League table
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A '''league table''' is a [[chart]] or list which compares sports teams, institutions or companies by ranking them in order of ability or achievement. In the [[United Kingdom]], many public-sector industries, including hospitals, compete in league tables.
In [[North America]], a league table is often referred to as a standings or [[rankings|ranking]] chart.
'''In sport''', league tables group teams of similar abilities in a chart generally published in [[newspaper]]s, to show the current standing of the participants (teams or individuals) in a sports [[List of professional sports leagues|league]] or competition.
* [[Football League First Division]]
* [[Football League Second Division]]
* [[Football League Third Division]]
* [[Football League Fourth Division]]
'''In education''' league tables compare the academic achievements of different institutions:
* [[College and university rankings]]
* [[League tables of British universities]]
* In [[England]], [http://www.dfes.gov.uk/performancetables/ tables] of schools performance.
'''In business''', league tables list the leaders in [[investment banking]] activity. Companies which collect this kind of data include [[Euromoney Institutional Investor|Dealogic]] and [[Thomson Financial]] (see [[Thomson Financial League Tables|Thomson Financial league tables]]).
==Statistics included in sports league tables==
At the very least, a league table will show the names of the teams and their points total or winning [[percent]]age (depending on the sport), sorted in order of points or percentage. However, many league tables show further statistics; these may include:
* wins
* losses
* [[tie (draw)|ties]] (draws)
* [[Goal (sport)|goal]] differential (Goals scored minus goals conceded)
** goals scored
** goals allowed (conceded)
* home/away win/loss records
* etc.
Usually, if a league is divided into conferences and divisions, the league table will also be. Often, a less specific table is also included. For example, [[National Hockey League]] tables will normally have a detailed table for each division, plus a table for each conference showing just the points totals.
==Sample sport league table==
As an example, below is the league table for the National Hockey League's Northeast Division, as of March 31, 2004:
Team GP W L T OL GF GA Pts
x-Boston 79 40 18 14 7 201 179 101
x-Toronto 80 43 24 10 3 234 204 99
x-Ottawa 79 41 22 10 6 254 178 98
x-Montreal 79 40 28 7 4 201 182 91
Buffalo 79 36 32 7 4 213 210 83
x - clinched playoff spot
y - clinched division championship
In the above table, an "'''x'''" placed before a team's name shows that the team has qualified for playoff position; other letters may be used to show that a team is guaranteed first place, has been eliminated from contention and so forth. From this table, we can see that [[Boston Bruins|Boston]], [[Toronto Maple Leafs|Toronto]], [[Ottawa Senators|Ottawa]] and [[Montreal Canadiens|Montreal]] are all guaranteed playoff positions; the absence of a "'''y'''" shows that the division championship is still to play for. Meanwhile, because [[Buffalo Sabres|Buffalo]] has no symbol at all, they are not out of playoff contention, but have yet to clinch a playoff position. The following day, a new league table would appear in newspapers, updated based on the previous night's games. Of course, the above table would also be accompanied by those of the other 5 divisions in the league.
==Statistics included in business league tables==
Financial League tables list the top financers in a particular industry. Dealogic's league tables are rankings of Investment Banks in terms of the dollar volume of deals that investment banks work on. They provide real-time league table rankings. <ref>http://www.dealogic.com Dealogic real-time league tables</ref>
==Sample business league table==
As an example, below is the league table for International DCM Bookrunners - End of Q3 2006.
<ref>http://www.euromoney.com/article.asp?PositionID=bonds&ArticleID=1080516&Reference=bonds Dealogic tables on euromoney.com. DCM figures exclude Money Market instruments (CDs, Bank Notes, securities with tenor less than 18 months). Amounts are based on bookrunner-apportioned Global Proceeds ($m). Only transactions with Bookrunners are eligible for rankings. Credit is allocated on a tranche by tranche basis
</ref>
Bookrunner Value$m Deals %Share
1 Citigroup 320,257 978 7.0
2 Deutsche Bank 296,516 1121 6.5
3 JP Morgan 292,816 899 6.4
4 Lehman Brothers 265,773 730 5.8
5 Merrill Lynch 249,698 1303 5.5
6 Morgan Stanley 241,896 804 5.3
7 Goldman Sachs 226,922 493 5.0
8 Credit Suisse 217,618 748 4.8
9 RBS 216,569 557 4.8
10 Barclays Capital 212,892 971 4.7
Total 4,554,410 14,958 100
==External links==
* [http://nhl.com/onthefly/standings/conf_stand.html National Hockey League table]
* [http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/standings/index.jsp Major League Baseball table]
* [http://www.nfl.com/standings National Football League table]
* [http://www.cfl.ca/CFLStandings/home.html Canadian Football League table]
* [http://www.nba.com/standings/team_record_comparison/conferenceNew_Std_Cnf.html National Basketball Association table]
* [http://stats.football365.com/tables.html Football league tables: England, Scotland, France, Spain, Germany, Italy]
==Notes==
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