Ranking football clubs by the dominant eigenvector of the normalized points-won matrix.
World 1989-96
| ‹ 1988-95 | 1990-97 › | |
|---|---|---|
| EP | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GP | PR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 7.0993 | 100 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 95 | 41 | 45 | 7 |
| 2 | Italy | 6.7746 | 102 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 79 | 29 | 47 | 6 |
| 3 | Denmark | 5.1703 | 100 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 85 | 33 | 48 | 8 |
| 4 | Brazil | 4.7811 | 111 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 101 | 34 | 51 | 2 |
| 5 | Spain | 3.9457 | 109 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 118 | 39 | 53 | 3 |
| 6 | Yugoslavia | 3.6658 | 56 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 58 | 17 | 23 | 48 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 3.0642 | 106 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 111 | 37 | 52 | 5 |
| 8 | France | 2.8848 | 82 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 72 | 26 | 41 | 18 |
| 9 | Czechoslovakia | 2.6488 | 87 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 88 | 41 | 48 | 14 |
| 10 | England | 2.6329 | 73 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 67 | 24 | 39 | 31 |
| 11 | Mexico | 2.5755 | 98 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 122 | 38 | 49 | 10 |
| 12 | Argentina | 2.5118 | 94 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 88 | 61 | 55 | 11 |
| 13 | Romania | 2.4603 | 88 | 26 | 10 | 11 | 89 | 48 | 47 | 13 |
| 14 | Nigeria | 2.4212 | 107 | 31 | 14 | 10 | 94 | 35 | 55 | 4 |
| 15 | Portugal | 2.4075 | 85 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 78 | 28 | 44 | 16 |
| 16 | Norway | 2.2773 | 73 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 67 | 24 | 39 | 32 |
| 17 | Sweden | 1.9292 | 65 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 66 | 43 | 40 | 37 |
| 18 | Ireland | 1.8178 | 83 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 71 | 32 | 47 | 17 |
| 19 | Cameroon | 1.7641 | 99 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 70 | 53 | 55 | 9 |
| 20 | Bulgaria | 1.7125 | 77 | 23 | 8 | 14 | 81 | 51 | 45 | 24 |
| 21 | Colombia | 1.6380 | 80 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 73 | 49 | 49 | 20 |
| 22 | Ghana | 1.5756 | 78 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 51 | 26 | 38 | 23 |
| 23 | Zambia | 1.4503 | 112 | 35 | 7 | 15 | 90 | 36 | 57 | 1 |
| 24 | Croatia | 1.4121 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 15 | 85 |
| 25 | Belgium | 1.3812 | 74 | 22 | 8 | 13 | 69 | 41 | 43 | 30 |
| 26 | Switzerland | 1.2880 | 64 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 72 | 47 | 42 | 38 |
| 27 | Soviet Union | 1.1649 | 86 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 94 | 33 | 44 | 15 |
| 28 | Uruguay | 1.1184 | 73 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 58 | 39 | 43 | 33 |
| 29 | Scotland | 1.1028 | 77 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 62 | 41 | 45 | 25 |
| 30 | South Africa | 1.0530 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 19 | 69 |
| 31 | Algeria | 0.9706 | 79 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 64 | 37 | 44 | 21 |
| 32 | Egypt | 0.9202 | 90 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 86 | 41 | 57 | 12 |
| 33 | United States | 0.8018 | 77 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 58 | 49 | 46 | 26 |
| 34 | Ivory Coast | 0.7619 | 76 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 66 | 49 | 47 | 28 |
| 35 | Greece | 0.6908 | 57 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 50 | 44 | 36 | 47 |
| 36 | Paraguay | 0.6790 | 51 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 47 | 35 | 52 |
| 37 | Costa Rica | 0.6268 | 80 | 25 | 5 | 18 | 76 | 51 | 48 | 19 |
| 38 | Bolivia | 0.6129 | 42 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 46 | 50 | 36 | 62 |
| 39 | Austria | 0.6017 | 50 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 61 | 53 | 40 | 54 |
| 40 | Gabon | 0.5589 | 64 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 49 | 38 | 39 | 39 |
| 41 | Zimbabwe | 0.5378 | 56 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 48 | 51 | 37 | 50 |
| 42 | Chile | 0.5259 | 36 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 36 | 27 | 70 |
| 43 | Northern Ireland | 0.5187 | 52 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 52 | 49 | 38 | 51 |
| 44 | Hungary | 0.5183 | 37 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 33 | 68 |
| 45 | Ecuador | 0.5149 | 43 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 42 | 34 | 35 | 59 |
| 46 | Poland | 0.4780 | 40 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 38 | 44 | 33 | 65 |
| 47 | Tunisia | 0.4520 | 62 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 50 | 33 | 40 | 40 |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 0.4195 | 78 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 77 | 38 | 43 | 22 |
| 49 | Turkey | 0.4119 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 42 | 53 | 35 | 74 |
| 50 | Wales | 0.4075 | 46 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 51 | 52 | 35 | 57 |
| 51 | Israel | 0.3605 | 32 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 49 | 30 | 80 |
| 52 | Ukraine | 0.3593 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 103 |
| 53 | Zaire | 0.3531 | 57 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 50 | 35 | 42 | 45 |
| 54 | Morocco | 0.3130 | 60 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 50 | 30 | 41 | 42 |
| 55 | Sierra Leone | 0.2992 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 25 | 73 |
| 56 | Senegal | 0.2835 | 50 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 46 | 42 | 38 | 55 |
| 57 | Iceland | 0.2745 | 29 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 42 | 33 | 88 |
| 58 | Congo | 0.2692 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 25 | 24 | 101 |
| 59 | Lithuania | 0.2664 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 25 | 84 |
| 60 | South Korea | 0.2568 | 74 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 88 | 29 | 38 | 29 |
| 61 | Angola | 0.2513 | 43 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 42 | 41 | 36 | 60 |
| 62 | El Salvador | 0.2489 | 57 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 61 | 55 | 40 | 46 |
| 63 | Jamaica | 0.2454 | 76 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 65 | 43 | 40 | 27 |
| 64 | Burundi | 0.2380 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 112 |
| 65 | Guinea | 0.2269 | 45 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 50 | 41 | 34 | 58 |
| 66 | Honduras | 0.2204 | 71 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 80 | 53 | 42 | 35 |
| 67 | Mali | 0.1947 | 41 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 39 | 32 | 64 |
| 68 | Peru | 0.1892 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 31 | 54 | 31 | 106 |
| 69 | Liberia | 0.1869 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 22 | 89 |
| 70 | Slovakia | 0.1797 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 14 | 97 |
| 71 | Canada | 0.1793 | 43 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 42 | 43 | 26 | 61 |
| 72 | Madagascar | 0.1792 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 107 |
| 73 | Finland | 0.1679 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 36 | 58 | 34 | 81 |
| 74 | Burkina Faso | 0.1575 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 18 | 99 |
| 75 | Uganda | 0.1547 | 32 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 28 | 38 | 26 | 79 |
| 76 | Sudan | 0.1524 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 35 | 24 | 87 |
| 77 | Japan | 0.1466 | 56 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 52 | 23 | 29 | 49 |
| 78 | Iran | 0.1408 | 72 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 88 | 26 | 34 | 34 |
| 79 | Latvia | 0.1341 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 48 | 26 | 110 |
| 80 | Cyprus | 0.1285 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 82 | 36 | 114 |
| 81 | Malawi | 0.1279 | 28 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 29 | 90 |
| 82 | China | 0.1271 | 66 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 71 | 25 | 33 | 36 |
| 83 | Kenya | 0.1268 | 35 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 33 | 40 | 31 | 72 |
| 84 | Slovenia | 0.1265 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 131 |
| 85 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1257 | 61 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 54 | 32 | 33 | 41 |
| 86 | Kuwait | 0.1242 | 39 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 49 | 22 | 22 | 66 |
| 87 | Belarus | 0.1226 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 119 |
| 88 | Australia | 0.1213 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 9 | 16 | 76 |
| 89 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1162 | 57 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 79 | 47 | 40 | 44 |
| 90 | Togo | 0.1147 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 37 | 27 | 93 |
| 91 | Ethiopia | 0.1122 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 64 | 33 | 96 |
| 92 | Armenia | 0.1116 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 14 | 146 |
| 93 | Tanzania | 0.1114 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 26 | 19 | 108 |
| 94 | Mozambique | 0.1071 | 35 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 41 | 32 | 75 |
| 95 | Qatar | 0.1060 | 57 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 64 | 26 | 31 | 43 |
| 96 | Georgia | 0.1056 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 118 |
| 97 | Swaziland | 0.1040 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 12 | 138 |
| 98 | Guatemala | 0.1012 | 33 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 35 | 30 | 78 |
| 99 | Macedonia | 0.1001 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 15 | 122 |
| 100 | East Germany | 0.0841 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 148 |
| 101 | Azerbaijan | 0.0739 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 37 | 13 | 159 |
| 102 | Iraq | 0.0730 | 48 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 58 | 22 | 25 | 56 |
| 103 | Niger | 0.0697 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 98 |
| 104 | Albania | 0.0659 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 81 | 36 | 115 |
| 105 | Luxembourg | 0.0603 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 74 | 32 | 129 |
| 106 | Panama | 0.0568 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 37 | 22 | 92 |
| 107 | Martinique | 0.0519 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 28 | 18 | 86 |
| 108 | Malta | 0.0496 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 8 | 102 | 38 | 144 |
| 109 | Cuba | 0.0494 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 41 | 24 | 18 | 82 |
| 110 | North Korea | 0.0460 | 50 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 47 | 32 | 30 | 53 |
| 111 | Venezuela | 0.0459 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 25 | 120 | 33 | 154 |
| 112 | Chad | 0.0408 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 145 |
| 113 | Namibia | 0.0392 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 36 | 20 | 105 |
| 114 | Moldova | 0.0353 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 35 | 13 | 141 |
| 115 | Mauritania | 0.0348 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 32 | 20 | 128 |
| 116 | Bermuda | 0.0330 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 121 |
| 117 | Benin | 0.0286 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 52 | 23 | 143 |
| 118 | Syria | 0.0278 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 18 | 83 |
| 119 | New Zealand | 0.0269 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 117 |
| 120 | Thailand | 0.0267 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 52 | 45 | 28 | 67 |
| 121 | Faroe Islands | 0.0235 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 19 | 121 | 33 | 140 |
| 122 | Gambia | 0.0205 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 155 |
| 123 | Mauritius | 0.0168 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 36 | 15 | 169 |
| 124 | Malaysia | 0.0145 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 17 | 94 |
| 125 | St Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0139 | 42 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 63 | 94 | 37 | 63 |
| 126 | Indonesia | 0.0139 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 42 | 22 | 109 |
| 127 | Saint Lucia | 0.0138 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 34 | 24 | 77 |
| 128 | Haiti | 0.0135 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 120 |
| 129 | Lesotho | 0.0121 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 151 |
| 130 | Singapore | 0.0118 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 42 | 32 | 23 | 71 |
| 131 | Botswana | 0.0106 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 46 | 18 | 158 |
| 132 | Liechtenstein | 0.0105 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 61 | 14 | 171 |
| 133 | Hong Kong | 0.0101 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 20 | 104 |
| 134 | Lebanon | 0.0099 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 111 |
| 135 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0094 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 17 | 95 |
| 136 | Estonia | 0.0088 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 59 | 22 | 160 |
| 137 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0086 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 8 | 163 |
| 138 | Oman | 0.0070 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 24 | 20 | 91 |
| 139 | Yemen | 0.0063 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 123 |
| 140 | Suriname | 0.0062 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 124 |
| 141 | Bahrain | 0.0053 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 126 |
| 142 | Dominican Republic | 0.0047 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 41 | 18 | 100 |
| 143 | Jordan | 0.0042 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 16 | 116 |
| 144 | Kazakhstan | 0.0042 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 162 |
| 145 | French Guiana | 0.0039 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 135 |
| 146 | Fiji | 0.0034 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 147 |
| 147 | San Marino | 0.0029 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 136 | 32 | 172 |
| 148 | Cayman Islands | 0.0027 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 39 | 14 | 132 |
| 149 | Guadeloupe | 0.0025 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 149 |
| 150 | Turkmenistan | 0.0023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 165 |
| 151 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0020 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 13 | 125 |
| 152 | Puerto Rico | 0.0018 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 36 | 17 | 113 |
| 153 | Grenada | 0.0016 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 130 |
| 154 | Sint Maarten | 0.0013 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 136 |
| 155 | Barbados | 0.0012 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 102 |
| 156 | India | 0.0011 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 44 | 15 | 134 |
| 157 | Vietnam | 0.0009 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 10 | 157 |
| 158 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0007 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 161 |
| 159 | Guyana | 0.0007 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 40 | 15 | 133 |
| 160 | Netherlands Antilles | 0.0006 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 127 |
| 161 | Dominica | 0.0006 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 156 |
| 162 | Bangladesh | 0.0005 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 44 | 16 | 142 |
| 163 | Taiwan | 0.0005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 47 | 11 | 170 |
| 164 | Myanmar | 0.0004 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 150 |
| 165 | Macao | 0.0003 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 62 | 12 | 153 |
| 166 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 166 |
| 167 | Sri Lanka | 0.0001 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 55 | 17 | 139 |
| 168 | Tahiti | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 137 |
| 168 | Montserrat | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 6 | 152 |
| 168 | Solomon Islands | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 164 |
| 168 | Anguilla | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 167 |
| 168 | Vanuatu | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 168 |
| 168 | North Yemen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 173 |
| 168 | Belize | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 174 |
| 168 | Aruba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 175 |
| 168 | Maldives | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 6 | 176 |
| 168 | Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 177 |
| 168 | Nicaragua | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 34 | 10 | 178 |
| 168 | Nepal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 54 | 12 | 179 |
| 168 | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 64 | 16 | 180 |
EigenPoints, Points, Wins, Draws, Losses, GoalsFor, GoalsAgainst, GamesPlayed, PointsRank.
| « 1970-77 | History | 2018-25 » |
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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.