Eigenrankings

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

England 1871-1905

‹ 1871-1904		1871-1906 ›

		EP	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GP	PR
1	Aston Villa	4.782	1078	325	103	175	1395	929	603	1
2	Sheffield Wednesday	4.062	778	229	91	180	852	715	500	11
3	Preston North End	3.898	917	267	116	193	1126	753	576	3
4	Blackburn Rovers	3.677	876	255	111	231	1134	992	597	5
5	Liverpool	3.542	692	203	83	133	789	541	419	18
6	West Bromwich Albion	2.958	804	234	102	249	965	1008	585	10
7	Sheffield United	2.933	725	208	101	149	762	667	458	13
8	Bolton Wanderers	2.780	864	255	99	228	1034	934	582	6
9	Nottingham Forest	2.772	719	202	113	193	826	770	508	15
10	Sunderland	2.698	898	268	94	150	994	638	512	4
11	Notts County	2.624	834	242	108	244	1120	1020	594	8
12	Derby County	2.516	809	232	113	229	1026	1031	574	9
13	Everton	2.446	931	279	94	188	1108	815	561	2
14	Manchester City	2.418	707	211	74	141	849	638	426	16
15	Newcastle United	2.415	665	199	68	146	731	589	413	21
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2.384	837	243	108	230	990	997	581	7
17	Old Etonians	2.373	126	39	9	10	161	76	58	41
18	Wanderers	2.297	68	21	5	4	96	22	30	53
19	Birmingham City	2.172	728	218	74	153	910	694	445	12
20	Arsenal	1.956	645	192	69	142	750	553	403	22
21	Bury	1.903	545	157	74	152	592	539	383	23
22	Queen's Park	1.819	39	12	3	3	69	18	18	65
23	Stoke City	1.790	669	192	93	258	823	987	543	20
24	Burnley	1.756	720	205	105	230	860	938	540	14
25	Tottenham Hotspur	1.691	46	12	10	6	45	40	28	60
26	Middlesbrough	1.651	328	93	49	96	362	338	238	30
27	Grimsby Town	1.636	680	203	71	173	816	724	447	19
28	Manchester United	1.558	696	206	78	161	800	650	445	17
29	Darwen	1.277	347	104	35	148	549	707	287	29
30	Oxford University	1.268	88	27	7	7	99	33	41	49
31	Southampton	1.240	48	13	9	10	49	47	32	58
32	Old Carthusians	1.219	88	29	1	10	136	52	40	48
33	Glossop North End	0.918	299	80	59	104	336	365	243	33
34	Royal Engineers	0.805	109	34	7	16	146	67	57	43
35	Leicester City	0.751	505	141	82	142	557	582	365	25
36	Accrington	0.745	176	47	35	65	287	363	147	37
37	Bristol City	0.742	247	73	28	46	261	171	147	36
38	Gainsborough Trinity	0.714	368	101	65	142	459	579	308	28
39	Port Vale	0.707	447	124	75	165	549	680	364	27
40	Lincoln City	0.685	508	143	79	205	619	793	427	24
41	Chesterfield	0.656	279	76	51	82	311	317	209	35
42	New Brighton Tower	0.643	171	49	24	32	198	156	105	38
43	Swifts	0.586	101	31	8	15	126	78	54	45
44	Blackburn Olympic	0.581	40	13	1	7	85	39	21	64
45	Wednesbury Old Athletic	0.571	24	8	0	7	53	49	15	81
46	Barnsley	0.555	297	83	48	112	333	439	243	34
47	Staveley	0.547	33	10	3	7	46	38	20	69
48	Walsall	0.525	300	84	48	116	423	518	248	32
49	Burton United	0.513	457	130	67	218	605	887	415	26
50	Burton Wanderers	0.501	146	44	14	41	178	174	99	39
51	Old Westminsters	0.499	48	15	3	9	74	43	27	57
52	Bradford City	0.407	87	24	15	29	90	108	68	50
53	Blackpool	0.401	305	84	53	133	356	519	270	31
54	Crewe Alexandra	0.394	109	29	22	84	181	396	135	44
55	Clapham Rovers	0.372	82	26	4	14	150	58	44	52
56	Walsall Town	0.359	17	5	2	6	39	32	13	92
57	Derby Junction	0.338	19	6	1	5	16	25	12	89
58	Old Foresters	0.330	41	12	5	11	60	43	28	63
59	Rangers	0.318	12	4	0	1	14	7	5	113
60	Stockport County	0.295	129	34	27	76	152	287	137	40
61	Bootle	0.275	46	14	4	19	75	99	37	61
62	Mitchell's St George	0.274	22	7	1	7	31	33	15	85
63	Reading	0.273	42	11	9	15	42	71	35	62
64	Northwich Victoria	0.238	64	19	7	40	108	194	66	54
65	Middlesbrough Iron	0.233	38	11	5	21	48	98	37	67
66	Redcar	0.232	15	5	0	4	18	15	9	98
67	Doncaster Rovers	0.231	92	25	17	60	107	211	102	47
68	Wednesbury Town	0.230	10	3	1	2	12	11	6	122
69	Marlow	0.229	57	18	3	17	80	53	38	56
70	Luton Town	0.225	99	28	15	65	163	245	108	46
71	Loughborough	0.209	122	34	20	105	171	411	159	42
72	Renton	0.208	7	2	1	1	5	4	4	136
73	Millwall	0.206	9	3	0	8	13	31	11	130
74	Stafford Road	0.201	29	8	5	7	52	36	20	74
75	Rotherham Town	0.195	87	26	9	61	147	285	96	51
76	Chatham	0.193	26	8	2	7	24	36	17	76
77	Sheffield	0.178	39	11	6	13	53	61	30	66
78	Upton Park	0.173	63	19	6	15	93	69	40	55
79	Lockwood Brothers	0.145	22	7	1	8	26	34	16	86
80	Walsall Swifts	0.144	13	4	1	5	14	21	10	109
81	Portsmouth	0.139	11	3	2	5	12	22	10	118
82	Partick Thistle	0.123	9	3	0	2	22	7	5	126
83	Hendon	0.117	30	9	3	11	58	43	23	73
84	Notts Rangers	0.114	18	5	3	5	35	26	13	91
85	Church	0.114	31	9	4	7	53	32	20	72
86	Druids	0.110	32	9	5	7	39	35	21	71
87	Fulham	0.106	8	2	2	2	4	8	6	132
88	Old Harrovians	0.104	33	10	3	8	44	36	21	70
89	Leek	0.098	23	7	2	4	35	27	13	83
90	Darwen Old Wanderers	0.096	13	4	1	4	29	23	9	106
91	Newcastle West End	0.086	6	2	0	4	11	14	6	149
92	London Caledonians	0.084	7	2	1	1	4	7	4	137
93	Derby Midland	0.083	14	4	2	6	18	25	12	102
94	Grantham	0.083	24	7	3	9	31	38	19	82
95	Cambridge University	0.080	35	10	5	7	37	30	22	68
96	Manchester	0.075	3	1	0	2	2	19	3	202
97	Birmingham Excelsior	0.074	16	4	4	5	25	20	13	95
98	Bristol Rovers	0.071	8	2	2	3	5	9	7	131
99	South Shore	0.070	14	4	2	10	31	52	16	105
100	Great Bridge Unity	0.067	7	2	1	2	10	8	5	135
101	Old Wykehamists	0.058	27	9	0	4	40	21	13	75
102	Sunderland Albion	0.056	11	3	2	4	15	16	9	116
103	Birmingham St George	0.056	13	4	1	4	16	24	9	111
104	Phoenix Bessemer	0.055	3	1	0	1	10	5	2	171
105	Crystal Palace	0.055	11	2	5	5	9	12	12	117
106	Windsor Home Park	0.052	16	5	1	6	19	16	12	96
107	Barnes	0.052	25	7	4	13	28	50	24	79
108	Linfield Athletic	0.051	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	208
109	Old Brightonians	0.050	13	4	1	5	14	18	10	108
110	Davenham	0.050	20	6	2	5	27	29	13	87
111	Maidenhead	0.047	47	15	2	16	46	60	33	59
112	Derby St Luke's	0.046	5	1	2	4	10	22	7	160
113	Brentwood	0.044	23	7	2	9	42	47	18	84
114	Kettering Town	0.044	7	2	1	4	6	16	7	140
115	Cowlairs	0.043	6	2	0	1	16	6	3	144
116	Grey Friars	0.042	16	5	1	3	17	11	9	94
117	Crusaders	0.042	12	4	0	4	24	13	8	112
118	Plymouth Argyle	0.041	3	0	3	2	4	8	5	187
119	Dulwich	0.039	15	5	0	4	16	18	9	99
120	Sheffield Heeley	0.038	15	5	0	8	29	35	13	100
121	Mexborough	0.037	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	209
122	Rawtenstall	0.035	2	0	2	2	6	14	4	207
123	Romford	0.034	26	8	2	8	30	58	18	78
124	Chirk	0.034	24	7	3	4	43	20	14	80
125	Astley Bridge	0.032	11	2	5	7	27	45	14	120
126	Long Eaton Rangers	0.032	6	2	0	8	14	21	10	153
127	Turton	0.031	18	5	3	3	28	18	11	90
128	Halliwell	0.030	16	5	1	8	29	47	14	97
129	Hanover United	0.029	10	3	1	9	9	34	13	125
130	Lower Darwen	0.029	9	3	0	4	16	20	7	128
131	West End	0.028	14	4	2	4	12	19	10	103
132	Great Lever	0.025	6	2	0	3	12	13	5	146
133	Fleetwood Rangers	0.025	4	1	1	2	7	13	4	165
134	Crosswell's Brewery	0.024	3	1	0	1	1	14	2	199
135	Ashton United	0.023	13	4	1	1	16	11	6	107
136	Pilgrims	0.023	26	8	2	12	32	51	22	77
137	Rochester	0.021	15	5	0	13	21	57	18	101
138	Ecclesfield	0.021	3	1	0	1	4	7	2	183
139	Aston Unity	0.017	3	1	0	6	8	28	7	203
140	Eagley	0.017	11	3	2	7	23	39	12	119
141	Hotspur	0.016	20	6	2	8	19	25	16	88
142	Remnants	0.016	11	3	2	5	19	18	10	115
143	South Norwood	0.015	12	4	0	8	12	31	12	114
144	Heanor Town	0.015	1	0	1	4	2	10	5	217
145	Higher Walton	0.014	7	2	1	4	17	22	7	139
146	Cliftonville	0.013	7	2	1	1	12	16	4	138
147	South Reading	0.013	14	4	2	6	17	34	12	104
148	Macclesfield Town	0.012	6	2	0	7	23	30	9	152
149	Reading Minster	0.012	8	2	2	3	6	15	7	134
150	Horncastle	0.012	6	2	0	2	5	9	4	150
151	Clapton	0.011	4	1	1	5	9	30	7	169
152	Stockton	0.011	1	0	1	3	2	21	4	224
153	Goldenhill	0.011	10	3	1	2	9	7	6	121
154	Derbyshire	0.011	1	0	1	1	6	8	2	211
155	Herts Rangers	0.011	9	3	0	6	17	25	9	129
156	Darwen Ramblers	0.010	6	2	0	3	10	19	5	156
157	Wednesbury Strollers	0.010	3	1	0	5	10	31	6	204
158	Owlerton	0.009	6	2	0	1	5	7	3	147
159	Chester City	0.009	3	1	0	4	3	13	5	196
160	Shropshire Wanderers	0.009	9	2	3	3	4	6	8	127
161	Witton	0.008	13	4	1	5	22	30	10	110
162	Third Lanark	0.008	6	2	0	1	11	5	3	145
163	Oswestry	0.008	17	5	2	6	30	32	13	93
164	Minerva	0.007	3	1	0	3	8	12	4	185
165	Padiham	0.006	3	1	0	2	4	13	3	195
166	Oswaldtwistle Rovers	0.005	3	1	0	5	9	25	6	200
167	1st Surrey Rifles	0.005	7	2	1	7	3	39	10	143
168	Lancing Old Boys	0.005	3	1	0	2	10	11	3	177
169	Hampstead Heathens	0.005	4	1	1	1	2	4	3	162
170	Etonian Ramblers	0.004	3	1	0	1	6	9	2	181
171	Reigate Priory	0.004	3	1	0	5	6	22	6	201
172	Hitchin Town	0.004	1	0	1	3	2	11	4	220
173	Oxford City	0.004	1	0	1	1	0	4	2	214
174	Fishwick Ramblers	0.004	3	1	0	2	3	5	3	180
175	Newtown	0.004	4	1	1	1	4	8	3	164
176	Shrewsbury Town	0.003	3	1	0	1	5	11	2	189
177	Rossendale	0.003	6	2	0	4	18	40	6	159
178	105th Regiment	0.003	4	1	1	3	4	11	5	166
179	Hawks	0.003	3	1	0	2	6	6	3	175
180	Wrexham	0.003	3	1	0	6	11	23	7	197
181	Sheffield Providence	0.002	1	0	1	3	5	14	4	219
182	Woodford Wells	0.002	10	3	1	3	9	8	7	123
183	Forest School	0.002	6	2	0	4	12	21	6	155
184	Dreadnought	0.002	3	1	0	5	7	14	6	193
185	Spital	0.002	1	0	1	3	5	19	4	221
186	Blackburn Park Road	0.001	7	2	1	5	18	30	8	141
187	Clitheroe	0.001	1	0	1	3	5	13	4	216
188	Mosquitos	0.001	7	2	1	5	10	28	8	142
189	Llangollen	0.001	3	1	0	1	7	5	2	173
190	Bradshaw	0.001	1	0	1	4	5	22	5	222
191	Panthers	0.001	6	2	0	4	5	16	6	158
192	Bolton Association	0.000	3	1	0	2	7	11	3	186
193	Argonauts	0.000	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	210
194	Ramblers	0.000	1	0	1	4	2	10	5	218
195	Reading Abbey	0	10	3	1	2	7	9	6	124
195	Acton	0	8	2	2	7	14	23	11	133
195	Mellors Limited	0	6	2	0	3	11	14	5	148
195	Chesham	0	6	2	0	3	12	17	5	151
195	Darlington	0	6	2	0	3	7	15	5	154
195	Shankhouse	0	6	2	0	2	7	16	4	157
195	Elswick Rangers	0	4	1	1	1	8	7	3	161
195	Liverpool Ramblers	0	4	1	1	2	6	10	4	163
195	Notts Olympic	0	4	1	1	5	11	20	7	167
195	Southall Park	0	4	1	1	5	6	21	7	168
195	Southport	0	4	1	1	6	7	32	8	170
195	Old St Mark's	0	3	1	0	1	9	5	2	172
195	United Hospital	0	3	1	0	1	4	3	2	174
195	Over Wanderers	0	3	1	0	1	3	3	2	176
195	Weybridge Swallows	0	3	1	0	1	3	4	2	178
195	Newark	0	3	1	0	2	8	10	3	179
195	Watford Rovers	0	3	1	0	3	6	9	4	182
195	Lincoln Lindum	0	3	1	0	3	4	7	4	184
195	Uxbridge	0	3	1	0	4	6	12	5	188
195	South Bank	0	3	1	0	2	4	10	3	190
195	Cleethorpes Town	0	3	1	0	2	3	9	3	191
195	Swindon Town	0	3	1	0	2	2	8	3	192
195	Gresham	0	3	1	0	2	4	13	3	194
195	Basford Rovers	0	3	1	0	1	3	15	2	198
195	High Wycombe	0	3	1	0	4	4	26	5	205
195	Luton Wanderers	0	3	1	0	3	4	28	4	206
195	Bishop Auckland	0	1	0	1	2	3	6	3	212
195	Notts Wanderers	0	1	0	1	2	3	7	3	213
195	Woodford Bridge	0	1	0	1	3	3	9	4	215
195	Kildare	0	1	0	1	4	1	18	5	223
195	Finchley	0	1	0	1	3	1	21	4	225
195	Leyton	0	1	0	1	4	2	27	5	226
195	Belper Town	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	227
195	Haslingden	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	228
195	Lincoln Albion	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	229
195	Blackburn Law	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	230
195	Notts Swifts	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	231
195	Gillingham	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	232
195	West Ham United	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	233
195	Wigan County	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	234
195	Newcastle East End	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	235
195	Scarborough	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	1	236
195	Eckington Works	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	2	237
195	Olympic	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	238
195	United London Swifts	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	239
195	Jarrow	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	240
195	93rd Highland Regiment	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	241
195	Hucknall St Johns	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	242
195	Northampton Town	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	243
195	St Bart's Hospital	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	244
195	Morpeth Harriers	0	0	0	0	2	4	7	2	245
195	Park Grange	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	1	246
195	Chester St Oswald's	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	247
195	Derby Town	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	248
195	Saxons	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	249
195	Stafford Rangers	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	250
195	Wellington St George	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	2	251
195	West Manchester	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	252
195	Gateshead Association	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	253
195	Gitanos	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	254
195	London Olympic	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	255
195	Morton Rangers	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	256
195	Aston Shakespeare	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	2	257
195	Liverpool Stanley	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	258
195	Grimsby District	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	259
195	Oldbury Town	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	260
195	St Albans (Forest Gate)	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	2	261
195	St Stephens	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	262
195	Whitburn	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	263
195	East Sheen	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	1	264
195	Esher Leopold	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	265
195	Hull Town	0	0	0	0	2	2	8	2	266
195	Heart of Midlothian	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	1	267
195	Bournemouth Rovers	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	268
195	Civil Service	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	3	269
195	Rangers (London)	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	270
195	Workington	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	271
195	Heywood Central	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	1	272
195	Boston	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	1	273
195	Southfield	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	1	274
195	Upton Rangers	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	1	275
195	Wood Grange	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	2	276
195	Tyne Association	0	0	0	0	2	1	9	2	277
195	Warwick County	0	0	0	0	2	1	9	2	278
195	Hoddesdon Town	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	1	279
195	Clarence	0	0	0	0	2	2	11	2	280
195	St Peter's Institute	0	0	0	0	2	2	11	2	281
195	Caernarvon Wanderers	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	1	282
195	Highbury Union	0	0	0	0	3	1	10	3	283
195	Jardines	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	1	284
195	Lincoln Ramblers	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	1	285
195	Irwell Springs	0	0	0	0	2	3	13	2	286
195	Fairfield	0	0	0	0	1	1	11	1	287
195	Furness Vale Rovers	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	1	288
195	Lisburn Distillery	0	0	0	0	3	5	16	3	289
195	Bollington	0	0	0	0	2	2	13	2	290
195	Lyndhurst	0	0	0	0	2	2	13	2	291
195	Brondesbury	0	0	0	0	2	0	11	2	292
195	Hornchurch	0	0	0	0	2	0	11	2	293
195	Bolton Olympic	0	0	0	0	2	4	16	2	294
195	Clitheroe Low Moor	0	0	0	0	3	3	15	3	295
195	Reading Hornets	0	0	0	0	2	0	12	2	296
195	Saffron Walden Town	0	0	0	0	2	0	12	2	297
195	Henley	0	0	0	0	4	2	15	4	298
195	Brigg Brittania	0	0	0	0	2	0	13	2	299
195	Matlock Town	0	0	0	0	3	2	16	3	300
195	Calthorpe	0	0	0	0	4	3	18	4	301
195	Kidderminster Harriers	0	0	0	0	2	1	16	2	302
195	Attercliffe	0	0	0	0	2	0	16	2	303
195	Farningham	0	0	0	0	1	0	16	1	304
195	Hartford St John's	0	0	0	0	4	2	22	4	305
195	Brigg	0	0	0	0	3	0	21	3	306
195	Spilsby	0	0	0	0	5	8	34	5	307
195	Hyde	0	0	0	0	1	0	26	1	308
195	Casuals	0	0	0	0	7	5	38	7	309

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.