league table

Competition position list

A league table is a ranking of competitors by performance, originally from sports leagues where teams are ordered by wins, losses, and points.

The term extends to any comparative ranking: The university dropped in the league tables, a league table of hospital wait times.

Primarily British usage; Americans typically say rankings or standings.

sports

standings

Comparative position list

promotion · champions · playoffs · tournament · group stage · knockout · qualifiers · seedings · matchday · scoreboard

education

school rankings

Ordered list of institutions

attainment · graduation rates · benchmarking · accountability · value-added · achievement gap · admissions · selectivity

statistics

ranking

Ordered position assignment

distribution · weighted · aggregate · cumulative · comparative · normalized · adjusted · methodology · metrics · indicators

business

rankings

Ordered list by performance

revenue · profitability · competitors · quarterly results · growth rate · market position · competitive analysis

Categories
Opposites
RANKING vs. UNRANKED INFORMATION

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Items arranged A-to-Z

directory · roster · register · index · catalogue

STANDINGS vs. SCHEDULE

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Date-tracking system

schedule · draw

AGGREGATE RESULTS vs. INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

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Record of play

box score · final score · match report · play-by-play

Family

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