Eigenrankings

Ranking football clubs by the dominant eigenvector of the normalized points-won matrix.

England 1871-1903

‹ 1871-1902		1871-1904 ›

		EP	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GP	PR
1	Aston Villa	5.360	940	283	91	153	1241	830	527	1
2	Blackburn Rovers	3.900	793	231	100	194	1038	875	525	2
3	Preston North End	3.855	787	231	94	176	1017	685	501	4
4	West Bromwich Albion	3.682	729	214	87	214	871	896	515	8
5	Sheffield Wednesday	3.590	643	189	76	156	722	620	421	11
6	Sunderland	3.087	785	235	80	126	868	540	441	5
7	Nottingham Forest	3.084	636	180	96	159	722	646	435	12
8	Liverpool	2.956	571	167	70	111	644	448	348	18
9	Sheffield United	2.932	607	172	91	123	631	548	386	15
10	Notts County	2.812	769	225	94	204	1043	884	523	6
11	Derby County	2.743	717	208	93	198	919	913	499	9
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2.631	741	216	93	197	887	848	506	7
13	Old Etonians	2.573	126	39	9	10	161	76	58	39
14	Bolton Wanderers	2.538	715	210	85	209	871	852	504	10
15	Wanderers	2.519	68	21	5	4	96	22	30	52
16	Everton	2.511	790	236	82	168	972	740	486	3
17	Bury	2.198	469	138	55	118	499	413	311	23
18	Birmingham City	2.046	631	190	61	125	817	602	376	13
19	Queen's Park	2.027	39	12	3	3	69	18	18	61
20	Newcastle United	1.943	519	154	57	125	588	504	336	22
21	Manchester City	1.924	559	166	61	123	697	550	350	19
22	Stoke City	1.816	586	168	82	222	725	865	472	17
23	Burnley	1.797	624	178	90	204	767	831	472	14
24	Grimsby Town	1.621	589	178	55	144	733	626	377	16
25	Middlesbrough	1.520	246	73	27	64	273	230	164	31
26	Oxford University	1.366	88	27	7	7	99	33	41	48
27	Manchester United	1.360	547	161	64	149	649	577	374	20
28	Old Carthusians	1.324	88	29	1	10	136	52	40	47
29	Darwen	1.309	347	104	35	148	549	707	287	28
30	Tottenham Hotspur	1.269	34	9	7	4	38	30	20	67
31	Arsenal	1.142	526	158	52	121	620	486	331	21
32	Glossop North End	0.946	223	60	43	72	242	255	175	33
33	Southampton	0.910	39	10	9	8	39	36	27	62
34	Royal Engineers	0.886	109	34	7	16	146	67	57	42
35	Leicester City	0.815	437	124	65	107	474	440	296	24
36	Accrington	0.810	176	47	35	65	287	363	147	36
37	Bristol City	0.762	121	35	16	23	120	81	74	41
38	Lincoln City	0.728	424	120	64	174	535	693	358	25
39	Port Vale	0.672	371	104	59	132	448	553	295	27
40	Swifts	0.654	101	31	8	15	126	78	54	44
41	Gainsborough Trinity	0.634	273	73	54	113	345	461	240	30
42	Wednesbury Old Athletic	0.622	24	8	0	7	53	49	15	80
43	Blackburn Olympic	0.622	40	13	1	7	85	39	21	60
44	New Brighton Tower	0.620	171	49	24	32	198	156	105	37
45	Old Westminsters	0.570	48	15	3	9	74	43	27	56
46	Staveley	0.568	33	10	3	7	46	38	20	68
47	Chesterfield	0.566	185	51	32	58	230	237	141	35
48	Walsall	0.506	300	84	48	116	423	518	248	29
49	Barnsley	0.497	207	58	33	84	257	326	175	34
50	Burton Wanderers	0.469	146	44	14	41	178	174	99	38
51	Burton United	0.457	389	111	56	180	530	742	347	26
52	Clapham Rovers	0.407	82	26	4	14	150	58	44	50
53	Crewe Alexandra	0.397	109	29	22	84	181	396	135	43
54	Doncaster Rovers	0.394	81	22	15	31	84	130	68	51
55	Walsall Town	0.389	17	5	2	6	39	32	13	91
56	Blackpool	0.385	230	64	38	100	280	404	202	32
57	Derby Junction	0.360	19	6	1	5	16	25	12	88
58	Old Foresters	0.358	41	12	5	11	60	43	28	59
59	Rangers	0.349	12	4	0	1	14	7	5	112
60	Reading	0.341	39	11	6	13	39	66	30	64
61	Mitchell's St George	0.284	22	7	1	7	31	33	15	84
62	Wednesbury Town	0.273	10	3	1	2	12	11	6	120
63	Bootle	0.270	46	14	4	19	75	99	37	58
64	Redcar	0.255	15	5	0	4	18	15	9	97
65	Marlow	0.249	57	18	3	17	80	53	38	55
66	Millwall	0.235	9	3	0	6	12	26	9	128
67	Northwich Victoria	0.225	64	19	7	40	108	194	66	53
68	Middlesbrough Iron	0.225	38	11	5	21	48	98	37	65
69	Renton	0.223	7	2	1	1	5	4	4	133
70	Luton Town	0.215	99	28	15	65	163	245	108	45
71	Stafford Road	0.215	29	8	5	7	52	36	20	73
72	Chatham	0.213	26	8	2	7	24	36	17	75
73	Loughborough	0.194	122	34	20	105	171	411	159	40
74	Sheffield	0.192	39	11	6	13	53	61	30	63
75	Upton Park	0.189	63	19	6	15	93	69	40	54
76	Stockport County	0.186	94	26	16	61	112	215	103	46
77	Rotherham Town	0.182	87	26	9	61	147	285	96	49
78	Lockwood Brothers	0.160	22	7	1	8	26	34	16	85
79	Walsall Swifts	0.155	13	4	1	5	14	21	10	108
80	Partick Thistle	0.128	9	3	0	2	22	7	5	124
81	Hendon	0.128	30	9	3	11	58	43	23	72
82	Notts Rangers	0.119	18	5	3	5	35	26	13	90
83	Church	0.119	31	9	4	7	53	32	20	71
84	Old Harrovians	0.114	33	10	3	8	44	36	21	69
85	Druids	0.109	32	9	5	7	39	35	21	70
86	Darwen Old Wanderers	0.103	13	4	1	4	29	23	9	105
87	Leek	0.097	23	7	2	4	35	27	13	82
88	Newcastle West End	0.096	6	2	0	4	11	14	6	147
89	Derby Midland	0.093	14	4	2	6	18	25	12	101
90	London Caledonians	0.091	7	2	1	1	4	7	4	135
91	Grantham	0.090	24	7	3	9	31	38	19	81
92	Portsmouth	0.089	8	2	2	3	7	15	7	129
93	Cambridge University	0.088	35	10	5	7	37	30	22	66
94	Manchester	0.078	3	1	0	2	2	19	3	199
95	South Shore	0.074	14	4	2	10	31	52	16	104
96	Birmingham Excelsior	0.072	16	4	4	5	25	20	13	94
97	Great Bridge Unity	0.064	7	2	1	2	10	8	5	132
98	Old Wykehamists	0.063	27	9	0	4	40	21	13	74
99	Crystal Palace	0.060	11	2	5	5	9	12	12	116
100	Sunderland Albion	0.059	11	3	2	4	15	16	9	115
101	Linfield Athletic	0.059	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	205
102	Birmingham St George	0.059	13	4	1	4	16	24	9	110
103	Bristol Rovers	0.058	7	2	1	2	4	5	5	134
104	Windsor Home Park	0.057	16	5	1	6	19	16	12	95
105	Phoenix Bessemer	0.057	3	1	0	1	10	5	2	169
106	Barnes	0.057	25	7	4	13	28	50	24	78
107	Old Brightonians	0.055	13	4	1	5	14	18	10	107
108	Derby St Luke's	0.054	5	1	2	4	10	22	7	158
109	Maidenhead	0.051	47	15	2	16	46	60	33	57
110	Davenham	0.050	20	6	2	5	27	29	13	86
111	Dulwich	0.049	15	5	0	4	16	18	9	98
112	Brentwood	0.048	23	7	2	9	42	47	18	83
113	Crusaders	0.046	12	4	0	4	24	13	8	111
114	Grey Friars	0.046	16	5	1	3	17	11	9	93
115	Cowlairs	0.046	6	2	0	1	16	6	3	142
116	Kettering Town	0.042	7	2	1	4	6	16	7	138
117	Sheffield Heeley	0.041	15	5	0	8	29	35	13	99
118	Romford	0.039	26	8	2	8	30	58	18	77
119	Mexborough	0.038	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	206
120	Rawtenstall	0.035	2	0	2	2	6	14	4	204
121	Astley Bridge	0.034	11	2	5	7	27	45	14	118
122	Chirk	0.033	24	7	3	4	43	20	14	79
123	Hanover United	0.032	10	3	1	9	9	34	13	123
124	West End	0.032	14	4	2	4	12	19	10	102
125	Halliwell	0.031	16	5	1	8	29	47	14	96
126	Turton	0.030	18	5	3	3	28	18	11	89
127	Lower Darwen	0.030	9	3	0	4	16	20	7	126
128	Long Eaton Rangers	0.030	6	2	0	8	14	21	10	151
129	Rochester	0.025	15	5	0	13	21	57	18	100
130	Great Lever	0.025	6	2	0	3	12	13	5	144
131	Pilgrims	0.025	26	8	2	12	32	51	22	76
132	Ecclesfield	0.023	3	1	0	1	4	7	2	181
133	Ashton United	0.023	13	4	1	1	16	11	6	106
134	Fleetwood Rangers	0.022	4	1	1	2	7	13	4	163
135	Crosswell's Brewery	0.022	3	1	0	1	1	14	2	196
136	Aston Unity	0.017	3	1	0	6	8	28	7	200
137	Remnants	0.017	11	3	2	5	19	18	10	114
138	Eagley	0.017	11	3	2	7	23	39	12	117
139	South Reading	0.016	14	4	2	6	17	34	12	103
140	South Norwood	0.016	12	4	0	8	12	31	12	113
141	Hotspur	0.015	20	6	2	8	19	25	16	87
142	Higher Walton	0.013	7	2	1	4	17	22	7	137
143	Stockton	0.013	1	0	1	2	1	17	3	219
144	Reading Minster	0.013	8	2	2	3	6	15	7	131
145	Cliftonville	0.013	7	2	1	1	12	16	4	136
146	Horncastle	0.013	6	2	0	2	5	9	4	148
147	Heanor Town	0.013	1	0	1	4	2	10	5	214
148	Clapton	0.013	4	1	1	5	9	30	7	167
149	Herts Rangers	0.012	9	3	0	6	17	25	9	127
150	Derbyshire	0.011	1	0	1	1	6	8	2	208
151	Macclesfield Town	0.011	6	2	0	7	23	30	9	150
152	Goldenhill	0.011	10	3	1	2	9	7	6	119
153	Darwen Ramblers	0.011	6	2	0	3	10	19	5	154
154	Owlerton	0.010	6	2	0	1	5	7	3	145
155	Wednesbury Strollers	0.010	3	1	0	5	10	31	6	201
156	Chester City	0.010	3	1	0	4	3	13	5	193
157	Shropshire Wanderers	0.009	9	2	3	3	4	6	8	125
158	Witton	0.008	13	4	1	5	22	30	10	109
159	Minerva	0.008	3	1	0	3	8	12	4	183
160	Oswestry	0.008	17	5	2	6	30	32	13	92
161	Third Lanark	0.007	6	2	0	1	11	5	3	143
162	Padiham	0.007	3	1	0	2	4	13	3	192
163	1st Surrey Rifles	0.006	7	2	1	7	3	39	10	141
164	Oswaldtwistle Rovers	0.006	3	1	0	5	9	25	6	197
165	Lancing Old Boys	0.006	3	1	0	2	10	11	3	175
166	Hampstead Heathens	0.005	4	1	1	1	2	4	3	160
167	Etonian Ramblers	0.005	3	1	0	1	6	9	2	179
168	Reigate Priory	0.005	3	1	0	5	6	22	6	198
169	Hitchin Town	0.004	1	0	1	3	2	11	4	217
170	Oxford City	0.004	1	0	1	1	0	4	2	211
171	Fishwick Ramblers	0.004	3	1	0	2	3	5	3	178
172	Newtown	0.004	4	1	1	1	4	8	3	162
173	Rossendale	0.003	6	2	0	4	18	40	6	157
174	Shrewsbury Town	0.003	3	1	0	1	5	11	2	186
175	105th Regiment	0.003	4	1	1	3	4	11	5	164
176	Hawks	0.003	3	1	0	2	6	6	3	173
177	Wrexham	0.003	3	1	0	6	11	23	7	194
178	Forest School	0.002	6	2	0	4	12	21	6	153
179	Sheffield Providence	0.002	1	0	1	3	5	14	4	216
180	Woodford Wells	0.002	10	3	1	3	9	8	7	121
181	Dreadnought	0.002	3	1	0	5	7	14	6	190
182	Spital	0.002	1	0	1	3	5	19	4	218
183	Blackburn Park Road	0.001	7	2	1	5	18	30	8	139
184	Clitheroe	0.001	1	0	1	3	5	13	4	213
185	Mosquitos	0.001	7	2	1	5	10	28	8	140
186	Llangollen	0.001	3	1	0	1	7	5	2	171
187	Bradshaw	0.001	1	0	1	4	5	22	5	220
188	Panthers	0.001	6	2	0	4	5	16	6	156
189	Bolton Association	0.000	3	1	0	2	7	11	3	184
190	Argonauts	0.000	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	207
191	Ramblers	0.000	1	0	1	4	2	10	5	215
192	Reading Abbey	0	10	3	1	2	7	9	6	122
192	Acton	0	8	2	2	7	14	23	11	130
192	Mellors Limited	0	6	2	0	3	11	14	5	146
192	Chesham	0	6	2	0	3	12	17	5	149
192	Darlington	0	6	2	0	3	7	15	5	152
192	Shankhouse	0	6	2	0	2	7	16	4	155
192	Elswick Rangers	0	4	1	1	1	8	7	3	159
192	Liverpool Ramblers	0	4	1	1	2	6	10	4	161
192	Notts Olympic	0	4	1	1	5	11	20	7	165
192	Southall Park	0	4	1	1	5	6	21	7	166
192	Southport	0	4	1	1	6	7	32	8	168
192	Old St Mark's	0	3	1	0	1	9	5	2	170
192	United Hospital	0	3	1	0	1	4	3	2	172
192	Over Wanderers	0	3	1	0	1	3	3	2	174
192	Weybridge Swallows	0	3	1	0	1	3	4	2	176
192	Newark	0	3	1	0	2	8	10	3	177
192	Watford Rovers	0	3	1	0	3	6	9	4	180
192	Lincoln Lindum	0	3	1	0	3	4	7	4	182
192	Uxbridge	0	3	1	0	4	6	12	5	185
192	South Bank	0	3	1	0	2	4	10	3	187
192	Cleethorpes Town	0	3	1	0	2	3	9	3	188
192	Swindon Town	0	3	1	0	2	2	8	3	189
192	Gresham	0	3	1	0	2	4	13	3	191
192	Basford Rovers	0	3	1	0	1	3	15	2	195
192	High Wycombe	0	3	1	0	4	4	26	5	202
192	Luton Wanderers	0	3	1	0	3	4	28	4	203
192	Bishop Auckland	0	1	0	1	2	3	6	3	209
192	Notts Wanderers	0	1	0	1	2	3	7	3	210
192	Woodford Bridge	0	1	0	1	3	3	9	4	212
192	Kildare	0	1	0	1	4	1	18	5	221
192	Finchley	0	1	0	1	3	1	21	4	222
192	Leyton	0	1	0	1	4	2	27	5	223
192	Belper Town	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	224
192	Haslingden	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	225
192	Lincoln Albion	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	226
192	Blackburn Law	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	227
192	Notts Swifts	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	228
192	Gillingham	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	229
192	West Ham United	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	230
192	Wigan County	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	231
192	Newcastle East End	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	232
192	Scarborough	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	1	233
192	Eckington Works	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	2	234
192	Olympic	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	235
192	United London Swifts	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	236
192	Jarrow	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	237
192	93rd Highland Regiment	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	238
192	Hucknall St Johns	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	239
192	Northampton Town	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	240
192	St Bart's Hospital	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	241
192	Morpeth Harriers	0	0	0	0	2	4	7	2	242
192	Park Grange	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	1	243
192	Chester St Oswald's	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	244
192	Derby Town	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	245
192	Saxons	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	246
192	Stafford Rangers	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	247
192	Wellington St George	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	2	248
192	West Manchester	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	249
192	Gateshead Association	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	250
192	Gitanos	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	251
192	London Olympic	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	252
192	Morton Rangers	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	253
192	Aston Shakespeare	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	2	254
192	Liverpool Stanley	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	255
192	Grimsby District	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	256
192	Oldbury Town	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	257
192	St Albans (Forest Gate)	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	2	258
192	St Stephens	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	259
192	Whitburn	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	260
192	East Sheen	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	1	261
192	Esher Leopold	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	262
192	Hull Town	0	0	0	0	2	2	8	2	263
192	Heart of Midlothian	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	1	264
192	Bournemouth Rovers	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	265
192	Civil Service	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	3	266
192	Rangers (London)	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	267
192	Workington	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	268
192	Heywood Central	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	1	269
192	Boston	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	1	270
192	Southfield	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	1	271
192	Upton Rangers	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	1	272
192	Wood Grange	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	2	273
192	Tyne Association	0	0	0	0	2	1	9	2	274
192	Warwick County	0	0	0	0	2	1	9	2	275
192	Hoddesdon Town	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	1	276
192	Clarence	0	0	0	0	2	2	11	2	277
192	St Peter's Institute	0	0	0	0	2	2	11	2	278
192	Caernarvon Wanderers	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	1	279
192	Highbury Union	0	0	0	0	3	1	10	3	280
192	Jardines	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	1	281
192	Lincoln Ramblers	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	1	282
192	Irwell Springs	0	0	0	0	2	3	13	2	283
192	Fairfield	0	0	0	0	1	1	11	1	284
192	Furness Vale Rovers	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	1	285
192	Lisburn Distillery	0	0	0	0	3	5	16	3	286
192	Bollington	0	0	0	0	2	2	13	2	287
192	Lyndhurst	0	0	0	0	2	2	13	2	288
192	Brondesbury	0	0	0	0	2	0	11	2	289
192	Hornchurch	0	0	0	0	2	0	11	2	290
192	Bolton Olympic	0	0	0	0	2	4	16	2	291
192	Clitheroe Low Moor	0	0	0	0	3	3	15	3	292
192	Reading Hornets	0	0	0	0	2	0	12	2	293
192	Saffron Walden Town	0	0	0	0	2	0	12	2	294
192	Henley	0	0	0	0	4	2	15	4	295
192	Brigg Brittania	0	0	0	0	2	0	13	2	296
192	Matlock Town	0	0	0	0	3	2	16	3	297
192	Calthorpe	0	0	0	0	4	3	18	4	298
192	Kidderminster Harriers	0	0	0	0	2	1	16	2	299
192	Attercliffe	0	0	0	0	2	0	16	2	300
192	Farningham	0	0	0	0	1	0	16	1	301
192	Hartford St John's	0	0	0	0	4	2	22	4	302
192	Brigg	0	0	0	0	3	0	21	3	303
192	Spilsby	0	0	0	0	5	8	34	5	304
192	Hyde	0	0	0	0	1	0	26	1	305
192	Casuals	0	0	0	0	7	5	38	7	306

EigenPoints, Points, Wins, Draws, Losses, GoalsFor, GoalsAgainst, GamesPlayed, PointsRank.

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Includes league matches from the top 4 tiers of English football, the FA Cup (proper rounds), the League Cup, and the Community Shield. Matches decided on penalties are treated as ties.