Power rankings

The table records what happened. This records how it was earned: expected goals for and against, summed from every shot of the season. Where a club sits above its xG rank, the finishing — or the goalkeeping — outran the chances.

Outperformed their xG most

Elche+3 places
Alaves+3 places
Getafe+2 places

Fell furthest short of it

Levante-7 places
Athletic Bilbao-6 places
Girona-5 places

#	Club	P	Pts	GF	GA	xGF	xGA	xG diff	Poss	xG rank
1	FC Barcelona	38	94	95	36	87.5	45.3	+42.2	68.9%	1
2	Real Madrid	38	86	77	35	77.0	42.1	+34.9	59.3%	2
3	Villarreal	39	73	71	45	60.5	46.6	+13.9	44.4%	3
4	Atletico Madrid	38	69	62	44	60.1	49.4	+10.7	53.4%	4
5	Real Betis	38	60	59	48	56.3	NaN	NaN	50.2%	5
6	Celta Vigo	38	54	53	48	49.7	49.9	-0.2	50.3%	7 ▼1
7	Getafe	38	51	32	38	32.1	41.9	-9.8	40.1%	9 ▼2
8	Rayo Vallecano	38	50	41	44	NaN	49.8	NaN	53.5%	10 ▼2
9	Valencia	38	49	46	55	49.3	48.0	+1.3	47.7%	11 ▼2
10	Real Sociedad	38	46	59	61	NaN	NaN	NaN	51.2%	12 ▼2
11	Espanyol	38	46	43	55	49.0	56.1	-7.0	42.5%	13 ▼2
12	Athletic Bilbao	38	45	43	58	51.3	43.2	+8.0	48.6%	6 ▲6
13	Elche	38	43	49	57	42.4	64.1	-21.7	57.7%	16 ▼3
14	Alaves	38	43	44	56	NaN	48.6	NaN	48.1%	17 ▼3
15	Levante	39	43	46	60	53.8	61.9	-8.2	42.8%	8 ▲7
16	Sevilla	38	43	46	60	39.9	57.1	-17.2	50.9%	15 ▲1
17	Osasuna	38	42	44	50	46.1	NaN	NaN	46.8%	18 ▼1
18	Mallorca	38	42	47	57	44.8	62.4	-17.6	46.9%	19 ▼1
19	Girona	38	41	39	55	48.4	58.5	-10.1	50.7%	14 ▲5
20	Real Oviedo	38	29	26	60	35.3	60.5	-25.2	46%	20

xG summed from every shot in all 38 rounds. Points, goals and the order of the table are computed from the same match files, not taken from a standings feed — they agree with it.