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

England 1998-99

1997-98 1999-00

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Manchester United 10.301 105 30 15 5 97 47 50 3
2 Arsenal 8.329 97 28 13 6 74 29 47 5
3 Chelsea 7.382 92 25 17 5 75 38 47 10
4 Leeds United 4.827 78 21 15 9 73 41 45 29
5 Tottenham Hotspur 3.462 83 22 17 14 77 63 53 19
6 West Ham United 2.924 61 17 10 15 48 57 42 62
7 Derby County 2.732 66 17 15 14 52 52 46 51
8 Leicester City 2.732 71 19 14 15 58 57 48 40
9 Aston Villa 2.649 58 16 10 15 55 52 41 77
10 Liverpool 2.642 60 17 9 16 76 55 42 66
11 Newcastle United 2.580 66 17 15 15 62 59 47 50
12 Middlesbrough 2.454 55 13 16 13 54 61 42 85
13 Wimbledon 2.434 59 15 14 19 53 74 48 74
14 Sheffield Wednesday 2.312 53 15 8 20 48 46 43 94
15 Fulham 2.003 125 38 11 9 97 43 58 2
16 Sunderland 1.814 128 38 14 5 108 35 57 1
17 Coventry City 1.692 54 15 9 20 55 55 44 88
18 Everton 1.681 60 16 12 18 55 57 46 67
19 Blackburn Rovers 1.523 46 10 16 19 43 55 45 105
20 Southampton 1.521 43 11 10 21 39 68 42 109
21 Charlton Athletic 1.258 42 10 12 20 45 60 42 110
22 Manchester City 0.912 96 26 18 10 84 38 54 6
23 Nottingham Forest 0.826 35 8 11 24 44 76 43 112
24 Cambridge United 0.745 93 26 15 12 88 57 53 8
25 Walsall 0.723 91 27 10 13 65 52 50 13
26 Bournemouth 0.692 92 26 14 15 76 52 55 11
27 Swansea City 0.660 82 22 16 15 63 52 53 21
28 Bradford City 0.638 100 30 10 13 91 55 53 4
29 Preston North End 0.614 87 24 15 12 85 54 51 16
30 Gillingham 0.600 80 22 14 13 75 48 49 27
31 Wigan Athletic 0.580 87 25 12 16 84 56 53 17
32 Ipswich Town 0.578 96 29 9 14 80 40 52 7
33 Luton Town 0.553 73 21 10 24 68 75 55 37
34 Bolton Wanderers 0.530 89 24 17 12 91 67 53 15
35 Birmingham City 0.526 91 26 13 13 81 44 52 12
36 Watford 0.508 78 21 15 13 68 63 49 30
37 Barnsley 0.496 82 21 19 17 79 63 57 20
38 Huddersfield Town 0.476 74 18 20 17 75 84 55 35
39 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.473 80 21 17 14 75 51 52 28
40 Norwich City 0.473 73 18 19 15 70 69 52 36
41 Brentford 0.456 93 28 9 16 95 67 53 9
42 Chesterfield 0.444 70 19 13 19 50 51 51 43
43 Leyton Orient 0.427 87 23 18 14 80 72 55 18
44 Cardiff City 0.425 90 25 15 13 75 50 53 14
45 Sheffield United 0.422 81 22 15 17 88 79 54 24
46 Northampton Town 0.419 58 13 19 21 51 66 53 79
47 Bristol Rovers 0.411 70 17 19 18 82 65 54 41
48 Rushden & Diamonds 0.394 80 22 14 11 77 47 47 26
49 Stoke City 0.387 75 23 6 21 62 67 50 33
50 Wrexham 0.378 66 17 15 21 54 71 53 54
51 Reading 0.369 66 17 15 19 58 69 51 52
52 Portsmouth 0.368 59 15 14 23 68 86 52 72
53 Scunthorpe United 0.366 81 24 9 18 76 64 51 23
54 Cheltenham Town 0.358 80 22 14 7 71 37 43 25
55 Rotherham United 0.349 81 22 15 16 87 67 53 22
56 Blackpool 0.344 63 16 15 20 52 63 51 59
57 Millwall 0.333 63 17 12 20 53 65 49 60
58 Tranmere Rovers 0.332 65 15 20 17 71 66 52 55
59 Wycombe Wanderers 0.328 59 15 14 24 60 67 53 69
60 Notts County 0.325 61 15 16 23 61 76 54 63
61 Oxford United 0.321 51 12 15 24 58 82 51 100
62 Crystal Palace 0.315 65 16 17 18 64 79 51 56
63 Grimsby Town 0.312 66 18 12 22 45 58 52 53
64 Burnley 0.305 56 13 17 19 58 81 49 83
65 Yeovil Town 0.302 77 21 14 12 75 60 47 31
66 Halifax Town 0.284 69 18 15 18 62 66 51 44
67 Colchester United 0.283 55 13 16 20 56 78 49 86
68 West Bromwich Albion 0.283 62 17 11 21 71 81 49 61
69 Kettering Town 0.282 76 22 10 10 58 37 42 32
70 Lincoln City 0.279 53 15 8 28 48 78 51 96
71 Oldham Athletic 0.279 59 16 11 25 56 75 52 73
72 Darlington 0.278 70 19 13 19 76 67 51 42
73 Mansfield Town 0.271 71 20 11 19 66 65 50 39
74 Stevenage 0.270 72 18 18 9 66 50 45 38
75 Peterborough United 0.268 67 18 13 18 73 60 49 47
76 Macclesfield Town 0.256 51 13 12 29 53 85 54 101
77 Plymouth Argyle 0.245 67 18 13 22 65 66 53 48
78 Stockport County 0.245 58 13 19 18 54 64 50 78
79 Hayes 0.239 74 22 8 13 64 52 43 34
80 York City 0.237 54 14 12 25 62 89 51 92
81 Exeter City 0.236 69 18 15 19 57 66 52 45
82 Queens Park Rangers 0.232 51 13 12 26 55 66 51 98
83 Northwich Victoria 0.230 66 19 9 14 60 51 42 49
84 Shrewsbury Town 0.228 59 15 14 20 56 71 49 70
85 Southend United 0.217 60 16 12 23 54 64 51 68
86 Swindon Town 0.215 54 14 12 24 62 87 50 90
87 Kingstonian 0.213 68 18 14 13 52 51 45 46
88 Barnet 0.213 58 15 13 21 57 80 49 80
89 Bury 0.210 54 12 18 22 44 69 52 91
90 Chester City 0.209 61 14 19 18 61 79 51 64
91 Hull City 0.208 61 16 13 24 53 74 53 65
92 Hednesford Town 0.207 64 16 16 12 53 48 44 57
93 Crewe Alexandra 0.207 55 14 13 25 62 86 52 87
94 Torquay United 0.204 57 13 18 19 50 62 50 81
95 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.197 56 16 8 25 53 73 49 82
96 Rochdale 0.195 59 14 17 21 45 62 52 71
97 Woking 0.188 63 18 9 16 51 46 43 58
98 Dover Athletic 0.181 58 15 13 14 54 48 42 75
99 Port Vale 0.173 48 13 9 27 48 82 49 104
100 Hartlepool United 0.171 54 14 12 24 56 74 50 89
101 Bristol City 0.171 46 10 16 25 65 89 51 107
102 Forest Green Rovers 0.160 58 15 13 14 55 50 42 76
103 Scarborough 0.148 49 14 7 29 51 84 50 103
104 Hereford United 0.145 55 15 10 17 49 46 42 84
105 Doncaster Rovers 0.143 52 13 13 19 54 59 45 97
106 Carlisle United 0.142 49 11 16 22 44 59 49 102
107 Morecambe 0.138 53 15 8 19 60 76 42 95
108 Southport 0.133 51 12 15 18 50 62 45 99
109 Kidderminster Harriers 0.132 53 14 11 19 56 52 44 93
110 Telford United 0.122 46 10 16 17 44 62 43 106
111 Welling United 0.098 41 9 14 20 44 68 43 111
112 Barrow 0.094 43 11 10 21 40 63 42 108
113 Farnborough 0.064 32 7 11 24 41 89 42 114
114 Leek Town 0.058 32 8 8 26 48 76 42 113
115 Bedlington Terriers 0.024 3 1 0 1 4 3 2 115
116 Leigh RMI 0.017 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 120
117 West Auckland Town 0.013 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 117
118 Slough Town 0.010 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 116
119 Emley 0.003 1 0 1 1 2 4 2 119
120 Hendon 0.003 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 123
121 Runcorn 0.003 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 121
122 Enfield 0.002 1 0 1 1 3 4 2 118
123 Tamworth 0.002 1 0 1 1 3 6 2 122
124 Boreham Wood 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 124
124 Basingstoke Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 125
124 Lancaster City 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 126
124 Burton Albion 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 127
124 Dulwich Hamlet 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 128
124 Gresley Rovers 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 129
124 Worcester City 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 130
124 Salisbury City 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 131
124 Ford United 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 132
124 Camberley Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 133

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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.