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

England 1986-87

1985-86 1987-88

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Everton 6.023 105 32 9 10 98 39 51 7
2 Tottenham Hotspur 4.926 105 32 9 16 109 60 57 8
3 Liverpool 4.541 100 29 13 13 98 52 55 13
4 Arsenal 4.467 101 30 11 14 86 46 55 11
5 Coventry City 4.218 91 26 13 14 71 55 53 19
6 Norwich City 3.618 79 20 19 10 64 60 49 32
7 Wimbledon 3.290 77 22 11 15 69 57 48 34
8 Luton Town 3.245 72 19 15 13 52 48 47 44
9 Watford 3.051 81 23 12 17 86 70 52 27
10 Nottingham Forest 3.007 76 21 13 15 75 56 49 36
11 West Ham United 2.543 71 19 14 20 72 82 53 48
12 Manchester United 2.265 66 17 15 16 61 52 48 57
13 Southampton 2.114 67 18 13 20 80 75 51 55
14 Sheffield Wednesday 2.031 69 18 15 18 76 69 51 52
15 Queens Park Rangers 1.868 61 16 13 20 61 74 49 75
16 Chelsea 1.790 59 15 14 19 61 71 48 80
17 Newcastle United 1.768 56 15 11 21 52 69 47 84
18 Oxford United 1.690 53 13 14 20 54 75 47 92
19 Charlton Athletic 1.558 63 17 12 23 56 63 52 68
20 Wigan Athletic 1.333 106 31 13 15 106 77 59 6
21 Manchester City 1.300 43 9 16 21 39 62 46 109
22 Aston Villa 1.210 45 10 15 24 57 89 49 105
23 Bournemouth 1.136 105 31 12 10 90 51 53 9
24 Leeds United 1.131 86 25 11 18 74 59 54 21
25 Leicester City 1.099 48 13 9 24 63 87 46 101
26 Middlesbrough 1.097 112 33 13 12 84 41 58 2
27 Preston North End 1.090 112 32 16 11 92 60 59 3
28 Bristol City 1.033 110 30 20 13 91 51 63 5
29 Derby County 0.968 94 28 10 11 73 45 49 16
30 Northampton Town 0.956 110 33 11 11 121 68 55 4
31 Swindon Town 0.953 120 35 15 14 112 69 64 1
32 Portsmouth 0.907 87 26 9 12 60 36 47 20
33 Walsall 0.851 98 29 11 20 105 87 60 14
34 Gillingham 0.837 105 31 12 20 94 74 63 10
35 Aldershot 0.729 101 29 14 21 93 82 64 12
36 Oldham Athletic 0.694 85 25 10 14 74 56 49 24
37 Cardiff City 0.634 81 21 18 19 66 63 58 28
38 Southend United 0.632 97 30 7 19 90 73 56 15
39 Crystal Palace 0.616 70 21 7 20 55 60 48 51
40 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.592 94 28 10 20 80 64 58 17
41 Chester City 0.587 85 21 22 19 83 76 62 25
42 Sheffield United 0.571 66 17 15 16 58 59 48 58
43 Wrexham 0.557 85 21 22 15 95 69 58 23
44 Plymouth Argyle 0.555 65 17 14 16 71 71 47 61
45 Ipswich Town 0.551 71 19 14 15 64 48 48 45
46 Notts County 0.536 80 22 14 17 83 73 53 30
47 Blackburn Rovers 0.529 62 17 11 19 53 62 47 72
48 Swansea City 0.511 80 22 14 22 80 78 58 31
49 Huddersfield Town 0.505 57 14 15 19 63 72 48 82
50 Leyton Orient 0.496 77 22 11 21 71 77 54 35
51 Cambridge United 0.487 75 20 15 22 75 81 57 38
52 Bradford City 0.462 65 18 11 20 73 72 49 60
53 Stoke City 0.461 67 18 13 18 74 59 49 54
54 Hull City 0.458 63 16 15 17 46 61 48 70
55 Brentford 0.456 73 19 16 20 81 80 55 42
56 Birmingham City 0.455 57 13 18 16 53 69 47 83
57 Fulham 0.455 73 18 19 21 84 100 58 43
58 Blackpool 0.449 65 16 17 18 77 68 51 59
59 Reading 0.446 60 16 12 19 61 68 47 77
60 Peterborough United 0.439 71 18 17 18 63 59 53 47
61 Barnsley 0.430 63 16 15 18 59 63 49 67
62 Mansfield Town 0.425 76 19 19 19 65 68 57 37
63 Port Vale 0.423 73 20 13 23 92 89 56 41
64 Scunthorpe United 0.405 81 23 12 21 85 68 56 26
65 Rochdale 0.394 64 14 22 20 70 85 56 66
66 Colchester United 0.393 79 23 10 23 73 71 56 33
67 Shrewsbury Town 0.392 65 19 8 23 50 57 50 62
68 Doncaster Rovers 0.388 63 15 18 20 64 77 53 69
69 York City 0.385 63 16 15 25 70 93 56 71
70 Millwall 0.385 59 16 11 21 46 54 48 79
71 Sunderland 0.361 54 14 12 21 61 72 47 89
72 West Bromwich Albion 0.352 51 13 12 20 54 57 45 96
73 Exeter City 0.335 60 11 27 15 56 56 53 76
74 Chesterfield 0.334 59 14 17 21 60 79 52 81
75 Rotherham United 0.332 65 16 17 22 58 67 55 63
76 Bury 0.330 64 16 16 23 64 74 55 64
77 Halifax Town 0.305 60 15 15 24 68 88 54 78
78 Bolton Wanderers 0.304 64 15 19 25 62 72 59 65
79 Grimsby Town 0.292 50 11 17 21 44 70 49 98
80 Bristol Rovers 0.269 53 13 14 25 51 87 52 95
81 Hartlepool United 0.259 53 11 20 20 46 71 51 93
82 Burnley 0.255 53 13 14 25 59 87 52 94
83 Crewe Alexandra 0.248 54 13 15 23 72 82 51 88
84 Hereford United 0.247 61 16 13 25 74 81 54 74
85 Scarborough 0.247 91 27 10 5 64 33 42 18
86 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.242 41 9 14 23 38 59 46 110
87 Lincoln City 0.239 56 14 14 26 51 75 54 85
88 Tranmere Rovers 0.233 54 12 18 22 64 90 52 90
89 Darlington 0.223 41 8 17 27 51 93 52 112
90 Torquay United 0.219 49 10 19 22 58 80 51 100
91 Stockport County 0.214 55 14 13 26 46 88 53 87
92 Barnet 0.207 85 25 10 7 86 39 42 22
93 Newport County 0.187 47 11 14 29 54 102 54 104
94 Maidstone United 0.180 80 23 11 12 78 53 46 29
95 Carlisle United 0.170 48 13 9 31 46 88 53 102
96 Altrincham 0.148 73 19 16 10 70 54 45 40
97 Telford United 0.124 70 20 10 15 74 61 45 49
98 Sutton United 0.123 68 19 11 12 81 51 42 53
99 Runcorn Halton 0.116 71 19 14 12 74 61 45 46
100 Bath City 0.112 67 18 13 14 67 68 45 56
101 Enfield 0.110 74 22 8 15 70 51 45 39
102 Cheltenham Town 0.101 61 16 13 13 64 50 42 73
103 Boston United 0.092 70 21 7 16 84 77 44 50
104 Weymouth 0.068 51 13 12 17 68 77 42 97
105 Caernarfon Town 0.067 8 2 2 1 3 2 5 115
106 Stafford Rangers 0.067 53 14 11 18 58 61 43 91
107 Nuneaton Borough 0.064 44 10 14 19 48 76 43 108
108 Dagenham 0.059 49 14 7 21 56 72 42 99
109 Kettering Town 0.057 47 12 11 20 54 69 43 103
110 Wealdstone 0.055 44 11 11 22 52 75 44 107
111 Northwich Victoria 0.053 44 10 14 18 53 69 42 106
112 Kidderminster Harriers 0.053 55 17 4 21 77 81 42 86
113 Welling United 0.048 41 10 11 23 63 89 44 111
114 Chorley 0.044 6 1 3 1 5 7 5 116
115 Frickley Athletic 0.027 33 7 12 25 47 86 44 113
116 Gateshead 0.026 31 6 13 23 48 95 42 114
117 Whitby Town 0.004 1 0 1 1 4 5 2 119
118 Bishop's Stortford 0.004 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 122
119 Dartford 0.001 1 0 1 1 1 4 2 123
120 Chelmsford City 0 4 1 1 1 3 4 3 117
120 Slough Town 0 4 1 1 1 2 4 3 118
120 Woking 0 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 120
120 Bognor Regis Town 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 121
120 Aylesbury United 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 124
120 Spennymoor United 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 125
120 Bromsgrove Rovers 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 126
120 Woodford Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 127
120 Rugby Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 128
120 Southport 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 129
120 Halesowen Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 130
120 Ton Pentre 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 131
120 Farnborough 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 132
120 Fareham Town 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1 133

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

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