Eigenrankings

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

England 1997-98

‹ 1996-97		1998-99 ›

		EP	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GP	PR
1	Arsenal	5.884	107	31	14	7	88	44	52	3
2	Manchester United	3.851	85	25	10	9	87	37	44	17
3	Liverpool	3.481	77	22	11	11	78	48	44	27
4	Ipswich Town	2.905	105	29	18	10	94	51	57	4
5	Chelsea	2.815	75	23	6	17	86	56	46	29
6	Leeds United	2.670	74	22	8	16	75	56	46	37
7	Nottingham Forest	2.582	101	30	11	10	95	50	51	6
8	Middlesbrough	2.521	113	34	11	12	93	50	57	1
9	West Ham United	2.484	75	21	12	16	76	68	49	32
10	Blackburn Rovers	2.463	70	19	13	13	74	59	45	49
11	Coventry City	2.433	69	17	18	12	61	51	47	50
12	Sunderland	2.369	99	29	12	10	95	56	51	7
13	Aston Villa	2.269	64	19	7	17	56	54	43	60
14	Leicester City	2.133	56	14	14	13	56	47	41	85
15	Charlton Athletic	1.961	92	27	11	13	86	58	51	11
16	Derby County	1.899	67	20	7	17	62	53	44	55
17	Sheffield United	1.893	95	24	23	12	87	65	59	9
18	Newcastle United	1.839	66	18	12	18	47	51	48	57
19	Southampton	1.613	57	17	6	20	58	61	43	82
20	Wimbledon	1.576	58	14	16	16	49	55	46	78
21	Watford	1.551	102	27	21	7	77	51	55	5
22	Birmingham City	1.521	89	24	17	13	76	47	54	12
23	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1.519	88	25	13	20	76	63	58	13
24	Tottenham Hotspur	1.433	54	14	12	18	55	65	44	90
25	Sheffield Wednesday	1.406	49	13	10	20	56	75	43	102
26	Everton	1.336	46	11	13	18	48	61	42	106
27	Bolton Wanderers	1.202	47	11	14	18	51	69	43	105
28	Grimsby Town	1.191	92	25	17	16	79	50	58	10
29	Stockport County	1.171	74	22	8	22	85	84	52	39
30	Bristol City	1.090	95	28	11	13	76	47	52	8
31	West Bromwich Albion	1.078	72	19	15	19	61	68	53	44
32	Barnsley	0.966	52	15	7	25	54	94	47	95
33	Tranmere Rovers	0.929	69	18	15	21	65	63	54	53
34	Norwich City	0.910	58	15	13	21	55	76	49	81
35	Crystal Palace	0.898	43	11	10	23	45	75	44	109
36	Walsall	0.859	76	21	13	22	64	64	56	28
37	Oxford United	0.859	71	20	11	22	75	76	53	46
38	Wrexham	0.816	78	20	18	14	63	58	52	26
39	Reading	0.813	62	16	14	28	56	89	58	69
40	Bradford City	0.803	58	14	16	19	48	64	49	79
41	Huddersfield Town	0.799	63	17	12	23	55	78	52	66
42	Northampton Town	0.764	80	20	20	13	59	47	53	22
43	Stoke City	0.746	56	14	14	24	56	82	52	87
44	Bury	0.746	57	12	21	19	52	70	52	84
45	Port Vale	0.731	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	0.720	75	20	15	19	70	70	54	33
48	Bristol Rovers	0.719	79	22	13	18	78	70	53	24
49	Notts County	0.704	110	32	14	7	91	51	53	2
50	Gillingham	0.686	71	19	14	17	54	55	50	47
51	Fulham	0.665	80	23	11	19	70	54	53	21
52	Blackpool	0.661	71	20	11	21	67	76	52	48
53	Crewe Alexandra	0.659	60	18	6	25	64	73	49	73
54	Chesterfield	0.631	75	19	18	16	54	55	53	34
55	Manchester City	0.628	54	14	12	24	60	60	50	89
56	Portsmouth	0.593	51	13	12	25	56	70	50	96
57	Bournemouth	0.586	73	20	13	18	64	56	51	40
58	York City	0.561	66	16	18	18	62	68	52	58
59	Swindon Town	0.556	53	14	11	24	44	78	49	92
60	Oldham Athletic	0.548	71	18	17	17	67	62	52	45
61	Wycombe Wanderers	0.513	63	14	21	15	60	63	50	64
62	Wigan Athletic	0.493	68	19	11	21	70	74	51	54
63	Millwall	0.450	58	15	13	23	48	67	51	80
64	Luton Town	0.446	62	15	17	19	65	71	51	68
65	Burnley	0.440	57	14	15	23	61	79	52	83
66	Brentford	0.417	56	12	20	20	59	82	52	86
67	Torquay United	0.411	83	23	14	16	74	67	53	18
68	Halifax Town	0.389	87	25	12	5	74	43	42	14
69	Macclesfield Town	0.376	86	24	14	12	68	55	50	16
70	Plymouth Argyle	0.372	50	12	14	24	60	80	50	100
71	Colchester United	0.347	79	21	16	15	77	66	52	23
72	Peterborough United	0.316	78	21	15	17	74	61	53	25
73	Lincoln City	0.310	82	21	19	12	71	62	52	19
74	Cheltenham Town	0.307	86	25	11	11	70	48	47	15
75	Southend United	0.290	50	13	11	28	53	88	52	101
76	Rotherham United	0.284	74	18	20	14	81	74	52	38
77	Mansfield Town	0.279	69	17	18	15	72	65	50	52
78	Scunthorpe United	0.274	82	23	13	18	65	64	54	20
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	0.255	63	12	27	15	60	62	54	63
82	Barnet	0.248	73	20	13	18	66	59	51	41
83	Hartlepool United	0.247	62	13	23	13	66	61	49	67
84	Leyton Orient	0.245	75	20	15	17	73	59	52	30
85	Scarborough	0.239	72	19	15	15	69	64	49	42
86	Morecambe	0.220	75	21	12	11	81	68	44	31
87	Rushden & Diamonds	0.218	74	23	5	14	79	57	42	36
88	Shrewsbury Town	0.206	63	16	15	19	66	73	50	65
89	Hereford United	0.203	72	19	15	12	60	55	46	43
90	Woking	0.198	74	22	8	13	72	48	43	35
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	0.190	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	Rochdale	0.155	59	17	8	24	58	61	49	76
97	Welling United	0.155	60	17	9	16	64	62	42	72
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	0.120	58	16	10	17	62	53	43	77
104	Dover Athletic	0.116	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	0.091	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	0.051	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	0.006	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.