league table
noun
British
: a list of teams, schools, hospitals, etc. that shows them in order from best to worst
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To this point in the season, the Kansas City Current remains the class of the NWSL, as the team sits atop the league table with 24 points in 10 matches, courtesy of eight wins and two losses on the campaign.
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Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025
And for the remainder of the campaign, the team remained atop the league table, only joined by Inter Milan for a day.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 23 May 2025
One of the few teams actually below Manchester United in the league table?
—Alex Tabet, NBC news, 20 May 2025
The win is the latest in a sterling start to 2025 for Vancouver, which has been a class above the rest of MLS and is atop the league table.
—Jeff Rueter, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Without it, they could be left languishing in the league table yet again next season.
—Alex Tabet, NBC news, 20 May 2025
Man United and Tottenham are sitting at 16th and 17th, respectively, in the Premier League standings, with a chance to finish, at best, 14th in the league table if everything breaks their way through the season’s final games next weekend.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 18 May 2025
River currently sit fifth in the league table just two points above Boca.
—Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
France has introduced an end-of-season play-off system to crown its champions, which means an otherwise unremarkable league campaign will build to a climax, and Italy now has a ‘split’ in the league table, so the season ends with the big clubs playing one another in a ‘championship round’.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 12 May 2025
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Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025
And for the remainder of the campaign, the team remained atop the league table, only joined by Inter Milan for a day.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 23 May 2025
One of the few teams actually below Manchester United in the league table?
—Alex Tabet, NBC news, 20 May 2025
The win is the latest in a sterling start to 2025 for Vancouver, which has been a class above the rest of MLS and is atop the league table.
—Jeff Rueter, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Without it, they could be left languishing in the league table yet again next season.
—Alex Tabet, NBC news, 20 May 2025
Man United and Tottenham are sitting at 16th and 17th, respectively, in the Premier League standings, with a chance to finish, at best, 14th in the league table if everything breaks their way through the season’s final games next weekend.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 18 May 2025
River currently sit fifth in the league table just two points above Boca.
—Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
France has introduced an end-of-season play-off system to crown its champions, which means an otherwise unremarkable league campaign will build to a climax, and Italy now has a ‘split’ in the league table, so the season ends with the big clubs playing one another in a ‘championship round’.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 12 May 2025
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“League table.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/league%20table. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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