	32
87	Hereford United	0.189	72	19	15	12	60	55	46	45
88	Woking	0.187	74	22	8	13	72	48	43	38
89	Stevenage	0.186	63	16	15	18	71	69	49	66
90	Scarborough	0.185	72	19	15	18	72	73	52	46
91	Shrewsbury Town	0.181	63	16	15	20	67	75	51	68
92	Hednesford Town	0.168	69	19	12	13	61	51	44	53
93	Exeter City	0.160	61	15	16	20	71	71	51	72
94	Chester City	0.154	64	18	10	23	64	71	51	65
95	Welling United	0.146	60	17	9	16	64	62	42	75
96	Darlington	0.145	60	15	15	23	65	86	53	77
97	Northwich Victoria	0.145	60	15	15	13	63	60	43	74
98	Slough Town	0.136	65	18	11	15	61	53	44	62
99	Rochdale	0.129	62	18	8	25	60	67	51	70
100	Hull City	0.125	51	14	9	30	62	91	53	100
101	Yeovil Town	0.120	59	17	8	17	73	63	42	78
102	Hayes	0.114	58	16	10	17	62	53	43	79
103	Swansea City	0.113	51	13	12	25	52	71	50	98
104	Dover Athletic	0.110	55	15	10	17	60	70	42	89
105	Kettering Town	0.103	52	13	13	16	53	60	42	94
106	Leek Town	0.098	44	10	14	18	52	67	42	108
107	Kidderminster Harriers	0.091	47	11	14	17	56	63	42	104
108	Southport	0.090	50	13	11	19	56	62	43	101
109	Brighton & Hove Albion	0.080	36	6	18	26	41	77	50	111
110	Telford United	0.072	42	10	12	20	53	76	42	110
111	Farnborough	0.067	44	12	8	23	56	71	43	107
112	Gateshead	0.058	35	8	11	23	51	87	42	112
113	Basingstoke Town	0.048	4	0	4	0	5	5	4	115
114	Stalybridge Celtic	0.042	29	7	8	27	48	93	42	113
115	Doncaster Rovers	0.033	20	4	8	38	33	127	50	114
116	Boreham Wood	0.019	4	1	1	1	2	3	3	119
117	Wakefield-Emley	0.014	4	0	4	1	10	11	5	117
118	Hendon	0.011	4	1	1	1	4	5	3	118
119	Dagenham & Redbridge	0.006	3	1	0	1	3	3	2	120
120	Solihull Borough	0.005	2	0	2	0	4	4	2	123
121	Ilkeston Town	0.004	4	1	1	1	4	4	3	116
122	Gainsborough Trinity	0.002	1	0	1	1	3	4	2	124
123	Carshalton Athletic	0.002	1	0	1	1	0	5	2	125
124	Wisbech Town	0	3	1	0	1	3	4	2	121
124	King's Lynn	0	3	1	0	1	1	6	2	122
124	Blyth Spartans	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	1	126
124	Billericay Town	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	127
124	Boston United	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	128
124	Margate	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	129
124	Tiverton Town	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	130
124	Winsford United	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	131
124	Bromsgrove Rovers	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	132
124	Colwyn Bay	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	133
124	Lincoln United	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	134
124	Heybridge Swifts	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	135

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.