Ranking football clubs by the dominant eigenvector of the normalized points-won matrix.
World 1977-84
| ‹ 1976-83 | 1978-85 › | |
|---|---|---|
| EP | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GP | PR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 5.6315 | 71 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 71 | 26 | 36 | 6 |
| 2 | England | 4.7062 | 82 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 89 | 20 | 37 | 2 |
| 3 | Italy | 4.4863 | 66 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 53 | 33 | 38 | 12 |
| 4 | West Germany | 4.3983 | 92 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 100 | 31 | 44 | 1 |
| 5 | Algeria | 4.2228 | 74 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 80 | 49 | 42 | 5 |
| 6 | Poland | 3.7823 | 70 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 63 | 33 | 37 | 7 |
| 7 | France | 3.7389 | 69 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 78 | 38 | 34 | 9 |
| 8 | Belgium | 2.9543 | 67 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 54 | 48 | 41 | 11 |
| 9 | Cameroon | 2.7851 | 49 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 56 | 35 | 31 | 26 |
| 10 | Argentina | 2.7472 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 21 | 20 | 46 |
| 11 | Ghana | 2.6712 | 37 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 23 | 21 | 41 |
| 12 | Netherlands | 2.6671 | 81 | 25 | 6 | 10 | 82 | 37 | 41 | 3 |
| 13 | Austria | 2.6593 | 77 | 23 | 8 | 12 | 74 | 43 | 43 | 4 |
| 14 | Portugal | 2.4078 | 56 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 46 | 39 | 32 | 19 |
| 15 | Northern Ireland | 2.2811 | 59 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 37 | 35 | 36 | 15 |
| 16 | Tunisia | 2.0982 | 52 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 47 | 27 | 33 | 23 |
| 17 | Nigeria | 2.0854 | 64 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 67 | 46 | 41 | 13 |
| 18 | Morocco | 1.9375 | 50 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 48 | 29 | 31 | 24 |
| 19 | Scotland | 1.8836 | 50 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 56 | 43 | 32 | 25 |
| 20 | Spain | 1.8089 | 57 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 56 | 33 | 35 | 17 |
| 21 | Hungary | 1.8066 | 57 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 76 | 56 | 36 | 18 |
| 22 | Libya | 1.6154 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 15 | 62 |
| 23 | Guinea | 1.5570 | 40 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 29 | 26 | 34 |
| 24 | Soviet Union | 1.5159 | 54 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 51 | 21 | 31 | 21 |
| 25 | Egypt | 1.5117 | 49 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 51 | 52 | 32 | 28 |
| 26 | Peru | 1.4286 | 38 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 35 | 31 | 27 | 38 |
| 27 | Uruguay | 1.4134 | 32 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 20 | 47 |
| 28 | Sweden | 1.2581 | 42 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 41 | 36 | 31 | 32 |
| 29 | Czechoslovakia | 1.1616 | 55 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 61 | 33 | 34 | 20 |
| 30 | Uganda | 1.1315 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 51 |
| 31 | Denmark | 1.0771 | 49 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 61 | 48 | 34 | 27 |
| 32 | Romania | 1.0559 | 42 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 34 | 31 | 30 | 33 |
| 33 | Zambia | 1.0190 | 47 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 37 | 21 | 30 | 29 |
| 34 | Yugoslavia | 0.9817 | 53 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 61 | 45 | 31 | 22 |
| 35 | Senegal | 0.9056 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 53 |
| 36 | Paraguay | 0.8977 | 26 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 57 |
| 37 | Ireland | 0.8950 | 43 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 49 | 35 | 30 | 31 |
| 38 | Switzerland | 0.8417 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 41 | 26 | 49 |
| 39 | Zaire | 0.8207 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 31 | 16 | 52 |
| 40 | Chile | 0.6677 | 39 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 19 | 24 | 36 |
| 41 | Congo | 0.6464 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 32 | 17 | 74 |
| 42 | Norway | 0.6196 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 48 | 28 | 68 |
| 43 | Bolivia | 0.5942 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 44 | 20 | 67 |
| 44 | Ivory Coast | 0.5695 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 24 | 18 | 54 |
| 45 | Greece | 0.5692 | 36 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 34 | 42 | 30 | 43 |
| 46 | East Germany | 0.5522 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 55 | 32 | 26 | 30 |
| 47 | Ethiopia | 0.5395 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 33 | 21 | 61 |
| 48 | Togo | 0.5296 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 21 | 58 |
| 49 | Mali | 0.5164 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 77 |
| 50 | Colombia | 0.4797 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 16 | 78 |
| 51 | Sudan | 0.4508 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 83 |
| 52 | Bulgaria | 0.4283 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 31 | 37 | 28 | 44 |
| 53 | Tanzania | 0.4194 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 17 | 73 |
| 54 | Iran | 0.3937 | 69 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 72 | 30 | 32 | 8 |
| 55 | Ecuador | 0.3859 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 31 | 16 | 91 |
| 56 | Angola | 0.3739 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 86 |
| 57 | Kenya | 0.3732 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 14 | 81 |
| 58 | Honduras | 0.3682 | 36 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 18 | 42 |
| 59 | South Korea | 0.3338 | 61 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 59 | 23 | 32 | 14 |
| 60 | Finland | 0.3088 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 23 | 73 | 27 | 69 |
| 61 | Madagascar | 0.3071 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 84 |
| 62 | Niger | 0.2975 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 93 |
| 63 | Gambia | 0.2921 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 80 |
| 64 | Wales | 0.2767 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 29 | 26 | 37 |
| 65 | Malawi | 0.2469 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 65 |
| 66 | Kuwait | 0.2430 | 69 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 67 | 34 | 36 | 10 |
| 67 | Albania | 0.2370 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 41 | 19 | 94 |
| 68 | Mozambique | 0.2279 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 88 |
| 69 | Israel | 0.2243 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 82 |
| 70 | Turkey | 0.1760 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 19 | 57 | 28 | 64 |
| 71 | Somalia | 0.1710 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 104 |
| 72 | Mauritius | 0.1584 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 15 | 85 |
| 73 | Rhodesia | 0.1445 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 96 |
| 74 | Mauritania | 0.1427 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 98 |
| 75 | China | 0.1366 | 57 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 59 | 19 | 29 | 16 |
| 76 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1332 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 27 | 22 | 39 |
| 77 | Iceland | 0.1248 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 70 | 31 | 75 |
| 78 | Rwanda | 0.1130 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 113 |
| 79 | Benin | 0.1129 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 8 | 110 |
| 80 | Lesotho | 0.1127 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 101 |
| 81 | Sierra Leone | 0.1011 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 12 | 111 |
| 82 | Liberia | 0.0975 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 106 |
| 83 | Venezuela | 0.0773 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 39 | 16 | 103 |
| 84 | Gabon | 0.0688 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 117 |
| 85 | Cyprus | 0.0633 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 81 | 27 | 120 |
| 86 | Mexico | 0.0614 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 17 | 55 |
| 87 | North Korea | 0.0572 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 50 |
| 88 | Syria | 0.0548 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 25 | 21 | 60 |
| 89 | El Salvador | 0.0548 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 28 | 21 | 48 |
| 90 | New Zealand | 0.0469 | 39 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 60 | 26 | 22 | 35 |
| 91 | Qatar | 0.0446 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 26 | 24 | 40 |
| 92 | Australia | 0.0443 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 20 | 20 | 45 |
| 93 | Upper Volta | 0.0400 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 7 | 123 |
| 94 | Iraq | 0.0318 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 92 |
| 95 | Malaysia | 0.0317 | 26 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 38 | 29 | 19 | 56 |
| 96 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0316 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 19 | 14 | 70 |
| 97 | Malta | 0.0289 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 106 | 25 | 116 |
| 98 | Canada | 0.0249 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 71 |
| 99 | Singapore | 0.0241 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 15 | 87 |
| 100 | India | 0.0238 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 90 |
| 101 | Guatemala | 0.0182 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 76 |
| 102 | Haiti | 0.0171 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 72 |
| 103 | Luxembourg | 0.0151 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 100 | 29 | 125 |
| 104 | Thailand | 0.0135 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 32 | 37 | 17 | 59 |
| 105 | Cuba | 0.0127 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 79 |
| 106 | Costa Rica | 0.0126 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 100 |
| 107 | Hong Kong | 0.0107 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 49 | 26 | 63 |
| 108 | Indonesia | 0.0103 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 36 | 20 | 66 |
| 109 | Japan | 0.0090 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 99 |
| 110 | United States | 0.0080 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 95 |
| 111 | Bahrain | 0.0036 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 105 |
| 112 | Sri Lanka | 0.0032 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 8 | 102 |
| 113 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0027 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 109 |
| 114 | Netherlands Antilles | 0.0023 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 114 |
| 115 | Taiwan | 0.0018 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 12 | 107 |
| 116 | Fiji | 0.0011 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 8 | 108 |
| 117 | Bangladesh | 0.0010 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 38 | 13 | 97 |
| 118 | Jordan | 0.0008 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 112 |
| 119 | Panama | 0.0007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 10 | 124 |
| 120 | Afghanistan | 0.0005 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 8 | 121 |
| 121 | Suriname | 0.0004 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 11 | 89 |
| 122 | Oman | 0.0003 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 115 |
| 123 | Guyana | 0.0000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 122 |
| 124 | Pakistan | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 118 |
| 124 | Macao | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 119 |
| 124 | North Yemen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 126 |
| 124 | Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 8 | 127 |
| 124 | Nepal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 128 |
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.