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

England 1888-1893

1888-1892 1888-1894

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Preston North End 14.773 200 93 14 31 346 148 138 1
2 Sunderland 12.058 131 60 11 20 273 120 91 8
3 Blackburn Rovers 7.653 165 66 33 44 373 272 143 3
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 7.209 166 72 22 51 308 268 145 2
5 Aston Villa 6.784 149 66 17 53 357 310 136 4
6 Bolton Wanderers 5.842 141 64 13 53 303 269 130 6
7 Everton 5.167 146 66 14 47 302 230 127 5
8 West Bromwich Albion 4.892 132 56 20 65 290 305 141 7
9 Notts County 4.673 123 51 21 67 285 308 139 9
10 Sheffield Wednesday 4.475 54 25 4 21 109 97 50 14
11 Nottingham Forest 4.415 47 15 17 17 92 86 49 15
12 Burnley 3.940 115 48 19 64 250 304 131 10
13 Accrington 3.223 115 40 35 58 249 332 133 11
14 Derby County 3.134 107 44 19 66 243 342 129 12
15 Stoke City 3.080 80 31 18 63 173 251 112 13
16 Manchester United 1.742 18 6 6 19 51 91 31 25
17 Darwen 1.462 47 21 5 27 116 153 53 16
18 Sheffield United 1.221 39 18 3 6 69 45 27 18
19 Birmingham City 0.638 40 19 2 6 101 44 27 17
20 Bootle 0.518 21 9 3 15 52 79 27 21
21 Derby Midland 0.421 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 33
22 Grimsby Town 0.322 27 13 1 13 47 50 27 19
23 Chatham Town 0.315 10 3 4 2 16 31 9 29
24 Northwich Victoria 0.242 20 9 2 11 42 58 22 23
25 Crewe Alexandra 0.236 17 6 5 16 50 86 27 26
26 Sunderland Albion 0.224 8 3 2 4 15 16 9 31
27 Ardwick 0.214 21 9 3 10 45 40 22 20
28 Linfield Athletic 0.210 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 38
29 Burton Swifts 0.209 20 9 2 11 47 47 22 22
30 Lincoln City 0.192 19 8 3 14 47 56 25 24
31 Birmingham St George 0.189 9 4 1 4 16 24 9 30
32 Burslem Port Vale 0.112 15 6 3 13 30 57 22 27
33 Walsall 0.109 15 6 3 16 44 88 25 28
34 Notts Rangers 0.079 1 0 1 1 1 4 2 39
35 Halliwell 0.016 3 1 1 3 11 21 5 32
36 Chester City 0.010 2 1 0 2 1 9 3 37
37 Birmingham St George's 0.008 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 35
38 Middlesbrough 0 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 34
38 Swifts 0 2 1 0 1 4 7 2 36
38 Witton 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 40
38 Newcastle East End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 41
38 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 42
38 Derby Junction 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 43
38 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 2 44
38 Wrexham 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 45
38 93rd Highland Regiment 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 46
38 Old Brightonians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 47
38 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 48
38 South Shore 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 49
38 Heanor Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 50
38 Blackpool 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 51
38 Luton Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 52
38 Sheffield Heeley 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 53
38 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 3 5 10 3 54
38 Arsenal 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 2 55
38 Crusaders 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 56
38 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 57
38 Middlesbrough Iron 0 0 0 0 3 1 11 3 58
38 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 2 1 16 2 59
38 Clapton 0 0 0 0 2 1 17 2 60
38 Casuals 0 0 0 0 3 1 19 3 61

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.