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

World 1976-83

‹ 1975-82 1977-84 ›

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Brazil 6.0659 51 20 11 5 71 26 36 6
2 Italy 4.5227 52 20 12 8 59 34 40 5
3 West Germany 4.1626 66 27 12 5 110 32 44 1
4 Algeria 4.1430 48 19 10 10 69 43 39 9
5 England 3.9271 57 25 7 6 82 24 38 3
6 Poland 3.8104 51 21 9 7 65 30 37 7
7 Netherlands 3.6566 63 28 7 9 94 42 44 2
8 Ghana 3.0620 27 10 7 3 32 22 20 38
9 Belgium 2.9948 47 19 9 11 51 44 39 11
10 Morocco 2.8588 43 16 11 9 55 36 36 13
11 Argentina 2.7649 23 9 5 6 35 21 20 44
12 Nigeria 2.7398 48 18 12 12 67 45 42 10
13 Guinea 2.6652 40 15 10 9 54 39 34 14
14 Austria 2.4590 52 22 8 11 71 39 41 4
15 Cameroon 2.2916 30 10 10 8 45 32 28 28
16 Czechoslovakia 2.0418 46 17 12 8 67 36 37 12
17 Tunisia 2.0016 35 12 11 9 42 28 32 22
18 Northern Ireland 1.8776 39 15 9 11 34 35 35 16
19 France 1.8708 34 15 4 9 61 36 28 25
20 Egypt 1.8122 35 13 9 11 52 52 33 24
21 Spain 1.7324 37 15 7 9 50 28 31 18
22 Libya 1.6821 18 6 6 5 21 24 17 60
23 Soviet Union 1.6445 39 15 9 7 52 23 31 15
24 Scotland 1.6294 34 13 8 11 51 44 32 26
25 Peru 1.4831 29 9 11 7 35 31 27 35
26 Sweden 1.4630 30 12 6 11 38 33 29 30
27 Uruguay 1.4546 24 8 8 4 27 20 20 43
28 Romania 1.3927 30 11 8 7 30 24 26 29
29 Portugal 1.3818 35 16 3 9 41 34 28 23
30 Zambia 1.2254 35 15 5 10 39 20 30 20
31 Uganda 1.0612 16 7 2 7 22 23 16 63
32 Hungary 1.0454 35 14 7 13 70 54 34 21
33 Yugoslavia 1.0445 37 16 5 10 63 42 31 19
34 Senegal 0.9721 19 7 5 6 15 15 18 55
35 Paraguay 0.9518 20 6 8 5 20 17 19 53
36 Togo 0.8574 20 9 2 9 23 27 20 54
37 Congo 0.7394 17 5 7 7 32 35 19 61
38 Ireland 0.7367 29 11 7 10 48 33 28 33
39 Congo DR 0.7187 18 7 4 6 34 36 17 59
40 Chile 0.6947 28 11 6 7 35 19 24 37
41 Ethiopia 0.6773 21 6 9 9 26 36 24 50
42 Switzerland 0.6653 19 7 5 14 26 44 26 56
43 Bolivia 0.6285 15 6 3 11 23 44 20 66
44 Sudan 0.6241 10 3 4 4 10 17 11 80
45 East Germany 0.5969 29 12 5 7 49 28 24 32
46 Colombia 0.5912 13 3 7 6 15 22 16 69
47 Denmark 0.5899 29 13 3 14 58 45 30 34
48 Ivory Coast 0.5392 18 7 4 4 26 18 15 58
49 Mali 0.5129 8 4 0 4 12 13 8 84
50 Greece 0.5022 26 10 6 13 34 40 29 40
51 Norway 0.4332 15 5 5 16 23 47 26 67
52 Ecuador 0.4147 8 2 4 10 11 31 16 85
53 Honduras 0.3902 22 8 6 2 25 9 16 47
54 South Korea 0.3836 33 13 7 3 40 20 23 27
55 Wales 0.3784 26 10 6 10 34 28 26 39
56 Tanzania 0.3731 10 3 4 6 21 20 13 77
57 Niger 0.3640 7 3 1 4 6 13 8 88
58 Bulgaria 0.3603 23 9 5 12 29 38 26 46
59 Kuwait 0.3570 48 22 4 8 64 31 34 8
60 Iran 0.3474 37 16 5 3 43 17 24 17
61 Angola 0.3381 7 2 3 1 8 5 6 86
62 Gambia 0.3273 7 2 3 3 5 8 8 87
63 Madagascar 0.3048 10 3 4 5 13 21 12 82
64 Kenya 0.2880 7 3 1 6 12 23 10 90
65 Israel 0.2410 10 3 4 5 11 13 12 78
66 Mauritius 0.2276 10 3 4 5 14 21 12 79
67 Turkey 0.2030 19 8 3 17 23 48 28 57
68 Finland 0.1909 13 5 3 18 28 72 26 70
69 Mozambique 0.1761 5 2 1 5 17 19 8 95
70 Sierra Leone 0.1720 5 1 3 8 13 25 12 99
71 Lesotho 0.1709 5 2 1 3 7 13 6 97
72 Malawi 0.1694 12 4 4 8 17 23 16 72
73 Mauritania 0.1672 4 1 2 3 6 12 6 104
74 Iceland 0.1592 11 4 3 23 17 67 30 76
75 Benin 0.1445 3 1 1 2 5 11 4 109
76 Burkina Faso 0.1270 5 1 3 7 8 26 11 100
77 Zimbabwe 0.1190 5 2 1 5 3 10 8 98
78 Liberia 0.1180 3 0 3 3 2 10 6 110
79 Cyprus 0.1058 3 0 3 25 13 93 28 112
80 Venezuela 0.1037 6 1 4 11 5 39 16 94
81 Mexico 0.0666 23 8 7 6 39 26 21 45
82 Gabon 0.0622 2 0 2 2 7 12 4 114
83 Australia 0.0614 24 10 4 6 42 20 20 41
84 El Salvador 0.0578 30 11 8 8 33 35 27 31
85 China 0.0537 24 10 4 8 32 19 22 42
86 Albania 0.0453 4 1 2 13 8 36 16 107
87 Malta 0.0403 3 1 1 23 9 108 25 113
88 North Korea 0.0392 20 9 2 4 27 20 15 52
89 Malaysia 0.0348 16 4 8 5 29 29 17 62
90 New Zealand 0.0324 28 11 6 5 60 26 22 36
91 Canada 0.0302 21 6 9 4 22 20 19 49
92 Haiti 0.0257 22 8 6 5 25 20 19 48
93 Guatemala 0.0253 20 7 6 6 33 18 19 51
94 Luxembourg 0.0250 1 0 1 27 10 98 28 119
95 Costa Rica 0.0207 12 2 8 4 14 16 14 71
96 Rwanda 0.0194 1 0 1 3 4 10 4 117
97 United Arab Emirates 0.0186 4 1 2 3 5 9 6 103
98 Syria 0.0175 10 4 2 8 8 15 14 81
99 Qatar 0.0135 16 7 2 7 21 22 16 64
100 Japan 0.0129 5 2 1 5 4 7 8 96
101 Cuba 0.0110 13 4 5 3 13 12 12 68
102 Saudi Arabia 0.0091 11 5 1 8 12 23 14 75
103 Hong Kong 0.0088 16 5 6 11 30 45 22 65
104 Indonesia 0.0084 9 3 3 9 15 31 15 83
105 Iraq 0.0063 6 3 0 4 7 8 7 91
106 United States 0.0062 7 2 3 4 7 15 9 89
107 Singapore 0.0049 6 2 2 7 7 21 11 93
108 Thailand 0.0045 11 5 1 6 23 27 12 73
109 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0033 6 1 4 2 6 8 7 92
110 Panama 0.0029 4 1 2 11 10 45 14 108
111 Taiwan 0.0026 5 1 3 8 6 25 12 101
112 Bahrain 0.0017 4 2 0 8 5 15 10 105
113 Suriname 0.0014 11 4 3 7 20 27 14 74
114 Fiji 0.0014 5 1 3 4 6 35 8 102
115 Netherlands Antilles 0.0013 3 0 3 3 2 11 6 111
116 Sri Lanka 0.0009 2 1 0 3 5 12 4 115
117 Bangladesh 0.0004 4 1 2 5 9 25 8 106
118 Guyana 0.0001 2 1 0 5 2 12 6 116
119 Afghanistan 0.0000 1 0 1 3 4 11 4 118
120 Macao 0 0 0 0 5 2 15 5 120

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

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Includes all competitive matches during the eight-year window: Qualifying and final tournament matches of the World Cup and the continental championships of FIFAs confederations, and the Confederations Cup.
Matches decided on penalties are treated as ties.