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

World 1985-92

1984-91 1986-93

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Brazil 5.9393 73 22 7 4 61 19 33 14
2 Germany 5.8697 79 23 10 7 78 36 40 6
3 Argentina 5.8202 79 23 10 7 61 30 40 8
4 Italy 5.3143 68 19 11 4 51 23 34 16
5 Cameroon 4.0193 87 25 12 9 59 38 46 4
6 France 3.7445 75 21 12 10 62 36 43 10
7 Soviet Union 3.7153 90 26 12 6 76 28 44 1
8 Denmark 3.6270 74 21 11 9 69 37 41 12
9 Netherlands 3.1896 89 26 11 5 74 24 42 2
10 Romania 2.5215 67 19 10 7 67 26 36 17
11 England 2.5143 75 19 18 7 67 25 44 9
12 Belgium 2.3825 74 21 11 11 71 41 43 13
13 Nigeria 2.3548 87 25 12 10 76 38 47 3
14 Yugoslavia 2.1081 70 22 4 7 65 31 33 15
15 Sweden 1.9368 51 15 6 7 43 25 28 29
16 Mexico 1.9050 34 10 4 2 38 10 16 58
17 Czechoslovakia 1.8577 62 18 8 10 54 35 36 21
18 Spain 1.6954 81 25 6 11 84 39 42 5
19 Ireland 1.6728 63 15 18 6 47 24 39 20
20 Uruguay 1.6602 48 14 6 10 34 27 30 32
21 Bulgaria 1.5599 53 15 8 12 51 34 35 27
22 Scotland 1.3893 55 14 13 14 41 39 41 26
23 Chile 1.3086 47 14 5 8 53 29 27 34
24 East Germany 1.2596 37 11 4 6 31 21 21 52
25 Colombia 1.1662 48 13 9 11 36 30 33 33
26 Portugal 1.1554 53 15 8 10 38 30 33 28
27 Algeria 1.1318 67 18 13 8 62 40 39 18
28 Ivory Coast 1.1221 79 22 13 9 66 34 44 7
29 Norway 1.1191 37 9 10 13 41 35 32 53
30 Ghana 1.1140 46 12 10 7 30 21 29 35
31 Sierra Leone 1.0767 25 7 4 3 15 10 14 70
32 Zambia 1.0062 59 18 5 13 41 28 36 25
33 Morocco 0.9853 60 14 18 11 46 28 43 24
34 Paraguay 0.9285 40 11 7 11 40 42 29 45
35 Wales 0.8819 36 10 6 9 32 27 25 55
36 Egypt 0.8363 61 16 13 14 45 28 43 22
37 Gabon 0.8308 36 10 6 8 31 29 24 56
38 Costa Rica 0.8152 61 18 7 13 58 42 38 23
39 Switzerland 0.7943 40 9 13 11 49 43 33 43
40 United States 0.7093 42 12 6 6 32 23 24 38
41 Zaire 0.6384 39 9 12 10 34 27 31 49
42 Austria 0.6205 33 9 6 15 33 43 30 61
43 Poland 0.6040 42 11 9 10 30 37 30 39
44 Honduras 0.5769 49 13 10 5 45 24 28 31
45 Hungary 0.5251 45 12 9 12 42 44 33 36
46 Senegal 0.5184 36 10 6 8 28 18 24 54
47 Peru 0.5157 19 4 7 11 27 35 22 82
48 Tunisia 0.5141 40 11 7 13 33 35 31 46
49 Northern Ireland 0.5126 34 8 10 16 29 43 34 59
50 Guinea 0.5075 27 7 6 7 21 28 20 67
51 Greece 0.4935 40 11 7 11 32 44 29 47
52 Bolivia 0.4853 16 3 7 8 10 29 18 88
53 Libya 0.4798 21 6 3 3 17 11 12 75
54 Zimbabwe 0.4395 40 11 7 6 35 32 24 44
55 Ecuador 0.3485 15 3 6 9 17 27 18 90
56 Iceland 0.3208 24 6 6 19 21 44 31 71
57 Finland 0.3112 20 4 8 15 17 44 27 80
58 Sudan 0.3097 20 5 5 6 13 21 16 78
59 Burundi 0.3015 7 2 1 1 5 5 4 109
60 Burkina Faso 0.3006 19 6 1 5 13 19 12 81
61 Uganda 0.2992 17 5 2 5 15 18 12 85
62 Mali 0.2861 17 3 8 5 14 22 16 86
63 Angola 0.2506 20 4 8 11 21 30 23 79
64 Saudi Arabia 0.2420 39 10 9 5 28 17 24 48
65 Turkey 0.2264 16 4 4 22 21 63 30 89
66 South Korea 0.2160 74 23 5 8 75 25 36 11
67 Liberia 0.2052 13 3 4 5 6 10 12 94
68 Kenya 0.2046 26 5 11 17 24 51 33 69
69 Lithuania 0.2041 6 1 3 1 5 5 5 116
70 Madagascar 0.2030 17 5 2 5 10 12 12 84
71 Malawi 0.1717 22 4 10 10 23 33 24 74
72 Canada 0.1554 33 9 6 7 29 28 22 60
73 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1547 31 8 7 10 31 25 25 63
74 Latvia 0.1414 4 0 4 3 3 13 7 125
75 Swaziland 0.1412 11 2 5 4 10 19 11 100
76 El Salvador 0.1279 41 12 5 8 45 28 25 41
77 China 0.1242 66 19 9 8 71 23 36 19
78 Congo 0.1207 13 3 4 7 12 18 14 95
79 Ethiopia 0.1178 13 4 1 9 13 29 14 98
80 United Arab Emirates 0.1023 51 14 9 9 46 34 32 30
81 Albania 0.1022 8 2 2 23 10 66 27 108
82 Niger 0.0995 16 5 1 4 13 9 10 87
83 Malta 0.0980 7 0 7 24 14 81 31 115
84 Japan 0.0962 44 12 8 7 34 20 27 37
85 Guatemala 0.0946 20 5 5 10 15 21 20 77
86 Kuwait 0.0891 32 9 5 4 30 11 18 62
87 Panama 0.0863 7 2 1 3 5 11 6 111
88 Jamaica 0.0853 31 9 4 7 29 30 20 64
89 Iran 0.0843 41 12 5 4 33 11 21 40
90 Qatar 0.0817 38 10 8 6 36 23 24 50
91 Tanzania 0.0805 8 1 5 5 9 17 11 107
92 Mozambique 0.0803 13 3 4 12 22 35 19 97
93 Australia 0.0782 35 10 5 3 44 13 18 57
94 Togo 0.0726 10 2 4 8 7 19 14 104
95 Syria 0.0639 41 12 5 5 28 20 22 42
96 Chad 0.0561 8 2 2 2 6 7 6 106
97 Saint Lucia 0.0493 10 3 1 2 8 7 6 101
98 Cyprus 0.0477 5 1 2 28 15 80 31 121
99 Bahrain 0.0410 14 3 5 5 14 14 13 91
100 Israel 0.0362 17 4 5 6 25 21 15 83
101 New Zealand 0.0351 30 9 3 4 41 16 16 65
102 North Korea 0.0314 37 10 7 8 29 18 25 51
103 Indonesia 0.0257 27 7 6 7 18 28 20 68
104 Faroe Islands 0.0251 4 1 1 11 3 48 13 127
105 Iraq 0.0237 27 8 3 6 26 20 17 66
106 Thailand 0.0236 21 5 6 11 15 36 22 76
107 Jordan 0.0219 13 3 4 7 8 17 14 96
108 Bermuda 0.0211 14 4 2 4 14 15 10 92
109 South Africa 0.0179 3 1 0 3 2 9 4 129
110 Benin 0.0177 2 0 2 11 5 28 13 132
111 Luxembourg 0.0175 2 0 2 27 9 78 29 135
112 Venezuela 0.0162 2 0 2 18 11 67 20 134
113 Fiji 0.0161 10 3 1 2 8 8 6 102
114 Suriname 0.0154 7 1 4 4 7 14 9 112
115 Mauritania 0.0137 4 1 1 8 5 25 10 126
116 Lesotho 0.0125 5 1 2 1 6 5 4 119
117 Hong Kong 0.0123 23 5 8 8 27 24 21 72
118 St Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0108 7 2 1 7 5 32 10 114
119 Malaysia 0.0095 23 6 5 6 20 23 17 73
120 Dominican Republic 0.0093 6 1 3 2 6 12 6 117
121 North Yemen 0.0078 6 1 3 9 6 22 13 118
122 South Yemen 0.0073 2 0 2 3 5 11 5 130
123 India 0.0071 14 3 5 5 10 15 13 93
124 Haiti 0.0062 7 2 1 5 6 14 8 113
125 Oman 0.0038 5 1 2 5 4 14 8 120
126 Bangladesh 0.0033 12 3 3 13 10 35 19 99
127 Gambia 0.0018 3 1 0 3 3 6 4 128
128 Puerto Rico 0.0014 4 1 1 6 8 14 8 124
129 Guyana 0.0012 2 0 2 6 5 22 8 131
130 Singapore 0.0011 9 2 3 8 16 24 13 105
131 Botswana 0.0009 1 0 1 3 0 11 4 137
132 Nepal 0.0008 2 0 2 12 0 46 14 133
133 Taiwan 0.0007 1 0 1 10 2 52 11 138
134 Macao 0.0005 10 3 1 5 8 19 9 103
135 Netherlands Antilles 0 7 2 1 3 5 11 6 110
135 Tahiti 0 4 1 1 2 5 8 4 122
135 Antigua and Barbuda 0 4 1 1 4 6 10 6 123
135 Solomon Islands 0 1 0 1 3 5 13 4 136
135 Mauritius 0 0 0 0 4 2 8 4 139
135 Nicaragua 0 0 0 0 4 3 16 4 140
135 Vanuatu 0 0 0 0 4 1 18 4 141
135 Brunei 0 0 0 0 6 2 29 6 142
135 Pakistan 0 0 0 0 10 2 33 10 143
135 San Marino 0 0 0 0 11 2 49 11 144

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

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Includes all competitive matches during the eight-year window: Qualifying and final tournament matches of the World Cup and the continental championships of FIFAs confederations, and the Confederations Cup.
Matches decided on penalties are treated as ties.