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

World 1986-93

1985-92 1987-94

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Argentina 6.6067 91 25 16 8 76 48 49 4
2 Germany 6.2614 68 20 8 6 61 29 34 20
3 Italy 5.5186 86 25 11 5 69 27 41 8
4 Brazil 4.7148 87 26 9 6 85 30 41 7
5 Cameroon 4.6688 108 31 15 9 71 37 55 1
6 Netherlands 3.9517 96 28 12 4 86 24 44 2
7 Denmark 3.8966 84 24 12 9 71 35 45 9
8 Yugoslavia 3.1934 63 20 3 4 61 25 27 25
9 Soviet Union 2.9546 88 25 13 6 76 26 44 6
10 Nigeria 2.8993 95 27 14 10 91 40 51 3
11 France 2.8091 78 22 12 10 65 39 44 13
12 England 2.5640 79 21 16 9 80 31 46 12
13 Romania 2.3656 67 20 7 7 69 30 34 23
14 Mexico 2.1956 70 21 7 5 92 24 33 18
15 Colombia 2.0576 61 16 13 8 56 34 37 30
16 Uruguay 1.9951 58 16 10 11 45 37 37 34
17 Ireland 1.7495 75 19 18 5 56 24 42 15
18 Czechoslovakia 1.6215 67 19 10 8 63 31 37 24
19 Ivory Coast 1.5236 81 23 12 9 63 37 44 11
20 Sweden 1.5186 56 16 8 7 49 27 31 36
21 Belgium 1.4851 71 20 11 12 72 43 43 17
22 Spain 1.4253 90 28 6 11 98 38 45 5
23 Norway 1.2909 48 13 9 12 49 31 34 44
24 Ghana 1.2828 45 13 6 6 28 17 25 48
25 Zambia 1.1830 75 23 6 12 59 27 41 14
26 Chile 1.1408 36 11 3 8 39 21 22 63
27 Scotland 1.1211 60 16 12 14 50 46 42 31
28 Bulgaria 1.1198 52 14 10 12 54 38 36 38
29 Portugal 1.0854 63 18 9 10 48 29 37 27
30 Sierra Leone 1.0763 33 9 6 3 21 11 18 64
31 Egypt 1.0360 69 18 15 13 53 29 46 19
32 Morocco 1.0164 68 17 17 12 54 32 46 22
33 Algeria 1.0163 62 16 14 10 59 47 40 28
34 Gabon 0.9557 47 13 8 9 39 32 30 46
35 Greece 0.9463 49 14 7 9 36 39 30 42
36 Bolivia 0.7382 32 8 8 9 31 35 25 66
37 Zimbabwe 0.7200 51 13 12 7 40 38 32 40
38 Paraguay 0.6839 39 10 9 12 34 48 31 55
39 Switzerland 0.6472 50 13 11 10 61 36 34 41
40 Costa Rica 0.6467 68 21 5 14 65 41 40 21
41 Senegal 0.6408 43 12 7 12 39 32 31 49
42 Wales 0.6047 40 11 7 10 38 31 28 54
43 Zaire 0.5817 40 9 13 11 38 28 33 53
44 East Germany 0.5643 25 7 4 5 22 17 16 72
45 Poland 0.5501 42 11 9 14 32 47 34 51
46 Ecuador 0.4970 32 8 8 12 33 28 28 65
47 United States 0.4855 48 14 6 8 36 31 28 45
48 Guinea 0.4780 32 8 8 9 30 34 25 67
49 Uganda 0.4732 23 6 5 5 19 21 16 78
50 Austria 0.4607 37 10 7 18 38 51 35 60
51 Iceland 0.4068 32 8 8 16 24 41 32 68
52 Hungary 0.3818 42 11 9 15 39 52 35 50
53 Peru 0.3815 14 2 8 14 25 43 24 94
54 Tunisia 0.3686 38 10 8 8 35 24 26 58
55 Angola 0.3407 24 5 9 11 22 30 25 75
56 Kenya 0.3371 38 9 11 14 33 43 34 59
57 Madagascar 0.3250 20 6 2 3 12 8 11 85
58 Mali 0.3210 22 5 7 6 18 20 18 80
59 Sudan 0.3157 23 6 5 7 15 23 18 79
60 Australia 0.2723 27 8 3 3 29 11 14 70
61 Burkina Faso 0.2632 16 5 1 4 11 16 10 90
62 Turkey 0.2534 22 6 4 20 26 59 30 83
63 Honduras 0.2462 53 15 8 9 54 34 32 37
64 Northern Ireland 0.2405 39 10 9 18 35 52 37 56
65 Finland 0.2192 22 5 7 18 22 52 30 82
66 Israel 0.2178 13 2 7 7 15 32 16 101
67 Swaziland 0.2142 12 2 6 4 10 19 12 103
68 El Salvador 0.2065 41 12 5 13 45 42 30 52
69 Malawi 0.1983 22 5 7 12 19 30 24 81
70 Ethiopia 0.1944 17 5 2 14 16 43 21 88
71 Burundi 0.1944 11 2 5 2 11 13 9 107
72 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1794 46 13 7 9 45 29 29 47
73 Jamaica 0.1793 52 15 7 9 48 43 31 39
74 Niger 0.1768 23 7 2 7 19 17 16 76
75 Saudi Arabia 0.1690 61 16 13 4 56 23 33 29
76 Congo 0.1667 14 3 5 9 10 17 17 93
77 South Korea 0.1612 82 25 7 8 88 25 40 10
78 Liberia 0.1570 13 3 4 7 6 13 14 99
79 Canada 0.1075 27 7 6 10 31 45 23 71
80 South Africa 0.0993 12 3 3 4 7 14 10 102
81 New Zealand 0.0946 20 6 2 4 28 13 12 84
82 Tanzania 0.0911 8 1 5 5 9 17 11 119
83 Mozambique 0.0844 14 3 5 13 14 36 21 96
84 China 0.0722 71 21 8 9 66 25 38 16
85 Togo 0.0707 9 2 3 10 7 23 15 115
86 Chad 0.0700 8 2 2 2 6 7 6 118
87 Japan 0.0679 58 16 10 6 54 21 32 33
88 Lithuania 0.0625 9 2 3 7 8 21 12 113
89 Qatar 0.0614 48 13 9 6 52 28 28 43
90 Fiji 0.0611 10 3 1 2 8 8 6 108
91 Latvia 0.0603 5 0 5 7 4 21 12 130
92 Martinique 0.0598 25 7 4 4 26 24 15 73
93 Venezuela 0.0594 6 1 3 21 16 97 25 129
94 Guatemala 0.0584 13 3 4 9 8 18 16 100
95 Cyprus 0.0573 9 2 3 29 19 79 34 117
96 Iran 0.0520 59 17 8 7 56 24 32 32
97 Malta 0.0466 10 1 7 26 12 85 34 112
98 Panama 0.0461 9 2 3 7 9 24 12 114
99 United Arab Emirates 0.0399 63 18 9 9 60 34 36 26
100 Iraq 0.0368 36 10 6 6 49 22 22 62
101 Syria 0.0366 38 11 5 4 34 20 20 57
102 Benin 0.0358 5 1 2 17 8 49 20 131
103 Kuwait 0.0315 36 10 6 4 43 13 20 61
104 Albania 0.0304 8 2 2 27 13 79 31 121
105 Lesotho 0.0284 7 1 4 3 8 17 8 124
106 Bermuda 0.0281 14 4 2 4 14 15 10 92
107 Saint Lucia 0.0259 15 4 3 4 11 13 11 91
108 North Korea 0.0239 57 17 6 11 50 34 34 35
109 Luxembourg 0.0217 3 0 3 27 9 76 30 142
110 Botswana 0.0192 2 0 2 4 1 13 6 143
111 Thailand 0.0174 28 8 4 12 24 39 24 69
112 Faroe Islands 0.0166 4 1 1 16 4 64 18 137
113 Bahrain 0.0158 18 4 6 6 13 14 16 87
114 Haiti 0.0110 7 2 1 1 6 5 4 122
115 Jordan 0.0101 19 4 7 7 17 25 18 86
116 Dominican Republic 0.0081 10 2 4 3 12 19 9 110
117 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0072 11 2 5 2 15 14 9 105
118 Malaysia 0.0066 24 6 6 7 30 28 19 74
119 French Guiana 0.0065 6 2 0 2 5 5 4 126
120 Hong Kong 0.0047 14 2 8 11 15 35 21 95
121 Yemen 0.0046 11 3 2 3 12 13 8 106
122 Singapore 0.0045 23 7 2 8 26 25 17 77
123 North Yemen 0.0044 6 1 3 5 5 10 9 128
124 San Marino 0.0043 1 0 1 17 3 79 18 150
125 Mauritius 0.0043 1 0 1 7 3 16 8 146
126 Oman 0.0041 13 3 4 7 14 19 14 98
127 Indonesia 0.0036 14 3 5 11 14 37 19 97
128 India 0.0028 9 2 3 10 11 31 15 116
129 Lebanon 0.0027 10 2 4 2 8 9 8 109
130 St Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0027 10 3 1 10 9 41 14 111
131 Puerto Rico 0.0022 16 5 1 8 18 16 14 89
132 Guadeloupe 0.0022 3 1 0 3 4 9 4 139
133 Bangladesh 0.0011 12 3 3 15 12 53 21 104
134 Estonia 0.0007 1 0 1 9 1 27 10 147
135 Sint Maarten 0.0007 4 1 1 2 3 7 4 133
136 Cayman Islands 0.0007 4 1 1 5 9 19 7 135
137 Macao 0.0003 4 1 1 7 5 50 9 136
138 Barbados 0.0003 6 2 0 3 10 7 5 125
139 Nepal 0.0002 1 0 1 9 0 35 10 148
139 Taiwan 0.0002 1 0 1 10 4 47 11 149
141 Vietnam 0.0002 3 1 0 7 4 18 8 140
142 British Virgin Islands 0.0002 1 0 1 3 2 10 4 145
143 Suriname 0.0002 6 1 3 1 5 5 5 127
144 Guyana 0.0002 8 2 2 8 10 30 12 120
145 Netherlands Antilles 0 7 2 1 3 5 11 6 123
145 Tahiti 0 4 1 1 2 5 8 4 132
145 Antigua and Barbuda 0 4 1 1 5 6 11 7 134
145 Gambia 0 3 1 0 3 3 6 4 138
145 Mauritania 0 3 1 0 7 4 20 8 141
145 Solomon Islands 0 1 0 1 3 5 13 4 144
145 Namibia 0 0 0 0 4 0 12 4 151
145 Guinea-Bissau 0 0 0 0 6 2 18 6 152
145 Vanuatu 0 0 0 0 4 1 18 4 153
145 Nicaragua 0 0 0 0 6 3 24 6 154
145 Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 8 0 26 8 155
145 Pakistan 0 0 0 0 18 4 69 18 156

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.