Eigenrankings

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

England 1996-97

‹ 1995-96		1997-98 ›

		EP	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GP	PR
1	Manchester United	4.331	85	24	13	7	85	49	44	17
2	Wimbledon	3.737	86	23	17	13	67	56	53	15
3	Liverpool	3.178	78	22	12	10	75	47	44	29
4	Bolton Wanderers	3.157	112	32	16	6	120	64	54	2
5	Newcastle United	3.083	75	21	12	11	79	51	44	38
6	Arsenal	3.062	76	21	13	10	73	41	44	34
7	Chelsea	2.973	81	23	12	13	83	66	48	20
8	Sheffield Wednesday	2.629	67	17	16	11	61	56	44	55
9	Stockport County	2.600	117	34	15	12	87	57	61	1
10	Leicester City	2.424	75	20	15	16	64	61	51	40
11	Middlesbrough	2.335	77	21	14	19	92	73	54	32
12	Aston Villa	2.220	68	19	11	13	53	39	43	54
13	Chesterfield	1.715	87	24	15	17	57	51	56	14
14	Derby County	1.694	56	14	14	16	55	66	44	82
15	Blackburn Rovers	1.577	51	12	15	16	48	47	43	91
16	Luton Town	1.562	93	25	18	13	86	60	56	4
17	Coventry City	1.557	53	12	17	17	49	64	46	87
18	Leeds United	1.548	57	14	15	16	39	47	45	79
19	Ipswich Town	1.393	90	25	15	14	83	59	54	7
20	Southampton	1.385	56	14	14	19	69	70	47	80
21	Wrexham	1.374	87	22	21	14	72	65	57	12
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	1.264	88	25	13	13	65	47	51	10
25	Everton	1.242	46	11	13	18	52	64	42	108
26	Birmingham City	1.237	79	21	16	16	62	54	53	27
27	Barnsley	1.210	87	24	15	13	84	62	52	11
28	Tottenham Hotspur	1.210	53	15	8	20	51	61	43	86
29	Nottingham Forest	1.199	44	9	17	18	39	66	44	109
30	Bristol City	1.173	85	24	13	17	85	62	54	18
31	Blackpool	1.148	78	21	15	16	68	55	52	30
32	Brentford	1.128	84	23	15	15	63	49	53	19
33	Crystal Palace	1.118	78	21	15	15	88	56	51	28
34	Gillingham	1.105	87	25	12	19	71	65	56	13
35	Watford	1.073	79	20	19	15	56	45	54	26
36	Crewe Alexandra	1.064	80	24	8	20	67	58	52	22
37	Burnley	1.043	79	22	13	19	82	65	54	24
38	Portsmouth	1.018	81	24	9	21	71	63	54	21
39	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0.990	79	23	10	16	70	55	49	25
40	Sheffield United	0.978	79	22	13	16	83	61	51	23
41	Walsall	0.918	76	21	13	18	62	60	52	37
42	Port Vale	0.912	78	20	18	15	67	61	53	31
43	Oxford United	0.819	70	19	13	23	75	78	55	50
44	Charlton Athletic	0.817	67	18	13	21	62	76	52	60
45	Bournemouth	0.808	60	15	15	19	44	52	49	75
46	Tranmere Rovers	0.804	70	18	16	17	68	61	51	47
47	Stoke City	0.791	71	20	11	20	57	66	51	46
48	Preston North End	0.787	69	20	9	23	63	69	52	52
49	Reading	0.768	61	16	13	21	62	74	50	72
50	Millwall	0.745	65	17	14	19	53	60	50	63
51	Queens Park Rangers	0.744	76	21	13	18	74	70	52	36
52	Manchester City	0.742	67	19	10	22	64	67	51	57
53	Plymouth Argyle	0.737	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	0.647	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	0.617	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	0.553	60	17	9	26	59	80	52	76
62	Carlisle United	0.507	100	29	13	12	81	50	54	3
63	Peterborough United	0.507	61	15	16	25	69	87	56	73
64	Shrewsbury Town	0.471	48	11	15	24	51	79	50	105
65	Macclesfield Town	0.470	90	27	9	7	80	32	43	6
66	Fulham	0.443	91	26	13	12	78	50	51	5
67	Grimsby Town	0.428	49	12	13	24	62	89	49	102
68	Southend United	0.416	42	9	15	25	44	91	49	111
69	Kidderminster Harriers	0.412	85	26	7	10	85	46	43	16
70	Oldham Athletic	0.409	50	12	14	26	55	72	52	101
71	Notts County	0.406	43	9	16	27	39	65	52	110
72	Wigan Athletic	0.394	88	26	10	13	90	59	49	9
73	Stevenage	0.377	89	26	11	9	93	58	46	8
74	Hednesford Town	0.345	69	19	12	15	58	54	46	51
75	Woking	0.339	72	20	12	15	78	68	47	42
76	Rotherham United	0.314	35	7	14	28	40	76	49	114
77	Lincoln City	0.302	77	21	14	18	84	81	53	33
78	Chester City	0.295	76	20	16	15	60	53	51	35
79	Colchester United	0.278	72	18	18	15	69	60	51	43
80	Rochdale	0.270	64	16	16	18	63	64	50	66
81	Scunthorpe United	0.269	70	20	10	21	69	71	51	49
82	Cardiff City	0.259	75	22	9	19	59	58	50	41
83	Northampton Town	0.231	75	21	12	18	70	49	51	39
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	Swansea City	0.224	72	21	9	20	63	63	50	44
87	Scarborough	0.222	71	18	17	18	73	79	53	45
88	Mansfield Town	0.221	67	17	16	17	51	53	50	56
89	Farnborough	0.221	62	16	14	14	60	56	44	68
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	0.202	63	17	12	21	54	63	50	67
93	Darlington	0.198	62	17	11	24	72	84	52	70
94	Hull City	0.193	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	0.147	51	13	12	24	49	67	49	95
101	Hartlepool United	0.147	53	14	11	25	57	74	50	88
102	Slough Town	0.141	50	12	14	16	62	65	42	99
103	Doncaster Rovers	0.141	53	14	11	24	54	71	49	89
104	Hereford United	0.140	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.