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

World 1985-92

1984-91 1986-93

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Germany 5.8264 57 23 11 7 79 37 41 5
2 Brazil 5.8152 51 22 7 4 61 19 33 14
3 Argentina 5.5035 56 23 10 7 61 30 40 9
4 Italy 5.3258 49 19 11 4 51 23 34 15
5 France 3.7997 54 21 12 10 62 36 43 10
6 Cameroon 3.6627 62 25 12 9 59 38 46 4
7 Denmark 3.5129 53 21 11 9 69 37 41 11
8 Russia 3.3573 66 26 14 7 77 32 47 1
9 Netherlands 3.0008 64 26 12 5 74 24 43 2
10 England 2.5071 56 19 18 7 67 25 44 8
11 Romania 2.3717 48 19 10 7 67 26 36 17
12 Belgium 2.3026 53 21 11 11 71 41 43 12
13 Nigeria 2.2800 62 25 12 10 76 38 47 3
14 Yugoslavia 2.0829 48 22 4 7 65 31 33 18
15 Sweden 1.9907 36 15 6 7 43 25 28 31
16 Czechoslovakia 1.9073 44 18 8 10 54 35 36 23
17 Mexico 1.8744 24 10 4 2 38 10 16 59
18 Scotland 1.7759 43 15 13 14 44 39 42 25
19 Ireland 1.7082 48 15 18 6 47 24 39 19
20 Uruguay 1.7014 34 14 6 10 34 27 30 34
21 Spain 1.6695 56 25 6 11 84 39 42 7
22 Bulgaria 1.5917 38 15 8 12 51 34 35 27
23 Chile 1.3394 33 14 5 8 53 29 27 35
24 East Germany 1.2064 26 11 4 6 31 21 21 53
25 Ghana 1.1583 34 12 10 7 30 21 29 33
26 Portugal 1.1552 38 15 8 10 38 30 33 28
27 Ivory Coast 1.1476 57 22 13 9 66 34 44 6
28 Colombia 1.1351 35 13 9 11 36 30 33 32
29 Norway 1.1238 28 9 10 13 41 35 32 51
30 Algeria 1.1028 49 18 13 8 62 40 39 16
31 Sierra Leone 1.0504 18 7 4 3 15 10 14 70
32 Morocco 1.0099 46 14 18 11 46 28 43 21
33 Zambia 0.9879 41 18 5 13 41 28 36 26
34 Paraguay 0.9801 29 11 7 11 40 42 29 47
35 Switzerland 0.9075 31 9 13 11 49 43 33 38
36 Wales 0.9025 26 10 6 9 32 27 25 55
37 Costa Rica 0.8790 43 18 7 13 58 42 38 24
38 Egypt 0.8599 45 16 13 14 45 28 43 22
39 Gabon 0.8396 26 10 6 8 31 29 24 56
40 United States 0.7082 30 12 6 6 32 23 24 40
41 Poland 0.6557 31 11 9 10 30 37 30 39
42 Congo DR 0.6339 30 9 12 10 34 27 31 41
43 Honduras 0.6204 36 13 10 5 45 24 28 30
44 Austria 0.6123 24 9 6 15 33 43 30 61
45 Hungary 0.5976 33 12 9 12 42 44 33 36
46 Guinea 0.5664 20 7 6 7 21 28 20 67
47 Greece 0.5386 29 11 7 11 32 44 29 49
48 Bolivia 0.5343 13 3 7 8 10 29 18 85
49 Northern Ireland 0.5248 26 8 10 16 29 43 34 57
50 Senegal 0.5139 26 10 6 8 28 18 24 54
51 Peru 0.5104 15 4 7 11 27 35 22 80
52 Tunisia 0.5093 29 11 7 13 33 35 31 48
53 Zimbabwe 0.4803 29 11 7 6 35 32 24 46
54 Libya 0.4438 15 6 3 3 17 11 12 78
55 Ecuador 0.3929 12 3 6 9 17 27 18 88
56 Finland 0.3408 16 4 8 15 17 44 27 77
57 Iceland 0.3403 18 6 6 19 21 44 31 73
58 Mali 0.3320 14 3 8 5 14 22 16 82
59 Burundi 0.3201 5 2 1 1 5 5 4 111
60 Burkina Faso 0.3166 13 6 1 5 13 19 12 84
61 Sudan 0.3076 15 5 5 6 13 21 16 81
62 Uganda 0.2978 12 5 2 5 15 18 12 87
63 Angola 0.2713 16 4 8 11 21 30 23 75
64 Saudi Arabia 0.2463 29 10 9 5 28 17 24 44
65 Turkey 0.2295 12 4 4 22 21 63 30 89
66 Kenya 0.2273 21 5 11 17 24 51 33 66
67 Liberia 0.2167 10 3 4 5 6 10 12 94
68 South Korea 0.2146 51 23 5 8 75 25 36 13
69 Madagascar 0.2034 12 5 2 5 10 12 12 86
70 Lithuania 0.1961 5 1 3 1 5 5 5 112
71 Malawi 0.1934 18 4 10 10 23 33 24 72
72 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1798 23 8 7 10 31 25 25 63
73 Canada 0.1725 24 9 6 7 29 28 22 60
74 El Salvador 0.1624 29 12 5 8 45 28 25 43
75 Latvia 0.1504 4 0 4 3 3 13 7 121
76 Eswatini 0.1471 9 2 5 4 10 19 11 98
77 China 0.1312 47 19 9 8 71 23 36 20
78 Congo 0.1304 10 3 4 7 12 18 14 95
79 Ethiopia 0.1269 9 4 1 9 13 29 14 99
80 Guatemala 0.1162 15 5 5 10 15 21 20 79
81 Australia 0.1153 25 10 5 3 44 13 18 58
82 Malta 0.1148 7 0 7 24 14 81 31 107
83 Niger 0.1132 11 5 1 4 13 9 10 90
84 United Arab Emirates 0.1064 37 14 9 9 46 34 32 29
85 Albania 0.1056 6 2 2 23 10 66 27 110
86 Jamaica 0.1020 22 9 4 7 29 30 20 64
87 Japan 0.0968 32 12 8 7 34 20 27 37
88 Panama 0.0952 5 2 1 3 5 11 6 115
89 Tanzania 0.0944 7 1 5 5 9 17 11 105
90 Kuwait 0.0913 23 9 5 4 30 11 18 62
91 Mozambique 0.0904 10 3 4 12 22 35 19 97
92 Iran 0.0867 29 12 5 4 33 11 21 42
93 Togo 0.0838 8 2 4 8 7 19 14 101
94 Qatar 0.0835 28 10 8 6 36 23 24 50
95 Chad 0.0700 6 2 2 2 6 7 6 108
96 Syria 0.0677 29 12 5 5 28 20 22 45
97 Cyprus 0.0613 4 1 2 28 15 80 31 122
98 Saint Lucia 0.0578 7 3 1 2 8 7 6 102
99 New Zealand 0.0513 21 9 3 4 41 16 16 65
100 Israel 0.0486 13 4 5 6 25 21 15 83
101 Bahrain 0.0430 11 3 5 5 14 14 13 91
102 North Korea 0.0337 27 10 7 8 29 18 25 52
103 Bermuda 0.0293 10 4 2 4 14 15 10 93
104 Indonesia 0.0277 20 7 6 7 18 28 20 68
105 Faroe Islands 0.0271 3 1 1 11 3 48 13 127
106 Luxembourg 0.0261 2 0 2 27 9 78 29 135
107 Fiji 0.0259 7 3 1 2 8 8 6 103
108 Thailand 0.0241 16 5 6 11 15 36 22 76
109 Iraq 0.0240 19 8 3 6 26 20 17 69
110 Benin 0.0236 2 0 2 11 5 28 13 132
111 Jordan 0.0227 10 3 4 7 8 17 14 96
112 Venezuela 0.0217 2 0 2 18 11 67 20 134
113 Suriname 0.0213 6 1 4 4 7 14 9 109
114 South Africa 0.0193 2 1 0 3 2 9 4 130
115 Mauritania 0.0169 3 1 1 8 5 25 10 126
116 Lesotho 0.0135 4 1 2 1 6 5 4 119
117 Hong Kong 0.0134 18 5 8 8 27 24 21 71
118 St Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0130 5 2 1 7 5 32 10 118
119 Dominican Republic 0.0110 5 1 3 2 6 12 6 113
120 Malaysia 0.0096 17 6 5 6 20 23 17 74
121 North Yemen 0.0083 5 1 3 9 6 22 13 117
122 Haiti 0.0081 5 2 1 5 6 14 8 116
123 India 0.0079 11 3 5 5 10 15 13 92
124 South Yemen 0.0077 2 0 2 3 5 11 5 129
125 Oman 0.0046 4 1 2 5 4 14 8 120
126 Bangladesh 0.0035 9 3 3 13 10 35 19 100
127 Gambia 0.0023 2 1 0 3 3 6 4 128
128 Guyana 0.0019 2 0 2 6 5 22 8 131
129 Puerto Rico 0.0016 3 1 1 6 8 14 8 125
130 Singapore 0.0014 7 2 3 8 16 24 13 104
131 Botswana 0.0012 1 0 1 3 0 11 4 137
132 Nepal 0.0009 2 0 2 12 0 46 14 133
133 Taiwan 0.0007 1 0 1 10 2 52 11 138
134 Macao 0.0006 7 3 1 5 8 19 9 106
135 Netherlands Antilles 0 5 2 1 3 5 11 6 114
135 Tahiti 0 3 1 1 2 5 8 4 123
135 Antigua and Barbuda 0 3 1 1 4 6 10 6 124
135 Solomon Islands 0 1 0 1 3 5 13 4 136
135 Mauritius 0 0 0 0 4 2 8 4 139
135 Nicaragua 0 0 0 0 4 3 16 4 140
135 Vanuatu 0 0 0 0 4 1 18 4 141
135 Brunei 0 0 0 0 6 2 29 6 142
135 Pakistan 0 0 0 0 10 2 33 10 143
135 San Marino 0 0 0 0 11 2 49 11 144

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.