West Ham United rising high in all-time chart
- by Staff Writer
- Wednesday, 28th January 2015
West Ham are just two wins away from becoming the 15th most successful English league club of all time.
Last year the Hammers surpassed both Leeds United and Wolverhampton Wanderers in the all-time points list for the English Premier League/old Division One.Now, just two more wins would see them join Derby County on 2,510 points - although West Ham have played 2,304 top-flight matches to achieve that total and the Rams, 2,468.
Whilst that particular target should be easily attainable before the end of the current campaign, at this season's rate of 1.64 points per match it will take the Irons approximately four-and-a-half years to surpass the team immediately above them.
That's current Championship side Sheffield Wednesday, who have a total of 2,781 points!
West Ham are one of only four clubs in the top 20 never to have won the Division One/Premier League title; the others being West Brom, Bolton and Middlesbrough.
English Premier League : All Time Table (Top 20)
* Denotes club not currently in the Premier League. Average points per game in parenthesis. Points total based upon points-per-win system applicable at the time.
1. Liverpool Pld 3966 Pts 5350
2. Arsenal Pld 3966 Pts 5291
3. Everton Pld 4350 Pts 5158
4. Manchester United Pld 3610 Pts 5088
5. Aston Villa Pld 4016 Pts 4679
6. Chelsea Pld 3230 Pts 3988
7. Tottenham Hotspur Pld 3226 Pts 3947
8. Manchester City Pld 3438 Pts 3860
9. Newcastle United Pld 3334 Pts 3785
10. Sunderland Pld 3248 Pts 3424
11. West Bromwich Albion Pld 2978 Pts 2996
12. Blackburn Rovers * Pld 2720 Pts 2947
13. Bolton Wanderers * Pld 2802 Pts 2824
14. Sheffield Wednesday * Pld 2582 Pts 2781
15. Derby County * Pld 2468 Pts 2510
16. West Ham United Pld 2304 Pts 2504
17. Wolverhampton Wanderers * Pld 2422Pts 2480
18. Leeds United * Pld 2060 Pts 2455
19. Nottingham Forest * Pld 2178 Pts 2404
20. Middlesbrough * Pld 2400 Pts 2401
The current Premier League clubs outside of the all-time Top 20 are Stoke City (22nd, 2,146 points), Burnley (24th, 2,065 points), Leicester City (25th, 1,856 points), Southampton (26th, 1,772 points), Queens Park Rangers (35th, 1,050 points), Crystal Palace (42nd, 582 points), Swansea City (49th, 275 points) and Hull City (52nd, 121 points).
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