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

England 1888-1894

1888-1893 1888-1895

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Preston North End 9.490 232 106 20 49 415 213 175 1
2 Sunderland 9.172 173 79 15 30 354 168 124 6
3 Blackburn Rovers 7.060 205 85 35 57 454 328 177 3
4 Aston Villa 6.284 193 85 23 59 445 357 167 4
5 Wolverhampton Wanderers 6.166 208 91 26 64 373 335 181 2
6 Notts County 5.501 164 70 24 75 361 342 169 8
7 Everton 4.938 189 85 19 60 407 294 164 5
8 West Bromwich Albion 4.568 164 70 24 78 357 368 172 9
9 Liverpool 4.511 50 22 6 0 77 18 28 21
10 Sheffield United 4.445 72 32 8 19 120 110 59 17
11 Nottingham Forest 4.352 81 30 21 30 155 138 81 16
12 Bolton Wanderers 3.985 166 74 18 70 343 324 162 7
13 Burnley 3.856 151 64 23 76 313 356 163 10
14 Sheffield Wednesday 3.841 86 37 12 36 165 162 85 14
15 Derby County 3.398 145 61 23 78 321 411 162 11
16 Stoke City 2.792 109 44 21 78 239 332 143 13
17 Accrington 2.579 117 41 35 59 252 337 135 12
18 Darwen 2.259 70 30 10 46 160 245 86 18
19 Birmingham City 1.240 82 40 2 14 204 90 56 15
20 Manchester United 1.192 32 12 8 42 87 167 62 28
21 Newcastle United 0.984 36 15 6 8 68 42 29 26
22 Lincoln City 0.777 47 19 9 25 106 114 53 22
23 Grimsby Town 0.770 61 29 3 25 123 110 57 19
24 Bootle 0.642 21 9 3 15 52 79 27 32
25 Burton United 0.620 51 23 5 23 128 117 51 20
26 Burslem Port Vale 0.599 45 19 7 24 96 121 50 23
27 Walsall 0.524 38 16 6 31 95 149 53 25
28 Middlesbrough Iron 0.475 25 10 5 20 46 95 35 31
29 Derby Midland 0.363 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 39
30 Ardwick 0.362 39 17 5 28 92 111 50 24
31 Northwich Victoria 0.356 31 13 5 34 75 161 52 29
32 Crewe Alexandra 0.344 36 12 12 31 92 159 55 27
33 Arsenal 0.329 28 12 4 15 54 68 31 30
34 Chatham Town 0.272 10 3 4 2 16 31 9 34
35 Sunderland Albion 0.219 8 3 2 4 15 16 9 36
36 Linfield Athletic 0.181 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 43
37 Rotherham Town 0.171 15 6 3 19 44 91 28 33
38 Birmingham St George 0.143 9 4 1 4 16 24 9 35
39 Middlesbrough 0.131 4 2 0 2 8 6 4 37
40 Notts Rangers 0.061 1 0 1 1 1 4 2 44
41 Chester City 0.027 2 1 0 2 1 9 3 42
42 Halliwell 0.016 3 1 1 3 11 21 5 38
43 Birmingham St George's 0.008 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 40
44 Swifts 0 2 1 0 1 4 7 2 41
44 Witton 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 45
44 Loughborough 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 46
44 Newcastle East End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 47
44 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 48
44 Derby Junction 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 49
44 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 2 50
44 Marlow 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 51
44 Wrexham 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 52
44 93rd Highland Regiment 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 53
44 Old Brightonians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 54
44 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 55
44 South Shore 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 56
44 Heanor Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 57
44 Luton Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 58
44 Sheffield Heeley 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 59
44 Shankhouse 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 60
44 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 3 5 10 3 61
44 Blackpool 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 62
44 Crusaders 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 63
44 Stockton 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 64
44 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 65
44 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 2 1 16 2 66
44 Clapton 0 0 0 0 2 1 17 2 67
44 Casuals 0 0 0 0 4 1 23 4 68

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.