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Manchester City officially the best team of all 92 Football League clubs in 2017 with a staggering 2.45 points per game… but Sunderland come in dead-last

Check out where your team features in the incredible 92-team table based on league fixtures from the year just passed

MANCHESTER CITY have been in a league of their own this season, ripping teams to shreds with utter disdain at times.

Pep Guardiola has led his side to an unprecedented 12-point lead at the top of the Premier League after 21 games, with a game in hand over second-placed Manchester United.

 Man City statistically the best team in all of England for the 2017 calendar year
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Man City statistically the best team in all of England for the 2017 calendar yearCredit: Getty

But it's not just this season they've been thriving, it was the entirety of 2017.

In fact, during the calendar year, no team in the entire 92-team Football League amassed a better points per game tally than City, at 2.45.

But where does your team feature in the exhaustive list of clubs for 2017? Find out below, thanks to research from ...

Somewhat incredibly, it's a Premier League 1-2-3, as Chelsea and Tottenham come in just behind City - with a 2.23 and 2.18 points per game record, respectively.

 Manchester City top the entire 92-team list for the 2017 calendar year
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Manchester City top the entire 92-team list for the 2017 calendar year

The big-name trio are also the only three clubs in all of England to average over two points per game in 2017.

League Two side Lincoln City are the first non-Prem side in the table, sitting above Sheffield United with 1.96 and 1.94 points per game apiece.


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Manchester United are a surprising entry in sixth place, above another League Two outfit, Luton Town - on 1.93 and 1.88 points per game respectively.

Wolves (1.87 points per game), Portsmouth and Arsenal (both 1.85) complete the diverse top ten, ahead of Liverpool (also 1.85) only on number of wins.

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 The mid-table clubs from the 2017 calendar year in the Football League
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The mid-table clubs from the 2017 calendar year in the Football League
 The worst clubs of 2017 according to points per game in all of England
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The worst clubs of 2017 according to points per game in all of England

The rest of the table is an equally remarkable read, with teams including Bradford, Cardiff, Exeter, Accrington Stanley, Scunthorpe and Notts County in the top 20.

While the top of the table has a strong Premier League flavour, there are also a hatful of top-flight sides in the bottom 20.

In fact, Stoke, Crystal Palace, West Ham, Southampton, Bournemouth, Watford and West Brom all feature in the bottom handful.

 Sunderland were officially the worst team of 2017 with a low 0.73 points per game
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Sunderland were officially the worst team of 2017 with a low 0.73 points per gameCredit: Craig_Brough

But it's the Baggies who come off worst of the Prem boys, with a meagre 0.88 points per game - good for 89th in the entire country.

Sunderland, though, are far and away the worst team in England based on points per game in 2017.

The Black Cats earned just 0.73 points per outing last year - behind Chesterfield (0.79) and Birmingham (0.81).

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