league table
noun
British
: a list of teams, schools, hospitals, etc. that shows them in order from best to worst
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Without it, they could be left languishing in the league table yet again next season.
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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
Spurs currently sit 16th in the league table, and will finish somewhere between 11th and 17th.
—Elias Burke, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The 10 such businesses either started in Estonia or with the input of Estonians include Skype and Wise (formerly Transferwise) and put it towards the top of the world league table for the number of such businesses per head of population.
—Roger Trapp, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Chelsea sits in sixth place in the league table with 57 points, winning 16 times and drawing nine matches.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
His last game in charge was the defeat by Spurs which left the club bottom of the league table and 22 points behind 17th-place Wolverhampton Wanderers.
—Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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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
Spurs currently sit 16th in the league table, and will finish somewhere between 11th and 17th.
—Elias Burke, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The 10 such businesses either started in Estonia or with the input of Estonians include Skype and Wise (formerly Transferwise) and put it towards the top of the world league table for the number of such businesses per head of population.
—Roger Trapp, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Chelsea sits in sixth place in the league table with 57 points, winning 16 times and drawing nine matches.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
His last game in charge was the defeat by Spurs which left the club bottom of the league table and 22 points behind 17th-place Wolverhampton Wanderers.
—Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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“League table.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/league%20table. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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