Some people believe that the fairest method for ranking clubs is dividing the number of points won by the total number of points disputed, according to the formula PP%=(Pts/PD)x100. Tie-breakers: 1. Highest number of points conquered 2. Highest number of wins 3. Best Goal Difference 4. Highest number of goals scored Abbreviations: ST - State PP% - Percentage Performance -> PP%=(Pts/PD)x100 Pts - Points conquered PD - Points Disputed P - Played W - Wins D - Draws L - Losses GF - Goals For GA - Goals Against Dif - Goal Difference Pa - Participations Considering the CBF punctuation criteria through the years and according to the formula shown above, here are the current (end of 1999) standings: CLUB ST PP% Pts PD P W D L GF GA Dif Pa 1-Palmeiras SP 61,16 877 1434 624 296 187 141 923 555 368 28 2-Ferrovi�ria SP 60,00 24 40 20 9 6 5 27 22 5 1 3-Internacional RS 59,15 886 1498 657 292 198 167 892 595 297 29 4-Santo Andr� SP 57,50 23 40 20 8 7 5 25 19 6 1 5-Atl�tico MG 57,25 896 1565 663 295 205 163 939 640 299 29 6-Flamengo RJ 57,03 856 1501 662 292 187 183 919 666 253 29 7-Santos SP 55,88 798 1428 632 259 198 175 846 637 209 28 8-S�o Paulo SP 55,69 856 1537 653 284 206 163 958 629 329 28 9-Gr�mio RS 55,68 823 1478 647 281 182 184 832 639 193 28 10-Vasco RJ 55,43 868 1566 663 281 214 168 957 647 310 29 11-Corinthians SP 55,20 870 1576 663 286 210 167 858 629 229 28 12-Botafogo SP 55,07 114 207 92 38 21 33 130 116 14 5 13-Guarani SP 55,04 661 1201 518 214 160 144 685 522 163 23 14-Cruzeiro MG 54,06 819 1515 637 263 205 169 862 637 225 29 15-Caldense MG 53,13 17 32 16 7 3 6 15 15 0 1 16-Botafogo RJ 52,66 722 1371 607 232 186 189 766 673 93 29 17-Ponte Preta SP 51,56 298 578 233 98 69 66 305 230 75 11 18-Bangu RJ 51,25 184 359 160 62 48 50 191 161 30 9 19-Oper�rio MS 50,85 209 411 176 76 47 53 206 182 24 10 20-Coritiba PR 50,29 526 1046 455 176 124 155 511 490 21 21 21-S�o Jos� SP 50,00 35 70 35 10 15 10 27 31 -4 2 22-Campo Grande RJ 50,00 31 62 31 11 9 11 32 33 -1 2 23-Pinheiros PR 50,00 31 62 31 8 15 8 30 28 2 2 24-S�o Bento SP 50,00 10 20 10 4 2 4 13 22 -9 1 25-Itumbiara GO 50,00 9 18 9 4 1 4 11 11 0 1 26-Francana SP 50,00 7 14 7 3 1 3 7 9 -2 1 27-Portuguesa SP 49,92 646 1294 559 194 182 183 672 617 55 26 28-Paran� PR 49,73 181 364 156 49 46 61 181 201 -20 7 29-Fluminense RJ 48,72 648 1330 570 212 172 186 697 599 98 27 30-Sport PE 48,23 599 1242 537 187 158 192 588 599 -11 26 31-Atl�tico PR 48,17 448 930 409 133 132 144 474 465 9 21 32-XV Ja� SP 47,62 20 42 21 6 8 7 25 30 -5 2 33-Santa Cruz PE 47,13 394 836 358 120 124 114 446 442 4 17 34-Bahia BA 47,02 616 1310 563 185 195 183 603 622 -19 27 35-Juventude RS 47,00 196 417 163 51 54 58 170 200 -30 8 36-ASA AL 46,88 15 32 16 6 3 7 18 28 -10 1 37-Inter-SM RS 46,43 13 28 14 4 5 5 16 24 -8 1 38-Colorado PR 46,24 86 186 84 33 19 32 93 94 -1 5 39-Maranh�o MA 46,00 23 50 25 8 7 10 24 35 -11 2 40-Bragantino SP 45,80 229 500 203 67 67 69 228 255 -27 9 41-Goi�s GO 45,59 537 1178 492 158 162 172 561 575 -14 24 42-Internacional SP 44,76 94 210 105 29 36 40 96 115 -19 7 43-Vit�ria BA 44,60 545 1222 504 167 149 188 548 654 -106 24 44-Atl�tico GO 44,53 57 128 64 19 19 26 64 78 -14 4 45-Novo Hamburgo RS 44,44 8 18 9 2 4 3 4 7 -3 1 46-Am�rica RJ 43,94 348 792 342 115 105 122 376 377 -1 16 47-Joinville SC 43,57 166 381 174 54 56 64 181 202 -21 11 48-N�utico PE 42,93 395 920 422 138 106 178 479 541 -62 22 49-Olaria RJ 42,55 40 94 47 12 16 19 44 51 -7 2 50-Le�nico BA 42,11 32 76 38 13 6 19 42 50 -8 2 51-Cear� CE 42,08 271 644 292 90 86 116 296 357 -61 15 52-Brasil RS 41,95 73 174 78 24 25 29 87 99 -12 4 53-Remo PA 41,94 234 558 244 76 68 100 265 304 -39 13 54-Anapolina GO 41,41 53 128 56 19 15 22 59 72 -13 4 55-Maring� PR 41,28 71 172 67 24 17 26 85 83 2 4 56-Comercial MS 40,63 104 256 113 33 37 43 116 145 -29 6 57-Londrina PR 40,39 103 255 99 38 22 39 122 126 -4 6 58-Tiradentes PI 40,37 88 218 99 29 28 42 80 130 -50 5 59-Caxias RS 39,91 85 213 74 25 27 22 90 73 17 4 60-Gama DF 39,82 45 113 46 13 12 21 51 74 -23 3 61-Crici�ma SC 39,55 174 440 173 51 50 72 184 217 -33 9 62-Botafogo PB 39,13 108 276 113 37 29 47 129 166 -37 7 63-Central PE 39,06 25 64 32 7 11 14 30 47 -17 2 64-Oper�rio PR 38,89 7 18 9 3 1 5 4 13 -9 1 65-Potiguar RN 38,89 7 18 9 2 3 4 5 10 -5 1 66-Oper�rio MT 38,75 31 80 40 10 11 19 39 68 -29 3 67-Fortaleza CE 38,39 172 448 195 51 65 79 182 256 -74 12 68-Mixto MT 38,31 100 261 115 34 28 53 126 177 -51 8 69-Am�rica MG 38,20 191 500 210 53 74 83 206 251 -45 11 70-Uberl�ndia MG 37,84 56 148 65 19 18 28 69 83 -14 4 71-Vila Nova GO 37,00 84 227 99 27 28 44 96 138 -42 7 72-Villa Nova MG 36,76 50 136 58 20 9 29 52 77 -25 3 73-Uberaba MG 36,76 68 185 71 21 23 27 71 78 -7 6 74-CSA AL 36,24 162 447 195 52 55 88 189 255 -66 12 75-Desportiva ES 35,93 166 462 199 56 50 93 164 275 -111 12 76-Tuna Luso PA 35,71 20 56 28 7 6 15 26 49 -23 3 77-S�o Paulo RS 35,48 22 62 31 6 10 15 23 47 -24 3 78-Rio Negro AM 35,32 77 218 96 21 33 42 69 120 -51 6 79-Paysandu PA 35,18 216 614 268 62 84 122 262 395 -133 16 80-CEUB DF 34,51 49 142 63 15 18 30 51 76 -25 3 81-ABC RN 34,04 96 282 119 30 33 56 121 162 -41 7 82-Am�rica RN 33,94 188 554 217 53 65 99 225 336 -111 13 83-Comercial SP 33,77 26 77 29 8 9 12 25 34 -9 2 84-Nacional AM 33,71 180 534 236 52 74 110 203 330 -127 14 85-Figueirense SC 33,47 80 239 94 20 37 37 76 114 -38 5 86-CRB AL 33,43 112 335 143 33 40 70 130 212 -82 9 87-Noroeste SP 33,33 23 69 23 9 5 9 21 31 -10 1 88-Auto Esporte PI 33,33 6 18 9 3 0 6 10 19 -9 1 89-Rio Branco ES 32,87 71 216 94 23 25 46 78 136 -58 7 90-XV Piracicaba SP 32,79 40 122 44 12 13 19 44 49 -5 3 91-Americano RJ 31,74 73 230 83 22 25 36 66 108 -42 7 92-Vit�ria ES 31,11 14 45 15 5 3 7 13 30 -17 1 93-Treze PB 30,84 70 227 101 24 22 55 84 167 -83 8 94-Sobradinho DF 30,77 16 52 26 5 6 15 21 46 -25 1 95-Goytacaz RJ 30,53 40 131 46 13 11 22 39 56 -17 3 96-Am�rica SP 30,43 21 69 25 8 3 14 27 35 -8 2 97-Gal�cia BA 30,43 14 46 23 5 4 14 17 36 -19 2 98-Bras�lia DF 30,29 63 208 88 23 17 48 73 148 -75 7 99-Volta Redonda RJ 30,00 45 150 50 12 17 21 42 64 -22 3 100-Ferrovi�rio CE 30,00 39 130 65 11 17 37 51 116 -65 6 101-Corumbaense MS 29,55 13 44 22 4 5 13 16 37 -21 1 102-Itabuna BA 28,79 19 66 25 6 6 13 23 38 -15 2 103-Dom Bosco MT 28,57 40 140 52 13 12 27 58 92 -34 3 104-Campinense PB 28,29 43 152 59 13 16 30 52 96 -44 4 105-Ava� SC 28,24 37 131 53 11 12 30 41 72 -31 4 106-Sampaio Correia MA 28,09 75 267 112 18 35 59 90 190 -100 8 107-Juventus SP 27,78 5 18 9 1 3 5 7 13 -6 1 108-Colatina ES 27,78 5 18 9 1 3 5 2 9 -7 1 109-Uni�o S�o Jo�o SP 27,73 61 220 86 17 23 46 83 137 -54 4 110-Confian�a SE 27,50 44 160 59 16 10 33 50 97 -47 5 111-Itabaiana SE 27,05 33 122 61 14 5 42 41 111 -70 5 112-Goi�nia GO 26,95 38 141 50 12 12 26 52 89 -37 4 113-Fast AM 25,83 31 120 43 11 7 25 43 86 -43 3 114-Moto Clube MA 25,45 57 224 97 13 31 53 60 156 -96 7 115-Flamengo PI 25,13 48 191 74 12 23 39 48 106 -58 5 116-Chapecoense SC 25,00 18 72 27 5 8 14 19 38 -19 2 117-Alecrim RN 25,00 5 20 10 1 3 6 7 15 -8 1 118-Fluminense BA 24,24 24 99 36 6 11 19 21 45 -24 3 119-R�ver PI 24,14 35 145 57 10 14 33 53 110 -57 5 120-Piau� PI 23,68 9 38 19 1 7 11 14 41 -27 2 121-Sergipe SE 22,69 81 357 155 24 32 99 103 269 -166 9 122-Taguatinga DF 12,50 2 16 8 1 0 7 7 21 -14 1 123-Catuense BA 12,50 2 16 8 0 2 6 4 16 -12 1 124-Guar� DF 12,50 2 16 8 0 2 6 2 14 -12 1 Note: Colorado and Pinheiros merged into Paran� in 1990.
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