Use this script to find which tables are needed to create a clusterd index.
SELECTt.name AS TableName, t.[object_id],
SUM ( CASE WHEN i.is_primary_key = 1 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END ) AS Primarykey,
SUM ( CASE WHEN i.[type] = 1 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END ) AS ClusteredIndex,
SUM ( CASE WHEN i.[type] = 2 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END ) AS NonClusteredIndex,
SUM ( CASE WHEN i.[type] = 0 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END ) AS HeapIndex,
COUNT ( * ) TotalNoofIndex
FROM sys.tables t
LEFT OUTER JOIN sys.indexes i
ON i.[object_id] = t.[object_id]
GROUP BY
t.name, t.[object_id] 
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