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

England 1997-98

‹ 1996-97 History 1998-99 ›

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Arsenal 5.882 107 31 14 7 88 44 52 3
2 Manchester United 3.849 85 25 10 9 87 37 44 18
3 Liverpool 3.482 77 22 11 11 78 48 44 27
4 Chelsea 2.808 75 23 6 17 86 56 46 30
5 Ipswich Town 2.776 105 29 18 12 94 53 59 4
6 Leeds United 2.670 74 22 8 16 75 56 46 38
7 Nottingham Forest 2.579 101 30 11 10 95 50 51 7
8 Middlesbrough 2.528 113 34 11 12 93 50 57 1
9 West Ham United 2.483 75 21 12 16 76 68 49 33
10 Blackburn Rovers 2.460 70 19 13 13 74 59 45 49
11 Coventry City 2.431 69 17 18 12 61 51 47 50
12 Sunderland 2.383 103 30 13 11 102 62 54 5
13 Aston Villa 2.268 64 19 7 17 56 54 43 60
14 Leicester City 2.128 56 14 14 13 56 47 41 85
15 Charlton Athletic 2.109 99 29 12 13 92 62 54 9
16 Sheffield United 1.899 98 25 23 13 89 68 61 10
17 Derby County 1.897 67 20 7 17 62 53 44 55
18 Newcastle United 1.838 66 18 12 18 47 51 48 57
19 Southampton 1.612 57 17 6 20 58 61 43 82
20 Wimbledon 1.574 58 14 16 16 49 55 46 78
21 Watford 1.548 102 27 21 7 77 51 55 6
22 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.528 88 25 13 20 76 63 58 14
23 Birmingham City 1.523 89 24 17 13 76 47 54 12
24 Tottenham Hotspur 1.432 54 14 12 18 55 65 44 90
25 Sheffield Wednesday 1.405 49 13 10 20 56 75 43 102
26 Everton 1.334 46 11 13 18 48 61 42 106
27 Grimsby Town 1.215 99 27 18 16 82 51 61 8
28 Bolton Wanderers 1.201 47 11 14 18 51 69 43 105
29 Stockport County 1.181 74 22 8 22 85 84 52 40
30 Bristol City 1.091 95 28 11 13 76 47 52 11
31 West Bromwich Albion 1.085 72 19 15 19 61 68 53 44
32 Barnsley 0.965 52 15 7 25 54 94 47 95
33 Tranmere Rovers 0.929 69 18 15 21 65 63 54 53
34 Norwich City 0.908 58 15 13 21 55 76 49 81
35 Crystal Palace 0.897 43 11 10 23 45 75 44 109
36 Walsall 0.858 76 21 13 22 64 64 56 29
37 Oxford United 0.858 71 20 11 22 75 76 53 46
38 Reading 0.820 62 16 14 28 56 89 58 69
39 Wrexham 0.812 78 20 18 14 63 58 52 26
40 Bradford City 0.807 58 14 16 19 48 64 49 79
41 Huddersfield Town 0.799 63 17 12 23 55 78 52 66
42 Bury 0.752 57 12 21 19 52 70 52 84
43 Stoke City 0.744 56 14 14 24 56 82 52 87
44 Bristol Rovers 0.737 82 23 13 19 81 74 55 22
45 Port Vale 0.733 52 13 13 24 59 70 50 94
46 Queens Park Rangers 0.730 53 11 20 19 55 70 50 91
47 Preston North End 0.717 75 20 15 19 70 70 54 34
48 Northampton Town 0.716 83 21 20 15 63 51 56 20
49 Notts County 0.699 110 32 14 7 91 51 53 2
50 Gillingham 0.684 71 19 14 17 54 55 50 47
51 Fulham 0.665 81 23 12 20 71 56 55 24
52 Blackpool 0.660 71 20 11 21 67 76 52 48
53 Crewe Alexandra 0.659 60 18 6 25 64 73 49 73
54 Manchester City 0.632 54 14 12 24 60 60 50 89
55 Chesterfield 0.628 75 19 18 16 54 55 53 35
56 Portsmouth 0.595 51 13 12 25 56 70 50 96
57 Bournemouth 0.582 73 20 13 18 64 56 51 41
58 York City 0.560 66 16 18 18 62 68 52 58
59 Swindon Town 0.557 53 14 11 24 44 78 49 92
60 Oldham Athletic 0.546 71 18 17 17 67 62 52 45
61 Wycombe Wanderers 0.512 63 14 21 15 60 63 50 64
62 Wigan Athletic 0.492 68 19 11 21 70 74 51 54
63 Millwall 0.449 58 15 13 23 48 67 51 80
64 Luton Town 0.447 62 15 17 19 65 71 51 68
65 Burnley 0.437 57 14 15 23 61 79 52 83
66 Brentford 0.417 56 12 20 20 59 82 52 86
67 Torquay United 0.416 89 25 14 17 81 70 56 13
68 Halifax Town 0.390 87 25 12 5 74 43 42 15
69 Macclesfield Town 0.374 86 24 14 12 68 55 50 17
70 Plymouth Argyle 0.372 50 12 14 24 60 80 50 100
71 Colchester United 0.358 85 23 16 16 81 68 55 19
72 Peterborough United 0.314 78 21 15 17 74 61 53 25
73 Cheltenham Town 0.308 86 25 11 11 70 48 47 16
74 Lincoln City 0.308 82 21 19 12 71 62 52 21
75 Southend United 0.289 50 13 11 28 53 88 52 101
76 Rotherham United 0.283 74 18 20 14 81 74 52 39
77 Mansfield Town 0.277 69 17 18 15 72 65 50 52
78 Scunthorpe United 0.273 82 23 13 18 65 64 54 23
79 Carlisle United 0.264 50 14 8 29 64 80 51 99
80 Cambridge United 0.257 66 15 21 16 70 65 52 56
81 Cardiff City 0.254 63 12 27 15 60 62 54 63
82 Hartlepool United 0.246 62 13 23 13 66 61 49 67
83 Leyton Orient 0.244 75 20 15 17 73 59 52 31
84 Barnet 0.240 76 21 13 19 68 62 53 28
85 Scarborough 0.224 72 19 15 17 71 71 51 43
86 Morecambe 0.220 75 21 12 11 81 68 44 32
87 Rushden & Diamonds 0.218 74 23 5 14 79 57 42 37
88 Shrewsbury Town 0.205 63 16 15 19 66 73 50 65
89 Hereford United 0.204 72 19 15 12 60 55 46 42
90 Woking 0.199 74 22 8 13 72 48 43 36
91 Stevenage 0.195 63 16 15 18 71 69 49 62
92 Chester City 0.190 64 18 10 22 63 69 50 61
93 Exeter City 0.188 61 15 16 19 70 69 50 70
94 Hednesford Town 0.178 69 19 12 13 61 51 44 51
95 Darlington 0.169 60 15 15 22 63 83 52 74
96 Welling United 0.155 60 17 9 16 64 62 42 72
97 Rochdale 0.155 59 17 8 24 58 61 49 76
98 Northwich Victoria 0.153 60 15 15 13 63 60 43 71
99 Slough Town 0.144 65 18 11 15 61 53 44 59
100 Hull City 0.135 48 13 9 30 60 90 52 103
101 Swansea City 0.134 51 13 12 24 51 69 49 97
102 Yeovil Town 0.127 59 17 8 17 73 63 42 75
103 Hayes 0.121 58 16 10 17 62 53 43 77
104 Dover Athletic 0.117 55 15 10 17 60 70 42 88
105 Kettering Town 0.109 52 13 13 16 53 60 42 93
106 Leek Town 0.104 44 10 14 18 52 67 42 108
107 Kidderminster Harriers 0.096 47 11 14 17 56 63 42 104
108 Southport 0.095 50 13 11 19 56 62 43 98
109 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.090 36 6 18 25 41 72 49 111
110 Telford United 0.076 42 10 12 20 53 76 42 110
111 Farnborough 0.071 44 12 8 23 56 71 43 107
112 Gateshead 0.061 35 8 11 23 51 87 42 112
113 Basingstoke Town 0.049 4 0 4 0 5 5 4 115
114 Stalybridge Celtic 0.044 29 7 8 27 48 93 42 113
115 Doncaster Rovers 0.035 20 4 8 37 33 126 49 114
116 Boreham Wood 0.020 4 1 1 1 2 3 3 119
117 Emley 0.016 4 0 4 1 10 11 5 117
118 Hendon 0.013 4 1 1 1 4 5 3 118
119 Solihull Borough 0.007 2 0 2 0 4 4 2 123
120 Dagenham & Redbridge 0.007 3 1 0 1 3 3 2 120
121 Ilkeston Town 0.005 4 1 1 1 4 4 3 116
122 Gainsborough Trinity 0.003 1 0 1 1 3 4 2 124
123 Carshalton Athletic 0.002 1 0 1 1 0 5 2 125
124 Wisbech Town 0 3 1 0 1 3 4 2 121
124 King's Lynn 0 3 1 0 1 1 6 2 122
124 Blyth Spartans 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 126
124 Billericay Town 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 127
124 Boston United 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 128
124 Margate 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 129
124 Tiverton 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 130
124 Winsford United 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 131
124 Bromsgrove Rovers 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 132
124 Colwyn Bay 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 133
124 Lincoln United 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 134
124 Heybridge Swifts 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 135

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.