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

England 1888-1891

1888-1890 1888-1892

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Preston North End 21.186 122 56 10 12 220 72 78 1
2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 11.911 103 45 13 24 187 142 82 2
3 Blackburn Rovers 11.636 96 41 14 24 243 143 79 3
4 Everton 7.631 82 38 6 24 176 122 68 4
5 Sunderland 7.353 25 10 5 8 53 35 23 13
6 Bolton Wanderers 6.192 72 34 4 32 191 164 70 6
7 Aston Villa 5.913 74 30 14 29 169 182 73 5
8 Notts County 4.992 64 26 12 37 159 181 75 9
9 Accrington 4.811 65 23 19 29 137 163 71 8
10 West Bromwich Albion 4.665 69 31 7 37 155 167 75 7
11 Derby County 3.877 54 24 6 40 140 218 70 10
12 Burnley 3.792 53 21 11 38 137 205 70 11
13 Sheffield Wednesday 3.338 17 8 1 4 30 24 13 14
14 Stoke City 1.812 26 9 8 31 60 134 48 12
15 Sheffield United 0.542 2 1 0 1 2 14 2 28
16 Birmingham St George 0.190 5 2 1 2 12 16 5 16
17 Notts Rangers 0.159 1 0 1 1 1 4 2 30
18 Chatham Town 0 10 3 4 2 16 31 9 15
18 Derby Midland 0 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 20
18 Sunderland Albion 0 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 22
18 Birmingham St George's 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 23
18 Lincoln City 0 2 1 0 1 2 4 2 24
18 Swifts 0 2 1 0 1 4 7 2 25
18 Linfield Athletic 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 29
18 Grimsby Town 0 4 2 0 3 5 9 5 18
18 Halliwell 0 3 1 1 2 11 9 4 19
18 Birmingham City 0 2 1 0 2 6 6 3 21
18 Walsall 0 2 1 0 2 7 13 3 26
18 Nottingham Forest 0 5 0 5 3 12 17 8 17
18 Bootle 0 2 1 0 3 3 14 4 27
18 Crewe Alexandra 0 1 0 1 1 3 7 2 31
18 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 32
18 Witton 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 33
18 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 34
18 Derby Junction 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 35
18 Clapton 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 36
18 Wrexham 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 37
18 Chester City 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 38
18 Old Brightonians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 39
18 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 40
18 South Shore 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 41
18 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 2 3 7 2 42
18 Sheffield Heeley 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 43
18 Manchester United 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 44
18 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 45

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.