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

England 1996-97

‹ 1995-96 History 1997-98 ›

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Manchester United 4.332 85 24 13 7 85 49 44 19
2 Wimbledon 3.737 86 23 17 13 67 56 53 17
3 Liverpool 3.179 78 22 12 10 75 47 44 30
4 Bolton Wanderers 3.152 112 32 16 6 120 64 54 2
5 Newcastle United 3.084 75 21 12 11 79 51 44 40
6 Arsenal 3.063 76 21 13 10 73 41 44 36
7 Chelsea 2.974 81 23 12 13 83 66 48 25
8 Sheffield Wednesday 2.629 67 17 16 11 61 56 44 55
9 Stockport County 2.595 117 34 15 12 87 57 61 1
10 Leicester City 2.421 75 20 15 16 64 61 51 41
11 Middlesbrough 2.335 77 21 14 19 92 73 54 33
12 Aston Villa 2.220 68 19 11 13 53 39 43 54
13 Chesterfield 1.713 87 24 15 17 57 51 56 16
14 Derby County 1.694 56 14 14 16 55 66 44 82
15 Blackburn Rovers 1.578 51 12 15 16 48 47 43 91
16 Coventry City 1.557 53 12 17 17 49 64 46 87
17 Leeds United 1.552 57 14 15 16 39 47 45 79
18 Luton Town 1.490 94 25 19 14 89 64 58 4
19 Southampton 1.385 56 14 14 19 69 70 47 80
20 Wrexham 1.368 87 22 21 14 72 65 57 14
21 Ipswich Town 1.355 92 25 17 14 86 62 56 5
22 West Ham United 1.326 51 12 15 18 48 55 45 93
23 Sunderland 1.279 47 12 11 20 40 58 43 106
24 Bury 1.263 88 25 13 13 65 47 51 11
25 Everton 1.242 46 11 13 18 52 64 42 108
26 Birmingham City 1.240 79 21 16 16 62 54 53 29
27 Barnsley 1.213 87 24 15 13 84 62 52 12
28 Tottenham Hotspur 1.210 53 15 8 20 51 61 43 86
29 Nottingham Forest 1.197 44 9 17 18 39 66 44 109
30 Crystal Palace 1.186 84 23 15 16 93 59 54 21
31 Bristol City 1.150 85 24 13 19 87 66 56 20
32 Blackpool 1.145 78 21 15 16 68 55 52 31
33 Brentford 1.143 90 25 15 16 67 52 56 8
34 Crewe Alexandra 1.126 87 26 9 20 72 61 55 13
35 Gillingham 1.104 87 25 12 19 71 65 56 15
36 Watford 1.073 79 20 19 15 56 45 54 28
37 Burnley 1.043 79 22 13 19 82 65 54 27
38 Portsmouth 1.024 81 24 9 21 71 63 54 26
39 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.993 82 24 10 17 73 59 51 23
40 Sheffield United 0.961 81 22 15 17 86 65 54 24
41 Port Vale 0.918 78 20 18 15 67 61 53 32
42 Walsall 0.918 76 21 13 18 62 60 52 39
43 Charlton Athletic 0.819 67 18 13 21 62 76 52 60
44 Oxford United 0.819 70 19 13 23 75 78 55 50
45 Tranmere Rovers 0.805 70 18 16 17 68 61 51 47
46 Bournemouth 0.805 60 15 15 19 44 52 49 75
47 Stoke City 0.795 71 20 11 20 57 66 51 46
48 Preston North End 0.787 69 20 9 23 63 69 52 52
49 Reading 0.766 61 16 13 21 62 74 50 72
50 Millwall 0.746 65 17 14 19 53 60 50 63
51 Queens Park Rangers 0.745 76 21 13 18 74 70 52 37
52 Manchester City 0.744 67 19 10 22 64 67 51 57
53 Plymouth Argyle 0.735 61 14 19 18 56 61 51 71
54 Huddersfield Town 0.684 65 16 17 20 59 71 53 64
55 Wycombe Wanderers 0.658 67 18 13 23 63 67 54 58
56 York City 0.649 67 17 16 22 60 77 55 61
57 Norwich City 0.623 67 18 13 19 68 74 50 59
58 West Bromwich Albion 0.620 60 15 15 19 72 80 49 74
59 Bradford City 0.617 54 14 12 25 53 80 51 85
60 Bristol Rovers 0.613 59 16 11 22 50 56 49 77
61 Swindon Town 0.556 60 17 9 26 59 80 52 76
62 Peterborough United 0.508 61 15 16 25 69 87 56 73
63 Carlisle United 0.507 100 29 13 12 81 50 54 3
64 Shrewsbury Town 0.470 48 11 15 24 51 79 50 105
65 Macclesfield Town 0.470 90 27 9 7 80 32 43 7
66 Fulham 0.441 91 26 13 12 78 50 51 6
67 Grimsby Town 0.429 49 12 13 24 62 89 49 102
68 Southend United 0.417 42 9 15 25 44 91 49 111
69 Kidderminster Harriers 0.412 85 26 7 10 85 46 43 18
70 Oldham Athletic 0.409 50 12 14 26 55 72 52 101
71 Notts County 0.405 43 9 16 27 39 65 52 110
72 Wigan Athletic 0.394 88 26 10 13 90 59 49 10
73 Stevenage 0.377 89 26 11 9 93 58 46 9
74 Hednesford Town 0.345 69 19 12 15 58 54 46 51
75 Woking 0.339 72 20 12 15 78 68 47 43
76 Rotherham United 0.313 35 7 14 28 40 76 49 114
77 Lincoln City 0.302 77 21 14 18 84 81 53 35
78 Chester City 0.289 77 20 17 16 60 56 53 34
79 Colchester United 0.277 72 18 18 15 69 60 51 44
80 Rochdale 0.270 64 16 16 18 63 64 50 66
81 Scunthorpe United 0.268 70 20 10 21 69 71 51 49
82 Cardiff City 0.253 75 22 9 21 61 62 52 42
83 Northampton Town 0.248 84 24 12 18 75 51 54 22
84 Barnet 0.230 70 17 19 18 61 61 54 48
85 Northwich Victoria 0.229 64 17 13 14 64 59 44 65
86 Scarborough 0.221 71 18 17 18 73 79 53 45
87 Farnborough 0.221 62 16 14 14 60 56 44 68
88 Mansfield Town 0.221 67 17 16 17 51 53 50 56
89 Swansea City 0.217 76 22 10 21 66 64 53 38
90 Cambridge United 0.206 69 19 12 19 57 65 50 53
91 Morecambe 0.205 66 19 9 15 69 59 43 62
92 Leyton Orient 0.203 63 17 12 21 54 63 50 67
93 Darlington 0.197 62 17 11 24 72 84 52 70
94 Hull City 0.192 62 14 20 17 57 64 51 69
95 Exeter City 0.170 51 13 12 25 51 84 50 98
96 Gateshead 0.169 56 15 11 16 59 63 42 81
97 Telford United 0.156 58 16 10 16 46 56 42 78
98 Southport 0.151 55 15 10 18 52 63 43 83
99 Dover Athletic 0.151 50 12 14 16 57 68 42 100
100 Torquay United 0.146 51 13 12 24 49 67 49 95
101 Hartlepool United 0.146 53 14 11 25 57 74 50 88
102 Slough Town 0.141 50 12 14 16 62 65 42 99
103 Doncaster Rovers 0.140 53 14 11 24 54 71 49 89
104 Hereford United 0.139 51 12 15 24 54 77 51 97
105 Hayes 0.139 51 12 15 17 56 59 44 92
106 Stalybridge Celtic 0.134 52 14 10 19 53 61 43 90
107 Rushden & Diamonds 0.128 54 14 12 18 64 67 44 84
108 Kettering Town 0.128 51 14 9 19 53 62 42 94
109 Halifax Town 0.128 48 12 12 18 55 74 42 104
110 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.124 51 13 12 25 54 74 50 96
111 Welling United 0.122 48 13 9 21 50 63 43 103
112 Bath City 0.121 47 12 11 19 53 80 42 107
113 Bromsgrove Rovers 0.090 41 12 5 25 41 67 42 112
114 Altrincham 0.085 39 9 12 22 50 77 43 113
115 Boston United 0.019 3 1 0 1 3 1 2 117
116 Colwyn Bay 0.012 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 123
117 Enfield 0.010 4 1 1 1 5 6 3 116
118 Boreham Wood 0.008 4 1 1 1 5 5 3 115
119 Cheltenham Town 0.005 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 122
120 Sudbury Town 0.003 2 0 2 1 2 4 3 120
121 Whitby Town 0.002 1 0 1 1 4 8 2 124
122 St. Albans City 0 3 1 0 1 4 10 2 118
122 Dagenham & Redbridge 0 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 119
122 Ashford Town 0 2 0 2 1 3 8 3 121
122 Merthyr Tydfil 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 125
122 Wisbech Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 126
122 Bromley 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 127
122 Hendon 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 128
122 Newcastle Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 129
122 Runcorn 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 130
122 Consett 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 131
122 Shepshed Dynamo 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 132

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

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Includes league matches and play-offs from the top tiers of English football, the FA Cup (proper rounds), the League Cup, and the Community Shield. Matches decided on penalties are treated as ties.