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

World 1987-94

1986-93 1988-95

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Italy 7.6407 92 27 11 5 69 24 43 5
2 Germany 6.5692 76 23 7 5 69 31 35 14
3 Brazil 5.7870 91 27 10 6 86 32 43 6
4 Argentina 3.7720 78 21 15 10 70 49 46 13
5 Netherlands 3.5860 106 31 13 6 101 31 50 2
6 Romania 3.5241 79 23 10 7 79 39 40 12
7 Denmark 3.0513 75 21 12 9 64 34 42 15
8 Bulgaria 2.8552 67 20 7 13 70 43 40 22
9 Yugoslavia 2.7088 60 19 3 3 57 23 25 34
10 Sweden 2.6818 67 19 10 9 61 38 38 24
11 Cameroon 2.5754 101 29 14 11 67 43 54 3
12 Nigeria 2.3966 112 32 16 12 107 47 60 1
13 Ireland 2.3661 86 23 17 7 67 26 47 7
14 Soviet Union 2.3184 81 23 12 7 69 27 42 11
15 England 2.1814 66 17 15 7 68 28 39 25
16 Spain 2.1779 94 29 7 11 105 41 47 4
17 Czechoslovakia 1.9053 68 19 11 8 66 32 38 19
18 Colombia 1.9006 64 17 13 10 60 39 40 28
19 Portugal 1.7432 70 21 7 8 58 25 36 17
20 Uruguay 1.7177 56 16 8 9 43 29 33 38
21 Mexico 1.7150 64 19 7 6 90 26 32 27
22 France 1.7147 67 19 10 8 55 31 37 23
23 Belgium 1.6947 65 19 8 13 58 37 40 26
24 Switzerland 1.6500 62 17 11 10 70 40 38 30
25 Scotland 1.3861 61 17 10 13 54 46 40 33
26 Norway 1.3574 55 15 10 12 52 29 37 39
27 Ghana 1.2938 54 16 6 7 35 20 29 41
28 Ivory Coast 1.2903 82 23 13 9 67 38 45 10
29 Zambia 1.2452 84 26 6 12 65 27 44 8
30 Greece 1.0680 55 16 7 11 41 45 34 40
31 Chile 1.0377 36 11 3 8 39 21 22 62
32 Algeria 0.8947 62 16 14 7 58 41 37 31
33 Egypt 0.7847 70 18 16 13 62 30 47 18
34 Costa Rica 0.7516 68 21 5 14 65 41 40 20
35 United States 0.7474 52 15 7 10 39 35 32 46
36 Gabon 0.6988 52 15 7 10 41 34 32 44
37 Bolivia 0.6259 33 8 9 11 32 39 28 66
38 Saudi Arabia 0.6173 67 18 13 6 61 29 37 21
39 Austria 0.6160 37 10 7 19 40 50 36 59
40 Sierra Leone 0.5882 33 9 6 5 22 19 20 65
41 East Germany 0.5740 20 6 2 5 20 17 13 85
42 Zimbabwe 0.5440 54 14 12 8 43 42 34 42
43 Wales 0.5067 42 12 6 13 41 41 31 51
44 Ecuador 0.4550 32 8 8 12 33 28 28 67
45 Zaire 0.4266 45 10 15 14 42 35 39 49
46 Morocco 0.4234 61 16 13 13 51 32 42 32
47 Israel 0.4226 20 4 8 7 20 34 19 87
48 South Korea 0.4053 83 25 8 7 88 23 40 9
49 Peru 0.3933 14 2 8 14 25 43 24 98
50 Paraguay 0.3879 34 9 7 11 30 42 27 64
51 Hungary 0.3840 40 10 10 12 38 44 32 55
52 Uganda 0.3344 27 7 6 6 24 27 19 72
53 Finland 0.3249 27 7 6 18 30 54 31 74
54 Poland 0.3082 38 10 8 13 31 41 31 58
55 Burkina Faso 0.3042 19 6 1 4 13 17 11 88
56 Iceland 0.3007 30 8 6 18 23 45 32 69
57 Senegal 0.2885 41 11 8 14 38 36 33 53
58 Mali 0.2813 35 9 8 10 27 31 27 63
59 Honduras 0.2785 53 15 8 9 54 34 32 43
60 Guinea 0.2682 32 8 8 13 33 41 29 68
61 Madagascar 0.2660 20 6 2 3 12 8 11 84
62 Turkey 0.2642 25 7 4 20 34 59 31 78
63 Sudan 0.2642 25 6 7 8 16 26 21 77
64 Angola 0.2516 24 5 9 12 19 30 26 80
65 Tunisia 0.2407 40 10 10 9 37 28 29 54
66 China 0.2353 71 21 8 9 66 25 38 16
67 Kenya 0.2246 38 9 11 14 33 43 34 57
68 Japan 0.2138 58 16 10 6 54 21 32 36
69 Northern Ireland 0.2133 43 12 7 17 40 51 36 50
70 Australia 0.2133 27 8 3 3 29 11 14 71
71 Macedonia 0.2132 5 1 2 1 5 4 4 133
72 Jamaica 0.2127 52 15 7 9 48 43 31 45
73 El Salvador 0.2071 41 12 5 13 45 42 30 52
74 Trinidad and Tobago 0.2057 46 13 7 9 45 29 29 48
75 Qatar 0.2029 48 13 9 6 52 28 28 47
76 Iran 0.1683 59 17 8 7 56 24 32 35
77 Malawi 0.1643 26 6 8 12 23 32 26 75
78 Canada 0.1631 27 7 6 7 31 40 20 73
79 Iraq 0.1535 36 10 6 3 48 18 19 60
80 Swaziland 0.1531 12 2 6 4 10 19 12 105
81 Burundi 0.1478 11 2 5 2 11 13 9 109
82 Liberia 0.1459 16 4 4 6 6 11 14 92
83 Ethiopia 0.1389 15 4 3 16 13 50 23 94
84 Congo 0.1252 14 3 5 10 12 20 18 97
85 United Arab Emirates 0.1234 63 18 9 9 60 34 36 29
86 Syria 0.1168 38 11 5 4 34 20 20 56
87 Moldova 0.1098 6 2 0 2 5 9 4 130
88 Mozambique 0.1074 20 5 5 11 20 33 21 86
89 Niger 0.1054 23 7 2 7 19 17 16 81
90 Togo 0.1049 13 3 4 11 10 25 18 103
91 Tanzania 0.0990 14 3 5 5 14 18 13 96
92 Kuwait 0.0974 36 10 6 4 43 13 20 61
93 North Korea 0.0904 57 17 6 11 50 34 34 37
94 New Zealand 0.0848 20 6 2 4 28 13 12 83
95 Martinique 0.0818 25 7 4 4 26 24 15 76
96 Georgia 0.0748 6 2 0 2 6 3 4 127
97 Guatemala 0.0726 13 3 4 9 8 18 16 102
98 Malta 0.0721 11 1 8 26 13 85 35 110
99 South Africa 0.0684 12 3 3 4 7 14 10 104
100 Latvia 0.0632 8 1 5 9 6 27 15 121
101 Venezuela 0.0630 6 1 3 21 16 97 25 132
102 Panama 0.0515 9 2 3 7 9 24 12 116
103 Thailand 0.0492 28 8 4 12 24 39 24 70
104 Lithuania 0.0491 9 2 3 7 8 21 12 115
105 Fiji 0.0488 10 3 1 2 8 8 6 111
106 Chad 0.0481 8 2 2 2 6 7 6 119
107 Cyprus 0.0455 9 2 3 29 18 78 34 118
108 Bahrain 0.0452 18 4 6 6 13 14 16 90
109 Luxembourg 0.0412 3 0 3 27 9 76 30 145
110 Bermuda 0.0338 14 4 2 4 14 15 10 95
111 Jordan 0.0331 19 4 7 7 17 25 18 89
112 Namibia 0.0312 4 1 1 5 3 16 7 139
113 Saint Lucia 0.0302 15 4 3 4 11 13 11 93
114 Benin 0.0297 5 1 2 17 8 49 20 134
115 Mauritania 0.0243 2 0 2 6 2 19 8 146
116 Botswana 0.0207 3 0 3 6 3 18 9 144
117 Albania 0.0206 8 2 2 29 14 81 33 122
118 Malaysia 0.0204 24 6 6 7 30 28 19 79
119 Lesotho 0.0188 7 1 4 3 8 17 8 125
120 Faroe Islands 0.0186 4 1 1 19 6 79 21 141
121 Oman 0.0150 13 3 4 7 14 19 14 101
122 Yemen 0.0149 11 3 2 3 12 13 8 108
123 Singapore 0.0146 23 7 2 8 26 25 17 82
124 Hong Kong 0.0145 14 2 8 11 15 35 21 99
125 North Yemen 0.0137 6 1 3 5 5 10 9 131
126 Haiti 0.0133 7 2 1 1 6 5 4 123
127 Indonesia 0.0111 14 3 5 11 14 37 19 100
128 Dominican Republic 0.0098 10 2 4 3 12 19 9 113
129 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0096 11 2 5 2 15 14 9 107
130 India 0.0090 9 2 3 10 11 31 15 117
131 French Guiana 0.0089 6 2 0 2 5 5 4 128
132 Lebanon 0.0082 10 2 4 2 8 9 8 112
133 San Marino 0.0038 1 0 1 20 4 89 21 153
134 Bangladesh 0.0033 12 3 3 15 12 53 21 106
135 St Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0032 10 3 1 10 9 41 14 114
136 Guadeloupe 0.0030 3 1 0 3 4 9 4 142
137 Mauritius 0.0029 1 0 1 8 3 19 9 149
138 Puerto Rico 0.0028 16 5 1 8 18 16 14 91
139 Estonia 0.0010 1 0 1 10 1 29 11 150
140 Sint Maarten 0.0010 4 1 1 2 3 7 4 136
141 Macao 0.0009 4 1 1 7 5 50 9 140
142 Cayman Islands 0.0009 4 1 1 5 9 19 7 138
143 Nepal 0.0006 1 0 1 9 0 35 10 151
143 Taiwan 0.0006 1 0 1 10 4 47 11 152
145 Vietnam 0.0006 3 1 0 7 4 18 8 143
146 Barbados 0.0004 6 2 0 3 10 7 5 126
147 British Virgin Islands 0.0003 1 0 1 3 2 10 4 148
148 Guyana 0.0002 8 2 2 8 10 30 12 120
149 Suriname 0.0002 6 1 3 1 5 5 5 129
150 Netherlands Antilles 0 7 2 1 3 5 11 6 124
150 Tahiti 0 4 1 1 2 5 8 4 135
150 Antigua and Barbuda 0 4 1 1 5 6 11 7 137
150 Solomon Islands 0 1 0 1 3 5 13 4 147
150 Azerbaijan 0 0 0 0 4 0 8 4 154
150 Guinea-Bissau 0 0 0 0 6 2 18 6 155
150 Vanuatu 0 0 0 0 4 1 18 4 156
150 Liechtenstein 0 0 0 0 5 1 21 5 157
150 Nicaragua 0 0 0 0 6 3 24 6 158
150 Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 8 0 26 8 159
150 Pakistan 0 0 0 0 18 4 69 18 160

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.